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Newspaper

Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1976

Page

3

Obituaries of Girouard Morin Proulx Briggs in Biddeford

Lionel J. Girouard 70 of Mountain Road Biddeford died after a brief illness at home. Rosilia Proulx 80 of 12 Vine Street Biddeford died Saturday night in a local hospital after a brief illness. Miss Marcelle Morin 62 of 144 Graham Street Biddeford died Saturday in a local hospital after a lengthy illness. Donald W. Briggs 65 of 5 Lawn Avenue Old Orchard Beach prominent businessman died Saturday in Burlington Vermont hospital. Masses and interments set. calling hours listed for each.

Lionel J. Girouard Mountain Road Biddeford Princeton Mass Pacifique Amelia Girouard Princeton St. Mary Church Saco-Lowell Maremont Corp Saco Irene (McGuirk) Girouard Daniel Girouard Springvale David Girouard Tampa Fla Edward Girouard Connecticut Orake Wamsler St. Petersburg Evangeline Connors Leominster Mass St. Mary Cemetery R. G. Bolduc and Sons Alfred St Marcelle O. Morin Graham St Jerome and Corrine (St. Michel) Morin St. Joseph School St. Joseph Church St. Joseph Cemetery Emond and Conroy Hill St Notre Dame Webber Hospital Association Rosilia Proulx Vine St Louis Josephine Duke) Lachance Raymond Vivian) Mondor Ludger Lachance St. Andre Church St. Joseph Emond Conro Ueral Old Orchard Beach Donald W. Briggs Lawn Ave Burlington, Vt Houlton Ephriam and Mabel (Hanson) Briggs Briggs Oil Service Briggs Garage Briggs E Speak Easy Bridge Club Lawn Avenue Portland Ave

Former Maine official Maurice Williams dies at 62

Maurice Williams, former Maine finance and administration commissioner and administrative aide to five governors, died at 62. A Newport native with 35 years in state government, he served under Muskie and others. private funeral services were planned in Newport.

Augusta Maine Maurice Williams Newport Williams Kenneth Curtis Edmund Muskie Clinton Clauson John Reed Robert Haskell Curtis

Beach Board Voter Registration Hours Noted

The Beach Board of Voter Registration will hold open sessions May 24 to 28 from 1 to 5 PM and 7 to 9 PM daily. Registrations enrollments and updates of addresses and names will be accepted at the voter registration office on the town hall's second floor.

Old Orchard Beach Beach

Top seven Biddeford Class of 1976 honorees named

Biddeford High School announces its seven top seniors for the Class of 1976. Diane Beaudoin, Linda Curit, Dorothy Mininni, Denise Moody, Martine Morin, Suzanne Neveux, and Mark Noble are listed with brief notes on activities and planned colleges for the fall.

Biddeford High School Paule Diane R. Beaudoin Roger Beaudoin Herring Avenue Diane Sandeis University Linda R. Curit Stella Curit Hill St Linda University of Maine At Portland- Gorham Dorothy Mininni James Mininni Round Hill Dorothy University of Aine At Orono Denise Moody Richard Moody Alfred St Denise

Press urged to seek relief in Mills case ruling

Federal prosecutor Peter Mills told the Maine Associated Press Editors Association that the U S Circuit Court ruling on his comments during the Coast of Maine Lobster Co trial might threaten press free speech. He plans a rehearing and possibly briefs to the Supreme Court. The Bangor event also covered MAPEA officers and other conference speakers.

Bangor Maine U.S Aldrich Mills U.S. District Court Coast of Maine Lobster Co Portland Portland Press Herald Coast Maine Lobster Co John Wlodkowski Charles Okey John PcCatherin New England Telephone Co MAPEA Bob Turcotte Lewiston Daily Sun Bob Drew Bangor Daily News Stan Hall Central Maine

Churchwomen plan rummage sale and meetings

Members of the United Methodist Women of Foss Street United Methodist Church Biddeford met for a business session at the vestry and prepared articles for a rummage sale on Friday. They set a missionary meeting May 26, discussed stamps for children’s programs, and funded three camperships for Sunday school children to attend the Winthrop camp.

United Methodist Women Foss Street Gladys Goodwin United Methodist Winthrop Dorothy Larry Livermore Falls

Gas spill prompts Saco Shopping Center hazmat response

Saco firefighters hosed down the parking lot at Saco Valley Shopping Center after a car leaked gasoline Saturday at 12 29 p m a fire official said. Police report a crash on Grant Road sent Gerard Boutin 32 of Biddeford over an embankment and caused about 1000 in damage. passenger Joseph Soulard 29 was treated and released from Webber Hospital. Burglary and fraud arrests followed as rings valued at 435 were stolen from 10 Wakefield Ave Biddeford. a film flam scam netted 100 from Biddeford Savings Bank and York County Bank later traced to Sanford. Ambulance runs totaled seven for the Biddeford fire department on Friday and Saturday.

Saco Saco Valley Shopping Center Gerard Boutin Biddeford Grant Road Joseph Soulard Webber Hospital Biddeford Savings Bank Biddeford Savings and York County Bank York County Sanford

Viking boat sails New England coast by former Ann Arbor trio

Tim Ryback Eric Ryback and Bob Zaborowski depart Northeast Harbor Maine in a homemade 20 foot dragonship to reenact Norse life as they voyage down the New England coast. They aim to cover about 24 miles a day for a month while learning what it felt like to be Vikings.

Northeast Harbor Maine America Ann Arbor Mich New England North Atlantic Tim Ryback Eric Bob Zaborowski Bossie University of Michigan Yback Austria Zaborowski Rybacks Ryback

Plane crash on Swan's Island injures two passengers

A single engine plane with four aboard crashed during takeoff on Swan's Island Maine injuring pilot Ted Aucoin 28 and passenger Steven Sargent 25 both from Bar Harbor. Mary Coala 24 of Bar Harbor was hospitalized with a broken right arm. Kerry Stone 24 of Bar Harbor escaped serious injury.

Swan’s Island Maine Mary Coala Bar Harbor Bangor Steven Sargent Ted Aucoin Trenton Kerry Stone Mount Desert Island

Two-Vehicle Crash In Biddeford Injures Caouette and Tuttle

Police report a collision at 8 37 a m today on Emery Court involving Wilfred Caouette 23 of Biddeford and Edward J Tuttle 38 of Yarmouth. Estimated damages are 600 to Caouette’s car and 500 to Tuttle’s vehicle.

Wilfred Caouette Emery Ct Edward J. Tuttle Yarmouth Biddeford Caouette Tuttle

Confidence cannot be injected into people says Skinner

Behavioral scientist B F Skinner told Nassau College graduates in Springvale Maine that confidence in humanity cannot be injected like medicine. He said technology and self management can improve life but lasting confidence remains elusive and political and personal faith need system change.

Springfield B.F. Skinner Nassau College Springvale Maine Harvardrofessor Nixon Skinner National Right To Life Committee St. Joseph’s College Standish Mildred Jefferson Boston University Medical Center Jefferson University of Maine-Augusta

Cargo ship heads for sea trials

The SS Nevada, a 684-foot cargo ship built by Bath Iron Works, was launched amid fanfare at Bath Maine and slid into the Kennebec River after a bottle breaking ceremony, witnessed by hundreds before sea trials for delivery to States Steamship Co of San Francisco.

Bath, Maine Nevada States Steamship Co San Francisco Bath Iron Works Kennebec River Robert L. Gray California

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