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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1962
Page
3
Directory lists church names, pastors, and Sunday Mass or service times across Saco, Old Orchard Beach, Kennebunk, Biddeford Pool, Wells Beach, Ogunquit, and surrounding towns. Includes Notre Dame de Lourdes in Saco, St. Brendan Biddeford Pool, St. Mary Wells Beach, and multiple parishes with varied mass times.
Parish listings show services across multiple churches: Christ in Biddeford with Morning Prayer at 7:30 and Holy Communion at 8 led by Rev. T. S. Knox. Trinity in Saco with 9 am Morning Prayer and Holy Communion. St. Philips by the Sea at Fortunes Rocks featuring soloist from the Arundel Opera. St. David in Kennebunk with 10 am vicarage devotions and 11:15 am services. St. John by the Sea in Old Orchard Beach with 8 am Holy Communion and 11:15 am Eucharist and hymns.
A roundup of Biddeford church schedules notes multiple congregations and pastors. Rev. Edmund W. Beal leads Biddeford First Universalist with 9:30 Sunday service, while Foss Street Methodist and South Biddeford Methodist share summer routines including 7:30 Holy Communion and 9:45 Morning Prayer. White Church hosts 10:30 worship with guest preacher Rev. David E. Wigley, and St Demetrios Greek Orthodox offers Orthos at 9 and Liturgy at 10. A variety of congregations including Advent Christian, Whitechurch, Union Church, and United Baptist present services and Sunday schools through May and June with guest pastors and interim leaders.
Buxton Tory Hill Meeting house at Buxton Lower Corner hosts morning worship led by Rev David W Smith at 9:30. Congregational church service also noted with Rev David W Smith as pastor.
Advent Christian in Saco Avenue led by 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 preaching Sunday service at 10 30 a m First Baptist on Ocean Avenue with Rev G Stephen Johnston holds Sunday school at 1 30 p m and worship at 2 30 p m Faith Tabernacle at Atlantic Avenue and Third Street under Rev Russell K Pier has Sunday school at 9 43 a m junior church at 11 30 a m and morning worship at 1 a m The Salvation Army at 91 Union Avenue led by Lt and Mrs Gordon Clark Jr lists Sunday school at 9 45 a m a Sunday Holiness meeting at 11 a m an evening salvation meeting at 7 30 p m and mid week service Wednesday at 7 30 p m.
The town lists multiple congregations with service times and pastors. Advent Christian Church on Route 35 in Kennebunk Lower Village led by Rev. Milford G Butterfield offers Sunday school at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 a m with nursery care. Unitarian Church led by Rev Carl Bierman morning worship and Sunday school at 11 a m. Christchurch with pastors Rev Frederick Holmberg and Robert B Culmer offers services at 9 30 and 11 a m. Kennebunk Baptist Church on Main Street with Rev Chester M Staples offers Bible school 9 45 a m and morning worship 11 a m. Christian Science Society at 25 Summer Street holds Sunday school 11 a m and morning service at 11 30 a m. West Kennebunk Methodist Church under Rev Alfred H Ives has Sunday sermon at 9 a m and day school classes at 10 a m. Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union Society led by Mrs Gracie Ames lists Sunday school 10 a m and Sunday morning worship.
Wells hosts union worship at the First church near Mile road at 10:30 a.m. Sunday school follows the children's story. Full Gospel church on Route 9-A offers Sunday school at 2 p.m. and worship at 3 p.m. Highpine Baptist on Sanford road conducts Sunday school at 1 p.m. and worship at 2 p.m. Wells Branch Freewill Baptist on Route 9-A led by Rev Coleman York has Sunday school at 8 a.m. and morning worship at 10:30 a.m. Moody Community church at Moody Community hall lists Sunday School at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m.
Goodwins Mills Methodist Church in Lyman Maine lists Norman J Langmaid as minister. Summer schedule runs June 17 to August 6 with Sunday worship at 10 45 am and no church school until September 9. The minister’s vacation from August 12 to September 2 excludes services. Advent Christian Church led by Rev Lloyd Osborne offers 11 am worship and 12 noon Sunday school. Lyman Baptist Church under Robert I Vance has Sunday school at 9 45 am and morning worship at 11 am.
Sunday morning worship at Cape Porpoise Ogunquit Baptist Church on Shore Road 9 and 10 30 with Sunday school at 10 30 and evening service 8 30. Ogunquit Methodist Church on Shore reads Rev Henry Meyert and Rev Thomas Merrill with church school at 9 30 and morning service at 10 45 am.
A columnist urges personal responsibility to combat juvenile delinquency and social decay. Citizens must act locally with discipline and conscience, transforming buck passers into responsible neighbors through community, schools, and voluntary service.
Rev. William B. Glenesk of Spencer Memorial Church in Brooklyn advocates Christian agnosticism, fusing literature, theatre, and art into sermons. He argues God exists though unprovable, testing faith through exploration with sermons followed by Broadway-influenced seminars. About 200 in congregation, 100 attend Sunday services, 50 stay for seminars, much feedback is favorable though some critics oppose the approach.
Mr and Mrs Ed Guy of Topeka and Mr and Mrs Hugh Hutton of Tampa once neighbors. The Huttons moved to Florida two years ago, then drove to Tampa to visit the Guys, only to discover the Guys were visiting their former neighbors in Topeka and arriving the same day to greet them.
Village Baptist Church at Maine and Spring streets with Rev George P. Urban offers a church school for all ages at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11. First Congregational on North street with Rev Robert M Howes lists services. South Congregational on temple street, also Rev Howes, with worship at 9 and 11.
Kennebunk police recovered two stolen autos. David Boisvert of Sanford had his car taken July 10 from a port hotel parking lot where he works. Clythro Staples of Kennebunk reported a June 25 theft. the abandoned car was recovered the next morning. Two juveniles received two years probation. parents paid for items missing.
Kathy Lynn Scott daughter of Mr and Mrs Verlin Scott celebrated her second birthday on Saturday July 7 at the home of her grandparents Mr and Mrs Wesley Knight in Alewife A social was held in the afternoon with favors at each place and a pink and white birthday cake centerpiece The guests included Bonnie Bruce Wesley Linda Lank Melissa True Mary Anne True Peter Thivierge and Kathy Lynn Scott her mother Mrs Verlin Scott and her grandmother Mrs Wesley Knight all of Kennebunk Invited but unable to attend were Miss Laurie Danis of Arundel and Mark Lank of Kennebunk
Following two weeks of summer training at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek Virginia, Midshipman Donald H. Wallace son of Mrs H E Johnston East Waterboro joined a simulated beach assault at Camp Lejeune North Carolina He is entering his third year at the Naval Academy Annapolis Maryland.
A July 25 home and garden tour sponsored by the Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk runs from 10 am to 4 pm. Sixteen houses and gardens will be on the route, including Tory Chimneys owned by Mr and Mrs James MacNaughton Thompson.
The Franciscan Fathers of Kennebunk Lower Village host an Annual Festival on August 5 at the monastery grounds. Activities begin at 11 a.m. with a Solemn High Mass by a newly ordained Franciscan Father. Dinner at noon offers Lithuanian and American styles. A 3:30 p.m. cultural program features St. Peter's parish choir from South Boston conducted by Prof. J. Kacinskas, with Lithuanian folk dances by Anna Ivaska.
Lebanon area notes Rev Wilbur Reid of Meaderboro will guest preach at 9 am Sunday at North Lebanon church. Vacation Bible School runs two weeks starting July 23 at Lebanon Central School. Rev Ernest Roberts will begin pastoral duties at North Lebanon on the first Sunday in September. The passage also lists funeral tributes and local social visits involving families from Lebanon and surrounding towns.
The Public Health Office at 10 Storer Street Kennebunk hosts the monthly Child Health Clinic on Tuesday July 17 from 3 00 to 5 00 pm. A physician will oversee immunizations for diphtheria whooping cough tetanus polio and smallpox for babies and children up to school age.
Kennebunkport and Kennebunk school boards discussed a five year tuition pact for Kennebunkport students to attend Kennebunk High School from Sept 1962 to Aug 1967 to address space needs. A proposed plan would require expansion costing about 250000 with construction hoped for 1963, subject to town meeting approval. Alternative ideas included building a new junior high or a 6 6 6 plan to shift facilities and student flow, but transportation and capacity concerns were raised.
Following a joint meeting of the Kennebunk and Kennebunkport School committees, the board considered the Teachers' Club proposal to raise local teacher salaries to area levels. Minimum bachelor’s pay would rise to 4 200 and experienced teachers could reach 6 090, with a three year phased increase. Current year salary cost is 251 448, with projections of 282 616 for 1963 and 312 477 for 1964. The district also approved Edith Horne as part time cafeteria worker, named Charles E. Cole alternate-at-large, and authorized cafeteria trays for an open house and high school track use for a summer fitness meet.
A summer fair and food sale was held yesterday by the Women’s Society of Christian Service of the Washington Avenue Methodist Church in Old Orchard Beach. Co chairs for fancy work and home embroidery included Mrs Mattit Bliss and Mrs Kenneth with help from Retta Sait Alice Browne and Helen Anderson. White elephant table co-chairs were Florence Gray and Jean Cooper.
A stork shower honored Mrs Roger Fortin at the home of Mrs Frank Stevens on Colonial drive Kennebunk. Pink shoe centerpiece and baby doll decor marked the celebration with gifts opened and refreshments served. Attending were numerous Kennebunk residents plus Mrs Guy Sirois of Sanford and several other relatives and friends.
Research notes that about one third of fatal motor vehicle accidents involve a drinking driver. Post mortem tests show high alcohol presence among crash victims and New York State studies report 69 percent of drivers killed in single car crashes had alcohol in blood or brain tissue.
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