Abbott-Verville Auxiliary Names Delegates at Meeting
Abbott-Verville AMVETS Post Auxiliary selected delegates for the state convention to be held June 6 to 8 at the Sheraton Eastland Hotel in Portland. Lauraine Pettengill will serve as State Executive Committee delegate. alternates include Leona Travers and Marion Mellins. A card party fundraiser and a May 29 project for new card tables were planned. posters will be displayed townwide and the event is open to the public.
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Old Orchard Beach
Abbott-Verville Amvets
Anne Gustafson
Lauraine Pettengill
Edna Goodale
Eleanor Elliott
Marie Oelschwager
Lucille Larrivee
Leona Travers
Marion Mellins
Pamela Goodale
Kay Brydon
Orletta Iverson
Sheraton Eastland Motor Hotel
Portland
Pettengill
Indian Fund
Post Home
Doyle Loses Assessor Claim In Court Ruling
Justice Du fresne ruled Doyle’s council vote to appoint him assessor premature and invalid. Doyle is enjoined from acting as assessor. no Supreme Court hearing date set.
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Justice Dufresne
Doyle
Supreme Court
Oparin Calls Venus Visit a Failed Probe for Life
Biologist Alexander Oparin, hailed as the father of chemical evolution by Harvard host Elsa Barghoorn, discusses life origins and the unmanned Venus expedition. He notes extreme Venusian heat doomed the search while suggesting Mars remains a possible site, where life could still emerge despite harsh conditions.
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Tures
Harvard
Elsa S. Barghoorn
Oparin
Soviet Union
Venus
Mars
Fecteau Infant Daniel Fecteau Rites Held in Biddeford
Committal services for Daniel Marcel Fecteau day old son of Gilles and Rita Dumas Fecteau were held yesterday at St Joseph Cemetery Biddeford with Roland J. Siro officiating. Survivors include his parents two brothers three sisters maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs George Umas paternal grandparents Mrs Armand Fecteau great grandfather Arsene Fecteau all of Biddeford Local arrangements by Emond Funeral Home Biddeford.
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Daniel Marcel Fecteau
Gilles
Rita Dumas Fecteau
Dennett Street
Kittery
Biddeford
George Umas
Armand Fecteau
Arsene Fecteau
Emond Funeral Home
Hill St
Funeral for Pfc Clayton R Lamarre Held in Biddeford
Funeral services for Pfc Clayton R Lamarre U S Marine Corps killed in an automobile accident were held at St Andre's Church Biddeford Rev Maurice Morin officiating with choir singing and Mrs Laura Proulx organist Interment followed in St Joseph's Cemetery Biddeford Full military honors were provided by a firing squad from the Marine Barracks Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery Musket flag draping and bugler presented to Lamarre's mother Bearers from Marine Barracks Portland included GSgt Ross Zappia Sgts Al Higgins Jr Fernand Albert Michael Wenzel Ronald Hannafin and Chester Yanase with 1st Sgt H H Howie in charge
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PFC
Clayton R. Lamarre
U.S. Marine Corps
St. Andre's Church
Biddeford
Maurice Morin
Singin
Chutc
Laura Proulx
Valmont Gilbert
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Marine Barracks
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Kittery
Lamarre
T. L. Koscin
Joan Ladakakos
Portland
Ross Zappia
al Higgins Jr
Fernand Albert
Michael Wenzel
Ronald Hannafin
Chester Yanase
H. H. Howie
TA Students Volunteer As Beachcombers
Thornton Academy students will join street department crews to clean Camp Ellis beach in Saco. Mayor Armand J. Mercier says trucks and equipment will aid the effort to remove winter debris ahead of summer. Most volunteers are seniors and will meet at Bay Avenue at 8 a.m. to begin a beach cleanup.
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Thornton Academy
Camp Ellis
Saco
Armand J. Mercier
Bay Avenue
Apollo 10 Lunar Dock and Vibration Incident
relato of Apollo 10 nearing the Moon and the tense post separation period. Engineers traced a guidance switch fault to explain vibrations during the descent stage jettison. The crew, including Cernan and Stafford, reported near operations and a near collision but stabilized after ground control identified the issue.
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Sea of Tranqu
Stafford
Galveston Bay
Cernan
Mission Control
Lem
Com
Craig
Saco
Maine
The Pet You Want May Be Listed In Section 47
Funeral notices list Emond's Funeral Home at 284 5511 and Shumway Funeral Service at 35 Street Saco with directors Frank X Emond J P Conroy and H Gross Sr involved in the listings.
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Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P Conroy
Shumway Funeral Service
35 Street
Saco
H. Gross Sr
Hunger U S Hunger Report Faces Subcommittee Scrutiny
Investigators fault the Hunger U S A report citing conflicting statements by cases and photos misaligned with text. They found photographs outdated or from distant regions and questioned findings on hunger in Mississippi as Senate critics signaled lower funding than Sen McGovern urged.
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U.S.A
Subcommittee
Mississippi
House
Senate Agriculture Committee
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Vehicle fee increases to raise highway fund revenue
The proposal raises passenger car fees from 15 to 18 dollars annually and farm tractors and other ee vehicles by 40 cents to 1. Truck fees rise about 20 percent, with trucks up to 6,000 pounds increasing from 15 to 18 dollars and truck trailer rigs from 600 to 720 dollars. The higher rates would add just over 2 million dollars a year to highway funds.
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Members of Saco Rebekah Lodge to Meet at IOOF Hall
EWS members will meet at IOOF Hall on Main Street in Saco at 7 30 p m tomorrow. Refreshments will be served.
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Saco Rebekah Lodge
Ioof Hall
Main Street
Saco
Guest Preacher Announced At Saco Church
Rev. Robert FE. Baggs of Sterling Massachusetts and Ocean Park will preach at United Baptist Church in Saco next Sunday at 10 30 a.m. Baggs, a graduate of Andover Newton Theological School, has pastored in Massachusetts New Hampshire and Illinois and now serves as Executive Secretary of the New England Baptist Council at Ocean Park. The sermon topics How not to go to Pieces followed by Recessional will be sung by the senior choir under Jean Brown with Mary M Hill on organ. The Senior Baptist Youth Fellow will meet at 2 30 p.m. for the Interfaith Youth Group picnic at Ossipee Lake.
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Robert FE. Baggs
Sterling
Mass
Ocean Park
United Baptist Church
Saco
Mr. Baggs
Andover Newton Theological School
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Illinois
First Baptist Church of
Holden
Servin
New England Baptist Council
Royal Ambassador Camp
Engle
Ossipee Lake
Junior Baptist Youth Fellowship
Saco Planning Board Studies Zoning Request
The Saco Planning Board discussed re zoning a Park Street parcel for a single story office building proposed by Libby and Dowen. No opposition, board to issue recommendations next month while also tabling two zoning ordinance fee changes and considering expanding business zones along Route 1 and Ocean.
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Saco Planning Board
Bwaynes
Engitavers
Libby and Dowen
Park Street
Ccandennial
Lunder Shoe Products Co
Alfred G. Coulombe
Route 1
Thornton Anatomy
Ocean
Beach Club Hosts Duplicates Bridge Winners Named
OLD ORCHARD BEACH Duplicate bridge players gathered at the Speak Easy Play house. Teams ranged across North South and East West with Mr. and Mrs. Weld winning North and South and Grondin with Paradis first in that direction. Second place went to Landry and Stott. third to Mr. Wilbur and Rosen. East West winners were Mr. and Mrs. Tsika first. Mrs Iverson and Mrs Putnam second. Mrs. Haas and Mrs. Rudy third. A Monday game is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. with no game tomorrow.
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Old Orchard Beach
Speak Easy Playhouse
Lawn Avenue
Hazel Orr
Charlotte Dubois
Mary Wilbur
al Rosen
David Marshall
James Moutsatsos
James Mullen
Dora Paulhus
Edward McLaughlin
Eileen Leach
Gail Hoyt
Estella Aranovitch
Wilae Aan
Owensaradis
Harry Stott
Donald Weld
Alice Fecteau
Fred Patterson
Edrice Bates
al Bradford
Richard Shorey
Robert Whelan
Angelo Tsika
Gwen Flannery
Susanne Snow
Carl Haas
Henry Rudy
Angie Hickey
Dorothy Sawyer
Jean Shaw
Herbert Bean
Aram Mongalian
Margaret Field
Esther Green
Portland Weather: Cloudy South Clear North and Cool Tonight
Weather forecast notes considerable cloudiness across southern areas with clearing in the north and cooler temperatures tonight in the upper 30s to low 40s. Saturday looks fair and not as cool.
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Portland
Looking Ahead At Weather For New England Five Day Outlook
Boston AP reports a five day forecast for New England with below normal temperatures from Thursday to Monday. Highs in the mid 60s, around 60 in far northern and eastern Maine. lows in upper 30s to mid 40s in most areas. Showers total about one and a half inches, likely Saturday or Sunday. cool pattern persists through the period.
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Boston
New England
Maine
Massachusetts
Rhode
Community Service Group Ends Season Banquet and Fundraiser
The Biddeford Saco Community Service group closed its season with a banquet at Wen o er Bar Steak House. A painting donated by Mrs Annie Phillips was won by Mrs William Gaffney and a blind auction was run by Mrs Geraldine Hutchins. A brief business session invited attendance at monthly all day sessions at Fellowship Hall starting Oct 8.
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Biddeford - Saco Community Service
Wenoer Bar
Biddford
Annie Phillips
William Gaffney
Geraldine Hutchins
Fellowship Hall
United Church of Christ (Congregational
Biddeford
Mary Brady
Jeanette Bedell
Elsie Boston
Edgar Cobb
Paul Cobb
Hosea Curtis
Archie Draggins
Ansel Gonneville
Sara Gallagher
Dreda Gallagher
Walter Hutchins
Adolphe Hurrell
Perley Ladd
Elvi Lacroix
Nellie
Arthur Plante
Dore Schaffer
William Sansoucy
Alice Sullivan
Willie Stranck
Felix Sheltra
Leona Thompson
Clinton Underwood
James Wheeler
Stephen White
John Boland
Mathilda Scammon
Walter Stebbins
Helen Ladderbush
Royal Shelatra
Stock Market Opens Slightly Higher On Thin Edge
New York stocks opened with a modest gain as traders showed bargain hunting early. Major gains included Atlas at 6 percent and Westinghouse Electric up 4 to 64, while Pennzoil United rose to 46 1/2. The Dow Jones industrial average stood at 950.04, down 1.74, and the Associated Press new average at 338.6. Brokers noted early strength fading as buying cooled.
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New York
Atlas Ve
Teledyne
Westinghouse Electric
Pennzoil United
Union Oil Co
Cali
Omytra
Jones
Associated Press
Bankruptcy filings in Portland district court feature wage plan and assets
In U S District Court yesterday Biddeford material handler Edward R Verge files for bankruptcy with debts of 15268 and assets of 1825 including 875 exempt. Textile worker E Gagne proposes a wage earner plan listing 11768 in liabilities and 45 exempt assets.
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Portland
Tme
U.S. District Court
Biddeford
Edward R. Verge
E. Gagne
Cram resigns as attorney for Kennebunk
Chester D. Cram Jr the Kennebunk town counsel for years resigns effective May 31 1969 He has served as judge of the former municipal court a US assistant district attorney and attorney for Ocean National Bank He will remain on the fire station case docket until replacement is named and wishes the town continued success.
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Kennebunk
Chester D. Cram Jr
Cram
United States
Ocean National Bank
Donald V. Dulac
Kennebunk Board of Selectimen
Don
Chester D,. Cram Jr
Beach Woman Installs York Unit Officers
Mrs Frances Pettengill Patriotic instructor of District 11 V F W installed the officers of the York Beach V F W Auxiliary assisted by Mrs Alice Frechette of Sanford. Mrs Ruth Jones District 11 president was installed as president of the Auxiliary with special guest Bill Morris National Home Chairman. He presented a National Home Prayer picture and was invited to attend further installations at Old Orchard.
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Old Orchard Beach
Frances Pettengill
District 11
V.F. W
York Beach
Agnes Bennett
South Portland
Ernest Pratt
Kittery
Montminy cites AFSCME talks on pay bills in Maine
Gardiner Maine AP Robert F Montminy president of the Maine AFSCME chapter says local reps will meet to discuss legislation including pay raise proposals He also expects a Bangor State Hospital worker strike vote at an early date amid staffing dissatisfaction.
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Gardiner
Robert F. Montminy
Maine
American Federation of State
Montminy
Bangor State Hospital
Biddeford Student Wins State Math Fair Honors
Miss Adele D Amico a ninth grade student at Biddeford Junior High received a congratulatory letter from Bowdoin College mathematics professor James E Ward for winning high honors in the State Mathematics Fair at the University of Maine Orono. Ward praised the achievement and Bowdoin s support for bright students in mathematics. D Amico is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Carmen D Amico of 11 Highland Ave Biddeford and is an honor student active in the Math Club Year Book staff Dramatic Club chorus and cheerleading squad.
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Nior High School
James E. Ward
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
University of Maine
Orono
Ward
Bowdoin
Mico
D'Amico
Carmen D'Amico
Highland Ave
Biddeford
Head Start Children Ride On Trolley Tour
Eighteen Biddeford Year Round Head Start children were taken on a trolley ride and tour. A picnic lunch followed with accompanying staff and volunteers including Mrs. Mabel Desmaris and Mrs. Rose Dow.
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Kennebunkport
Biddeford
Mabel Desmaris
Rose Dow
Anita Gosselin
Denise Letourneau
Nancy Campobasso
Bernice Gillespie
Old-Time Party Planned By VFW Group
The Biddeford VFW Auxiliary met at Mrs. George Poirier’s home with President Mrs. Beatrice Stone in charge. Miss Blanche Roy read the secretary’s report and cards were sent to ill members. Prizes went to Mrs. Alden Racine and Mrs. Lucianna Roy. Plans were made for an old time party on May 28 at VFW on Thornton Street, Biddeford, open to the public. A buffet lunch followed the business session.
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Association of
Biddeford
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
George Poirier
Booth Street
Beatrice Stone
Blanche Roy
Jeannette Curro
Alden Racine
Lucianna Roy
VFW
Thornton Street
Bidder
Steer House
South Portland
of Elm
Maiin Street
Bidde
Federal judges set Saturday session to bolster confidence
A special meeting of federal judges called by Chief Justice Earl Warren will be held Saturday to shore up confidence in the US legal system. The gathering aims to address public trust and discuss ongoing measures.
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Pee
Earl Warren
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