Deaths in Old Orchard Beach Brunswick Man Dies at 82
Robert Garfield Monroe 82 of 3 Carlton Ave Old Orchard Beach died in a Biddeford hospital Sunday night after a short illness. Born Aug 27 1885 in Sussex New Brunswick he worked for Great Northern Paper Co Millinocket before 17 years retirement. Survived by widow Augusta Dennett Monroe two daughters Muriel Cronis Canton Massachusetts and Aloysius Geraldine Mitros Opa-Locka Florida and three grandchildren Funeral 10 am tomorrow at Old Orchard Beach Funeral Home 36 Portland Ave Rev Norman Cathro officiating burial Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco friends may call 2-4 and 7-9 pm today.
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Old Orchard Beach
Robert Garfield Monroe
Carlton Ave
Biddeford
Sussex
N.B
Archibald
Elizabeth Cripps Monroe
Great Northern Paper Co
Millinocket
Augusta Dennett Monroe
Muriel Cronis
Canton
Mass
Aloysius
Geraldine) Mitros
Opa-Locka
Fla
Portland Ave
Norman Cathr
United Methodist Church
Laurel Hill
Saco
Funeral services for Lance Cpl Herve Guay
Funeral services for Lance Cpl. Herve Guay U S Marine Corps son of Mr and Mrs Narcisse Guay of 5 Lafayette St Biddeford will be held Thursday at 9 am at St Andrews Church Friends may call at Bol oe Funeral Home 291 Alfred Biddeford today and tomorrow p.m.
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Lance Cpl
Herve Guay
U.S. Marine Corps
Narcisse Guay
Lafayette St
Biddeford
Vietnam
St. Andre's Church
Boloe
Alfred Biddeford
Tomorao
Memorial services for Lance Cpl Herve Guay in Biddeford
Members of the Biddeford Saco Veterans Council will conduct memorial services for Lance Cpl. Herve Guay tomorrow at 7 30 p m at the Bolduc Funeral Home 291 Alfred Street Biddeford.
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Biddeford
Saco Veterans Council
Lance Cpl
Herve Guay
Bolduc
Alfred St
Employment Claims Rising in Biddeford Region
Maine Employment Security Commission figures from the Biddeford office show 444 claims filed last week, down from 491 a year earlier. Manager Francis Coughlin notes 222 claims were filed the prior week, compared with 335 the same week a year ago.
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Biddeford
Maine Employment Security Commission
Francis Coughlin
Biddeford Board To Hear Appeals On Garages
Biddeford Board Of Zoning Appeals schedules two appeals for tomorrow night. One seeks to move a garage to three feet from the lot line at Milford Street, Armand, 78 Green Street, in an R-2 zone. The second concerns a garage to be built six feet from a lot line, Frederick Deschambeault, 33 Green Street, Biddeford, in an R-2 zone.
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Biddeford
Board of Zoning Appeals
Milford St. Armand
Green St
Frederick Deschambeault
Referendum Results Approved at Indian Reservations and Maine Colleges
Voters approved three ballot questions by large margins. Indian Reservation facilities for schools water and sewage at Indian Township passed 938 to 226. Maine Maritime dormitory facilities carried 718 to ? The Farmington State College dormitory project won 697 to 407. Ward 1 rejected Maine Maritime 102 to 83 and Farmington College 101 to 80 but backed the Indian measure 136 to 51.
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Indian Township Reservation
Maine Maritime
Farmington State College
Obituary funeral home listings for Emond and Shumway
Frank X. Emond and J. P. Conroy listed with Emond's Funeral Home at 234 5511. Shumway Funeral Service at 35 Spring Street in Saco lists Philip H. Gross Sr. as Director and the contact 284 5611.
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Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Shumway Funeral Service
Spring Street
Saco
Philip H. Gross Sr
Funeral Services for Alex Borduas Held at Notre Dame
Funeral services for Alex Andre Borduas of 36 Green Street Saco will be held tomorrow at 8 a.m. at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church in Saco. Friends may call today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m. at Emond Funeral Home 72 Hill Street Biddeford.
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Borduas
Alexandre
Green St
Saco
Notr Dame de Lourdes Church
Sacco
Emond Funeral Home
Hill St Biddotnes
Alexandre Borduas
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Hill St
Biddeford
Funeral for Miss Laura Amnotte at St Josephs Biddeford
Funeral services for Miss Laura Amnotte of Arundel were held at St Josephs Church Biddeford with Rev Sylvia Le vesque presiding. Deacon Rev Valmont Gilbert and sub deacon Rev Donald Daigle assisted. Men’s choir sang under Mrs Diana Rousselle. Burial followed in St Josephs Cemetery with graveside prayers by Father Gilbert. Bearers: Joseph Salvas Jr Norman Salvas Marc Salvas Armand Metayer Bennie Madore Howard Hitzel.
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Laura Amnotte
Arundel
St. Joseph's Church
Biddeford
Sylvia Levesque
Valmont Gilbert
Donald Daigle
Diana Rousselle
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Father Gilbert
Joseph Salvas Jr
Norman Salvas
Marc Salvas
Armand Metayer
Bennie Madore
Howard Hitzel
Funeral for John Travers of Biddeford
Funeral services for John Travers of 9 Travers Street Biddeford were held at St. Joseph's Church Biddeford. Rt Rev Msgr Elie Hevey celebrated the requiem high mass with Rev Sylvia Levesque and Rev Donald Daigle assisting. Interment and military rites followed at St Joseph's Cemetery with York County Bar racks veterans conducting the service and a firing squad, flag ceremony, and bugler performing as part of the military honors.
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John Travers
Travers St
Biddeford
St. Joseph's Church
Elie Hevey
Sylvia Levesque
Donald Daigle
Diana Rousselle
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Father Levesque
York County
Rodney Hooper
James Hector
Joseph Ruel
Joseph Boucher
Louis Talbot
Edward Gallant
Arthur Gagne
Napoleon Frechette
Raymond King
Thomas McGarrity
Francis Simard
Richard Tarbox
Arnold Ballard
Ground shifts in Vietnam war as Saigon governor predicts attacks
Ninety enemy soldiers surrendered in Gia Dinh as Saigon's military governor warns of more ground assaults. Air Force orders urgent reinforcement of aircraft shelters amid intensified Viet Nam attacks. The Poor People’s Campaign nears its march with unclear aims. Armed equity strikes close Broadway shows. A long-forgotten anti bias housing law prompts a Supreme Court ruling banning bias in sales and rentals. Eisenhower nears midpoint of what doctors call a critical period after heart attack. Hypnosis for quitting smoking faces scrutiny. James Earl Ray faces extradition hearings with a potential defense lawyer linked to King murder probes. International news notes French auto workers resuming work ahead of elections while McCarthy, Humphrey, Rockefeller, and Wallace weigh positions.
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Saigon
Gia Dinh
Vietnam
Dolly
Fiddler
Actors Equity
Supreme Court
Eisenhower
James Earl Ray
James Ray
U.S
Martin Luther King
Chanties Sailors Chanties Origin and Fair Theme Noted
A brief query explains that chanties or shanties derive from the French chanter meaning to sing, describing rhythmic songs sung by sailors while handling sails. It also notes a proposed world fair theme for San Antonio’s 250th anniversary funding as The Confluence of Civilization in the Americas. It adds that department stores began in Paris with the Bon Marche around 1860 per the Newspaper Enterprise Association.
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San Antonio
Americas
Paris
France
Enterprise Association
Local patients listed at area hospitals
Mrs. Mary Belanger of Temple Street Saco and Yvette Marcoux of 12 Hill Street Biddeford are medical patients at Webber Hospital. Alma Caron of 322 Granite Street Biddeford is a medical patient at Notre Dame Hospital. Marine Pvt. Michael L. Sherlock, 17, son of Mrs. Barbara A. Sherlock of Wells, is at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island South Carolina for recruit training.
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Mary Belanger
Temple Street
Saco
Webber Hospital
Yvette Marcoux
Hill St
Biddeford
Alma Caron
Granite St
Notre Dame Hospital
Marine Pvt
Michael L. Sherlock
Barbara A. Sherlock
Wells
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Parris Island
S.C
Portland Weather: Fair and Cool Night Then Warmer Interior
The forecast for Portland calls for fair and cool conditions tonight with lows in the middle 40s to low 50s. Wednesday should be mostly sunny with some clouds in the north in the afternoon, and warmer conditions inland.
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Portland
Meeting of the Tighe-Beau don-Farley Unit AUXILIARY
A meeting of the Tighe-Beau don-Farley Unit American Legion Auxiliary will be held Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the post home Elm Street Biddeford.
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Tighe-Beaudon - Farley
American Legion Auxiliary
Post Home
Elm Street
Biddeford
Parish Sodal ity Members Pray for Borduas Family
Members of Ste Anne Sodality of Notre Dame de Lourdes Parish in Saco will say prayers tonight at 7 at Emond s Funeral Home on Hill Street Biddeford for Alexandre Borduas father of two Sodality members.
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Ste. Anne Sodality
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Saco
Emond
Hill Street
Biddeford
Alexandre Borduas
The
Sodality
Choir Rehearsals Held at Biddeford Church
The United Church of Christ in Biddeford hosts weekly rehearsals each Wednesday. The Junior choir meets at 6 15 p m and the Senior choir at 7 p m, inviting participants to join.
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United Church of Christ (Congregational
Biddeford
Prayer Meeting at Advent Christian Church Biddeford
A weekly public prayer meeting will be held every Wednesday at 7 p m at the Advent Christian Church located at the corner of Hill and Chapel Streets in Biddeford.
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Advent Christian Church
Hill and
Chapel Streets
Biddeford
Prayer service and Bible study at Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle
A prayer service and Bible study are set for Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle Assembly of God located at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Third Street in Old Orchard Beach.
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Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle
Assembly of God
Atlantic Avenue
Third Street
Old Orchard Beach
Girl Guards Meeting Set at Salvation Army Hall
A meeting of the Girl Guards aged 11 to 18 is scheduled for Wednesday at 6 30 p m at the Salvation Army hall located at 1 Union Ave Old Orchard Beach.
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Salvation Army
Union Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Lyman Baptist Church announces midweek service and choir rehearsal
The Lyman Baptist Church in Goodwins Mills will hold a service Wednesday at 7 p m followed by an Adult Choir rehearsal at 8 p m. The schedule invites parishioners to participate in worship and choir practice.
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Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Midweek Prayer Service at Biddeford United Baptist Church
The mid week prayer and praise service will be held Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Biddeford United Baptist Church.
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Biddeford United Baptist Church
Youth Choir of the Good Wins Mills Methodist Church
The Youth Choir of the Good wins Mills Methodist Church Lyman will rehearse at the church Wednesday at 6 30 p m
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Goodwins Mills Methodist Church
Lyman
Weekly Worship at Christ Church Kennebunk
Worship services are held every Wednesday at 6 45 p m at Christ Church Congregational Methodist Dane Street Kennebunk.
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Christ Church
Congregational Methodist
Dane Street
Kennebunk
Christian Science Society Event at Saco Reading Room
The Christian Science Society at 19 Winter Street Saco will hold an event on Wednesday evening at 7 45 and open the reading room Thursday afternoon from 2 to 4.
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Christian Science Society
Winter Street
Saco
Prayer Service at Advent Christian Church
A prayer service will be held Wednesday at 7 p m in the Advent Christian Church on Route 25 in Kennebunk Lower Village.
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Advent Christian Church
Route 25
Kennebunk Lower Village
Community Bible Study Meets Wednesday at Ogunquit Baptist
A Community Bible Study session is scheduled for Wednesday at 7 39 p m at the Ogunquit Baptist Church road venue. The event invites attendees to participate in the scheduled study and fellowship activities at the local church facility.
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Ogunquit Baptist Church
Road
Prayer service at Baber Baptist Church in Ken
A prayer service is set for Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Baber Baptist Church in Ken. The brief notice calls attendees to join the service.
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E Baber Baptist Church
Ken
Midweek Service At Full Gospel Church Wells
A midweek service is scheduled for Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Full Gospel Church Route A just off Route 109 Wells Local church activity notes midweek worship opportunity in Wells New Jersey style period tone.
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Full Gospel
Route
Wells
Village Baptist Church Vestry Meeting in Kennebunkport
Aay and Bible study hour will be held in the vestry of the Village Baptist church Kennebunkport on Wednesday at 7 30 p m.
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Village Baptist Church
Kennebunkport
Bridge Players Meet At Beach in Old Orchard Beach
Six and a half tables of du plicate bridge played at the Briggs home on Lawn Avenue. Participants included Miss Margaret Field, Mrs. Angie Hickey, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Weld, Mrs. Marjorie Margiloff, Eugene Pecararo, and others. Winners were Field and Hickey tied with Weld, Margiloff and Pecararo third, Bates and Aranovitch fourth, Mullen and Warren fifth. Next game set for Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
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Old Orchard Beach
Donald Briggs
Lawn Avenue
Margaret Field
Angie Hickey
Donald Weld
Marjorie Margiloff
Eugene Pecoraro
Edrice Bates
Estella Aranovitch
James Mullen
James Warren
Richard Shorey
Robert Whelan
Esther Green
Lottie Haas
Carleton Brock
Oscar Paradis
Gertrude Leonard
Jeanne Shaw
Alice Fecteau
Charlotte Dubois
Gwen Flannery
Susanne Snow
James Moutsatsos
Avis Briggs
Howell
Miss Field
Hickey
Weld
Margiloff
Pecararo
Bates
Aranovitch
Mullen
Briggs
Bears Ink 1968 Contracts for Four Defensive Backs
Chicago Bears announce signing of four defensive backs for 1968 including six year veteran Bennie McRae and players Charlie Brown Al Dodd and Tom Greenlee who spent 1967 as a ready reserve.
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Chicago
Bennie McRae
Bears
Tony
Charlie Brown
al Dodd
Tom Greenlee
Biddeford and Saco Primary Returns Highlight Local Races
The Biddeford results show Xaphes leading with 124 votes in a GOP contest as Dems register 9,041 voters in Biddeford with Ward Three yielding the largest Democratic turnout. Kyros leads in the congressional race with strong Biddeford margins while Dutremble and Ayotte head the sheriff and county attorney tickets. Republican and Democratic counts are listed by ward for several races including register of probate, county commissioner, and state senate contests.
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Xaphes
Biddeford
Ward Three
Ward One
Ward Seven
State Senate
John F. Xaphes
Arthur Webster
Kennebunk
Paul E. Reay
Saco
Leo F. Larochelle
Old Orchard Beach
Raymond Nadeau
Sanford
J. Woodrow Vallely
Register of Probate
Richard D. Dutremble
Ronald E. Ayotte
House of Representatives
Alphonse E. Descoteaux
Abraham Fleischer
Cornelius F. Hector
John G. Smith
Kennebunkport
George V. Garnache
Myron D. Rust
York
Kyros
Peter N. Kyros
Maine
Washington
Armed Services Special
Congress
David L. Graham
Sh Hur
Plato Truman
Edward L. Caron
Armand Duquette
Peter J. Farley
Eee
H. Clifford Berry
Robert C. Cartier
Armand Fecteau
Laura Hotte
Napoleon L. Nadeau
Romeo Sevigny
Bs Oe
Carl F. Sheltra
Ronald E. Ayotte, Sr
David R. Aulton
Horace A. Hildreth, Jr
Gary F. Merrill
George W. Garnache
Roger E. Walker
Raymond J. Letourneau
Camille L. V. Bedard
Ay Ore
Paul Ee
Lee F. Lesveseeise
David R. Ault
Horace A. Hildreth Jr
Gary F. Merrill i
Donald C. Doyle Wa
George E. Brikates
Wells Junior High awards highlight civic honors and sports
Wells Junior High held a final awards assembly presenting DAR Good Citizenship medals to Catherine Fenderson and Marcus Darby, Sousa award to Alice Tufts, and NEA certificates to several students. Coaches praised athletes won letters in basketball and field hockey while science fair winners received biology and paste divisions honors.
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WELLS
DAR
Bruce Shaffer
Alice Tufts
Arthur Tufts
Hanagan
Alan Andres
Joan Dusseault
Dorothy Flaherty
Anne Staples
Karen Stathopolos
Barbara Hamlyn
Stephen Kemp
Albine Watson
Allayne Coleman
Joyce Gilford
Patricia Perkins
Carol Peters
Lorna Merrill
Margie Rae Castergine
Jennifer Jones
Carrie Tracy
Sue Anne Hall
Patricia Skaling
Terri Regan
Susan Coggeshall
Julie Freeman
Sally Ford
Sandra Ford
Patricia Gowen
Brenda Keene
Betty Leech
Rebecca Bragdon
Debra Littlefield
Cheryl Cole
Katherine Fenderson
Gretchen Kline
Meredith Ricker
Dawn Stevens
Sybil Jamieson
Christine Brackett
Diane Carter
Susan Gorman
Marvy LaPierre
Joyce Nickerson
Brenda Noble
Lisa Thoumine
Karen Wiezorek
Charles F. MacDonald Jr
Bruce Bucklin
Marcus Darby
David Danis
Steven Gorman
Richard Moody
Leonard Emmons
Ronald Nadeau
Michael Brackett
John Barrows
Clifford Fields
Dwaine Freeman
Michael Staples
Mark Wentzell
Michael Warren
MacDonald
Cheryl Allen
Gregory Brooks
William Lauretta
Bion Noble
Wells High School
Biddeford Council Meeting Tonight to canvass votes
Biddeford city council will meet at 8 PM to canvass the primary election votes of Democrats and Republicans. The session aims to certify results and address any preliminary questions from officials.
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Biddeford
Supreme Court Turns Civil Rights Law Into Ban
The Supreme Court vasted a long obscure civil rights law into a broad ban on racial discrimination in selling or renting housing. The 7-2 decision links to the 13th Amendment and 1866 law, declaring private or public housing discrimination unlawful and enforceable in court. The ruling also touched on other major decisions announced that term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Potter Stewart
Johnson
Stewart
Earl Warren
Hugo L. Black
William O. Douglas
William J. Brennan Jr
Abe Fortas
Thurgood Marshall
John M. Harlan
Byron R. White
Antenna
California
Marshall
Fortas
Douglas
Brennan
Warren
Alabama
CATV
State Child Development Group To Meet
WEST BUXTON The annual meeting of the Child Development Association Inc of Maine will meet Thursday at Bonney Eagle High School. Warren H Pressley Jr superintendent of School Administrative District 6 will show slides on kindergarten activities and speak on a visit to Germany. President Mrs Joseph T Cole of Kennebunk will discuss a legislative panel on early education at Wheaton College Nor Dr Alfred E Darby Jr VP and child psychologist at Pineland Training Center will report on a recent psychiatry convention in Boston. Parents of preschool and kindergarten children and school committee members are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Buxton
Child Development Association Inc
Maine
Bonney Eagle High School
Warren H. Pressley Jr
Germany
Joseph T. Cole
Kennebunk
Wheaton College
Norton
Mass
Alfred E. Darby Jr
Pineland Training Center
Boston
Norman Thomas Remains On Critical List
Norman Thomas, longtime Socialist Party presidential candidate, is continued on the critical list at Huntington Hospital though his condition is fair. He was admitted Sunday with a gastrointestinal disorder causing some bleeding. Thomas, 83, had been living in a nursing home since a prior mild stroke and reiterated support for Eugene McCarthy while remaining friends with Hubert Humphrey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
N.Y
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
Huntington Hospital
Thomas
Minnesota
Eugene J. McCarthy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Siam Becomes Thailand in 1948
The world’s most common name Mahommend appears in reference to Siam’s 1948 name change to Thailand, marking a shift in national identity and international recognition for the Southeast Asian country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siam
Thailand
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