Biddeford-Saco Journal from Biddeford, Maine • 2

obituariesfunerals Georgianna Bissonnette Adelard leurant Bus drivers for Saco schools will talk discipline Monks' campaign expenses Trial for Bowdoin still largest among candidates now set for Oct 26 Bottle bill detail eludes official silent moment PUC ends hearings on $5M rate hike ber criticized Bangor Hydro for Project a generator in Yar UNERAL DIRECTORS Club Notes Saco 284 5611 Bankruptcy Judge Cyr Calls for law reform TOO LATE OR CLASSIIEDS CAT black male about 1 year old found on Jefferson Street 284 8193 State says check Kindergarteners differences in the use of com mercial and consumer credit since the laws were last revised in 1938 Cyr said one of the changes in a revision pending in Congress would be the enact ment of a uniform minimum Beach School Committee meets Thurs Cushman resolved there are any horseplays the drivers have balized thank you's BANGOR Maine (AP) The Maine Public Utilities Commis sion has concluded public hear ings on a $5 million rate hike requested by Bangor Hydro Electric Co and must decide the case by Nov 1 or allow the full increase to take effect The second largest utility filed its request with the commission on Jan 30 claim to vote" Mrs Shaw thought it was a request but we have a staff of 94 and it could become a potential large sum So a compromise was enacted The committee will pay registra 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 ing it needed higher rates to lack of financial management partially offset increased costs inancial specialist Robert of financial borrowing Packard said he had felt under rUU laws the commis sion must make a decision within nine months of the time the request is filed or the rate hike becomes automatic AUGUSTA Maine (AP) Two school districts have set aside a period of silence in the classroom and another will dis cuss the possibility tonight eight months after the state at torney general said the practice was constitutional' Atty Gen Joseph Brennan said in an opinion that a period of silence with no religious connotations would not violate the US Supreme ban on prayer in public schools Since then the school direc tors in Sanford and Buxtpn TO PAY RESPECTS Members of the Biddeford Senior Citizen Club will meet ri day at 2:30 pm at the Emond and Conroy uneral Home 72 Hill St Biddeford to pay respects to Mrs Georgianna Bissonnette a member BANGOR Maine (AP) ederal Bankruptcy Court Judge Conrad Cyr has called for a massive overhaul of the laws he administers Cyr president of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges said Tuesday the changes are needed because of Consumers would get the de posit back by returning the em pties to stores or redemption centers er Joseph Williams says he will need more money and manpow er to regulate bottle redemption centers if the beverage contain er deposit bill becomes law The centers may be estab lished if the referendum ques tion on the deposit law is ap RUMMAGESALE The United Methodist Women of the oss Street United Methodist Church Biddeford will meet Wednesday at 7:30 pm at the church vestry for a business meeting and to prepare items for a rummage sale scheduled for riday Oct 15 from 9:30 am to noon that his department is involved The bill would place a min imum nickel deposit starting Jan 1 1978 on all beer and soda containers Shaw said the 1980 will Include servicing" those between 1 the ages of 3 and 21 medical history and development will be included in the pre screening including such questions as when did the child first walk when did the child first speak in sentences and general questions found in a baby according to Mrs Shaw believes Biddeford too deserves a break today The famous fast food franchise is looking at the site of Southgate Motors on the comer of Rt 1 and West Street as a possible loca tion for a new shop And if traffic problems can be alleviated at the ive Points site a company spokesman says hope to be there sometime next Patrick Mullowney a real es tate representative for the Corp says negotiations with property owner Harry Center have been He describes the agreement with Center as "similar to an But he says the City of Biddeford has told company representatives a franchise at the approximately 4049 hectare (one acre) site cannot have access onto Rt 1 because of nossible traffic hazards It is the way traffic converges says think it A federal court trial of Kennebunk pharmacist Warren Bowdoin is now scheduled for Oct 26 says US Attorney Peter MUIS The delay from the set date of Oct 18 is tl a court calendar change necessitated by the schedule of federal Judge Edward Gignoux says Mills Mills says his office which is prosecuting the case and Bow defense attorney Peter DeTroy III have agreed to try i the case without a jury Judge I OLD ORCHARD BEACH Legal liability insurance for members of the school com mittee and the administration will be discussed at the school committee meeting Thursday at 7:30 pm in the Loranger School The meeting is open to the public Also at the meeting the com mittee will discuss: Use of the school gymnasium for a swine flu innoculation program on some Sunday in Oc tober A request from the junior class to go on a bus trip to Mt Washington on Oct 17 proposed school depart ment 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 the company acquire equipment to check for gas leaks the parent firm North American Utility Construction Co provide additional repairmen for the utility With one employe recently retired another killed in the explo sion and two others hospitalized the firm our view is now critically short of experienced gas operating the PUC said Raoul Bissonnette of Andover and Roland Bissonnette of Lebanon Pa five daughters Mrs Aldea Cantara Mrs Pauline Perkins Mrs Noella Gilbert all of Biddeford Mrs Theresa Stickles of Saco and Mrs Gertrude Hallczuk of Arundel and many grandchildren great grandchildren and great great grandchildren A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday at 10 a at St Andre Church Interment will be in the family lot at St Joseph Cemetery Biddeford Calling hours are Thursday and riday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm at the Emond and Conroy uneral Home 72 Hill St have moved on the issue School directors in the Water boro area district are scheduled to discuss it tonight Principal Bruce Parsons of the Sanford Middle School said Tuesday that the quiet period helps provide a 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 Saco River canoe trip this Sunday its place at the corner of North and Nott streets site has not been lived in for about four years (Photo by apartments for the elderly will be constructed by the York John Ewing) Cumberland Housing Authority which has gone before the Mrs Georgianna Marie Bissonnette 85 of 42 oss St Biddeford died Wednesday mor ning in a local hospital following a brief illness She was bom in Wolfestown Que Jan 9 1891 the daughter of Magloire and Mane (Leblond) Lachance and attended Canadian schools Mrs Bissonnette came to Biddeford 67 years ago and was a communicant of St Andre Church Biddeford She was a member of the Biddeford Senior Citizen Club and the Leoyer Club Her husband John Bissonnette died Dec 17 1972 Surviving are five sons Ledonia Lionel and Renald Bissonnette all of Biddeford Biddeford 4 Two reinstate Campaigning in Bath Tuesday Barton said the 200 mile fishing limit should be closely watched by Congress to see if any problems arise after the legislation goes into effect in March Barton said that under present law it is possible for foreign corporations to operate American flag vessels Barton warned that such an arrangement could circumvent the 200 mile intent to give the United States control over its own fishing grounds Barton said the possibility of loopholes in the 200 mile limit law reinforced his belief that Maine should have more than one fishing representative on the New England Regional Council Maine earlier lost a bid for another council representative to help supervise the 200 mile limit In Westbrook Tuesday Muskie said that regardless of who wins the presidential election Congress will make the deci sions on how best to use dollars and balance the budget Stressing the importance of the new congressional budget process Muskie said is nothing Democratic or Republi can liberal or conservative about The Maine Democrat chairman of the Senate Budget Com mittee said that the budget reform he wrote will help make dif ficult spending choices to balance the budget and reach full employment by 1980 QUIET Another night of relative calm was welcomed by area police and nre departments In Old Orchard Beach the last 24 hours have been quiet so and the Beach fire department had Saco Councilman Robert Cassette gets in a few whacks on the soon to be razed Osteopathic Hospital More than half the Mainers who go bankrupt he said do so under a provision of the federal law whereby they pay back their creditors a little at a time PUBLIC SAETY Saco police and fire officials report Saco is at the property not traffic densi ty which is of concern Mullowney says Rt 1 and the Alfred Road intersect at ive Points West Street runs easterly from the intersection and is one way headed east for about one block Mullowney says construction department is studying whether it can use West Street for access we can structure it so we need a curb cut (opening) on Rt 1 we can go he says Noting West Street is now one way at the point the prospective franchise would be located Mullowney adds know if it will opens a Biddeford site Mullowney says it will not affect the existing Saco business which the company plans to expand a question brought up for years and years and years whether the area can take two he According to Milne the cost is He then said the committee should also pay for mileage and food adding go to Pier But nis motion was overruled AVGUSTA Maine (AP) proved by the voters and cans rather than taking Maine Agriculture Commission Nov 2 them back at the stores williams estimated Tuesday The bill provides for the agri that his department i would need culture department to license as much as $50000 more money and regulate the centers uo me auuiuonai worir Under the provisions AUGUSTA Maine (AP) 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 repairmen and injured two others Maine Utility Gas provides natural gas service to 1459 cus tomers in Bangor Brewer and Old Town An explosion Aug 13 at a a apartment killed rancis Martin 49 of Orrington The company had said repairmen were at the apartment to fix a water heater that was not getting fuel at proper pressure ollowing the explosion the PUC recommended: all low pressure systems have pipe lined with plastic to prevent leaks the flow of natural gas be curtailed to all inactive service areas in the pipeline system The Luke Hart council Knights of Columbus will hold its regular monthly meeting at the of hall Pool Street Biddeford at 7:30 pm Thurs day my authorization to enfdrce (students sitting in assigned seats) or they can go for a walk too I want it strictly And Milne agreed sym pathetic to the drivers but we but we have responsibility for those kids The only way to solve it is to take stem Under the provisions Williams said he was not con grocers could contract with re suited when the bill went demption centers to handle through the legislature and did empty beer and soda bottles not know until a few days ago The regulatory agency said the recommendations were for warded tn the utilifv nn Sent 1fi and that tha nmnionl use of plastic lining for the pipes was rejectee commission Spring probably in April accor feels that the company may not be complying with the other to rs Shaw s'nce the pre recoinnienuauons me ruu said in a prepared statement Tues day The company is required to answer the allegations by next Mon day according to the PUC Officials of the utility were unavailable for comment By 'The Associated Press Republican US Senate nominee Robert AG Monks contin ues to be the largest spender in the 1976 Maine congressional and Senate campaigns with most of the money coming from his own pocket The latest spending reports showed Tuesday he has contrib uted $192000 of his own funds to try to unseat Democratic Sen Edmund Muskie Monks has spent $221949 through Sept 30 in the general elec tion campaign more than twice as much as Muskie said the report filed by his campaign committee with the secretary of state Monks has received contributions of $238829 including his own money report showed spending of $104388 through Sept 30 and contributions of $107991 The largest single con tribution was $10000 from the Democratic Senatorial Cam paign Committee Muskie received $5000 from the Committee on Political Education (COPE) Monks spending included $36939 to an advertising agency in Portland some of which was to purchase television time Mus kie has spent about $9000 on TV according to his spending report In the 2nd District US House contest Democrat Leighton Cooney reported spending $10105 so far in the campaign and contributions of $9282 leaving a deficit of about $666 In a report filed last week Rep William Cohen Republican opponent reported spending of $16963 and con tributions of $16963 for July" August and September contributions included $1000 from the COPE State officials had not received a report from Jacqueline Kaye the independent congressional candidate in the 2nd District In the 1st District race Democratic challenger rederick Adelard leurant 66 a resi dent of 18 Gove St Biddeford died Tuesday night in a local hospital He was bom in Biddeford Oct 7 1910 the son of Alphonse and Roseanna (Melancon) leurant 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 Hart Council Knights of Colum bus He was employed for more than 40 years by the Bates the Pepperell Manufacturing Com panies and Biddeford Textile Company prior to retiring Biddeford Saco Journal Wednesday Oct 13 1976 iiiaiiiecoininiinity fy screening reports are due in Augusta June 30 Parents must make ap pointments and about 32 children per day will be schedul ed for testing Any problems which might not have been caught until later in the 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 a When asked if there Parent volunteers are being was any major police or fire ac sought early to help with vision tion in the area a Kennebunk and hearing tests as they communications spokesperson already have been checking eyes said not a thing and in and ears during the regular Kennebunkport chief says school year Biddeford gets golden arches eye on Route 1 Barton reported spending of $33657 and contributions totaling $38683 In last report Emery reported spending $42494 and receiving $46731 in contributions The contributions to Emery included a total of $3000 from Monks and members of family In the last two months Emery spent $11367 for television advertising while Barton spent $10325 several vears ago Surviving are a son Rev Roger leurant of Biddeford two brothers George leurant of Astoria NY and Willie leurant of Manchester NH a sister Mrs Isabelle Roy of Saco and several nieces and nephews A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated riday at 9 am at St Andre Church Interment will be in the family lot at St Joseph The old Saco Osteopathic Hospital soon will be no more In planning board and zoning board of appeals The decrepit Conwlarv nidHornrH 1 114 I Calling hours are tonight from 7 to 9 and Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm at the RG Bolduc and Sons uneral Home 291 Alfred St Biddeford Biddeford Saco Journal Published daily except Sunday at Biddeford Maine 04005 Second class postage paid at Biddeford Maine 04005i Member of The Associated Press subscription rates (payable iry advance) One month J4JJ0 six months $2880 one year $5760 The Associated Press is en titled exclusively to the use for republication all the local news printed in this newspaper as well as all AP news dispatches National advertising represen tatives are Mathews Shannon Cullen Inc 757 3rd Ave New York Citv NY mouth owned by the Southern Maine Power Co Packard said the application that was budgeted in the appli cation would be used Bangor Hydro serves about 73000 customers with electrical service in Penobscot Hancock and parts of Washington and Waldo counties A new state law will force the The schools service children next batch of children entering with special needs from ages 5 18 innoroarlon fn ho ni vu wv uic iiuw aiiu ivirs Nnaw screened instead of routinely fpdpral nrniprtinn Mr rafTio4nvnzl in 1 i i 1WOW1CU Mi' Mlv 3U11UU13 The new law effective this week came too late for children entering the school system this year According to school com mittee chairman Elizabeth Shaw could be an expensive Sition (for school Pre screening will entail vision and hearing tests and a speech pathologist public health nurse and assistant and aides working to test the abilities and needs The testing will be done next person to keep such items as clothing housing and a car Cyr said in many cases the exemptions are too low because they have not taken inflation into account He said that Maine is not an exemption for every state A area where bankruptcy is being Exemptions allow a bankrupt' used excessively SHUMWAY AND GROSS point follow the signs beginning uneral Service 35 Spring St at the intersection of Routes 5 and 35 in Dayton or Routes 202 and 35 in 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 riday A fisn chowder will be served at the Homestead Campground Bring a lunch ts inancial specialist Roc Packard said he had felt suited by a Bangor Hydro ap had failed to say how money nliratinn horatiQP if Mil Mr (hot if snon oi rue requirements Ddnlrorrl tkaiiHlihi Tuesday during the final day for an application seeking elec of hearings a PUC staff mem tricity from the Wyman our nrt rtfin1Art DortZTA LJlVrtIrtl ww Gignoux will decide guilt or in nocence Bowdoin was originally ac cused in one 63 count indictment by a federal grand jury in March previously of illegally dispensing morphine result of and other controlled druvs without prescriptions during 1973 and 1974 But in May Judge Gignoux dis missed the indictment citing technical flaws Atty Mills sub sequently re introduced the case against Bowdoin to the federal grand jury which then re indicted 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 ord drive The President ord Committee in Augusta has announced the ap pointment of campaign chairmen tb coordinate re election efforts in York County cities and towns The area chairmen are: Biddeford George Brickates Kennebunk Thomas Chappell: Kennebunkport red Ayer and Old Orchard Beach John Bird State Representative Ralph Lovell of Sanford the York Coun ty chairman of the President ord Committee expressed his appreciation to the volunteer chairmen and all those interested in the campaign to contact their nearest Also from the ord re election headquarters Jane Riley has been appointed as 1st District ield 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 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 (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 is a big concern of the Middle School PTA I think got to go right from warning (the students) to suspension They either do it (ride the bus) in an orderly or walk or get by Mrs Chisholm the rides from their food I say yes because he Drivers have got to take ac included the when asked tinn mirieri Milne Irnnw unto" what the action is but something has got to be done" The question of how the bus drivers can supervise and drive simultaneously was raised by committee member Anne Chisholm fees and mileage on one car In a loud voice Superintendent (at 12 cents a mile) per day Cushman resolved there are Teachers in the audience ver 3 co pa be inginvestig 3 ted uiv iivci a nicnus uh i is sevuiiu annual canoe trip this Sunday Oct 17 1 The two and a half hour paddle will shove away from the bank just downstream of Skelton Dam in Dayton at 10:30 am and end at Berton Braley's Homestead Campground in Biddeford at 1 pm To get to the trip's departure DENNETT CRAIG 365 Main Street Saco Maine Tel 282 0562 EMOND CONROY uneral Home John Conroy Jr Direc tor 72 Hill St Biddeford 284 5511 or 282 1818 SANSOUCY BLAIS uneral Home 1 Stone St Biddeford 283 3653 Martel Director 'BRSI 9 Bl rdJHHi rar raft iolB Hr Hi ISsf 'mkm egill UM.