Deaths in Kennebunk Miss Gertrude Young 83
Miss Gertrude Alice Young 83 of Winter Street Kennebunk died yesterday in Arundel. Born January 8 1884 in Somerville Mass she was a long time teacher. Surviving brother Owen A Goodwin Alfred and several nieces and nephews. Funeral 2 p m Thursday Angell Funeral Home 9 Dane St Kennebunk Rev Henry O Meegert to officiate. Interment Laurel Hill Cemetery Saco. Friends may call 7 to 9 p m tomorrow at the funeral home.
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Laurel Hill Cemetery
Saco
Portland Professor O Connor Dies After Sudden Illness
Timothy J O Connor 69 of 130 Noyes Street Portland died suddenly in Standish He was born January 6 1898 in Biddeford Son of Daniel F and Ellen O Driscoll O Connor He taught at Holy Cross St Xavier s Spring Hill Mount Carmel and joined St Joseph s College Standish 32 years ago He headed the chemistry department Surviving wife Evelyn Griffin O Connor daughter Patricia Halpin brothers Michael and John five grandchildren Funeral held at Hutchins Funeral Home and St Patrick s Church Interment Calvary Cemetery South Portland Friends may call today and tomorrow
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Portland
Timothy J. O'Connor
Noyes St
Standish
Biddeford
Daniel F
Ellen O'Driscoll O'Connor
Biddeford High School
Holy Cross College
Worcester
Mass
O'Connor
St. Francis College
Loretto
Harvard University
University of Buffalo
N.Y
St. Xavier's College
Cincinnati
Ohio
Spring Hill
Ala
Mount Carmel College
Niagara Falls
Ont
St. Joseph’s College
St. Patrick's Church
Evelyn Griffin O'Connor
This City
Richard
Patricia) Halpin
West Falmouth
Michael H
Chicago
Ill
John J
Old Orchard Beach
Hutchins
William St
Biddeford Pilot Killed In Vietnam
The Biddeford family mourns WO Robert N. Dechene 23 U S Army Air Force killed in Vietnam after a helicopter crash caused by mechanical trouble during a combat assault. He was born March 12 1944 in Biddeford and was a 1962 St. Louis High School graduate. He leaves parents two parents and a sister plus grandparents and other relatives. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Emond Funeral Home Biddeford.
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Biddeford
WO Robert N. Dechene
U. S. Army Air Force
Vietnam
Marcel P. Dechene
Granite St
Department of the Army
St. Louis High School
Porstmouth Naval Shipyard
Kittery
Dechene
Army
Army Aviation School
Ft. Rucker
Raymond
Rachel) Tardif
Henry Giroux
Laura Dechene
Uncl
Emond Funeral Home
Hill St
Thieves steal liquor from Farmington state store
Fifty eight cases of liquor worth three thousand dollars and a safe containing four hundred dollars were stolen from the New Hampshire state liquor store in Farmington. Entrance was gained by cutting a hole in the roof. The store sits on the Route 11 bypass.
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Farmington
N.H
Arnold Clement
Route 11
Funeral Directors and Dignified Services Listed in Saco
Funeral homes in Saco Maine are listed with contact details including SHUMWAY on Ja Spring Street and EMOND'S on 28 5511. Frank X. Emond and J P Conroy are named as funeral directors. Dennett and Craig at 365 Main Street provide additional services and a public number.
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Shumway Funeral Service
Ja Spring Street
Saco
Philip H. Gross Sr
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Maine
Dia
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Funeral Mass Held for Henri Pare at St Joseph’s Biddeford
Funeral services for Henri Pare of 372 Green Street Biddeford were held at St Joseph’s Church on Saturday. Rt Rev Msgr Elie Hevey officiated a solemn requiem high mass with deacon Gilbert and sub deacon Gerouard. Organist Diana Rousselle played. Interment followed in St Joseph’s Cemetery with graveside prayers by Father Gilbert. Bearers were Lionel Casteau Elmer Clark Joseph D Clark Raymond Cote Jerome Desnoyers and Edmond Pare.
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Henri Pare
Green St
Biddeford
St. Joseph's Church
Elie Hevey
Val ‘Ant Gilbert
Robert Gerouard
Diana Rousselle
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Father Gilbert
Lionel Casteau
Elmer Clark
Joseph D. Clark
Raymond Cote
Jerome Desnoyers
Edmond Pare
Funeral Services for Aime Levesque Held at St Joseph’s
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning at 8 for Aime Lucien Levesque 61 of 7 Bacon Street Biddeford at St Joseph’s Church. Rev Sylvia Levesque celebrated the requiem high mass with choir and organist Mrs Laura L Proulx. Burial followed in St Joseph’s Cemetery with bearers Al Caron Edmond Neault Joseph Loranger and John Bergeron.
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Aime Lucien Levesque
Bacon St
Biddeford
St. Joseph’s Church
Sylvia Levesque
Laura L. Proulx
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Father Levesque
al Caron
Edmond Neault
Joseph Loranger
John Bergeron
Local fraternal and veterans group meetings announced
Annette Chapter of the Eastern Star in Saco hosts a 7:30 p.m. meeting at the Saco Masonic Hall with past matrons and patrons honored and Dorothy Abbott in charge of refreshments. Jork County Salon 598 Eight and Forty meets 8 p.m. at 50 Fremont St York Beach. Biddeford Veterans of Foreign Wars Post gathers 7:30 p.m. at the city hall. Hart Knights of Columbus Auxiliary meets 8 p.m. in Washington Street Hall Biddeford. Saco Valley Association for Retarded Children meets 7:30 tonight at Hollis Elementary on Route 35. Blue Feather Council Pocahontas meets 7:30 p.m. at Le Foyer with refreshments by Mrs Gertrude Wood and Deputy Great Pocahontas Cecile Jacques.
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Annette
Order of the Eastern Star
Saco
Saco Masonic Hall
Dorothy Abbott
Jork County
Elsie F
Fremont St
York Beach
Biddeford
Lake FE
Hart Council
Knights of Columbus Auxiliary
The
Saco Valley Association For Retarded Children
Hollis
Route
Blue Feather Council
Pocahontas
le Foyer
Foss and
Pool Streets
Gertrude Wood
Cecile Jacques
Jaycee Wives Tape Program Progresss in Saco
The Saco Jaycee Wives and local Red Cross chapter work to record tapes for U S servicemen in Vietnam. Volunteers donate time. tapes provided free by Red Cross and mailed overseas by the national office. Sessions planned for Saturday September 23 with help including a French speaking member for language aid.
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American Red Cross
Saco Jaycee
Vietnam
Saco
The
Red Cross
Local Personal News Highlights Military and Community Notices
Albert House medical patient at Notre Dame Hospital in Biddeford and Wilfrid Fortier attending an accountants meeting in Waterville are listed among local items. Residents Richard Moore Ivory Fenderson and Ernest Asselin return from a five day Washington business trip. Pfe Leonard Lasczak visits grandparents in Biddeford for his uncle Charles Loranger's funeral. Marine Pvt David Bergeon is promoted to Private First Class after recruit training. Seaman Recruit Paul Barker graduates Navy basic training at Great Lakes. William Perkins reports his ship USS Intrepid earning a third aviation safety award in Gulf of Tonkin. Howard Cousens receives a letter of commendation for duty with U S Naval Security in Okinawa and Bremerhaven.
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Albert House
Cuts St
Biddeford
Notre Dame Hospital
Wilfrid J. Fortier
Bacon St
Accountants’ Association
Waterville
Richard E. Moore
Ivory H. Fenderson
Saco
Ernest Asselin
Portland
Washington, D.C
Pfe
Leonard Lasczak
U.S.A
Atlanta
S.C
Paul A. Barker
USN
Richard E. Barker
Church St
Old Orchard Beach
Navy
Naval Training Center
Great Lake
William J. Perkins
Bert C. Perkins
Sanford Road
Wells
Hanza
Okinawa
Naval Security Group
Bremerhaven
Germany
Cousens
Midweek Religious Services List in Southern Maine Area
A compilation lists church activities across Old Orchard Beach Biddeford Saco Kennebunk Wells and Kennebunkport. Girls guards meet at Salvation Army hall Old Orchard Beach while Lyman Baptist Church Goodwins Mills hosts service and choir rehearsal.
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Salvation Army Hall
Union Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Goodwins Mills Methodist Church
Lyman
Village Baptist Church
Kennebunkport
Biddeford Traffic Collision at Shopping Center Entrance
Police investigated a two-car crash at the Biddeford Shopping Center entrance on E Street. Drivers Muriel E. Cantara 40 and Rachel C. Serge 24, plus two passengers Sandra and Brian Roberge, 2 and 3, suffered minor injuries and were treated. Sergeant Adelbert Morin Jr. led the investigation.
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Muriel E. Cantara
Thacher St
Biddeford
Rachel C. Ro- Serge
Taylor St
E' S Street
Colby Names Lovejoy Winner
Colby College selects Edwin Lahey 65 as the 1967 Lovejoy Fellow for distinguished journalism. Lahey, chief Knight Newspapers correspondent, has worked out of Washington since 1941 and previously with AP and Chicago Daily News. The Lovejoy award was announced Monday.
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Waterville
Knight Newspapers, Inc
Colby College
Edwin Lahey
Knight Papers
Washington
Associated Press
Chicago Daily News
Transit Survey Aims to Boost Northern New England Air Service
State groups initiated a survey on air transportation between northern New England and the Great Lakes region. The Maine Aeronautics Commission and Maine Transportation Commission, with chamber cooperation in Maine New Hampshire Vermont and lake-region cities, plan to submit evidence to the Civil Aeronautics Board for hearings. No schedules yet but proposed service would offer direct flights from Maine New Hampshire and Vermont to the Great Lakes without transfers at Boston or New York.
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Great Lakes
Biddeford - Saco
Civil Aeronautics Board
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Boston
New York
Town Meeting Approves Major Zoning and Budget Measures
Kennebunk voters approved a zoning code change allowing apartment construction in village residential areas upon appeal. They shifted York Street to highway business and authorized transfers from the Durrell Bridge and excise tax funds. Additional costs for seawall repairs, winter road work, and a fence bid were approved. State Rep Clarence M. Crosby was elected town meeting moderator.
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Kennebunk
Planning Board
Roy Gordon
John Rogers
Gerald Page
Herbert Smith
Alexander Amentrout
Frederick Perkins
Marilyn Young
Vernon Littlefield
Earle D. Hardy
Edith Lapirow
York Street
Board of Selectmen
Durrell Bridge
General Highway Fund
Kennebunk Beach
Edward Winston
Durrell
Selectmen
Clarence M. Crosby
Biddeford Group To Show Grid Films
Biddeford High School hosts a Football Smoker tonight at 7 30 sponsored by the Biddeford Athletic Association. Films of the Friday night grid contest between Biddeford Tigers and St Louis Eagles will be shown with narration by coach Dave Redmond who will answer questions.
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Biddeford Tigers
St. Louis Eagles
Biddeford High School
Biddeford Athletic Association
Biddeford
Dave Redmond
Advisory Board To Discuss Guidelines
The Policy Advisory Committee for the Biddeford Basic Adult Education Program will meet tonight at Biddeford Junior High School on Alfred Street. The group will discuss guidelines for the coming year as classes begin on Monday and director Joseph M. Wood notes the agenda.
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Biddeford
Alfred Street
Joseph M. Wood
Firemen Contain Garage Fire on Maple Street
Saco firefighters responding to a box alarm used a booster line to extinguish a fire in the garage at the residence of Ernest Hefernan at 40 Maple Street. Little damage was reported.
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Saco
Ernest Hefernan
Maple Street
City Council approves May Street drainage plan choice
Biddeford City Council selects a storm drainage line from May Street to near the Boston and Maine tracks instead of tying into Colonial Park. The decision, urged by Mayor Lemire and Councilman Pembriant, leaves pipe size specs unsettled pending sewerage separation and clearance with the sewerage commission.
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Biddeford
May Street
Boston and Maine
Colonial Park
Wilfred Pembriant
Colonial Drive
Sewerage Commission
Lemire
Colonial Realty
Robert Cyr
Central Maine Power Co
CMP
Paul Brunelle
Colonial
Racine
Norman O. Racine
Biddeford City Theatre Faces Possible Closure
Biddeford City Council discussed the possible end of the City Theatre on Main Street after the lease expired August 6 and no renewal. Manager Richard Ferry indicated the Biddeford Theatre Corp would not operate the venue this year, with ideas to repurpose the building for city equipment storage. The theatre, once the Opera House, opened in 1895 and has undergone several renovations and management changes since.
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City Theatre
Main Street
Biddeford
Norman O. Racine
Richard Ferry
Biddeford Theatre Corp
Opera House
City Building
Bartholomew ‘Birdie’ Murphy
Ferry
Saco Police Report Three Accidents
Saco police list three crashes. Renate Johnson 27 of Holyoke Mass and Lorraine Lane 47 of Camp Ellis collide at Fore and West Streets causing $325 damage. John Twomey of Saco backs into Richard Provost 18 of Dracut Mass on Promenade Ave. Robert Wilkinson 24 of Biddeford loses control on Route 1 near Cascade Road and rests in the opposite lane after saying he fell asleep.
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Saco
Renate Johnson
Holyoke
Mass
Lorraine E. Lane
Camp Ellis
Fore
West Streets
Johnson Auto
Lane
John Twomey
Promenade Ave
Promenade Avenue
Richard H. Provost
Dracut
Robert M. Wilkinson
Biddeford
Route 1
Cascade Road
Wilkinson
Grange Opens Fall Season at Ogunquit Meeting
Ogunquit Grange opens its fall season at School Street hall with a $64.30 summer fair proceeds report by Mrs. Minnie Moore. Two poison effects talks are scheduled for Sept 21 in Alfred and Sept 22 in Wells. Mrs. Moore led the literary hour and officers’ creed reading. Mrs. Burton won the mystery prize. Annual meeting and officer election set for Oct 6.
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WELLS
Wells Grange
Grange
Sanford Road
Madeline Granton
Grange Hall
Pomona
Nellie McIntire
Sybil Thompson
Mary Cole
Community Progress Committee
Library Fund
Victoria Riley
Alberta Morison
Patricia Ducharme
Acton Fair
PTA
Maine State Grange
Lebanon
Charles DeHaven
Beulah Hanscom
Carol McIntire
Paris
Hanscom
Millard Parker
Farmingdale
Riley
Viola Hanson
Jacob M. Kelley
Cambridge
Somerville
Mass
Ranges
Barney Beg
North Berwick
Kittery
Ogunquit
Opportunity Farm
Ogunquit Grange
School Street
Minnie Moore
Ways and Means
Co-Operative Extension Service
County Court House
Alfred
Wells Grange Hall
Moore
Albine Watson
Doris Hilton
Highpine DeMolay Reopens Fall Meetings in Wells
Highpine Chapter of DeMolay resumes fall meetings led by Karl Dixon with plans to recruit eligible boys ages 14 to 21. The chapter aimed to raise at least 50 dollars for its scholarship fund via a flower and plant sale, though weather limited gains. Ronald W. Nickerson will receive 150 dollars for tuition at the University of Maine Portland Campus.
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Wells
Highpine
Order of DeMolay
Karl Dixon
Dad
Roland H. Joy
David L. Angell
Ronald W. Nickerson
Portland
University of Maine
Ansel Stevens Jr
David Stevens
State DeMolay Sentinel
Highpine Masonic Hall
Directors Elected At Beach Chamber Meeting Old Orchard Beach
At the annual dinner of the Old Orchard Beach Chamber of Commerce the board size was increased from 15 to 21 directors. Elected for three year terms were Russell Durant Ervin Jalbert Hiram Parish Alfred Paul Charles Sherman John White and Melvin Wilson. Two year terms went to Arthur Dixon Jr and Roger Dube. One year terms were awarded to Leo Michel and Sidney Sclare.
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Old Orchard Beach
Russell Durant
Ervin Jalbert
Hiram Parish
Alfred Paul
Charles Sherman
John White
Melvin Wilson
Arthur Dixon Jr
Roger Dube
Leo Michel
Sidney Sclare
Eee
Lost Glasses in Biddeford Slide Case Reward
Man reports lost glasses in Biddeford inside a slide case. A reward is offered for return. Call 934-2433 to claim.
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Biddeford
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Aim
Ty Terment
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Israel
Biddeford United Baptist Church
Faith Tabernacle
Pentecostal Church
Atlantic Avenue
Third Street
Christ Church
Congregational Methodist
Dane Street
Christian Science Society
Winter Street
Advent Christian Church
Kennebunk Lower Village
Ogunguit Baptist Church
Shore Road
Full Gospel
Route A
Village Baptist
Colby
Lovejoy
High A.M. P
Ronald Ritch
West Seneca
Ritch
Biddeford Group
Westmore Avenue
Ralph Romano Jr
Romano
Vocational School of
Armand Bergeron
Prospect Street
Leon Street
Saco Police
Beach Chamber
Dearborn
Carey Bros. Jewelers
Thacher Building
Goodness
His Beverages
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