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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1964
Page
5
Church lineup lists multiple parishes with pastors and Sunday mass times across Saco and surrounding towns including St Josephs St Andre St Marys Notre Dame de Lourdes Most Holy Trinity St Margarets St Marthas Monicas Wells and Maine congregations. Also notes conference hours church schools and service times for Second Parish Seventh Day Adventist and other denominations.
Church listings show Christ Church Cres cent Biddeford Holy Eucharist 8:30 a m sermon Trinity Saco Holy Communion 7:30 a m or 10:30 a m with sermon Church School St David Kennebunk Holy Eucharist 9 a m Sundays 1st 3rd 5th. morning prayer 9 a m 2nd 4th Nursery care St John Old Orchard Beach Winter schedule Holy Communion 8 a m Church school 10:30 a m except first Sunday 11:15 a m Eucharist and school 10:30 a m.
A compact notice lists multiple area churches with addresses and service times. Unitarian Universalist Society in Saco Biddeford holds services 9:30 a.m. Sundays. church school at the Parish House. additional services 10:45 a.m. on select Sundays. Other congregations include Annea Church of Christ, St Demetrios Greek Orthodox, South Biddeford Methodist, United Baptist, Advent Christian, and Foss Street Methodist with respective pastors and schedules.
The Congregational Church of Wells on Route 1 led by Rev. John N. Simpson holds Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m. and Sunday School at the same hour in the Second Church building. Full Gospel church on Route A near Route 109 with Rev. Lula Nicholson offers Sunday School at 2 p.m. and worship at 3 p.m. Highpine Baptist on Sanford Road, Rev. Wayne A Porter, Sunday School 1 p.m. and worship 2 p.m. Wells Branch Freewill Baptist on Route 9A between Kennebunk and Wells with Rev. Raymond B. Starbird has Sunday School 9:30 a.m. and worship 10:30 a.m. The Sells Moody Church of the Nazarene on Route 1 with Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Kimball in charge offers Sunday School and worship at 10 a.m. and Sunday evening worship at 7:30 p.m.
Cape Porpoise Methodist Church on the Cape invites worship with Rev Russell J. Peppe as minister. Morning worship begins at 10 45 a m.
Advent Christian church on Route 35 holds Sunday school at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 a m with nursery during both hours. First Parish Church at Main and Portland Road offers 11 a m worship and church school led by Rev Harold G Scott. Christ Church on Dane Street has 10 a m morning worship led by Rev Fred B Holmberg. Kennebunk Baptist Church on Main Street offers 11 a m and 7 p m services under Rev Chester M Staples. Christian Science Society at 25 Summer Street conducts Sunday school at 11 00 a m and morning service at 11 30 a m. West Kennebunk Methodist Church with Rev Alfred H Ives offers 9 a m worship and 9 30 a m sermon along with 10 00 a m Sunday school. Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union Society led by Mrs Gracie Ames presents 10 a m Sunday school and morning worship.
Sunday worship and Sunday School times listed for Methodist Church on Washington Avenue led by Rev Gilbert W Sirotti and Advent Christian Church on Saco Avenue with acting pastor Herman Thurlow. First Baptist on Ocean Avenue led by Rev G Stephen Johnston offers Sunday School at 1:30 pm and worship at 2:30 pm. Faith Tabernacle and Salvation Army also provide 9:45 am Sunday School and 11 am worship or salvation meetings with listed officers.
Village Baptist Church at Maine and Spring with Rev George P Urban pastor offers church school for all ages at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11 with supervised nursery and children's church. First Congregational at North street and Arundel road with Rev Robert M Howes pastor and South Congregational at Bowes with pastor deliver morning worship at 9 and 11 a m.
Goodwins Mills Methodist Church in Lyman led by Rev Norman J Langmaid holds Sunday worship and sermon at 9 30 with church school for all ages at 10 30. Advent Christian church led by Rev Mathew Farnum offers morning worship at 10, Sunday school at 11, evening service at 8, Youth Fellowship at 7. Lyman Baptist Church in Goodwins Mills with Rev Sidney F Whitehouse has Sunday school at 9 45 and morning worship at 11.
Ogunquit Baptist Church on Shore Road led by Rev John W Dow holds morning worship at 11 am. Ogunquit Methodist Church on Shore Road with Rev Thomas R Merrill offers Sunday worship at 9 30 am.
The Mormon Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints conducts services at Faith Chapel. The brief note records a Sunday gathering and a local church location, highlighting ongoing worship activities for members in the community. No dates or additional events are provided.
Dr. Donald Coggan archbishop of York urged the Church of England to demolish several village churches and reallocate funds to evangelism at home and abroad. He said many villages have half-empty parishes as people move to cities and suggested consolidating to one church per village and using the savings for Africa, India, and the Philippines. He also called for more support for foreign students and for protesting salacious books to protect youth.
A reader recounts helping a neighbor for years only to be offered 300 trading stamps for curtains, and Abby warns against feeling owed. Other letters discuss harassment on the phone, favoritism from a grandmother, and a pastor's insults, with Abby offering brief guidance.
United Nations plans to withdraw its four year Congo mission by June 30 leaving 1 150 civilian advisers and 400 Nigerian police. Despite relief at ending a costly operation concerns grow over Congo stability as tribal loyalties and possible external interference threaten Premier Cyrille Adoula's government after the pullout.
The Maine Highway Safety Committee urges drivers to rest adequately before long trips and avoid highway hypnosis by keeping eyes moving rather than fixating straight ahead. Residents include Elders at 54 School Street in Saco with a Sacramento service at 10 a.m. and Sunday school at 11 a.m.
Elections held at Robinson Memorial Masonic Hall for Miniwanca Star Club officers with Mrs Pauline Peacock as President and Mrs Constance Roach as Vice President. Other officers include Mrs Gertrude Wight Secretary and Mrs Mildred Nowell Treasurer. Members planned a donation drive by May 23 and set May 22 for the next meeting.
The York County Law Enforcement Association at the Cozy Corner Restaurant voted to make Deputy Sheriff Joseph Lepine of Biddeford an honorary member. The group planned its May meeting at Barney Beg Grange and Ladies Night, with State Representative Elmont Tyndale of Kennebunkport giving a talk on services by law enforcement officers and agencies aiding rehabilitation. a chicken dinner preceded the meeting.
The E and I Union held its next-to-last meeting at Hamilton Memorial Hall in Saco with Miss Elvira M. Lord hosting. Guest speaker Mrs. Betty Hanson discussed four books The Amazing Mrs Bonaparte The Convention The Living Reed and I Try to Behave Myself.
Dial YU 2174 scheduled for Monday evening at 7 45 at the I O O F hall. Mrs Dorothy Hubbard and Mrs Mildred Thyng oversee refreshments. Also noted are a fire department ambulance call for Gerald Congdon, a nursing home association meeting, an upcoming Child Health Clinic, an out of town visit by a Lions Club official, a student visiting family, and school reopenings after Spring vacation.
Mrs. Elizabeth Harvey of South Portland will visit homes to interview tenants on employment and unemployment facts. The Census Bureau current population survey starts the week of April 20, announced by James M. Turbitt, director, census bureau regional office at Boston. Information from local households will be combined with data from 356 other areas to obtain national estimates of the April employment situation.
Miami based airline executive R W Gable writes congressman Claude Pepper asking if the 1927 Hupmobile pictured near the U S Treasury could be traded for a newer model or removed from the street entirely. He questions the continued display of the antique auto on currency and proposes modernizing the depiction.
A group of women named Mrs. Pauline Peacock Mrs. Edrice Bates Mrs. Jean Mooers Mrs. Esther Black Miss Ethel Wight Mrs. Gertrude Leonard Mrs. Constance Roach Mrs. Violet Mewer Mrs. Kay Spear and Mrs. Gertrude Wight are listed among attendees for a community portrait session held in the town hall.
A spring fashion show was presented at Wells Elementary School by the Congo Church Women’s Group. Models wore sleepwear to dressy styles with outfits supplied by Fresh Silks Inc. Proceeds benefit the Barbara Littlefield Chase Scholarship Fund.
OLD ORCHARD BEACH town manager Leon Jones announced no trash collection on Monday due to Patriots Day. The Monday pickup will be moved to Tuesday with residents advised to place waste curbside as usual.
A legal notice states no parking on the left side of Green Street from South to Mason as ordered by the City Council on April 6 1964. Attest City Clerk Paul A Deshaies.
A hearing will be held in Arundel Maine in the Selectmen office on Monday evening April 20 1964 at 730 for Ralph L Thompson 95 B Ocean Ave Portland to seek Victualer's and Inn-Keeper's licenses for Forefather's Inn Arundel All persons may appear to show cause why license for sale of spirituous and vinous liquors should not be granted Dated Arundel Maine April 13 1964 Alice M Leach Town Clerk
The Municipal Licensing Board will meet at Town Hall Old Orchard Beach on Monday April 27 1964 at 7 PM to hear show cause why hotel spirituous vinous hotel malt liquor licenses should not be granted to Chequinn Corp Tide Inn Arthur McCue Saxony Hotel Julius Kostick Edgewater Hotel Simonne Janelle Hazelton House Sidney Clare Brunswick Hotel Louis Vorias Seven Seas Hotel. Dated Old Orchard Beach April 17 1964.
An OCR note lists number groups and code ranges such as 1-10 MOa-1 and 18-3 32-37 38-41 42-46 47-50 51-67 68-74 75-82 82a-90. It appears to request parsing or indexing of numbered items, with mixed hyphenated ranges and a lettered segment. No clear article event is provided.
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