Death Notices Edgar Z Petrin 1892 1980
Edgar Z Petrin 80 of 20 Lafayette Biddeford died in a local hospital after a long illness He was born in St Robert Canada March 14 1892 son of Joseph and Celanise Petrin He retired from Kittery Naval Shipyard and was longtime Biddeford Fire Dept member A Catholic Order of Foresters member He survived by four sons three daughters a brother three sisters 18 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren Friends may call Emond Funeral Home Biddeford Funeral tomorrow at 9 am from St Andre Church Interment St Joseph Cemetery
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Edgar Z. Petrin
Lafayette St
Biddeford
St. Robert
Canada
Joseph and
Celanise (Lavalliere) Petrin
Petrin
Saco Lowell
Kittery Naval Shipyard
St. Andre Church
Order of Foresters
Rose
Gagnon) Perrin
Robert
Old Orchard Beach
Lucien
Roland Guy
Raymond
California
William
Irene) Hoyt
Roland
Suzanne) Beaulieu
Elvine
Pauline
Benamare
Saco
Obituary for Audley G Gerry of North Waterford
Audley G Gerry 83 died unexpectedly at home in North Waterford after living 30 years here, born February 24 1889 in Waterboro. Survived by three sons ten grandchildren three brothers two sisters and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Friday at North Waterford Congregational Church with military honors by local National Guard detachment. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call Huff Funeral Home South Paris tomorrow 7 to 9 p.m.
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North Waterford
Audley G. Gerry
Waterboro
Charles
Annie
Cook) Gerry
Brownsfield
Chauncey
Keith
Kermit
North Waterboro
Pearl
Gorham
Clyde
Old Orchard Beach
Clifton
Biddeford
Geneva Beatty
Sanford
Forest Barnes
Roslindale
Mass
North Waterford Congregational Church
Charles Kent
Woodlawn Cemetery
National Guard
Huff Funeral Home
Main St
Paris
Mrs Jeannette Paquin Dies After Illness in Biddeford
Mrs Jeannette Paquin 60 of 2 Pool St Biddeford died yesterday after a lengthy illness in a local hospital Born May 31 1911 in D Israei Canada she was the daughter of Adelarde and Angelina Letourneau Her husband Ludger Paquin died four years ago She was a communicant of St Joseph Church Biddeford Survived by her mother several sisters and a brother Funeral Friday at 830 am from St Joseph Church with interment in Woodlawn Cemetery Friends may call at Emond Funeral Home Biddeford today and tomorrow 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeannette Paquin
Pool St
Biddeford
D'Israeli
Canada
Adelarde
Angelina (Pouliot) Letourneau
Ludger Paquin
St. Joseph Church
Adelard Letourneau
Marie Anna Gregoire
Salem
Mass
Anna Pontbriant
Germaine Danis
Emile Letourneau
Woodlawn
Emond Funeral Home
Miss Mary Fearon 73 Biddeford resident dies at hospital
Miss Mary L Fearon 73 of 336 Main St Biddeford died after a brief illness Born in Biddeford April 6 1899 daughter of Joseph and Mary Quinn Fearon employed 45 years at Pepperell Manufacturing Co retiring in 1961 She was a St Mary Church parishioner and an Auxiliary member Surviving Henry Fearon Malden MA a brother a niece and three nephews Funeral held Friday at St Mary Church interment in St Mary Cemetery Biddeford Cosgrove Funeral Home."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary L. Fearon
Main St
Biddeford
Joseph and
Mary Quinn Fearon
Pepperell Manufacturing Co
St. Mary Church
Women's Club
Ancient
Order of Hibernian
Henry Fearon
Malden
Mass
St. Mary Cemetery
Cosgrove Funeral Home
Elm St
Panel Drafts Charter At Biddeford Meeting
Biddeford Charter Commission met to draft a preliminary charter with Peter Truman reporting that the panel unanimously supported electing councilmen from individual wards. The move aims to establish ward-based representation in local government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Members to pay respects to Miss Mary L Fearon
Auxiliary members of Division One will meet at 7 30 PM at Cosgrove Funeral Home 326 Elm St Biddeford to pay respects to Miss Mary L Fearon a division member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Hibernian Auxiliary
Cosgrove Funeral Home
Elm St
Biddeford
Mary L. Fearon
Card of Thanks for Kind Messages and hospital care
Sincere thanks to all my relatives friends and neighbors for gifts flowers cards and for visiting me at Webber Hospital also to Dr Houle and Dr Hickey and the staff for their thoughtful care during my stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webber Hospital
Houle
Hickey
Hospital
Depth Bomb Inventor Dies
Chester T. Minkler, 89, Newport born ordnance engineer at the Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, died Tuesday. He invented the depth bomb used against German submarines in World War I, helped develop the North Sea mine field, and worked on other underwater weapons before retiring in 1942.
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Newport
Chester T. Minkler
Minkler
Naval Torpedo Station
North Sea
Mrs Ozite F Saucier dies after long illness in Portland
Mrs Ozite F Saucier 72 of 16 Sherman St Portland died last evening in a local hospital after a long illness. Born May 9 1900 in Frenchville she lived in Biddeford Eagle Lake and Portland. Survived by five daughters two sons a sister two brothers 25 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Prayers Friday 815 am at Country Funeral Home 172 State St then Mass of Resurrection Sacred Heart Church 9 am Interment Wallagrass. Funeral home hours tonight 7-9 and tomorrow 2-5 and 7-9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ozite F. Saucier
Sherman St
Frenchville
Bruno and
Latee (Dubois) Fortin
Biddeford
Eagle Lake
Hubald Saucier
Lucia Bouchard
Anita Toothaker
Newburg
Azilda Simonneaux
New Orleans
Edith Michaud
Noema Baker
Perham
Norman Saucier
Oneil Saucier
Saco
Albinia Dubois
Fort Kent
Arthur Fortin
Darby
Conn
Portland Weather Outlook Through Thursday
Mostly cloudy conditions persist in Portland with a chance of showers, especially north tonight. Widespread fog and some drizzle are possible tonight and early Thursday, with highs in the 60s Thursday and overnight lows around 45 to 50.
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Portland
Royal Rangers and Missionettes Service Friday
Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle hosts a Royal Rangers and Missionettes service for youths ages 12 to 17 at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Third Street in Old Orchard Beach. Full Gospel Assembly schedules an evangelistic service Friday at 7 30 p m in the American Legion Hall at 508 Elm Street Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Rangers and Missionettes
Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle
Assembly of God
Atlantic Avenue
Third Street
Old Orchard Beach
Full Gospel Assembly
American Legion Hall
Elm St
Biddeford
Pioneer Girls Meet Friday at Ly man Baptist Church
The Pioneer Girls will gather Friday at 6 30 p m in the Ly man Baptist Church Good wins Mills and district notice lists the time and place for the meeting.
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Pioneer Girls
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Ladies Prayer Meeting At Lyman Baptist Parsonage
A Ladies Prayer meeting will be held Friday at 10 a m in the parsonage of the Lyman Baptist Church at Goodwins Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Paotist
Goodwins Mills
Ministry School and Development Class at Saco Kingdom Hall
On Friday at Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses 107 Main St Saco Ministry School is held weekly at 730 pm followed by Ministry Development Class at 835 pm
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Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
Main St
Saco
Ministry
Biddeford Drums and Bugle Corps Meet Tonight at Club
The Biddeford Drums and Bugle Corps will meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Chamberau Club on South Street for rehearsal and practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford Drums and Bugle Corps
Cchambeau Club
South Street
Fremont Club Meeting Set For Wednesday Night
The Fremont Club will meet tomorrow night at 8 oclock in the club hall on Alfred Street Biddeford.
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Fremont Club
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Knights of Columbus Social Tonight in Biddeford
Luke E Hart Council members and Knights of Columbus Auxiliary plan a 7 30 social for members and guests at Pool Street hall Biddeford with door open for all attendees
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Luke E. Hart
Knights of Columbus Auxiliary
Pool Street Hall
Biddeford
Eugene A Hibbard 95 longtime Etna resident dies in nursing home
Eugene A. Hibbard 95 of Etna formerly Carmel died after a long illness at a local nursing home. Born August 9 1876 in Carmel he was a Maine Central Railroad engineer and once a farmer. Survived by son Lawrence A. of Scarborough two daughters Margorie Eaton of Cape Porpoise and Florence Perry of Carmel plus 15 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. Services set for 2 pm tomorrow at Crosby Neal Funeral Home Newport with burial in Mt Pleasant Cemetery Etna. Bibber Memorial Chapel Kennebunk hosts viewing tonight 7 to 9 pm.
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Kennebunk
Eugene A. Hibbard
Etna
Carmel
George and
Alwilda
Abbee) Hibbard
Maine Central Railroad
Boston Post
Lawrence A
Scarborough
Margorie H. Eaton
Cape Porpoise
Hibbard
Florence L. Perry
Crosby-Neal
Newport
Mt. Pleasant
Bibber
York County Salon 257 Meeting Set at Legion Home
York County Salon 257 and Eight and Forty plan a gathering tomorrow night at 8 at the Kennebunkport Memorial Legion Home. Mrs Alberta Redmond and Miss Alice Milliken will serve as hostesses for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County
Kennebunkport Memorial Legion Home
Alberta’ Redmond
Alice Milliken
Local Personal Notices From Biddeford and Laurel Md
Mr and Mrs Willie Roy of 102 Summer St Biddeford have returned from a three week vacation visiting their daughter and family Mr and Mrs Roland Perrin of Laurel Md Miss Mary Bloomfield of 46 Green St Biddeford has been transferred from Notre Dame Hospital to Webber Hospital Biddefy Deputy Chief Alfred E Cote of the Saco Police Department is a medical patient at Webber Hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Roy
Summer St
Biddeford
Roland Perrin
Laurel Md
Mary Bloomfield
Green St
Notre Dame Hospital
Webber Hospital
Alfred E. Cote
Saco Police Department
Delegates To Meet At City Building
A meeting of delegates and alternates to the Maine Democratic Convention will be held tonight at 7 in the council chambers of the City Building Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Board Meeting is Postponed
Old Orchard Beach school officials announce postponement of the scheduled board meeting. No new date is provided, residents are advised to watch school communications for updates.
Wallace Case Draws National Attention In Campaign Context
Wallace supporter Bremer with ties to Milwaukee and Maryland attended a Wheaton rally as federal investigators pursue a stalking theory. Prince Georges County prosecutors say state assault and attempted murder charges will go to trial within six weeks. Bremer faces federal counts for shooting a candidate and assaulting a Secret Service agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Michigan
Maryland
Wallace
Bremer
Wheaton
Arthur A. Marshall Jr
Prince Georges’ County
Secret Service
Board meeting postponed to May 26
The board meeting previously set for May 19 has been postponed to May 26. Superintendent of Schools Howard Cushman announced the change today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Cushman
Biddeford Board to Decide on Three Nonrenewed Teachers
The Biddeford Board of Education conducted hearings on three teachers not issued contracts for next year. Gilbert Fessenden Gary LeSuer and another woman had their reappointments denied after separate Board appeals. The meeting, held in Mayor Gilbert R. Boucher's office, included Maine Teachers Association and Biddeford Teachers Association representation and notes from district officials. The board’s decision was promised for Thursday.
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Biddeford
Maine Teachers Association
Biddeford Teachers Association
Paul Stebbins
Melvin Gay
Frechette
Primaries At A Glance In Maryland And Michigan
AP tally shows Maryland leading candidates Wallace 218,930 and Humphrey 150,139 with McGovern 122,611 while Jackson, Yorty, Muskie and others trail. Michigan results list Wallace 809,601 McGovern 425,896 Humphrey 249,346 Chisholm 43,900 Muskie 39,071 with Uncommitted and others small. Michigan delegates split Wallace 72 McGovern 38 Humphrey 22.
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Baltimore
Wallace
Humphrey
McGovern
Jackson
Yorty
Muskie
Chisholm
Mills
McCarthy
Lindsay
Detroit
Michigan
Muski
Hartke
Convention Security To Be Tight
Waterville authority says the biennial Democratic State Convention will have tight security with many plainclothes officers to avoid a negative effect, following the attempted assassination of Alabama Governor George Wallace.
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Waterville
Alabama
George Wallace
County Board Hires Housing Specialist
York County commissioners hired an assistant housing specialist as coordinator of the York Cumberland Housing Development Corp with an $8798 yearly salary funded by the federal Emergency Employment Act of 1971. Bruce Harrison, 27, Sanford, begins Monday under director Karen Bittenbender and Daniel Short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
York County Board of Commissioners
York- Cumberland Housing Development Corp
Paul Reny
Bruce Harrison
Sanford
Waterboro
Karen Bittenbender
Portland
Daniel Short
Two-County Housing Corporation
Conferees Agree On Busing Provision
Washington AP conferees reached a compromise on a school busing provision delaying court desegregation orders for 18 months as part of a broader higher education bill. The agreement, to expire January 1, 1974, softens antibusing amendments while urging limits on busing by age and distance and protecting students from being sent to inferior schools. Civil rights leaders oppose the bill and expect votes after next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
National Institute of Education
Supreme Court
Denver
Nixon
Congress
Polar Differences Between Poles
The South Pole Station sits on an ice plateau over 9,000 feet above sea level, while the North Pole lies on drifting ice over 10,000 feet of ocean water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pole
U.S. Navy
North Pole
Schultz Nominated to Replace Connally as Treasury Chief
Washington AP John B Connally quits as Treasury secretary leaving George P Schultz to assume the post Nixon says no change in policy. Schultz a former labor secretary and OMB director is seen as a tough administrator and close adviser. Connally praised by Nixon as flexible on economic actions while Schultz faces international monetary reform tasks as he takes over amid an expansive budget and easy money. Caspar Weinberger will replace Schultz at the Office of Management and Budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John B. Connally
Secretary of the Treasury
George P. Schultz
Nixon
Connally
Treasury
Shultz
Treasury Department
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
Office of Management and Budget
Texas
Caspar Weinberger
OMB
Coastal County Seawall and Debris Cleanup Funding Plan
The county proposes federal funds for debris clearance and emergency wages across Wells Beach Biddeford Pool Old Orchard Beach Kennebunk Ogunquit and Kennebunkport plus seawall and slope repairs at Hills Beach Fortunes Rocks Lower Landing Road and North breakwater. Projects include replacing mooring gear at Mile Road repairing seawalls and sidewalks restoring causeways and restoring road surfaces along multiple coastal streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Jetty
Beach
Eastern
Pearl and
North Avenues
Fore
Surf
Camp Ellis
Bay
Pearl
Riverside
Surf and Fore
Old Orchard Beach
New Salt and
Milliken
Staple Street
Old Orchard Street
Mile Road
Wells Beach
Oguquit
Darweed Road
Town Beach
Perkins Cove
Wharf Lane
Beach Street
Kittery
York Beach Village
York Harbor
York
Loras Point
Great Hill Road
Beach Avenue
Kennebunk Beach
Lord’s Point
Kennebunkport
Goose Rocks Road
Shore Road
Wildes District
Pier Road
Cape Porpoise
Biddefrod Island
Cape Porpoise Wharf
Turbot’s Creek
Ocean Drive
Spouting Rock
Wells
Webhannet Drive
Eldridge Road
Atlantic and
Island Avenues
Western Shore Harbor
Wallace doctors say injuries may be less serious
Silver Spring Maryland AP reports that doctors treating George Wallace indicate the Alabama governor's gunshot wounds may not be as severe as earlier feared. The update notes cautious optimism about his condition amid ongoing medical evaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Spring, Md
George Wallace
Alabama
Lost Cat in Biddeford Seeks Return Reward
Lost female white yellow and grey cat wearing pins and a white collar. Last seen near Granite Street Biddeford. Child’s pet. Reward offered. Call 283-3404.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granite St
Biddeford
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Frank X. Emond
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Webber Hospital Association
W. Paul Casavant
Archie B. Maxwell
Alphonsus J. Polackwich
Lloyd M. Anderson
Richard F. Murphy
Germain A. Binette
Francis LaFountain
Leo P. Taillon
Fernand M. X. Cote
Daniel E. Crowley
John Rogers
Robert R. Stinson
M. Abbott Pendergast
County Board
Harrison
Winston Harrison
Barbara Harrison
Sanford High School
Bates College
Lewiston
U.S. Army
Japan
Saigon
Vietnam
EEA
John Ouellette
11Th St
York County Sheriff's Department
William E. Derrick
North Berwick
Marguerite M. Morse
Robert Colby
East Lebanon
Thornton Academy
Mickey Cote
Janice Des- Roche
David Whittier
Schultz
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