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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1967
Page
2
Ernest R. Hill, former director of bands and orchestras in Maine and founder of Augusta's symphony, died at a Portland hospital at age 90. He directed the Maine Music Camp for years and judged bands and orchestras at state school music festivals.
Adelard Lachance 67 of 33 Water St Biddeford died this morning after a long illness He was born February 15 1900 in St Halifax Canada and worked as a caretaker at Biddeford City Building Survived by widow Mrs Trene Lachance a stepdaughter Mrs June Poirier a stepson Gerald Carter and brother Peter Lachance Funeral services will be held at St Andre's Church Biddeford at 9 am Monday Interment in St Joseph's Cemetery Visitation at Sansoucy Funeral Home Biddeford from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm today and Sunday
Mrs Lydia Bouthillette 52 of 10 Irving St Saco died last night in a Biddeford hospital. Born June 25 1914 in Biddeford daughter of Oscar and Maria Hu bert Bouthillette she was a communicant of Notre Dame de Lourdes Church. Survived by widower Lucien two sons Leo and Raymond sister Mrs Aurise Chretian brother Alfred Hubert and one grandchild. Funeral at 8 am Monday from Notre Dame de Lourdes Church. Friends may call Cote Funeral Home Saco tomorrow and Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 pm.
A rear end collision on Elm Street Biddeford involved Joseph Vanek 32 Worth Illinois and Robert Raubeson 47 Freeport. Passenger Margaret Vanek was shaken but uninjured. Earlier a tire blowout on An thyme Raymond 48 Biddeford caused a vehicle to strike a guard rail on Alfred Road with no injuries.
In Saco Maine the firms Dennett and Craig Shumway Funeral Service Emond's Funeral Home are provided with street addresses and phone numbers. Philip H Gross Sr is named as director and J P Conroy appears among funeral service contacts.
Ella W. Whitehead 75 of 31 Wood Ave Saco dies. Funeral services Saturday at 2 P M from Shumway Funeral Home 35 Spring St Saco with Rev Stanley Bennett of Saco United Baptist Church officiating. Entombment Greenwood Cemetery Biddeford. Visitation today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9. Arrangements by Philip H Gross Sr director.
Theodore V. Kearney thanks Dr. Houle nurses and Webber Hospital staff and friends for flowers cards and kindness during illness. He also thanks Biddeford Mayor Street Department for Cole Road repairs enabling burial at St Demetrios Cemetery and thanks all who sent flowers and sympathy. Mr and Mrs George Vlahakos
Funeral services for Miss Anna Cash of Liberty were held yesterday afternoon at the Dennett and Craig Funeral Home in Saco. Rev. Fred Holmberg of Christ Church Kennebunk officiated and entombment was in Ford. Burial is planned for Woodlawn Cemetery Biddeford.
Funeral services were conducted yesterday morning at Dennett and Craig Funeral Home in Saco for Rodney D. Hight of Fortunes Rocks Biddeford. Rev Fred Russell officiated. Entombment was at Greenwood Cemetery Biddeford with a later burial planned atwood lawn Cemetery Biddeford.
Two more NBC newscasters Ray Scherer and Morgan Beatty join Huntley and McGee on air amid the Jamnericat Federation strike. Washington says Dean Rusk may skip Meet the Press if the walkout persists. Negotiations convene in DC to end the 18 000 member union walkout over wages and fees.
Britain declares the Torrey Canyon off as scrap and moves to end the oil spill saga. The government seeks early IMCO talks to curb future tanker disasters while targeting ships under flags of convenience. Royal Navy bombing ends as oil holds are cleaned and slicks monitored.
Fred Miliken of Hills Beach and Eva Graham of Biddeford are patients at Webber Hospital. Jessie Russell of Biddeford also hospital bound. Several Biddeford women travel to Sherbrooke Quebec for funeral services for the father of Rev. Alexander Letendre, including Mrs. John Guimond, Miss Irene Roberge, Miss Louise Roberge, and Mrs. Alphonse Valcourt.
The Delta Alpha Club will meet at 7 30 p m Monday at Mrs Paul Cobb s Ferry Road Saco. Members are to bring items for a silent auction Our Lady of Victory Circle will meet at 2 p m Sunday at the Fremont Club Alfred Street Biddeford.
Prayer meeting set for Tuesday at 7 30 p m at Full Gospel church Wells Route 9A off Route 109 Parish. Senior Youth Group of First Parish Congregational Church Saco sponsors casserole supper tonight 5 to 7 at Parish House Beach Street.
The Women's Society of Christian Service of the Washington Avenue Methodist Church finalized plans for the Spring Luncheon on April 13. A pot luck dinner preceded a business meeting led by President Mrs. Mattie Bliss, with devotions by Mrs. Florence Benson and Mrs. Ethel Ritchie, and a silent auction that boosted the treasury.
Saco Alderman Malcolm Mac Leod spoke on his council duties and activities this year at the Ward 4 Republican Committee meeting held at Willard Stackpole’s home in Saco Wildwood Drive A film from State Republican Headquarters by the American Heritage Foundation illustrated the volunteer role in local politics followed by a brief discussion and refreshments.
Douglas A. Bowen a 32 year old disabled ex marine was bound over to Superior Court on two counts of assault to kill for allegedly trying to kill two Falmouth policemen. He was released on a $10 000 bond.
Immunization clinic scheduled for Tuesday at 9 30 a m in the Town Hall will offer vaccines for diphtheria whooping cough tetanus smallpox and measles with a polio series starting now and second dose in June Dr Herbert Hopkins to attend. Britons battle oil on West Cornwall and Devon beaches using foam barriers sweeping operations and detergents as defense booms go up to protect oyster and dam beds supporting local income.
The five day forecast covers northern New England Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Daytime highs expected in the upper 40s to lower 50s in the north and mid to upper 50s in MA and RI. Overnight lows from the lower 30s to mid 40s with light precipitation totaling about a quarter to a half inch.
Readable fragments show tide and time entries for March and April with A M and P M markers. The text lists various times and numbers without clear context or full phrases.
U S infantry clashed with a Communist force in Junction City as U S pilots flew 95 missions against North Vietnam. Air Force crews attacked a truck convoy near Hanoi while a helicopter force fought Viet Cong in Binh Thuan Province. US and allied vessels added naval support off the coast as B52 bombers prepare for deployment to Thailand.
Kennebunk Health Association named committee chairs at a meeting held in the Public Health office. Appointees include Personnel Mrs. Roger Gonneville and Mrs. Alexander Burr Jr. and others. plant sale chairwomen are Mrs. Goff and Mrs. Belyea for the annual gardenia day sale on April 28. The group will host the 25th Health Council Institute on April 18 at First Parish Church Unitarian with panel discussions on youth wellbeing and a talk by Dr. Alfred E. Darby, clinical director of Psychiatry at Pineland Hospital.
Biddeford Junior High and Biddeford High School principals report space is becoming tight. They seek expansions in industrial arts and home economics but are limited by facilities. A meeting with the State Education Department is planned to discuss a vocational center at Biddeford High School. Mayor LeMire to appoint a committee to pursue state level relations. The school board authorizes Bruce L. Smith to issue next year contracts per schedule.
SHAPE the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe begins operations in the Belgian village of Casteau, south of Brussels, housing about 10 000 personnel as NATO moves its political and military staffs from Paris to Belgium amid mixed public reaction. Gen Lyman Lemnitzer arrives as NATO’s military commander while Belgium races to complete quarters and rent talks.
Biddeford's Fire Department was called out twice last night for a truck fire and a blaze in a vacant building at 225 Elm St. The Osher Realty Co. building is being renovated and workers overheated a stove causing a wall fire. boosters were used to extinguish.
AP reports a surge in Vietnam War fatalities with U S weekly combat deaths averaging 160 this year, up from 96 in 1966, while Communist losses rise sharply. Enticing figures estimate enemy dead and wounded but emphasize estimates are uncertain yet used to gauge force levels and prospects.
The Maine legislature congratulated Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church of Lewiston on its golden jubilee. The 50th anniversary will be observed with a groundbreaking ceremony for a new church on April 15 and 16, amid a separate overheated brake drum incident on the Maine Turnpike.
Recovery of Delta Air Lines flight and voice recorders found at the crash scene near the Hilton Inn motel is sent to Washington for CAB analysis. Investigators probe the wreckage as 18 people, including nine Wisconsin high school girls and a Philadelphia salesman, perished after the jet struck the motel.
The Maine Medical Center research department received a 145,628 federal NIH grant on Thursday. The five year award funds two years of training in research for nine doctors.
Portland gains direct summer air service to Montreal as Northeast Airlines launches weekend round trips starting June 16. The Civil Aeronautics Board granted temporary authority to stop in Portland on the Boston Montreal route with one round trip each Friday Saturday and Sunday. Northeast aims to extend the link beyond 1967 if demand remains strong.
Ernest and Hélene Duguay of Saco filed a negligence suit against Irene Lapierre of Biddeford James Huff operator of Town Taxi Biddeford and Town Taxi of Saco and David A Adjutant of Biddeford over a Dec 20 1965 accident in Biddeford. The jury was empanelled and the case settled out of court with dismissal with prejudice and without costs to either party.
Quiet scene at the Central Theater in Biddeford after 100 picketers protested a Swedish film on Wednesday night. No demonstrators were present last night, and business appeared normal.
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