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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1973

Page

8

Saco Issues Permits for Eleven New Homes and More

Saco Building Inspector Dudley Roever issued permits in April for eleven new residences and various additions and renovations. Notable items include Raymond Methot’s $19,000 residence on Bonython Avenue and Saco Construction Co. Inc. projects at Wendy Way and Jenkins Road each valued at $27,500. The list also mentions amusement devices at Funtown, a porch at 28 Ferry Road, and a pool at FE Rancho Motel Portland Road for $8,500.

Saco Dudley Roever Normand St. Michel Portland Road Orman Merrill Jenkins Road Raymond Methot Bonython Henry P. Caron McKenney Road Porch Algie Stone Louise Street Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall Shadagee Road Daleor Amusement Corp Funtown Portland Alton Phillips Tasker Street Charles Snow Rodney Appleby Watson Mill Road Robert L. Homas Roland B. Emerson Louden Road Raymond L. Karnan Ferry Road Albert Powers Buxton Road Roger L. Crepeau Ocean Park Road Henry Smart Olive Street Edmund Cloutier Frederick Dupee Luke J. Henry Sylvan Avenue Girard Picard Berry Road York County Savings Bank Saco Valley Norman Rees Robert Zalko Raymond Lariviere Sunset Avenue Elmer Thompson Hubbard St Alfred G. Coulombe Ferry Lane Ulysses Berka Eastern Avenue Frank Hunia Alton L. Graffam Loudon Richard Keezer Albert Thibault Skyline Drive

Homebuyers Forum Promotes Easy Home Ownership

Biddeford Savings Bank president Archie Maxwell announces a Tuesday night Homebuyers Forum titled Everything you Always Wanted To Know About Buying A Home But Never Had The Time To Figure Out. The 7:30 p.m. event at Knights of Columbus Hall will feature builders, realtors, architects, and mortgage officers offering tips on house selection, construction, and financing to help families achieve homeownership.

Archie Maxwell Biddeford Savings Bank Maxwell Knights of Columbus Hall Pool Road Biddeford Homebuyers’ Forum Dream Street Reality Road

Biddeford Youth Corps Seeks Aides For Summer Program

Biddeford Neighborhood Youth Corps invites low and moderate income youths aged 14 to 19 still in school to apply for the summer program. Applications are available at the Youth Corps office near Biddeford High School. State officials caution a firm program is not guaranteed due to federal funding reviews and potential organizational changes, but 60 to 80 jobs are anticipated if approved.

Biddeford Youths Corps

Rotary Club Hears Report on Bottled Gas Industry

Carier Grabach spoke on what the bottle gas industry is doing and its effect on the economy. He warned that winter demand drives prices up and summer demand lowers them, pressuring small dealers who lack storage space. He cited Pepperell Massachusetts storage tanks and noted the U.S. now buys less petroleum from Canada and autos use more gas due to pollution controls.

Rotary Club Carier Grabach_ spok Biddeford Saco Rotary Grabach Pepperell Mass United States Canada

Travelers offers drive in car claim service in Saco

Travelers Insurance opens a drive in claim service at Devon's Mobil Station 70 Elm St Saco York County for policyholders and claimants. Appraisers review operable vehicles on site and arrange agreed repair prices with the owner's chosen repairer, initially Wednesdays 12 noon to 3 pm.

York County Travelers Insurance Company Devon Mobil Elm St Saco

Club and Sodality Meetings Planned in Saco and Biddeford

Members of the E and L Club of the United Methodist Church of Saco meet Monday at 7 30 p.m. at Mrs. Marshal Gosselin's Ferry Beach home. The St Mary Sodality holds its annual meeting Tuesday evening at St Mary Hall Biddeford after Mass at 6. A buffet follows and officers will be installed.

E and L Club United Methodist Church of Saco Marshal Gosselin Ferry Beach St. Mary Sodality St. Mary Hall Biddeford St. Mary Church

Maine group hears report from Washington at May meeting

Mrs. William H. Bruce state recording secretary of Buxton and Mrs. Albert Coleman chaplain of Saco attended the Maine Society Daughters of the American Colonists board meeting on May 9 in Brunswick. They heard a report of the General Assembly held in April in Washington D C.

William H. Bruce Buxton Albert Coleman Saco Maine Society Daughters of the American Colonists Brunswick General Assembly Washington, D.C

Alabama panel seeks compensation for Tuskegee study victims

A panel of Alabama residents urged the federal government to provide full health care for surviving Tuskegee syphilis study subjects and financial compensation for families of those who died. The Alabama Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights referenced the 40 year U S Public Health Service study that involved over 430 black men left untreated to observe syphilis effects.

Washington Alabama Tuskegee Ala Alabama Advisory Committee U.S. Commission On Civil Rights U.S. Public Health Service

Realty Transfers In Biddeford From Local Listings

Two large buildings at 8 and 8 Williams Court Biddeford with seven seven room apartments each shift ownership to Lab Realty Inc of Biddeford from Jayna Merdiek of Portland. A six room garrison home at 66 Graham Street Biddeford sold to Maurice H Auger and wife of Biddeford. Elbert E Putney and Marie Jeanne Putney Buxton Road Saco seven room house sold to William B Thurnau and Kathleen T Thurnau of New York. A three bedroom ranch in Biddeford owned by Francis Crowley sold to Rene Cote and spouse.

William’s Court Biddeford Jayna Merdiek Dennet Ave Portland Lab Realty Inc Ed. R. Morin Real Estate Graham St Arthur Lesieur Maurice H Auger Green St Elbert E Marie Jeanne Putney Buxton Road Saco William B Kathleen T. Thurnau New York Max Ruben Francis Crowley Rene Cote

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