Death of B F C Whitehouse Leaves Journal Family Echoes
Benjamin F C Whitehouse, president of the Biddeford Saco Journal and longtime figure in New England papers, dies at his Harwich Port home. He led multiple papers, taught Dale Carnegie courses, and chaired the Pilgrim Congregational Church board. Survived by sister Gladys, nephew Frederick, and several grand-nieces and -nephews. funeral Saturday at 11 at Pilgrim Church. committal at Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett.
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Harwich Port
Mass
Benjamin F
Whitehouse
Biddeford-Saco
New England
East Boston
Frederick
Sarah A (Ferguson) Whitehouse
Boston
Dale Carnegie
Julius Mathews
Institute of
Hundred Club
Massachusetts
Whitehouse Field
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Town
Frederick E. Whitehouse
Severna Park
Woodlawn Cemetery
Everett
Obituary: Miss Alice Rheaume 67 Biddeford resident
Miss Alice Rheaume 67 of 205 Elm St Biddeford died this morning after a brief illness in a local hospital Born in St Bernard Quebec March 20 1905 she was a long time Pepperell Manufacturing Co employee She was active in St Joseph Church St Josephs Guild Eucharistic League and the Third Order of St Francis Surviving are four brothers and four sisters Funeral will be Monday at 8 30 am from St Joseph Church with interment in St Joseph Cemetery Visitation at Bolduc Funeral Home tomorrow and Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm
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Alice Rheaume
Elm St
Biddeford
St. Bernard, Que
Auguste and
Diana
Faucher) Rheaume
St. Joseph Church
St. Joseph’s Guild
Eucharistic League
Third Order of St. Francis
Pepperell Mfg. Co
Arthur Rheaume
Weeden
Que
Alphonse
Leona) Valliere
Henry
Marie) Dubue
Joseph
Alliette) Rheaume
St. Bernard
Oscar
Albertine) Clement
South Portland
St. Joseph Cemetery
Bolduc
Alfred St
Church School Opens Sunday at Trinity Church Saco
Trinity Episcopal Church in Saco announces Sunday morning classes for infants through grade six start at 10 25 a m with babysitting for infants. The staff includes Mrs Marshall E Bean and several assistants. Grades seven and eight meet Friday 3 15 p m and high school students join a 6 p m Folk Mass discussion.
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Trinity Episcopal Church School
Saco
Marshall E. Kean
Christian Education Department
Church School
Marshal E. Bean
Stacey Nicholas
Vida Loudon
Linda Howard
Sandra Tripp
Frank A. Stevens
Gerald E. Burtt
Adult Inquirer
Father Burtt
Brian Pennell
York County Episcopal
Trinity Church
Joanne Painter
United Church of Christ
North Windham
Deadline Nears for Bicycle Licenses in Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach Police Station offers bicycle licenses for 15 cents each. Licenses are issued Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, as announced by School Liaison Officer John Tilton.
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Old Orchard Beach
John Tilton
Funeral Directors and Mortuary Contacts Listed
Funeral directors Shumway and Gross at 35 Spring St Saco along with Dennett and Craig at 365 Main St Saco and Emond's Funeral Home at 284 5511 are listed with Frank X. Emond and J P Conroy as references.
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Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
Saco
Dennett & Craig
Maineo Saco
Maine
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Fremont Club Plans Bean Supper and Awards
Fremont Club members met at the club rooms Alfred Street Biddeford to arrange a bean supper serving 4 30 to 7 p m. tomorrow. President Albert Mondville led the meeting and a donation to Biddeford High School yearbook was approved. Special awards were given to Armand Ouellette and Henry Bouchard.
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Fremont Club
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Albert Mondville
Biddeford High School
Lucille Beaulieu
Gedeon Bergeron
Armand Ouellette
Henry Bouchard
Gerard Lambert
Gerard Belanger
Josephat Grenier
Ernest Valliere
Raymond Nolette
Joseph Peloquin
Armand Quellette
Paul Nadeau
Adrien Lamothe
Robert Giguere
Gerard Robitaille
Joseph Grenier
Leo Nolette
Robert Guay
J. P. Rheaume
Patrick Guerette
Urbain Langevin
Francis Perry
Simone Daigneault
Isola Simoneau
Henri Bouchard
Raymond Gosselin
Firemen Contain Fires At Town Dump And Pickup Truck
Firemen fought a two alarm blaze at the town dump yesterday with the fire spreading briefly to nearby woods before being brought under control. Later at 9 30 p m Engine 2 and three men tackled a trash fire in the rear of a pickup at 37 Evergreen Ave. Early this morning firefighters responded to a smoke scare at 2 Summit S.
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Old Orchard Beach
Evergreen Ave
Summit S
Town Hall Extends Noon Hour Opening
Town Manager Louis Savelas announces the town hall will stay open through the noon hour. The facility was previously closed from 12 to 1 p.m. daily.
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Old Orchard Beach
Louis Savelas
Maremont Names New Saco Plant Leaders After Spear Departure
Berge Thomasian and Alphonsus J. Polackwich assume leadership roles at Maremont's Saco facility. Thomasian becomes vice president and general manager of the New England Group overseeing all production except shock absorbers. Polackwich continues as vice president and plant manager, now in charge of all production. David Spear moves to Chicago headquarters as staff vice president after nine years as plant president.
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Maremont, Corp
Saco
Berge Thomasian
Alphonsus J. Polackwich
Maremont
Saco Faciliy
David Spear
Thomasian
New England Group
Polackwich
Spear
Chicago
North Dakota Farms Cover 42 Million Acres, 55,000+ Units
About 55,000 farms in North Dakota span 42 million acres and provide jobs for roughly 33 of every 1000 workers in the state.
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North Dakota
Weather clearing with mid 30s to 60s forecast
Portland area clears tonight with lows in the mid 30s to mid 40s across the region. Saturday will bring sunny skies with highs from the 50s in the north to the 60s in the south.
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Portland
Rebekah Lodge to Meet at Odd Fellows Hall Saco
The Rebekah Lodge will meet Saturday night at 7 30 at the Odd Fellows Hall Main Street Saco. The session includes a roll call, officer elections and refreshments. Biddeford Cub Pack 309 meets Sunday at 6 at Knights of Columbus Hall Pool Street with a special program for cub scouts and Webelos led by Cub master Emile LeBlond.
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Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Main Street
Saco
Biddeford
Knights of Columbus
Pool Street
Webelos
Emile LeBlond
Observances For 175 Anniversary Announced
Rev John H Miller of United Church of Christ Biddeford announced a 175th anniversary observance with a 10 30 morning worship and a 7 pm evening service. The cantata Job will be staged by Windham Chorus Pro Musica directed by Mrs Marie English with soloists Vernon Saunders Willard Sawyer Stewart Bailey Kathy Dellamare.
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John H. Miller
United Church of Christ (Congregational
Biddeford
Second Congregational Society
Mr. Miller
First Congregational Church and Society
Old Pool Road
Mrs. English
Vernon E. Saunders
Willard Sawyer
Stewart Bailey
Kathy Dellamare
Shirley Saunders
Roberta Turner
Virginia Hagen
Louise Barras
Joanne Painter
John Painter
Kay Beverage
Lois Morrell
Jean Keef
Patricia Saunders
Karen Lothrop
Harold Morrell
Births Elsewhere to Heffernans in Biddeford
A daughter Lisa Marie was born Sept. 19 at the Osteopathic Hospital of Maine Portland to Mr. and Mrs William Heffernan 129 Cleaves Street Biddeford Grandparents on the maternal side Rene J Poisson 12 George Street Biddeford and on the paternal side George Boudreau 3 Hill Street Biddeford with paternal great William J B Heffernan of Tacoma Washington Texas.
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William Heffernan
Cleaves St
Biddeford
Lisa Marie
Osteopathic Hospital of
Maine
Portland
Rene J. Poisson
George St
George Boudreau
Hill St
William JB. Heffernan
Tacoma
Wesh
York To Handle Noise Complaint In Town Action
The town council unanimously authorized Town Atty. Robert York to pursue court action against the Wishing Well bar for violating the anti noise ordinance. The council also empowered Town Manager Louis Savelas to hire a surveyor to mark town land boundaries along the beach and public ways.
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Old Orchard Beach
Robert York
York County
Louis Savelas
Savelas
Lavelas
Jean Paul Lacroix
Flint Street
Harrisburg Street
York County Grand Jury Returns 92 Indictments
The York County Grand Jury returned 92 indictments in 103 cases at the September York County Superior Court term. Indictments include Justin Dow for aggravated assault and Paul Lamirande for breaking and entering and larceny. Secret true bills released this week name Marguerite Sherburne and Charles Nason for illegal cannabis sales.
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Alfred
York County
Grand Jury
Steven A. Kimball
Saco
Biddeford
Marguerite Sherburne
York Street
Kennebunk
Charles Nason
David Higgins
Heath Road
Mark Stevens
Wells
David Nadeau
Kennebunkport
Biddeford Driver Convicted of DUI and Fined
Robert Fontaine, 43, of the Thacher Hotel Biddeford, convicted of operating under the influence and fined 150 dollars in Saco District Court. His license was suspended 30 days. Numerous other traffic and related fines were imposed on dozens of defendants in a wide ranging listing.
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Robert Fontaine
Thacher Hotel
Biddeford
Nicholas W. Danton
Saco District Court
Fontaine
Stephen C. Tucker
Cape Elizabeth
Peter J. Murphy
Bethel
Joan Young
Kennebunk
Foresta. Boucher
Buxton
Earl Ray Smith
West Buxton
Charles Bickford
Hollis
Thomas R. Davis
Central Park Ave
Old Orchard Beach
David Tanguay
Cleaves St
Norman P. Bourgault
Green _ St
William L. Harriman
Prospect St
York County Superior Court
Harry L. Libby
Limerick Road
Sally A. Smith
Scarborough
Richard Feceau
Dennis Letourneau
Hill St. Biddeford
Lindsey Dillingham
Portland
Alwin Douville
New County Road
Saco
Maine Sets Small Business Minimum Wage Hikes
Augusta reports a wage law amendment raising small business pay from 1.40 to 1.60 per hour on Oct. 15 and extending the higher rate to larger employers the following year. The change includes a 1.20 rate for students under 17 and keeps overtime rules after 40 hours. Exemptions apply to agriculture domestic work non profits outside sales and several service sectors.
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Augusta
Maine
Blood Test No Longer Required for Marriage License
The Health and Welfare Department Office of Vital Statistics Augusta says a physical exam with a standard blood test is no longer required to issue a marriage license. The ruling takes effect Oct. 1 under Title 22 1181 of the Revised Statutes, per John C. Carey Supervisor of Vital Records.
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Health and Welfare Department
Office of Vital Statistics
Augusta
Pauline Berry
Biddeford
John C. Carey
McGovern mobbed by supporters at crowded station
McGovern and Muskie were whisked away by Secret Service as police sirens blared. He had planned to greet homeward bound workers at a busy subway exchange, but a boisterous crowd and about 50 youths from a Nixon storefront headquarters provoked shouts and shoves.
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Page One
Secret Service
McGovern
Muskie
Nixon
Maine Sea & Shore plan talks on clam flats management
Maine fisheries chief Spencer Apollonio said he will hold future talks with clam digger and dealer representatives on state management proposals. He noted North Haven’s earlier closure of flats to non residents and said the meeting was not prompted by red tide contamination.
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Augusta
Maine
Sea & Shore Fisheries
Spencer Apollonio
Apollonio
North Haven
Local Names and Amounts from An OCR Fragment
A fragmented OCR text lists multiple individuals with ages and addresses: John M. Phelps 28 Ken nebunkport with 48-25 dollar amounts 20 and 30. Andre Gauvin 22 56 Prospect St Biddeford 50-35 dollars. Arthur W. Batson 62 Gorham 47-30 dollars.
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Robert Doyon
Hubbard St
Saco
Reginald Marte! Jr
Pool St
Biddeford
Frederick DuLong
Kennebunk
Thomas Davis
Old Orchard Beach
Joe C. Buck
Buckfield
Jeff G. Goldthwait
Biddeford Pool
Walter T. Moulton
Richard W. Berube
Westbrook
Romeo Tardif
Boom Road
Samuel A Coffin
Coolidge Road
Joseph Arsenault
Sanford
Stephen W. @ammons
Dayton
Giles G. Roy
Hartford
Conn
William R. Cunningham
Brunswick
Dennis C. Perry
Augusta
Larry F. MelIntyre
Presaue Isle
John R. MelIntyre
Hill
Robert H. Cote
Maple Street
Frederick Leone
Portland
Ralph H. Bedell
David R. Brady
Lowell
Mass
John M. Phelps
Kennebunkport
Andre Gauvin
Prospect St
Arthur W. Batson
Gorham
Teachers reaffirm Hathaway endorsement for Senate
Eighty eight association presidents and their delegates reaffirmed support for U S Representative William Hathaway for the U S Senate amid charges of misrepresentation at a PACE meeting in Waterville September 8. They said endorsements were based on records and commitment to education and urged teachers to act on the nonpartisan issue.
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Augusta
Teachers Association
U.S
William Hathaway
U.S. Senate
Ralph W. Egers Jr
South Portland
MTA
William Lewis
Margaret Chase Smith
PACE
Waterville
Smith
Senate
Lewis
Hathaway
Egers
Focal Association
Peter Kyros
Elmer Violette
William Cohen
Friends of Education
Moss fined for speeding near London
Former British Grand Prix star Stirling Moss was fined 98 dollars for driving more than 100 miles per hour on a highway near London. He said he was rushing to Birmingham for a meeting about promoting a Grand Prix race there.
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London
Stirling Moss
Britain
Birmingham
FDA to review hexachlorophene use amid infant deaths
French Health Ministry links 6 percent hexachlorophene to encephalitis in infants. FDA sends experts to investigate and notes no Talecum powder imports to the US. The decision could reshape the multimillion dollar cosmetics industry dependent on HCP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Health Ministry
FDA
United States
Ralph Nader
Winthrop Laboratories
Nixon Visits Texas On Ground About Drug Smuggling
President Nixon travels through Texas to study narcotics smuggling along the Rio Grande. He stops at a Rio Grande city high school with a large Mexican-American population and later meets John and Nellie Connally at their ranch near an airstrip. The trip includes a San Antonio stop and a conference with GOP leaders and Senator Tower allies.
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Rio Grande
Mexico
Nixon
Harlingen
San Antonio International
Nixons
John and
Nellie Connally
Treasury
Connallys
San Antonio
John Tower
State hearing on food service rules changes in Augusta
Public hearing set for 9:00 A.M. Tuesday October 3 1972 in Room 105 State Office Building Augusta to consider proposed changes in the Rules and Regulations Relating to Catering Establishments Food Dispensing for Vending Machines Eating and Lodging Places and Camps.
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R.S
State Department of Health and Welfare
Bureau of Health
State Office
Augusta
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B. F.C. Whitehouse
Journal
TM Fea US
Pot of
Los Angeles Times
York
By Michael Spath
Smith Wheel Road
Thomas Sullivan
Sullivan
Joseph Mokarzel
Mokarzel
Allan Radley
Board of Health
York County Grand Jury
Tories
Jackets & Coats
Matson’s, Inc
Goodwins Mill
Ralph Powers
Racer
Hexachlorophene
Saving Bane
York County Savings Bank
F.d.1.c
R. G. Wakefield
Elm Street
Legals
Marcel Lizotte
Virginia
New Jersey
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