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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1960
Page
3
Directory lists church names, pastors, and Sunday Mass or service times across Saco and nearby towns including St Joseph St Andre St Mary Notre Dame de Lourdes Most Holy Trinity Camp Ellis St Monica St Martha Old Orchard Beach St Margaret Wells Ogunquit Second Parish First Parish Guest preacher School Street Methodist Unitarian Universalist Christmas service and notes on church school resumption and attendance policy.
Ep is copal services listed for Christ Church on Crescent Street with Rev Mark M McCullough as priest in charge including Holy Communion and sermon at 9 am numerous nursery and kindergarten classes, Trinity Episcopal Church Main and Cleveland streets Saco with Rev S Knox, Holy Communion at 10 am, morning prayer at 10 30 am, fifth Sunday prayers, St Davin Church Portland Road with Rev Mark M McCullough vicar 10 am church school devotions and classes, St John By the Sea Old Orchard Beach with Rev Harold McElwain Holy Communion at 8 and 11 15 am.
Biddeford area churches list multiple services including Greek Orthodox at 35 Adams Street with Sunday Matins 9:30 to 10:30 and Divine liturgy 10:30 to 11:30, Advent Christian at Hill and Chapel streets with 10 a.m. worship and 11 a.m. Sunday school, First Universalist at City Square with 11 a.m. worship on first Sundays, Second Congregational known as The White Church with 105 a.m. service, Foss Street Methodist at Foss and Pool with 11 a.m. worship and nursery, South Biddeford Methodist on Pool Road with 4:30 a.m. morning prayer and 6 p.m. evening prayer, United Baptist on Jefferson Street with 11 a.m. worship, and Delmar Lee Advent Christian also at Hill and Chapel with 10 a.m. worship and 11 a.m. Sunday school.
Local church notices list Advent Church with Rev Milford G Butterfield leading 9 45 a m worship and 11 a m church school. Village Baptist Church at Maine and Spring streets with Rev George P Urban pastor 9 45 a m church school and 11 o clock worship plus nursery and children's church. First Congregational on North street and Arundel road with Rev Robert M Howes 9 30 a m worship. Sout Congregational Temple Street with Rev Robert M Howes worship listed.
Ogunquit's Baptist church on Shore Road led by Rev Paul S Hazlett holds morning worship at 11 am and evening service at 8:36 pm.
Cape Porpoise Methodist Church on the Cape invites Rev Henry O Megert to lead morning worship. Church school starts at 9 30 a m and the morning service follows at 0 45 a m.
Washington avenue Methodist church led by Rev. John T. Stahl holds Sunday school at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 a m First Baptist on Ocean avenue with Rev G Stephen Johnston offers Sunday school at 1 30 p m and worship at 2 30 p m An evening service is planned at First Baptist at 7 30 p m Advent Christian on Seco avenue Ok Orchard Beach with Rev Hermes Thurlow offers classes at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11 00 a m Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal at Atlantic avenue and Third street with Rev Russell K Per holds Sunday school at 9 45 a m junior church at 11 30 a m and morning worship at 11 00 a m Salvation Army 91 Union avenue under Capt Robert Reid features 9 45 Sunday school and 11 00 holy service plus a Holiness meeting at 3 00 p m
Morning worship and Sunday school times reported for multiple Kennebunk churches. Details include First Congregational with Rev Carl Bierman, Christchurch with Rev Frederic Holmberg and Robert B Culmer, Bemis Street Baptist with Chester Meter, Christian Science Society at 25 Summer Street, and West Kennebunk Methodist with Rev John H. Jordan. Services range from 9:00 to 11:00 am with various soloists and organists.
First and Second Congregational churches of Wells hold worship together at the Second church at 10 30 am with Sunday school at 10 30 am and a guest preacher. Full Gospel church on Route 9A near Route 109 Wells led by Rev Lula Nicholson offers Sunday school at 2 pm and worship at 3 pm. Highpine Baptist church in Sanford features Rev Wayne A Porter from North Berwick with Sunday school at 1 pm and worship at 2 pm. Wells Branch Freewill Baptist on Route 9A has Rev Coleman York of South Berwick as pastor with Sunday school at 9 30 am and morning worship at 10 30 am. Moody Community church at Moody Community hall on U Route 1 lists Mr and Mrs Nelson Kimball in charge with Sunday school at 10 am and worship at 11 am.
Goodwins Mills Methodist Church with Rev Norman J Langmaid conducts Sunday services at 9:30 AM and church school at 10:30 AM led by Mrs Stanley Stearns. Advent Christian Church led by Rev Loyd Osborne offers morning worship at 11 AM and Sunday school at 12 noon. Lyman Baptist Church with Rev Robert Vance holds Sunday school at 9:45 AM and morning worship at 11 AM.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints holds meetings at the Adventist church on Cleveland street in Saco. Pastor Charles I Chase and elders Staley and Whitby preach. Sacrament meetings start at 10 30 a.m. on Sunday.
A quick tip suggests beating mayonnaise with sweet pickle relish to create a faster tartar sauce ideal for service with fried scallops. The note emphasizes speed and simple pairing with seafood.
A simple method says salt the hot drained potatoes after cooking. Place them in a brown paper bag, twist the top closed and shake to seasoned fluff.
A New Year editorial urges readers to nominate a person of strong leadership and vision. It cites Casals and Joseph Fort Newton on embodying hope, resilience, and integrity, and asks readers to pursue ambitious causes, remain hopeful, and strive to be “the Man of the Year” through persistent effort.
The year 1960 was marked by religious turmoil and progress as bigotry and swastikas clashed with dialogue. It featured the first Negro cardinal, Pope John XXIII meeting Canterbury, and a World Council of Churches gathering on unity and mutual code of behavior.
Excerpted pet care advice from 1961 columns guiding owners of exotic pets such as ocelots margays flying squirrels and monkeys. It covers feeding vaccination housing and safety along with reader questions on canine coats and avian tumors and invites readers to send inquiries for Mr Miller to answer in a later column.
A Watch Night service will be held at Advent Christian Church, Kennebunk Lower Village, tonight at 9 30. A period of fellowship follows with refreshments. At 11, a worship service features the family film Does Christ Live in Your Home.
The weekly menu lists meals for Tuesday through Friday. Tuesday offers beef stew with vegetables, potatoes, rolls, butter, applesauce and milk. Wednesday features vegetable beef soup, egg salad sandwich, chocolate pudding and milk. Thursday serves shepherd pie with ham burg, corn and mashed potato, tossed salad, dark bread, butter, peaches and milk. Friday includes tomato juice, corn chowder, tuna fish sandwich, cherry pie and milk. Subject to changes.
Week long school meals listing for Kennebunk High and Junior High plus Park Street and Cousens Schools. Daily menus include entrees sides desserts and milk with entries for Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and Friday across campuses. Reads like OCR fragmented cafeteria schedule with multiple meals.
The Wells Ogunquit Parent Teacher Association postpones its January meeting from January 2 to January 9 because no speaker could be secured for the scheduled program. The Wells Ogunquit Health Association will host the program on rheumatoid arthritis with Mrs Maxine Miller as chairman. Henry Hampe, PTA president, will conduct the business meeting, and refreshments will be served by the hospitality committee.
The first of ten card parties was held last night at Old Orchard Beach Lions Club Hall Hoffman Street sponsored by the Lions club. Prizes went to Mrs Sadie Thompson ladies high Mrs Jeanne Lapointe ladies low John Lapointe Jr men high Floyd Walsh low queen of hearts to John Brooks and a special award to Mrs Hilda Price. Cakes were won by Mrs Sadie Thompson Albert Pettengill and Mrs Hilda Price.
Laurette, a play about late star Laurette Taylor, is again heading for Broadway. A production was withdrawn during tryouts when Judy Holliday developed a throat ailment and could not continue in the title role. A new management has taken over the property and plans to present next season with Kim Stanley in the lead.
A readable menu listing daily offerings: Thursday features Hamburg casserole with bread and butter, peaches and milk. Friday offers clam chowder, bread and butter, cheese, pickle slices, ice cream and milk. includes notes of fruit, salads, hot rolls, butter, and milk across days.
Wells OES plans a covered dish supper for Ocean lodge A F and A M Hickpine Wells at the January 25 lodge meeting. The Star Club of Priscilla chapter Order of the Eastern Star met last night at Mrs Marjory Fernalds Ogunquit and gave a table fund report and projects update. Mrs Margaret Brewster presided. Mrs Pauline Quilter received the mystery package. A Christmas party followed with gifts. Mrs Hazel Keirstead acted as Santa. Hostess Mrs Fernald served refreshments with Mrs Brewster assisting. decorations were holiday themed. The next meeting is January 27 at Mrs Keirsteads home with a list of attendees.
Maynard Rollins was elected president of the Kennebunk Fish and Game Club at a meeting in Kennebunk Lower Town hall. Other officers named include Alston True as vice president and Charles Swett as secretary, with trustees Milton Hall, George Peapern, Elmont Tyndale, Ray Libby, Warren Sommers, and Arthur Chase.
Members of the Goodwins Mills Extension association met to plan meetings for the coming year and for a Christmas tree gift exchange. A 4-H presentation by Rep. Eli nor Rundgren followed. Dinner committees for each meeting were approved and gifts exchanged. The next meeting is scheduled for January 24 with a program planning focus.
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