Biddeford-Saco Journal from Biddeford, Maine • 2

Killer Storm Leaves 39 Dead InSouth Midwest and New Jersey were posted from Pmnsyivania to Virginia and for the Gulf AnnTlacMan fhcRockiesl Appalachians the Rockies RliSigaS Coast states pected snowstorms today Trav- 5er advisories were posted from Tennessee to Vermont and in Massachusetts Connecticut Coming Events Calendar it wasn't said Dawson He heard his wife screaming and his son crying and ran for help "We finally got the refrigerator door pulled rack and there they were under there" Dawson said His wife suffered severe facial cuts but the son was uninjured Eight inches of snow fell Sunday at Crossville Tenn seven inches at London Ky and three inched at Nashville Tenn and Huntsville Xla Raid'-fell in McComb Miss where a tornado on Friday had left four dead amid wreckage not fully cleared by Sunday Elsewhere on Sunday strong winds whipped through southern California "and freesing temperatures gripped the Plains states into central Texas Many states braced for ex By the Associated Press storms raged through the Midwest and Southeast oyer the weekend With over 30 persons already dead winter was expected to continue disrupting widespread parts of the country today The Midwest blizzard described by a National Weather Service spokesman in Minneapolis as the worst in 35 years whipped winds to 90 miles per hour and left at least 31 dead between Friday night and Sunday Another person died in a Florida tornado -I'The storm was as large as any hurricane" the Weather Service spokesman said It downed power lines stranded motorists and disrupted air traffic Michigan officials estimated damage at $1 million in that state alone 1 Before the storm subsided Sun- day the death toll had climbed to II in Nebraska where 16 inches of snow fell Eight died in Iowa seven in Minnesota three in North Dakota and one each in Michigan South Dakota and Illinois Meanwhile snow rain and tornadoes battered the Southeast only two days after another senes of twisters left 12 dead on Friday In Sunday's storms one person died and several others were hurt in a Panama City Fla twister Other tornadoes touched down in northern Florida and Georgia In Sink Creek Fla Winfred Dawson said his wife and nine-month-old son were shielded from tornado winds when a re- frigerator door fell oq them as they crouched for safety on the floor The rest of the bouse was blown down 1 came back to the house and 2-Biddeford-Ssco Journal Monday Jm 13 1875 obituariesfunerals Rosaire Landry Rosaire Landry 71 of Hill St Biddeford died Sunday in a local hospital following a brief illness He was born at St Sylvester Que Oct 2S 1898 a son of Charles and Marie (Mooney) Landry Landry came to this city as a youth and was employed as a farmer for many years He later was employed by Bates Manufacturing Co Saco retiring in 1965 He was a communicant of St Andre Church Biddeford His wife Mrs Gloria (Jarigl Landry died 1965 Surviving are two sons Raymond Landry of Steep Falls and Donald Landry of Wallingford Conn four daughters George (Rachel) Roy of Biddeford Mrs Raymond (Fleurettel Fenderson of Saco Mrs Theodore (Jeannine) Comeau of Saco and Mrs Robert (Priscilla) Turgeon of Saco two brothers Romeo Landry of St Sylvester and Odule Landry of Montreal: a sister Sister St Quebec and 14 John Conroy 63 president of the Emond and Conroy Funeral Home Biddeford and the Cbnroy-Tully Funeral Home in Portland died unexpectedly at his home at 72 Hill St biddeford late Saturday night He was born in Portland March 15 1911 a son of Thomas and Sarah (Foley) Conroy A graduate of Cheverus High School Portland he was Sylvester of Ann pi iTG BOARD HEALTH CARE BUS nn ORCHARD BEACH Free transportation for health OLD ORCHARD beach OLD ORCHARD i HEMn aDDointments in Portland Veterans of Foreign Wars Post from Springvale Saiv aiui Amriiiarv will meet Tuesday Tuesday at 730pm at Loranger rmd Aliri Waterb Hdlis Colter and Saco will be on Monday through Friday arriving at 1 the Maine Medical Center at 10 a and departing at 3 pm For details phone YCCA toll free 1-800-442-6345 OPEN DOOR A senior citizen social will be I held Tuesday from 2 to 4pm at the Qgunquit Methodist Church Beach Clinic Is Scheduled and Auxiliary will meet Tuesday at 7:30 pm at the post home Atlantic Avenue A social will be held following the business meeting CURSILLISTAS Biddeford-Saco Area sillistas will meet Wednesdayat SL Andre Church Biddeford The Rev Gerard Boldue will celebrate Mass at 7:30 pm followed by an Ultreya in the parish hall Guest speaker will be Sister Dodrilda of Biddeford MEDITATION urn TM PARE Rif! Six-Day Ordeal Ends' SAD 57 DIRECTORS SAD Board of Jj wjJJ immunization clinic will be held meet at 8:30 a Tuesday at the nursing office at the town hall here the Massabesic High School employed in the sales depart- ment of Central Maine Power Co for 30 years In 1959 he Eaduated from the New England stitute of Anatomy in Boston and became affiliated with his father-in-law at the Emond Funeral Home in Biddeford Conroy served with the US Air Force during World War II was a member of Luke Hart Council Knights of Columbus and the Fourth Degree Assembly of that Council and was past Grand Knight of the Cheverus Council South Portland He was also a member of Biddeford-Saco Lodge of Elks and Biddeford Post Veterans of Foreign Wars Surviving are his widow Mrs' Gertrude i Emond) COnroy a son John Conroy Jr both of grandchildren "P1 according to Robert £ir- aminer Record died Sunday morning at Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9- that he didn't want to get in highway patrolman A1 Goldberg said the woman told him She said that hope began to fade after the man left because she lived alone and no one knew her travel plans The woman told California Highway Patrol officers she was driving along twisting California 33 about 120 miles north of Los Angeles when she pulled to the side of the road for a rest She was heading north from Ventura hqr home toward Bakersfield 1 She said her foot accidentally struck the accelerator pedal and the car bolted off the road and came to rest on its roof 150 feet down the steep face of the gorge She said she crawled outside tne She said the injury to her knee after to safety wilderness beside National Forest A teen-ager had heard her gSS5ro nd She told officers that two days earlier she thought she was gang to bertscued when a passerby worked his down the she had been lifted 500 feet Biddeford: a daughter Sister He ST gorge after hearing her calls for car not realizing how steep or Martha Conroy RSM of ffhelp deep the gorge wasand slipped dovn another 350 feet to the bottom two sisters Miss Margaret Conroy and Miss way partly and was a 1968 gradu Mirililt aduate of the man tn effect-1 a 1968 graduate of that anyone who drove that road deserved anything he pit and Kennebunk High School and was a graduate of the New England Aeronautical Institute of Nashua N-H Hfi wgj member of the North American parachute Association and had attended South Dakota State College: Survivors include his parents both of this town: one brother Today's Weather aSllJ I le CHI lw DPT OPV combination measles-rubella and tine tests will be available Dr Donald Recalled By Heinz PITTSBURGH (AP) HJ Heim Co has recalled all boxes of its instant dry baby cereal aftef small metal fragments were found in two boxes The company said in its announcement over the weekend that the recall was voluntary and being taken because it could not ensure that other boxes might not contain similar fragments found to be nieces of aluminum A Charlotte NC housewife found the metal in the boxera week ago Last month two other consumers in Charlotte found metal filings in boxes of Instant Rice Cereal The Family of the Late Eric Record requests that memorial donations be made to the Kcoaebuak Rotary Park Fond in care id ER Warrea Col Keaaebnk la Mr memory IN MEMORIAM In loving memory of Warrea Harrlmaa Who passed away January 13 1174 It-only takes so little To write how much we miss you But it will take the rest of our lives To forget the day we lost you' Wife Son and Mother First anniversary mass will be snne at St Mary's Church Biddeford January 13 at 7:45 AM Library WELL BABY CLINIC ALFRED A well baby clinic £LxKSwillbidheW3ieBa at 1 pm at the Congregational Church Transportation further details can be obtained by calling 499-2365 SACOIOOF Saco Lodge of Odd Fellows will observe Past Grands Night tonight at IOOF Hall Main Street Saco A supper will be served at 6:30 followed by a business meeting and work on the third degree HIBERNIANS Division One Ancient Order of Hibernians of Biddeford will meet Tuesday at 7:30 pm at the hall corner of Main and Elm streets Biddeford LYMAN ASSESSORS The Board of Accessors will meet in Lyman Town Hall Wednesday at 6:30 pm YCCA OUTREACH CAPE PORPOIZE Food stamps certification information on Social Security Implement and other services will be held Wednesday from 9 am to 1 pm at the old Fire Hall SENIOR CITIZENS BUS Free transportation for senior citizens throughout York County sponsored by CAP is available by calling (toll free) 1-8004424345 FUNERAL DIRECTORS SHUMWAY AND GROSS Funeral Service 35 Spring SL Saco 2844611 DENNETT CRAIG 365 Main Street Saco Maine Tel 282-0562 EMOND CONROY Funeral Home 72 Hill St Biddeford 284-5511 or 282-1818 SANSOUCY BLAIS Funeral Home 1 Stone St Biddeford 283-3653 Martel Director The Family of the Late John Conroy Requests flowers if In so lieu of desired donations may be made to the- St Joseph's Cemetery Road Fund or to the Mercy Hospjtal Building Fund Envelopes for this purpose will be available at the Funeral Home Elizabeth Conroy both of South Portland: two brothers Thomas Conroy and Joseph Conroy both of South Portland and several nieces and nephews A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday at 11 am at St Andre Church Biddeford and interment will be in Cemetery Biddeford Friends may call at Emond wand Conroy Funeral Home 72 Hill St fiiddefoid today and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm Robert Blair WELLS Funeral services for Robert Blair 76 of the Depot Road were conducted this morning at the Angell Funeral Home 9 Dane St Kennebunk ideford and interment will be the family lot at St Joseph Worcester 50 31 Rhode Island Providence 59 35 Coaaectiret Hartford New Hampshire Concord 50 Lebanon 42 ML Washington 32 Burlington 41 Montpelier 43 SERVICE FORECAST to 7AM EST A free introductory lecture on Transcendental Meditation given by Roger and Joan Caouette will be held Thursday at I pm at St Francis College Library Pool Road Biddeford REALTORS 1 York County Board of Realtors will meet Tuesday at Village Cove Inn Kennebunkport A social wppbvtiw6 pm followed by a dinner and business -meeting MAINE CRAFTSMEN The Society of Southern Maine Craftsmen will hold a craft show Jan 17 and 18 at the Maine Mall South Portland from 9:30 am to 9:30 pm PUBLIC LUNCHEON KENNEBUNK A public luncheon will be served every Monday (except holidays) at SL David Episcopal Church Route 1 from 11:30 to 1 pm CHAIR CANING Chair caning sponsored by York County Council on Aging will be conducted every Monday at 10 am at the Learning Center Alfred Stanley Hyde and Carl Bohlin will be instructors TOPS KENNEBUNK TOPS Chapter meets every Monday night at 7 at the United Baptist Church vestry SPEBSQSA CHAPTER KENNEBUNKPORT SPEBSQSA Chapter Chapter meets night at 7:30 at the every Monday community YCCA OUTREACH WELLS Food stamp certification information on Social Security Implements and other services is abailable every Mond-day from am to 1 pm at tne town LKCTUKE KENNEBUNK A lecture on breast self-examination will be held Tuesday at 9:30 am at St Monica Church hall Route 1 conducted by Dr William Bergen KENNEBUNKPORT A fmblic hearing on SAD 71 352 million bond issue will be held Tuesday at 7:30 pm at the Consolidated School Fuaeral Notices CONROY John P63 of 72 HiU St Biddeford Funeral services will be held at St Andre'y Church at 11 AM Wednesday Interment will be in St Joseph's Cemetery Calling hours at the Emond Conroy Funeral Home 72 -Hill St Biddeford today and Tuesday 2-4 and 7-9 pm Biddeford-Saco Journal Published daily accept 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 (3-80: months (2160 one year (4320 1 The Associated Press' is entitled exclusively to the use for republics tion all the local news printed in this newspaper as well as all AP news dispatches National advertising representatives are Mathews-Shannon-Cullen Inc 757 3rd Are New York City NY The All New Main Castle 37 MAIN ST: BIDDEFORD TEL 2824787 MON TUES WED SPECIALS CLAM CAKE aa DINNERS FF POTATOES PICKLES LOBSTER ROLLS 169 y-r Cooks Cleaning And Laundry Help Secretaries made it impossible to work her gorge was a carlo sleep on Temperatures fell as low as 32 degrees during the period officials said The teen-ager Dean Herman 15 said he was out with a group of friends hunting for targets to shoot at when he heard the woman's screams One went for help while the others lowered themselves into the gorge Rescue workers took the woman to Ventura Community Memorial Hospital where she was reported doing welPhfter knee surgery Doctors said there no broken bones way back up the -rugged vThe only comfort she had rubber floor mat from the LONDON (AP) The Irish Republican Army made plans to kidnap Prince Charles last year three London newspapers reported today Newport Bangor Caribou Eastport Greenville Portland Rumford Halifax Montreal Quebec 48-29 34 39 29 52 35 45 29 49 33 47 32 56 35 39 38 41 29 Maine Canadian On FM These include sirens news announcements on local radio and television stations and block-by-block canvassing by public officials THE DANCING DOLL 285 Main Street Biddeford 2824(21 eDaaskia Leotards Tights Tap Ballet Acrobatic Toe Shoes A VENTURA CaliL (AP) -Barbara Wilson lay injured at the bottom of Wheeler Gorge for six days Temperatures dipped to freezing and there was no food or water She a passerby refused have a strong desire to live and I guess I did by the grace of God" the 46-year-old divorcee says that at one point to call for told highway patrolmen Sunday Portland Snow ending tonight lows near 10 north to near 20 south Partly cloudy Tuesday highs mostly ft the 20s New England Temperatures Massachusetts Boston 61 37 Chatham 54 40 Nantucket 55 40 Pittsfield 44 32 New Bedford 58 37 NATIONAL 3024 3000 Ufl WEATHER FOTOC Disaster WASHINGTON (AP) warnings of nuclear attack hurri- federal government on ah FM radio frequency The Wnite House Office of Telecommunications Policy said Sunday the warnings will be issued through the National Weather Service broadcasting 24 hours daily over VHF-FM radio channels 1(240 and 1(255 megahertz John Eiger acting director of telecommunications policy said moat home radios are not presently capable of receiving these channels so the new iyi-tern requires -installation of a special adapter But the device described as inexpensive and already on the market is expected to be built into new radios as they are manufactured "The system incoiporates a special tone alert signal permitting home receivers to be ac- DONT WEATHfl Interlot in ment was in the family Ocean Niew Cemetery Belair died Saturday in a San- font hospital He was born in Livermore Falls Oct 7 1898 a son of Edward and Anastasia (Vieuleux) Blair Blair graduated from Keiits Hill Academy class of 1917 and was a he was well known in the Wells and Ogunquit area as a gardner Surviving are his widow Mrs Marie Blair of Bath: a son Robert 'R Blair of Wells: a daughter Mrs George (Carmen) Jennison of Bath five grandchildren and twov greatgrandchildren Alice Donovan Miss Alice Donovan 62 of 242 Elm St Biddeford died un- expectedly Sunday in a Portland hospital She was bom inBiddeford July 4 1912 a daughter of Michael and Mary Magrath I Donovan Miss Donovan was educated in Biddeford schools and was a communicant of St Mary Church Biddeford Surviving are two sisters Mrs Helene Nadeau and Mrs Kathryn Foran both of Saco: a brother John Donovan of Biddeford and several nieces and nephews A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Tuesday at 9 am at St Mary Church and inter- ment will be in the family lot at St Mary Cemetery Biddeford Friends may can at Cosgrove Funeral Home 326 Elm St Biddeford tonight from 7 to 9 7 0 two sisters Miss Cathy Record and Miss Carol Record both of this community his maternal grandmother Mrs Joseph Haley of Biddeford Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 pm from Bibber Memorial Chapel 67 Summer St this town Interment will be in Hope Cemetery here The Rev Carlton Gunn will officiate CatherineMurphy OLD ORCHARD Catherine Mrs Murphy 58 of Portland Avenue died unexpectedly at the home ot her son here early Sunday morning Sne was born in Portland July 18 1916 a daughter of Patrick and Jennief O'Donnell) Joyce and the late William Murphy Sr a former assistant fire chief here She was employed at the time ment in the consolidataHtinch Se was a communicant of St Margaret Church and a member of tne church choir She was a teacher of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine at the parish She was also a member of Fayette-Staples American Legion Ladies Auxiliary and of the school department's Booster Club Survivors include William Murphy Robert Muroky and Martin Murphy all of this town and John Murphy of Scarborough two brothers Martin A Joyce and John Joyce both of Portland a sister Mrs Jane O'Leary 'of Portland nine grandchildren and several nieces and nephews 10 am Margaret Church Calling hours will be held at Old Orchard Beach Funeral Home Portland Avenue today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 Dm pm A funeral Mass will be sung at am Tuesday from St SACO-BIDDEFORD YWCA SPRING COURSES canes tornadoes and other asters will be sent out by the Ballroom dancing Dancing of all kinds Guitar Yoga and physical fitness Change of pace Home Landscaping conditioning Knitting and crocheting Belly dancing Astrology Hooking Basic sewing Sewing with knits Knowing your car Adult basic tennis Junior basic tennis Pre-school iwfm Adult beginning swimming Swim and trim 1 Anyone interested In CALL Rug Warnings -1 tivated automatically if desired by the owner" Eger said If the owner has his radio turned on and set at the specified channels he will hear a beep signal telling him to turn up the volume and receive the warning For the "forseeable future! it is doubtful most people will purchase receivers capable of (ticking up the channels so the system will supplement other warning systems Eger said Beauty 36 Acorn Street Biddeford WILL BE CLOSED TEMPORARILY Watch For Reopening Ad At A Later Date FORGET tw 1 Any Of These Courses 284 7989 A EVERGREEN MANOR NORTH STREET SACO OPEN IN NEAR FUTURE TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR Yr EMPLOYMENT ON ALL SHIFTS 7 Pessimism Rampant In Britain PRINCETON NJ (AP) -Only the British are more pessimistic than the Americans about chances for world peace in 1975 a nine-nation Gallup Poll survey shows The recent international survey showed1 69 per cent of the Britons responding predict 1975 will be a troubled year In the United States 61 per cent of those questioned said they feel the same way Twenty-nine per cent of the Americans surveyed said they think 1975 will be a peaceful rear while 10 per cent had no opinion In Great Britain 14 per cent of those polled predicted peace while no opinion was offered by 17 per cent Fifty six per cent of those questioned in Canada45 per cent in Spain 41 per cent in Sweden Funeral Home 36 Portland Are 38 per cent in Uruguay-31 per to conduct memorial services for cent in Switzerland 31 per cent In Mrs Catherine' Murphy a France and 28 per cent India member and past president feel 1975 will be a troubled year TO OFFER PRAYERS Luke Hart Council Knights of Columbus will meet tonight at 7:30 at Emond and Conroy Funeral Home 72 Hill St Biddeford to offer prayers for John Conroy a member TO RECITE PRAYERS Members of the Fourth Degree Assembly of Luke Hart Council Knights of Columbus will meet tonight at 8 at Emond and Conroy Funeral Home 72 Hill St Biddeford to recite prayers for John Conroy a member TO PAY RESPECTS The Auxiliary of SL Andre Home and Dame Unit of Webber Hospital Association will meet at Emond and Conroy Funeral Home 72 Hill SL Biddeford to pay respects to John Conroy husband of a member MEMORIAL SERVICES OLD ORCHARD BEACH -Members of the Fayette Staples Unit American- Legion Auxiliary will meet' tonight at 7:30 at Old Orchard Beach Registered Nunes 7- Lie Practical Nurses Nurses Aides r' 7 v7' v-- OPEN HOUSE 7 JANUARY 28 TiM'PML "TRINITY EPISCOPAL HALL CLEVELAND ST SACO 7' 1 7r 7 WENDY ASHLEY noted Astrologer Will Be Guest Speaker- Wendy will be teaching the Astrology 1 1: course this spring for the YWCA APPLIANCE DAILY SPECIALS SEVERAL SPECIALS DAILY SAVINGS OF $1500 TO 15000 lSP-r ALL NEW APPLIANCES 237 Main Street Saeo 282-1001 Help For Activity Aad Social Service- Employes Needed For Full Or Part Time FOR APPOINTMENT CALL 28H2I1 7 Between 11 AM 1 PM It Evenings -V f' I i a.