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Newspaper

Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1973

Page

2

Deaths Charles W Fuller of Kennebunk is Dead

Charles W Fuller 86 of Alewive Road Kennebunk died May 4 in a Portland hospital after a lengthy illness He was born in Westboro Mass Sept 27 1886 son of Harry and Mary Willey Fuller He was a 50 year member of Springvale Lodge AF and AM and a retired Fox Lumber Company employee Surviving are his widow two sons a daughter six grandchildren seven great grandchildren five great great grandchildren and a nephew Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 pm from Bibber Memorial Chapel with interment at Oakdale Cemetery Sanford Masonic ritualistic services are set for Sunday at 730 pm Friends may call Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 pm

Kennebunk Charles W. Fuller Alewive Road Portland Westboro Mass Harry and Mary (Willey) Fuller Springvale Lodge Fox Lumber Company Aleta (Gray) Fuller Harry E Charles R. Fuller Marion F. Whitehouse Springvale Bibber Memorial Chapel Summer St Robert Stuart Kennebunk Baptist Church Oakdale Cemetery Sanford

Obituary for Biddeford Woman Josephine Boissoneault

Josephine Boissoneault 70 of 98 Bradbury St Biddeford died May 5 after a brief illness at a local hospital Born February 26 1903 in Biddeford she was a daughter of Joseph and Leona Letendre She worked at Notre Dame Hospital and at the mery School cafeteria and was active in St Joseph Church and the American Legion Auxiliary Survived by five sons Raymond Morristown NJ Richard Springvale Donald and Benoit Biddeford Leroy Manchester NH and three daughters Barbara Harmon Joan Galello Waltham MA and Jean Boissonneaut West Newton MA a sister Louise Gendron Biddeford 19 grandchildren two great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Funeral services were held Tuesday at 830 am at St Joseph Church with interment in St Joseph Cemetery Biddeford Emond Funeral Home 72 Hill St Biddeford announced visitation Sunday and Monday 2 to 4 pm and 7 to 9 pm

Josephine Boissonneault Bradbury St Biddeford Joseph and Leona Labrecque) Letendre St. Joseph Church Notre Dame Hospital Mery School Tighe Beaudoin Farley American Legion Auxiliary Gerard Boissonneault Raymond Morristown N.J Richard Springvale Donald Benoit Leroy Manchester N.H Barbara Harmon Joan Galello West Newton Mass Jean Boissonneaut Waltham Louise Gendron St. Joseph Cemetery Emond Funeral Home

Camp Ellis Wives Group Plans Public Dinners

Camp Ellis Volunteer Firemens Auxiliary met at the fire station for a business session. President Mrs. Theresa Pendleton led reports and plans for a May 27 public turkey dinner. A July 14 baked bean supper was dismissed and activities included the May basket project and Memorial Day Plant Project chairmanships.

Camp Ellis

Community events calendar for Kennebunkport area

Sunday events feature music at Kennebunkport Community House and South Congregational Church. Monday ham supper benefits Cape Porpoise Park Fund at Glen Mor with tickets at the door. TOPS weigh in at 6:30 p.m. SPEBSQSA rehearsal at Temple Street. Woman’s Club lunch at Shawmut Inn. Pot Roast Supper at First Congregational Church. Tuesday Yankee Belles Chorus rehearsal at Kennebunkport Community House. Knights of Pythias and Chess at Myrtle Lodge. Chamber of Commerce Board meeting at 4 p.m. at the Chamber office.

Kennebunkport Taylor South Congregational Church Glen-Mor Kennebunk Cape Porpoise Park Fund TOPS Kennebunk Baptist Church Kennebun Chapter Spebsqsa Temple Street Web Hannet Woman's Club Shawmut Inn First Congregational Church North Street Arundel Grange Yankee Belles Chorus Myrtle Lodge Knights of Pythias Kennebunkebunkport Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Chamber

Funeral Directors Named In Saco Maine Listings

Funeral service firms listed include Shumway and Gross of 35 Spring Street and Dennett and Craig at 865 Main Street Saco Maine with contact numbers. Emond's Funeral Home is listed with 284 5511 and individual names Frank X Emond J P Conroy.

Shumway and Gross Funeral Service Spring S&j. Saco Dennett & Craig Saco Maine Emond Frank X. Emond J. P. Conroy

Weather Update for Portland Tonight and Sunday

Tonight is partly cloudy in Portland with a chance of showers elsewhere and snow flurries over higher elevations, low temperatures in the 30s to low 40s. Sunday remains partly sunny with a chance of showers or snow flurries north and highs in the 40s to mid 50s.

Portland

Millinocket Car Crash Ends in Fatality and Injuries

A two car collision in Millinocket killed 22 year old John Cameron Jr. and injured two others. State police said the crash occurred Friday night when his car collided with another vehicle and struck a utility pole.

John Cameron Jr Millinocket

Fremont Club Plans Mother and Father Day Events

Fremont Club at Alfred Street hall announced a May 19 bean supper with music and social committees led by A C Mondville and Mrs Jeannine Belanger. Robert Parenteau will lecture on French education with slides at the local parochial schools. Four social was held under Gerard Lambert Robitaille and Gagnon.

Fremont Club Alfred Street Biddeford A.C. Mondville Jeannine Belanger Roland Bergeron Horace Beaulieu Raoul Morin Robert Parenteau Gerard Lambert Gerard Robitaille George Gagnon

Knights of Columbus and veterans meet in Biddeford notices

FWS members of the Fourth Degree Assembly Luke E Hart Council Knights of Columbus hold a Sunday 10 30 a m meeting at Pool Street hall Biddeford York County Barracks Veterans of World War One and Auxiliary meet Monday 2 p m at VPW hall Thorn ton Street Biddeford for local gatherings

Fourth Degree Luke E. Hart Knights of Columbus Pool Street Biddeford York County Barracks Veterans of Auxiliary VPW Thornton Street

Local Notables Illnesses Highlight Maine Card

Mrs Irene Guerrette of 61 Clifford St Biddeford and Mrs Harriet Libby of Washington Avenue are patients at Maine Medical Center Portland. Paul Deforge Jr of 13 Promenade Ave Saco is at Osteopathic Hospital Portland. Sister Anita Therrien SCIM of Saco joins eleven Maine delegates with Bishops Gerety and O Leary in Holyoke Mass for the New England Convocation. Uranus Neptune and Pluto are planets not visible to the naked eye.

Irene Guerrette Clifford St Biddeford Maine Medical Center Portland Old Orchard Beach Harriet Libby Washington Avenue Paul Deforge Jr Promenade Ave Saco Maine Osteopathic Hospital Anita Therrien SCIM Maine Peter L. Gerety Edward C. O'Leary Holyoke Mass New England National Conference of Catholic Bishops Uranus Neptune Pluto

Safety Officer Belanger Leads Biddeford Police Training Efforts

Clarence T. Belanger a seven year Biddeford police deskman and former Bates Mills supervisor is cited for improving the department. He emphasizes a rising, young force, enhanced pay and pension gains, weapons training leadership, and extensive Army reserve experience including Fort Benning Fort Know Fort Leavenworth and NRA certification. Born in Cornier, 44, he remains active in York County training programs.

Sandra Newcomb Bates Mills Pepperel Mills Clarence T. Belanger Biddeford Belanger Force Army Reserve Fort Benning Fort Know Ft. Lee Army Command and General Staff College Ft. Leavenworth Kansas National Rifle Association York County Saco Cornier

Biddeford Conservation Commission Drained of Active Members

The Biddeford Conservation Commission has not met for eight or nine months with only chairman Robert Boilard showing up if a meeting were held tomorrow. Five original members left or resigned since 1971 and none were replaced, leaving an inactive panel amid city apathy and questions over a $50 budget allotment and future use.

Biddeford Leo Maher Alice Bourque Clifford Berry E. Ray Noiseux Robert Boilard Boilard Saco River Augusta

Mobile home regulation and alimony bills listed for Monday hearings

Augusta schedule shows LD 1222 and LD 1605 on mobile home regulation before the Business Legislation Committee at 1 30 p m in room 135 state house. The Judiciary Committee considers a bill on criminal contempt for failure to pay alimony and child support at 1 30 p.m. room 438 state house. Other hearings include pauper aid costs wage and pension protections and a state health program with 1 30 p.m. start. Open to the public with weekly notices in the Journal.

Augusta Jon Lund Scarborough York Cumberland Business Legislation Committee State House Labor Committee Maine Journal The

Mrs Johnston to Lead Spring Worship Series at Porter Hall Grove

Ocean Park officials announce Rev Dorothy M Johnston will preach the annual spring community worship series at Porter Memorial Hall in the Grove starting Sunday at 10 30 a m through June 17 with a break June 3 Special music features a duet by Edna Hutchinson and F Ethel Rowlands with Lillian S Jakeman on piano The June 3 Thank Offering service will be led by Toilers by the Sea with Rev Raymond F Smith guest speaker The fall series will run from the Sunday after Labor Day through October 7 for cottage week enders and year round residents

Ocean Park Dorothy M. Johnston Porter Memorial Hall the Grove Lillian S. Jakeman Toilers-by-the-Sea Raymond F. Smith American Baptist Churches of New Hampshire

Outreach Workers Attend Workshop on Abused Children in Portland

York County outreach workers Debbie Cronin Therese Plessis Car men Poisson and Lorraine Savage attended a two day symposium on Abused and Neglected Children in Portland April 26 and 27. The Mental Health Outreach Program sponsored by Human Relations Services York County Counseling Services aims to help people gain social and emotional skills and access needed services. Highlights included an address by Joseph M F Ryan associate judge Superior Court of District of Columbia and a Portland program involving the Portland City Police Maine Medical Center and the Maine Department of Health and Welfare with foster care efforts.

York County Debbie Cronin Therese Plessis Carmen Poisson Lorraine Savage Portland Human Relations Services York County Counseling Services

Old Sailor Booklet Supports Cape Porpoise Fund

A reprint of the 1853 booklet The Old Sailor detailing Elias Hutchins life at sea is on sale to benefit Cape Park Fund. Proceeds go through Bradbury's Cape Porpoise store Kennebunk Book Port Dock Square Louis T Graves Memorial Library The Brick Store Museum and Crabapple Bookstore in Stanford.

Cape Porpoise Cape Park Fund Elias Hutchins Arundel Bradbury's Kennebunk Book Port Dock Square Louis T. Graves Memorial Library Brick Store Museum Crabapple Intanford

Mississippi River Crest Expected at Hannibal Mo

The Mississippi River is to crest today at Hannibal Missouri marking the 55th straight day of flooding in the river valley. Weary residents work to rebuild as backwaters cover millions of acres. damages rise with crops unplanted and homes lost. The Mississippi River Commission estimates property damage at 356 million across seven states.

Associated Press Hannibal Illinois Mississippi Alton Ill Louisiana Mount mid-America Mississippi River Mission Missouri Arkansas Kentucky Tennessee

Saco Route 1 Crash Injures Arlene Lessard Passenger

Arlene Lessard of Biddeford rests at Webber Hospital after a Route 1 collision in Saco Friday involving a 1973 Fiat driven by Michael Lamb 25 and a 1965 Mercedes driven by John Forestell 19. Damages were 450 and 550 with no injuries besides the passengers. No charges filed.

Arlene Lessard Biddeford Webber Hospital Saco Michael Lamb Portland John J. Forestell Fiat Trudeau Route 1 Mercedes

Saco Man Plays Key Role in National Ayrshire Meeting

The Maine Ayrshire breeders hosted the national convention in Portland and Cumberland, with Leland Scammon of Saco as Maine association president. More than 300 attendees from across the U S and Canada toured local farms and attended a Finland speaker and breed panel. The 32 head national sale averaged 1608 dollars, with one animal selling for 6000 dollars, funding club activities.

Maine Saco Leland Scammon New County Road Maine Ayshire Breeders Association Scammon National Association Canada Finland Columbia Sheraton Eastland Ayrshire Maine Association Maine Club National Organization

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