Church Directory Listings for New England Parishes
Directory lists St Joseph St Andre St Mary Biddeford Pool Notre Dame de Lourdes Most Holy Trinity Camp Ellis St Monica St Martha Old Orchard Beach St Margaret St Jude Wells St Mary Ogconnquit All Saints Bible Baptist Second Parish Unitarian Unitarian Universalist First Parish Congregational Saco Saco Methodist Saco United Baptist North Saco Congregational Christian Christian Science Salvation Army Holiness meeting dates and daily Mass times across towns including Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach Wells Biddeford Pool and Camp Ellis with pastors and confessional hours noted.
Church Schedules in Old Orchard Beach Area
Old Orchard Beach churches list Sunday services and times. Old Orchard Beach Methodist on Washington Ave led by Rev John T Stahl offers informal 8:00 a.m. service morning worship at 10:30 a.m. and Bible study at 7:00 p.m. First Baptist on Ocean Ave with Rev G Stephen Johnston has Sunday school at 1:30 p.m. and worship at 2:30 p.m. Advent Christian on Stop Ave, with Pastor Mer Ther Thurlow, has Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and morning worship at 10 a.m. Tabernacle Pentecostal at Atlantic Ave and Third St, Rev Russell K Pier, hosts Sunday school 9:45 a.m., junior church 11:30 a.m., morning worship 1:00 p.m. Salvation Army at 91 Union St, Capt Robert Reid in charge, holds services at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. in Tabernacle with guest conductors.
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the Bible Baptist Church of
Saco
John E. Fickett
Saco City Hall
Unitarian Church
School Street
Pepperell Park
Edmund W Beal
Unitarian - Universalist Church
Edmund W. Beal
Unitarian
City Square
Biddeford
First Parish Congregational Church
Main and
Beach Streets
Harry A. Rufiero
White Church
Saco School Street Methodist Church
Norman Langmaid
Saco United
Christian Science Society
Hamilton Memorial
Leach Street
Salvation Army
Main Street
James C. Geddes Circer
Old Orchard Beach
Episcopal Church Services Across Saco Portland Areas
Episcopal churches in Crescent Street, Main and Cleveland, Portland Road, and Old Orchard Beach list Sunday services. Rev. Mark M McCullough and Rev. T S Knox lead Holy Communion, sermons, and morning prayers with 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. schedules. Nursery care offered at St David parish hall. St Phillip by the Sea hosts 5 p.m. vespers.
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Episcopal Churches
Christ (Episcopal
Crescent Street
Mark M McCullough
Trinity Episcopal Church
Main
Cleveland Streets
Saco
T S. Knox
St. David
Summer church services listed in Biddeford Saco area
A town church column lists weekly services for Biddeford and nearby areas through September. Congregational Crescent Street and First Parish Saco host unions on Sundays at 9 am. Other denominations include Unitarian Parish, St Demetrios, Advent Christian, Universalist, Foss Street and South Biddeford Methodist, United Baptist and joint Foss Street services.
Summer Worship Schedules for Local Churches
Goodwins Mills Methodist Church conducts summer worship at 10 45 a m through August 6 with no church school sessions until September 10. Advent Christian Church led by Rev Lloyd Osborne has 11 a m worship and noon Sunday school. Lyman Baptist Church with Pastor Robert IL Vance offers Sunday school at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11 a m.
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Goodwins
Mills Methodist Church
Norman Langmaid
Advem Christian Church
Lloyd Osborne
Lyman Baptist Church
Robert IL. Vance
Kennebunk churches list Sunday services and leaders
The notice lists multiple Kennebunk churches with their pastors and service times. First Congregational and Christ Church advertise morning worship at 11 a.m. Bible school 9:45 a.m. Christian Science Society holds 11 a.m. service with Sunday school at 1 p.m. West Kennebunk Methodist offers 9 a.m. worship led by Rev John H. Jordan with Mary Vigne as soloist. Full Gospel church led by Mrs. Gracie Ames holds Sunday school at 2 p.m. and worship at 3 p.m.
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West Kennebunk Methodist Church
John H. Jordan
Mary Vigne
Elizabeth Hersey
Kennebunk Landing
Sunday church services in Kennebunkport area
The Advent Christian church led by Rev Milford G Butterfield holds church school at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11 a m at Village Baptist Church corner Maine and Spring streets with Rev George P Urban pastor. First Congregational on North Street Arundel Road led by Rev Robert M Howes offers morning worship at 9 30 a m. South Congregational on Temple Street, also led by Rev Howes, offers morning worship at 9 and 11 a m with nursery and children’s services provided.
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Village
Ogunquit church services and ministers listed
Ogunquit Methodist Church on Shore Road with Rev. Robert A. Carter as pastor offers Sunday worship at 9 30 and 11 am and 8 pm in summer with Holy Communion and meditation at 8 15 am. Ogunquit Baptist Church on Shore Road led by Rev. Paul S. Hazlett holds Sunday services at 9 and 10 30 am and an evening service at 8 30 pm.
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Ogunquit Methodist Church
Shore Road
Robert A. Carter
Ogunquit Baptist Church
Paul S. Hazlett
Cape Porpoise Church Services Announced
Cape Porpoise Methodist Church on the Cape lists Rev Henry O Megert as minister. Church school at 9:30 a.m. Morning worship at 10:45 a.m.
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Methodist Church
Finding the Way Courtesy Our Obligation
A national newspaper column argues courtesy bridges diplomacy and daily life. It cites Gandhi, Hitler, and universal respect, urging polite conduct as essential to peaceful international relations and personal goodwill, invoking a Biblical reminder to love one another.
St Simeon the Stylite Celebrated In Syria Tourism Plan
Damascus AP reports Syria plans a festival for St Simeon the Stylite who lived atop a pillar for 27 years. Tourism chief Dr Yussef Samara aims to draw about 10 000 visitors to the site near a ruined Christian church base. The monk died in 459 A D and a century later Christendom split between Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lancashire
Damascus
Syria
Department of Tourism
Simeon
Errs
United Arab Republic
Yussef Samara
France
India
Antioch
Eastern Empire
Samara
Mormon Churches Meet at Advent Church in Saco
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints convenes at Advent Church on Cleveland Street, Saco with Elder J Maurice Dupuis as superintendent, Elder William W Howard as first assistant, and Elder Roger V Marden as second assistant. Priesthood and Sunday school times are 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. respectively.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Mormon) Church
Advent Church
Cleveland Street
Saco
J. Maurice Dupuis
William W. Howard
Roger V. Marden
Wells church services in dual locations over weekend
Wells area churches list simultaneous Sunday worship at Wells First and Second Congregational churches on Route 1 with 9 a m and 11 a m services. Other congregations include Full Gospel on Route 9 A, Highpine Baptist on Sanford Road, Freewill Baptist on Route 9 A, Moody Community Church on U S Route 1 with 10:00 am Sunday school and 11:00 am worship.
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Wells
U. S. Route 1
John N. Simpson
Mile Road
Wells Beach
Wells Corner
Full Gospel
Lula Nicholson
Highpine Baptist Church
Sanford Road
Wayne A Porter
North Berwick
Wels
Freewill Baptist Church
Coleman York
South Berwick
Guest Preacher H Lewis Cutler to Lead August Service
The church schedule lists services at 11 a.m. with Rev H Lewis Cutler as guest preacher for August. Sunday school begins at 9 45 a.m.
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Union Church
Biddeford Pool
H. Lewis Cutler
Buxton churches hold Sunday worship services
Buxton North Congregational Church led by Rev. David W. Smith conducts morning worship at 9 30. Tory Hill Meeting House in Buxton Lower Corner and The Old Peabody Pew Church with Rev. David W. Smith presiding offer morning services at 11.
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North Congregational Church
David W. Smith
Tory Hill Meeting House
Buxton Lower Corner
Old Peabody Pew
Vickie Witham Feted On Fifth Birthday Party
Miss Vicki E. Witham celebrated her fifth birthday Thursday at the home of her parents Earl and Elsie Witham on Fletcher Street Kennebunk. Guests included Pamela Hanscom and others. Gifts were opened and refreshments served with a cake centered in green and white. Grandmothers Juliette Dubois and Mary Holden and aunt Mrs Edward Michaud sent regrets.
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Vicki E. Witham
Earl Witham
Fletcher Street
Kennebunk
Pamela Hanscom
Betty Ann
Gary and
Graig Leech
Evelyn Cindy
Diane Bush
Belinda
Becky
Cowgill
Laurie
Linda Lindquist
Sheila Witham
Elsie Bouchard
Albert Cowgill
Henry Hanscom
Joseph Bush
Richard Leech
Juliette Dubois
Winter Haven
Fla
Mary Holden
Auburn
Edward Michaud
Couple Bows to Smog Escape Tale Continues
A pair of youths living on a city thoroughfare recounts life on the streets. They describe hiding in a park, moving to a bath house, and fleeing from police. They hope for money from family to return home, citing a wish to breathe real air and see sky. Their detention ends the air adventure.
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Joel
Coughlin
Mueller
Inflation burdens and investor policy guidance with 1961 outlook
Inflation clouds the economy as costs rise and wage demands press steel and auto makers. The piece urges careful policy creation to protect the dollar, warns against mass psychology in investing, and advises forming asset plans to preserve buying power amid potential stock swings.
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Harry C
France
Berlin
Washington
America
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
Excess Heat Endangers Pets and Strays in Cars
A hot summer day ends in a bulldog being rescued from a car as onlookers vent fury at owners who leave pets in closed vehicles. The piece cites dogs needing three times more oxygen, constant hydration, and shade, warning of fatal heat in trunks and cars, and offers summer care guidance.
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PET Forum
Wells artist exhibit preps Ogunquit Festival displays
About 25 paintings by Charles Andres, Wells artist, line the walls of the Players Motor Inn lounge near the York Ogunquit line as a summer prelude to Ogunquit Festival Week starting August 19. The works include Navy recruiting pictures, medieval knights, historical figures, landscapes, and seascapes. Henry Morgan toured the show, offering caption ideas in his signature style, while Henry Hamper Wells organized the display as Ogunquit Festival Week publicity director.
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Ogunquit
Players Motor
Henry Morgan
Henry Hamper Wells
Norma Rachin To Teach In Auburn
Mrs Norma Y Rachin of Old Orchard Beach is among 10 new teachers named by the Auburn School superintending committee. She is assigned as elementary art supervisor at a salary of 5400 dollars. She holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an M Ed from Calvin Coolidge College in Boston. She has over 11 years teaching experience, most recently in Fall River Massachusetts.
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Norma Y. Rachin
Old Orchard Beach
Auburn School
Rachin
Rhode Island School of Design
Calvin Coolidge College
Boston
Fall River
Mass
Airlines consider cockpit security changes after hijack threats
Airlines plan to store firearms used for hunting in baggage, ban on in cabin carry, and require trained personnel to inspect passengers for suspicious bulges. If a passenger resists, fare refunded and travel denied. Cockpit doors will be kept locked during flight and emergency landing plans prepared. The airline spokesman cautioned against arming crews, calling gunfire unsafe on board.
Science at Work: Milk, Seeds, and a Talking Translator
Science stories cover infant nutrition findings showing limited protein in mother's milk matches faster growth from high protein formulas. Tropic seeds hitchhike to shore via ocean currents, aiding New Zealand plant growth. A University of Michigan project uses wireless radios to translate between Spanish and English for Venezuelan students and their professor, improving communication in noisy environments.
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Tropics
New Zealand
Ninety Mile Beach
Greenhouss
University of Michigan
Local residents move into new homes in Kennebunk area
Mr and Mrs Alvin Hersey and family now occupy their newly built home on Woodside drive West Kennebunk. Mr and Mrs Richard Murray and Sonia Barker reside in their Cumberland Center home and visited the Barker parents on Brown street. Vincent Mason now occupies the Merrill house on Brown street. Friday guests at Mrs Lloyd Jewett’s Ross road home included Katherine P Foley of Portland and Mrs Charles Sloane and sons from South Portland, along with Catherine Foley visiting her son-in-law and daughter. Mr and Mrs Wesley Hanaford and daughter Jill, formerly of Bridgton, now live in an apartment in the Lindwood Nedeau house on Grove street. Hanaford will work the summer at the A&P store in Kennebunk.
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Alvin Hersey
West Kennebunk
Woodside Drive
Richard Murray
Sonia Barker
Cumberland Center
Brown Street
Harold Barker
Vincent Mason
Elm Street
Merrill
Lloyd
Grove Street
Hannaford
A&p
Kennebunk
Custody Battle Ends as Father Granted Sons Custody
In Dracut Massachusetts Norman E Whitten won custody of his 10 year old son George in a Cumberland County Court decision. Judge Walter M Tapley Jr awarded the boy to Whitten and the two daughters Gale 14 and Norma 12 to their mother Mrs Wilda E Smalley of Wells. The judge urged the parents to put aside differences and keep the children together frequently.
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Dracut
Mass
Norman E. Whitten
George
Massachusetts
Walter M. Tapley, Jr
Cumberland County Court House
Portland
Tapley
Gale
Norma
Wilda E. Smalley
Wells
Whitten
Mrs. Smalley
Short Lobsters Cost Kennebunk Man $30 Fine
James B. Lank of Kennebunk was found guilty of possessing short lobsters and paid a $30 fine in Kennebunk Municipal court last evening with Associate Judge Thomas J. Reagan presiding. Warden Frank White of the Sea and Shore Fisheries department was complainant. Richard Cole of Biddeford pled not guilty to speeding and was found guilty with a $10 fine suspended. Officer Edmund L. Cashen of Kennebunk was complainant. Edward Walsh of Portland pled not guilty to passing one grade in Arundel and was found guilty, paying a $10 fine.
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James B. Lank
Kennebunk
Thomas J. Reagan
Frank White
The
Sea and Shore Fisheries Department
Richard Cole
Biddeford
Edmund L. Cashen
Edward Walsh
Portland
Foreign languages instructor named at UMP Portland campus
Jehan Peter Van De Velde of Cobleskill New York has been named instructor in French and German at the University of Maine Portland campus. He taught at Cobleskill Central School and public schools in Albany and Middlebury New Hampshire. World War II U S Army intelligence service. Married with one child. Spent years at University of North Carolina earning BA in 1949 and MA in 1951. Attended high school in Huy Belgium.
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Orono — Jehan Peter van de Velde
Cobleskill
N. Y
University of Maine
Portland
Lloyd H. Elliott
van de Velde
Maplewood
N.J
Cobleskill Central School
Albany
Middlebury
N. H
U.S. Army
Spetenn
Th University of North Carolina
Huy
Belgium
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