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Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Thursday, May 26, 1983 Maine Central Railroad employee Gerard Lebanc of. Lewiston shovels Working on the stones Wednesday between railroad ties along a stretch of track in Farmingdale. (Staff photo by Cheryl Denz) SAD 16 budget OK'd without questions FARMINGDALE Voters at the annual SAD 16 budget meeting Wednesday night made it easy for the SAD 16 Board of Directors, embracing a $2.13 million budget without a word of dissent. All three money articles on the meeting warrant passed on a 33-0 vote. Nobody asked any questions during the 15 minute session.

The new school budget is 6.08 percent greater than the 1982-83 budget. It will I require 0.35 percent more money from Hallowell taxpayers, and Earl R. Bickford SIDNEY Earl R. Bickford, 68, of Goodhue Road, died Tuesday evening at Waterville hospital following a long illness. He was born in Oakland, May 20, 1915, the son of Walter and Marguritte Bickford.

He was employed by the Diamond International Corp. for 45 years and had served the company as district fleet supervisor, retiring in 1976. He was a former member of the Amon Lodge 100F of Oakland, and past president of the Oakland SnoGoers Club. He is survived by his wive, Bessie Knox Bickford of Sidney: three sons, Neil and Jack. both of Sidney, and Earl of Rowley, two daughters, Janice Dorval of North Vassalboro and Elaine Collier of Sidney: three brothers, Lawrence Bickford of Leavittown, Walter Bickford of Waterville, and Lynn Pressey of Oakland; 16 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Wheeler Funeral Home, Church4 Street, Oakland, where friends may call today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services GARDINER Funeral services for Ellery L. Robinson were held. Wednesday afternoon from the First Baptist Church with the Rev.

William Dunstan, pastor of the church, officiating. Delegations attended from the church and the Libby Hill Grange of Gardiner. Pallbearers were Robert Belgrade, Clifford Jamison, Cecil Pare, Scott Stairs, Jeffrey Vowles and Terry Bragg. Burial was in the Lisbon Center Cemetery, where the Rev. Perley Sloat of Lisbon Falls said committal services.

Services WINDSOR Funeral services for Lucy F. Haskell were held at the Gray Funeral. Home Wednesday afternoon with the Rev. Winifred Reynolds officiating. Honorary pallbearers were Laurence Quimby, Arthur Smith and Kempton Tobey.

Active pallbearers were Gary Gagnon, 6.14 percent more from Farmingdale. Superintendent of Schools George D. Stewart said the speed of the budget's adoption was due to heavy public attendance at many budget-related board meetings in April and May. "The frustrations were taken care. of there, and didn't exhibit themselves here," he said.

The board convened briefly after the meeting to deal with matters that had to wait until the voters had acted on the budget. In accordance with its plan to cut Obituaries, Funerals Brian York. Paul Cote. John Garrish, Wally Clair and Donnie Dyer. Burial was in Chadwick Hills Cemetery, South China, where committal services were held by Rev.

Reynolds. Services VASSALBORO Committal services for Mrs. Louise J. Glidden, who died May 10, will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Cross Services Funeral services for Frank A.

Farrington were held Wednesday at Knowlton Hewins Home, 1 Church with the Rev. George C. Bland pastor of the South Parish Congregational Church, officiating. Delegations attended from the church; Augusta Lodge AF AM; Maine State Employees Association: Maine Association of Retirees, the Maine State Bar: area attorneys; Industrial Accident and the Maine Employment Security Commission. Honorary pallbearers were Julius W.A.

Kohler. Donovan D. Lancaster, Sanford L. Fogg, William P. Viles and Alan Pierce Farrington.

Active pallbearers were Robert Frank Farrington, William S. Lyon, Whitney F. Lyon, John P. Lyon, Fred A. Drake, and Kennebec Journal VOL.

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Sandra Crehore, the mother of two Mt. Ararat students and one graduate, moved the $10,000 cut from the extracurricular activities account, with a finger pointed at football. The percentage of the Mt. Ararat students who sign up and stick with football is low, and the money could be better used for soccer and track, she said. "I personally feel after 10 years," since the high school opened, "the time has come to drop it," she said.

Principal Michael Smith said later about 25 or 30 boys joined the $15,000 to $17,000 program in 1982 out of 860 high school students, and that 19 finished the season. Chairman Joanne Rogers advised that it would be up to the school board to decide where to cut the $10,000 from football or other extracurricular accounts. The motion, however, was defeated by voice vote. The $7.1 million for 1983-84 was kept as proposed, but Mrs. Rogers moved for some transfers between accounts.

The district's share of the regional vocational budget was reduced by 067, and that amount was switched to the extracurricular account, which Mrs. Rogers said was inadvertently short $8,000. The district's vocational cost dropped in the fine-tuning of that budget, she said. Another point of extensive debate during the meeting at Mt. Ararat was the $33,000, budgeted for one new computer and software at each of the district's five elementary schools.

Speakers complained that computep education is planned for the sixth grade in those schools, but not for the seventh and eighth grades at Mt. Ararat. The original computer proposal which included the junior high level totaled $342,000, which was pared, down by the board's subcommittee, said Johnston. One man later moved to apply the entire $40,000 contingency account to junior high computers, but the motion failed for lack of a second. A non-money article allowing the board to accept more tuition students than the current maximum of five for Mt.

Ararat also passed. The $7.1 million budget an 8.79 increase over this year's spending level will boost Topsham's school cost 10.6 percent to $1.5 million; Bowdoin, 16.5 percent to Harpswell, 12.5 percent to $1.2 million; and, Bowdoinham, 10.9 percent to $444,968. Fire damages storage building prayers. The Augusta Fire Dept. responded late Wednesday night to a two-alarm fire in a two-story garage and storage Christian building located behind celean apartment Sacred building at 18 Green St.

John E. Fire Chief Leon Folger said the fire, which was under control by midRich- night, started beneath the building in John a storage area that contained lumDavid. ber. The building, owned by Richard all Fleury of Augusta, was unoccupied, Hallo- Folger said. Bellefon- Cause of the fire which began shortly after 11 p.m.

is unknown. Seagull Guitars Handmade In Canada Offer Introductory off Corey Music Center two teaching positions because of declining pupil enrollment, the board voted to release fifth grade teacher Linda Davis. Stewart said another teacher is expected to resign for health reasons, making another layoff unnecessary. The board approved a Simmons Trust Fund budget of $29,000, the amount of annual interest the fund has generated. Board members noted an improvement in the return on the investment in the fund, although not to the level they expect.

Charles K. Hewins Jr. Burial was in Forest Grove Cemetery where the Rev. Mr. Bland gave committal prayers.

Services GARDINER Funeral services for Herbert W. Fisher Jr. were held Wednesday afternoon at the Staples Funeral Home, 53 Brunswick Avenue, Gardiner, by the Rev. Bruce Hudson, pastor of the Highland Avenue United Methodist Church. Pallbearers were Joseph and Gregory Fisher, Gregory and Doug MacMaster, Steve Phyllis, Steve Willard, Gene Cote a and Glen Amadon.

Burial was in the family lot in the Mt. Hope Cemetary in South Gardiner where the Rev. Hudson said committal prayers. Services HALLOWELL A Mass of burial for Catherine B. Fougere was brated Wednesday morning at Heart Catholic Church by the Rev.

Bellefontaine, pastor. Pallbearers were Robert LaFleur, ard Bachelder, Norman Ledew, Woodside, Joseph Washburn and Breed. Burial was in the family lot in the well Cemetery where the Rev. taine said committal prayers. Stop Smoking Lose Weight through Hypnosis Reasonable rates For an Augusta appointment Call 1-772-2109 .99 Main St.

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May 31 5 p.m. May 26 Wed. June 1 Noon, May 27 KENNEBEC JOURNAL. 274 Western Avenue Augusta 623-3811 Chance of showers Tuesday's temperatures Northeast, Northern Interior, Northwest High Low Today, partly sunny, high 60 to 65. Light AUGUSTA 65 48 southeast winds.

Tonight, mostly cloudy Anchorage 58 44 with a 30 percent chance of showers late at Boston 66 50 night, low in the 40s. Friday, mostly Buffalo 72 47 cloudy with a chance of light rain or Chicago 57 44 drizzle, high 55 to 60. Denver 48 Des Moines 53 Central Highlands, Western Mountains Detroit 61 53 Today, variable cloudiness with a 30 Duluth 60 35 percent of a shower, high 60 to 65. Winds Fairbanks 66 41 becoming light southeast. Tonight and Honolulu 69 Friday, occasional.

light rain or drizzle Houston 84 68 likely, low in the 40s, high Friday in the Los Angeles 81 68 50s. 54 Interior Washington County, Penobscot Memphis Miami 83 75 Valley Today, partly sunny, high 60 to Milwaukee 53 44 65. Light southeast winds. Tonight New Orleans 86 63 Friday, occasional light rain or drizzle New York 52 likely late at night, continuing Friday, low Philadelphia 48 45 to 50, high Friday in the 50s. Portland, Ore.

57 Reno 42 Coastal Washington County, Penobscot Richmond, Va. 52 Bay, Mt. Desert Today, partly sunny, San Francisco 52 high in the 50s. Southeast winds five to 15 Seattle 70 53 mph. Tonight and Friday, becoming foggy with occasional light rain or drizzle likely, Forecast low in the 40s, high Friday near 50.

Interior Capital, variable Foothills, Southwest Extended outlook Western Today, cloudiness with a 40 percent chance of a shower, high in Rain ending Saturday. Fair Sunday but the 60s. Light south winds. Tonight and with a chance of showers north. Chance of Friday, occasional light rain or drizzle showers Monday.

Daily highs in the upper likely, low in the 40s, high Friday in the 50s north and east with 60s elsewhere. 50s. Overnight lows in the 40s. Midcoast, Southwest Coast Today, variable cloudiness with a 40 percent Almanac chance of a shower, high in the upper 50s Sun rises 5:14 to low 60s. Winds becoming southeast five Sun sets 8:09 to 15 mph.

Tonight and Friday, becoming Day's length 14:55 foggy with occasional light rain or drizzle Day's increase 5:51 likely, low in the 40s, high Friday 50 to 55. Daylight Saving Time TIME TABLE OF HIGH TIDES ALONG MAINE COAST (Contributed by Maine Dept. of Marine Resources) (Eastern Standard Time) 1983 Augusta Bath -Boothbay Rockland Wiscasset May a.m. p.m. a.m.

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a.m. p.m. 26 2:24 2:57 11:55 12:00 10:48 10:57 10:38 10:47 11:10 12:00 27 3:06 3:42 12:04 12:40 11:33 11:39 11:23 11:29 11:55 12:00 3:48 4:25 12:46 1:23 12:00 12:16 12:00 12:06 12:01 12:38 a a Attorneys to haggle over convenience store issue Gardiner, bureau GARDINER Two Portland lawyers are due in town tonight to argue whether Cumberland Farms should be allowed to construct a building that is almost finished. "I understand construction has proceeded at a more rapid pace than it was when I filed our appeal," said Attorney Geoffrey H. Hole, who represents Jim Benedix and Benedix Enterprises.

Benedix appealed to the city's Board of Appeals April 27 after Cumberland Farms was awarded a building permit for the store at the corner of Bridge and Spring streets. Cumberland Farms is represented by Attorney David M. Cohen. The Massachusetts-based convenience store chain will carry the defense of the city's approval of construction plans. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m.

at city hall. Chairman Charles H. Martel was unable to predict whether the appeals board would make a decision after hearing the case. Three underground gasoline tanks were installed last week, and masons began mortaring bricks to the cinderblock shell of the building Wednesday. Card of Thanks The Family of.

Thelma E. Webber wishes to express their thanks to all who were so kind and caring during her illness, and for all the expressions of sympathy and kindness at the time of her death. Special thanks also, to Dr. Magioncalda, the Home Health Nurses, and everyone who contributed to the Maine Cancer Society in her behalf. Robert Marjorie (Webber) Pierson Sheldon Nina (Webber) Mank Granchildren Great granchildren Hole said he will display a drawing of the building site and adjacent roads as he presents his appeal, which focuses on four points: That the official "frontage" of the lot should not be Spring Street, but Bridge Street, which does not have enough frontage to meet zoning requirements.

That the store's layout "is absolutely inconsistent with the requirement of safety" in the zoning laws, because the Bridge Street entrance will cause a traffic hazard. Traffic from the Gardiner-Randolph bridge will be disrupted by cars turning into the lot, Hole argues, and will endanger cars maneuvering into the curb cut from parking spaces. That the eight parking spaces shown on the lot are not "fully accessible," nor is there sufficient safe maneuvering space near curb entrances and the gasoline island. That the concrete base of the gasoline island should not have been allowed within 15 feet of a property line. Either party may challenge the ap-.

peals board's decision in Kennebec County Superior Court. Benedix has already gone to court once, in an effort to force the appeals board to consider ordering a halt to construction. The request was denied JOSIE'S PLACE FARM MARKET Rt. 27, Dresden Opening for the season. May 19th.

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