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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1975

Page

2

Obituary notices for Blois Fortier Peare and related deaths

Harvey J Blois 86 of Portland died Saturday in Biddeford hospital after illness born in Vinalhaven April 13 1889 son of Samuel J Blois and Margaret Walters retired Boston and Maine Railroad employee lived in Kennebunk 13 years member of York Lodge AF and AM Mousam Lodge IOOF Pine Tree Encampment Olive Rebekah Lodge widow Doris Tingley Blois daughter Anna Hopkins sister Olive Bunker three grandsons great granddaughter services Tuesday 11 a m at St Ann Episcopal Church Billerica interment in St Joseph Cemetery Biddeford arranged by Bibber Memorial Chapel Kennebunk Amelia Fortier 98 formerly of Biddeford died in Rutherford N J born Nov 26 1876 Montreal daughter of Charles Pelletier Emedine Martin employed by Evans Remnant Store Biddeford surviving grandson Vernon McLain several nieces and a Mass of Christian Burial at St Andre Biddeford interment St Joseph Cemetery Biddeford calling hours today 2-4 and 7-9 Emond Conroy Funeral Home Walter R Peare 80 of Biddeford died Sunday at home born Bethel Aug 8 1894 son of Andrew J and Nellie O Raymond served in U S Army World War I member Robert Shane Post VFW Rumford patrolman Maine State Highway Department survived by widow Marriette Crozier Peare son Walter R Peare Jr daughter Lucille Lariviere half brother Albert Peare half sister Nellie Perkins two grandchildren nieces nephews funeral Wednesday 2 p m Meader and Son Funeral Home Rumford interment Rumford Center Cemetery local arrangements Sansoucy-Blais Funeral Home Biddeford

Blois Portland Biddeford Vinalhaven Mass Samual J Margaret (Walters) Blois Boston and Maine Railroad Bridge Division Fitchburg Kennebunk York Lodge Mousam Lodge Ioof Pine Tree Encamp Olive Rebekah Lodge Doris Tingley) Blois Harvey Anna) Hopkins Tewksbury Olive Bunker St Ann Episcopal Church Billerica Rutherford N.J Amelia Fortier Maine Montreal Charles Emedine Martin) Pelletier Evans Vernon McLain St. Andre Church St. Joseph Cemetery Emond and Conroy Funeral Home Hill St Walter R. Peare Maple St Bethel Andrew J Nellie O. (Raymond) Peare U.S. Army Robert Shane Veterans of Foreign Wars of Rumford Maine State Highway Department Rviving Marriette (Crozier) Peare Walter R. Peare Jr Joseph Lucille) Lariviere Albert Peare East Limington Nellie Perkins Meader and Son Funeral Franklin St Rumford Center Cemetery Sansoucy-Blais Funeral Home Stone St

Oil Windfall Profit Tax Promises Controversy

Congressional tax writers push an energy tax package amid debate over taxing windfall profits of petroleum firms and decontrolling gas prices. The plan includes higher gasoline taxes, demand for emissions, and a potential windfall levy on oil profits, with leadership aiming to move the bill this week while addressing refugee relief and defense spending.

Washington Congressional Ways and Means Senate Foreign Affairs Committee House Senate House Conference Committee Ford Ways and Means Committee White House Ron Nessen

Thanks and memorials from John V Patterson family

The family of the late John V Patterson extends heartfelt thanks to relatives friends and neighbors for sympathy kindness and floral tributes. They also express gratitude for contributions toward a Disneyland trip and thank Rev Clifton Wood Components and John Roberts. Funeral directors listed include Shumway and Gross Emond and Conroy Sansoucy Blais and R Martel.

John V. Patterson Disneyland Clifton Wood John Roberts

St Francis College Faces Changes Drawing Student Reactions

McIntyre explains the liberal studies shift to Osteopathic focus will cut some programs and affect few of 175 incoming students. He notes meeting efforts with students to explain the transformation amid financial pressures and hope for a future package. Students express mixed loyalty, with some preferring a renamed college to closing.

McIntyre New England Osteopathic Foundation Jack Ketchum Jacques Downs Beaupre

Funeral Notices for Biddeford Figures

Funeral notices list Edward J Guertin Amelia Fortier and Herve J Laverriere with services at St Andre's Church in Biddeford Tuesday morning or afternoon and calling hours today at Emond Conroy Funeral Home 72 Hill Street Biddeford with hours 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.

Emond & Conroy Funeral Home John P. Conroy Jr Hill St Biddeford Society of St. Jean Baptiste de Bienfaisance Emond Conroy Hervey J. Laverriere Lake E. Hart Council Knights of Columbus Emond and

Public safety brief highlights several local fire and crash incidents

Saco firefighters responded to a smoking washing machine at Lucille Provosts home at 6 58 AM a brush fire on Maplewood Drive Saturday at 315 PM was extinguished by Biddeford crews a woods fire on Wendall Avenue burned 242 acres at 117 PM Sunday Biddeford firefighters extinguished a grass fire at 573 Alfred Road at 542 PM Sunday ambulance calls totaled four to Webber Hospital over the weekend Saco firefighters fought grass fires on Smutty Lane Sunday a town dump fire near Smithwheel Road involved Tanks 2 and 4 and 28 firefighters Sunday at 828 PM a bottle shattered a storefront clock near the Sundeck Motel causing 400 damage Police reported a two car crash on Route 1 involving Richard Dutremble and Leon Buchard Damage details were not provided A rear end collision at Main Street and Ocean Park Road injured vehicles driven by James Hardy and James Haskell with estimated damages of 1400 and 1000 respectively.

Wendall Avenue Sunda Biddeford Alfred Road Webber Hospital SACO Smutty Lane Sundeck Ocean Park Road Richard D. Dutremble Leon D. Buchard Route 1 James E. Hardy James M. Haskell Main Street Haskell

Weather Summary For Portland And Regions

Variable conditions with a chance of showers today and tomorrow. Low temperatures tonight near the 40s. Daytime highs expected in the 60s across Burlington Montpelier Newport with light to moderate winds and scattered precipitation. Reports show highs around 78 and lows near 50 in several locales.

Portland Meyer

Foraging Weekend Lessons From Wild Edibles Near Seattle

A 25 person learning excursion sponsored by Seattle Parks and Recreation gathered at Red Barn Ranch southeast of Seattle to sample and prepare edible wild plants. David Jansen led lectures on uncertain foods while foragers gathered miner's lettuce, sheep sorrel, licorice fern roots, winter cress and other greens. The group ended with a rustic feast of thistles, cattail soup, nettle dish, mustard greens, chickweed and miner's lettuce salads with ginger mint tea.

David Jansen Bob Rollin Jansen Anson Seattle Parks and Recreation Department Red Barn Ranch Seattle

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