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Morning Sentinel from Waterville, Maine • 2

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late Obituaries and Funerals FUNERAL OF MRS. DOROTHY NAGEM MORNING SENTINEL, Saturday, February 5, 1966 SUMMEY EAST WOBURN-A Requiem High Mass for Mrs. Dorothy Nagem Summey was held Thursday at 9 a.m. at St. Joseph's Church in East Woburn, Mass.

Burial was in Calvary tery, Woburn, Mass. MRS. HELEN PENDERGRASS MIAMI-Mrs. Helen Pendergrass, 48, died Thursday at her home in Miami, Fla. She was born, Hinckley, April 2, 1917, the of Gladys and the late Earl Palmer.

Surviving are her husband, William Pendergrass of Miami; one son, Stuart Snell of Noblesville, her mother, of Hinckley and Miami; three brothers. Ellsworth Palmer of Largo, Mahlon Palmer of Winslow and Walter Palmer of Hinckley; one sister, Carolyn, Salisbury of grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held from the McHale Funeral Parlor in Miami, Monday, at 2 p.m. FUNERAL OF VICTOR WOOD Funeral services for Victor A. were held at the RedingWood, Funeral Home at 2 p.m.

Friday with the Benjamin Bubar officiating. The bearers were Richard Ireland, John McLean, George Costley Chesley Black. Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery in the spring. MADISON Omitted ca from the list of survivors in the Martelle Tibbetts obituary Friday was one son, Arnold of Illinois. STANLEY TROY-Word L.

PELTONen received that Stanley L. Pelton, 53, a native of Unity died Wednesday in Lake Wales, Fla, as the result of a gunshot wound received in a gas station hold-up where he employed. He was born Aug. 8, 1912, the son of Lewis and Beula ThompsOn Pelton. He attended schools in Troy and graduated from Unity High School in 1928.

He has made his home in Florida for the past 25 years. He is survived by his widow Penelope from Rensselaer, N. his mother, Beula Clifford Boak, of Troy; a half sister Dora Waldo; half brother Charles Clifford, Troy and several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 4 p.m. at the Donald H.

Shorey Funeral Home in Pittatield, with Unity the Rev. officiating. George Burial will be in the Rogers Cemetery in Unity in the spring. FUNERAL OF ARCHIE ARSENAULT MADISON Services for Archie Arsenault were held Frimorning at Edwards Fuday neral Hom here, with the Rev. (Donald Bouchard of Augusta officiating.

Bearers were Anthony Richard, Gary and David Arsemault. Spring interment will be made at St. Sebastian Cemetery here. FUNERAL OF HAROLD WITHER MADISON -Services for the late Harold Withee were held Friday afternoon at Edwards Funeral Home here, with the Rev. Robert L.

Walden, pastor of. United Baptist Church here, officiating. were Philip Tozier, Bearers, Wills, Wallace and 'Maurice Moody. Spring burial will be made at Forest Hill Cemetery here. MRS.

MARY E. DALRYMPLE TEMPLE the Mrs. widow Mary, E. Harold Dalrymple, Dalrymple, died Friday in CARD OF THANKS I wish to thank all my friends and relatives for their many remembrances while I was a patient at Fatrview Hospital. also wish to express gratitude to Dr.

Reed. the nursing staff and the Rev. Aubrey Burbank, Inez Buzzell Athens CARD OF THANKS I wish to thank, relatives and friends who remembered me with calls, flowers and cards during my illness. Especially thank Mr. and Mrs.

Harold Gilispie sand their employes for flowers, gifts and money: Pastor Lowell Kienstad for his visits; the Good Will Club: the for remembrances. Dr. Sy and nurses at the Fairview Hospital; Dr. Rodrigues and the nurses of the south wing at the Thayer Hospital all for care and kindness. And to one who, in any way gave assistance to my family during my absence, I give my thanks.

Eleanor Merrill Temple nursing home after long illness. She was born in 1 Vienna, July 5, 1895, the daughter of William and Carrie G. Meader, and was educated in the 1 public schools of Rome. A former resident of West Swansea, N. she moved to Temple in 1950.

She is survived by a son, Guy Sheldon of West Swansea, N. a stepson, Paul 1 Dalrymple of Farmignton; three brothers, Fred and Daniel Meader of Wilton, and Herbert Meader of Livermore Falls; and several nieces, nephews and, cousins. Funeral be held p.m. services, the Funeral Home, 3 Court Street, Farmington, with the Rev. Ronald Walden officiating.

Burial will be in the Temple Village Cemetery in the spring. CRASH (Continued From Page 1) an Air Force C124 Globemaster that killed 129 U.S. The worst disaster was the death of 134 persons in the collision of two airliners over New York City, Dec. 16, 1960 The All- Airway disaster was fourth involving Boeing 727 the past six months. The other three, all' in the United States, took 140 lives.

President Kaheita Okazaki, resident of All-Nipon, said the line's other Boeing 727s would continue to fly unless the Japanese Civil Aviation Board grounds In Washington, the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board offered the Japanese government technieel assistance in looking into the crash. The Japanese authorities ordered an inquiry, and the Transport Ministry scheduled an initial hearing. SANFORD (Continued. From Page 1) "that Senate President Carlton Reed and the Democratic leadership have seen fit to deny my request to have former Gov.

Terry Sanford of North Carolina address a joint convention of the Maine Legislature and explain the educational compact. "I consider this a personal affront to both Gov. Sanford and myself. This is probably the first time in Maine history that a governor of has been denied dis- the courtesy presenting tinguished American to a session of the legislature." The Senate president said he understands that the" initiative for the Sanford visit came from Sanford or his office to Reed through Sen. Roger V.

Snow D-Falmouth, chairman of the legislative education Committee. He said he has no objection to Sanford address but does not want the issue revived now in the legislature. A number of people of both parties are strongly opposed to the idea, he said, and no emergency is involved. The matter can be taken up again at next year's regular session.Anita YALE (Continued From Page 1) blown by the referee, eight year-old Polly Prelinger of New Haven, and Rothchild was declared the winner, the partisan audience of 200 Yale students broke into a spirited rendition Yale Fight Song. "When asked about the results of the match, Miss McVeigh sayd, "I don't think the loss makes me any less feminine; it just proves that John is more feminine." The Radcliffe junior became more kindly disposed toward her former opponent a few minutes later, however, when he demonstrated.

his, several masculinity times, presumably for the benefit of cameramen. After this sportsmanlike demonstration, Rothchild said "Miss Mc Veigh' obvious feminine charms are not without evidence. I concede to her femininity, as well as her ability to boss around those poor hapless males in the Harvard Crimson newsroom. "Men, we are lost." Signs Petition WASHINGTON-(P)-Maine's Edmund S. Muskie was one of five Democratic senators among the 22 who signed Friday a petition for cloture to end the fillbuster on the union ship bill.

ATHENS Greek wig ma- kers are short of human hair, REDINGTON FUNERAL HOME 5 Park Street 2 Pleasant Street Waterville, Maine Clinton, Maine Also Serving Vassalboro, China, Albion and Surrounding Communities VEILLEUX'S FUNERAL HOME EST. 1933 AMBULANCE SERVICE Licensed -Lady Assistant LOCAL AND OUT OF TOWN CALLS ARE GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION Completely -Conditioned TR 2-7676 8. ELM STREET WATERVILLE. ME. Data From U.S.

WEATHER BUREAU 30 30 10 20 50 COLDER 40 60 Row 50 Showers 18 Snow FORECAST 60 Flurries Figures Show High Temperatures Expected Far Daytime Saturday Isolated Precipitation Net indicated- Consult Local forecast Weather Forecast Saturday along the ever the northern Appalachians and sippi valley. Rain also are slated Pacific coast. (AP THE WEATHER Official Govt. Forecast Maine Mostly cloudy with periods of light snow flurries Saturday. Highest temperatures in the 20s north portion, and lower 30s south portion.

Cloudy with snow flurries ending Saturday night. Lowest. temperature zero to five above north and five to 15 degres south portion. Partly cloudy, somewhat colder on Sunday, Eastport to Block IslandNortheast to north winds incerasing 25 Satur-ing Considerable, cloudiness with periods of light snow or snow flurries. Visibility variable to one mile or less in the snow.

Sentinel Almanac Saturday, Feb. 5, 1966 36th day, 329 to follow (Eastern Standard Time) Sunrise: 6.52 a.m. Sunset: 4.54 p.m. Day's length: 10 2 mins. Increase: 1 hr.

12 mins. moon: Today, 10.58 a.m. Last quarter: Feb. 12, 3.53 a.m. New moon: Feb.

20. 5.50 a.m, First quarter: Feb. 28, 5.16 a.m. Yesterday's high reading: 36 Yesterday's low reading: 23 If anger is not restrained, it is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it. THOMAS LORD Rockies and upper Missiswill fall along part of the Wirephoto Map) SENATE (Continued From 1) tary, of State Dean Rus last year, most of it ticketed fo rViet Nam, but including funds for such other powderkegs as Thailand, Laos and the Dominican Republic.

"Our aid," Fulbright said, "has been major factor in bringing about our present involvement." Under questioning, Bell contended it is essential to continue aid to Thailand and Laos to bolster them against possibility of a Communist takeover, Peking already has warned, he said, that 1966 is the year to launch a "war of liberation" in Thailand and indeed, he added, "It has already Friday. Because of that session and because the hearing has develloped the Nam, most the room public was debate crowd- on ed with cameras, spectators and newsmen. The committee obtained Senate permission to hold the hearings while the Senate itself is locked in a filibuster over union shop legislation. Normally committee hearings are barred durSenate sessions. The reason for the hearings is the administration's emergency request for $415 million in additional economic aid for this Hu LAWRY FUNERAL (St.

Albans Man' Is Indicted In Pedestrian Death AUGUSTA (P) Arthur L. Gaboury, 25, of Readfeld was charged with assault Friday in death of Lt. Ralph Chase of the Gardiner police department Jan. 1. Gaboury was released under $2,000 bail in Kennebec County Superior Court after being arrested on an indictment returned secretly Thursday by the grand jury.

Technically, the indictment charged "assault upon the' person of" Lt. Chase. Chase died about hours after a scuffle New Year's Eve at the Sportsmen's Club in Gardiner, where he was police duty at party. Autopsy showed that death resulted from massive hemorrhage in punctured lung. The grand jury also charged Melvin F.

Warner, 21, of Saint with manslaughter in the death of Emma Charity, about 45, of Fairfield Jan. 1. Mrs. Charity was struck by an automobile as she was walking on College Avenue in Waterville. Warner was released" under $5,000 bail.

His indictment also was returned secretly when the grand jury rose Thursday. Maine Campus Says Student Stole Test ORONO -IN- The Maine Campus, weekly newspaper of the state university here, carried story this week Indicating that a copy of a Psychology I final examination was stolen during the past summer session and reviewed prior to testing Jan. 17. The story reported that a student revealed to 4 staff reporter that he had stolen the test booklet. He said, however, that he did not distribute the test book nor did he have it photocopied.

story in The Maine Campus stemmed from an alleged cheating the university that was followed by the invalidation of Psychology I tests. Officials of the university stated that the tests were being invalidated because a copy of the exam had been circulated among about 100 of the 730 students taking the test. An editorial in the same cam- REED (Continued From Page 1) making a total of $200,000 in state funds toward a municipal auditorium and office at Old Orchard Beach. Legislation to all ow the Health Welfare Department to inaugurate a pilot food stamp program in Androscoggin County; this would replace the present surplus food program and welfare recipients and some other eligible persons would get stamps redeemable from general stock of grocery stores, -A bill to create a speech and hearing referral center at A- supplemental appropriaFarmington State College; a tion of $139,000 for the Department of Indian Affairs, to continue existing Indian welfare programs; -Authority to buy radar speed measuring devices, part of the governor's special session traffic safety program which also included 20 more state troopers, an advisory board on license control and more driver training; Liberalizing of granted under the State Retirement System for out-of-state service by teachers and other employes; An increase from Ave to six in the membership of the Industrial Accident Commission; -Salary boosts for the state auditor, attorney general and education commissioner, who did not share in the general raises last year; A rebate of one per cent of gasoline taxes paid by retail dealers to' for loss of evaporation; compensate, -A $200,000 appropriation and bill that will make mental tuberculosis hospital patients eligible for public assistance; this will permit the release of about 400 to nursing, boarding or private homes over the next several months; Raising the total commissions on harness, and running horse racing pari-mutuel bets from 17 to 18 per cent and givthe increase to track owners; they will get 11 instead of 10 per cent. mounts for other places.

Among measures the governor signed Friday are: A $100,000 appropriation pus newspaper this week blamed both the faculty and students for the scandal. The editorial struck out at psychology professors, calling them "lazy" for not preparing a new final exam for. this Smoke Fells Three Prisoners At Gardiner GARDINER (P) Three prisoners were overcome by smoke from a fire that broke out in Gardiner's City Hall early Friday. The is ers, unconscious when rescued by firemen, were revived quickly and apparently suffered no severe effects. All three were in the lock-up on intoxication charges.

Only Thursday, the city council had approved an order authorizing an architect to develop plans for new combined city hall-fire station. The fire station has been condemned by the state as structurally unsound. The fire burned out a wall beside the cell block. About two hours later it broke out again in another wall, damaging the council chamber. Fire Chief William F.

MacDonald estimated the loss at about $2,000. The rescued prisoners were identified as Warren Holt, 30, of Pittsfield, George Davis, 25, of Gardiner and Wilton Lailer, 40, of Randolph. Snow furries are forecast lower Great Lakes to the northeast states. Snow flurries LB.J (Continued From Page 1) tion and health and agricul- ture." The President said the United States wants to put the best planning and maximum effort these "pacification pro grams," as he called them, and this "will occupy a substantial part of the conference." Of course, he went on, he would a "very thoroughly go into the military briefing" with Westmoreland and Adm. U.S.

Sharpe U.S. commander the Pacific with headquarters at Honolulu. The conferences presumably will be held at the Pearl Harbor Navy Base. However, Johnson said, details have not been worked out. In response to questions, he said neither members Congress nor representatives of Allied countries, apart from South Viet Nam, will participate in the sessions.

Asked if he plans to report to the nation upon his return, Johnson told "We. aill report to you following these discussions and meetings everything that we. can, and, through you, to the American people." Asked about public reaction to his weekend decision to resume bombing of North Viet Nam after a 38-day pause, Johnson said polls indicate jabout. 70. cent approved of "and I think very substantial per cent approved of ending it." Johnson indicated the pause may have lasted few days longer than he intended.

at one point. "The last two or three days (of the pause) we, received note that there was going to be very urgent message delivered to one of the large powers in a very critical capital, and so we had to wait a couple of days for that," he said. He said the substance of the note turned out to be embodied in a letter to Communist powers by North Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh who termed Johnson's peace efforts "an impudent threat." "So," said Johnson, "by that time we had used 38 days, and we felt that we had exhausted all of the possibilities there." He said that lacking any real hope of accomplishing his objective through his "peace offensive," he felt free to launch other efforts "which we are now pursuing at the United Nations any other places that may offer possibilities from time to time." He expressed pleasure that the Security Council has agreed to debate the Viet Nam war and said: will do everything that we can to thoroughly search for a that will lead to peace. Ambassador (Arthur Goldberg, with the help of his staff, and the friends- of peace in the United Nations, are roing to be working around the clock until peace is achieved." VIET (Continued From Page 1) after a 37-day moratorium. A U.S.

Navy Skyhawk from the carrier Ranger vanished into cloud cover Tuesday. Its pilot is listed as missing. Communist ground fire crippled a twin- Vigilante from the carrier Kitty Hawk Thursday and it plunged into the Gulf of Tonkin about 175 miles north of the border, crashing two miles. offshore midway between Vinh and Than. Hoa.

Rescue craft huning the Vigilante's rafts spotted them board two Communist boats leaving the area. The two crewmen are listed as missing. In the South, Marine helicopter faltered after taking off from the Chu Lai and dropped into the about 200 yards offshore. One of the four crewmen was killed. The others escaped with minor injuries.

U.S. Air. Force F105 Thunderchiefs resumed bridge bombing in the North. They struck at one place six miles north of Vinh and another at Cam Dong, 60 miles southwest of Hanoi. The crews again used- radar equipment to pick out targets through cloudy skies.

Navy jets from the Ranger and Kitty Hawk made 15 strikes Thursday in the vicinity of Vinh, striking through flak described from light to heavy. The pilots said they destroyed one an tiaircraft site, damaged a railroad bridge 14 miles north of Vinh, cratered the approaches to other bridges and sank some junks and barges. Fire Destroys Cornville Home CORNVILLE The West Ridge Road home of Percy Cleveland near Kingman's Corner here was destroyed by fire Friday night at an estimated loss of $5,000, Skowhegan Fire, Chief Willard Meader said. Some furniture was removed from. the living room of the one and a half story, seven room wooden frame structure to safety outside, but all his other possessions were lost.

Firemen stated Cleveland, whom they believed lived alone, was not hurt. He has partial insurance coverage. Two tank trucks were sent from Skowhegan along with 10 men, who, found the interior completely ablaze when they arrived. Athens also dispatched a truck and four firefighters to the scene. These crews managed to save Cleveland's small barn located 3 5to 40 feet from the burning structure.

Flames broke out at 9:101 p.m. and one Skowhegan truck returned to the station at 10:45 p. m. The other was left at the rural fire site to watch the ruins for a few more hours. EDWARD GAUNCE BROS.

HOME under NEW MANAGEMENT VT Details have recently. been completed which transferred the major interest in Lawry Brothers Funeral Home from Ormonde and John Lawry to Thomas G. Lord and Edward W. Gaunce. Mr.

Ormonde Lawry, former President, and Mr. John Lawry, former Treasurer, WILL REMAIN ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION AND BOTH WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE THEIR SERVICES AVAILABLE IN THE ACTIVE OPERATION OF THE FUNERAL HOME. The Lawry firm has served the families of this area as funeral directors since 1886 when it started as O. W. Lawry Co.

It was incorporated as Lawry Bros. Co. in 1907 and has been continuously in business under that name up to the present time. Until 1963 the firm also operated a furniture store. Since 1942 the funeral home has operated from the former Martin Keyes residence on Fairfield's Main Street.

Mr. Lord came to fairfield from his native Skowhegan in 1958. He was educated in Skowhegan schools and was graduated from Skowhegen High School. His professional education was received from the Cincinnati College of Embalming in Cincinnati, Ohio. He served three years in the U.S.

Army as a laboratory technician with the 109th Field Hospital in Salsburg, Austria. He is noble grand of the Fairfield Lodge of Odd Fellows, immediate past president of the Fairfield Jaycees, a member of Grover-Hinckley Pest American Legion and the Baptist Church. He is married to the former Beverly Violette of Skowhegan and has four children: William, Richard, Darrell, Jonathan. They make their home in the upstairs portion of the funeral home. Mr.

Gaunce is a native of China, and first came to Fairfield in 1960. He was educated in the elementary schools of China and was graduated from Coburn 'Classical Institute in Waterville. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business and Economics from the University of Maine and received his professional training from the New England Institute of Anatomy in Boston, Mass. He is a member of Central Lodge A.F. and A.M.

of China, the Fairfield Kiwanis Club and is a member of the Fairfield Baptist Church where he serves on the finance committee and church collector. He was also a member of Mu Sigma Alpha, the mortuary education honor society. He is married to the former Pauline Boynton of South China. The couple makes their present home at Elm Street. Besides operation of the funeral facilities the firm maintains a 24.

hour ambulance service which is equipped with oxygen and two-way radio on Fairfield fire and police frequency. Mr. Roland Pooler who has been associated with the Lawry firm for several years is employed on a full time basis and Mr. Omer Begin assists in serving the families of the Catholic faith. Laury Brothers Funeral Home 107 Main Street Fairfield, Maine TEL.

453-6049..

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