Deaths Edward Gagnon 63 Camp Ellis Saco
Edward Gagnon 63 of North Avenue Camp Ellis Saco died suddenly at home Saturday morning. Born September 15 1904 in Biddeford he was a mason employed by Joseph A Petrin mason contractor. He was a Notre Dame de Lourdes Church parishioner a volunteer Camp Ellis fireman and a member of brick layers masons and plasterers union. Survived by four daughters Theresa Bullis Ellen Dube Margaret Cote Rolande Emerson one sister Adrienne Gagnon 18 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Funeral services from Notre Dame de Lourdes Church Tuesday at 8 a m Friends may call Emond Funeral Home today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m.
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Edward G. Gagnon
North Avenue
Camp Ellis
Saco
Biddeford
Arsene Gagnon
Maria Theroux) Gagnon
Gagnon
Joseph A. Petrin
Notre Dame de Lourdes Church
Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers Union of America
Christabelle Hebert Gagnon
Theresa Bullis
Quincy
Mss
Ellen Dube
Margaret Cote
Westfield
Mass
Rolande Emerson
West Gray
Adrienne Gagnon
Mrs Maude Huff Chick dies at 84 in Sanford
Mrs Maude Huff Chick 84 of Waterhouse Road Lyman died Saturday morning in a Sanford hospital after a short illness. Widow of Orrin Chick she was born October 5 1883 in Lyman and taught in Cape Elizabeth and Arlington Massachusetts schools. She leaves daughter Doris Dumas of Boston and brother Edward Huff of Kennebunk. Funeral at First Baptist Church Goodwins Mills tomorrow at 2 pm with burial in Goodwins Mills Village Cemetery. Visitation today at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home Saco 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm.
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Farm Bureau
Gorham Alumni Association
Valentine Hill Family Association
Doris Dumas
Boston
Edward A. Huff
Kennebunk
First Baptist Church
Darrell Archer
Goodwins Mills Village
Dennett and Craig
Main St
Saco
New Books at Dyer Library Saco
Dyer Library lists new additions this month in non fiction and fiction for adults and juveniles. Nonfiction includes Temper of Time and The Blast of War while fiction features Then They Embrace and Airport by Hailey. Juvenile titles include Desmond and the Peppermint Ghost and An Anteater Named Arthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Dyer Library
Offer
Insumers Union
Brecher
Fox
Teale
Time-Life
MacMillan
Howard Hughes Gerber
Moshe Dayan
Samuel
Embrace
Bartlett
Airport
Hailey
C.W. Anderson
Desmond
Herbert Best
Helen Girvan
Sugar
Janet Lambert
Arthur
Bernard Walter
Air Force
Davis
Coolidge
Posell
Woodbury
Fire cards to be distributed in Saco
The Saco Veteran Firemen's Association will canvass the city in late March to distribute new fire cards. Donations for injured firefighters and the Dixieland band will be accepted during the drive, announced association president ap Hanson.
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Saco Veteran Firemen’s Association
Saco
Ap Hanson
Funeral Directors List for Saco Maine Firms and Directors
Funeral directors and contact details for Saco Maine firms listed. Dennett & Craig on Main Street with phone 282-0562. Emond's Funeral Home reachable at 284-5511 with directors Frank X. Emond and J. P. Conroy. Shumway Funeral Service at 35 Sg Street, 284-5611 led by Philip H. Gross Sr.
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Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Saco
Maine
Dial
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Shumway Funeral Service
S G Street
Philip H. Gross Sr
Card of Thanks for hospital care and sympathy
Sincere thanks to Doctors Vir Johnston Wolfabrt Mr arner and the Web ber Hospital staff for kind care plus to priests friends relatives for visits cards and gifts during my stay. Louise Pageau thanks blood donors and Webber Hospital staff and many friends neighbors and relatives for kindness and sympathy in our sorrow. The family of Mary M. Feeney.
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Vir, Johnston, Wolfabrt
Mr. Arner
Webber Hospital
Mary M. Feeney
Funeral rites for John P. Meehan at St Marys Biddeford
Funeral services for John P. Meehan of 399 Main St Biddeford were held Saturday at St Marys Church with a requiem high mass. Interment followed at St Marys Cemetery with military honors by York County Barracks. World War I veterans and bearers included Rodney Hopper Louis Talbot Joseph Ruel Edward Gallant James Hector Louis Boucher. Francis Simard folded the flag as Senior Vice Cmdr Everett Allen presented it to Miss Annie Meehan. Taps by Arnold Ballard.
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John P. Meehan
Main St
Biddeford
St. Mary's Church
Cornelius J. Enright
William Cleary
Louise Welch
St. Mary's Cemetery
Maurice Goan
York County Barracks
Rodney Hooper
Louis Talbot
Joseph Ruel
Edward Gallant
James Hector
Louis Boucher
Arthur Gagne
Napoleon Frechette
Thomas McGarity
Raymond King
Francis Simard
Everett Allen
Annie Meehan
Arnold Ballard Bugler
Funeral services for Mrs Vinalda Nellie Jariz Biddeford
Funeral services for Mrs Vinalda Nellie Jariz of 18 Center Street Biddeford were held this morning at St Joseph's Church Biddeford. Rt Rev Msgr Elie Hevey celebrated the solemn high mass with Rev Valmont Gilbert deacon and Rev Robert E Lee subdeacon. Choir sang and Mrs Diana Rousselle played organ. Interment followed in St Joseph's Cemetery Biddeford with graveside prayers by Fathers Gilbert and Lee. Bearers were Gerard Labbe James Staples Frank Mogan Lawrence Tracy Paul Oliver and Rubert Godbout.
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Vinalda Nellie Jariz
Center
St., Biddeford
St. Joseph's Church
Biddeford
Elie Hevey
Valmont Gilbert
Robert E. Lee
Diana Rousselle
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Father Gilbert
Father Lee
Gerard Labbe
James Staples
Frank Mogan
Lawrence Tracy
Paul Oliver
Rubert Godbout
Local patients listed at Notre Dame Hospital
Mrs Rose Voyer of 276 Hill St Biddeford is a medical patient at Notre Dame Hospital. Alderic Beaudoin of 32 Myrtle St Biddeford is a medical patient at Notre Dame Hospital. Louis Angers of Buxton Road Saco is a surgical patient at Notre Dame Hospital Biddeford. Roland Labelle of Marblehead Lane Biddeford is a medical patient at Notre Dame Hospital. Mrs Dorilda Palardis of 24 Sullivan St Biddeford is recuperating at her sister Mrs Joseph Gagnon 393 Dubuque St Manchester NH.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Voyer
Hill St
Biddeford
Notre Dame Hospital
Alderic Beaudoin
Myrtle St
Louis Angers
Buxton Road
Saco
Roland Labelle
Marblehead Lane
Dorilda Palardis
Sullivan St
Joseph Gagnon
Dubuque St
Manchester
N. H
Community group meetings scheduled around Biddeford Saco area
Tomorrow morning at 10 30 Easly WS Members of Saco Extension meet in GAR Hall Cutts Avenue. St Marys Womens Club meets at 8 pm tomorrow in Biddeford school hall. Mrs Carl Stevens chairs program. A special sale is planned. BIDDEFORD SACO DAVES meet 7 30 tonight at eae street Biddeford. AMVETS Merton Ira Staples Post meet 8 tonight at Alfred Street Biddeford hall. Biddeford Saco Community Service holds all day sewing 10 30 am at Christ E poses Church hall Biddeford Owen Davis Post American Legion Saco meets 8 pm tomorrow at post home Beach Street Saco. Foss Street Methodist Church Womens Society meets Wednesday 7 30 pm church vestry Biddeford. Lafayette Court Catholic Order Foresters meets 7 30 tonight Emery Street Biddeford hall election of delegates state convention. Past Noble Grands Saco Rebekah Lodge meet 7 30 tonight Louise Sanborn home Old Orchard Road Saco. Members asked to bring yarn and knitting needles.
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Saco Extension
GAR
St. Mary's Women's Club
Biddeford
Carl Stevens
Merton Ira Staples Post
Amvets
Alfred Street
Biddeford Hall
Biddeford-Saco
Christ E
Church Hall
Bidde
Women's Society of Christian Service
Foss Street Methodist Church
Lafayette Court
Oral Foresters
Emery Street
Saco Rebekah Lodge
Louise Sanborn
Old Orchard Road
Saco
London Gold Market Wakes Up To Two Price System
Market chaos follows Washington pact talks as London bullion market stays shut until April 1. Canada and Swiss banks move toward a free gold market while South Africa weighs supply options and central banks eye possible profits from backdoor flows. British and American deficits loom over the two price scheme.
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Paris
London, Stock Exchange
Washington
Britain
Bank of England
London
Canada
Bank of Canada
Louis Rasminisky
Zurich
Switzerland
South Africa
Nicholaas Diederichs
America
The
Guardian
United States
Daily Telegraph
U.S
Sun
Church Notes from Local Congregations
A Congregation Book Study meets 8 p m Tuesday at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses 107 Main St Old Orchard Beach groups Sunbeams meet 3 30 p m Tuesday Salvation Army Hall 91 Union Ave Prayer meeting 730 p m Tuesday Full Gospel Church Route 9A Wells.
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Kingdom Hall of Jehoos Witnesses
Main St
Aco
the Sunbeams
Salvation Army Hall
Union Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Ladies Home League
Full Gospel
Wells
Quick Quiz Q A history trivia card style
The item asks four questions about Paul Revere age at 1775 the size of Cleveland Municipal Stadium the asteroid Hidalgo and Supreme Court justices private practice of law. It provides brief factual answers: Revere was 40 Cleveland Municipal Stadium capacity 73811 Hidalgo mean diameter 531 million miles and justices are not permitted to engage in private practice of law.
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Paul Revere
Hidalgo
U.S. Supreme Court
Portland Weather Update Night Patchy Fog and Mild
North portions report partly cloudy skies with patchy fog and lows in the 30s. Tuesday brings variable clouds and continued mild conditions. South portions expect cloudy skies with occasional rain or drizzle tonight and Tuesday, temperatures in the 40s.
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Portland
Looking Ahead At Weather For New England
The Weather Bureau forecasts five days of above normal temperatures for northern New England and Massachusetts with Vermont much warmer and Rhode Island closer to normal. Mild Tuesday turning warmer Wednesday, cooler Thursday and Friday. highs in 40s to low 50s, lows in 30s. Rain totals about a quarter to half inch, higher in southern central New England. some coastal drizzle Tuesday. Rain likely Thursday into Friday along coastal areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Weather Bureau
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Vermont
Biddeford Bride-To-Be Plans June 22 Wedding
Miss Elizabeth Rose Cookson announces engagement to John Francis Poulin son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Poulin of Waterville. Cookson, a Biddeford High School and Gorham State College senior, teaches at Edward Little High School Auburn. Poulin, Mt Saint Charles Academy Woonsocket graduate, St Francis College alum and Poland Spring Job Corps Center staffer, will wed June 22.
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Elizabeth Rose Cookson
John Francis Poulin
Joseph A. Poulin
Waterville
Atty
Albert W. Cookson
Graham St
Biddeford
Miss Cookson
Biddeford High School
American University
Washington, D. C
Gorham State College
Edward Little High School
Two Accidents Reported In Saco Weekend
Saco police logged two weekend accidents. Edmond Gonneville, 37, of Biddeford, drove a truck under a railroad bridge on Common Street causing over 100 dollars in damage. Steven Gaumont, 19, of New County Road, slid on slick pavement on Simpson Road, struck a tree, with a cut knee and substantial car damage.
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Saco
Edmond R. Gonneville
Tibbetts Ave
Biddeford
Common Street
Steven R. Gaumont
New County Road
Simpson Road
Gaumont
Biddeford Firemen Answer Two Calls
Biddeford firefighters answered a still alarm at 12 Oak St. Sunday noon where an electric stove had a short circuit. Chemicals were used to quell the blaze in the three story wooden tenement owned and occupied by Vital Marin. Saturday noon a false alarm at Box 46 Pool and Foss Street was answered. no blaze was found.
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Biddeford
Oak St
Vital Marin
Pool and
Foss Street
Snow cover decline tied to settling not runoff says Stanley
Stanley notes that in river headwaters the snow cover reduction mainly results from settling rather than excessive runoff. He states there is no current or predictable threat of ice jams.
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Stanley
Rangers Repel Khe Sanh Attack in Fierce Clash
South Vietnamese rangers beat back an attack at Khe Sanh as allied forces widen a major push around Saigon. The week long operation has tallied over 800 enemy deaths, with US losses at 30 dead and 249 wounded.
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Saigon
Khe Sanh
U.S
Northwest Frontier
Tram Lak
Associated Press
al Chang
U.S. Ith
Demilitarized Zone
Gio Linh
Mekong
Hanoi
Navy AG
Dale Walter Doss
Edwin Arthur Shuman
Haiphong
U.S. Marine
da Nang
North Vietnam
Cam Pha
Ninh Binh
Thanh Hoa
U.S. Command
Air Force
Takhli Air Base
Thailand
Meeting Postponed in Old Orchard Beach
The School Committee announces that the Friday meeting is postponed to Friday March 29 at 3 p.m. in the high school library.
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Old Orchard Beach
New Managers Named To Local Chain Stores
Raymond Vrooman 59 former Fishman store manager at Beacon New York is named manager of Fishman’s Store in Biddeford. George F Kane 26 formerly Woolworth store manager at Dedham Massachusetts is named Biddeford’s Woolworth store manager. Vrooman married with two married children. Kane married. Vrooman 18 years with the company. Kane nearly five years with Woolworth. Vrooman born in Schenectady and Navy World War II South Pacific veteran. Kane living in Portsmouth New Hampshire. Boston schooling. Burdette College graduate. started with firm the day after graduation.
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Raymond Vrooman
Fishman
Beacon, N.Y
Fishman’s
Biddeford
George F. Kane
Woolworth
Dedham, Mass
Vrooman
Schenectady N.Y
Three Schools Celebrate Tri-High Concert in Saco
Hundreds of students from Biddeford High School St Louis High School and Thornton Academy performed together at Linnell Gymnasium in Saco for a two hour Tri-High Concert. Conductors Lawrence Davis and Lawrence Woodward led the combined chorus and bands in selections from Williams Wilson Bernstein and more. A guest conductor Donald Lausier led a humorous Band rendition and the finale blended choir and band with patriotic and historic tunes. A parent praised the collaboration of the three schools beyond sports.
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Saco
Biddeford High School
St. Louis High School
Thornton Academy
Linnell Gymnasium
Tri High
Lawrence Davis
St. Francis College
Biddeford
Lawrence Woodward
Williams
Meredith Wilson
Julius Kostik
Marcel Drapeau
Woodward
Donald Lausier
Frank Erickson
Leonard Bernstein
Old Orchard Beach Art Association to Meet for Workshop
The Old Orchard Beach Art Association gathers Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Jameson School for a painting workshop. Framing pictures will be discussed.
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Old Orchard Beach Art Association
Jameson School
Doughboy origin and tiny microbes in Q A facts
A quiz style list explains the doughboy nickname arising from clay stained uniforms, defines bacteria as the smallest living things, notes Alexander Graham Bell as the inventor of the telephone, and cites Luray Caverns in Virginia as the only place using stalactites for pipes.
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Virginia
Luray Caverns
Children’s articles stay useful through classified ads
Readers are reminded not to discard unused children’s items but to offer them for sale through journal classified sections. Families can connect with buyers seeking toys clothes and gear, giving items a second life and keeping busy households organized.
Saco Juveniles Held In Break In Fairfield House
Saco police report nine juveniles detained after a break into the Fairfield House on Beach Street. William Tate caretaker at Laurel Hill Cemetery says doors and windows were damaged. Det Sgt Charles Despor Jr and Patrolman Arthur Taydif supervise ongoing questioning of additional juveniles.
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Saco
Fairfeld House
Beach Street
William Tate
Laurel Hill
Lhce
Cemetery Association
Iaye
Charles Despor Jr
Arthur Taydif
Biddeford Council Pressure to Fund Vocational School
City council members seek public input on funding the Vocational School. Some favor funding without referendum to avoid delays and costs, noting 75 percent state support and prior contracts. Others threaten referendum, which could delay construction and raise $2,500 in costs. Public urged to contact councilmen before April 1.
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Biddeford
Mere Aoe Lemire
Beinning
Referenue
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Mrs. Maude H. Chick
Dyer
Mrs
Louise Pageau
Vinaldan, Jariz
Easly
Disabled American Veterans
Biddeford All
Owen-Davis
American Legion
Post
Cleveland
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Betsy Palmer
Rangers
Roy Goodwin
Beach St
Luella Goodwin
John R. Hooper
Lawrence Hooper Sr
James St
Jack & Larry
Cor
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Clement P. Wight Dial
Graham Bell
Journal Classified Ads
Saco Juveniles
Dearborn’s
Alfred St
Carry Bros
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