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Deaths and Funerals Henry A. Rand Henry A. Hand, 78, of Lafayette a lifelong resident of Portsmouth, died Wednesday after a long illness. A native of Portsmouth, he was born March 16, 1873, the son of the late John S. and Elvira W.

(Odiorne) Rand. A brother, Charles B. Rand of Baker, and two nephews, Langdon Rand of Baker, and Atty. Irving Rand of Portland, survive. Pierre Belair A requiem high mass for Pierre Belair, 80, father of Mrs.

Pierre Lalancette of 96 Court Street, Portsmouth, was celebrated recently in Church, St. Cyrille de Wendover, P. Can. Mr. Belair was born March 9, 1872, in St.

Cecile de Milton, P. Q. He died at Holy Cross Hospital, Drummondville, P. July 15 after a short illness. Burial was in St.

Cyrille cemetery. Bearers were six nephews. Besides Mrs. Lalancette, survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Regina Tremblay and Mrs.

Ida Deslandes, both of Granby, P. one brother, Magloire Belair of Drummondville; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Belair was a member of the Foresters of America of West Warren, where he made home until 1915 when he returned to Canada. He was a frequent visitor in Portsmouth.

Funeral Notices KING--Fanny E. Hanson King of Portsmouth Avenue, Greenland, died July 24. Funeral from the Farrell Funeral Home, 303 Islington Portsmouth, Saturday at 2 p.m. Burial in Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover. Relatives and friends invited.

Visiting hours Friday 2 10 5 and 7 to 9. RAND--Henry A. Rand of Lafayette died July 23. Funeral services at Buckminster Chapel, Sat. at 10:30 o'clock.

Friends invited. Arrangements by J. Verne Wood Funeral Home. Tercentennial- (Continued from pace one) Miss Maud Mickle ELIOT--The funeral of Miss Maud M. Mickle, 78, of Farmer Eliot a Baha'i pioneer, was held at Fellowship Hall Green Acre, Eliot, yesterday.

The service was conducted by William Sears, Mrs. Nella Gustafson and Mrs. Ayned McComb of the Baha'i Assembly. Mrs. Ruth Price Silva was soloist.

Services at the grave in the family lot In Mt. Pleasant cemetery were conducted by Mrs. Gustafson. Bearers were Verne Tuttle, Clarence Lear Adelbert Cress and jLucien McComb. Samuel E.

Shapleigh ROCHESTER--Samuel E. Shapleigh, 91, of Rochester, a native of Eliot and a member of the first Democratic City Council elected in Rochester, died Wednesday at Fris- ble Memorial Hospital, Rochester. Mr. Shapleigh, who served as a Rochester city councilman in 1913, had been employed by the Boston Maine Railroad for more than 60 years. He operated a retail business in Eliot for many years before moving to Rochester and served on Rochester's fire committee.

Mr. Shapleigh was a member and past sachem of the Order of Redmen. He leaves one daughter and two grandchildren. Sister Ann Xavier SOUTH BERWICK Funeral services are being planned for Sister Ann Xavier, 65, of the Order of Sisters of St. Joseph of the Lyotf who died Wednesday at St.

Joseph's Convent. Born in Lyon, France, the daughter of Gabriel and Antoinette Rittaud, Sister Ann Xavier had been a resident of the United States for 42 years. She was a teacher at the South Berwick Convent. No survivors were reported. State Ticket- (Continued from pare one) in the army, has no opposition for county solicitor; Frank B.

Nay, register of probate; John W. A. Green, register of deeds; and Earle R. Stockbridge, treasurer, all of Exeter, are unopposed for re- nomination. The Portsmouth district State Senate seat, now held by Thornton K.

Weeks of Greenland, is being sought by two Portsmouth men, fcoth of whom are currently members of the House of Representatives. They are C. Cecil Dame and Charles T. Dwell. Samuel A.

McMaster of Portsmouth is the only Democratic candidate in the senatorial race from the Portsmouth district. State Sen. Margery W. Graves of Brentwood has opposition in the 23rd senatorial district race in the form of State Rep. Arthur T.

Colcord of Plaistow. The Democrats still have many posts to fill on their ticket, which will have-to be done by party caucus. Arthur Page, Reginald Frost, George Blaisdell, Louise Sodano, Michael Sodano, Constance Foster, Phoebe Foster, Richard Foster, Paul Apgar, Ross Apgar, Thomas Davidson, Paul Dozois, Robert Titcomb, Herbert Sessions, Cecil Parsons, Cameron Dale; Fred Parshley, Cynthia Pease, Judith Dale, Doris Albee, Elva Albee, Joan O'Shaughnessy, Lois Suitor, Margaret Hackett, Patricia Furber, Mary McKenna, Elizabeth Sawyer, Frances Cooper, Beth Langille, Nancy Goodwin, Sally Pease, Barbara Warner, Evelyn Buckman, Carolyn Gilmore, Suzanne Elms, Anita Wiggin, Mrs. Walter Wiggin, James Erwin; Hugh Lipsuis, Frank Hancock, Hichard Bean, Willij.m Foster', Henry Carpenter, Paul "ves, John Simonds, Leonard Barm Roger Lucas, Adeline Clark, Arthur Paige, Mary McKenna, Wallace Sails, Paula I ves, Cecelia Sessions, Janice Dukeshire, Jolene Sylvester, Sally Newick, Roberta Newick, Carol Rizzo, Sylvia Day, Ann Ives and Geraldlne Ives. at Miss Matthews' court was made up of Jane Gates, Christina McKenna, Hannah Mclntire, Barbara Talpey, Patricia Hehberg and Barbara' Warner.

Her pages were Ronald Langille and Robert Dukeshire. The pageant staff is Samuel J. O'Neil, pageant master; Ruth C. Morland, dances; Ralph A. Mills, sound; Kenneth Sermos, art and decorations; Virginia Guimond and Norma Jackson, costumes; Elmer Parshley, lights; Ralph Bowley and Glen B.

Cornish staging. Yesterday afternoon approximately 400 persons watched an exhibition of water sports at the Marshall HOuse pool in York Harbor under the direction of Richard Els- worthy, Red Cross swimming instructor. Canoe relay races, canoe tilting, water polo and a water ballet were on the program. The Tercentennial parade will start tomorrow at 10 a.m. from the York Grammar School, marching to Trinity Church along York Street.

The marchers will then-be transported to the middle of York Beach where they will re-group and march to Short Sands. Comdr. Allen Hoar will lead contingents from Grenier Air Base, Portsmouth Naval Base, Ft. Dev- cns, VFW posts from York and Kittery, and municipal and civic floats from throughout the area. The units will form on Organug Road, parade chairman Roger K.

Lucas announced. Reviewing stands will be set up York Village and York Beach. Dr. Henry Field of Washington D. will speak at the commemorative exercises at the High School Field tomorrow at 3 p.m.

Meeting Planned On Flying Facilities DOVER--The Dover Chamber of Commerce is going ahead with plans for a joint meeting of municipal authorities and Chamber ol Commerce officials from Dover Rochester, Somersworth and Portsmouth to discuss the development commercial airport facilities in this area. The Dover Chamber's move stems from a recent State Aeronautics Commission hearing in Dover where the anticipated loss oi Portsmouth Airport to civilian flying when Air Base construction gets under way was discussed. Marshall Calls Off Senate Recount YORK--A recount of Republican State Senate In York County was abandoned at 11 o'clock last night in Augusta by Sen. Fred W. Marshall of Yoi k.

Marshall had requested the recount when the official results of 'June 16 primary show indicated 60-vote error in his favor in the Limerick count. Earlier unofficial returns had left Marshall In fourth place for the three-way race for the senate, 111 votes behind Dennett of Kittery. Yesterday's recount, however, showed tKe 60 vote error in Limerick to be actually against Marshall. Although he had picked up 43 votes in the recount of the county's larger communities, Marshall felt it useless to continue. State House officials said.

They said results of the official count will stand. They give Roby P. Littlefield of Wells 7,874 votes; Sen. Carl J. Droggi of Sanford, Dennett, 6,840, and Marshall, 6,798.

Field Office Bids Asked by Engineers The Army Engineers today announced that bids are expected to be sought about Aug. 15 for construction of a field office to serve as headquarters while the Portsmouth Air Force Base is being built. The project will consist of construction of a two-story, -wood- framed, L-shaped building, approximately 65 by 75 feet with 5,500 square feet of floor area. It will be located adjacent to Portsmouth Municipal Airport and will house the oi'fices of the resident engineer and other government personnel who will be stationed here during construction of the Air Base. Col.

H. T. Lentz, acting New England division engineer, said bids will be opened on or about Aug. 25. FUNNY BUSINESS "Look, dear, ray polo mallet Is Just the thlnr to give the neighbors' chickens a love tap!" Truce Talks- (Continued from pace one) Fire Ruins- (Continued from pace one) truck which was destroyed had traveled 18,000 miles since it was purchased, Page reported.

The building, valued at $1,200 by City Assessor Lucien O. Geoffrion, is owned by the Coleman Oil and was formerly the Texas oil plant. It has been occupied by the tallow company for several years and is sit-sied on land owned by the Boston and Maine Railroad. Exeter Court EXETER--Warren E. Oilman of West Epping in Exeter municipal court this morning paid a fine of $10 for driving on the left side of an unbroken yellow line last Sunday on the Hampton Road.

Gilman did not contest the charge. Jean Sanborn, 20, of Seabrook, also was fined $10 for speeding on High Street July 16. She did not contest the charge. Santa Fe, New Mexico was called 'The Royal City of the Holy Faith of St. Francis" by the Spaniards who first settled in it.

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A Fbharman's Motor! WORSTER POWER LAWN MOWERS BAKER-WRIGHT 202 Court St. Tel. 1016 Tasty, tender Fried CLAMS Cola Slaw French Frim 95c you don't know how flo- vorsoma and satisfying they can be, until you try them at THORNER'S OYSTER HOUSE Danial St. PartiMOuth Your Wedding Portraits by Kingsbury Studio A Bridal Portrait from the KINGSBURY STUDIO is worthy of the important event it commemorates. Aoke on appointment NOW' or your Wedding Day! KINGSBURY STUDIO Photographers -6 Market Portsmouth 1 lies said Nam never reconciled his statements and proposals with the Allied report that almost three fourths of the Chinese in Allied i prisoner camps would resist repa- I triatlon.

The Communist general on July 6 submitted a vague proposal largely repeating an earlier Red suggestion--that all foreign prisoners, Chinese and United Nations, be exchanged and that Koreans be disposed of in accordance with where they formerly lived. Harrison offered to allow the Communists to check the Allied screening figures, but Nam flatly refused even to recognize the screening. The Communists today proposed a meeting of staff officers to discuss "details" of the wording of an armistice agreement. "We are going to consider the matter," Harrison said. All matters in agreement have been drafted, but approval of the wording has been held up for solution of the prisoner issue.

Technically, a gargoyle is a waterspout carved in the shape of a grotesque animal, although the term often used to denate grotesque representations of animals in other forms. RELOCATION SALE July 26 Thru Aug. 3 OIF FISH, BIRDS, PUPPIES TROPICLAND Hampton Center Back of Gall SUIlaa Deadline Tonight For Invitations to NYC Children Today is the deadline for sponsors to register for a Fresh Air child. Chairman William Dawson said that 74 children have been spoken for, but the Portsmouth quota of 100. may not be met.

However, he hopes that 26 additional sponsors will call his home before the drive closes tonight. Dawson pointed out 'that the Fresh Air Fund provides all the children with physical examinations and they are covered by insurance. People interested in providing a New York child with a two-week vacation are urged to call William Dawson at 2810 or Robert McMullen at Kittery 4422-M. Building Permits John C. and Alice K.

Snllivan of 188 Summer have been issued a permit to build a five-room ranch- style home on Cottage Street at an estimated cost of $9,000. A permit also has been issued to Samuel H. Grossman of 636 Lincoln who is building a one-car garage at an estimated cost of $500. Dalla Mura Heads Retirement Group Bart M. Dalla Mura was reelected president of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Retirement Association at a meeting held Wednesday night Ih the Rocklng- ham Hotel.

11 Other officers re-elected were John W. Hartnett, president: Melvin H. Chandler, secretary, and Floyd A. Lydston, treasurer. Delegates elected to attend the annual convention of the national organization to be held In Washington, D.

in October include Dalla Mura, Hartnett, Chandler, Lydston and John P. O'Brien. The local organization has 3,000 members and has been functioning since 1916. The group will meet again In September before the convention to draw up resolutions on proposed civil service retirement that will be beneficial to Federal employes. Manager Job- (Continued from pace one) Mayor Butler also conferred yesterday with City Manager Woodbury Brackett of Concord who gave Butleivthe names of three men who may be interested in Peterson's job.

Butler stressed that Brackett was only helping him to contact possible applicants and was not interested in the post himself. A bi-monthly bulletin, Issued by the International City Managers Association, will carry a notice of the Portsmouth vacancy in its Aug. 1 edition. Butler said his efforts to date have indicated that the City Council will have to contact potential city "managers rather than depending solely on formal applications for job. "It looks as though we'll to go out after a man if we expect to appoint one by the time Mr.

Peterson's resignation takes effect," Butler said. Tho RoraU, Portsmouth, N. H. FrMoy Ironing, July 25, 1952 Page Municipal Court Gordon A. Cook of Mechanic Falls, convicted oc a charge of driving a truck which was 10,805 pounds overweight, was fined $75 in Portsmouth municipal court today.

He pleaded guilty to a complaint drawn by State Motor Vehicle Inspector Clayton F. Osborn. Gerry Bilodeau of Auburn. pleaded innocent to a charge of driving a truck which was 7,700 pounds over the legal limit. He was found guilty and his case was continued for sentence.

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Alton 55-11. It it believed that Egypt had the first lighthouses where beacon fires were maintained by priests. Robert V. O'Brien, D.M.D. Announces the Opening of his office at 388 State Street Portsmouth, New Hampshire Telephone 623 General Practice of Dentistry PHILCO Factory-Supervised Service Expert T.V.

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