Methodist Pastor Dies At Kennebunk
The Rev John E Clancy aged 91 died Sunday at his Elm Street home Kennebunk Funeral services were held at Christchurch Kennebunk Rev Clancy served Maine and New Hampshire churches for 65 years He was born in Bristol England May 24 1869 and was orphaned early in life His career included Baptist and Methodist posts in multiple towns and his last active service was at Goodwins Mills He survived by his widow Sarah Bird Clancy and daughter Mrs Glynn Purrington of Lewiston Burial followed at Hope Cemetery Kennebunk.
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Christchurch
Kennebunk
John E. Clancy
Elm Street
Clancy
Maine
New Hampshire
Bristol
England
George
Sarah Masters Clancy
Nova Scotia
Colby Academy
Colby Junior College
New London
N. H
Salisbury
Friendship
Waterboro
Maine Conference of Methodist Churches
North Anson
Eliot
Phillips
Peaks Island
Bowdeinham
Old Orchard Beach
Mechanic Falls
Saco
Goodwins Mills
Fred Holmberg
Robert Cumler
Hope Cemetery
Saco church notes outline midweek services and meetings
The Junior Legion of the Saco Salvation Army meets Wednesday at 3 30 p m. Lyman Baptist church Goodwins Mills choir reheares 6 30 p m prayer at 8 p m. Advent Christian Kennebunk Lower Village prayer 7 30 p m First Baptist Ocean Avenue Old Orchard Beach Bible study 7 30 p m Reading rooms open Thursday 2 4 pm. Girl Scouts Troop 14 meet 3 30 pm Saco United Baptist church. Christian Science Hamilton Memorial services 7 45 p m. Second Congregational church junior and senior choirs rehearse 6 and 7 p m. Women's Society of Christian Service Saco School Street Methodist church 7 30 p m.
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Legion of the Saco Salvation Army
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Advent Christian Church
Kennebunk Lower Village
First Baptist Church
Ocean Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Saco United Baptist Church
The
Christian Science Society
Hamilton Memorial
Beach Street
Saco
Second Congregational Church
Women's Society of Christian Service
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Boy's leg injured burning trash in Waldoboro
Ten year old James Graffam suffered a serious leg wound yesterday when a pressurized push button can exploded in a fire at his home and a shard of metal struck his leg. He underwent surgery at a local hospital.
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Waldoboro
James Graffam
Rusina Schupbach Dies At 79 In Kennebunk
Rusina Schupbach 79 of Old Port road Kennebunk died early today at home. Born in East Boston to G Arnold and Mina Mangels Schupbach she had several nieces and nephews. Funeral Thursday at 2 p m Bibber Memorial chapel Kennebunk Burial Evergreen Cemetery Kennebunk Landing Rev Mark McCullough officiating Friends may call at the chapel this evening and Wednesday evening.
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Rusina H. Schupbach
Old Port Road
Kennebunk
Boston
Mass
G. Arnold
Mina Mangels Schupbach
Bibber
Albert J. Bouvier Sr obituary in Kennebunk
Albert J. Bouvier Sr 53 of Arundel died yesterday after a brief illness at a Kit tery hospital He was born in Springfield Mass son of Wilfred and Rose Chau nard Bouvier a Kennebunk resident 23 years He was a fleet manager for Atlas Trucking A member of Myrtle lodge Knights of Pythias He is survived by Ruby Wakefield Bouvier his wife one son Albert Jr one daughter Barbara Edgerly three steps Victor Robert and Arlene Young and brother Henry Bouvier Burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery Kennebunk Landing Prayers Wednesday 730 p m from Bibber Memorial Chapel and a high Mass at St Monica Church Thursday 9 a m Donations or flowers not listed in the text.
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Albert J. Bouvier, Sr
Arundel
Kittery
Springfield
Mass
Wilfred and
Rose (Chaunard) Bouvier
Kennebunk
Myrtle Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Atlas Trucking Company
Ruby
Wakefield) Bouvier
Albert J. Bouvier
Barbara J. Edgerly
West Kennebunk
Victor H. Sampson
Robert L. Sampson
Arlene R. Young
Henry Bouvier
Indian Orchard
Bibber
Funeral for Miss Braley Held at First Parish church
Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 p m from First Parish Congregational church in Saco for Miss Ann Braley daughter of Mr and Mrs Berton K Braley of North Street Rev Birger Johnson officiated with bearers Clyde Gerry James Smith Daniel Hill James Girard Francis Roberge and Richard Lamb. Burial followed in Laurel Hill cemetery with out of town relatives from New Hampshire and Massachusetts attending.
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First Parish Congregational Church
Saco
Ann Braley
Berton K. Braley
North Street
Birger Johnson
Clyde Gerry
James Smith
Daniel Hill
James Girard
Francis Roberge
Richard Lamb
Laurel Hill
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Funeral services for Mrs Clara Winslow Moldenke
Funeral services for Mrs Clara Winslow Moldenke widow of Dr Theodore W Mol deny were held yesterday at 1 30 p m from the Dennett and Craig funeral home 365 Main street Saco Rev Stanley A Bennett pastor of the Saco United Baptist church officiated and burial was in Laurel Hill cemetery Bearers were Philip R Webb Harry Brook Adelbert Jakeman Jr and Eben F Smith
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Clara
Winslow Moldenke
Ocean Park
Theodore W. Moldenke
Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Main Street
Saco
Stanley A Bennett
Saco United
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs. Jean F. Goodwin 84 at Kennebunkport
Funeral services were held at 2 pm from Bibber Street Kennebunk for Mrs. Jean F. Goodwin 84 who died Saturday in an Augusta hospital after a long illness. Rev. George Urban officiated with burial in Arundel cemetery. She was the widow of William Goodwin formerly of Kennebunkport and born in Australia, daughter of William and Priscilla Bailey. She was a charter member of Aurora chapter Order of the Eastern Star, Kennebunkport. Surviving nieces are named in the obituary.
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Bibber Memorial
Summer Street
Kennebunk
Jean F. Goodwin
Augusta
George Urban
Kennebunkport Village Baptist Church
Arundel Cemetery
William Goodwin
Kennebunkport
Australia
William and
Priscilla
Langrridge) Bailey
Aurora Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Weather summary for Portland with showers and cooling afoot
The forecast notes cloudy and foggy conditions this afternoon with occasional rain and drizzle and cooler temperatures. Southeast to east winds 10 to 15 mph, tonight rain ending then clearing with winds 5 to 10 mph. Wednesday looks fair and warm with temperatures shown for several locations including Portland at 52 and Boston 57.
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Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Concord
Boston
New York
Washington
Miami
Chicago
New Orleans
Denver
Los Angeles
Halifax
Montreal
U of Maine to Honor Eight at Sunday Commencement
The University of Maine will grant honorary degrees to eight citizens this weekend. Gov Reed and Roman Catholic Bishop Daniel J Feeney will receive honorary doctor of laws degrees. Dr Sidney Hook of NYU will get honorary doctor of humane letters. Other honorees include William Hilton Myron C Peabody Wilhelmina F Dunning O Spurgeon English and Arthur Willey.
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Orono
University of Maine
Reed
Daniel J. Feeney
Portland
Sidney Hook
New York University
Graduate School
William Hilton
Great Northern Paper Co
Myron C. Peabody
Springfield
Mass
Wilhelmina F. Dunning
University of Miami
O. Spurgeon English
Temple University
Arthur Willey
Cleveland, Ohio
Drowning Victim Identified In Saco River Find
The body of Kerrick, born October 18 1918 in Mahoney City Pa, was recovered from the Saco River with help from Saco Police and the department’s new 14 foot aluminum boat. Autopsy at Webber Hospital ruled accidental drowning. Survived by widow, two sons, parents, four brothers and five sisters. a World War II veteran with Bronze Star. Funeral arrangements by Sansoucy Funeral Home, Biddeford.
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Garland Manufacturing Company
Water Street
Robert Foran
Lawrence Leclair
Thomas Knox
Saco Police Department
Michael Berry
Marcel Viger
Leeopold A. Vi
Paul
Mary Kerrick
Sansoucy Funeral Home
Stone Street
Biddeford
Fire Halts Canadian Forest Blaze Near Gagnon
A massive forest fire, fed by spruce and moss, burned toward the town of Gagnon about 60 miles northeast of Montreal. About 1,000 firefighters contained the blaze after evacuating the last dependents as flames came within 100 feet of the town. earlier winds fanned the fire and smoke. The incident followed a large iron ore project by a U.S. Steel subsidiary.
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Gagnon
U.S. Steel Corp
Montreal
Clerical Celibacy Maintained Says Catholic Theologian
The Catholic Digest reports Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. D. Conway asserts the Roman Catholic priesthood remains bound to celibacy since 1123 and is unlikely to change. He argues unmarried priests work more efficiently for God, the church, and the souls of men.
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New York
Msgr
J. D. Conway
Saco Children Crown Blessed Mother in Parish Ceremony
Over 200 children from Most Holy Trinity parish Saco joined Sunday rites for the crowning of the Blessed Mother. Jane Foran served as May queen with crown bearers Nancy Choroszy and James Harmon among escorts. Nancy Choroszy read the Act of Consecration as procession and rosary closed the devotion.
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Most Holy Trinity
Saco
Blessed Mother
Mary
Jane Foran
Nancy Choroszy
James Harmon
Thomas Mogan
Guard of Honor
Peggy Burke
Carol Denton
Joyce Peck
Regina Henaire
Cherisse Racicot
Maureen Brennick
Marina LaPoint
Bonnie Bartlett
Mary Burke
Nancy MacAusland
Betty Strout
Nancy Petit
Linda Kimball
Lorraine Lambert
Christine Tarbox
Susan Andrews
Susan Winston
Sharon Langlois
Louise Welch
Lovely Lady Dressed In
Gloria Hubert
Community lodge and club meetings across Biddeford area
Elks lodge plans 25th anniversary events at Elks home Thursday at 8. Lions install officers tonight at 6 30 at Wonderbarster House with District 41 L Governor Donald Russell presiding. Knights of Columbus auxiliary meets Wednesday at 8 in the K of C hall. Pine Cone Temple meets Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Saco K of P hall. American Legion auxiliary unit meets Wednesday at 8 with officers to wear white. Bnai Brith Solmer lodge holds installation at Lafayette hotel Old Orchard Beach Sunday with dinner dance and William Cohen installing. Annette Order of the Eastern Star meets Thursday at 7 30 at Saco Mason hall. OBS Adah chapter members will exemplify degrees. refreshments by Mrs Bertha Perkins. Goodwins Mills Grange hosts public benefit supper Saturday 5 30 to 7 at the Grange hall.
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Biddeford-Saco Lodge of Elks
Elks
Biddeford-Saco
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley
American Legion Auxiliary
Elm Street
Biddeford
Samuel M. Solmer
B'nai B'rith
Lafayette Hotel
Old Orchard Beach
William Cohen
Lewiston
Irving Remar
Morton Wolfe
Gerald Sneider
Lawrence Simensky
Annette
Order of the Eastern Star
Saco Masonice
Adah Chap ‘Ter
OBS
Bertha Perkins
Modest Market Rise Fueled by Defense Stock Bets
New York trading showed a modest gain as defense related shares led firmer activity after reports Senate Democrats seek a larger defense budget. Boeing and General Dynamics rose in the aircraft group while IBM Motorola and Zenith advanced. American Motors slipped. Dow Jones stood at 627.62 up 2.84 as bonds also rose.
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New York
Senate
Democratic
Texas Instruments
Sperry Rand
General Telephone
Boeing
General Dynamics
Motorola
Zenith
American Motors
Associated Press
U. S
Paris summit failure draws warning from leaders abroad
Nixon de Murville of France and Prime Minister Walter Nash of New Zealand warned the Paris summit’s collapse would affect all regions, including Asia. Couve De Murville called attention to global interdependence and rapid shifts in crisis or tension, while NASA noted repercussions will be felt and SEATO must be prepared to respond.
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de Murville
France
Walter Nash
New Zealand
Paris
Asia
Couve de Murville S.14
NASA
SEATO
Brotherhood Award Goes to The Devil's Advocate Author
Morris L West's The Devil's Advocate wins the Brotherhood Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews for a work examining faith, conscience, and sainthood through the story of a man considered for canonization.
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Brotherhood Award
New York
Morris L. West
National Conference of Christians and Jews
GOP Primary Candidates Set for Saco Meeting
Saco Republican City committee hosts a 7:30 PM gathering in the Saco Municipal Court Room with local primary contenders and statewide figures. Attendees include U S House candidate Peter A Garland, county attorney nominee Atty John Harvey, Maine Legislature hopeful Atty Philip A Graves, and state senate candidates William Bruce Gordon Brewster James Erwin Lester Hobbs Ralph Lovell Jonathon Milligan plus county offices Henry Fuller John Smith Roger Walker registrar William Pomerleau and Robert Winton.
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Saco
Republican City Committee
Peter A. Garland
U. S. House of Representatives
Atty
John Harvey
Gordon Brewster
Wells
James Erwin
York
Lester Hobbs
Acton
Ralph Lovell
Sanford
Jonathon Milligan
Kennebunkport
Henry Fuller
John Smith
Roger Walker
Alfred
William Pomerleau
Biddeford
Robert Winton
Mate Pleads Innocent To Torso Death
George Edgerly, 29, unemployed machinist, pleads innocent in district court to murder in the torso slaying of his wife Elizabeth Edgerly, mother of two. He is held without bail in East Cambridge Jail pending grand jury action. Police traced the body parts from a torso found April 21 in Dracut brook to a broader investigation. The couple had married in December 1951 and lived in Dracut. Mrs. Edgerly had prior reformatory time and had been missing since December 27.
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Lowell
Mass
George Edgerly
Arthur L. Eno
Edgerly
East Cambridge
Lowell Sun
Dracut
Merrimack
Newburyport
Elizabeth
Francis
Middlesex County District Attorney's Office
Wilfred Paquette
Women's Reformatory
Edgerlys
Solons Address Union Conclave
CHICAGO AP Senators Paul Douglas and Hubert Humphrey spoke at the Textile Workers Union of America biennial convention. The five day session set TWUA policy for two years and aimed to establish a national defense fund. President Pollock criticized the Eisenhower administration the South and giant textile firms in the keynote.
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Chicago
Paul Douglas
D-Il
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Textile Workers Union of America
Eisenhower
William Pollock
Quake Reports From Georgetown Area Range Wide
Washington AP reports George Town University noted a severe West Indies quake with a seismograph record lasting about an hour and stronger than the recent Chile quake near Concepcion that destroyed many houses.
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Washington
Georgetown University
West Indies
Georgetown Seismograph
Concepcion
Chile
Mny
Resignation Petition Drives Against First Selectman Ward
Falmouth petitions calling for the voluntary resignation of First Selectman Edgar R C Ward were presented. Everett H Green, chair of the citizens committee, said 638 signatures exceeded the tally that elected Ward. Ward gave no comment as the group awaits his next move after a dispute with former Police Chief Raymond S Marshall Jr over a Ward directive.
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Falmouth
First
Marshall
Thes
Elmer S. Hoyt
Biddeford Couples File Marriage Intentions
Marriage intentions filed at Biddeford city clerk office list Daniel L. Gagne of 14 Cottage Street and Lucienne Therese Godbout of 23 Prospect Street as a pair, along with Roland A. Patry of 24 Ston Street and Loretta M. Simms of 6 Summit Street as another couple, all Biddeford residents.
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Biddeford
Daniel L. Gagne
Cottage Street
Lucienne Therese Godbout
Prospect Street
Roland A. Patry
Ston Street
Loretta M. Simms
Summit Street
Washington Street School Memorial Day Program
Washington Street School presents a Memorial Day program with grades 1 through 5 performing songs, poems, flag salutes, and patriotic readings. Named students and staff are listed among musical numbers and recitations reflecting remembrance and national pride.
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Washington Street School
Bequest to Pacific School of Religion Worth 114 Million
In Berkeley California the interdenominational Pacific School of Religion is named beneficiary of the 114 million dollar estate of the late Alice M Gayman. The will highlights the generous contribution to religious education and the California institution’s role in its academic mission.
Quiet Biddeford Weekend Marred by Brief Crashes
Biddeford police report one of the quietest holiday weekends in years with no accidents until Monday evening. A rear-end crash at Elm and Main at 8 involved Roland Rousseau and Philip La Jeunesse. minor injuries to passengers. Earlier, Wilfred Lambert hit a parked car on Dupont, causing extensive damage to both vehicles. A third collision on Elm at Orchard involved George Whittier and Maurice Hight, with no injuries.
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Biddeford
Elm and
Main Streets
Roland Rousseau
Westbrook
Philip J. Lajeunesse
Sanford
Gordon Moxcey
Portland
Webber Hospital
Rousseau
Lajeunesse
Wilfred Lambert
Dupont Avenue
Raymond du
Elm Street
Whittier
Colby College to place presidents message in cornerstone
Colby College plans include a message from retiring president J Seelye Bixler to be sealed in the cornerstone of the new administration building. A second copy will be housed in the college library for opening at the turn of the century.
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Waterville
Colby College
Colby
J. Seelye Bixler
Oldest Maine Grads Return for 70th Class Reunion
The University of Maine invites three of its oldest graduates back to Orono for the 70th reunion of the class of 1890. Frederick G. Quincy and George Gould of Bangor and Allen C. Hardison of Santa Paula, California, will attend alongside two remaining living members, John Bird of Camden and Frank W. Sawyer of Palm Springs.
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Orono i
University of Maine
Frederick G. Quincy
George Gould
Bangor
Allen C. Hardison
Santa Paula
Calif
Orono
John Bird
Camden
Frank W. Sawyer
Palm Springs
New 1960 Bicycle Registration Plates Available in Biddeford
New bicycle registration plates for 1960 have arrived and will be issued at Biddeford police station starting Sunday. Chief Edgar Sevigny reported that all bicycles used on city streets must bear a license plate. Applications may be made at the police station desk any time on or after June 5.
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Biddeford
Edgar Sevigny
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Germany
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St. Louis High School
James P. Murphy Co., Inc
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Albert Bouvier, Sr
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U of M
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Canada
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Gettysburg
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Belanger
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Lorraine
Rivier College
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Doris
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Claude
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Delorge Baking Company
Mfr
Vermont Monumental Works
Elm ST
Atlantic
W. J. Provost
West Scarboro
Dial
Tucker
L. R. Joncas
Old Orchard
Wellington
Dennett & Craig, Inc
Saco, Maine
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