Obituaries and notices from Hopedale and surrounding towns
Ellsworth Gifford 63 of Hopedale died in Milford after illness. Survived by widow Margaret, daughter Mary E. Gifford, sister Mrs. Donald Gray. Funeral plans pending. Barbara Pendleton 55 of Saco died unexpectedly in Portland. Surviving husband Ernest Pendleton, son Melvin, daughters Pamela and Candace, five grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday in Saco. Eva Fournier 64 of Saco died in Portland after illness. Survived by husband Arthur, sons Donald and Richard, siblings, step children, grandchildren. Mass of Christian Burial Thursday at Notre Dame de Lourdes Saco. Lulu Patten 88 of Saco died in Biddeford nursing home. Funeral Wednesday at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home. Kennebunkport Thomas Conway 79 died in Biddeford hospital. Former line foreman for Gloucester Electric. Memorial at Bibber Memorial Chapel. Arthur Martel 76 of Saco died in local hospital. Funeral Thursday at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church. Louis Wharff Sr. 74 of Old Orchard Beach died in Portland hospital. Former fire chief. survived by wife Ruth, children, grandchildren. Funeral Thursday in Old Orchard Beach. Car crash in Kennebunkport left two injured. vehicle damaged. Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley Unit auxiliary to meet in Biddeford.
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Hopedale
Mass
Ellsworth Gifford
Mill St
Milford Mass
New Bedford
Summer E
Hanna (Coughlin) Gifford
Wayne School of Arts
Coast Guard
Rockwell International Co
Margaret (Thompson) Gifford
Mary E. Gifford
Barbara Pendleton
Ferry Road
Saco
Portland
Frank
Lillian (Fletcher) Hutcherson
Thornton Academy
Pendleton
Maine
Eva Fournier
Roebuck Ave
Biddeford
William and
Rose (Landry) Foran
Arthur Fournier
Donald Fournier
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Richard Fournier
Maplecrest
Arthur Foran
Lena Bridges
Assonet
Robert Foran
Raymond Foran
Paul Foran
Edward Foran
Chicago
Ind
Alfred Fournier
LaBelle
Fla
Bernadette Fox
Lincoln
N.H
Notre Dame de Lourdes Church
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Sansoucy- Blais Funeral Home
Stone St
Lulu M. Patten
Sawyer St. Saco
William Patten
Waterboro
Pepperell Manufacturing Co
Everett Ladd
Dennett and Craig
Main St
Sumner M Grant
Kennebunkport
Thomas F. Conway
Fisher's Lane
Cape Porpoise
Prince Edward Island
Gloucester Electric Light Company
Massachusetts
Atlantic Hose Co
Florence (Ridlon| Conway
Arthur J. Martel
Forest St
Joseph and
Marie (Bousquin) Martel
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Order of Foresters
Saco Lowell
Lucia
Viger) Martel
Jeanne Foss
St. Joseph Cemetery
Cote Funeral Home
Beach and
James Streets
Sac
Old Orchard Beach
Louis R. Wharff Sr
Fort Hill Ave
Bangor
George
Gertrude (Rice) Wharff
Navy
Old Orchard
York County
Maine State Fire Chief's Association
Maine State Federation of Firefighters Association
New England
Division of International Associations of Fire Chiefs
Orchard Lodge AF
Ruth (Kirkpatrick) Wharff
Louis R. Wharff Jr
Miramar
Lois A. Benway
Robert E. Wharff
Temple Ci 2
Calif
Charles Audette
Long Beach
John
Gladys) Timmins
Portland Ave
Sacod
Funeral
Colby College to Memorialize Edwin Arlington Robinson Home
Maine grants the Head Tide birthplace of poet Edwin Arlington Robinson to Colby College as a memorial. The Arlington Robinson Birthplace Inc. and family donors, owners since 1936, preserve the site honoring the three time Pulitzer Prize winner born in 1869 and died in 1935.
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Edwin Arlington Robinson
Colby College
Head Tide
Arlington Robinson Birthplace Inc. Group
Robinson
UPI
Muskie urges Democrats to push spending reform for better government
In Portland Maine U S Senator Ed Muskie praised a spending reform platform to be reviewed at the Democratic National Convention in New York. He backs a Senate bill to reappraise and reapprove all federal programs every five years and warned that abandoning reform could let opponents “turn back the clock.”
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Portland
Maine
U.S
Edmund S. Muskie
Democratic Party
Maine Democrat
New York
Muskie
Senate
Congress
Monks calls for limit on terms in Congress
US Senate hopeful R A G Monks urged term limits at Husson College in Bangor advocating two six year Senate terms and three four year House terms. He argued Washington careerism harms leadership while rival Edmund Muskie defends current system and warns against central government overreach.
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Bangor
Maine
Washington
Senate
R A G Monks
Husson College
Cape Elizabeth
Monks
U.S
Edmund S. Muskie
Muskie
Red Cross blood drive to visit Biddeford June 23
The Red Cross bloodmobile arrives at Kennedy School in Biddeford from 2 to 8 p.m. with a goal of 200 pints. Emma Willman of the Blood Center notes the program processes donations into components to help hospitals statewide. Volunteers, especially Biddeford High School students, are encouraged to participate.
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Red Cross
Kennedy School
West Street
Biddeford
Blood Center
Forest Avenue
Portland
Emma Willman
S. Willman
Biddeford High School
Maine
Ms. Willman
Maine unions push political action for upcoming elections
Maine public employees unions led by the Maine State Employees Association AFSCME and the Maine Teachers Association plan a robust political action drive to back legislators favorable to public unions. They will provide workers and money in 15 to 20 races and coordinate strategy in districts with many state employees.
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Augusta
Maine
House
Senate
Maine State Employes Association
David Carnevale Carnevale
Campene
Wrenn
AFSME
John Marvin
Maine Teachers Association
AG sought before ruling on firing of Old Town cop
The attorney general's opinion is being sought as the state Arbitration and Conciliation Board resumes hearings into Sgt. Robert Marquis Marquis fired Oct 17 after the Public Safety Committee found him disloyal irresponsible and reckless Marquis contends city manager Parker was intoxicated and sought reinstatement Marquis was suspended days before his charges of assault were filed and the board debated its jurisdiction over the case while Parker was cleared in a closed session and the committee's report remained sealed until hearings end
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Augusta
Maine
State Arbitration and Conciliation Board
Old Town
Robert Marquis Marquis
Old Town Public Safety Committee
Public Safety Committee
Marquis
Lunenblick
Janet C. Klitch
Peter Parker
Parker
Klitch
Arbitration Board
Associated Press
Police Department
Penobscot County
Grand Jury
Malcolm Morrell
City of
Morrell
First daylight Fourth comes at Mars Hill in Maine
Mars Hill Maine hosts the first dawn ceremony of the nation s bicentennial with a 431 am flag raising on July 4. U S Rep Cohen will preside as Gov Longley and Senators Muskie Hathaway are invited. A color guard from Loring AFB attends with a 50 round artillery salute followed by a sunrise breakfast at the mountain base.
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Mars Hill
Maine
United States
Eric F. Nicholas
U.S
William S. Cohen
James B. Longley
Edmund S. Muskie
William D. Hathaway
Nicholas
U.S. Geodetic Survey
Canadian
Katahdin
Cadillac
Loring Air Force Base
Legionnaires Donate Flag to County Jail Bicentennial Gift
In Alfred the American Legion of York County donated a new American flag to the county jail. The flag gift marked a bicentennial presentation for the jail which is 100 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legionnaires
Alfred
American Legion of
York County
Joseph and
Enid Plant
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Lulu Patten
Thomas Conway
Arthur Martel
Louis Wharff Sr
Michael J. Cushing
Kennebunk
Raymond Brendla
Tighe-Beaudoin- Farley
American Legion Auxiliary
Elm Street
Biddefor
Louis R
Old Orchard Beach Fire Department Building Fund
Thomas Smith
Dennett & Craig
Maine Saco
Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
John P. Conroy Jr
Hill St
Democrats
Marvin
MTA
Carnevale
Longley
Glorious Fourth
Personnel Office
Joseph M. Herman Shoe Co., Inc
Scarborough
Washington D.C
Pepperell St
Alfred St
Pool St
Temple Kenpt
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