Deaths Romeo Boissonnault in Manchester Conn
Romeo Boissonnault 68 former Biddeford Maine resident died yesterday in a Boston hospital Born February 12 1898 in Coleraine Quebec Canada he was a photographer in Biddeford for about 38 years moved to Connecticut in 1951 retired Surviving widow Edna Houle Boissonnault two sons Guy Southington and Gil Manchester one brother Diomede Biddeford five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Funeral services will be held Monday at Assumption Church burial in Manchester Cemetery Friends may call today tomorrow and Sunday at Leclair Funeral Home Manchester.
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Manchester
Biddeford
Maine
Guy
Southington
Conn
Gil Boissonnault
Diomede Boissonnault
Assumption Church
Leclair
Main Street
Zoning Board Hearing Set At Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach Zoning Appeals will hold a hearing at Town Hall on Wednesday November 2 at 7 30 p m to review the McCallums appeal of a July 6 denial of certificates of non conforming use and notices of non compliance with a tent and trailer park ordinance. The McCallums say they have not yet received notice of the meeting and note a prior Sept 29 Superior Court dismissal that the town action was arbitrary and capricious and did not render their operation unlawful for lack of license.
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Old Orchard Beach
Firemen Make Three Calls In Biddeford
Biddeford firefighters made three calls this morning. They checked 163 Cleaves Street after a smoke report in a three story wooden tenement owned by Louise Pepin. Occupant Raymond Chaloult was inside during the check. Earlier, burning rubbish under a loading platform near Main Street, set by children, was extinguished with a booster line. A woods fire off Cole Road burned nearly an acre, with fifteen men and three booster lines tackling two blazes over two hours. A spark from a passing locomotive is blamed. the land is owned by the Boston and Maine Railroad.
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Biddeford
Cleaves St
Louise Pepin
Raymond Chaloult
Boston and Maine Railroad Co
Main Street
Cole Road
Boston and Maine Railroad
Funeral Homes and directors listed in Saco Maine ad
Emond's Funeral Home contact numbers for Frank X. Emond and J P Conroy. Shumway Funeral Service at 35 Spring Street Saco with Philip H. Gross Sr. as director. Dennett and Craig at 365 Main Street Saco provides dial 282 0562.
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Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Shumway Funeral Service
Spring Street
Saco
Philip H. Gross Sr
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Maine
Dial
Lamb
Ina F
Arundel
Shumway Funeral Home
Spring St
Woodlawn
Philip H. Gross, Sr
Senator Smith Faces Re election Guarded Outlook
Maine's leading political figure Senator Margaret Chase Smith says she is not a guaranteed winner for re election on November 8 and cannot carry the GOP ticket. Governor Reed and congressional nominee Peter A. Garland praised for campaign work. Hathaway swears by Maine's natural beauty and resources. Foley criticizes inflation actions and anticipates tax rise. Kyros welcomes Manila conference as a path to peace in Southeast Asia. First campaign expense reports show Reed 68285 dollars and Garland 12769 dollars with no personal contributions from Reed or Curtis.
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Associated Press
Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
Sanford
GOP
Turner
Howard M. Foley
Congress
Foley
Peter N. Kyros
Garland
Manila
Oakland
Kyros
America
Southeast Asia
Europe
Augusta
Reed
Garland For Congress Committee
Kenneth M. Curtis
Old War Cry Used By Humphrey in 1966 Campaign
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey campaigned using an old Goldwater refrain to push for Democratic victories in Ohio Iowa and Minnesota while endorsing Rep. Joan J. Gilligan of Ohio against Robert Taft Jr. He touted the 19th Congress as the education and cities Congress and aimed to restore party unity amid feuding with Gov Karl Rolvaag and Republican attacks in Minnesota.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Hubert H. Humphrey
Barry Goldwater
Humphrey
Iowa
Minnesota
Goldwater
Joan J. Gilligan
Robert Taft Jr
Gilligan
Democratic 19Th Congress
Education Congress
Cities Congress
Health Congress
Consumers Congress
Breakthrough Congress
John Gilligans
Covington
Gainesville
Fla
University of Florida
Kansas City
Sioux City
St. Paul
Humprey
Karl F. Rolvaag
Rolvaag
Harold LeVander
Perjury Case Is Continued For Trial
Alfred The case of Raymond Bolduc 17 of Old Orchard Beach who pleaded into is continued for trial.
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Alfred
Raymond Bolduc
Old Orchard Beach
Personal notices from Newtown Road to Saco visitors
Stanley Lowell, surgical patient at Notre Dame Hospital, Newtown Road, Biddeford. Mrs Martha Littlefield and her three Vernon Conn. children visiting Fred Cote and wife on Garfield Street, Saco. Seaman William R. Perry of Wells completed a Navy Storekeeping course at Newport R I Naval Supply School. Navy Lt Keith P. Garland of Kennebunk serves aboard the James IX Polk submarine on its first deterrent patrol for 60 days. Mr and Mrs William Brennick of Saco returned from a visit to San Francisco area and spent time with son-in-law Richard Nolette and daughter, and with Mr and Mrs Robert Nolette, formerly of Saco.
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Stanley Lowell
Newtown Road
Biddeford
Notre Dame Hospital
Martha Littlefield
Vernon
Conn
Fred Cote
Garfield Street
Saco
William R. Perry
USN
Ralph E. Perry
Route 1
Wells
Newport R.I. Naval Supply School
Navy
Keith
Richard Nolette
Robert Nolette
Hart to exemplify Third Degree at Biddeford hall
Luke E Hart of the Knights of Columbus will exemplify the Third Degree at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Washington Street hall at Biddeford.
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Luke E. Hart
Church Notes Confessions and Youth UNICEF Drive
Confessions will be heard at St. Marthas Kennebunkport Saturday 7 to 8 p m and at St Marys Wells Beach before the 9 a m mass Sunday. UNICEF fund drive by Biddeford Saco Council of Churches Monday 5 30 to 7 p m followed by a party at School Street Methodist Church Saco. United Church of Christ youth sponsor Halloween party for Church School children Monday 6 to 8 p m with games and refreshments.
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St. Martha’s Church
Kennebunkport
St. Mary’s Church
Wells Beach
Biddeford-Saco
United Church of Christ (Congregational
Biddeford
Churc
South Africa Blocks UN Plan To Take Trusteeship
U N diplomats doubt the General Assembly can enforce the vote to end South Africa’s mandate and place South West Africa under UN trusteeship. South Africa pledges to block any takeover, raising the Security Council as the likely path for sanctions or force. The 14 nation panel will study administering the territory for independence while the US and Britain push Syria defense measures against Israel, and Cold War tensions shape nuclear nonproliferation appeals.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
World Organization
General Assembly
South-West Africa
South Africa
League of Nations
Assembly
Security Council
U. N
United States
Britain
Syria
Israel
Soviet Union
China
Weather forecast for Maine with showers and cool spells
The forecast calls for fair conditions in the southern area, considerable cloudiness in the north with a chance of showers especially in the extreme north by late tonight. Not as cool, with low temperatures in the 40s. Saturday should be fair in the south and cloudy with scattered showers in the north, cooler in the north.
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Maine
Weather outlook for northern New England states
The five day forecast from the U S Weather Bureau covers Maine New Hampshire Massachusetts and Rhode Island with temperatures near normal overall and Vermont 2 to 6 degrees below. Little daily change expected until a modest warmup by Wednesday. Precipitation likely totaling one tenth to five tenths of an inch, mainly as rain Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Boston
U.S. Weather Bureau
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Sermon Topic Is Announced in Saco
Rev. Stanley A. Bennett of United Baptist Church Saco announces a 10 30 a m worship service on Sunday October 30 with the theme Will We Ever Have One Church The chancel choir directed by Lawrence Woodward will sing To God On High Be Thanks and Praise by Decius and the Senior choir will perform With A Voice of Singing by Shaw Mrs Mary M Hill will play the organ
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Stanley A. Bennett
United Baptist Church
Saco
Lawrence Woodward
Decius
Shaw
Mary M. Hill
Early Graduation Set At Maine Maritime Academy
The Maine Maritime Academy will graduate 96 senior cadets on April 29, a month early, to aid a U S Maritime Administration request amid a shortage of maritime officers for ships supplying South Vietnam. Rear Adm. Edward A. Rodgers said the winter training cruise will be shortened to six weeks from nine or ten.
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Castine
Maine Maritime Academy
U.S. Maritime Administration
Maritime Administration
South Viet Nam
Edward A. Rodgers
Biddeford Shipyard Keels A Historic Vessel In 92 Days
The Biddeford Shipbuilding Co. completed a rapid start in 1917 18 to build a large schooner later rated Al by the American Bureau of Ships. After cleaning the idle yard near the Biddeford sewer plant work began Oct 22 1917 with master builder Dow guiding design and molds. The keel was laid Jan 24 1918, 92 days after yard clearance.
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American Bureau of Ships
Biddeford
Biddeford Shipbuilding Co
Maine
Dow
Oregon
Atlantic
Pacific
Great Lakes
Northwest
South
Local Residents Fined In Saco District Court
In Thursday’s session of the 10th District court in Saco Judge George D. Varney fined and found guilty numerous locals on traffic offenses. Armand A. Ledoux, 54, Shadagee Road, Saco, tied to operating while under the influence and fined 150 dollars. awaiting January Superior Court appeal on bail. Several others from Biddeford, Saco, Bath, Kennebunkport, and beyond faced speeding, passing, or license violations with fines ranging from 10 to 150 dollars. four St Francis College students were fined 20 dollars each for speeding. One defendant, Jacob M. Kelley, faced possession of obscene film and was fined 100 dollars. Some cases involved dismissals or suspensions, with additional penalties noted for license issues or improper equipment.
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Ora
10Th District Court
Saco
George D. Varney
Armand A. Ledoux
Shadagee Road
Ralph Tanguay
Cleaves St
Biddeford
James B. Hall
Elm St
John R. Bird
Ocean Park
Gerald J. Campobasso
South St
Bidde
Peter A. Morin III
Warwick
R.I
Clayton B. Chick
Kennebunkport
Edward L. MacDonald
Kennebunk
Maynard W. Brant
Patrick H. Mullen
Pool Road
Joseph C. Welch
Pawtucket
R. IL
Kevin J. McNally
Long Island
N.Y
Jeffery M. Stolp
Geneva
Medford
Mass
Constantine Dackis
Cape Porpoise
William H. Byrnes
Wells
William Lothrop Allen
Jamaica Plains
Pamela A. Smith
Merrimac
Osborn M. Delano Jr
Coopers Mills
Louis P. Belanger
Winslow
Robert C. Webster
Portland
Chester J. Wyszomirski
Torrington
Conn
George J. Joy
Westbrook
Paul Turner
Doiver
N. H
William J. Swinnerton
Sharon
Camille D. Jedrey
Harrington
Francis J. Mazzeo
Rockland
David F. Sheldon Sr
East Dorset
Kenneth D. Anderson
Concord
Herman K. Peabody
East Millinocket
Richard D. Edmondson
Bowdeinham
Jacob M. Kelley
Norman L. Sherman
Sherman
David G. Pillsbury
Alfred St
Norman W. Nadeau
Merton G. Mitchell
Wilfred Houle
Complete Tree Program Recommended For Saco
The Saco Beautification Committee met at Saco District Court as shade tree expert John H. Chadwick urged a complete Elm Disease response. He warned it will cost more to lose and replace trees and cited state cost sharing, local plantings, and prior removals totaling 21 000 dollars over nine years.
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Saco
Saco District Court
John H. Chadwick
Forest Service
Maine
Chadwick
Winners Listed At Duplicate Bridge in Old Orchard Beach
Sea Stars played duplicate bridge at St Johns Parish Hall with a long list of players. Winners were North and South led by Mrs Wilbur and Brackett with Mougalian and Nanos second, Paulhus and Hanse third, Rosen and Putnam fourth. East and West victors were Mrs Nanos with R Mougalian first, Sleeper and Hansen second, Ross and Bradford third, Tooker and Jennings fourth. Sea Stars to play again next Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
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Old Orchard Beach
Clarice Hansen
Leo Ross
al Bradford
Estella Aranovitch
Charlotte Dubois
Alice Fecteau
Carleton Brock
Hazel Orr
John Anderson
Carol Angelone
Daniel Drummond
Robert Jennings
Vernon Tooker
Wilbur and
Brackett
A. Mougalian
Nanos
Paulhus
Hanse
Rosen
Putnam
East
R. Mougalian
Sleeper
Hansen
Ross
Bradford
Tooker
Jennings
Sea Stars
St. John’s Parish Hall
Bankruptcy filings list earnings plans from Saco and Kennebunk
Wage earner plans filed yesterday in U S District Court Portland list liabilities totaling 1 687. Marcel R Desrosiers of Saco a shoe worker shows assets 240 with 75 exempt. Floyd W Knapp of Kennebunk a carpenter shows 2 550 in liabilities and 115 in assets with 100 exempt.
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Portland
U.S. District Court
Saco
Kennebunk
Marcel R. Desrosiers
Floyd W. Knapp
Baptist Pastor Honored at Biddeford Farewell Party
A farewell reception for Rev. Jasper M. Beane at Biddeford United Baptist Church honored the pastor who will call to Ward Mill Church of Christ in Bradford, Massachusetts starting November. Ronald Lefebvre led the program with prayers, speeches, BYF skits, and musical tributes from church groups, followed by gifts and refreshments.
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Jasper M.beane
Biddeford United Baptist Church
Mr. Beane
Norma Noel
The
BYF
Ronald Lefebvre
Diane
Susan
Lynn Hallezuk
David Dawn
Zip Coon
Mr. Begoe
Biddeford
Three Guests Introduced To Saco Madisses
At the Madisses of the First Parish Congregational Church in Saco three guests were introduced Mrs. Jason Ramsdell Mrs. Philip Gross Jr. and Mrs. Ed na B Howe. A covered dish supper preceded the meeting conducted by President Mrs. Barbara Freeman with assisting hosts and workers listed. Rev. Paul K Weimer recited grace and spoke on church activities. The group announced a Christmas Fair Workshop starting Nov 1 at 6 30 p m at Mrs Geneve Lamontagne s King Street Saco home with the next meeting on Nov 10 featuring a covered dish supper and a ceramics program by Mrs Ruth Murray.
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First Parish Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
Saco
Jason Ramsdell
Philip Gross Jr
Edna B. Howe
Patricia Hunt
Joan Smith
Barbara Freeman
Maryalice Braley
Patricia Harriman
Bette Jean Roberge
Thelma Kallock
Edith Gonneville
Grace
Paul K. Weimer
Geneve Lamontagne
King Street
Sace
Ruth Murray
Plane overshoots runway at Augusta State Airport injuring two
Two men sustained minor injuries when a light plane overshot the runway and dropped down a 40 foot embankment at Augusta State Airport. The pilots were identified as H Ray Goodman and V R Chupaf.
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Augusta
Augusta State
H Ray Goodman
V.R. Chupaf
Apollo 1 launch plans scrapped due to suit system issues
NASA sources said Apollo 1 cannot be launched this year with a three man crew because environmental control life support faults halt the schedule originally moved from the first quarter of 1967. Pilots Grissom White and Chaffee lead the mission aboard the spacecraft preceding the moon program as Gemini 12 preparations continue for a November 9 flight led by Lovell and Aldrin.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and ‘Space Administration
NASA
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White II
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
U.S
Moon
James A. Lovell Jr
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Reed Honored At Kennebunk Social Hour
Gov. John H. Reed was honored at a Kennebunk get acquainted social hour hosted by Mrs. Tranci and others at Sea Road. About 140 guests attended prior to the Rotary Ladies Night dinner at Glen Mor Restaurant where Reed spoke on Maine’s new look through planned development and growth. Earlier, Reed campaigned to York County residents in Wells Ogunquit.
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Kennebunk
Ning
John H. Reed
Michael Tranci
Sea Road
Tranci
William West
Joseph Calvo
Maynard Rollins
Crystal Shibles
Richard Lyon
Kennebunk Rotary Club
Glen-Mor
Gov. Reed
Reed
Maine
Wells Ogunquit
York County
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Romeo Boissonnault
Old Orchard
Notre Deminenttal
Esvopives
Rose Cambe
Your Journal
Senator Smith
Harold J. Rubin
Bolduc
Maine Maritime
Cape Hattaras
Camden
Richard Gray
Paul Reay
Saco City
Robert Butler
Butler
Gray, Butler
Laurence Staples
LaVallee
Bryce Milne
Harold Waite
Ralph Hawkes
Lloyd Anderson
Duplicate Bridge
Bankruptcy Court
Saco Madisses
Anson
Youland’s Jewelry Store
Main St
Kennebunk Social Hour
Saco Hardware & Supply Co
Pepperell Sq
Stouts
Yorktown
Remar’s
Beach Street
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