Local Health Notes and Anniversary Party Update
Edmond Laroche of 4 Cottage St Biddeford is a surgical patient at Webber Hospital. Arthur Boisvert of 115 South St Biddeford is a medical patient at Webber Hospital. At the Piette anniversary party at 4 Weymouth St Saco, Mr and Mrs Henry Piette were honored. Lionel Fecteau and Simonne Marchand could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmond Laroche
Cottage St
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Arthur P. Boisvert
South St
Henry Piette
Weymouth St
Saco
Lionel Fecteau
Simonne Marchand
Confraternity Classes Listed for Local Churches
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine classes for Grades 1 to 5 will be at St. Monica's Church Kennebunk Saturday at 9 30 a m. Grades 6 to 8 meet Friday after school. A Prayer and Praise Service is Friday at 7 30 p m at Advent Christian Church parsonage. Crusader Choir for Grades 4 to 8 to rehearse tonight 6 30. Sanctuary choir rehearse tonight 7 30. Higher Grade Cadets of Saco Salvation Army meet Friday 8 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
St. Monica’s Church
Kennebunk
Advent Christian Church
Hill and
Chapel Streets
Biddeford
Crusader
Biddeford Foss Street
South Biddeford
Carl Deis
Mary Robbins
Saco Salvation Army
Eagles Install Officers and List Committees in Biddeford Saco
Eagles install officers for the Biddeford Saco Aerie at Birch Street hall with Arthur Rizas as president and Lucien Therrien as vice president. New committee heads include Fred Benoit and Daniel Pendleton, with officers Ge rard Hevey and Joffre Remillard among installing leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford-Saco Aerie
Order of Eagles
Birch Street
Biddeford
Arthur Rizas
Lucien Therrien
Fernand Petit
Frederic Deschambeault
Henry Tartre
Emile Madore
Joffre Remillard
Daniel Pendleton
Joseph G. Larose
Raymond Roy
Gerard Hevey
Robert Warner
Rizas
Fred Benoit
Roland Rioux
Armand Belaire
Joseph Larose
Philip Couture
Emile Decelles
Omer Nolette
Chester Dudley
Notre Dame Hospital
Raoul Larose
Veterans Hospital
Tagus
Aerie
Morningstar Fund Drive Progress Reported At Meeting
Kennebunk Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce and Junior Chamber of Commerce held a breakfast session at the Howard Johnson Restaurant to review phase two of the Morningstar Plastics fund drive aimed at $88,000 to attract a new plant to Kennebunk near the Maine Turnpike. Harry Mapes spoke as officials said ground will be broken in June with operation by September under the ARA plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Kennebunk-Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Morningstar Plastics Fund
Howard Johnson
Harry Mapes
Morningstar
Maine Turnpike
ARA
Mrs Marie J Ouellette 79 dies in Leicester Mass
Mrs Marie J Ouellette 79 formerly of Biddeford Maine died in Leicester yesterday born in Canada daughter of Auguste and Alphonine St Pierre she was a communicant of St Joseph churches in Leicester and Biddeford survivors include three daughters and a son funeral from St Joseph Church Leicester Friday at 9 a.m. graveside at Biddeford St Joseph Cemetery at 2 p.m. friends may call Morrison Funeral Home today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leicester
Mass
Marie J. Ouellette
Hooper St
Biddeford
Maine
Canada
Auguste and
Alphonsine (Bastille
Cherry Valley
Claire Mirechaud
Manchaug
Stephen E. Ouellette
St. Joseph’s Church
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Morrison Funeral Home
Julia E. Glidden dies in Kennebunk nursing home
Mrs. Julia E. Glidden 77 of 144 Lewis Ave Saco widow of Maynard Glidden died yesterday morning in a Kennebunk nursing home. Born Machias June 9 1887 she was daughter of William and Annie Ludlow and member of Biddeford United Baptist Church. Survivors include a sister a stepdaughter two step sons and several nieces and nephews. Funeral service set for 2 p.m. Friday at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home Saco with entombment in Bay View Cemetery Lubec Saturday at 1 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia E. Glidden
Lewis Ave
Saco
Maynard Glidden
Kennebunk
Machias
William and
Annie (Morang) Ludlow
Biddeford
Obituary of Dorothy Vreeland of Saco
Dorothy Vreeland 66 of 458 Ferry Road Saco widow of Leroy Vreeland died suddenly at home yesterday. Born July 6 1898 in Bayonne New Jersey to Hugh and Elizabeth Boyd she was a member of St Pauls Episcopal Church Westfield New Jersey. Survived by two daughters Mrs Joseph Williams Saco and Mrs Reed Warburton Worthington Ohio three sisters Mrs George Crosby Bloomfield Conn Mrs Edward Yorkland Bayonne NJ Mrs Janet Olsen Mountainside NJ four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral from Fred Gray Funeral Home Westfield New Jersey at 11 am Saturday with interment in Fairview Cemetery Westfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy E. Vreeland
Ferry Road
Saco
Leroy Vreeland
Bayonne
N. J
Hugh and
Elizabeth (Daniels) Boyd
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Westifield
Joseph Williams
Reed Warburton
Worthington
Ohio
George Crosby
Bloomfield
Wells-Mrs Marcia Robinson obituary in Biddeford
Mrs Marcia B Robinson 81 widow of Walter W Robinson died last night in a Biddeford nursing home. Born December 12 1883 in Biddeford she attended Biddeford High School and Gray's Business College Portland. Survived by three sisters Ethel Wilson Wells Catherine Burgess Fairfield Florence Hotte Wells and several nieces and nephews. Funeral at 3 30 p m Friday with interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Marcia B. Robinson
Walter W. Robinson
Biddeford
Dearborn and
Eugenia (Allen) Browne
Biddeford High School
Gray’s Business College
Portland
Florence B. Hotte
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main St
Saco
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Portland Woman Forced Into Car by Two Men
A Portland woman Mrs Bet ty Ballard 20 told Biddeford police she was forced into a car by two out-of-state men and forced to ride for three hours before escaping at a motel driveway in Biddeford. She walked to the police station reported the license and the men were released after denying the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Betty Ballard
Biddeford
Ballard
Graham jokes during Columbus crusade golf round with Gary Player
Evangelist Billy Graham, in Columbus, jokes after golfing with pro Gary Player. He recalls telling his companion that the game he plays and the one he preaches deserve different names. The remark came amid a Graham crusade visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
Billy Graham
Gary
Graham
Portland Weather Outlook Tonight and Friday
Tonight clear and cooler with possible frost in interior lowlands. Lows 35 to 40. Winds light and variable. Friday mostly sunny and warmer than tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Titan 2 launch marks first step in longer space missions
NASA's Gemini 4 mission, launched from Cape Kennedy, tested long duration spaceflight as McDivitt and White checked orbital systems after an electrical delay. The 165 ton Titan 2 stage carried blinking beacons for visibility, with observers including President Johnson watching as crews planned four days toward two week flights, while international space race context and medical monitoring framed the mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coot
NASA
Cape Kennedy
Titan
Johnson
Air Force
McDivitt
Patricia
Michael
Lynn
Patrick
White
Edward III
Bonnie Lynn
Houston
MacDivitt
Kraft
Moon
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Space
Charles A. Berry
Valery Bykovsky
Alexi Leonev
United States
Soviet Union
George Mueller
U.S
Saco Assessors Defend Tax Rate as 1965 Decision Stalls
Saco Board of Assessors rebuts a council action to set a 721% mills tax rate for 1965. They state the rate is not fixed and that determining funds requires assessors input. They raise procedural questions about council requests for new monies and emphasize funds must cover listed appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Board of Assessors
Saco Board of Assessors
Funeral services for Clayton Gallant Sr. held in Saco
Funeral services for Clayton Gallant Sr of 15 Winter St Saco were held at Most Holy Trinity Church with Rev Arthur St Pierre officiating and Miss Louise Welch as organist. A Knights of Columbus delegation attended along with bearers Joseph Hanusek Paul Sullivan Henry Monder William Choska Ronald Ayotte and Paul Perry. Burial followed at St Mary Cemetery Biddeford with graveside prayers. Out of town relatives included Raymond Gallant Jr Worcester Mass and Mary Betty Gallant several others from Worcester Clinton North Brookfield Claremont N H and Spencer Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Gallant Sr
Winter St
Saco
Most Holy Trinity Church
Arthur St. Pierre
Louise Welch
Saco- Lowell
Bishop Fenwick Council
Knights of Columbus
K of C
Joseph Hanusek
Paul Sullivan
Henry Monder
William Choska
Ronald Ayotte
Paul Perry
St. Mary's Cemetery
Biddeford
Father St. Pierre
Raymond Gallant Jr
West Boylston
Mass
Mary Gallant
Betty Gallant
Louise Gallant
Marjorie Gillet
William Fordan
E. J. Pellerin
Worcester
Chester Hoyle
Clinton
Donald Racine
North Brookfield
Donald Ledoux
Charles Burnham
Spencer, Mass
David Harris
I. E. Fleury
Verna Lafont
Claremont
N.H
Funeral rites for Mrs Eva Ferland at St. Andre's Church
funeral services held for Mrs Eva Ferland of 81 Pool Street Biddeford at St Andre Church a high mass led by Rt Rev Msgr Aime Giguere with Rev Bernand Nicknair and Rev Germain Bureau. Burial in Calvary section St Joseph's Cemetery. Numerous out of town relatives noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Ferland
Pool St
Biddeford
St. Andre's Church
Aime Giguere
Bernand Nicknair
Germain Bureau Tas
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Wubi
St. Andre’s
Charles Proulx
Aime Desrosiers
Edgar Cabana
Henri Bourque
Emile Fecteau
Willie Bisson
Albert Nolette
Ste. Anne Sodality
Edmond Neault
Archille Boucher
George Lambert
Wilfrid Lepine
Leonide Lefebvre
Calvary
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Nicknair
Odias Roy
Ovidas Roy
Ulric Rouleau
Uriel Rouleau
Emile Lambert
Giles Lessard
Rose Eva Rouleau
Donat Rouleau
Denis Roy
Biter
Frederick Warner
Black Lake
Que
St Joseph's
Alphonse Roy
Gedeon Roy
Claude Beers
Leonard Fathers
Roy
Armand
And
Victor Rivard
Lew
J. M. Drake
A E ‘Iston
Gerard North
Massachusetts
Saco WSCS Inducts New Officer Group
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at Saco School Street Methodist Church installed officers led by Mrs. Clifford Abbott of Portland district. New president Mrs. Wilma Griffith and officers were named. numerous secretaries were appointed, plans discussed a May get well effort, an Aug 15 church fair, and a fall meeting on Sept 8 with Rev. John Jordan welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Clifford Abbott
Portland
W.S.C.S
Chestnut Street
Wilma Griffith
Betty Stevens
Ethel Ballard
Stephanie Butler
Avis Parslow
Marjorie Fogg
Jean Rennie
Fairfield
Ils
Cranshaw
Stevens
Forest Street
Saco
John Jordan
Funeral rites for St. Francis College rector Robert K. Mento
Funeral services for Robert K. Mento head of the math program at St. Francis College Biddeford were led by Very Rev Clarence LaPlante and attended by faculty students and Franciscan clergy. The solemn high mass featured organist Miss Louise Welch and singer William Cleary as church filled with Franciscan Fathers and college members. Bearers from the faculty included William Sutton Paul Nadeau Dr. Lewis Aldrich Robert Parenteau and John …
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert K. Mento
St. Francis College
Biddeford
St. Mary's Church
Clarence LaPlante
Ofm
Mathew Audibert
Donald Nicknair
William Cleary
Louise Welch
St. Francis
Oscar Giroux
Fofm
George Marcil
Kevin Kidd
Benedick Fink
William Sutton
Paul Nadeau
Lewis Aldrich
Robert Parenteau
John
Nun Observes Golden Jubilee in Ursuline Order
Rev Mother Mary Philomena of St Ignatius Convent in Sanford celebrated her golden jubilee as a Ursuline nun. formerly Edith Albert of Rumford, she joined in 1913 and vowed in 1915. She taught and supervised in Maine schools and convents, with Mass by Rev Normand Palardis and a buffet lunch afterward. Relatives from Biddeford Livermore Falls Auburn Saco and Lewiston attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normand Palardis
Cora le Prohon
Biddeford
Arthur Albert
Livermore Falls
Francis Albert
Auburn
Dorothy Albert
Michael
Patricia
Corrine Albert
Donald Haitt
Portsmouth
N.H
Louis LeProhon
Matthew
Theresa Gagnon
Robert Gagnon
Edward LeProhon
Donna LeProhon
Deanna Pelletier
Saco
Edith Ingersoll
Lewiston
Citizens Form Pollution Abatement Committee in Saco
Former Saco mayor Dr. J Edward Whelan chairs a newly formed Citizens Committee for Pollution Abatement. Fire Inspector Lawrence Dolby joins the group formed from 10 members. Raeburn MacDonald of the Water Improvement Commission explains ICW work and warns pollution must be abated by January 1 1968. A next meeting is set for June 16 at 7 30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
J. Edward Whelan
Citizens’ Committee
Whelan
Paul E. Reay
Lawrence Dolby
Raeburn MacDonald
Water Improvement Commission
W.I.C
Factory Island
Space hero Edward White inspires with stark space vision
In a glance at the era, Edward White's space milestones loom as Johnson pushes a tax cut through the House on a wide margin. Senate talks stall on a presidential disability amendment while rebels press for constitutional restoration ahead of elections. Navy air raids target a North Vietnamese radar post as Virgin Islanders greet Mrs Johnson warmly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
House
Senate
Virgin Islanders
Lyndon B. Johnson
LBJ Proposes Less Silver In U S Coins
President Johnson urges Congress to shift coinage away from 90 percent silver. He would keep pennies and nickels unchanged, replace dimes and quarters with copper core coins, reduce silver in half dollars, and avoid changing the silver dollar. He notes 300 million troy ounces of silver will be used this year in coinage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
U.S
Congress
Biddeford to Enforce State Junk Yard Laws
Biddeford Mayor Edward F Gaulin announces enforcement of state junk yard laws after a tour of local yards with Maine State Police Sgt Ernest Fish. He says dealers must comply and he will represent the city's majority, not special interests, with Sept 1 set for next meeting of the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Edward F. Jgaulin
Ernest Fish
Maine
Gaulin
Traffic Violators Fined At Saco District Court
In Saco 10th District Court Judge George Varney handled a heavy docket with traffic violations. Pleas included Paul A. Grebin guilty for passing at an intersection fined 35 dollars, Warren F. Girard fined 20 for speeding 65 in a 55 zone, and others in Biddeford and Saco for speeding red lights and stop signs with fines from 10 to 25 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco 10Th District Court
Geroge Varney
Paul A. Grebin
Hubert St
Biddeford
Warren F. Girard
Hill St
Joseph E. Guay
Alfred St
Charles A. Cullins
Middle St
Saco
George J. Prejean
Washington Ave
Jeremiah E. Foster
South St
Richard E. Labbe
Newtown Road
Theodore A. Fournier
Fournier
Gertrude Cormier
Fern Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Paul House
Crescent St
Houle
Car Damaged In Accident At Biddeford
A two car crash at the Bacon and Sullivan Streets intersection in Biddeford damaged the Dana A. Lemieux vehicle, age 17, with $100 damage to the right rear door. Donald R. Goudreau, 24, said the Lemieux car pulled out and he could not stop. No injuries reported. officers Ralph Hubert and Theodore Drouin investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacon and Sullivan Streets
Biddeford
Dana A. Lemieux
Pool Road
Donald R. Goudreau
Pool St
Lemieux
Ralph Hubert
Theodore Drouin
Saco men charged with affray and fishing offense
Ronald P. Nason and Richard E. Gove faced affray charges, released on $50 bail, with hearings set for June 24. Janet Dunston pleaded guilty to fishing without a license and was fined $10. A Fish and Game Warden was the complainant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald P. Nason
Temple St
Saco
Richard E. Gove
Elm St
Janet Dunston
Portland Road
Fish and Game
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Joseph Levesque
St. Joseph's Church
Marie Ouellette
Dorothy Vreeland
Marcia Robinson
A. M. Ms AM
Mrs
Saco Wscs
Mary Philomena
Citizens Group
THE
Associated Press
Edward White
Jenanra
Pythian Sisters Audit Books
Pine Cone Temple
Pythian Sisters
Pepperell Square
Main Street
Maude Brown
Verena Renouf
Edrina Brow
Grand Temple
LBJ
Cascade Lodge
Helen Hartley
Bertha Twomey
Mercy Hospital
Portand
Blow
Eva Roberge
Marie Lunetta
Alfred
Biddeford, Maine
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