Obituary notices from Kennebunk Biddeford and Dayton
Obituaries report Eben B Cook 55 of Kennebunk owner of Quality Leather Co. and former selectman with WWII service. widow Priscilla, children Joseph Mark Jon and Linda, mother Eva, sister Joan, and four grandchildren. Also Rita Deshler 58 of Biddeford and Edmond J Gonneville 82 of Dayton with families, services set at Bibber Memorial Chapel and St Mary Church. A drowning death near Clearwater Lake in Industry reports June Felkey 20 skindiving accident. husband William and another man present.
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Kennebunk
Eben B Cook
McGuire Road
Portland
Plaistow
N.H
Joseph T
Eva (Montminy) Cook
Quality Leather Co
Biddeford
York Lodge AF
Priscilla
Clark) Cook
Joseph C. Cook
Mark E. Cook
Jon R. Cook
Joel
Linda) Kimball
Eva Cook
Dominic
Joan) Desando
Haverhill
Mass
Bibber Memorial Chapel
Summer St
Kenneth Hauge
Hol Cross Lutheran Church
Ficiate
Ohe
Rita G. Deshler
Stone St
George and
Marion (Bernier) Gendron
Deshler
St. Mary Church
Herman Shoe Co
Scarborough and Bruce Shoe Co. Inc
Dayton
Reynald J. Gonneville
Roger E. Gonneville
Old Orchard Beach
John
Rita) Paquet
Doris Gonneville
South Portland
St. Joseph Church
St. Joseph Cemetery
Emond and Conroy Funeral Home
Hill St
Sebago Lake hunt resumes for missing youths and man
Dragging operations are to resume at Sebago Lake in EAST SEBAGO Maine for two New Hampshire youths Colin Debski 15 and Pierre Lacroix 14 and Merlin Shaw of East Sebago missing after a boating accident two weeks earlier. The body of Colin’s brother Mark 13 was recovered. their father Joseph and brother Carl survived.
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East Sebago, Maine
Sebago Lake
New Hampshire
Maine
Colin Debski
Pierre Lacroix
Manchester
Merlin Shaw
East Sebago
Colin
Mark
Joseph
Carl
Kennebunk SAD 71 Board Considers Budget Reductions
The Kennebunk district SH 71 board meets to review 2.5 million dollar 1976 77 budget cuts recommended by administration after May 25 reductions. Items include staffing, summer projects, bids for rubbish and snow removal, a water easement, custodial staff agreement, and a tuition waiver. Session starts at 7 30 p m in the Kennebunk Junior High School library.
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Kennebunk
Kennebunk Junior High School
Injured worker recuperating at OOB home
Joseph Desrochers a 27 year old Beach construction worker hurt in a April fall from a roof at First and Old Orchard streets is at home recovering. He is improving and receiving therapy at Maine Medical Center guided by sister Bonnie Cote. Desrochers worked for Cote Contractors Inc of Saco building on the Four Flags Motor Inn site which burned Memorial Day 1975. He fell 15 feet to the second floor after stepping through a partially built roof.
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Old Orchard Beach
Joseph Desrochers
First
Old Orchard Streets
Desrochers
Ross Road
Maine Medical Center
Bonnie Cote
Alexis Cote
Cote Contractors’ Inc
Saco
Old-Time Favorite Returns as Skateboards Take Hold
Skateboards have surged in popularity among younger readers with boards priced from 10 to 60 dollars. Von Higgins, 20, of Portland demonstrates the sport as boards zip along at 20 to 40 miles per hour in a UPI photo.
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Ing
von Higgins
Portland
UPI
Yearbook photo contract under review by Connecticut AG
Southington High School involves a single photo agency Wright Associates for yearbook pictures with claims of rebates and free services. Local photographers allege kickbacks and antitrust concerns, while the district seeks legal guidance on the contract and exclusive rights.
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Southington, Conn
Southington High School
Bristol
Michael G. Gatrick
Milford
Vermont
M. Jerome Diamond
Southington
Arthur Rich
Connecticut
Rich
Southington Board of Education
Wright Associates
Wright
Southington School
John B. Pyne
BIW Yards Quiet as Strike Enters First Day
Bath Iron Works halt suspends production as Local 6 of the International Union of Marine and Shipyard Workers begins a strike to push for higher wages. Leaders seek pay scales aligned with other shipyards, with 2,300 affected workers across maintenance, construction, and related roles.
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Bath, Maine
Bath Iron Works
International Union of Marine and Shipyard Workers of America
Afl-Cio
Raymond Cloutier
BIW
Maine
William Haggett
Navy
Detroit
BSW
Haggett
Parolee guides police to lover's lane grave in Connecticut
Connecticut State Police recovered a body found along a rural road dubbed a lovers lane. The unidentified young woman is believed to be a 21 year old Hartford resident missing since March. Paroled sex offender Robert Carr III led officers to the grave. he has not been charged in Connecticut. Autopsy due to determine cause of death. Carr previously implicated in graves of Miami area youths in Mississippi and Louisiana.
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Canterbury, Conn
Connecticut
Lorida
Hartford
Robert Frederick Carr III
Diggin
Carr
Norwich
Florida
Mississippi
Louisiana
Miami
Dade County
Fla
Bay St. Louis
Miss
Gramercy
Todd Payton
Mark Wilson
North Miami
Woman 70 Dies of Stab Wounds in Maine Apartment
The 70 year old woman was found fatally stabbed in a Augusta apartment with no forced entry evident. State police said no suspects were named and the investigation continued with pending next of kin notification.
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Augusta
Maine
A_ state
Lower State Street
State House
Emery Opposes Panama Canal Transfer to Panamanians
U S Rep David F Emery told Veterans of Foreign Wars in Bangor Maine that he would not back any move to hand over canal control to Panama He warned that turning over the canal to an unstable dictatorship would be national self harm The canal dispute rose after Ronald Reagan attacked Ford over lease renegotiations Ford suggested possible Panamanian control at some future date
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Bangor
Maine
David F. Emery
Panama Canal
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Emery
Ronald Reagan
Ford
United States
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Rita Deshler
St.aye Cemetery
Sansoucy-Blais
Edmond Gonneville
Memoriam
Roland M
Letourneau
Dennett & Craig
Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
John P. Conroy Jr
Sansoucy — Blais
R Martel
Edmond J. Gonneville Weir
Motor Sales
Rt. 1
Arundel
New England
Conn. AG
James K. Wright
Robert N. Smith
Cloutier
Local 6
Matson Navigating Co
San Francisco
Nevada
States Steamship Lines
Illinois
States Steamship
Tammy Huntley
Vacuums
Electrolux Call
J. Durfee
Melvin Ave
C.C. Bch
Canal
Panama
the Country
Alfred St
Portsmouth-Portsmouth
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