Biddeford and Area Church Directory Listings
Directory of churches in Biddeford and surrounding towns with pastors and Sunday mass or service times including St. Joseph St. Andre St. Mary St. Brendan Notre Dame de Lourdes Most Holy Trinity Camp Ellis Our Lady of Victory St. Margaret St. Jude St. Monica Martha Wells Beach All Saints Congregational Church First Parish School Street Methodist United Baptist Bible Baptist Assembly of God North Saco Christian and Christian Science services listed with ministers and schedules.
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Notre Dame de Lourdes
Arthur J. Dube
Most Holy Trinity Church
Main Street
Sace
Maurice Boland
Camp Ellis
Our Lady of Victory Chapel
Old Orchard Beach
Episcopal churches in Biddeford Saco and Kennebunk list services
Church listings note morning prayers and Holy Communion at Christ Church Biddeford and Trinity Church Saco led by Rev T S Knox at 7:30 and 9 am. St Philip-by-the-Sea Fortunes Rocks features 5 pm vesper with Arundel Opera soloist. St John-by-the-Sea Old Orchard Beach offers 8 am Holy Communion and 11:15 am Eucharist with hymns. St David Kennebunk led by Rev Harold A Hopkins with 10 am services and 11:15 am church school devotions, nursery care available.
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Christ (Episcopal
Crescent and
South Streets
Biddeford
T. S. Knox
Trinity (Episcopal
Main
Cleveland Streets
Saco
St. Philips By-The-Sea
Fortunes Rocks
The
Arundel Opera Company
St. David
Episcopal
St. John Street
Old Orchard Beach
Harold McElwin
Faithful schedules fill Biddeford churches this summer
The list details summer worship times and pastors for multiple Biddeford churches including Foss Street Methodist with Rev. James Douglass Riddle at 7:30 a.m. Holy Communion and 9:45 a.m. Morning Prayer, White Church with Rev. Chauncy M. Harding at 10:30 a.m. worship, and St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox at 10:30 a.m. Liturgy. Also notes guest pastors at several locales and Sunday school timings.
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Foss Street
Foss and
Popl Streets
James Douglass Riddle
South Biddeford Methodist Church
New Pool Road
Beach
White Church
Crescent Street
Biddeford
David E. Wigley
Belfast
Union Church
Honey Ledge Road
Biddeford Pool
Stanley A. Bennett
Advent Christian Church
Hill and
Chapel Streets
Lottie Record
Second Congregational
Chauncy M. Harding
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
Adams Street
Alexander Xanthakis
United Baptist Church
Jefferson Street
Jasper M. Beane
Local Churches Schedule Sunday Services and Classes
Advent Christian church on Saco avenue led by acting pastor Rev Phylis E Adams offers Sunday school at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 a m Old Orchard Beach Methodist on Washington avenue with Rev Oakley E Woodward pastor holds Sunday worship at 10 30 a m First Baptist on Ocean av enue Rev G Stephen Johnston minister runs Sunday school at 1 30 p m and worship at 2 30 p m Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal on Atlantic avenue and Third street led by Rev Russell P er offers Sunday school 9 45 a m junior church 11 30 a m and turning worship 1 a m Salvation Army at 91 Union avenue headed by Lt Elizabeth Burnell holds Sunday school at 9 45 a m and Holiness meeting at 11 a m at Union Avenue headquarters
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Advent Christian Church
Saco Avenue
Phylis E. Adams
Old Orchard Beach
Atlantic Avenue
Third Street
Russell & P.er
Salvation Army
Union Avenue
Elizabeth Burnell
Kennebunk religious listings feature pastors and services
Advent Christian church Route 35 Kennebunk Lower Village led by Rev Milford G Butterfield offers Sunday school at 945 am and worship at 11 am with nursery care during both. Unitarian First Congregational parish lists Rev Carl Bierman. Christchurch shows Rev Frederic Holmberg and Robert B Culmer with services at 930 and 1100. Kennbunk Baptist Main Street conducts Bible school at 945 and worship at 1100. Christian Science Society 25 Summer Street holds Sunday school at 1100 and morning service at 1100. West Kennebunk Methodist Rev Alfred H Ives holds 900 am worship and 1000 am Sunday school. Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union Society led by Mrs Gracie Ames with Sunday school at 1000 and morning worship to come.
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Advent Christian Church
Kennebunk Lower Village
Milford G. Butterfield
Unitarian Church
First Congregational
Carl Bierman
Christchurch
Frederic’. Holmberg
Robert B. Culmer
Kennbunk Baptist Church
Main Street
Chester ‘Staples
P Or
Christian Science Society
Summer Street
West Kennebunk Methodist Church
Alfred H. Ives
Kennebunk Landing
Local church listings include three congregations
Village Baptist Church on Maine and Spring fields a service at 9:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. youth nursery. First Congregational on North and Arundel with 9:30 a.m. worship led by Rev Robert M Howes. South Congregational on Temple street with morning worship led by Rev Robert M Bowes.
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Village Baptist Church
Maine
Spring Streets
George P. Urban
First Congregational Church
North Street
Arundel Road
Robert M. Howes
South Congregational Church
Temple Street
Robert M. Bowes
Buxton Meeting Houses Share Morning Worship Schedule
The Buxton Tory Hill meeting house and the Old Pea body Pew church, both led by Rev. David W. Smith, offer morning worship. North Congregational church also led by Rev. Smith holds services at 9 30 in the morning.
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Tory Hill Meeting House
Buxton Lower Corner
Old Peabody Pew
David W. Smith
North Congregational Church
David W Smith
Wells church groups hold united services across town
Religious notices list gatherings at First and Second Congregational churches along U S Route 1 with Rev John N Simpson. Union worship at First church near Mile road Wells Beach at 10 30 a m plus Sunday school. Full Gospel church Route 9A near Route 109 Wells with Rev Lula Nicholson holds Sunday school 2 p m and worship 3 p m. Highpine Baptist on Sanford road led by Rev Wayne A Porter holds Sunday school 1 p m and worship 2 p m. Wels Branch Freewill Baptist on Route 9A with Rev Coleman York offers Sunday school 9 30 a m and morning worship 10 30 a m. Moody Community church at Moody Community hall Route 1 run by Mr and Mrs Nelson Kimball offers Sunday school 10 a m and worship 1 p m.
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First
Second Congregational
Wells
U. S
John N. Simpson
Mile Road
Wells Beach
Full Gospel Church
Lula Nicholson
Goodwins Mills Summer church schedule and notices
Goodwins Mills Methodist Church in Lyman Maine lists Norman J Langmaid as minister with a summer schedule of Sunday services from June 17 to August 6 at 1045 am for morning worship and sermon. Services pause during the minister’s vacation August 12 to September 2 inclusive. Also notes Advent Christian church led by Rev Lloyd Osborne with 11 am worship and noon Sunday school and Lyman Baptist Church led by Robert J Vance with 945 am Sunday school and 1100 am worship.
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Goodwins Mills Methodist Church
Lyman
Maine
Norman J. Langmaid
Classified Columns Hold Bargains Across Listings
Readers are urged to peruse classified columns for bargains and items for sale. The ad pages showcase merchandise, services, and notices suitable for budget shoppers seeking value.
Finding the Way Hope a Healing Potion
A Cornell study links hope to physical health through stories of Amsterdam businessmen captured by Nazis. Hope, rooted in faith and purpose, sustains people through defeat and hardship, outlasting health problems like ulcers. The piece contrasts futile wealth with meaningful life and urges resilient hope that endures adversity.
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Cornell University
Amsterdam
John Ciardi
Jesus
Communist China pledges long term religious freedom
Tokyo dispatch reports Communist China plans to maintain its version of religious freedom for years, while admitting past errors in policy. Deputy director Chang Chih Yi says major religions Catholicism Islam Buddhism Taoism and Protestant Christianity will persist beyond socialism. He notes religion remains under patriotic control, churches mosques and temples stay open, and imprisoned clergy have not been a policy. He cites ongoing cadre training gaps and insists state will not interfere with masses who hold religious beliefs despite atheistic Communist leadership.
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Tokyo
Communist China
Chang Chih-Yi
Communist Party
United Work Front Department
Nationalities
Chang
China
Weekend Guests and Local Events Highlight Brewer News
Weekend guests at Lt. and Mrs. Henry P. McCabe’s home included Richard Bridges and family from Chelmsford Massachusetts and Thomas McCabe from Groton Massachusetts. Helen O’Blenis and daughter Kimberly planned to join Frederick O’Blenis in Lake City Florida, traveling via Boston. Visitants also included Janet Bradbury and Margret Carr from North Andover, and the Talbots from Springfield. Ralph Underwood, a pharmacist, works at Bowdoin Drug Store in Kennebunk. Frank Chambers and son Jeffrey vacationing at Garrett's Cabins in Wells while he staffs Wells IGA Market. Chambers teaches fifth grade at Wampatuck in Scituate. Notices mention Strawbery Festival July 12 in Nickerson gardens, and Maine Federation of Music Clubs convention attendance by local residents at Samoset Hotel, Rockland.
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Henry P. McCabe
Pleasant Street
Richard Bridges
Shelly
Sharon
Teresa
Chelmsford
Mass
Thomas McCabe
Groton
Helen O'Blenis
Kimberly
O'Blenis
Elsie Bouchard
Fletcher Street
Magda Dearborn
Grove Street
James V. Day
Washington, D.C
Brewer
Webhannet Club
Wells E. Nickerson
Stanley Day
Homer Chappell
Janet Chappell
Clythro Staples
Lincoln Street
Maine Federation of Music Clubs
Samoset Hotel
Rockland
Ogunquit church services and pastors listed
Ogunquit Baptist church on Shore Road led by Rev. Paul Hazlette offers Sunday morning worship at 9 and 10 30 with Sunday school and nursery at 10 30 The Ogunquit Methodist church on Shore Road led by Rev. Thomas R Merrill holds Sunday worship at 9 30 a m each week.
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Ogunquit Baptist Church
Shore Road
Paul Hazlette
Ogunquit Methodist Church
Thomas R. Merrill
Cape Porpoise Church Service Schedule
Cape Porpoise Methodist Church on the Cape announces Rev. Henry O. Megert as minister. Church school at 9:30 a.m. Morning worship at 10:47 a.m.
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Methodist Church
Maine Medical Center Gets $50,000 Radiation Grant
Senator Margaret Chase Smith announced the Department of Health, Education and Welfare approved a 50,000 dollar grant to Maine Medical Center for a radiation facilities project costing 250,000 dollars. The grant supports the installation plan and advances medical research and treatment capabilities in Maine.
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Washington
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Maine Medical Center
Missing Yawl Nears Rhode Island Port
The 42-foot yawl Mistral, overdue on a Ber muda voyage, was reported nearing Watch Hill Rhode Island and is scheduled to race at Watch Hill Yacht Club. Owner’s spokesman says the craft is safe and sound. The vessel chartered by Richard W. Baron of New York skippered in the Newport-Bermuda race.
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Westerly, R.I
Bermuda
Watch Hill
Watch Hill Yacht Club
Stanton C. Sanders
Westerly
Richard W. Baron
New York
Dial Press
Newport-Ber ‘Muda
Guest To Hold Sunday Service At Ocean Park
The Rev C Ritchie Beil will lead interdenominational worship at Ocean Park on Sunday at 7:30 am in the One Ocean. Leon A Cole of Ocean Park and Rev Stanley G Matthews will take part. Choirs from Camp Azalea and Temple will sing with Miss Berniece F Libb accompanying. Adelbert M Jakeman will preside and flowers honor Harriet M Hewins and Marion F Keen. Sunday school runs in B C Jordan Memorial Hall with Miss Ethel G Nelson supervising. Beach vesper speaker is Rev Frank P Manley with Miss Nancy A Billingham trumpet. Evening Temple service at 7:50 features Arundel Opera Theatre group from Kennebunkport and Rev Gordon Potent will conduct devotion.
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C. Ritchie Beil
Presbyterian Ee de Quebec
Life
Leon A. Cole
Ocean Park
New England Baptist Conference
Stanley G. Matthews
George Williams College
Chicago
Camp Azalea
Temple Choir
Stewart Shuster
Berniece F. Libb
Assembly Music
Adelbert M. Jakeman
Ocean Park Association
Harriet M. Hewins
Marion F. Keen
Lillian G. Keen
B.C. Jordan Memorial Hall
Ethel G. Nelson
Beach
Frank P. Manley
Ramapatnam
Telugu Baptist Theological Seminary
India
Nancy A Billingham
Arundel Opera Theatre and Academy
Kennebunkport
Wesley Boynton
Ton
Morse Haithwaite
Martha Jane Breslin
Carolyn Kimball
Gordon Potent
Ormond Beach
Florida
Daytona Beach
Canal Closes As Labor Ruft Grows Worse
The 28 mile Welland Canal was blocked at both ends by ships in a labor dispute halting Seaway traffic. The boycott by Canadian Seafarers Union members spread from St Lawrence lockmasters to Welland lockmasters and affected Canada Steamship Lines. Government ministers failed to resolve demands tied to ending the SIU reign of terror and a government inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers
Brotherhood
CMU
Canadian Labor Congress
SIU
Welland Canal
Lake Ontario
Canada
Canada Steamship Lines
Leon Baker
Labor
Michael Starr
William Dodge
Labor Congress
CLC
Great Lakes
U.S
Water bombing debut aids Maine forest blaze
Maine Forest Service deploys water bombing by helicopter for the first time on July Fourth near Spencer Lake. Commissioner Austin H Wilkins said the method helped confine the fire to less than a tenth of an acre.
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Maine Forest Service
Austin H. Wilkins
Spencer Lake
Mistral Returns Home After Bermuda Voyage
The Mistral departed Bermuda on June 28 and set course for the return voyage, finishing the round trip among the also-rans as reported.
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Bermuda
Baxter Honored by Udall for Conservation Work
PORTLAND AP Secretary of the Interior Stewart L Udall awarded former Gov Percival P Baxter the Conservation Service Award in a hospital room where he recovers from surgery Udall praised his decades of land acquisitions forming Maine state park land now over 200000 acres The 85 year old ex governor received the plaque and discussed the honor with Udall Senator Edmund Muskie and reporters Udall noted the award honors Baxter for one of the greatest conservation contributions in U S history and tied its gift to future park expansion during his Maine visit
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Portland
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Conservation Service
Percival P. Baxter
Udall
Baxter
Sen
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
State Park Area
White House
Bare Minimum Featured In Fashions
New York AP report on James Galanos presenting a 100000 collection with ultralow hemlines and minimal tops. Calfornian designer shows gaunt models wearing naked wool jerseys and strapless gowns with hidden closures and concealed pleats, highlighting fabric architecture and design tricks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James Galanos
Coutouriers
Galanos
Tax Liens Filed Against Moriarty in Jersey City Case
Federal officials announced tax liens totaling 3.395 million dollars against bookmaker Joseph Moriarty. The liens cover 1956 to 1961 income, fraud penalties, and interest. Moriarty, imprisoned in Trenton, is tied to a $2.4 million cache found with bonds in his and his deceased brother’s names. Authorities say he has not confirmed ownership and a girlfriend also remained silent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N.J
Moriarty
Internal Revenue Service
Justice Department
FBI
Anna Petrick
Rail Unions Reject Government Arbitration Offer
Five railroad unions representing about 200000 on trainmen rejected a government call to arbitrate the deadlocked dispute over crew size. They said negotiations in Chicago were not fully explored and the arbitration offer was premature. No immediate strike appeared likely despite the walkout. A 30 day cooling off period and possible 60 day delay by emergency board remain options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, Ohio
National Mediation Board
Chicago
Kennedy
Loved Cat Thrives On Almost Any Diet
Pet care column notes cats adapt to varied foods from raw liver to milk and vegetables, stressing that diet quality and affection influence appetite and health. Experiments show that gentle interaction helps kittens thrive on any diet, while some cats prefer cooked meat or nontraditional foods.
Dispute Draws in Edge Over Acceptance of Both Sides
Tense talks continue as negotiators seek a middle ground, with officials urging both sides to concede key points. The process aims to resolve the standoff without escalation, even as public pressure mounts for a timely agreement.
Negro Sentenced On Narcotic Drug Charges
David J. Booker, 47, a onetime jazz musician who lost his hands in an industrial accident, was convicted on two narcotic drug charges and sentenced to four years in the House of Correction. He was held in $10,000 bail with surety. A white woman, 25, named Andrea FE Bruce, also known as Booker, received concurrent sentences on six narcotic charges. The cases were heard by District Court Judge Donald E Mayberry. sentence for the woman to be set at the reformatory. The woman was arrested in Ogunquit, Maine, and waived extradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald E. Mayberry
Womens Reformatory
Reformatory
Ogunquit
Maine
York, Maine
Gravel train derailment stalls traffic near Willington
A Central Vermont Railway freight car carrying 60 tons of gravel derailed near Willington Connecticut last night, tying up traffic for six hours. The sixth car left the track about a half mile south of the Route 44 crossing. Central Vermont runs between New London and White River Junction Vermont and is a CN subsidiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willington, Conn
Central Vermont Railway
Central
Vermont
New London
White River Junction
Canadian National Railways
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