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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1960
Page
3
Directory lists pastors and Sunday Mass times for churches from St Joseph in Bidford to Old Orchard Beach, Kennebunk, Saco, Wells and Ogunquit with multiple masses, summer vesper programs, and notes on summer religious services and nearby Unitarian and Congregational offerings.
A reader notice lists Sunday services for Christ Church Crescent Street Biddeford Holy Communion 7 30 am Holy Eucharist and sermon Trinity Church Main and Cleveland Street Saco Holy Communion 8 am Holy Communion 9 morning prayer 4 0 Holy Eucharist St John By the Sea Old Orchard Beach Holy Communion 8 and 11 15 St David Church Portland Road Kennebunk Rev Mark M McCullough vicar 1 a m church services parish duty
Multiple Biddeford churches list weekly services and programs. Rev James Douglass Riddle presides at Foss Street and South Biddeford churches with morning prayers Sundays at 10 and 9 respectively plus nursery and coffee hour discussions. Greek Orthodox church on Adams Street notes remodel with Matins at 10 15 and Divine Liturgy from 10 30 to 11 30. Christ Episcopal on Crescent Street says Sunday school suspended in summer. Second Congregational partners with First Parish for August union services Sundays at 9. Unite Baptist on Jefferson Street led by Rev Morley Jorest holds Sunday school at 9 46 and morning worship at 11. Advent Christian on Hill and Chapel notes morning worship at 10 and Bible study at 11. Full Gospel Assembly also on Hill and Chapel hosts Sunday service at 7 p m.
Rev Stanley Hyde will serve as guest minister at Biddeford Pool Union Church. Sunday school classes begin at 9 45 a m with a morning worship service at 11 o'clock each Sunday.
Unitarian church First Congregational parish led by Rev Carl Bierman offers morning worship and Sunday school at 11 a.m. Christ Church with Rev Frederick Holmberg and Robert B Culmer has morning services at 9:30 and 11. Rear Baptist Church on Main Street, Chester M. Staves pastor, Bible school at 8:45 a.m. Morning service at 11. Christian Science Society at 25 Summer Street holds Sunday school at 11 a.m. Morning service at 11 a.m. West Kennebunk Methodist Church, Rev R John of Jordan, minister, morning worship at 9 a.m., church school at 10 a.m.
A list of worship times and church details includes First Baptist Ocean Avenue pastor Rev. G Stephen Johnston with Sunday school 1:30 pm and service 2:30 pm. Advent Christian on Face Junction Avenue led by Herm er Thurlow with 9:45 am Sunday school and 11 am worship. Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal at Atlantic Avenue and Third Street with 9:45 am Sunday school 11:30 am junior church and 11 am worship. Salvation Army at 91 Union Avenue under Capt. Robert Reid with 9:45 am Sunday school and 11 am service plus a 3 pm Holiness meeting.
Goodwins Mills Advent Christian Church led by Rev Lloyd Osborne holds morning worship at 11 a m and Sunday school at 12 noon. Lyman Baptist Church with pastor Rob ert I Vance offers Sunday school at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 1 a m. Lyman Methodist Church under Rev Norman J Langmaid has services Sundays at 10 45 a m throughout summer until September 11 with no school sessions until fall. a children’s church will meet in the Methodist social house during the Sunday morning worship hour.
Village Baptist Church at Maine and Spring streets led by Rev George P Urban offers church school for all ages at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11 with nursery and children's church. First Congregational Church at North street and Arundel road led by Rev Robert M Howes hosts 9 30 a m worship and 9 45 a m church school. South Congregational Church at Temple street with Rev Robert M Howes conducts worship at 11 a m and church school at 9 45 a m. Yard 1 am Philyp L Shuman minister church school at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 a m.
July and August schedule shows Wells First and Second Congregational churches share summer worship at 9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. respectively. Highpine Baptist holds 2 p.m. service with 1 p.m. Sunday school. Wells Branch Freewill Baptist meets 9:30 a.m. Sunday school and Moody Community Church hosts morning worship at 11 with 10 a.m. Sunday school.
Ogunquit Baptist church on Shore road led by Rev. Paul S Hazlett holds morning worship at 11 a m and evening at 8 30 p m Ogunquit Methodist on Shore road with Rev Robert C Carter offers communion in July and August at 8 a m with August 7 as exception Services at 9 30 and 11 a m and 8 p m guest preachers will participate
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints meets at the Adventist church on Cleveland street in Saco. Charles Chase is pastor with Elders Staley and Whitby as ministers. Sacrament meetings are at 10 30 a m.
A Buddhist friend explains linguistic confusion across cultures and the democracy of speech. Words shape actions, values, and horizons, while bigotry blurs with debate. Freedom of speech remains a humane privilege and responsibility, echoing ancient proverbs on well chosen words.
In Cuba the Catholic Church voices alarm at growing communism, citing church-state tensions after a pastoral letter and threats to close churches if worship is not free. The piece notes Latin American church clashes in Argentina and Venezuela as context for Cuba's stance.
New York churches report a surge in used clothing for overseas aid through Church World Service. From January to July 1960 the five CWS centers received 4,104,404 pounds, almost double the 2,243,740 pounds of the previous year. Chile earthquake relief drives much of the increase, though officials warn the total may still miss the 10 million pound annual goal. Donations flow via five centers in New Windsor, Nappanee, Modesto, St. Louis, and New York City.
Mrs Irene Martin and her daughter Beverly travel from Sayward Street to Gloucester City New Jersey for the wedding of Dorothy Parent this morning. They will return on Monty. Cpl Ian Spencer of Cat Mousam races will leave Sunday for two weeks training at Camp Lejeune. Mrs Thomas W Mars of West Kennebunk visited Boston January week and Notre Dame academy. A Kennebunk Rotary auction at Wonderbrook farm raised funds with George A Martin heading the sale and rotary catering.
The Cooksons department store staff rally to support head Tony Travis as manager Vosberg threatens his job in a Goodyear Theater episode. Connie Peters advertises cuckoo clocks at $1 each while stock limits and rising phone orders drive tension. Chile is noted as vast with 286000 square miles.
Judge John B. Roberts filed a certificate of value in York County Probate Court for the late Samuel B. Shepard of Buxton totaling 87000 dollars. Real estate 12000, personal property 75000. Amos Shepard receives 500. Carroll and wife receive 4000 and 3000 respectively, with Carroll having first option to buy Shepard's stake in the Saco Valley Telephone and Telegraph for 35000 within two years. Colby College is residuary beneficiary.
Morning worship at Levert led by Pastor 0.9 at 9:30 am. Sunday service follows at 10:45 am with Rev 0.9 officiating.
A special town meeting at Kennebunk Town Hall on Monday evening at 7 will vote to accept Longview terrace extension and to reclassify Upper High Street and Birch Street from commercial to residential. Proposals include Green Street one way to the church parking lot and several new stop signs with fines up to 20 dollars.
York county council met in Wallingford Harris post Kittery to hear Girls State governor Mary Judge from Kittery and Boys State governor Peter Gordon from Saco on their activities, with several staters from Biddeford and other units represented. An auxiliary meeting planned a donation to Togus carnival next month as eight units with delegates attended. Local leaders and past council chairs were noted, Hazel Bunker of Kittery won the mystery prize.
In Florida, researchers say northern hard clams Mercenaria mercenaria can be seeded and grown profitably in Gulf waters. Dr. R W Menzel of Florida State University Oceanographic Institute reports rapid growth from 0.2 inch to 1.4 inches in a year and up to 3 inches in two years, with farming potential facing predators like blue crabs and occasional clams eaten by the grower. The effort cites 300000 tiny clams from Dr V L Loosanoff and notes sea farming as a path to expanding food supply. Battlefield, Futurity winner of 1950, earned 74727 for George D Widener.
Populaton growth, especially among teens, shapes markets and elections. Growth in China India and Pakistan stretches global demographics. Malthusian limits loom. Prosperity depends on supportive social climate, initiative and moderation of taxes. Parents must foster perseverance, industry, thrift, health and character.
William Fisher will give an oil painting demonstration at the Brick Store museum in Kennebunkport on Wednesday afternoon August 1 at 2 30. A former New Yorker with an art school background he now teaches painting in Kennebunkport and summers and winters. Fisher’s canvases reflect the local Kennebunkport area and he has shown in the museum’s annual members exhibition since 1948 earning several prizes. In June 1958 he exhibited drawings used on the front page of the Villager of Greenwich Village New York. The public is invited to attend the demonstration in the museum’s art galleries.
New York stylist Nancy Mare outlines fall trends with a compact head hugging straight line coif. Exuberant straightness uses a foundation permanent for a docile yet bouncy look with hair lengths around four inches and bangs shaped to the face.
Miss Vicki Elaine Witham was honored at a birthday party Wednesday evening at her parents home on Fletcher Street. Guests enjoyed games and refreshments with two decorated cakes, one by Elsie Bouchard and the other by Mrs. Witham. Attending were Sheila Witham, grandmother Elsie Bouchard, aunts and Cousins, and the host family.
DESOTO Ga A Western led Mormon push has taken root in the Baptist south with Deseret Farms Inc a 3700 acre feedlot near Desoto. Led by Arizona cattleman Lee Ellsworth the operation serves as beef output for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Ellsworth claims Deseret feeds 12000 head at once with weekly cattle shipments and a spur rail line facilitates shipping. He says Deseret aims to market cattle weekly and compares its beef quality favorably with Western beef. The piece notes no convert figures but emphasizes the church and feedlot as a church venture and quotes the executive on self help and mutual aid.
The third annual Old Orchard Beach Art Association festival closed after three days with prizes awarded to Ralph Boooth of Ogunquit for Morning Light, 25. Geraldine Neal of Bangor for Maine Coastal Village, 15. Virginia Ladd Maki of Freeport for Goblin Land, 19. Norma Blanchette of Old Orchard Beach for a self portrait. honorable mention to Josef Arentz of Kennebunk for Morning Mist. Adelbert M Jakeman Sr. presented awards. event featured music by Shorey’s TV and Electric Shop.
A brief article argues that a child’s future wealth hinges on three traits: character, health, and a sane faith. It warns that lacking these leads to poverty and emphasizes the practical impact on life prospects. The piece reflects a moral perspective on upbringing and success.
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