Capt. Charles E Hennessy Sr. dies after long illness
Capt Charles E Hennessy Sr 53 of the Saco Police Department died March 21 in a Portland hospital after a lengthy illness Born Oct 17 1919 in Pawtucket RI he served 17 years in Saco police rising to captain and was a WWII Army veteran Surviving are his widow Esther a son Charles Jr a daughter Julia and several relatives Funeral services will be held Saturday at Most Holy Trinity Church Saco with interment at St Marys Cemetery Biddeford Friends may call at Cote Funeral Home Saco tonight and tomorrow evenings.
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Charles E. Hennessy Sr
Saco
Most Holy Trinity Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Biddeford
Cote Funeral Home
James St
Evangeline Rebekah Club Holds Tuesday Meeting
Mrs Ethel Pence hosted Evangeline Rebekah Club members on Vernon Street Saco for a business session and social. President Pence led reports on routine and charity projects while Mrs Ruby Packard received the mystery award. Next meeting set for April 17 at the Robie sisters home. Refreshments were served by Mrs Packard.
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Ethel Pence
Vernon Street
Saco
Evangeline Rebekah Club
Pence
Ruby Packard
Madeleine
Leah Robie
Granite Street Bideford
Packard
Town Names New Counsel to Replace Retiring Atty Emmons
Kennebunkport announces attorney John Bradford appointed town counsel to succeed David Emmons who retires after seven years in the post. Walley, board chairman, confirms the selection.
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Kennebunkport
David Walley
Board of Selectmen, Here
Atty
John Bradford
David Emmons
Emmons
Special Town Council Meets to Hear School Construction Opinion
OLD ORCHARD BEACH a special town council meeting is set for tonight at 6:30 p.m. in Loranger School to discuss the proposed construction and hear Town Attorney Bennett Shur’s legal opinion on the matter.
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Old Orchard Beach
Loranger
Bennett Shur
Card of Thanks and Funeral Home Credits
Card of thanks expresses gratitude to Dr. Gerardi Dr. Herrick and Portland Osteopathic Hospital staff for care and to relatives and friends who helped during the loss of Mildred Tracy. Also thanks to Rev Sirois St Cyr and medical staff for support during stay. lists funeral service at Emond's Funeral Home in Saco with contact numbers.
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Gerardi
Herrick
Portland Osteopathic Hospital
Roland J. Sirois
Richard St. Cyr
Houle
Hekey
Webber Hospital
Weather forecast for Portland region
Tonight clear in the north with gradual clearing elsewhere. Lows range from five to 15 degrees in the north and reach the 20s in the south. Friday brings mostly sunny skies with highs from the 30s to the low 40s.
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Portland
Kiwanis and Rainbow Clubs Hold Regular Meetings in Saco
Old Orchard Beach Kiwanis Club met at Holiday Chateau with Adelbert M. Jakeman Jr. presiding and Ralph Jones presenting on the cooperative school program. Rainbow Assembly plans a Thursday meeting and a baked bean supper on March 31, while Miniwanca Chapter Eastern Star prepares for officer installation and dessert bridge at nearby halls.
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Old Orchard Beach
Kiwanis Club
Holiday Chateau
Main Street
Saco
Adelbert M. Jakeman Jr
Ralph Jones
Old Orchard Beach High School
David Howe
Ocean Pines
Jerome Black
Windham
Kiwanis
Assembly
Order of
Helen Anderson
Seaview Avenue
Herbert Bean
Red Tide Sampling Inconsistencies Hold Clam Flats Closed
Biologists report variable toxic counts in York River and Cape Neddick clams from Feb to March. A three week under 80 sample is needed to reopen flats, with depuration digging limited to Scarborough sites Brave Boat Harbor Batson's River. Officials warn endotoxin remains a danger to some eaters.
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York River
Cape Neddick
Sterl
York Harbor
Brave Boat Harbor
Batson’s River
Cape Porpoise
Goose Rocks
Rob Gooch
Richard Chiapetta
Scarborough
Sterr
Massachusetts
Merrimac
Saco Council Debates Waste Collection Ordinance
The Saco City Council approves a first reading establishing weekly waste pickups limited to six containers of up to 75 pounds each and barring city employees from private property collections. A second reading could trigger a 30 day effective date and push toward private firms.
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Saco
Robert Cassette
Planning Board
Cassette
Harold Waight
Camp Ellis
Goosefare Brook
Joseph Caron
Biddeford School Board Meets With 17 Item Agenda
The Biddeford Board of Education meets at 8 pm in the superintendent’s office. Items include appointing J W and Freshman baseball coaches, substitute learning disabilities teacher hires, high school head custodian, self evaluation reports, NEETS graduates, P L 874 funds, AASA membership, Kennedy School basketball review, philosophy of education questionnaires, activity account, science curriculum guide, science department head position, No grievance arbitration results, health program, and an executive session on negotiations and grievances.
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Biddeford
P.L
AASA
Kennedy
Science Department
DEP To Resample Goosefare Brook Waters Amid Overflow
State Department of Environmental Protection will sample Goosefare Brook when Saco’s Bear Brook Pumping Station overflows. Ocean Park Conservation Society urged timing after heavy rain to reveal higher bacteria. officials note overflow occurs at peak flow with treatment before discharge into Bear Brook.
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State Department of Environmental Protection
Goosefare Brook
Saco
Bear’ Brook
David Leake
DEP
Ocean Park
Kenneth Carter
Bear Brook
Saco Fire Department honors veteran Safety Officer Perley Berry
Perley Berry, born in Saco, has served the Saco Fire Department since 1945. The 59 year old firefighter has driven for the department for 14 years and completed multiple training courses including pump operations ambulance care casualty handling and extraction and advanced fighting techniques.
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Saco
Perley Berry
Saco Fire Department
Saco Department
Berry
Owen-Davis Unit Group Has Meeting at Saco Home
Members of the Past Presidents Parley of the Owen-Davis Unit American Legion Auxiliary met Tuesday night at Mrs. Helen Blanchette’s Hall Avenue home in Saco for a business session. Vice President Blanchette presided. prayers were offered by Chaplain Esther Booth. A report from the secretary and treasurer was read by Esther Cobb. Sunshine Chairman Gilberte Lavoie noted sending cards to ill members. A letter from the Saco Valley Association thanked the Parley for a donation. The mystery award went to Florence Lewis. Auction committee members for the next meeting on April 17 are Priscilla Hooper and Alice Milliken. Hooper will host the next meeting, location to be announced. A social followed with refreshments.
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Parley
Owen-Davis
American Legion Auxiliary of
Saco
Helen Blanchette
Hall Avenue
Blanchette
Esther Booth
Esther Cobb
Sunshine
Gilberte Lavoie
Saco Valley Association
Florence Lewis
Priscilla Hooper
Alice Milliken
Hooper
Portland Man To Be Arraigned In Saco On Theft Charge
Gardner Cory 23 of Portland is to be arraigned in Saco District Court for possession of stolen property. Police say he was arrested on a warrant from Saco after allegedly attempting to cash five stolen bonds worth 225 dollars at Canal Bank in Saco on March 9. The bonds were taken from a Rockland residence on March 2.
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Portland
Saco City
Saco District Court
Saco
Gardner Cory
Cary
Canal Bank
Rockland
Three men named as Saco policemen
Three men have been appointed to the Saco police force. Ronald W. Rochefort, 23, of 67 Bradley St Biddeford, becomes a permanent officer. Clifford E. Howard, 29, of 114 Wendy Way in Saco, is appointed a temporary policeman, and Bruce E. Ladd, 26, of River Road Biddeford, is named a special officer.
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Saco
Ronald W. Rochefort
Bradley St
Biddeford
Biddeford High School
Old Orchard Beach
Clifford E. Howard
Wendy Way
Bruce E. Ladd
River Road
Circle C Women Plan Rummage Sale And Fair
Circle C of the United Church of Christ in Biddeford met at Mrs. Clayton W. Cartmill’s home to plan activities. A rummage sale set for April 13 and a July 14 summer fair were announced at the gathering led by Rev. John H. Miller with devotions on a lent theme. Attendees included Mrs. Leo Pratt Mrs. William Beety Mrs. Albert Whitehurst Mrs. Joseph Haley Mrs. Carl Wilson Mrs. William Stone Mrs. Horace Nichols Mrs. Burton deGrees and guests Mrs. Ruby Packard and Rev. and Mrs. John H. Miller.
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Circle C
Women’s Fellowship of the United Church of Christ
Congregational
Biddeford
Clayton W. Cartmill
Elm Street
Everett FE. Holt
Pool Road
John H. Miller
Leo Pratt
William Beety
Albert Whitehurst
Joseph Haley
Carl Wilson
William Stone
Horace Nichols
Burton deGrees
Ruby Packard
IQ gains into middle age challenge fixed-ability view
A University of Santa Clara psychologist reports a 42 year longitudinal study showing IQ rising by about 20 points from preschool to the 1968 69 tests among 48 of 212 Bay Area children. The work suggests IQ can increase with a stimulating environment and contradicts age-related decline assumptions.
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Santa Clara
Calif
University of
Kangas
San Francisco Bay Area
Stanford-Binet
Katherine Bradway
San Francisco
Journal of Developmental Psychology
Portland man arrested after one car crash in Old Orchard Beach
Leonard A. Caron, 46, of Portland, was arrested on intoxication in a motor vehicle and operating after suspension charges after a one car crash on Ocean Park Road at 2:30 a.m. He reportedly fell asleep at the wheel, ran off the road, damaged 70 feet of guard rail, hit a telephone pole splitting it, and ended against a steep bank. His 4967 Chevrolet was a total loss.
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Old Orchard Beach
Portland
Ocean Park Road
Leonard A. Caron
Caron
Grass Cutter Stolen From Lyn-Flex Industries
A riding lawnmower valued at 360 dollars was reported stolen from Lyn-Flex Industries in the Saco Industrial Park. Police say the theft occurred within the past three weeks.
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Lyn-Flex Industries
Saco
Saco Conservation Board to Meet Tonight at 7:30
The Saco Conservation Commission will meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the council chamber, chaired by Samuel Zaitlin. Unclear items may be requested or discussed during the session.
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Saco Conservation Board
Saco Conservation Commission
Council
Samuel Zaitlin
Wrecked antisubplane believed found by sonar
The Coast Guard said a large object in 1605 feet of water about 40 miles south of Brunswick is believed to be the Brunswick based antisubmarine P3 Orion wrecked last Thursday with five crew aboard. Navy aboard the cutter Yankton assisted in the sonar reading. Brunswick Naval Air Station could not confirm the find.
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South Portland
Coast Guard
Navy
Brunswick
Brunswick Naval Air Station
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TIDES
Evangeline Rebekah
E’port Counsel
Mildred Tracy
Mr. Onida L. Cote
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring S&j
Dennett & Craig
Maine
Tel
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Lovels
TM Bey
Old Orchard
Miniwanca
Order of the Eastern Star
Robinson Memorial Hall
West Grand Avenue
Saco Council
Sandra Newcomb
Matson’s, Inc
ITT
Chile
CIA
John J. McCone
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Senate Foreign Relations
Washington
McCone
Henry Kissinger
Richard Helms
Salvadore Allende
SERTA
Heath St
Shumway - Gross
Shumway-Gross
Philip H. Gross
Gary Gross
Spring St
Claude Dubois
Tylas
Merrimack, N. H
Matchbox
Paul
John Zylas
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