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Newspaper

Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1967

Page

2

Deaths Kennebunkport Ralph E Jones 70

Ralph E Jones 70 of Main Street Kennebunkport died this morning. He was born Sept 18 1896 son of Ralph P and Sarah Richards Jones. He was active in South Congregational Church Kennebunkport Village Fire Department and various fraternal orders. He is survived by wife Susan J a son Ralph E Jr a brother Augustus a sister Ruth Reynolds and four grandchildren. Memorial services will be held Saturday at 2 pm Rev Robert Howes officiating. Interment in Newfield NH family lot. Masonic services planned tomorrow night at 7.

Kennebunkport Ralph E. Jones Main Street Ralph P Sarah (Richards) Jones South Congregational Church Augustus Franklin Mass Ruth Reynolds Calif Robert Howes Newfield N.H Bibber Memorial Chapel Summer St Kennebunk

Navy reports carrier losses in missile barrage and radar van destroyed

The report describes a large puff of orange smoke from a SAM impact and multiple carrier losses, nine of the big missile carriers destroyed, each loaded, and one radar van destroyed. The text notes that Ecuador Panama and Venezuela were once parts of Colombia.

Page One SAM Navy Ecuador Panama Venezuela Colombia

Jones in Kennebunkport Obituary Memorial

Ralph E. Jones aged 70 dies with memorial services set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at South Congregational Church Kennebunkport Masonic rites Friday at 2 p.m. from Bibber Street Chapel visiting hours 2 4 and 7 9 p.m. Flowers omitted contributions to Maine Cancer Fund.

Jones Kennebunkport Ralph E. Jones South Congregational Church Kennebunk Bibber Summer St Maine Cancer Fund

Card of Thanks for Kind Expressions after Loss

We extend sincere thanks to relatives friends neighbors for loan of cars drivers cards floral tributes spiritual bouquets and all expressions of sympathy after the loss of our husband and father. It was deeply appreciated and gratefully acknowledged.

Ane

Mrs. Leonida Chabot Dies at 87 in Biddeford

Mrs. Leonida Chabot 87 widow of Alphonse Chabot of 25 Hill Street Biddeford died at a local hospital after a long illness. Born May 1 1880 in St Henedine Quebec she lived in Biddeford about 50 years. She leaves three sons Orphilda Leo and Clovis three grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral at St Andre's Church Monday at 9 a.m. Friends may call at Emond Funeral Home Friday through Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m.

Leonida Chabot Alphonse Chabot Hill St Biddeford St. Henedine Dorchester County Que Louis and Eustachie (Gregoire) Gagne St. Andre's Church St. Anne’s Sodality

Funeral Services for Mrs Grace E Butler Held at Most Holy Trinity

Funeral services for Grace E Butler of Ferry Beach Saco were held at 9 AM at Most Holy Trinity Church Saco. Rev Robert E Lee officiated high mass with Louise Welch at organ Mollie Welch soloist. Burial in St Mary's Cemetery with graveside prayers by Father Lee. Bearers: Stanley Butler Andrew Gaoza Karl Brandt Armand Jalbert Edgar Hebert Conrad Beaupre.

Grace E. Butler Ferry Beach Saco Most Holy Trinity Church Robert E. Lee Louise Welch Mollie Welch St. Mary’s Cemetery Father Lee Stanley Butler Andrew Gaoza Karl Brandt Armand Jalbert Edgar Hebert Conrad Beaupre

Funeral Mass Held for Eugene Dupuis in Saco

Funeral services for Eugene Dupuis of 156 Main St Saco were held today at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church in Saco. A solemn requiem high mass was sung with Rev. Joseph Carrier Rev Paul Jalvert deacon and Rev Donald La Branche sub deacon. Burial followed at Laurel Hill Cemetery with graveside prayers by Father Carrier. Bearers were Roger Nadeau Walter Lapierre Lucien LaPierre Paul Authier Robert Bougie and Jerry Fleurent.

Eugene Dupuis Main St Saco Notre Dame de Lourdes Joseph Carrier Paul Jalvert Donald la Branche Eva Carrier Laurel Hill Father Carrier Roger Nadeau Walter Lapierre Lucien Lapierre Paul Authier Robert Bougie Jerry Fleurent

Funeral services for PFC Renald Lepage in Biddeford Vietnam victim

Funeral services were held for PFC Renald G Lepage of 27 Emery Street Biddeford who was killed in Vietnam on May 25. A solemn high mass at St Andre Church was celebrated by Rev Donald Nicknair OFM with deacon Rev Germain Bureau and subdeacon Rev Bernard Nicknair. Marine barracks from Portsmouth Naval Base provided bearers and a firing squad rendered further honors. Burial was in St Joseph Cemetery with committal prayers by Father Bureau.

Renald G. Lepage PFC Emery St Biddeford Vietnam St. Andre's Church Donald Nicknair Germain Bureau Bernand Nicknair Charles Proul

Maine Senate approves implied consent law on DUI tests

The Maine Senate voted 27 to 6 to engross a bill requiring implied consent for alcohol testing after drunken driving arrests. Refusal would suspend the license. Sen. Edward Stern questioned constitutionality. sponsor Sen. Rodney W. Ross said the bill has highway safety support and is used in other states.

Augusta Maine Senate Judiciary Committee Sen Edward Stern Bangor Rodney W. Ross Brownville Maine Highway Safety Committee

Congress approves funds for Green Lake Atlantic salmon hatchery

A $100,000 appropriation is set to begin construction of an Atlantic salmon hatchery at Green Lake Hancock County Maine as part of the Interior Department bill pending Senate and House approval.

Washington Senate House Green Lake Hancock County Maine Interior Department MargaretChase Smith

Biddeford Residents Listed As Hospital Patients

Mrs. Deneige M Pelletier of 11 Forest Street is a medical patient at Webber Hospital. Arthur Jalbert of 75 Pool Street is a surgical patient at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Mrs. Remi Bolduc of 45 Bacon Street is a medical patient at Notre Dame Hospital. Arthur Desrochers of 34 Pool Street is a medical patient at Notre Dame Hospital.

Deneige M. Pelletier Forest St Biddeford Webber Hospital Arthur Jalbert Pool St Maine Medical Center Portland Remi Bolduc Bacon St Notre Dame Hospital Arthur Desrochers

Church Notes Echo Local Gatherings and Meetings

The Full Gospel Assembly holds an evangelistic service Friday at 7 30 p m in the American Legion Hall Biddeford. Pioneer Girls meet Friday 6 30 p m at Ly man Baptist Church Goodwins Mills. Ladies Prayer Friday 10 a m at Lyman Baptist Goodwins Mills parsonage. CCD classes at St Monica Kennebunk Saturday 9 30 a m for grades 1 5 and Friday after school for grades 6 8. United Church of Christ Men’s Club New England holds annual Ladies Night Monday 7 p m Glen Mor Restaurant Kennebunk reservations with Paul Croxford Saco.

Full Gospel Assembly American Legion Hall Elm St Biddeford Pioneer Girls Lyman Baptist Church Goodwins Mills Confraternity of Christian Doctrine St. Monica's Church Kennebunk the United Church of Christ (Congregational Glen-Mor Paul Croxford North Street Saco

Three Youths Charged With Beating Man

Three Kennebunk youths Glenn Tufts 17 of Cat Mousam Road Donald Tufts Jr 19 of Cat Mousam Road and Stephen Philips 18 of 7 Summer Street were charged with assault and battery in connection with a beating of Biddeford man Gerard A. Roy 40 at his home last night. Roy sustained facial and head injuries requiring nine stitches and said a lumber jack was used. The trio were to appear in 10th District Court in Saco today after being picked up early this morning. Police investigated after an unidentified caller summoned an ambulance to the scene on Huber Street in Biddeford.

Kennebunk Biddeford Glenn Tufts Cat Mousam Road Donald Tufts Jr Stephen Philips Summer St 10Th District Court Saco Gerard A. Roy Hubert St Webber Hospital Roy Biddeford Transmission Albert Elwell Roger Fecteau

Delegates Appointed by Saco AMVETS Post

At the Boucouvalas-Dupuis AMVETS Post meeting in Saco the group announced delegates and alternates for the Department Convention to be held at the Lafayette Hotel Old Orchard Beach. National Commander A Leo Anderson will visit Portland. U S Rep Peter N Kyros will attend to crown Miss Maine AMVETS 1967.

Boucouvalas - Dupuis Amvets Post Spring Street Saco Harold Strout Amvets Department Lafayette Hotel Old Orchard Beach A. Leo Anderson Washington, D. C Portland Thomas Bill Amvets Earl Clappison Eugene Moody Arthur McKee Reginald Blanchard Edgar Simard Joseph Laverriere Philip Laporte Walter Fongere U.S Peter N. Kyros Maine Rudolph Danis James Huff East Surf Street Maine Amvets 1.S

Portland Forecast Sees Cloudy Skies and Rain

Tonight expect variable cloudiness and cool air with a chance of showers by early morning. Low temperatures in the low 50s and light easterly winds. Friday remains cloudy and cool with occasional rain and highs in the 60s.

Portland

Sex Education on Saco School Board Agenda

The Saco School Committee will discuss a continuing sex education program for grades 1 through 12 at the next meeting. Superintendent Bernard C. Forbush noted the proposal, long urged by Dr. Maurice Ross, aims to integrate with science and social studies and gain clergy and community support.

Saco Bernard C. Forbush Forbush Maurice Ross Forbesh

AMVETS Opens Three Day Beach Convention in Old Orchard Beach

AMVETS arrives in Old Orchard Beach for the Maine Department three day convention. Commander Anderson will fly in from Washington to the Lafayette Hotel with Miss Maine AMVETS pageant as a highlight. Registrations, ceremonies, speeches by Robert Washburn and Robert Fecteau, a parade, and officer elections are planned across Friday to Sunday. Maine AMVETS Auxiliary also holds a concurrent conclave.

Robert Washburn Robert Fecteau Maine Department Amvets Amvets

Vocational School Survey Completed for Regional Center

A survey of all eleventh graders in Thornton Academy Biddeford Old Orchard Beach Kennebunk St. Louis and St Andre's High Schools was completed to assess vocational education needs. Directors Gay and Plamondon praised school staff and anticipate submitting the Biddeford center proposal to the State Board of Education before September. An advisory board of business industrial and educational representatives meets tonight at 7 30 at Kennedy School.

Biddeford High School Thornton Academy Biddeford Old Orchard Beach Kennebunk St. Louis St. Andre's Melvin Gay Joseph Plamondon State Board of Education Gay and Plamondon Kennedy School

South Korea elections end amid protests and irregularities

Voting in 131 districts sparked violence and irregularities as opposition parties demanded the results be annulled. The Democratic party backed by President Park Chung-hee faced calls to denounce the process as a farce while the New Democratic party accused candidates of renouncing races. Turnout was under 70 percent of 14.7 million registered voters as the National Assembly vote for 175 seats proceeded.

Associated Press Seoul South Korea Democratic Party Central Election Committee Chung Hee Park Democratic Republicans New Democratic Party Park National Assembly

Egypt Fights On Amid Cease Fire Clash and World Breaks

The U N Security Council backed a cease fire by 4 p m EDT as Israel offered to halt if Arab states did. Egypt and Jordan conflict persisted with Cairo denouncing the pause while Jordan and Iraq rejected the truce. Egypt reported gains near El Arish, and Syria claimed air losses for Israel as Americans flee the Middle East amid a wave of severed ties with the United States.

Gulf of Aqaba East Africa Asia Iran U.N. Security Council New York Israel Abba Eban Security Council Jordan Council Cairo Egypt Algiers Iraq U.N Sinai Arab High Command el Arish Suez Nile Valley Suez Canal Damascus Galilee Middle East United States Tehran Lebanon Cyprus Athens U.S Algeria Beirut London Washington Syria Yemen Sudan Mauritania Hussein Gamal Abdel Nasser Amman

Two Decades of American Paintings Exhibit in Melbourne

Waldo Rasmus sen, executive director for the International Council of Museums of Modern Art in New York, comments on public reaction to a large nude painting labeled in French. He notes Anglo-Saxon audiences often react more strongly to nudes in art, but asserts any reaction is better than none.

Melbourne Waldo Rasmussen International Council of Museums of Modern Art New York Titian Larry Rivers

Baccalaureate Services Set At Thornton Sunday

Thornton area ceremonies mark graduation week as Thornton Academy hosts baccalaureate in Linnell Gym Saco with clergy from Biddeford and Saco. Rev Weimer delivers sermon The service includes processional hymns invocations litany and benediction by a diverse slate of local clergy.

Thornton Academy Linnell Saco Biddeford Paul K. Weimer First Parish Congregational Church United Church of Christi Arundel John Jordan School Street Methodist Church Boris Gottlieb Etz Chaim Synagogue

Appraisers Seek Natural Light for Diamond Color Check

Appraisers examine diamonds in natural light away from direct sun to prevent surrounding colors from skewing the gem’s true hue. The practice helps ensure accurate color grading and valuation.

Brush Fire Destroys About One Acre Near School Street

Firemen raced to a brush blaze by the reservoir on School Street last night and quickly subdued the flames with hydrant hose and booster line. An estimated one acre burned before containment.

Old Orchard Beach School Street

Rum Drink Creation by American Indians Before Europeans

Fragmentary passage notes that Native American peoples developed a rum drink long before European arrival, indicating early traditions of fermentation and beverage craft. The text emphasizes indigenous ingenuity in creating distilled or fermented beverages prior to contact with colonizers.

Students win own way with long sideburns dispute

Micah Bertin 18, Edison High School honor student and class president, returns to class after New Jersey State Board of Education sided with him over a hair length rule. He plans to speak on conviction at graduation. Fred Meyer 63 seeks mayor job in Davis West Virginia after write in votes and low turnout. Prince Charles hair caution from London stylist Morris Fenton says parting left may hasten baldness. hair should fall naturally.

Trenton N.J Micah Bertin Edison High School Bertin Edison School Board New Jersey State Board of Education Davis W. Va Frederick J. Meyer Allegheny Mountain Meyer Florida London Prince Charles Britain Morris Fenton Charles Fenton

Fire Crews Respond Twice to Biddeford Dwelling Blaze

Biddeford firefighters were sent on two calls yesterday. They used carbon dioxide to extinguish a flooded burner fire in a dwelling occupied by Margaret Plourde at 108 Wentworth Street. A booster was used to put out a dump fire at the Biddeford Saco Development Corp on Smith Street. Cause undetermined.

Biddeford Margaret Plourde Wentworth St

Lost Siamese Cat on South St Biddeford

Missing Siamese cat reported on South Street in Biddeford with a reward offered. Contact 284-8695 to identify and reclaim the pet.

South St Biddeford Dial

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Shumway Funeral Service Philip H. Gross Sr Emond Frank X. Emond J. P. Conroy Dennett & Craig William Binette Memoriam Alice Lachance Guay St. Andre Church Mrs. Leonida Chabot Mrs, Grace Butler Stockholm Commercial Bank Republic of Haiti Mel Ott Dominican Republic West Indies Isis Paniola Saco Amvets Anderson Nate A.m Brasilia Brazil Supreme Court Franz Paul Stangl Sao Paulo West Germany Austria Stang Tre Australia Thornton J. Burton Stride Burton de Frees Alfred S. Bradford Horace N. Nichols Warren Libby Donald L. Fraser Reginald McAdoo Joseph A. Haley Orville Pollard Leo Pratt Philip Scamman Robert Montgomery Carleton Foss Harold J. Staples Clayton W. Cartmill Orrin Patrick Ralph Perkins Edith Hutchins Sara Goodwin John Moeckel Mark Horne John H. Miller Shumway Spring St Berkshire B.tween THE Associated Press Accutron Roger S. Labbe Youland Jewelry Store Main St. Biddeford
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