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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1976

Page

2

Catherine Lennox 71 Saco resident dies after brief illness

Mrs Catherine G Lennox 71 of 275 Bradley St Saco dies Monday after a brief illness Born March 5 1905 in Saco daughter of Sherman W and Eva Lindsay Plummer Educated in Saco schools Active in Trinity Episcopal Church Open Door Senior Citizens Club and formerly SACC Survived by son Robert E two daughters Catherine Cousens and Gwendolyn MacLeod nine grandchildren five great grandchildren a brother Harry Plummer two brothers in Florida and Michigan Funeral 2 p m at Shumway Gross Funeral Home Spring St Saco Interment Laurel Hill Cemetery Calling hours Wednesday 7 9 p m at the funeral home

Catherine G. Lennox Bradley St Saco Biddefordee Sherman W Eva Lindsay Plummer Lennox Trinity Episcopal Church of Open Door Senior Citizens Club S.A.C.C Robert E Catherine Cousens Gwendolyn MacLeod Harry Plummer Florida Michigan Shumway Gross Funeral Home Spring St Laurel Hill Cemetery

Two Holt murder suspects held without bail in Maine

Two men, Leon Rich and Edward B. Austin, were ordered held without bail after being arraigned on second degree homicide charges in the Oct. 5 shooting death of Anne Payson Holt, a 79 year old socialite and sister in law of Joan Whitne Payson. A Nov. 3 hearing set in Portland District Court.

Falmouth Anne Payson Holt Edward B. Austin Leon F. Rich Portland Austin State Police Martin Greeley Clyde LeClair Rich UPI Portland, Maine Leon Rich South Portland Bernard Devine Rich and Joan Whitne Payson The New Yorkers Holt Charles Shipman Payson Devine Franklin Stearns Mark Dunlap

Beach Zoning Board to Meet on Variance Requests

OLD ORCHARD BEACH The Zoning Board of Appeals will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the Loranger School to hear variance requests for Edgar Normand 9 East Grand Ave Chez Marie Antoinette Restaurant to enlarge with a 36 3 by 40 5 addition for off street parking and for Richard G Gabriele Bikini Tavern abutting properties 5 and 7A East Grand Ave for a brick front extending to the inside lot lines to 2 1 meters high An administrative review of Coach's Day Camp Inc by R Hirst was tabled at the Sept 9 meeting for lack of specifics.

Old Orchard Beach Zoning Board of Fee Loranger School Edgar Normand East Grand Ave Richard G. Gabriele Anna Crpera Lula Ostoposides Cen R. Hirst Coach's Day Camp Inc

Zaitlin backs Braley in state senate race endorsement

Independent Mayor Samuel Zaitlin endorses former mayor Berton Braley over Democratic incumbent Peter Danton in a bid for the state senate. He cites Braley’s record as Saco city councilor and two term mayor as proof of honesty integrity and public service without special interests.

Samuel Zaitlin Berton Braley Senate Zaitlin Bert Braley State Senate Braley Peter Danton Saco

Saco woman to receive CPS award in Portland

Saco resident Marie Doucette and Nancy Peschel, both certified professional secretaries, will receive CPS awards at the Portland Chapter NSA (International) meeting at the Holiday Inn Downtown. Only three-tenths of one percent of U S secretaries have earned the award, with Eleanor Fortune presenting it. 분위

Portland Marie Doucette Saco Nancy Peschel CPS National Secretaries Association (International Holiday Inn U.S Eleanor Fortune Miss Fortune Westbrook College NSA Ways and Means

Hydrants Opened Prompt Biddeford Fire Response

Biddeford fire crews quickly closed two open hydrants on Pool Road after handling a false alarm near Evanthia Drive and Guinea Road. Police report a quiet night with no major incidents beyond routine patrol activity.

Biddeford Evanthia Drive Guinea Road Pool Road Biddeford Pool

Town Hall Opens Saturday for Absentee Voting

The town clerk's office will be open Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to assist residents voting by absentee ballot in the upcoming election.

Oob Town Hall Old Orchard Beach

Saco School Board to Meet Tonight on Substitutes and Programs

The Saco school committee will meet at 7 30 tonight at the SeOS office 34 Spring to discuss procedures for employing substitutes a band booster fundraiser to allow use of schools after school music lessons and suspensions.

Saco Seos

Club notes Madisses to meet at parish house Saco

The Madisses of the First Parishee Church UCC Saco will meet Thursday at 7:30 a.m. at the parish house Beach Street Saco. St Anne Sodality Notre Dame Church will hold a rummage sale Saturday 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Notre Dame School 50 Beach St Saco. A correction notes a caption misnamed officer in a recent shooting spree. the officer is Marcel Doucette.

First Parishee Church UCC Saco Beach Street ST. Anne Sodality Notre Dame Beach St Biddeford Marcel Doucette

Federal confidence easing fears over Maine bonds amid land claims

Maine Treasurer Rodney Scribner says federal reassurances on bond soundness should calm markets and help Maine securities, despite Pasamaquoddy and Penobscot land claims threatening 12.5 million acres and curbing municipal borrowings. Treasury officials said programs aiding home and farm loans won’t be affected, and policymakers plan to review a continued loan policy.

Augusta Maine Rodney Scribner Feder Robert Girard the Treasury Farmers Home Administration Small Business Administration Economic Development Administration Fmha Mahlon DeLong Washington DeLong Longley Federal Reserve Board Federal Deposit Insurance Corp Comptroller of the Currency Federal Home Loan Bank Board

Bottle bill debate continues after Maine referendum

In Bangor Maine the Committee on Bottle Bill Control Options says it will stay active to back the Maine Model Litter Control Act. Gordon L Weil notes the group will testify to the legislature while opponents push a nickel deposit on beverage containers. Campaigns report harassment and missing materials as both sides seek to sway voters ahead of the November 2 referendum.

Bangor Maine Committee On Itter Control Options, Inc Gordon L. Weil Weil Washington William Ginn Irving Faunce

Bath councilor shot in Bath Maine. condition improving

Bath police say they have not yet determined if the shooting of City Councilor Richard Quimby was intentional or accidental by a hunter near his High Street home. Quimby, 22, underwent emergency surgery for an abdominal gunshot and remained in satisfactory condition after the incident near 1 p.m. Neighbors are being questioned. Quimby is a council hopeful and Republican House nominee for District 90.

Bath, Maine Bath Richard Quimby Quimby Bath Memorial Hospital Robert Picucci High Street Maine Kathleen W. Goodwin

Longley objects to civic center funds allocation

Gov. James B. Longley sent a letter to city officials protesting their request for federal funds to add to the Civic Center. He argued that other cities should access the dollars first and that Maine money could be better used in Augusta. The city seeks funds from a $10 million Maine allotment for a $1.3 million Civic Center addition and a $648,000 library addition.

Augusta Maine James B. Longley

Robert Boss Returns to Work After Illness

Robert Boss of 17 Old Orchard Road in Saco has returned to work at McKenney and Heard following an illness.

Robert Boss Old Orchard Road Saco McKenney Heard

Psychiatrist to keynote Saco senior meeting

Dr Stanley H Cath a noted Boston psychiatrist will keynote Cumberland York Senior Citizens Council fifth annual meeting Thursday at 10 am at Cascade Inn Saco He is associate clinical professor at Atts University School of Medicine and president of the Massachusetts Gerontology Association The program includes a review of last year and election of officers with entertainment by Washington Gardens Band of Portland

Stanley H. Cath Boston Cumberland York Senior Citizens Council Cascade Inn Saco Cath Atts University School of Medicine Massachusetts Gerontology Association Boston Society For Gerontological Psychiatry Lawrence Mead Raymond Washington Gardens Portland

Biddeford Contractor Pleads Guilty to Tax Charges

Philip Gadbois of Biddeford pleaded guilty in Portland to 12 counts of failing to account for and pay employees withheld taxes and Social Security, covering a 12 week period with a $3,557 owed. He is treasurer of Philip L Gadbois and Sons Inc. construction. The case is continued for sentencing with potential penalties up to 5000 dollars and one year imprisonment per count.

Biddeford Philip Gadbois U.S. District Oort Portland Gadbois Internal Revenue Service Philip L. Gadbois and Sons Inc. Construction Company

Escapee hid in sheriff dog house at Skowhegan jail

SKOWHEGAN Maine AP A prisoner James Whittemore 19 escaped Somerset County Jail by hiding in the sheriff s dog house and climbing the fence after dark He remains at large authorities say despite a separate Sunday disturbance at the jail and no link between the two incidents is found

Skowhegan Maine Somerset County James Whittemore Themore

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