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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 07, 1968

Page

2

Death of Walter F. Eaton 71 in Kennebunk

Walter F. Eaton 71 of Park Street Kennebunk died yesterday in a Portland hospital. Born April 8, 1896 in Lynn Massachusetts he was a World War I veteran and a former MIT consultant engineer. Survives widow Lillian L. Larrabee Eaton a son James F. of Las Vegas one stepdaughter a large clan of grandchildren great grandchild and nieces and nephews. Funeral services set for 1 p.m. Sunday at Angell Funeral Home with calling hours Saturday. Interment in Hope Cemetery.

Kennebunk Walter F. Eaton Park Street Portland Lynn Mass Perley and Myra Rose Eaton Eaton Massachusetts Institute of Technology Saco-Lowell Biddeford Charles T. Main Boston Noble Mousam Lodge Order of Odd Fellows Lillian L. Larrabee Eaton James F Las Vegas Nev Clayton Freeman Saco Angell Funeral Home Dane St Hope Cemetery

Memorial service for Walter Eaton by Mousam Lodge in Kennebunk

Members of Mousam Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows Kennebunk will meet at 7 30 p m Saturday at Angell Funeral Home 9 Dane St Kennebunk to conduct a ritualistic memorial service for Walter F Eaton a member.

Mousam Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Kennebunk Angell Funeral Home Dane St Kennebunk Walter F. Eaton

Lina continues to energize Biddeford High School with mobile audio-visual unit

The article profiles Brendan Crosby of Biddeford High School who champions a portable audio-visual unit used across classes for field trips and projects. It highlights his Irish heritage, family history with the Easter Rising, and his drive to push music and creativity, while noting his interest in adapting Ray's books into cartoons.

Biddeford Crosby al Science Department Ray Lina John Ray Crosbys County Wexford Ireland Brendan Richard Dudley Crosby Margaret Williams Irish Republican Army Margaret Irish Free State Army IRA United States Father Riley Brendan Crosby John Pay

Canon City Bowler Drops Ball From Bridge

A Canon City bowler returning from Florence stopped his car on a bridge and dropped a 16 pound bowling ball into the Arkansas River, a mishap noted by AP reports.

Canon City Colo Florence

Funeral Home Directory Listings for Emond and Shumway

Emond's Funeral Home at 284 5th Avenue and Shumway Funeral Service at 35 Spring Street Saco list contact numbers 284 5611 for both and name directors Frank X Emond J P Conroy Philip H Gross Sr. as directors in a local notices style card.

Emond Frank X. Emond J. P. Conroy Shumway Funeral Service Spring Street Saco Philip H. Gross Sr

Rev Leo White Guest Speaker In Ogunquit

Ogunquit Woman's Club in the Baptist Church vestry heard Rev Leo White of York discuss Venice with color slides. Doris Field led the business session. 29 members attended. Next meeting March 20 at 2 pm features Radcliffe Pike from UNH on Landscape Gardening.

Ogunquit Leo White York Baptist Church Radcliffe Pike University of New Hampshire Lawrence D. Fixary Lawrence G. Klauder Nancy Jacobs Marjorie Lord Byron R. Adams Donald Campbell Linwood

Victims Bodies Recovered In Guadeloupe

The Air France Boeing 707 crash on Basse-Terre killed all 63 aboard, with 29 bodies recovered from the mountainside. Front-seat victims may never be found as wreckage burned for hours. search teams faced steep terrain and heavy brush while investigators from Paris examined the disaster.

Pointe-A-Pitre Guadeloupe Air France Basse-Terre Lide Marion Zeckendorf New York William Zeckendorf Joseph Rosenbluth Mel Air France Ial Raizet Paris French Civil Aeronautics Board

Smith College Women Fast For Peace Demonstration

Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, reports 806 of 1,285 fasting students among 2,300 participants wore green armbands to protest the Vietnam War. After two days, some switched to white armbands to eat, while praising the effort to spur action. At Wellesley College, about 120 of 2,700 students continued a fast begun Sunday, with the fast to end tonight.

Northampton Mass Vietnam Smith College Smith Margo Stein Princeton N.J Wellesley College

Dikes Proposed For Heated Water At Maine Yankee Plant

Maine biologists proposed dikes to contain discharged heated water from the planned Maine Yankee Nuclear plant at Wiscasset. The plan aims to confine thermal pollution within Bailey's Cove for controlled release and to enable study of environmental effects under SBA guidance led by Dr. Robert M. Chute.

Lewiston Maine Maine Yankee Wiscasset State Biologists’ Association Bailey’s Cove SBA Robert M. Chute

Personal notices list surgeries at Webber Hospital Biddeford

Mrs. Richard Moody of 194 Elm Street Biddeford and Mrs. Lorraine Brown of 39 Elm Street Biddeford are patients at Webber Hospital. Mrs. Sandra Desper of Buxton Road Saco is also listed as a surgical patient at Webber Hospital in Biddeford.

Richard Moody Elm St Biddeford Webber Hospital Lorraine Brown Sandra Desper Buxton Road Saco Webber

Biddeford Legion to Host Ford High School Football Team

The American Legion Post in Biddeford will entertain the Biddeford High School football team on March 14 at the post home on Elm Street rather than tonight. York County Council American Legion Auxiliary will meet Friday at 8 p.m. at the Eliot Memorial Post Home in Eliot.

Tighe - Beaudoin - Farley American Legion Post Biddeford Elm Street York County Council American Legion Auxiliary Eliot Memorial Post Eliot Full Gospel Assembly American Legion Hall Elm St

Religious Meetings Schedule in Various Maine Churches

On Friday several churches list services and classes including Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses at 107 Main St Saco with a Ministry School at 730 pm and Ministry Development Class at 835 pm. Other events: Royal Rangers and Missionettes for ages 12 to 17 at Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle Old Orchard Beach.

Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses Main St Saco Ministry School Ministry Development Royal Rangers and Missionettes Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle Assembly of God Atlantic Avenue Third Street Old Orchard Beach

Doyle Available To Saco Citizens

Saco Mayor Donald C. Doyle said he will hold Wednesday evening office hours in City Hall from 6 to after calling the car Clerk for appointments.

Doyle Saco Donald C. Doyle City Hall

Saco Rockettes Prepare Bottle and Paper Drive

The Saco Rockettes met at Jayne Lamb’s home on Hall Avenue to finalize plans for a bottle and paper drive scheduled Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Club members approved sweat shirt orders and set the next meeting for Karen Swiston’s house. Attendees included Deborah Forrester Laura Angis Donna Coburn Laura Vittorioso Ragnhild Ericksen Marsha Grondin Pamela Estes Lois Spears Deborah Bedard Ann Pollock Susan Stickney Hannah Grondin Jean Winston Gail Chad Sourne a guest.

Rockettes Jayne Lamb Hall Avenue Saco Karen Swiston Deborah Forrester Laura Angis Donna Coburn Laura Vittorioso Ragnhild Ericksen Marsha Grondin Pamela Estes Lois Spears Deborah Bedard Ann Pollock Susan Stickney Hannah Grondin Jean Winston Gail Chad- Sourne

Rescue Work Continues In Salt Mine Trapping

Wooden bracing supports most of the shaft while a clean salt cavern remains hard to burn. Roy Gretzer Cargill safety director notes emergency oxygen gear masks and lights nearby. Morgan City fire crews pour water into the shaft as smoke belches for hours. Federal Mines experts urged delaying rescues until Kentucky teams arrive. Dekoven No 9 and Island Creek Coal Co squads join the effort ready to descend when hoist is safe.

Roy Gretzer Cargill Morgan City Federal Bureau of Mines Kentucky Dekoven Island Creek Coal Co Thomas Steele Dekoven No. 9

One UFO Explained in Castle Rock Colorado

In Castle Rock residents misidentified a glowing object as a UFO until a mother revealed the cause. Her two sons attached wood sticks to a plastic bag with four birthday candles on an aluminum cup, and the hot air from the candles made a small balloon rise and float away.

Castle Rock Colo Foothills

Portland Weather Brief Clears Cold Night Outlook

Portland reports clear and cold conditions tonight with temperatures dropping to zero to 15 degrees and slightly below zero in northern areas. Friday brings fair skies and a modest warmup across the region.

Portland

U.S. air and ground actions widen Vietnam efforts near Khe Sanh

Marine officers at Khe Sanh report no sign of life among nearby hostile forces and say bodies will not be recovered. A U.S. F100 fighter bomber was shot down but the pilot was rescued. Navy all weather Intruders from Enterprise and Kitty Hawk attacked six targets at night, while bombers hit Bai Thuong Phuc Yen and Dong Hoi airfields to keep North Vietnam airfields inoperative. U.S. missions totaled 83 over North Vietnam with extensive strikes near Khe Sanh and surrounding trenches. Bunkers destroyed and trenches partly caved in as fighters closed in on the base.

Khe Sanh U.S South Vietnam North Vietnam US. Navy Enterprise Kitty Hawk Navy Bai Thuong Hanoi Phuc Yen Dong Hoi Demilitarized Zone U. S Dmz Khe Sanhh Marine Hill

Wells Town Meeting Set For Saturday

Wells voters will tackle 57 articles totaling 1 044 114 55 dollars at the annual town meeting starting 9 a m at Wells Elementary School auditorium with later sessions at 1 30 p m in the Wells Junior High gym. The Budget Committee recommends 1 047 870 83 raise by taxation 956 893 99 and 45 953 98 from surplus with 16 455 receipts and 28 567 86 carried forward.

Wells Wells High School Ocean View Cemetery

Saco PTA discusses equipment funding and upcoming plays

The Saco Parent-Teacher Association executive board met at 12 Goodale Ave to review how playground equipment funds will be shared among schools. Howard Cushman will be questioned on the matter. A children's play, Baby, is set for March 18 at Linnell Gym at Thornton Academy, presented by the Children's Theater Guild International Inc and sponsored by the York County branch of AAUW.

Saco Parent - Teacher Association Leavitt Emmons Goodale Ave Saco Thomas Morrison Howard Cushman Young School Maurice Ross Roger Verrier Cushman Paul K. Weimer First Parish Congregational Church United Church of Christ Robert FE. Lee Most Holy Trinity Parish Elizabeth Cyr Paul Pollock John Harmon Thomas Donahue PTA Jason Ramsdell Robert Moody Bradley Leach A. Raymond Gannon Charles Cotsis

Nine Enlisted Men Missing In Icy Waters

QUANTICO VA AP Nine Marines and a sailor from Quantico Marine Base are missing after a 25 foot canvas canoe capsized in the Potomac River. Helicopters boats and ground crews joined a dawn search after the all night effort found no trace. water at 35 degrees complicates survival prospects.

Quantico Potomac River Quantico Marine Base Coast Guard

Two Divorces Granted At Alfred

Alfred Maine two uncontested divorces were granted by Justice William S. Silsby at York County Superior Court. Pauline R. Boutin of Saco and Gerard J. Boutin of Biddeford, married May 6, 1967, have custody awarded to Mrs. Boutin. Sally F. Petit of Biddeford and Richard A. Petit of Biddeford, married Oct 1, 1966, with Petit ordered to pay $1 yearly alimony and Mrs. Petit permitted to resume maiden name Sally F. Angel.

Alfred William S. Silsby York County Superior Court Pauline R. Boutin Saco Gerard J. Boutin Biddeford Boutin Sally F. Petit Richard A. Petit Kennebunk

Ironing ribbons and hankies with a bottle method

A simple method to press ribbons and lace is to wash rinse and while dripping wet smooth them around a large bottle or jar. The same approach works for hankies by smoothing them onto a mirror window glass or bathroom tile.

Ded Member To Work On Mill Emergency

Gov. Curtis named an Economic Development Department member to devote full time to the Stand ard Packaging Corp. mill closings in Lincoln and Brewer. Industrial Rep. Paul F. Brogan will help run the Bangor Brewer Coordinating Committee and seek a buyer for the mills while finding jobs for 1,199 workers. The shutdowns affect an $8.5 million annual payroll and temporary offices opened to speed unemployment checks. Curtis also sought federal SUDDEN RISE designation for Lincoln and Brewer.

Augusta Curtis Maine Department of Economic Development Standard Packaging Corp. Mills Lincoln Brewer Paul F. Brogan Auburn Bangor Brewer Coordinating Committee Dow Air Force Base Bangor Richard L. Kelso Employment Security Commission

Manchester Teachers Vote Sanctions

Manchester teachers voted sanctions after a one day walkout that closed most schools. About 500 of 600 teachers participated, returning to classrooms to block new hires, urge moving the NH Teachers Association convention, and notify the Model Cities office of discontent. The union seeks higher pay, with a bachelor’s scale of 6 600 to 8 900, vs current 5 200 to 7 700, and resignations could follow from July 1 if discipline is imposed.

Manchester N.H New Hampshire Teachers Association Manchester Teachers Association

Traffic Accidents Reported In Saco

Saco police investigated two crashes at Main and Locke Streets involving Stephany Hughes and LeRoy Rowell. A separate incident on Ferry Road sent Anne Henry and her eight year old daughter to Webber Hospital in Biddeford for bruises after her car struck a utility pole.

Saco Stephany P. Hughes Weymouth St LeRoy A. Rowell Locke St Main Locke Streets Anne T. Henry Ferry Road Henry Webber Hospital Biddeford

Calendar Of Events Listed At Saco Center

The Saco Adult Center at A VETS Hall hosted a weekly meeting with eight new visitors welcomed by president va Fenderson. Plans include a telephone reminder for meeting days, a color slide talk on Alaska by Rev. Fred Holmberg next Wednesday, and a chair caning class starting next week at 10 a.m. Reservations for a Flower Show trip to Revere, Mass on March 19 remain limited with a March 13 deadline.

Saco A.vets Hall Spring Street Va Fenderson Lester Black Fred Holmberg Christ Church Kennebunk Emma Huot Germaine Bourcier Catherine Lennox Hester Hooper Revere Mass Harriet Fogg Rohlin Marion Foley Eva Harper Luman Mary Foey

Fire Report Issued In Saco February Activity

The Saco Fire Department answered about 40 fire calls and made 49 ambulance runs in February. Alarms included five alarms, 16 telephone alarms, 12 verbal alarms, six radio alarms, and one ADT test. A vehicle loss of control incident involved a dog jumping onto the driver’s lap.

Saco

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