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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1968

Page

2

Beatrice Dallaire 51 Old Orchard Beach Resident dies

Beatrice Dallaire 51 of Old Salt Road Old Orchard Beach died early this morning after a long illness in a Biddeford hospital. Born May 24 1916 in Canada she was a daughter of Joseph and Marie Nadeau Methot and a St Margaret's Church parishioner. Survived by widower Delvica Dallaire son Paul Dallaire Hills Beach two daughters Carmen Couture Saco Patricia Dallaire local foster parents Leo Paul Larame Norton Vermont sister Madeline Methot brother Maurice Methot three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral from St Margaret's Church Monday at 9 a.m. interment St Joseph's Cemetery Biddeford. Friends may call Cote Funeral Home Saco tonight 7-10 and tomorrow 2-4 and 7-10 p.m.

Old Orchard Beach Beatrice Dallaire Old Salt Road Biddeford Canada Josep and Marie Nadeau Methot St. Margaret’s Church Delvica Dallaire Paul Dallaire Hills Beach Carmen Couture Saco Patricia Dallaire Leo Paul Larame Norto Troy Mary Dean Methot Maurice Methot Treat

Carrie Merrill Merrill of North Berwick dies at 81

Mrs Carrie Robinson Merrill 81 formerly of Kittery died last night in a nursing home in North Berwick Born January 1 1886 in Lynn Massachusetts she was the daughter of William and Carrie Robinson Survived by a son Stacy Merrill Boston a daughter Virginia Putnam Kennebunk a brother Oscar Robinson Lynn Mass two sisters Mildred Bean Amesbury and Addie Bass Middleboro six grandchildren 22 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Funeral services Monday at 2 from Angell Funeral Home Kennebunk with Rev E G Ward officiating Interment in Orchard Grove Cemetery Kittery Visiting hours no

North Berwick Carrie Robinson Merrill Kittery Lynn Mass William and Carrie (Harris) Robinson Stacy M. Merrill Boston Virginia H. Putnam Kennebunk Oscar Robinson Mildred Bean Amesbury Addie Bass Middleboro Angell Funeral Home Dane St E. G. Ward Kennebunk Baptist Church Orchard Grove Cemetery

Kennebunk Maynard Bands Present Joint Concert Tonight

The Kennebunk High School and Maynard High School bands join for a concert tonight at 8 in the KHS Gymnasium. Maynard under Charles Garabedian will perform Britania and English Folk Rhapsody, and Windy. Kennebunk under Alexander Economos will play Brahms Symphony No. 4 third movement and Prokofiev Train Ride, with Majorettes led by Sandra Dickinson.

Kennebunk Maynard High School Maynard Mass Kennebunk High School KHS Charles Garabedian Edmunds Friedman Jeannette Tompkis Morrissey St. Louis Cathedral Congo Square Alexander Economos Brahms Prokofiev Hollywood Hawkins Sandra Dickinson Skelton Garabedian Osterling Playbar Barry Economos Stuart Wechter Herb Alpert Finian Rainbow Yoder Maynard High Albert Lever Robert Kingsbury Leonard McKenna John S. Seekins Jr Robert 4. Perkins Heber Smith

Funeral Directors and contact listings in Saco Maine

Funeral homes and directors listed include Emond's Funeral Home at 2s4 5511 with Frank X. Emond and J P Conroy Shumway Funeral Service at 35 Spring Street Saco 284 5611 with Philip H Gross Sr Director. Dennett & Craig at 365 Main Street Saco Maine dial 282 0562.

Emond Frank X. Emond J. P. Conroy Shumway Funeral Service Spring Street Saco Philip H. Gross Sr Dennett & Craig Main Street Maine Dial

Funeral Services for Mrs Aline Bourgoin

Funeral services for Mrs. Aline Bourgoin of Hollis Center were held yesterday morning at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church Saco a solemn requiem high mass celebrated by Rev Valmont Gilbert with deacon Rev Paul Jalbert and sub deacon Rev Donald Labranche. Interment followed in St Joseph's Cemetery Biddeford with graveside prayers by Father Carrier. Bearers were Roger Rossignol Paw Hill Kenneth Hill Donald Guay Normand Guay and Andrew Guay.

Aline Bourgoin Hollis Center Notre Dame de Lourdes Saco Valmont Gilbert Paul Jalbert Donald Labranche Eva Carrier St. Joseph's Cemetery Biddeford Father Carrier Roger Rossignol Paw Hill Kenneth Hill Donald Guay Normand Guay Andrew Guay

Funeral Rites Held for Louis Angers in Saco

Funeral services for Louis Angers of Buxton Road Saco were held at Notre Dame de Lourdes Church with Rev. Joseph S Carrier officiating and deacon Rev. Paul Jalbert subdeacon Rev. Donald Labranche. The burial was in St Joseph's Cemetery Biddeford. Delegates from Raytheon Company of Lowell attended.

Today in History events and church notices May 11 1968

Today is Saturday May 11 1968 the 132nd day of the year with 234 days remaining. Historical notes include the 1867 Treaty of London guaranteeing Luxembourg neutrality, Israel joining the UN in 1949, and past references to US Soviet talks on nuclear tests and Canada accepting warheads. Church and youth group meetings are listed for various Kennebunk and Goodwins Mills locations with times in the evening and afternoon.

Associated Press Church Goodwins Mills Luxembourg Israel United Nations United States Canada Canaa

Simoneau Returns Home After Surgery at Maine Medical Center

Simoneau 56 of Biddeford returned home after a surgical stay at Maine Medical Center in Portland.

Pares Simoneau Ss Biddeford Maine Medical Center Portland

Local Veterans and Auxiliary Gather for Evening Meeting

Past Presidents of York County Council and American Legion Auxiliary will be entertained tonight at 8 at the Kennebunkport Memorial Post Home. Kennebunk Unit members will act as hostesses for the event. The E and L Club of the Saco School Methodist Church plans a meeting Monday at 7 30 p.m. at Mrs. Virginia Lummis Kinney Shores Saco.

Unitarian Universalist Church Main Street Portland Road Kennebunk York County Council American Legion Auxiliary Kennebunkport Memorial Post E and Saco School Methodist Church Virginia Lummis Kinney Shores Saco

Portland Weather Cloudiness Increases Tonight

Portland reports increasing cloudiness and mild temperatures with overnight lows in the upper 30s to low 40s. Sunday remains cloudy with a chance of rain and cooler conditions.

Portland

Mother's Day Observed by 50-Plus Club at Webhannet

The 50-Plus Club of Kennebunk met at the Webhannet Clubhouse with about 30 members. They planned a July or August food sale, agreed to join a Cumberland County Senior Citizens exhibit in Portland May 22, and held a Mother’s Day program with readings, solos, and carnations for the oldest and youngest mothers present.

Kennebunk Webhannet Viola Lee Tranci Lee Cumberland County Salvation Army Hall Portland Mary Millner The Sea Road Henry Megert Jennie Currier Ruth Leavitt Vivien Tranci Megert Edna York Flossie York Hartley Stewart Evelyn Ramsden Mary Rouleau Cecelia Cashen

Religious youth groups meet across coastal towns

Parish youth activities schedule lists classes and gatherings at St Martha in Kennebunkport St Marys Wells Beach and other churches. Groups include Senior and Junior High Youth Fellowships Methodist and Baptist churches plus an evening film at Cape Porpoise with organist Wayne Whitney.

Saco United

Baked Bean and Harmony Supper Supports Hartford Trip

Kennebunk MRS EDmund Cashen hosts a Baked Bean and Harmony supper at Kennebunk High School 5 to 7 PM to raise funds for chorus and Yanks expenses for September in Hartford Conn. Chorus performances by the group 5.2' s.d.0.W.4 and several quartets planned.

Softball Tilt Set By Local Departments

Biddeford police and fire fighters clash in a 6 p.m. game tomorrow at May Field recreation area. This marks their second meeting this season after the firefighters won earlier 11 to 10.

Biddeford May Field

Invaders Push Toward Holtz Pass in Aleutian Assault

In a grueling Aleutian operation, U.S. troops led by colonels and generals fight through snow and mud to seize Holtz Pass. By the seventh day the summit remains elusive for Jeeps and leaders as casualties mount from harsh conditions and entrenched Japanese positions. The recap notes desert troops joining scarred veterans and relentless artillery, with Col Yamazaki issuing a bold stand at Chichagof Harbor.

Sion Holtz Pass California Aleutian

Attu Battle Remembrance Across Fog Shrouded Ridge

The Attu fight ends at dawn as Japanese crush the American bivouac with banzai charges. Col. Yamazaki and a Ladysmith, Wisconsin captain die among the dead. Three months later Allied forces retake nearby Kiska with minimal casualties. Attu remains a foggy battlefield site today guarded by a Coast Guard station and a Japan erected memorial plaque.

Attu Col Yamazaki Ladysmith Wis Kiska North America Coast Guard Col. Yamazaki Japan

Biddeford Youth Struck By Car In City Incident

A five year old Biddeford girl Frances Mischou of 28 Hill Street was struck by a car on Hill Street. The driver Jeremie E. Sirois of 88 Pike Street said the child crossed in front of his vehicle and he was nearly stopped when contact occurred. She received minor injuries from Dr. Joseph M. Patane.

Biddeford Frances Mischou Hill St Hill Jeremie E. Sirois Pike St Joseph M. Patane

Radio Star Count in the United States Falls Short in 19

A fractured report notes there were only about 600 radio stations in the United States in 19, reflecting a limited broadcasting landscape and early industry growth.

United States

Local Piano Students Win Club Awards

Piano students from St Joseph's School of Music Biddeford received awards at the Maine Junior Festival during the state convention in Augusta May 8 9. The Melotones of Biddeford won five of eleven superior ratings with Cecile Girard and Janice Deshaies earning Virginia MacKinnon gold cups for three consecutive superior ratings.

Federation of Music Clubs Maine Augusta St. Joseph's School of Music Adams Street Biddeford Florence Patenaude National State Federation of Music Clubs Holly Inn Melotones Cecile Girard Janice Deshaies Virginia MacKinnon Lise St. Louis High School Raoul Girard South St Celester Roberge Biddeford High School Conrad Roberge Foss St St. Joseph's School Biddeford Junior High School Ruth Boyajian Oak St

Special Reading Program Set For Saco

The third Ad.woe reading program in Saco will run six weeks from July 8 to August 16 at Gov. Fairfield School under Ruth Allen, reading supervisor. It includes students from public and parochial schools and is funded by Title I. The program emphasizes individualized reading, neural development for visual motor issues, a positive classroom climate, and teaching creativity to promote the joy of learning with a focus on history science literature and biography.

Saco Ruth Allen Gov. Fairfield Fairfield Burns Allen

Summer Camp Activities Listed For Season

Old Orchard Beach Happy Day Camp for Boys opens its 16th season on June 24 directed by William Earle a veteran Massachusetts educator and coach. The program emphasizes Red Cross swimming guidance discipline and daily first aid and resuscitation courses with a full physical health education and summer sports curriculum and certificates at season end. The Red Cross swimming program will run from beginner to senior life saving classes led by a certified instructor.

Old Orchard Beach William Earle Massachusetts Earle American Red Cross

Stolen Car Damages Vehicle in Kennebunkport Crash

Kennebunkport police investigate a crash involving a stolen car found off Route 9 near the Biddeford city line. The vehicle owned by Joan Couture of Biddeford sustained major damage after hitting a utility pole. Responding officers, with Biddeford police help, searched the area for the driver with no arrest reported at press time.

Kennebunkport Joan Couture Green St Bidderford Kennebunkpoort Faustino Montoya Biddeford Fortunes Rocks

Republicans Draft State Policy Proposals Post Hearings

A GOP task force prepared nearly 2000 words of policy ideas after public hearings across the state. The draft covers economic development transportation natural resources and more with aims to attract industry curb billboards and require reclamation of mining overburden.

Dery Shuts Down St Louis With Three-Hit Win

Dennis Dery fired a three hitter as Biddeford blanked St Louis 4 0 in Jayvee baseball at St Louis Alumni Field All Biddeford runs came in the seventh inning after six scoreless frames.

Biddeford St. Louis St. Louis Alumni Field Dennis Dery Tiger Stabid Bouffard Ae Croteau Pare Bolduc Baigny B. Labranche Petit Gadbois Vigneault Petrin R. Labranche Cadorette Perreault C. Boucher Ae Macomber Fecteau Dery Ge le Townsend Wells R. Boucher Aft Parenteau Pernoon Kennebunk Basinger POA RBI Macomber Baiguy A. B. Villandry Bro. Richard

Kennebunk Rams Dominate Wells in 13 4 Victory

Kennebunk rode Milt Smith two run homer and a single while Brooks MacDonald Lamontagne and Gerry Stone had three hits each. Wells scored three in the final inning on Libby double Glenville pinch double and Wentzell triple. Final: Kennebunk 13 Wells 4 with a 15 hit effort.

Pimg Uiee Straigm Milt Smith Brooks MacDonald Nis Lamontaghe Gerry Stone Warriors Steve Libby Steve Glenville Willy Wentzell Kennebunk Wells Lamontagne M. Smith W. Waggett Barrow Litchfield

St Francis Golfers Defeat New England In Close Match

St Francis College golf team returned home with a 43 win over New England College of North Sutton New Hampshire at Kearsarge Country Club. Leavitt was medalist with 76 as St Francis improves to 6-7 and faces Stonehill College next.

St. Francis College New Sail College North Sutton N.H Kearsage New England Stonehill College Eastern Mass New Haven Dahaney Grzbowski Leavitt Volunis DeVecchi Maragano Bolduc Gaffney Hardy Mista Reagan Dearth LeClair Rebello

Army speeds bid procedure amid Tet pressure

Muskie quoted the general noting bid speedup due to the Tet offensive. The Army had said prior to the meeting that on time delivery would heavily influence contractor selection. Prices quoted by two firms aren’t final and may be negotiated downward after costs are set.

Muskie Army

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Mrs Carrie Merrill Raoul Francoeur Louis Angers Buxton Road Notre Dame de Lourdes Church Joseph S. Carrier St. Joseph’s Cemetery Father Labranche Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle Assembly of God Atlantic Avenue Third Street Christ’s Ambassadors Youth Fellowship of the Advent Christian Church Route 35 South Congregational Church Temple Street Lyman Rantiet Church U.N U Thant Vietnam May Tides High W. A Louise Whitten Martha’s Kennebunkport Monica's Kennebunk St .Mary's, Wells Beach St. Martha’s Church Methodist Youth Fellowship School Street Methodist Church Comes of Christian Doctrine St. Mary’s Church Wells Beach Youth Fellowship of the Advent Christian C. Goodwins Mills United Church of Christ Congregational Sennebunk Landing Free Christian Union Society Methodist Youth Fellowship of the West Kennebunk Methodist Church Baptist Youth Fellowship of the Ogunquit Junior High Baptist Youth Fellowship Saco United Baptist Church Edmund Cashen Hartford Carroll Matthews Swan Street Patricia Jalbert Fayetteville Roberts Fort Bragg Army Hospital J.C. Barry Roberts U.S. Air Force Philip Davis Land Grove Street Intervale Road Webber-Lefebvre Johnnie Ann Martel York Street Catherine Ambrose Joan Libby Susan Jones Nancy Leech Joan Lemay Macora Moulton Judith Keeffe Gertrude Gosselin Jefferson Merrill Southern Maine Vocational Institute South Portland Phykos Woods Hole Jefferson Merrill Sr Lower Brown Street George Emery Fletcher Street Kennebunk-Kennebunkport Chamber of Commerce Edward C. Winston Webber Hospital Chichagof Harbor U.S Joyce Strickland Lise Girard Celeste Roberge Pamela Auger Gisele Litalien Kennebunk Rams Wallop Wells Wells — the Horace A. Hildreth Jr Falmouth Curtis Senate St. Francis Golfers Down Lindy McLaughlin Maineline Shoe CO Health & Beauty Beach Street
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