Millette and Roberge kin visit. sister returns from funeral
Mr and Mrs Edmond L Millette of 185 South St Biddeford motored to St John Que to visit Mr and Mrs Louis Roberge over the weekend Sister Marie Therese of the Order of St Joseph Orange Calif has returned to Hollywood Calif after attending funeral services of her brother Adolphe Gagnon of 212 Elm St Biddeford
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmond L. Millette
South St
Biddeford
St. John
Que
Louis Roberge
Marie Therese
Order of St. Joseph
Orange Calif
Hollywood
Calif
Adolphe Gagnon
Elm St
Inspection Night at Odd Fellows Hall by Amar Anth
King Court Order of the Amar anth holds Inspection Night at 7 30 tomorrow in Odd Fellows Hall Saco Grand Royal Matron Mrs Celia Witham Gorham and Grand Royal Patron Burton Witham Gorham are the installing officers Refreshments served with Mrs Edith Hutchins in charge The Biddeford High School Activities Association smoker at 7 30 tomorrow in Biddeford Junior High School Movies of Biddeford Thornton Academy game to be shown Hibernian Auxiliary Number One meets tonight at 8 Pastime Alleys for first in a four part bowling series
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Court
Order of the Amaranth
Odd Fellows Hall
Saco
Celia Witham
Gorham
Burton Witham
Ing
Edith Hutchins
Biddeford High School Activities Association
Biddeford Junior High School
Hibernian Auxilliary Number One
Women’s Fellowship
The
Biddeford United Church of Christ
White
Shirley E. Parks
Albion M. Benton
Circle A
Claude H. Faulkner
Church Notes Roundup of Weekly Services and Meetings
Local notices list Tuesday and Thursday gospel services at 7 45 p m in Saco Odd Fellows building and multiple midweek prayers and meetings across Biddeford Wells and Saco. Highlights include Holy Communion Tuesday 6 a m at Christ Episcopal Biddeford and a budget committee meeting for Second Parish Unitarian Church Tuesday evening at School Street Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows
Main Street
Saco
Christ Episcopal Church
Biddeford
Full Gospel
Wells
Second Parish Unitarian Church Planning and Budget Committee
School Street
Walton murder arraignment moved to October 14
At York County Courthouse civil cases are heard while the criminal docket pauses. The murder charge against Richard R. Walton of Biddeford, accused of fatally shooting his wife Laura Ruth on August 16 at their Kossuth Street apartment, was rescheduled to October 14 due to a key witness unavailability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
York County
Richard R. Walton
Riddeford
Lloyd P. LaFountain
Walton
Laura Ruth
Kossuth Street
Card of Thanks From Mrs. Adolphe Gagnon Family
The Gagnon family thanks the priests Notre Dame Hospital staff doctors relatives and friends and all who sent cards masses and flowers furnished cars and sympathized during their bereavement from Mrs Adolphe Gagnon Sons and Daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame Hospital
Death of Saco Police Captain Oscar Tardif at 51
Oscar Tardif of 98 Maple St in Saco died Sunday after a long illness. He served as captain of the Saco Police force for 12 years. Survived by his widow Lillian Sirois Tardif, two daughters, a son, siblings, and nieces. Funeral set for Wednesday at Notre Dame des Lourdes Church with calling hours today and Tuesday at Cote Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Tardif
Maple St
Saco
Biddeford
Joseph and
Delima
Cadorette) Tardif
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Sacred Heart League
Notre Dame Council
Union St. Jean Baptiste
Lillian
Sirois) Tardif
Donald Bernier
Suzanne Tardif
Frederick Tardif
Roland Tardif
Joseph Tardif
Arthur Guay
Jeannette Mondor
Angela Lavallee
Dover
N.H
Notre Dame Des Lourdes
Cote Funeral Home
Beach and
James Streets
Dr Arthur C Pulling Dies In Portland
Dr Arthur C Pulling a noted law school librarian died Saturday at a hospital in Portland He was 76 and served libraries at Harvard Law School University of Minnesota Law School Villanova University Law School and the Maine Law School
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Arthur C. Pulling
Harvard Law School
University of Minnesota Law School
Villanova University Law School
Maine Law School
Susan Quick dies at 91 founder of Maine PTA
Mrs Susan Bell Quick a founder and longtime leader of the Maine Parent Teacher Association died Sunday in a hospital at age 91 She organized the states first PTA and served as a delegate to the inaugural Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers She was also believed the last Maine woman who sailed Cape Horn with her husband in the era of deep water sailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
Parent-Teacher Association
Susan Bell Quick
Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers
Cape Horn
Law rence Brown Dies Suddenly at 53 in Standish
Lawrence W Brown 53 of River Road Standish died suddenly at home Saturday. Born July 22 1910 in Limington to Wilbur and Roseanne Blake Brown he was a lawyer and for five years with Haskell Lumber Co. Survived by three sons Ernest of Rockland Mass Theodore and Lawrence N Standish two daughters Pauline Huff Saco and Mrs James Grover Standish a step mother Mrs Sarah Brown Portland two sisters Mrs Kenneth Howard Limington and Mrs Francis Larose Portland three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral from Shumway Funeral Home Saco at 2 pm tomorrow with interment in Steep Falls. Friends may call tonight 7-9 at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standish
Lawrence W. Brown
River Road
Limington
Wilbur
Roseanne (Blake) Borwn
Haskell Lumber Co
Ernest
Rockland
Mass
Theodore A
Lawrence N
Pauline Huff
Saco
James Grover
Willie Lacroix Dies in New York Hospital at 62
Willie Lacroix 62 widower of Emelia Bouthillette and former Biddeford resident died in a New York hospital early Sunday after a long illness. Born May 15, 1901 in Davelluz Ville Quebec he worked at Saco-Lowell Shops for 32 years and was a member of Sacred Heart League. Survived by brothers Emery and Loguay Lacroix, son Armand, three grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. Visitation at Emond Funeral Home tonight 7-10 and Tuesday 2-4 and 7-10. Funeral from St. Andre's Church Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Lacroix
Emelia Bouthillette
Biddeford
New York City
New York
Davelluz Ville
Que
Philippe and
Alphonsine Legare Lacroix
St Andre’s School
Saco-Lowell
Sacred Heart League of
St. Andre's Church
Emery
Loguay Lacroix
Armand
Miami Beach
Fla
Emond Funeral
Sacred Heart League to Offer Prayers in Saco
Members of the Sacred Heart League of Notre Dame de Lourdes parish in Saco will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m at Cote Funeral Home Beach and James Streets to offer prayers for member Oscar Tardif. League members are also asked to attend the funeral mass Wednesday at 8 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart League of Notre Dame de Lourdes
Saco
Cote Funeral Home
Beach and
James Streets
Oscar Tardif
League
Portland Weather Outlook For Today And Tuesday
This afternoon features cloudiness with considerable sunshine, breezy and cool conditions. Highs reach the low to mid 50s as west to northwest winds 15 to 25 mph gust. Tonight will be clear and cooler with lows in the upper 20s to low 30s and diminishing winds. Tuesday looks fair and somewhat warmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
September Tides Chart Sees High and Low Times
Tide table lists September hours with high and low points in the morning and afternoon. The entry shows four readings: 309:22, 9:59, 3:06, and 3:22, indicating successive high and low tide moments across the day.
Mrs Rosemary Bishop dies after long illness at 35
Mrs Rosemary E Bishop 35 of 29 MacMillan Drive Brunswick died yesterday after a long illness. Born Crescent City Florida October 18 1927 she lived in the area 14 years. Survived by widower Arthur P Bishop son Bradford Emerson Bishop parents Mr and Mrs Emerson of Saco sisters Marjorie Kimball Eleanor Raymond two aunts an uncle two nephews and one niece. Funeral 2 pm Wednesday from Spring Street Saco with interment Laurel Hill Cemetery. Visitation 6 9 pm tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Rosemary E. Bishop
MacMillan Drive
Crescent City
Fla
Percy and
Pauline (Johnson) Emerson
Florida
Thornton Academy
Saco
Arthur P. Bishop
Bradford Emerson Bishop
Marjorie Kimball
Eleanor Raymond
Washington, D. C
Shumway Funeral Home
Spring St
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Wilfred DeRepentigny dies in Tacoma after long residency
Wilfred DeRepentigny 57 longtime Community Press proprietor in Saco died Friday in Tacoma Washington where he had lived eight months with daughter Mrs Kenneth Sanborn. Born Manchester New Hampshire he was son of John and Florence DeRepentigny and left six sons David Baltimore Bruce San Francisco Gregory and Daniel Cumberland Foreside Bernard in Germany Edward Granada Miss a sister Mrs Georgie McConner 12 grandchildren one great grandchild and several nieces and nephews. Funeral was held Wednesday at St Margaret's Church Old Orchard Beach with calling hours at Cote Funeral Home Saco Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred DeRepentigny
Old Orchard Beach
Tacoma
Wash
Kenneth Sanborn
Manchester
N. H
John
Florence (Marcotte) DeRepentigny
Community Press
Saco
Calif
Gregory
San Francisco
Daniel
Cumberland
Bernard
U.S. Army
Germany
Edward
Granada
Miss
Georgie Mc. Conner
St. Margaret's Church
Cote Funeral Home
Beach and
James Streets
Death of Mrs Rolande Gaudette at 51 in Biddeford
Mrs Rolande Gaudette 51 of White's Wharf Biddeford died at home after a long illness. Born May 9 1912 in Biddeford to Arthur Lemieux and Marie Garon, she lived in Biddeford and worked at Kesslen Shoe Co and Allied Hampshire Footwear Corp Saco. Survived by daughter Georgette McKinney and five sons George Paul Robert Raymond Conrad, eight grandchildren, and siblings. Funeral arrangements include viewing today and Tuesday and funeral Wednesday at 9 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolande Gaudette
White's Wharf
Biddeford
Arthur and
Marie Garon Lemieux
St. Andre's School
Sevral
Kesslen Shoe Co
Allied Hampshire Footwear Corp
Saco
Georgette McKinney
Kennebunkport
George Dubois
Paul Gaudette Sanford
Robert
Raymond
Conrad Gaudette
Alfred Lemieux
Hartford
Conn
Henri
Roland
Conrad Lemieux
John II, Greaney
Emond Funeral Home
St. Andre's Church
Funeral for 14 year old David D Macomber in Saco
David D. Macomber 14 of 15B Pleasant St. Saco died Saturday in a Portland hospital after a long illness. Born August 29 1949 in Biddeford he was a student in Saco Public Schools. Survived by parents Wayne and Linda Macomber two sisters Jodi Ann and Linda and brother Wayne paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Carl Macomber maternal grandmother Mrs Charles Murphy and several aunts uncles and cousins. Private funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Shumway Funeral Home Saco. Interment Laurel Hill Cemetery. Home visitation 4 9 p.m. tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Daniel Macomber
Pleasant St
Saco
Portland
Biddeford
Son
Jacqueline ‘Soule} Macomber
Wayne
Linda
Jodi-Ann
Carl Macomber
Charles Murphy
Shumway Funeral Home
Spring St
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Notre Dame Council members to meet in Saco
Members of Notre Dame Council Union Saint Jean Baptiste Saco will meet tonight at 8 at the Cote Funeral Home corner of Beach and James Streets to pay respects to Oscar Tardif a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame Council
Union St. Jean Baptiste
Saco
Cote Funeral Home
Beach and
James Streets
Oscar Tardif
La Salle Charite to Say Prayers for Mrs Gaudette
Members of La Salle Charite will meet tonight at 7:30 at Emond Funeral Home 72 Hill Street Biddeford to say prayers for Mrs Rolande Gaudette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Salle Charite
Emond Funeral Home
Hill St
Biddeford
Rolande Gaudette
Saco City Hall Flag Flown At Half Mast
Saco Mayor J Edward Whelan ordered the city hall flag flown at half mast in memory of Capt Oscar Tardif of the Saco Police Department who died early yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco City Hall
Saco
J. Edward Whelan
City Hall
Oscar Tardif
North Saco Church Centennial Parade and Horse Show
The North Saco Congregational Christian Church marked its 100th anniversary with a Saturday centennial parade featuring 60 units and 53 horses in 22 horse show classes. Kings Sugar won the champion day trophy ridden by Linda Madsen, while Bel Bohemia and Teddy tied for first in open harness. numerous awards and parade honors were given to local residents and organizations. Paraders and judges included Mrs. Lloyd Tripp and W Paul Merry among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heath Meeting House
North
Saco Congregational Christian Church
Saco
J. Edward Whelan
W. Paul Merry
Kings Sugar
Jane Hughes
Scarborough
Linda Madsen
South Portland
Bel Bohemia
Jacqueline Tripp
Teddy
Caren Priest
Salmon Falls
Lloyd Tripp
Ronald Tripp
Whelan
Mary Merrill
Robert Knox
Ward Two
Ringmaster
W. Paul Merty
Gene Bloodgood
Willard Edgecomb
Rhonda Kosloff
Lucius Carpenter
Marland Milliken
Tom Thumb
Smokey the Bear
Sandy
Sun Valley
Kenneth Sanford
Berwick
Linda Hill
Lucy Gorham
Gladys Howland
Susanne Coney
James Davis
King Sugar
Natalie Lennox
Royal Prince
Susan Stackpole
Chief
Charles Prior Jr
Lady Midnite
Bobby Richard
Linda Stackpole
Lynn
Lynn Dupuis
Beverly Priest
Bonnie Berenda
Lori Young
Sandy of
Ken Sanford
Blaze
Dan Peeley
Sylvia
Jackie Tripp
Gesters
Rapid Reward
Judy Prince
Vic
Linda Lester
Sunny
Marguerite Dean
Topax
Donna Tripp
Royal Sea Breeze
Butch Stackpole
Matt Dillion
Jane Hussey
Billy Sunday
Paul Gray
Chieftan Golden
Linda MacKin
Douglas Gray
Counsellor
Kelton Lamb
Tonka
Dick Frechette
Intergrity
Royal Prince Royal Sea Breeze
Evelyn
Midnite
Richard MacDonald
Richard Jr
RedAge
Rex
Miss Holiday
Donna
Arline
Ruth
Linda McMarkin
Sweety-Py
Dusty
Marilyn Whitten
Melody
Joan Landry
Red
Cherokee
Honey
Hazen Libby
Benny Berender
Suzan Thorndike
Migo
Leon Blaisdell
Tassy
Larry Meserve
Cancellor
Bimbo
Pixie
Joan Abbott
Western Trail Horse
Paul True
Sunny Margaret Dean
Kitten
Jeannine Landry
Ranger
Sandra Adams
Jacques Boucher
Consellor
Kiet Lamb
Daisy
Larry Merserve
Kilton Lamb
Taffy
Dennis Palmer
Princess
Linda Dolly
Smoky
Orin Nest
Debbie Bloodgood
Jim Dandy
Virginia Abbott
Boxo
Butch Lamb
Dan Bisbee
Little Miss Sunbeam
Teddy Caren Priest
Biddeford Court Hears Student License and Theft Sentences
Two 19 year old Biddeford students were given 30 day suspended jail sentences and probation after pleading guilty to petty larceny for stealing hub caps from Ed and Frank Chevrolet. Other cases included speeding and driving license offenses with fines and short suspensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Gerald C. Nason
Atty
Edwin Walker
Michael J. Gilroy
Lynn
Mass
Matthew R. Kozlowski
Newark
N.J
Frank Chevrolet
Raymond L. Bertrand
Harrigan’s Court
Edward Caron
Alfred Guillemette
Nason
Math Training Program Used In School Union
About 32 teachers from Grades 1 through 6 will take part in a DIY training program on the new mathematics. Led by Robert Hodge and Raymond Kenneal, they use Discovery in Elementary School Mathematics by Wirtz, Botel, and Nunley, published by Encyclopedia Britannica Press. The program emphasizes why math is learned, not just how, with cross-number puzzles, rule discovery, and multiple number names to engage students within a spiral curriculum guiding progression toward higher math.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hodge
Biddeford
Praeess
Raymond Kenneal
Robert W. Wirtz
University of Illinois
Morton Botel
Bucks County
B. G. Nunley
Texas Education Agency
Encyclopedia Britannica Press
Firemen Battle Two Acre Woods Blaze Near Pool Road
Biddeford firefighters battled a stubborn two acre woods fire over Saturday and Sunday near Pool Road behind Lawrence Davis's Garage. They used a portable pump in a quarry with 15 feet of dormant water, with Engine 4 and Service Truck 1 responding to initial calls and recalls through Sunday morning as rekindling and a separate field blaze near 1 Main St. were contained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Pool Road
Lawrence Davis
Main St
Pope Paul Grants 50,000 Audience Open to Christian Unity
In St Peter's Basilica and square a 50,000 strong crowd heard Pope Paul deliver a 10,000 word Latin address. He echoed Pope John in inviting Christian reunion and told Protestant Anglican and Orthodox observers that the church lays no snares and seeks no polemics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter’s Square
Pope John
Paul
Saco considers inter city sewer plan with Biddeford
Mayor J Edward Whelan discussed a potential inter city sewer treatment effort with Biddeford to reduce river pollution. The total project cost is estimated at 2.5 million with up to 80 percent funded by state and federal grants. The letter cites Maine 1963 acts allowing cities to set up separate sewer departments and issue bonds from user charges. Saco seeks federal guidance on Accelerated Public Works grant duration while Biddeford is already planning sewer work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page Unever
J. Edward Whelan
Saco
Biddeford
Whelan
Maine
Father Saves Children From Burning House
ARUNDEL An $8 000 blaze roared through a two story Camp Ground Road home Saturday night. Charles E. Rundlett, a widower, crawled through the smoke to wake his four sleeping children Charles Dolores Robert and Paul aged 8 to 14. They lowered to a low roof then jumped seven feet to the ground. Fire officials said the fire started near a space heater and the house was blazing when fire crews arrived from Kennebunkport Goose Rocks Cape Porpoise Wildes District and Kennebunk. Rundlett said the building carried partial insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arundel
Camp Ground
Charles E. Rundlett
Rundlett
Charles
Dolores
Robert
Paul
Kennebunkport
Goose Rocks
Cape Porpoise
Wildes District
Kennebunk
Policemen's Ball Is Postponed In Saco
The Saco Police and Fire Commissioners and Police Chief Raymond Kerry announced the annual policemen ball, set for Thursday night, is indefinitely postponed due to the death yesterday of Police Captain Oscar Tar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Raymond Kerry
Oscar Tar
Desegregation Era Tuscaloosa Rally Tied to Klansman Arrests
Two White rally participants in Tuscaloosa prior to the University of Alabama desegregation were identified by state officials as Klansmen carrying a weapon. Both men were under surveillance by local, state, and federal agents as arrests by the state followed. Lingo gave little information on the men or on questioning results and did not definitively link them to the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four Black girls on Sept. 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
University of Alabama
Lingo
Sixteenth Street
Flooded oil burner at Saco residence reported safe
Firefighters were called to Kenneth Ritter's home at 12 Summer Street in Saco for a flooded oil burner incident last evening. The overflow had burned out by the time firefighters arrived, though plastic tile behind the stove was blistered by heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Kenneth Ritter
Summer St
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Church Notes
Biddeford United Baptist Church
Saco Salvation Army
Daughters of Ruth
United Church of Christ
Donald L. Fraser
Mfg
Vermont Monumental Works
Tel
Atlantic
W. J. Provost
Dial Tucker
L. R. Joncas
Old Orchard
Dial
Wellington
Arthur Pulling
Susan Quick
Lawrence Brown
St. Andre’s Church
Drrive
Mrs
Rosemary Bishop
David D. Macomber
North Saco
Earl Stanwood Kimball
Woonsocket
R.I
Armand Couture
Beach St
Couture
Lloyd LaFountain
Raymond J. Cook
Adams St
George R. MacDonald
St. Francis College
Robert Janson
MacDonald
Janson
Rock Garden
William Wilson Jr
Daniel K. Copp
Trapper Janson
Paul Bourasso
Water St
Old Orichard Beach
Robert S. Plaisted
Bourasso
Wilson
Alfred Street
Bert
Thompson’s
Maytag
Bert” Thompson
WIC Express
Reed Motor CO
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