Deaths Mrs Annie Trakas in Biddeford
Annie Trakas 83 resident of 37 Hill St Biddeford died at home after brief illness Born in Sparta Greece in 1888 she was a communicant of St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church She survived by two sons Charlies Trakas of Saco Ernest Trakas of Kittery two granddaughters and several nieces and nephews Funeral at 2:30 pm tomorrow from St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church Biddeford with Rev Nicholas Dafault officiating Burial in St Demetrios Cemetery Friends may call at Cote Funeral Home Saco today 2 4 and 7 9 pm
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Annie Trakas
Hill St
Biddeford
Sparta
Greece
Navy
Constantine and
Constantina Smirles
St. Demesrios
Pepperell] Mfg. Co
Charlies Trakas
Saco
Ernest Trakas
Kittery
Demetrios
Mourmouras rites set for Biddeford Saco Greek immigrant
Peter Mourmouras a 1955 retiree restaurant owner and former Saco Lowell Shops employee died after a lengthy illness at a local hospital. Born in Nophori Greece Oct 15 1890 he came to the United States in 1906 and lived in Saco Biddeford and Dover. Survived by two sons four daughters six grandchildren and a sister the funeral will be at St Demetrios Church Biddeford with burial in St Demetrios Cemetery. Visitation at Emond Funeral Home Biddeford tonight and tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Mourmouras
Middle St
Saco
Nophori
Greece
Panagiotis
Eleni (Karaclis) Mourmouras
Saco Lowell
Kittery Naval Shipyard
Patty - Lou
Catherine) Kageleiry
Dover
N.H
Peter Gourdouras
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
Biddeford
St. Demetrios
Emond Funeral Home
Hill
Past Noble Grands Name Committee ARUNDEL A
Past Noble Grands Association of Saco Rebekahs named the ARUNDEL A shut-in committee after their annual banquet at Mrs. Louise Russell’s home. Members are Mrs. Elizabeth Hill Miss Adelpha McKeen and Mrs. Ethel Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Bowie
Weymouth Street
Saco
Eleanor Kennedy
Madeleine Brackett
Nancy Rumery
Louise Sanborn
Eva Sherman
Jessie Whittemore
Marion McAuley
Aldie Palmer
Phyllis Vining
Georgianna Harriman
Classified Want Ads Are For All The People
A local classifieds section invites readers to use classified ads for all needs. The listing emphasizes accessibility and broad reach for buyers and sellers, urging residents to place notices for jobs, goods, and services.
Funeral homes in Saco Maine directory listings
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service at 35 Spring St Saco and Dennett and Craig at 365 Main St Saco plus Emond's Funeral Home 284 5511 are listed with contact numbers and personnel Frank X Emond and J P Conroy associated with services in Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
Saco
Dennett & Craig
Cenett
Maine
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J P Conroy
Deaths in the News Ernest Wassing Danville and Others
Ernest Wassing a retired cellist who played with major orchestras died Sunday in Danville Virginia. An Austrian native he came to the United States in 1940 and joined the Duluth Symphony Orchestra. Fritz Grarner a 73 year old Swiss painter and member of The Zurich Concretes died in Locarno. Gene Valencia 51 a WWII ace credited with 23 enemy kills died at the San Antonio convention.
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Danville
Ernest Wassing
United States
Duluth Symphony Orchestra
Locarno
Switzerland
Fritz Grarner
New York
Zurich Concretes
The
United Nations
Gene Valencia
San Diego
Calif
Pacific
American Fighter Pilots Association
San Antonio
Tex
Navy
Notable heart surgeon Dr Henry T Nichols dies at 52
PHILADELPHIA AP Dr Henry T Nichols 52 renowned heart surgeon and chief of thoracic surgery at the Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann Medical College dies Saturday. He helped found the National Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Paris AP Robert Casadesus 73 famed pianist and composer dies after surgery in Paris hospital. Casadesus performed about 3000 concerts worldwide often with wife Gaby and son Jean whose death earlier this year in a car crash is noted.
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Henry T. Nichols
Philadelphia
Medical College of Pennsylvania
Hahnemann Medical College
National Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Paris
Robert Casadesus
Casadesus
Gaby
Jean
Community Notices from Biddeford and Nearby
A Dayton Consolidated School public supper Saturday 5 30 to 7 30 pm hosted by Dayton Community Club. W F W Biddeford Post meeting in its hall 15 Thornton St Biddeford. Salon 0 meets Thursday 6 pm at the Marshview Scarborough for annual banquet. Cub Scout Pack 305 registration Sept 24 6 30 to 7 pm at Troop 1 Building Association Hall Mason St Biddeford. Le Voltigeur meets tonight 8 at club rooms South and Elm Biddeford. Luke E Hart Council Knights of Columbus Auxiliary business meeting tomorrow 7 30 at Pool Street hall Biddeford.
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Dayton Consolidated School
Dayton Community Club
W.F.W
York County Salon 0
Marshview
Scarborough
Troop 1 Building Association
Mason Street
Biddeford
le Voltigeur
South and
Elm Streets
Luke E. Hart
Mrs Tremblay Admitted As Patient At Webber Hospital
Mrs Augustin Tremblay of 10 Oak Place Biddeford is listed as a medical patient at Webber Hospital seeking care and treatment.
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Augustin Tremblay
Oak Place
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Saco Man Charged With Shoplifting
David Adams, 34, of 40 Washington Ave in Saco, arrested in front of Beachway Market on Beach Street for petty larceny after allegedly taking several cigarette cartons. He had prior shoplifting conviction from Saco District Court and is jailed at York County jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Beachway Market
David Adams
Washington Ave
Beach Street
Adams
Saco District Court
Nicholas Danton
Zayre’s
York County
Saco Police
Cursillista Mass At St Andre Biddeford Tomorrow
A Cursillista Mass will be celebrated at St. Andre Church Biddeford tomorrow night at 7 30 by Rev Gerard Bolduc O M I from Portland. Immediately following the mass an Altreya will be held in the church hall with Mrs Ann Des Roberts of Biddeford as speaker on While Time Is On Our Side a discussion period will follow
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St. Andre Church
Biddeford
Gerard Bolduc
O.M.1
Portland
Ann Des Roberts
Portland Weather Outlook With Warmer Temps
Becoming fair tonight with lows in the upper 30s and 40s. Wednesday brings variable cloudiness and upper 50s to 60s highs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Multiple church choirs and prayer groups schedule weekly rehearsals
Community religious life notes list weekly practices at Ogunquit Ogunquit Baptist Church Biddeford United Baptist Saco Advent Christian Faith Pentecostal Old Orchard Beach Lyman Goodwins Mills Village Kennebunkport and Wells churches. Includes choir rehearsals prayer meetings Bible study and Scout group timing details.
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Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle
Assembly of God
Atlantic Avenue
Third Street
Old Orchard Beach
Lyman Baptist Church
Goodwins Mills
Ogunquit Baptist Church
Shore Road
Bethany Baptist Church
Oak Ridge Road
Biddeford
Clerks to Attend NE Convention in Bretton Woods NH
Old Orchard Beach Town Clerk Barbara Lord and Wells Town Clerk Alberta Wentworth will attend the New England Town and City Clerks Association meeting at the Mt. Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods New Hampshire from September 20 to 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Barbara Lord
Alberta. Wentworth
Wells
New England
Assoc
Mt. Washington
Bretton Woods
N.H
Voters reject shredder mill purchase at Kennebunk meeting
In Kennebunk the special town meeting drew 130 voters who defeated by two to one the plan to spend 50 000 on a shredder mill. Townspeople also approved zoning amendments and fund transfers to park recreation and master sign programs and accepted a boundary change along York Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Park and Recreation Commission
Highway
York Street
Swan Street
Branch Brook
Israeli Attache Killed by Booby Trapped Package in London
A booby trapped package exploded at the Israeli Embassy in London killing Agriculture Attache Dr Ami Shachori and injuring another man who was hospitalized. The package, mailed from Amsterdam, triggered a major police response in Kensington as Scotland Yard investigated potential anti-Israeli militants amid heightened security following Munich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Scotland Yard
Ami Shachori
Amsterdam
Shachori
Israel
Pilots on Hanoi Release Reach Homeward Plans
After 24 hours of freedom in Hanoi three American pilots Edward Elias Norris Charles and Markham Gartley relaxed over dinner with families awaiting flight home The group said departure to the United States depends on the Foreign Ministry with Martha Weiss noting weekend departure likely Gartley Charles and Elias spoke openly about detention and war views with Charles declaring McGovern support and a desire to end the war to free all prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Arnett
HAND
Air Force
Edward Elias
Navy Lis
Norris Charles
Markham Gartley
Hanoi
Cora Weiss
North Vietnam
Foreign Ministry
Sunda
Charles
Olga
Minnie Lee Gartley
Mark
Gartley
Pearl Harbor
Elias
Committee of Liaison
United States
McGovern
Biddeford Council Votes On Streets and Budgets
Action continued from page one shows friction over municipal spending without council approval as Boucher criticizes the Archives Committee while Harrison Grover defends good faith. Seabreeze Avenue is approved for Hills Beach and Paquin Avenue street acceptance faces questions. Lights will be installed on Guinea Road and West streets as revenue sharing could bring Biddeford about 375000 to 400000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boucher
Archives Committee
Harrison Grover
Archives Society
Budget Committee
Hills Beach
Biddeford
Andrew C. Frechette
Pigy
Senate approves crime victims and good Samaritans compensation
The Senate authorized a bill to compensate crime victims and the good Samaritans who aid them, approving measures for financial and legal relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Shortage of Sardine Cans Ends at Portland Plant
The American Can Co reports production increases ended a sardine can shortage caused by a five year Maine coast herring run. Three shifts daily, seven days a week eliminated the deficit. trawlers’ large hauls in mid-August prompted the shortage. The run continues at a reduced pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
Henning Nielsen
Nielsen
NATO Delegates Hear EPA Official On Clean Environment
Portage AP dispatch: John McGlennon tells four delegates from six NATO nations at a five day inland water pollution symposium that international cooperation is needed for a clean environment. He spoke during a reception aboard a portage venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portage
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
John McGlennon
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
McGlennon
Regional shellfish bans and destruction orders issued
The notice details bans and destruction obligations across states for soft shell clams quahogs mussels and shellfish. Vermont bans sale of fresh or frozen clams Rhode Island restricts imports from several New England states New Hampshire bans shell clams Maine bans sales and harvesting of multiple shellfish with retailers and restaurants required to destroy live stocks Connecticut shows no action.
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Vermont
Rhode Island
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Russian Born Actor Akim Tamiroff Dies at 72 in Palm Springs
Akim Tamiroff, the Russian born actor known for heavy accented roles, died at age 72 at his Palm Springs home after a long illness. He came to the United States in 1923 with a Moscow Art Theater group and settled in the U S, appearing in New York theater and more than 20 films including Lives of a Bengal Lancer Anthony Adverse For Whom the Bell Tolls The Bridge of San Luis Rey Ride a Crooked Mile and Funeral in Berlin. He is survived by his widow Tamara Shayne the former actress.
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Tamiroff
United States
Moscow Art Theater
Russia
New York
Anthony Adverse
Bridge of
San Luis Rey
Berlin
Tamara Shayne
St Francis Week Sessions Proposed To Shorten Degree Time
St Francis aims to let students complete a B A or B S in three years by adding one or two sessions and possibly extra courses. The plan reduces undergraduate time by about a quarter and could improve facility use and cut education costs. President Horn set a December 1 deadline for faculty feedback with a January board submission planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horn
Board of Trustees
Tide Intervals Show Six Hour Plus High Low Cycle
The excerpt notes that tides occur twice daily with the interval from high to low water lasting just over six hours. This reflects a semi diurnal ocean pattern where two equal high tides and two low tides appear each lunar day.
Biddeford Man Saves The Day For Newsman
Richard Stout of Newsweek narrowly missed a press bus and faced missing his flight to Maryland after McGovern events in Portland. James Severance of Biddeford helped by driving to the airport and guiding Stout onto a plane just as the other plane prepared to depart. Stout rejoined the main party an hour later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryline White
McGovern
Portland
Biddeford
Richard Stout
Newsweek Magazine
Sheraton
Astland
Maine
Weab
Stout
James Severance
Graham Sr
Maryland
Europe
Severance
Portland Jetport
Priests Urge IRA End to Northern Ireland Bomb Campaign
In Belfast and Londonderry, Catholic priests urged the IRA to end its bombing drive after three more civilian deaths and several soldiers were wounded in shootings and bombings across the province. They condemned both the bombers and British troop actions, noting civilian casualties and disputed gunman labels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
Lurgan
Crossmagien
Dundalk
Irish Republic
Imperial
Londonderry
Ulster
Cnly
Police officer's Portland home set ablaze after raid
Capt. Harold F. Glynn of the Portland police said his Roberts Street home was set on fire late Monday night while he and his family were inside. Firefighters extinguished the blaze with no injuries reported. Glynn suspects a link to a drug raid last Thursday that netted about 30 people for illegal narcotics. This marks the third attack in three months on Portland police homes, following incidents against Det. Bernard Coppersmith on August 30 and Det. Thomas P. Joyce in June.
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Portland
Harold F. Glynn
Glynn
Roberts Street
Bernard Coppersmith
Thomas P. Joyce
Det. Joyce
Biddeford Auto Recovered In Mass
A car owned by Leo St. Ours of 10 Taylor Street Biddeford was stolen last night from in front of his home Biddeford police reported. The vehicle was found early this morning in Falmouth Massachusetts by Falmouth police. No arrest was made by Falmouth police authorities according to Biddeford police.
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Leo St. Ours
Taylor St
Biddeford
St. Ours
Falmouth
Mass
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Memoriam
Earle A. 8. Clarke
Vera
St. Demetrios Church
Fritz Glarner
Saco Man
Notre Dame
Gabrielle Migner
YMCA
HIG A.M
Ogunquit
Advent Christian Church
Hill Andae Streets
Biddeford United Baptist Church
Christian Science Society
Winter Street
Full Gospel
Kennebunkport
Chance
Saco United Baptist Church
Kennebunk Baptist Church
Main Street
United Baptist Church
Jean Brown
Shredder
Great Britain
Kensington
Palace Green
Munich
Foreign Office
Alec Douglas Home
NATO
Palm Springs, Calif
Akim Tamiroff
St. Francis
Jackets & Coats
Matson’s, Inc
IRA
Oeavings Bane
Epictetus
York County Savings Bank
F.d.1.c
Biddeford Auto
Aii
AnSco
Main St
Members
Pine State
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