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for of of of of of of of of of of of Journal, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 1976 Georgianna Bissonnette Mrs. Marie Bissonnette, 85, of 42 Foss Biddeford, died Wednesday morning in a local hospital following a brief illness. She was born in Wolfestown, Jan. 9, 1891, the daughter of Magloire and Marie (Leblond) Lachance and attended Canadian schools.

Mrs. Bissonnette came to Biddeford 67 years and was a communicant of 'St. Andre Church, Biddeford. She was a member of the Biddeford Senior Citizen Club and the LeFoyer Club. Her husband, John Bissonnette, died Dec.

17, 1972. Surviving are five sons, Ledonia, Lionel and Renald Bissonnette, all of Biddeford, Raoul Bissonnette of Andover and Roland Bissonnette of Lebanon, five daughters, Mrs. Aldea Cantara, Mrs. Pauline Perkins, Noella Gilbert, all of Biddeford, Mrs. Theresa Stickles of Saco and Mrs.

Gertrude Hallczuk of Arundel and many grandchildren, greatgrandchildren and great greatgrandchildren. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday at 10 a.m. at St. Andre Church. Interment will be in the family lot at St.

Joseph Cemetery, Biddeford. Calling hours are Thursday and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Emond and Conroy Funeral Home, 72 Hill Biddeford. Adelard Fleurant Adelard Fleurant, 66, a resident of 18 Gove Biddeford, died Tuesday night in a local hospital. He was born in Biddeford, Oct.

7, 1910, the son of Alphonse and Roseanna (Melancon) Fleurant and was educated in local schools. He was a communicant of St. Andre Church, Biddeford and was a member of the Third Degree Assembly of the Luke E. Hart Council, Knights of Columbus. He was employed for more than 40 years by the Bates, the Pepperell Manufacturing Companies and Biddeford Textile Company, prior to retiring several vears ago.

Surviving are a son, Rev. Roger Fleurant of Biddeford; two brothers, George Fleurant of Astoria, N.Y. and Willie Fleurant Manchester, N.H.; sister Mrs. Isabelle Roy of Saco and several nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday at 9 a.m.

at St. Andre Church. Interment will be in the family lot at St. Joseph Cemetery, Biddeford. Calling hours are tonight from 7 to 9 Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 top, p.m.

at the R.G. Bolduc and Sons Funeral Home, 291 Alfred Biddeford. Trial for Bowdoin now set for Oct. 26 A federal court trial of Kennebunk pharmacist Warren Bowdoin is now scheduled for Oct. 26, says U.S.

Attorney Peter Mills. The delay from the previouslyset date of Oct. 18 is the result of a court calendar change necessitated by the schedule of federal Judge Edward T. Gignoux, says Mills says his office, which is prosecuting the case, and Bowdoin's defense attorney, Peter DeTroy agreed to try the case without a jury. Judge Beach School Committee meets Thurs.

OLD ORCHARD BEACH Legal liability insurance for members of the school committee and the administration will be discussed at the school committee meeting Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Loranger School. The meeting is open to the public. Also at the meeting, the committee will discuss: Use of the school gymnasium for a swine flu innoculation program on some Sunday in October; A request from the junior class to go on a bus trip to Mt. Washington on Oct.

17; PA proposed school department policy for work release for high school students; Approval of the police- youth relations class; Extending the term of the substitute speech therapist; and, Appointments of a school committee member and two parents to the Positive Action Student Drop Out committee. TO PAY RESPECTS Members of the Biddeford Senior Citizen Club will meet Friday at 2:30 p.m. at the Emond and Conroy Funeral Home, 72 Hill Biddeford, to pay respects to Mrs. Georgianna Bissonnette, a member. TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFIEDS CAT, black male, about 1-yearold, found on Jefferson Street.

284-8193. FUNERAL DIRECTORS DENNETT CRAIG, 365 Main Street, Saco, Maine. Tel. 282- 0562. EMOND CONROY Funeral Home, John P.

Conroy Director. 72 Hill Biddeford. 284- 5511 or 282-1818. SANSOUCY BLAIS Funeral Home, Stone Biddeford. 283-3653.

R. Martel, Director. SHUMWAY AND GROSS Funeral Service, 35 Spring Saco. 284-5611 Biddeford-Saco Journal Published daily except Sunday at Biddeford, Maine 04005 Second class postage paid at Biddeford, Maine 04005 Member of The Associated Press subscription rates (payable in advance) One month, six months, one year, $57.60 The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication all the local news printed in this newspaper as well as all AP news dispatches. National advertising representatives are Mathews-ShannonCullen 757 3rd New York City.

N.Y. Biddeford gets golden arches eye on Route 1 McDonald's believes. at the property, not traffic densiBiddeford, too, deserves a break ty, which is of concern, today. Mullowney says. Rt.

1 and the The famous fast-food franchise Alfred Road intersect at Five is looking at the site of Southgate Points. West Street runs easterly Motors, on the corner of Rt. 1 and from the intersection, and is oneWest Street, as a possible loca- way headed east for about one tion for a new shop. block. And if traffic problems can be Mullowney says McDonald's alleviated at the Five Points site, construction department is a company spokesman says, "We studying whether it can use hope to be there sometime next West Street for access.

"If we year. can structure it so we don't need Patrick Mullowney, a real es- a curb cut (opening) on Rt. 1, we tate representative for the can go ahead," he says. Noting McDonald's says West Street is now one-way at the negotiations with property owner point the prospective franchise "finalized." He describes the adds, "We don't know if it will Harry Center have been would be located, Mullowney agreement with Center as "similar to an option." If McDonald's opens a But, he says, the City of Biddeford site, Mullowney says, Biddeford. has told company it will not affect the existing Saco representatives a franchise at business, which the company the approximately .4049 hectare plans to expand.

"It's a question (one acre) site cannot have we've brought up for years and access onto Rt. 1 because of years and years whether the area possible traffic hazards. can take two (franchises)," he It is the way traffic converges says. "We think it Saco Councilman Robert Cassette gets in a few whacks on the soon-to-be razed Osteopathic Hospital The old Saco Osteopathic Hospital soon will be no more. In planning board and zoning board of appeals.

The decrepit its place, at the corner of North and Nott streets, site has not been lived in about four years. apartments for the elderly will be constructed by the York John Ewing) Cumberland Housing Authority, which has gone before the Monks' campaign expenses still largest among candidates By The Associated Press Barton reported spending of $33,657 and contributions totaling Republican U.S. Senate nominee Robert A.G. Monks contin- $38,683. ues to be the largest spender in the 1976 Maine congressional In last week's report, Emery reported spending $42,494 and and Senate campaigns, with most of the money coming from his receiving $46,731 in contributions.

own pocket. The contributions to Emery included a total of $3,000 from The latest spending reports showed Tuesday he has contrib- Monks and members of Monks' family. uted $192,000 of his own funds to try to unseat Democratic Sen. In the last two months, Emery spent $11,367 for television Edmund S. Muskie.

advertising, while Barton spent $10,325. Monks has spent $221,949 through Sept. 30, in the general election campaign, more than twice as much as Muskie, said the Campaigning in Bath Tuesday, Barton said the nation's 200- report filed by his campaign committee with the secretary of mile fishing limit should be closely watched by Congress to see state. if any problems arise after the legislation goes into effect in Monks has received contributions of $238,829, including his March. own Barton said that under present law it is possible for foreign Muskie's report showed spending of $104,388 through corporations to operate American flag vessels.

Sept. 30 and contributions of $107,991. The largest single con- Barton warned such an arrangement circumvent tribution was $10,000 from the Democratic Senatorial Cam- the 200-mile limit's intent to give the United States control over paign Committee Committee. Muskie received $5,000 from the AFLCIO'S its own fishing grounds. on Political Education (COPE).

Barton said the possibility of loopholes in the 200-mile limit Monks spending included $36,939 to an advertising agency in law reinforced his belief that Maine should have more than one Portland, some of which was to purchase television time. Mus- fishing representative on the New England Regional Council. kie has spent about $9,000 on TV, according to his spending Maine earlier lost a bid for another council representative to report. help supervise the 200-mile limit. In the 2nd District U.S.

House contest, Democrat 1 Leighton In Westbrook Tuesday Muskie said that regardless of who Cooney reported spending $10,105 so far in the campaign and wins the presidential election, Congress will make the decicontributions of $9,282, leaving a deficit of about $666. sions on how best to use taxpayers' dollars and balance the In a report filed last week, Rep. William S. Cohen, Cooney's budget. tributions Republican opponent, for reported spending of $16,963 and con- Stressing the importance of the new congressional budget of $16,963 contributions July, included August and September.

process, Muskie said, "There is nothing Democratic or RepubliCooney's $1,000 from the COPE. can, liberal or conservative about State officials had not received a report from Jacqueline The Maine Democrat, chairman of the Senate Budget ComKaye, the independent congressional candidate in the 2nd mittee, said that the budget reform he wrote will help make difDistrict. ficult spending choices to balance the budget and reach full In the 1st District race, Democratic challenger Frederick D. employment by 1980. Bottle bill detail eludes official AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) Maine Agriculture CommissionJoseph Williams says he will need more money and manpower to regulate bottle redemption centers if the beverage container deposit bill becomes law.

The centers may be established on' the referendum question deposit law is approved by the state's voters Nov. 2. Williams estimated Tuesday that his department would need as much as $50,000 more money to do the additional work. Under the bill's could contract with redemption centers to handle empty beer and soda bottles and cans, rather than taking them back at the stores. The bill provides for the agriculture department to license and regulate the centers.

Williams said he was not consulted when the bill went through the legislature and did not know until a few days ago that his department is involved. The bill would place a minimum nickel deposit, starting Jan. 1, 1978, on all beer and soda containers. Consumers would get the deposit back by returning the empties to stores. or redemption centers.

PUC ends hearings on $5M rate hike BANGOR, Maine (AP) The Maine Public Utilities Commission has concluded public hearings on a $5 million rate hike requested by Bangor HydroElectric Co. and must decide the case by Nov. 1 or allow the full increase to take effect. The state's second largest utility filed its request with the commission on Jan. 30, claiming it needed higher rates to partially offset increased costs of financial borrowing.

Under PUC laws the commission must make a decision within nine months of the time the request is filed or the rate hike becomes automatic. Tuesday, during the final day of hearings, a PUC staff member criticized Bangor Hydro for lack of financial management. Financial specialist Robert Packard said he had felt "in-. sulted" by a Bangor Hydro application because it fell far short of PUC requirements. Packard criticized the utility for an application seeking electricity from the Wyman Four Project, a generator in Yar- mouth owned the Southern Maine Power Co.

Packard said the application had failed to say how that was budgeted in the application would be used. Bangor Hydro serves about 73,000 customers with electrical service in Penobscot, Hancock and parts of Washington and Waldo counties. Gas company being investigated AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) Maine's Public Utilities Commission says it has launched an investigation to determine whether the Maine Utility Gas Co. is complying with safety recommendations. The PUC proposed four safety improvements for the natural gas pipeline service last month, following an explosion that claimed the life of one of the utility's repairmen and injured two others.

Maine Utility Gas provides natural gas service to 1,459 customers in Bangor, Brewer and Old Town. An explosion Aug. 13, at a Bangor apartment killed Francis Martin, 49, of Orrington. The company had said repairmen were at the apartment to fix a water heater that getting fuel at proper pressure. Following the explosion, the PUC recommended: -That all low- -pressure systems have pipe lined with plastic to prevent leaks.

-That the flow of natural gas be curtailed to all inactive service areas in the pipeline system. -That the company acquire equipment to check for gas leaks. -That the parent firm, North American Utility Construction provide additional repairmen for the utility. With one employe recently retired, another killed in the explosion and two others hospitalized, the firm "in our view is now critically short of experienced gas operating the PUC said. The regulatory agency said the recommendations were forwarded to the utility on Sept.

16, and that the proposal calling for use of plastic lining for the pipes was rejected. "'The commission feels that the company may not be complying with the other recommendations," the PUC said in a prepared statement Tuesday. The company is required to answer the allegations by next Monday, according to PUC. Officials of the utility were unavailable for comment. Bankruptcy Judge Cyr calls for law reform RUMMAGE SALE The United Methodist Women BANGOR, Maine (AP) differences in the use of com- person to keep such items as More than half the Mainers of the Foss Street United Federal Bankruptcy Court mercial and consumer credit clothing, housing and a car.

who go bankrupt, he said, do so Methodist Church, Biddeford, Judge Conrad K. Cyr has called since the laws were last revised Cyr said in many cases the under a provision of the federal will meet Wednesday at 7:30 for a massive overhaul of the in 1938. Cyr said one of the exemptions are too low because law whereby they pay back p.m. at the church vestry for a laws he administers. changes in a revision pending they have not taken inflation their creditors a little at a business meeting and to prepare a Cyr, president the National in Congress would be the enact- into time.

items for a rummage sale Conference of Bankruptcy ment of a uniform minimum He said that Maine is not an PUBLIC SAFETY scheduled for Friday, Oct. 15 Judges, said Tuesday the exemption for every state. area used where excessively. bankruptcy is being Saco police and fire officials from 9:30 a.m. to noon.

changes are needed because of Exemptions allow a bankrupt report Saco is "very Bus drivers for Saco schools will talk discipline Gignoux will decide guilt or innocence. Bowdoin was originally accused in one 63-count indictmentby a federal grand jury in March illegally dispensing morphine and other controlled drugs without prescriptions during 1973 and 1974. But in May Judge Gignoux dismissed the indictment citing technical flaws. Atty. Mills subsequently re-introduced the case against Bowdoin to the federal grand jury, which then reindicted Bowdoin in July.

Bowdoin was paroled from the Maine State Prison at Thomaston in April after serving eight months of a one-to-two-year sentence on a state conviction of illegally selling a tranquilizing drug. Local chiefs named for Ford drive The President Ford Committee in Augusta has announced the appointment of campaign chairmen to coordinate re-election efforts in York County cities and towns. The area chairmen are: Biddeford, George Brickates; Kennebunk, Thomas M. Chappell; Kennebunkport, Fred Ayer; and Old Orchard Beach, John R. Bird.

State Representative Ralph Lovell of Sanford, the York County chairman of the President Ford Committee, expressed his appreciation to the volunteer chairmen and "urge(d) all those interested in campaign to contact their nearest chairman." Also from the Ford re-election headquarters, Jane M. Riley has been appointed as 1st District Field Coordinator. Ms. Riley has served on the Town of Hallowell and Kennebec County Republican Committees, and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Kansas City. Saco River canoe trip this Sunday The Saco River Corridor Commission is inviting its friends and the river's friends on its second annual canoe trip this Sunday, Oct.

17. The two-and-a-half hour paddle will shove away from the Saco's bank just downstream of Skelton Dam in Dayton at 10:30 a.m. and end at Berton Braley's Homestead Campground in Biddeford at 1 p.m. To get to the trip's departure point, follow the signs beginning at the intersection of Routes 5 35 in Dayton or Routes 202 and 35 Hollis. If you need a canoe, call Glenn Anderson, in charge of arrangements, at 774-5821 during working hours and 929-5251 evenings.

Call by Friday. A fish chowder will be served at the Homestead Campground. Bring a lunch. RUMMAGE SALE Bus drivers will meet tomorrow with Superintendent of Saco Schools Howard Cushman for a briefing on supervising students who jeopardize safety in school buses. Elizabeth Shaw, chairman of the school committee, announced last night, "Seats (in the buses) are assigned (to students) but the children are not forced to sit in the Committee member Bryce Milne said he followed the buses to watch the behavior of children, and saw some children leaving their seats and walking up the aisle before the bus stopped.

This is a big concern of the Middle School PTA. I think we've got to go right from warning (the students) to suspension. They either do it (ride the bus) in an orderly manner" or walk or get rides from their parents." Drivers have to take action, added Milne. don't know got, what the action is, but something has got to be The question of how the bus drivers can supervise and drive simultaneously was raised by committee member Anne Chisholm. In a loud voice, Superintendent Cushman resolved, "If there are any horseplays, the drivers have my authorization to enforce (students sitting in assigned seats) or they can go for a walk, too.

I want it strictly enforced." And Milne agreed. "I'm sympathetic to the drivers, but we but we have responsibility for those kids. The only way to solve it is to take stern measures." The board approved sending six teachers to a National Association of Teachers of Mathematics conference in Boston on Veterans Day holiday and will pay $64 registration fees for the six. According to Milne, the cost is He then said the committee should also pay for mileage and food, adding "Now, don't go to Pier 4." But his motion was overruled by Mrs. Chisholm "Forget the food.

I don't say yes because he included the food," when asked to vote. Mrs. Shaw thought it was a "modest request, but we have a staff of 94 teachers" and it could become a potential large sum. So a compromise was enacted. The committee will pay registration fees and mileage on one car (at 12 cents a mile) per day.

Teachers in the audience verbalized thank-you's. Two reinstate silent moment AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) Two school districts have set aside period of silence in the classroom and another will discuss the possibility tonight, eight months after the state attorney general said the practice was constitutional. Atty. Gen. Joseph E.

Brennan said in an opinion that a period of silence, with no religious connotations, would not violate the U.S. Supreme Court's ban on prayer in public schools. Since then, the school directors in Sanford and Buxton have moved on the issue. School directors in the Waterboro area district are scheduled to discuss it tonight. Principal Bruce Parsons of the Sanford Middle School said Tuesday that the quiet period helps provide calm beginning to the school day.

Several school administrators in other towns in Maine said they have not provided a silent period because they have not seen any great demand for it from parents and students. State says, check Kindergarteners A new state law will force the next batch of children entering screened" Kindergarten to be "preinstead of routinely registered in the Saco schools. The new law, effective this week, came too late for children entering the school system this year. According to school committee chairman Elizabeth Shaw, "It could be an expensive proposition (for Saco's school Pre-screening will entail vision and hearing tests, and a speech pathologist, public health nurse and assistant and aides working to test the childrens' abilities and needs. The testing will be done next Spring, probably in April, according to Mrs.

Shaw, since the prescreening reports are due in Augusta June 30. Parents must appointments, and about 32 children per day will be scheduled for testing. Any problems which might not been caught until later in year when vision and hearing tests are conducted will be pinpointed before the child enters the school system, and parents will be notified of the problem and referred to special assistance. Parent volunteers are being sought early to help with vision and hearing tests, as they already have been checking eyes and ears during the regular school year. The schools service children with special needs from ages 5-18 now, and Mrs.

Shaw said the federal projection for 1980 will include servicing those between the ages of 3 and 21. Childrens' medical history and development will be included in the pre-screening, including such first questions as when did child walk, when did the child first speak in sentences, and general questions "usually found in a baby book," according to Mrs. Shaw. Club Notes The Luke E. Hart council, Knights of Columbus, will hold its regular monthly meeting at the of hall, Pool Street, Biddeford, at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday. ALL'S QUIET Another night of relative calm was welcomed by area police and fire departments. In Old Orchard Beach, the last 24 hours have been "all quiet so far," and the Beach fire department had "not a thing." When asked if there was any major police or fire action in the a Kennebunk said, communications' spokesperson "nope, not a thing," and in Kennebunkport, "the chief says.