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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1963
Page
3
A regional church directory lists St. Joseph, St. Andre, St. Mary in Saco and nearby towns with pastors and Sunday Mass times from early morning to late morning. Also includes First Parish, United Baptist, Unitarian, Methodist, Assembly of God, Bible Baptist, South and North Saco congregations, Christian Science Society, and ages for Sunday school and services.
Beii td Christ Episcopal church Cres cent street Biddeford Holy Communion at 8 a m. and Choral Eucharist and sermon at 9 a m. Trinity Episcopal church Main at Cleveland Street Saco Holy Communion and sermon at 10:30 a m. Nursery school in parish house. St David Episcopal Kennebunk 10 a m devotions and classes 11:15 a m church services nursery care available in parish hall. St John Episcopal Old Orchard Beach winter schedule Holy Communion at 8 a m and Church school 10:30 a m except first Sunday when Eucharist is 11:15 a m and school at 10:30 a m.
April worship across Biddeford area broadcasting on WIDE 11 a.m. including Biddeford Second Congregational and St Demetrios Greek Orthodox with Sunday school at 9:30 to 11 a.m. plus South Biddeford Methodist and Foss Street Methodist morning prayers. Universalist and Unitarians share City Square services. Advent Christian and Union Church in Pool also listed with times.
Methodist church in Washington led by Rev Oakley E Wood wards holds morning worship at 11 with Sunday school at 9 45. Advent Christian Church at Saco Avenue with Rev Phylis E Adams acting pastor offers Sunday school 9 45 and worship at 10. First Baptist on Ocean Avenue with Rev G Stephen Johnston offers Sunday school then worship at 1 30 and 2 30. Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal corner Atlantic Avenue and Third Street led by Rev Russell Pier has Sunday school 1 45 am junior church 11 30 am and morning worship at 11. Salvation Army 91 Union Avenue commanded by Lt and Mrs Gordon Clark Jr offers Sunday school 9 45 and Holiness meeting at 11.
Cape Porpoise Methodist Church on the Cape announces morning worship with Rev. Russell J. Peppe as minister. Service begins at 10 45 a m.
The Mormon Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints holds services at Faith Chapel on Cleveland Street, Saco. Elders reside at 54 School Street, Saco. Sacrament service is at 10 a.m. with Sunday school classes at 11 a.m.
Directory of Kennebunk churches lists addresses and pastors. Advent Christian on Route 35 offers Sunday school at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 a m with nursery. Unitarian First Parish led by Dr Harold Scott holds 11 a m worship and church school. Christchurch with Frederic Holmberg and Robert Culmer preachers present 9 30 and 11 a m services. Kennebunk Baptist at Main Street has 11 a m and 7 p m worship. Christian Science Society at 25 Summer Street offers Sunday school at 11 a m and morning service at 11 a m. West Kennebunk Methodist under Rev Alfred Ives has 9 a m service and 10 a m Sunday school. Kennebunk Landing Full Gospel Union led by Mrs Gracie Ames conducts 10 a m Sunday school and morning worship.
Ogunquit Baptist Church on Shore Road led by Rev. Paul S Hazlett holds Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. Ogunquit Methodist Church on Shore Road with Rev Thomas R Merrill offers Sunday worship at 9:30 a.m.
Village Baptist Church at Maine and Spring streets led by Rev George P Urban holds church school for all ages at 9 45 a.m and morning worship service at 1 p.m with supervised nursery and children's church. First Congregational Church on North street and Arundel Road under Rev Herbert M Howes offers services as schedule indicates.
A compilation of local church schedules lists First and Second Congregational churches on U S Route 1 with union worship at 10 30 am and Sunday school at the same hour. Gospel Church Route 9A near Route 109 worships at 3 pm with Sunday school at 2 pm. Highpine Baptist on Sanford Road hosts Sunday school in the afternoon and worship at 2 pm. Wells Branch Freewill Baptist on Route 9 A holds Sunday school at 9 30 am and morning worship at 10 30 am. The Wells Moody Church of the Nazarene on Route 1 runs Sunday school and worship at 10 am and evening worship at 7 30.
Sunday morning worship and sermon at 9 30 a m at Goodwins Mills Methodist Church led by Rev Norman J Langmaid. Church school for all ages at 10 30 a m. Advent Christian Church led by Rev Lloyd Osborne holds morning worship at 11 00 a m. Lyman Baptist Church with Rev Sidney F Whitehouse offers Sunday school at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11 00 a m.
A reader reflects on a lecture by Margaret Ermarth about life behind the Iron Curtain. She argues Americans face a similar danger of being overfed yet undernourished in spirit, urging a renaissance through active response to injustice rather than apathy.
Paul Kirkindall, once a Southern gambler, turned to faith in 1953 and now heads Blytheville Mississippi County Union Mission with a $31,000 annual budget. He preaches six to seven sermons weekly, screens aid applicants, visits hospitals and jails, and was offered $10,000 a year to lead a larger mission elsewhere.
Buxton Tory Hill Meetinghouse and Old Pebody Pew church host morning worship led by Rev. David W. Smith. North Congregational church also offers morning worship at 9 30 with the same pastor.
Dayton The Goodwins Mill Bell Ringers performed at the Home for Aged Women in Portland on Thursday evening. Mrs. Robert Cole, Sr., lectured at Biddeford High School Friday morning for Howard Proctor's literature class on bells from East Hampton foundries. East Hampton, known as Jingle Town, displayed over 100 bells from her collection, all made in East Hampton foundries.
Kennebunk district menus list Park Street School offerings for Monday to Friday with dishes like Hamburg patty and mashed potatoes, baked spiced ham with pineapple, American chop suey, baked peas or kidney beans, stuffed eggs, and Cousens School options including macaroni and cheese, chicken noodle soup, cold cuts, and fish sticks. Meals pair with bread, milk, fruit, and vegetables. notes show variations and dessert items across days.
Monday to Friday menus for Beach Menu Elementary, Wadensia, and High School and Federal School show diverse daily offerings. Dishes include barbecued pork, spaghetti, oven fried chicken, beef stew, tomato-vegetable soup, and more with sides such as green beans, bread, milk, and assorted desserts.
Wells Board of Selectmen appointed special police for summer duty and fire police for Wells Corner. Names include Charles Jones Gilbert Ward John Crissell Lester Bridges Wilbur Perkins and Joseph Mastrandrea. The board set May 3 to 5 as Connecticut Boy Scout Days with 120 scouts and 20 leaders camping in Wells Highpine. Beachside Harbor work to finish before summer with Edward C Jordan Inc. handling project. undertow warnings issued near Drakes Island and Wells Beach. Lifeguard staff to run swimming classes for locals and visitors.
Kennebunk hosts a second oral polio vaccine clinic at Kennebunk High School on Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. under the Rotary club. The event repeats the March 10 setup with Type II Sabin oral vaccine on sugar lumps. Full immunity requires all three doses, though any single dose protects against one poliovirus type.
Mrs Carl Leavett of Park Avenue attended the Libby Mitchell auxiliary Past Presidents dinner at the Post home in Scarborough. The Methodist Youth Fellowship meets Sunday at 3 30 p m in the Sunday School building. Washington Avenue Methodist Church services observe Daylight Saving Time Sunday. Old Orchard Beach Historical Society guest night Monday April 29 at 7 45 p m at the American Legion hall with business program exhibits and refreshments. Abbott Verville AMVETS post and auxiliary install officers at 8 p m at Walnut Street Post home.
Sabin oral polio clinic at Cousens Memorial School Godwins Mills is postponed due to vaccine shortage. Officials urge the public to watch this paper or listen to WIDE for further announcements.
Band master Gordon Haskell led the annual combined concert of the School Glee Club Band and Majorettes at Old Orchard Beach High School last night. Glee selections included Kentucky Babe Geibe, Swing Low Sweet Chariot and Moon River Mancini. Band pieces featured Seagulls March, Haskell Spiritual Mor rissey, April Showers Silvers, Barcarola, Wee Peante of Gen or Wont Salles, Jessel, Clock Anderson, and Rhapsody in Blue Gershwin. A cooked food sale was held by the Music Sponsors Club in connection with the event.
Old Orchard Beach Art association awarded prizes for children's picture exhibit in five lower grades. Judges Edward Mayo and Miss Ethel Wight announced winners by numbers only. First prizes of 1 and second prizes of 50 cents went to Grade 1 Deborah Ingram and Heidi Pettengill, Grade 2 Patricia Camden and Kathleen Ahearn, Grade 3 Richard Michaud and Bonnie Holland, Grade 4 Wayne Stover and Brian Marcotte, Grade 5 Russell Stover and Marie Pitkin.
Airman Second Class H Suhr is reassigned to McChord AFB Washington after completing the U S Air Force technical training course for radio equipment repair He was trained in electronic principles circuit analysis service and inspection of high powered radio transmitters and related ground radio equipment A Norwalk Connecticut High School graduate he is the son of Mr and Mrs Kai Suhr of Wells He entered service in May 1962.
Federal Accelerated Works program gave final plan approval for remodeling Kennebunk Town Hall in New York. Town manager Robert York and Lewiston engineer Don LaRochelle presented to federal officials. bids expected within days. The project, funded by a federal matching grant, includes a communications center, fireproof vaults, and police lock-up cells, with bids opening tentatively May 14.
The Women's Alliance of the Kennebunk Unitarian Church schedules a spring rummage sale for 10 am on May 2 at the church. Mrs. Donald Pearson and Mrs. Harold Bourne lead, assisted by other Alliance members. Also noted are local residents moving between Fletcher and Dane streets and hospital visits and returns of community figures.
Castro arrived in Murmansk to meet First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan and Adm. Sergei Gorshkov amid a formal welcome with guard honors. The Cuban leader aims to cement the Soviet Cuban alliance as he travels toward Moscow aboard a TU114 with Mikoyan, signaling a strategic high point in the relationship. The trip, kept low profile, follows Khrushchev’s confirmation in Havana and a Kremlin speech, with no Western reporters present for the landing.
Advent Christian Sunday School held an open house in Kennebunk Lower Village with Suprinten dent ge Andrews and staff greeting visiting parents and children. The event showcased classrooms in Googins and Fellowship halls, assembly rooms, and nursery areas. Highlights included Bible maps, visual aids, library displays, and a new church library. Miss Edna Sawyer from Portland demonstrated children's rally materials for the Child Evangelism fellowship.
Ivy Temple Pythian Sisters plan a school of instruction at Woodsford Temple Portland led by Mrs. Helen Taylor Excellent Senior presiding in the Knights of Pythian hall. Mrs. Gussie Ephross District Deputy Grand Chief will conduct part of the meeting with Mrs. Millie Coyle filling guard and Mrs. Lillian Seavey as alternate. Next meeting set for May 8.
Mrs. Clarence Kennedy, president of the Assumption Sodality of St. Mary parish, asks all consultors to return special award cards for the Springtime card party at 7:30 Sunday night in St. Mary hall. A consultors meeting at 7:30 p.m. on April 30 at the hall will collect Lenten mite boxes.
Combine brown sugar melted butter and shredded coconut to form a rich topping for ice cream. Toast the mixture in a moderate oven for about five minutes until lightly golden and fragrant before spreading over scoops.
The text indicates coconuts are spread evenly on a sheet of heavy foil or placed over the bottom of a shallow pan before toasting.
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