Students Run Town Hall During Government Day
Kennebunk students formed town government roles for a day with 15 seniors in Donald L Heureux’s class serving as officials. Chester Chessman acted as proxy town manager and Gary Seekins chaired the selectmen meeting. The event included bids for new trucks and local ordinance discussions. A separate Saco referendum petition sought to push a beer warehouse proposal to voters in December.
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Kennebunk High School
Shirley Gordon
Dianne Bridges
Gordon
Esther Cook
Kennebunk
Donald L’heureux
Chester Chessman
Gregory Seekins
Board of Select
Donald Ficker
Susan Clark
Brenda Campbell
Joe Bragitano
Katherine Meserve
Susan Williamson
Joan Pillsbury
Sally Dolan
James Valencia
Cindy Dresser
Kim Bowdoin
Selectmen
Gary Seekins
Dolan
Kimberly Bowdoin
Father Gilbert to Leave Biddeford Church post
Father Gilbert who has served as assistant to Rt. Rev. Msgr. Elie Hevey at St. Joseph's Biddeford for four years is assigned as assistant to Rev. Adrien Palardis at St. Ignatius Sanford and will begin his new duties on Monday. He is the son of Mrs. Maryanna Gilbert and the late Romeo Gilbert of Waterville. He attended Waterville schools, graduated from St Francis Junior College now St Francis College Biddeford, and earned an L.S.T. from the University of Montreal before his 1957 ordination. His first appointment was at St. Agatha's Aroostook County for three years, then Holy Rosary Caribou for five years. In Biddeford he served as Bishop's Senate member, regional Director of Vocations in York County, and county director of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine.
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Valmont Gilbert
Msgr
Elie Hevey
St. Joseph's Church
Biddeford
Adrien Palardis
St. Ignatius Church
Sanford
Father Gilbert
Maryanna Gilbert
Romeo Gilbert
Waterville
St. Francis Junior College
St. Francis College
Pool Road
Bid
York County
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
Phillipe's Sandwich Shop Changes Hands in Biddeford
Papers signed this morning transfer ownership of Phillipe's Sandwich Shop at 273 Main St to Joyce Lawzon from Daniel Perreault. Lawzon will own and manage and plans to open Monday June 2. Perreault will focus on Phillipe's Villa in Biddeford. Claudette J. Sheltra handled the sale.
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Phillipe
Main St
Biddeford
Daniel Perreault
Joyce Lawzon
West St
Jefaan St
Jet belt carries man aloft in tests at Niagara Falls
Textron's Belt Aerosystems Co under Defense Department contract announced it has carried a man aloft for minutes at 25 feet altitude and speeds up to 30 mph in tests at Niagara Falls Airport. Details of time and distance remain secret as the new belt replaces an earlier 1961 model capable of 21 seconds flight at up to 60 mph.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
Textron’s
Belt Aerosystems Co
Defense Department
Bella Hy- Grogen-petenite
News Media Weekend Underway at Old Orchard Beach
American and Canadian news media members arrive for a three day weekend in Old Orchard Beach. Headquarters set at Americana Motel Heath Street and First Street. Registration runs 4 to 6 p.m. with a social hour to 7. Barbecue dinner at Chick's Restaurant at 7.
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Old Orchard Beach
Heath Street
First Street
Maine case moves toward June 16 hearing
In Lewiston Justice Armand A. Dufresne Jr. postponed the Biddeford School Board of the Maine Teachers Association case to June 16 at 10 am after a closed preliminary hearing. The Board seeks a permanent injunction against the teachers association action in Biddeford. A separate note reports Virginia Tech's development of an infant respirator by Dr. Leon J. Arp, showing a rise in survival from 50 to 85 percent for respiratory distress cases, with production planned next year.
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Alfred
Maine Supreme Court
Armand A. Dufresne Jr
Lewiston
Biddeford
Maine Teachers Association
York Superior Court
Atty
Marcel Viger
Justice Dufresne
M.T.A
Blacksburg
Virginia Tech
United States
Tech
Leon J. Arp
Arp
Roanoke Memoriapital
Brother Gilbert Heads to Tanzania to Teach Abroad
Brother Gilbert L Heureux principal of St Louis Regional High School will leave in August to join Brothers of Christian Instruction at Kilimanjaro Boys Secondary School in Rombo Moshi Tanzania. He is son of William and Mrs L Heureux of Sanford and holds a BA from La Mennais College Alfred and MA from St Michaels College Winooski VT.
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St. Louis
Gilbert L'Heureux
Brothers of Christian Instruction
Kilimanjaro Boys’ Secondary School
Rombo
Moshi
Tanzania
Brother Gilbert
William L’heureux
Sanford
la Mennais College
Alfred
St. Michael’s College
Winooski
National Science Foundation
St. Louis Regional High School
Reni
Mt. Assumption
Plattsburgh
N.Y
Murder Trial Date Is Set
ALFRED The murder trial of Mrs. Constance LeBoeuf 32 of Biddeford is scheduled to start on June 9. LeBoeuf stands indicted for the stabbing death of Elton Hill of White's Wharf Biddeford on March 21 1969. Superior Court Justice Albert Kan will hear the case. Atty William Donahue of Biddeford will represent Mrs LeBoeuf and Assistant Atty Gen Dawson will argue for her. She is held at the county jail pending trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
Constance LeBoeuf
Biddeford
Mae LeBoeuf
Elton Hill
White’s Wharf
Superior Court
Albert Kan
William Donahue
LeBoeuf
A Dawson
No Journal On Holiday Observes Memorial Day
The Biddeford Saco Journal will not publish Friday in observance of Memorial Day. All departments will be closed Friday. Publication resumes Saturday.
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Biddeford-Saco
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Gaziano
Saco
Frank J. Gaziano
National Distributors of Portland
Armand J. Mercier
James J. Mullen
Knights of Columbus
Grand
Knights of the Council
Armand J. Landry
St. Agnes Church
Pittsfield
St. Margaret’s Church
Antonio Gosselin
Maine State Council
St. Hyacinthe Church
Westbrook
Joan St
Waterfront
Ferry Beach
Clement P. Wight
Agency
C. Russell Durant
Yarn Sale
Gertrude Motel
Milliken St
Vic’s Appliance Center, Inc
Main Street
West Corp
Biddeford, Maine
Westland Shoe Corp
Smith St. Biddeford
Mr. Poirier
Mr. Daoust
Gilbert
St. Joseph's School
Evelyn Chabot
Ing Fundamentals
Pine Point
Scarborough
Norwood
Main Ave
Camp Ellis Beach
Jack & Larry’s Jewelry
Public Finance
Bacon ST
H.S
Jewelry
Paul & Ray
Alfred St. Biddeford
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Maine Linoleum CO
Alfred Street
Dial
G.E
Whirlpool
Starlite Restaurant
San
Leon F. Jones
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