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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1969

Page

2

Death of Pfc. Clayton R. Lamarre in North Carolina auto crash

Pfc. Clayton R. Lamarre 19 of 80 Bacon Street Biddeford died from injuries after an automobile accident in Wallace North Carolina last Friday. Born July 22 1949 in Le Lake he was a Marine Corps recruit since June 1967 and attended Biddeford High School. Survived by his parents two brothers Steve and Gilman and three sisters Mildred Christine and Stella all of Biddeford paternal grandfather Alfred Lamarre Soldier Pond maternal grandfather Rene Pelletier of Wal lagrass and several aunts and uncles Funeral arrangements through Emond Funeral Home Biddeford are incomplete.

Clayton R. Lamarre Bacon St Biddeford Wallace N.C Ste Lamarre le Lake Illiam Irene Pelletier Steve Gilman Lamarre Mildred Christine Stella Lamarre Alfredmarre Soldier Pond Rene J. Pelletier Wallagrass Emond Funeral Home Hill St

Wells obituary for Myrtle Hayes Wells dies in York hospital

Mrs Myrtle Hayes Wells 79 of Post Road died yesterday in a York hospital. Born in Yarmouth Nova Scotia on July 2 1889 she was the daughter of James and Mary Frost. She lived here 30 years. Survived by two sons Clif ford R and James A Hayes of Yarmouth three daughters Hazel Nolan Braintree Una Gardron Hamilton Ontario and Evelyn Fisher San Diego 18 great grandchildren and 16 great great grandchildren. Funeral tomorrow at 11 a m from Angell Funeral Home Dane Street Kennebunk with Rev Fred Holmberg officiating. Interment Glenwood Cemetery Everett Massachusetts.

Evelyn Fisher San Diego Calif Angell Funeral Home Dane St Kennebunk Fred Holmberg Glenwood Cemetery Everett Mass

Sherwood R L 62 Biddeford resident dies after illness

Roy L. Sherwood of 255 Elm St Biddeford died Saturday in a local hospital after a brief illness He was born March 12 1907 in Saco son of Roy and Alice Tibbetts Sherwood He was a communicant of St Marys Church and worked for more than four years for Saco Lowel Shops and New England Division Movement Corp Survivors include widow Alice Bertrand Sherwood a daughter Clement Fleurant three brothers Charles Earl Ward and a sister Grace Phillips plus nieces and nephews Funeral services at St Marys Biddeford Tuesday at 9 am with interment in St Marys Cemetery Friends may call at Cosgrove Funeral Home Biddeford today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm

Roy L. Sherwood Elm St Biddeford Saco Roy Alice (Tibbetts) Sherwood St Mary's Church Saco-Lowell New England Movement Corp Alice Bertrand Sherwood Clement Fleurant Charles Sherwood Earl Sherwood Ward Sherwood Portland Grace Phillips Augusta A Houghton New Jersey Alice Simkowitz St. Mary's Church

Night events and church notes from Kennebunk town

Miss Helen Johnson of New York is retired with no sisters. Mrs Roberta Marken Kennebunk and Mrs Hazel Arundel pose with others. A Mother-Daughter Night is at Olive Rebekah Lodge with Lorain Charland in charge. Freshman Youth Group from Christ Church plans a four day trip to New York and Washington with chaperones F Robichaud Evans and Perkins.

Helen Johnson New York Board of Missions of United Methodist Church New York City Roberta Mar- Kennebunk Hazel Woe C.F. Hall Lorraine Charland Phyllis Smith Dorothy McGahey Christ Church Washington Mark Lindsey Richard Fmersey Belinds Perkins Nancy Robichaud Barbara Clark Peel Perkins F. J. Robichaud Donald Evans Frederick Perkins Roy Jackson Myrtle Lodge

Knights of Pythias to Observe 90th Anniversary

Knights of Pythias held at their Main Street hall. Grand Lodge Session report by Jackson and A Wesley Leech. 90th anniversary planned for Friday May 23 at 6 30 pm Glen Mor Restaurant with wives and Pythian Sisters as guests. Town licenses ready for pickup at town office.

Knights of Pythias Main Street Grand Lodge Jackson A. Wesley Leech Glen-Mor Shirley Gordon Victualer Board of Selectmen

DAV State Program Outlined for Maine Veterans 1969 70

Charles Wambolt of Portland announced the DAV statewide program for 1969 70 at Biddeford. Highlights include a statewide blood bank a free 14 hour Movie Circus four times yearly in Maine s 12 largest cities the Drum and Bugle Corps and tax exemption bills for disabled veterans. Details cover locations dates and program elements to be publicized statewide.

Charles Wambolt Portland Department of Maine DAV Bradbury Street Biddeford Maine National Congress Veterans Council Drum and Buos Corps Gateway Circle Veterans Memorial Plaza Togus Bowling Alley Blood Bank DAV Blood DAV Movie Circus Philip Jenkins Butler School Old Orchard Beach New Olympia United States

Kennebunk Candidates File for Town Posts

More candidates filed nominating papers for Kennebunk Park and Conservation commissioners. They will be elected at a special Town Meeting to be announced by the Board of Selectmen. Filing are three-year term John Hebert Halil and two-year term Mary L. Ward.

Kennebunk Park and Conservation Commissioners Board of Selectmen John Hebert Halil Mary L. Ward

Misspelled Personal Inpatient Notices At Webber Hospital

Mrs Delvina Mathurin of 20 Crescent Street Biddeford is listed as a medical patient at Webber Hospital. Daniel Roberts, son of Mrs Sylvia Roberts of 657 Pool Road Tyeford, is also a patient at Webber Hospital.

Delvina Mathurin Crescent St Biddeford Webber Hospital Daniel Roberts Sylvia Roberts Pool Road Tyeford Ebber Hospita

Saco Extension Meeting at G A R Hall Biddeford

The Saco Extension will meet tomorrow at 9 a.m. at G A R Hall South Biddeford. The Biddeford Pool group of the United Methodist Church Guild will gather Wednesday night at 8 at Mrs. David Abbott’s home. The program is Creative Expression directed by Mrs. Robert Rand.

Saco Extension G.A.R South Biddeford

Portland Weather and Local Legion and Club Meetings

Cloudy with a chance of showers or a thunderstorm tonight and Tuesday. Lows in the 50s, slightly warmer Tuesday, with considerable fog along the coast east of Portland. Own-Davis Post American Legion meets tomorrow night at 8 at Beach Street, Saco, officer elections and refreshments. Past President's Parley of Owen-Davis Unit Auxiliary meets at 8 tomorrow night at Mrs Irene Parker Gray Avenue Saco. Biddeford Music Boosters meet 7 30 tonight at Biddeford Junior High School.

Portland Own-Davis Post American Legion Post Home Beach Street Saco Owen-Davis Unit Americ ‘An Legion Auxiliary Irene Parker Gray Avenue Biddeford Biddeford Junior High School Merton Ira Sta Post Amvets Post Alfred Street United Democratic Club Tomor Green Lantern Hall Green Street

Congregation Book Study At Kingdom Halls

A Congregation Book Study is set for 8 p m on Tuesday at Kingdom Halls of Jehovah s Witnesses located at 107 Main St. The event invites members to participate in the study session.

Kingdom Halls of Jehu ‘S Witnesses Main St Aco

Battle for mountain near Cambodian border intensifies

Saigon AP reports on day nine of the clash as U S forces claim 325 North Vietnamese killed in a mountainous border area amid mounting casualties and strategic contest.

Saigon U.S

Prayer meeting at Full Gospel church in Wells

A prayer meeting will be held Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the Full Gospel church located on Route A just off Route 109 Wells residents are invited to attend the service and join in the observance at the church facilities.

Full Gospel Route A Wells

Kennebunk Hosts Cony High Band Concert Duo

Cony High School of Augusta and Kennebunk High School presented a joint concert in Kennebunk under directors Charles Danforth and Alexander Economos. The two bands arrived, were hosted, rehearsed together, and performed in two sections before a combined finale.

Kennebunk Cony High School Augusta Kennebunk High Charles Danforth Cony — High School Alexander Economos Kennebunk High School Cony High Hool KHS Kennebunk Beach Cony High Se K.H.S

Draft deferment removal for grads fails to boost enlistments

Washington reports that ending graduate student draft deferments is not raising soldier numbers as anticipated and no clear explanation exists for the shortfall. Experts and officials say the effect remains uncertain, with no consensus on why enrollments aren’t climbing.

Washington

Quiz Qs on Drafts and Jazz Anthems

Nation's first peacetime draft law took effect in 1940. The average oil well yields about 13 barrels, or 542 gallons per day. "The Star-Spangled Banner" became national anthem on March 3, 1931. Beale Street is in Memphis Tennessee and Basin Street is in New Orleans Louisiana.

United States Beale Street Basin Street Memphis Tenn New Orleans Newspaper Enterprise Assn

St Demetrios Church Pastor Honored At Biddeford Banquet

Rev Nicholas Liberis welcomed as new St Demetrios Greek Orthodox pastor in Biddeford. The banquet at the church hall featured prayers by Father Liberis and Rev Cornelius Enright, speeches by church leaders, and a corsage to Mrs Liberis. Attendees included clergy from United Church of Christ, St Josephs, and St Francis College leaders, with committee chairs named.

Nicholas Liberis St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church Biddeford John Anagnostis Father Liberis Cornelius J. Enright St. Mary's Church John Miller United Church of Christ (Congregational Father Enright Sylvia Levesque St. Joseph's Church Liberis Lucien Kemble St. Francis College Albert Worden Biddeford-Saco Margaret Scontras Shoureas Vassie Caras Georgia Caras Alice Economis Mary Draggins Athena Gregory Cynthia Mantis Koutoulakos

College Proposal Would End Selected Reserve Force Concept

The plan would bind Guard and Reserve units to specific war plans and may deploy them four to twenty weeks after mobilization. Absent equipment, readiness has lagged as 50 percent of needed gear went to regular units during Vietnam. Pentagon sources say extra funding is needed for additional drills and summer training to implement the early ready force.

Janenaeense Robert S. McNamara Vietnam Nixon Pentagon National Guard

Beach Schools Present Spring Concerts at Old Orchard Beach High

Old Orchard Beach plans two spring concerts with multiple ensembles. The 7:30 p.m. events at the high school gym feature the Jameson School Band Advanced Band Beach Brass Ensemble and majorettes directed by Donald H Hamalainen and Alice Hartwell with Loranger and Jameson choruses. The Western Maine Elementary Glee Club Festival follows Saturday at 7:15 p.m. at the high school gym with Wells Elementary Little Falls White Rock Gorham Jameson and Loranger participants.

Old Orchard Beach Old Orchard Beach High School Donald H. Hamalainen Jameson Beach Goorg Jameson School Alice Hartwell Loranger School Donald Hamalainen

Apollo 10 Prepares for Lunar Landing Approach

Apollo 10 crews Stafford and Cernan plan a near lunar surface pass within 9.3 miles while Young pilots the command module solo. The mission will test lunar module separation and return to the mother ship, ending with a Pacific splashdown after eight days and five minutes. Barbara Cer nan and Tracey join Faye Young watching from Houston and Cape Kennedy.

Stafford Cernan Man Young LEM Pacific Moon Faye Barbara Manned Space Center Houston Barbara Cernan Cape Kennedy Tracey Mrs. Young

Pilgrimage Planned By Saco Women

Our Lady of Victory Circle officers held a small meeting at 23 Lincoln St Saco to plan a pilgrimage to Our Lady of Victory Chapel Camp Ellis Saco next month The meeting was led by Mrs Juliette Quinn honorary director and circle president Mrs Aurore Pinard Other attendees included Mrs Juliette Poul in Mrs Derilda Garon Mrs Yvonne Hevey Mrs Marian Lapointe Mrs Nellie Deprey Mrs Lillian Jacoby and guest Mrs Eva Beal

Our Lady of Victory Circle Juliette Quinn Lincoln St Saco Our of Victory Chapel Camp Ellis Quinn Aurore Pinard Circle Juliette Poulin Derilda Garon Yvonne Hevey Marian Lapointe Nellie Deprey Lillian Jacoby Eva Beal

Apollo 10 sightseers ride from space to moon

SPACE CENTER Houston AP reports Apollo 10 astronauts continue a high profile mission after a vivid color television display from space at liftoff. They guide Earthlings along as they near lunar exploration.

Space Center Houston Moon

County Families Welcome City Children for Fresh Air Summer

Kennebunk area families host New York City children arriving July 31 for two to four weeks. Fresh Air Fund funds limited. Rotary Club sponsors and local hosts listed. Second annual Fresh Air Mothers Banquet set for the week of July 20 with organizing committee named.

Kennebunk New York City Fresh Air Fund Rotary Club Kennebunkport Kenneth Burns Gary Ridlon Spencer Andrews Richard Carlson Robert Sutter Frank Stevens John Downing Stephen Gir Frederick Smith Ross Anderson Raymond Brearey Bruce Adams Thomas Reagan Walter Day Alexander Burr III J. Frank Harrison Frederick Perkins Jr David Holbrook Shirley Feeney John Mann Biddeford - Saco Andre Cote Samuel Bellevue Jerome Bolduc Kenneth Canning Sanford Richard Jackson Maurice Gilpatrick Robert Anderson Richard Anderson Hollis Center Maurice St. Clair Goodwins Mills Raymond Pullen Perley Yeaton Jr Alfred Arthur Grantham Deaton Douglas Spinney Eliot

Cincinnati voters to decide on school tax increase

Cincinnati officials say a school tax increase is on the ballot today and that schools will close for 19 days if it is not approved. The outcome will determine possible disruption to district operations and student instruction.

Cincinnati, Ohio

Strayed Bicycle Report From Saco Neighborhood

Stolen orange Sting-Ray bicycle taken from a garage last Saturday night near 132 Beach Street in Saco. Contact 284-7821 if found.

Beach St. Saco

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