Deaths Shirley Blaisdell in Old Orchard Beach
Mrs Shirley May Blaisdell 39 of Cascade Road Old Orchard Beach died Thursday at Portsmouth Naval Hospital after illness. Born February 28 1935 in Brownville Junction she moved from Fort Worth Texas last year. Survived by husband Melvin M Blaisdell four sons and four daughters, mother, sisters and nieces. Mass Tuesday 10 am at St Margaret's Church with burial in Maine State Veteran's Cemetery Augusta. Public viewing Sunday 2-4 pm and Monday 7-9 pm at Old Orchard Beach Funeral Home.
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Old Orchard Beach
Shirley May Blaisdell
Cascade Road
Here
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Brownville
Junction
James
Helen Lester
Portland
Fort Worth
Texas
St. Margaret’s Church
Melvin M. Blaisdell
Maine State Veteran's Cemetery
Augusta
Portland Ave
Mrs Anna Martel 77 Biddeford resident dies in hospital
Anna Martel 77 of 30 Forest St Biddeford died Friday in a local hospital. Born July 1 1896 in Biddeford she was daughter of Camille and Josephine Grondin. Survived by daughters Mrs Paul LaBrecque Mrs Maurice Roy and Mrs Marcel LaRose a son Jean Paul Martel two sisters seven grandchildren eight great grandchildren and other relatives. Mass will be said Monday at 8 45 a m at St Joseph Church with interment in St Joseph Cemetery. Friends may call Sansoucy Blais Funeral Home tonight and Sunday evening.
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Anna Martel
Forest St
Biddeford
Camille
Josephine
Dion )Grondin
Martel
St. Joseph’s Church
Paul LaBrecque
Lawrence
Mass
Maurice Roy
Marcel
Biddeford Woman Lucille Delorge Dies After Illness
Lucille J. Delorge 56 of 15 Porter St Biddeford died Friday night after a brief illness at a local hospital Born July 22 1917 in Biddeford she was daughter of Joseph P and Albertina Loranger A communicant of St Josephs Church she worked as a cashier at White Star Laundry She leaves son Paul R Delorge sister mother and Raoul Loranger among others Funeral 10:30 a m at St Josephs Church and burial at St Josephs Cemetery Bolduc Funeral Home Biddeford handled arrangements He left Paris France another obit note follows about Francoise Rosay death.
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Lucille J. Delorge
Porter St
Biddeford
Joseph P
Albertina (Roy) Loranger
White Star Laundry
Paul G. Delorge
Paul R. Delorge
Saco
Albertine Loranger
Raoul Loranger
Old Orchard Beach
St. Joseph's Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Bolduc
Alfred St
Card of Thanks for Webber Hospital Care
The family extends heartfelt appreciation to Webber Hospital staff Reverend Father Sirois Reverend Father St Cyr Doctors Andre Fortier and Frederick Clark Reverend Father Carrier Sacred Heart League of Notre Dame Saco pallbearers from St Jean de Baptist Society those who furnished cars and those who sent spiritual bouquets mass offerings and flowers Your thoughtfulness is deeply appreciated Alexis Delisle family I thank the doctors nurses and staff of Webber Hospital for their care relatives and friends for flowers gifts and cards I received during my stay Mrs Claire Cote
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Webber Hospital
Father Sirois
Father St. Cyr
Andre Fortier
Frederick Clark
Father Carrier
Sacred Heart League of Notre Dame
Saco
St. Jean de Baptist Society
Alexis Delisle
Funeral Directors Shumway and Gross and Emond Conroy
Funeral service addresses listed for Shumway and Gross at 35 Spring St Saco with phone 284 5611 and Emond Conroy at 284-5511 and 282-1818 run by Frank X Emond and J P Conroy with their respective funeral homes and contact numbers.
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Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
Saco
Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Mrs Aurore Hyland 80 of Saco dies after long illness
Aurore C Hyland aged 80 of 55 School St Saco died Friday in a local nursing home after a lengthy illness Born in Biddeford Sept 2 1893 she was a daughter of Ernest and Julie Spenard She leaves William Hyland Sr and Jr of Saco a sister Mrs Alfred Boucher of Dracut MA and several grandchildren and great grandchildren Funeral services at Most Holy Trinity Church Saco with interment at St Marys Cemetery Biddeford Friends may call Cosgrove Funeral Home Biddeford today and Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM
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Aurore C. Hyland
School St
Saco
Biddeford
Ernest
Julie
Senneville) Spenard
Alfred Boucher
Dracut
Mass
Most Holy Trinity Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Cosgrove Funeral Home
Death of Mrs. Garafalia Kouzounas of Saco and Biddeford
Mrs. Garafalia Kouzounas 82 formerly of 6 Front St Saco died Saturday in an Augusta hospital born in Greece Aug 15 1891 daughter of Petro and Dragoumanos Poulikos a communicant of St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church Biddeford. Funeral Monday 2 pm at St Demetrios Biddeford burial in St Demetrios Cemetery Saco. Visitation Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 at Cote Funeral Home Saco.
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Garafalia (Rose) Kouzounas
Front St
Saco
Augusta Hospital
Greece
Petro (Dragoumanos) Poulikos
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
Biddeford
St. Demetrios Cemetery
Cote Funeral Home
James St
Annie B Allaire 82 of Old Orchard Beach dies in Sanford nursing home
Annie Beaulieu Allaire 82 of 2 Lucette Ave Old Orchard Beach died this morning in a Sanford nursing home. Born May 24 1891 in St Helene Quebec she lived in Sanford earlier and worked at Goodall Mills retiring in 1948. Surviving include son Walter R Beaulieu and siblings Delina Roberge Emily Roberge Regina Mauzevalle Lillian Prieur Sylvia Michaud with six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Mass 10 am at St Margaret's then in St Ignatius Cemetery Sanford with visitations today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
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Old Orchard Beach
Annie Beaulieu Allaire
Lucette Ave
Iddeford
St. Helene
Que
Joseph and
Julie (Ouellette) Michaud
Allaire
Sanford
Goodall Mills
Walter R. Beaulieu
Thomas
Philip Michaud
Delina Roberge
Uncasville
St. Margaret’s Church
St. Ignatius Cemetery
Portland Ave
Dorothy Fields dies at 70 after heart attack in New York
Dorothy Fields, 70, renowned American lyricist of The Way You Look Tonight and On the Sunny Side of the Street, died Thursday in New York from a heart attack. She penned songs with top writers and shaped American popular song from the 1920s onward, earning an Oscar in 1936 for The Way You Look Tonight in Swing Time.
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Dorothy Fields
New York
America
Portland Weather Update Snow and Freezing Rain Mixed
Tonight snow mixes with freezing rain in the north and east with mixed precipitation changing to rain elsewhere. Lows in the 30s. Sunday brings north flurries and rain ending elsewhere with highs from the upper 30s in the north to the 40s in the south.
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Portland
Officials Hope Trip Boosts Old Orchard Beach Tourism
Town council approves a $1000 promotion trip to Montreal for Town Manager Rita Belair and Council Chairman Leslie Wyman with Chamber of Commerce leaders to explore an exchange program, meet travel editors, and spur summer tourism including a Festival of Waters in June. The meeting is postponed to April 8 at Loranger School.
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Old Orchard Beach
Montreal
Rita Belair
Leslie Wyman
Chamber of Commerce
Orchard Beach
Guerette
Chamber
David Despres
Innkeepers Association
Belair
Wyman
Despres
Norman Lessard
Robert Guerette
Leo ,Dubuc
Moe Berger
C. Russell Durant
Gerard Janelle
Joseph Dussault
Arthur Robida
Loranger School
Rats Control at Kennebunk Dump Stirring Local Debate
Town records show Kennebunk officials say rat control at the dump is effective with residents noting few sightings. St Amand describes monthly baiting using plastic bags of cornmeal sugar peanut butter and poison. he stresses public safety prevents quicker harsher measures.
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Kennebunk Dump
Kennebunk
St. Amand
Kennebunk River
Summer Street
Woodside
Pinewood
Ridgewood
Fontaine
Kenneth ‘Barrett
Nixon leadership on education questioned by Democrats
Democratic leaders said President Nixon failed to provide leadership on education after his broadcast. Rep. Braatomas and Sen. Pell argued Congress provided programs and funding and that Nixon would not work with Congress to strengthen schools. Pell noted five years of struggle as Congress urged education priority and consolidation of programs into a single grant.
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John Beckler
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Congress
John Brademas
D-Ind
Claiborne Pell
D-R.i
Brademas
Pell
Senate
Controls Lifted In Aerospace Wage Rules
The Cost of Living Council lifts wage and price controls from the aerospace sector, a $21 billion annual industry with 600000 workers in 1200 firms, and plans to remove newspaper salaries from controls within a week. Council Director John T. Dunlop announced the move during a National Newspaper Association meeting, noting prices had already been freed and indicating further easing before April 30.
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Washington
National Newspaper Association
John T. Dunlop
Dunlop
Fiance Predicts Action In Hearst Kidnap Case
Steven Weed says within four days something will happen regarding Patricia Hearst. He believes his fiancée is still alive after she was abducted from her Berkeley apartment by Symbionese Liberation Army terrorists on February 4, and he was beaten during the incident.
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Hillsborough
Calif
Patricia Hearst
Steven Weed
Newsmen
Berkeley
Symbionese Liberation Army
Wives Finish Behind Boats
In Narragansett Rhode Island two URI social scientists compare fishermen and mill workers. The study asks what is worst to lose and finds fishermen fear loss of boat second and wives third, while mill workers fear loss of wife second.
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Narragansett, RI
Point Judith
University of Rhode Island
Carl Gersuny
John J. Poggie Jr
Maritimes
URI
Graduate School of Oceanography
Collision injures two. streakers nabbed in Saco
Kathleen Benoit, 24, of Saco suffers facial injuries and a sprained arm after a two car crash at Elm and Pleasant. Vera E. Benoit, 50, and Wayne S. Linteau, 19, driving other cars, receive medical updates. multiple city incidents, including streakers detained and gas spill cleanup, recur in Saco and Biddeford.
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Kathleen Benoit
Saco
Vera E. Benoit
Main St
Wayne S. Linteau
Union St
Elm
Pleasant Streets
Miss Benoit
Webber Hospital
Bicycles Stolen From Biddeford Home Reported
Rodney Gagne of Marcel Avenue Biddeford reports two 10 speed bicycles stolen from his home sometime in the period. The incident lacks precise date and further details remain unavailable.
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Rodney Gagne
Marcel Avenue
Biddeford
Lenten Meditation Set In Saco Sunday
Community invitation to a Sunday Lenten Meditation at 7 30 p m at First Parish Congregational Church United Church of Christ in Saco. Cathedral Choir and soloists under Mrs Carl Deis Jr will provide music led by Rev James W Fletcher the host pastor.
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First Parish Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
Saco
First Parish
Carl Deis, Jr
James W. Fletcher
Legislature Acts On Funding And Social Bills In Maine
The Senate rejected a 50,000 dollar funding request but then defeated the bill 16 to 6. Maine authorities moved to require the Maine Port Authority to secure a petroleum share from a Sanford refinery. A new SSI program will replace aid to the Blind Aged and Disabled with authority for the Department of Health and Welfare. The governor signed bills funding emergency medical training 25000 dollars, a 35000 dollar sheltered workshop in Sanford, and 5000 dollars to extend the legislative research staff through June. Also, Phoenix reports the highest burglaries while Milwaukee reports the lowest rates among the 25 largest U.S. cities.
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Senate
House
Maine
Sanford
Needless Run Oob Fire Engine 2 Unit 18
An incident report notes a needless run by Fire Engine 2 from Unit 18. The call appears to have been unnecessary with no fire detected and no injuries reported.
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Needless Run
Old Orchard Beach
OOB
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Shirley Blaisdell
Francoise Rosay
Paris
Mrs. Claire Cote
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Tel
Memoriam
Joseph A. Ledoux
Coat
Notre Malle de Lourdes
Garafalia Kouzounas
Annie B. Allaire
Hope
Electrolux
Grace Lewis
Lestoil
Aerospace
Hearst
Kennebunk Automobile Registry
Peter Kingsley
Public Safety
Pepperell Square
Cliff Avenue
Ray’s Market
West
Granite Streets
Crescent
Green Streets
Anita Thibodeau
Enfield
Conn
Louis
Spill
Elm St
Webber
Old Orchard
First Streets
OOB Fire Department
Phoenix
Milwaukee
Moarshiview
U.S
Scarboro
THE
Branford
Beach St
Rt. 9
Ferry Road
Eileen Lessard
Lucinda Ward
AnSco
Realtors
Pine State Multiple Listing Service
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