Death of Cpl. Robert L. Berry Memorial Service Planned
Members of the Merton Tra Staples Post AMVETS meet at 7 30 tonight at the post home Alfred Street Biddeford then go to Angell Funeral Home 9 Dane Street Kennebunk for a military memorial service for Cpl. Robert L. Berry killed in Vietnam Son of State Adjutant Elmer Berry Funeral service set for 2 p m tomorrow at the same local church or home depending on local notice.
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Merton Tra Staples Post
Amvets
Post
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Angell Funeral Home
Dane St
Kennebunk
Robert L. Berry
Vietnam
Cpl
Berry
Elmer Berry
Ethiopian Students Share Life And Language In Letters
A collection of letters from Ethiopian students describe school life, language challenges, and cultural notes. They discuss tuition for rich and poor, farm crops like coffee, foods Teff and Kocho, holidays Genna and Epiphany, wildlife such as lions and leopards, and daily hopes. Messages touch on gender roles, education, and dreams of football, science, and study abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaffa
Sam Houston taunt echoed by LBJ recollection
In a recalled exchange Sam Houston quotes Lyndon Baines Johnson taunting him about favoritism toward the power company, a line remembered after three years of similar jibes. The remark underscores tensions between the two figures and hints at underlying political friction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Sam Houston
Power Company
Local Funeral Directors Listing for Saco Maine
Dennett and Craig at 365 Main Street Saco Maine provides contact dial 282 0562 EMOND S Funeral Home offers 244 5511 Frank X Emond and J P Conroy SHUMWAY Funeral Service at 35 ees Street Saco 284 5611 Philip H Gross Sr Director handles arrangements
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Saco
Maine
Dial
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Shumway Funeral Service
35Ees Street
Philip H. Gross Sr
Funeral Notice for Corporal Robert L Berry Dies in Vietnam
Corporal Robert L Berry who died in Vietnam is honored with a military funeral Sunday at 2 P M from Angell Funeral Home Dane St Kennebunk conducted by Rev E G Ward of Kennebunk Baptist Church Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery West Kennebunk AMVETS Post No 12 Bath to hold a military memorial service Saturday at 730 P M at the funeral home.
Funeral services for Russell T. Stewart in Biddeford today
Funeral services for Russell T. Stewart, 50, who died in Hartford, Conn., will be held at 2 p.m. today at Sansoucy Funeral Home in Biddeford. Rev. John H. Miller of the United Church of Christ will officiate. Interment will follow in Houlton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell T. Stewart
Hartford
Conn
Sansoucy
Stone St
Biddeford
John H. Miller
United Church of Christ (Congregational
Houlton
Miss Roxa Belle Palmer Rites Held in Saco
Funeral services for Miss Roxa Belle Palmer formerly of Flag Pond Road Saco were conducted yesterday afternoon from Dennets and Craig Funeral Home 365 Main St Saco with Rev Mrs G Stevens Johnston of Ocean Park officiating Interment followed at Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco Bearers were Joseph Grondin William Tierney George Taillon and John Hill
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxa Belle Palmer
Flag Pond Road
Saco
Dennets and Craig
Main St
G. Stevens Johnston
Ocean Park
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Joseph Grondin
William Tierney
George Taillon
John Hill
Kennebunk club leaders and events noted in town
Kennebunk leaders Albert Tremblay Joseph Pillon and Charles Morlock donated time to build a stage at the Kennebunk Youth Center where they also serve as directors and Friday night chaperones. A Webhannet Woman's Club meeting is set for Monday April 1 at 1 30 p m at the clubhouse with Mrs Donald D Kimball curator speaking about old houses. Mrs George D Noiles will be tea chairwoman. Also reported, the Madonna Chapter O E S Past Matrons Association met at the home of Mrs Reginald Martel with a covered dish supper and installation of Mrs Norman Wheeler as a member. The next meeting is April 25 at the Elms Restaurant Wells with a business session to follow at Mrs Crocker's home. Mrs Melvin Sargent hosted a demonstration party on Sayward Street with Mrs Ronald Robertson as demonstrator, prize winners listed. Attendees included many local women. The Past Presidents Parley of the American Legion Auxiliary will dine at Glen Mor Restaurant Kennebunk Tuesday. First Parish Universalist Church annual meeting and parish supper are Tuesday at 6 30 p m. Olive Rebekah Lodge meets Monday at 7 45 p m at the LO C F hall with Mrs Ruth Allen visiting as Maine Rebekah official. Mrs Phyllis Smith chairs refreshments. Lawrence Fisher of Hollis Center, formerly Kennebunk, is a patient at Webber Hospital. Demolition work begins on the Mothers Club hall in Kennebunk Lower Village for a new fire station to be built on the site Raoul Charland of West Kennebunk is the contractor.
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Albert Tremblay
Joseph Pilon
Charles Morlock
Kennebunk
Webhannet Woman's Club
Donald D. ‘Kimball
Brick Store Museum
George D. Noiles
Association of Madonna Chapter
O.E.S
Reginald Martel
York, Street
Gerald Crocker
Norman Wheeler
Madonna Chapter
Wheeler
Seth Emmons
Raymond Ingalls
Richard Russell
William West
Marion Maguire
Leroy Hutchins
Carl Russell
Brylon Hatch
Charles Crosman
Webber-Lefebvre Unit
American Legion Auxiliary
Glen-Mor
First Parish Unitarian Church
Olive Rebekah Lodge
Ruth Allen
Twin City CB Club Makes Dance Plans
Final plans for a dance to be held tonight at the Fremont Club in Biddeford were set at a Twin City CB Club meeting. The group met at 95 Prospect Street with Er nest Fontaine present to discuss club shirts and determine sizes at the April 3 meeting for shirt orders.
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Fremont Club
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Twin City
CB Club
Saco
Ernest Fontaine
Prospect St
Memphis Riots Prompt Curfew With National Guard Presence
Protests against alleged discrimination of Negro sanitation workers led to rioting on a college campus and administration buildings. A tight curfew is enforced under National Guard rifles as violence is controlled. Brahmanism noted as another name for Hinduism.
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Page One
National Guard Rifles
Memphis
Tenn
Local hospital announces patient updates
Mrs. Lucille Jariz of 274 West St Biddeford is a surgical patient at Webber Hospital. Clarence J Berry of 31 Cutts St Biddeford is a medical patient at Webber Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Jariz
West St
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Clarence J. Berry
Cutts St
Joint initiation ritual by Biddeford Legion group at Elm Street post
A joint initiation will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow by members of the Tighe Beaudoin Farley American Legion Post and Auxiliary. All Auxiliary officers are instructed to wear white at the Elm Street post home in Biddeford.
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Tighe-Beaudoin Farley
American Legion
Elm Street
Biddeford
Various church youth events across Kennebunk and coastal towns
A roundup of Sunday and Monday youth services and religious classes in churches from Old Orchard Beach to Biddeford. Highlights include Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle at 6 15 p m youth service and 7 30 p m evangelistic service, Advent Christian Kennebunk Route 35 meeting at 6 15 p m, and School of Religion classes across multiple parishes. Local church youth fellowships, CCD classes, and a Passion Sunday musical festival at Foss Street Methodist Church are listed with times and locations.
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Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle
Assembly of God
Atlantic Avenue
Third Street
Old Orchard Beach
Christ's Ambassadors
Youth Fellowship of the
Advent Christian Church
Route 35
Kennebunk
St.Martha's Kennebunkport
St.Monica's Kennebunk
St. Mary’s, Wells Beach
St. Martha’s Church
Kennebunkport
Methodist Youth Fellowship
School Street Methodist Church
Saco
Foss Street Methodist Church
Biddeford
Biddeford-Saco
Ogunquit Club To Hold Luncheon
Ogunquit OGUNQUIT The Open Door Club will meet Tuesday April 2 at the Ogunquit Methodist Church vestry Shore Road. A clam chowder luncheon will be prepared by Edward P Wormwood and Thomas Cook and served at 1 30 PM. All members are invited. meetings occur every other Tuesday afternoon at the vestry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogunquit
Ogunquit Methodist Church
Shore Road
Edward P. Wormwood
Thomas Cook
Methodist Church
Change of Marine command amid Vietnam strategy debate
Generals Chapman and Westmoreland shifted roles with Chapman named Marine commandant and Westmoreland moved to Army Chief of Staff. Abrams visited Vietnam briefly as a possible Westmoreland successor, with no clear U S plans disclosed. Johnson weighed bombing options in North Vietnam while Rusk and Humphrey signaled ongoing intensive reviews of Vietnam policy.
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Leonard F. Chapman Jr
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Vietnam
Army
Washington
Creighton Abrams
Westmoreland
Abrams
Portland Weather: Fair Tonight and Sunday
The forecast calls for fair skies in Portland tonight with low temperatures in the mid 20s to mid 30s. Sunday should be mostly fair with no significant temperature changes and stable conditions.
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Portland
Stage Set For High Bidder In Kennebunk
Kennebunk High School will host a week long charity auction May 4 to raise 5000 dollars for Dollars for Scholars. Teachers and students will be bid on at one dollar per hour to fund vocational and college scholarships. The event, led by Principal Robert Perkins and a 10 member Scholarship Committee chaired by Mrs. Ann Hall, includes Chamber of Commerce involvement and a related clean up campaign.
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Kennebunk
Robert Perkins
Kennebunk High School
Citizens Scholarship Foundation
Kennebunk - Kennebunkport
Donald Miller
Kennebunk Chamber of Commerce
Perkins
John Seekins
Ann Hall
Main Street
Chamber of Commerce
Wells Elementary School Spring Music Program Schedule
Wells Elementary School will hold two Wednesday programs in the school auditorium. On April 3 at 1 p.m. kindergarten through second grade and the Special Education class will perform musical fairy tales. On April 10 at 1 p.m. grades three and four will present the operetta Sleepy Head. Parents and friends are invited.
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WELLS
Wells Elementary School
Plane crash discovery and investigation details
Two first learned the plane was missing around 12 30 this morning after a caller heard a crash about four hours earlier. Federal Aviation Administration officials will investigate the crash today. Sanford police Lt Normand Paul led the inquiry with Civil Defense Director Ralph Marshall and Deputy Sheriff Roland Langlois aiding in air and ground searches. Dr Michael Magaudda of Old Orchard Beach York County Medical Examiner attended the scene. Bodies were taken to Webber Hospital Biddeford for autopsies. Sidney with a population of about 2 300 000 is the largest city in Australia.
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Page One
Federal Aviation Agency
Sanford
Normand Paul
Sanford Civil Defense
Ralph ‘Marshall
Roland Langlois
Michael Magaudda
Old
Orchard Beach
York County
Webber Hospital
Biddeford
Cub Scouts Meet in Biddeford Pack 305 Brings 100 Plus Attendees
More than 100 people including Cub Scouts leaders and parents attended the March pack meeting of Cub Scout Pack 305 at the scout hall on Mason Street Biddeford. The event featured bobcat inductions, a Rivers Round the World skit, Regatta relay, badges and awards for several Cubs, den chief inductions, and a plan for April themes and upcoming events.
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Scout Hall
Mason Street
Biddeford
Troop I Building Association
Den 10
Claire Eaton
Quenton Wilson
Wilson
Pack 309
Philip Hatch
Dolores Poirier
Den
Den 5
Paul Poissant
Hatch
Owen Colomb
Norman LaChance
Webelos
Bruce Nunan
Mark Poirier
Rodney Grenier
James, Travers
Roland Morissette
Carl Poissant
Michael Bouthillette
Brian Thibodeau
James Beaudry
Mason Street Hall
McCarthy Clarifies Vietnam Coalition Government View
Students pressed McCarthy with questions on the war racial tensions and the economy. He stated he had said all he cared to and hinted at supporting a coalition government in South Vietnam as a possible opening.
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McCarthy
South Vietnam
Pilot comparisons of F4 and F111 aircraft roles
The discussion contrasts the F4 daylight dive bomber with the F111 all weather level fighter bomber used in night raids. Arnet notes the F111 relies on high resolution radar to detect ground targets and provide accurate navigation, enabling precise attacks through the attack radar and inertial navigator.
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Tors
Arnet
Music Festival Choir Members Announced
The Passion Sunday festival at Foss Street Methodist Church lists soprano Alice Hagar and baritone Peter J Harvey with tenor Albert Packard among vocal soloists. A large chorus includes Pamela Beal Rebecca Bean Nathalie Bean Mae Rennell Gail Kennett Doris Burleigh Patricia Ledoux Lucille Mistos Gladys Goodwin Beatrice Kabel Frances R McDonald Alma Harrison Ethel Rowlands Doris MacKenna Elisabeth Stearns Jean Engborg Bernice Wheeler Sister Aline St James Sister Lucille Boisvert Sister Marie-Gerarda Sister Dorothy Martin Sister Janet Duffy Sister Catherine McDonald Sister Rosetta Girouard Sister Pauline Vachon Sister Pauline Provencher Sister Nancy Kelly Sister Lillian Bonin Sister Diane Chaisson Arthur Dickson A V Skonberg Carl Bohlin James Herrick Gilbert Harrison Arthur Wheeler William C Hobbs Robert G Adams Edmund E Presley Donald Beal Geneve Lamontagne Doris Stackpole Barbara Gilbert Patricia Strickland Ruth Lund Elizabeth Skonberg Alice M Libby Lucy Johnson Jennifer Packard.</S>
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford-Saco
Ethel Rowlands
Doris MacKenna
Elisabeth Stearns
Jean Engborg
Bernice Wheeler
Aline St. James
Lucille Boisvert
Marie-Gerarda
Dorothy Martin
Janet Duffy
Catherine McDonald
Rosetta Girouard
Pauline Vachon
Pauline Provencher
Nancy Kelly
Lillian Bonin
Diane Chaisson
Arthur Dickson
A. V. Skonberg
Carl Bohlin
United Church of Christ (Congregational
Biddeford
United Baptist Church
Foss Street
South Biddeford
St. Joseph's Church
Sisters
Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Needles Run: Biddeford Fire Crew Responds to Dump Alarm
Biddeford firefighters were dispatched to a city dump just before 8 a.m. for a still alarm that proved unnecessary as nothing was used or found on scene. No injuries or damage were reported.
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Biddeford
Mineralogical Society Holds Monthly Meeting in Portland
The Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society held its regular gathering at the Beach Museum on Forest Avenue in Portland. President Miss Marion Banks of Saco led a brief business session before a film from the University of Maine’s Audio-Visual Center titled Rocks That Are on the Earth’s Surface was shown, followed by a short talk by David Crouse of Stone about Joplin Missouri lead mines and a German salt mine. Attendees included members from Saco Biddeford and Old Orchard Beach, Springvale, Kennebunkport, and Kennebunk, plus guests Mrs. Rena Cunningham, Mrs. Goss, Henry Prue, and Herman Hart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine Mineralogical and Geological Society
Beach Museum
Forest Avenue
Marion Banks
Saco
University of Maine
David Crouse
Stone
Joplin
Mid-West
Germany
Armed Services
Biddeford- Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Miss Banks
Frances MacDonald
Sarah Bridge Graves
Biddeford
Richard de. Roberts
Miss Chadbourne
Paul Wight
Walter Wath
Springvale
Elmer Allen
Kennebunkport
Alex Hamilton
Kennebunk L. L. Hamilton
Rena Cunningham
Goss
Henry Prue
Herman Hart
Truman to not seek reelection as Biddeford representative
Theodore Truman, a Biddeford representative and one of three Biddeford members, today announced he will not seek office again after serving a single term in the Maine House of Representatives. Basutoland covers 11,718 square miles with the Drakensberg Range peaking above 11,000 feet and rivers carving deep gorges through sparse valleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Truman
Biddeford
Truman
Maine
House of Representatives
Basutoland
Drakensberg Range
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Wolde Mariam Sawo
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Ethiopia
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Tesfaye G. Woldemariam
Edmund Cashen
News At
The
Unitarian Universalist Church
Portland Road
South Congregational Church
Temple Street
Kenneeg Aga
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
Pote
St. Mary’s Church
Wells Beach
United Church of Christ
Congregational
Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union Society
Methodist Youth Fellowship of the West Kennebunk ‘Methodist Church
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Ogunquit Baptist Church
Junior High Baptist Youth Fellowship
Saco United Baptist Church
Ogunquit Club
Marc
HIG
Sis
Wells School
Sidney
Australia
Cub
Nunan
Romeo Rousseau
Roland Levasseur
Michael Moisson
Roland Dubois
Danny Viger
David Delage
Michael Travis
David Eaton
Wayne Howard
Mark Pitt
Michael Travers
Brian Adams
Mark Perreault
Gary Rousseau
Michael Michaud
Ruth’ Travers
Raymond Letellier
Roland M. Morissette
America
Shriners Circus
den Mothers
Association
Saco City Hall
Knights of Harmony
Freewheelers
Den 4
Alice Delage
Pack
A. E. Leclair
Cutts Ave
Carl Poissané
Arthur Poirier
Eric Sheltra
James Travers
Music Festival Choir
Mineralogical Society
A. J. Kenmuir - Evans
Coles Professional Building
Creamer
Sterling
Pewter
Youland’s Jewelry Store
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