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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1962
Page
3
A reader guide lists numerous parishes and churches from Scarborough to Wells Beach with pastors, Sunday Mass or worship times, and first Friday schedules. Notable entries include St. Mary Wells Beach and All Saints Ogunquit with multiple Masses, St. Monica Kennebunk, Saco First Parish, and United Baptist in Saco, plus summer schedules for First Parish Congregational and Norman J. Langmaid’s church.
A local church notices listing weekly services across Biddeford Saco Kennebunk Old Orchard Beach and Fortunes Rocks. It cites Rev T S Knox and Rev Harold A Hopkins with morning prayers Holy Communion vespers and church school devotions at multiple parishes including St Philip by the Sea and St John by the Sea.
A list of summer church schedules in Biddeford including First Universalist at Jefferson Street and City Square with 9:30 service, Foss Street Methodist with 7:30 Holy Communion and 9:45 Morning Prayer, South Biddeford Methodist at New Pool Road with July sermons, Union Church Biddeford Pool with 9:45 Sunday school and 11:00 worship, Advent Christian at Hill and Chapel with 9:45 Sunday school and 10:45 worship, St Demetrios Greek Orthodox at Adams Street with Orthos at 9:00 and Divine Liturgy at 10:00, United Baptist on Jefferson Street with 9:45 Sunday school and 11:00 worship.
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 and a Sunday evening service at 8 30 Rev Thomas R Merrill leads Ogunquit Methodist church on Shore road with a Sunday worship service at 9 30 a m
Cape Porpoise Methodist Church on the Cape announces morning worship led by Rev. Russell J. Peppe at 10 45 a m. Worship time and pastoral leadership stated for the service.
Buxton Tory Hill Meeting house and Old Peabody Pew church list Rev David W. Smith as pastor. North Congregational church also mentiones Rev Smith with morning worship at 9:39.
Advent Christian Church on Saco Avenue with acting pastor Rev Phylis E Adams offers Sunday school at 9 45 am and worship at 11 am Old Orchard Beach Methodist on Washington Avenue led by Rev Oakley E Woodward holds Sunday worship at 10 30 am First Baptist on Ocean Avenue with Rev G Stephen Johnston conducts Sunday school at 1 30 pm and worship at 2 30 pm Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal at Atlantic and Third streets under Rev Russell Pier offers Sunday school 9 45 am junior church 11 30 am and morning worship at 11 am The Salvation Army at 91 Union Avenue commanded by Lt and Mrs Gordon Clark Jr runs Sunday school 9 45 am holiness meeting at 11 am evening salvation at 7 30 pm and mid week service Wednesday at 7 30 pm.
A list of churches in Kennebunk Lower Village and vicinity with pastors and service times. Advent Christian Church on Route 35 offers Sunday school at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 a m with nursery care. Unitarian First Congregational Parish led by Rev Carl Bierman with 11 a m worship and Sunday school. Christchurch with pastors Rev Frederic Holmberg and Robert B Culmer holds morning services at 9 30 and 11. Kennbunk Baptist Church on Main Street led by Rev Chester M Staples offers Bible school at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11. Christian Science Society on Summer Street holds Sunday school at 11 and morning service at 11. West Kennebunk Methodist Church under Rev Alfred H Ives features morning worship at 9 with 10 a m Sunday school. Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union Society led by Mrs Gracie Ames hosts Sunday school at 10 and Sunday morning worship at 11.
The First and Second Congregational churches on U S Route 1 hold identical summer services each Sunday at 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. The Full Gospel Church on Route 9-A near Wells Corner begins Sunday school in the fall and hosts a 3:00 p.m. worship. Highpine Baptist on Sanford Road presents 1:00 p.m. Sunday school and 2:00 p.m. worship led by Rev Wayne A Porter. Wells Branch Freewill Baptist on Route 9-A and Wells Moody Church of the Nazarene on Route 1 list pastors and weekly schedules including morning and evening worships.
Village Baptist Church at Maine and Spring streets led by Rev George P Urban offers Sunday school for all ages at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11 with nursery and children's church. First Congregational on North street and Arundel road features Rev Robert M Howes and two worship times 9 30 in South Congregational and 9 and 11 in Temple street.
John E. and Vivian M. Hickey sold their Buxton road property in Saco to John R. and Carlyn E. Smith for their residence. The transaction was negotiated by Irving Remar of a Biddeford real estate office.
Ralph W. Loew argues that progress comes from blending past experience with new action. He likens Jesus expanding the law to sail a fragile boat built from odds and ends. Imaginative love and faith sustain us amid storms as the only realism.
Goodwins Mills Methodist Church in Lyman Maine lists summer Sunday services from June 17 to August 6 with morning worship at 10 45 a m and sermon by the minister Norman J Langmaid The minister will be on vacation from August 12 to September 2 with no services During this period Advent Christian Church led by Rev Lloyd Osborne offers morning worship at 11 a m and Sunday school at 12 noon Lyman Baptist Church under Rev Robert J Vance holds Sunday school at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11 a m
Senator Edmund S Muskie reviews the Permanent Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations created in 1959, noting four legislative recommendations enacted and eleven pending. He reports on the Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations approved by the Senate Rules committee, aims to chair it, and urges strengthened federal state local cooperation. He also mentions plans for a Maine visit by the President to dedicate the Roosevelt Memorial Bridge and praises national leaders for supporting Maine’s issues.
Nine area employees received promotions this week at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard per Rear Admiral C. J. Palmer. From Biddeford: Omer R. Boisvert railroad tack man, Lewis Cy metals inspector, Marcel A. Menard and Joseph F. Smith warehousemen, Albert R. Thivierge general helper. From Saco: Paul Caras metals inspector, Harrison M. Goldthwait toolmaker, Donald A. Seeley electronics mechanic. Lester H. Perkins Ogunquit promoted to engineering technician in production.
Old Orchard Beach residents report Betty McLeod Thompson and family visiting her mother Mrs Arthur McLeod in North Berwick and staying at the McLeod Lodge with relatives. Fred Tice, formerly of the area, now Springfield, MA, visiting friends here this week. Summer services at St John Episcopal Church include 8:00 AM Holy Communion and 11:15 AM Holy Eucharist with sermon and hymns, followed by a Bishop's committee meeting around 12:30 PM on July 29. Rev Harold McElwain is the pastor.
The engagement of Miss Joan Marcia Seymour to Leonard A. Hurrel is announced by her parents of Biddeford. Miss Seymour, a Biddeford High School graduate, works at New England Telephone and Telegraph. Hurrell, Thornton Academy graduate, works in building contracting with his father. A fall wedding is planned.
Dr. Ross G. Wyman DDS will open a dental office in an upstairs space of the Cole Agency in Kennebunk. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wyman of Orono and a UMaine alum with ties to Lambda Chi Alpha. The Wymans reside at Sycamore Heights, Kennebunk.
The Rotary club of Kennebunk organizes a chicken barbecue at Kennebunk Junior High grounds from 5 30 to 7 30 p m on Wednesday with rain date the next day. Charles MacDonald Jr replaces Waldo Chick as barbecue chief and multiple members handle advertising, ticketing, seating, serving, and cleanup roles.
Guests of Mr and Mrs Ed Mund L Cashen hosted Orvis Saxby of Pine Point and Stoneham Massachusetts along with Mrs Frank Van Ummersen from Fast Bridgewater and Mrs Osman Collins of Stoneham Mass. The Kennebunk fire department responded to a washing machine short circuit at Donald Shuffleburg Mousam road not Donald Tufts place as reported. A Webber Lefebvre Post American Legion meeting is set for August at 8 pm with house committee appointments for the year. Mrs Walter Graham and children Kimberly Stacey and Scott returned to Winthrop Mass after visiting Carrie Thompson at the Landing. Robert Johnston Mrs Johnston and children Kelly and Stacey Warren RI are visiting her parents on Storer street while Johnston, with the Coast Guard, is stationed in Bristol RT.
Ralph Tully of Portland has named William Earle of Old Orchard Beach to again chair the Jimmy Fund tag day on August 10. Co-chairman will be William Mullen, with the Happy Day campers assisting as tag sellers and coin container passers. Earle first chaired in Salem and has chaired locally since arriving in Old Orchard Beach.
Boston AP reports the American Automobile Association estimates more than 110 million people will visit national forests in 1962, an increase of eight million from 1961. The forecast highlights growing public use of federal forest lands.
The article explains how to care for a captured toad or frog including feeding with live insects or raw meat, and the need for a terrarium with a mossy area and a water pool. It notes differences between toads and frogs, their moisture needs, and suggests similar care for garter and grass snakes. It ends with a pet forum on feeding star fish and a parakeet harness inquiry, plus a photo submission offer from Milam, Inc.
The article explains depth perception as the key factor behind risky passing when space is insufficient. Faulty distance judgment can cause overestimation of gap, leading to unsafe overtaking. it recommends extra following distance, larger clear space when passing, slower driving, and heightened alertness for emergencies.
Veterans may obtain VA benefits information faster by writing to or visiting their local VA regional office rather than VA Central Office in Washington. Direct queries about individual cases must be handled by the regional office with the veteran’s records. In Maine the regional office is at the VA center in Togus. Include full name, address, birth date, service serial number and claim number if available to speed papers and records needed for answers.
About 85 members and visiting Rotarians attended at Kennebunk Inn with Charles Dessow presiding. Mario Prisco spoke on the Maine Arts and Crafts Association and its aims to raise standards in arts and crafts. The club plans its annual chicken barbecue August 1 from 5 30 to 7 30 p m on the Kennebunk grounds. rain date is the following day.
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