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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1962
Page
3
Local church directory lists Sunday Mass times for S Joseph St Andre St Mary Notre Dame de Lourdes Most Holy Trinity Kennebunk Kennebunkport Old Orchard Beach St Margaret St Jude Wells Beach St Mary Bible Baptist Second Parish Unitarian First Parish Congregational School Street Methodist North Saco Congregational Christian Christian Science Society and more with pastors and service times across Saco and nearby towns.
Church notices list service times and duties for Christ Crescent Street Biddeford St David Kennebunk St Phillip by the Sea Fortunes Rocks St John by the Sea Old Orchard Beach and St. John by the Sea giving Holy Communion Sung Eucharist Morning Prayer and sermons with nursery care and children's classes.
The Biddeford region lists church services and Sunday school times for multiple congregations including Second Congregational Crescent Street United Church of Christ. Advent Christian Church Hills and Chapel streets led by Rev. Lottie Record. First Universalist City Square with 10 45 a m service. Unitarian Universalist at Second Parish Saco. Greek Orthodox St Demetrios 35 Adams Street with Matins Orthos and Divine Liturgy. Foss Street and South Biddeford Methodist Churches. United Baptist Jefferson Street with 9 45 a m Sunday school and 11 a m worship.
Advent Christian church led by Rev Milford G Butterfield holds morning worship at 9 45 with church school. Village Baptist Church on Maine and Spring streets, Rev George P Urban, pastor, offers church school for all ages and morning worship at 9 45. First Congregational on North Street and Arunderoaa, Rev Robert M Howes pastor, morning worship at 9 30. South Congregational on Temple Street, Rev Robert M Hoes pastor, morning worship at 9 and 11 with supervised nursery and children's church.
Buxton Tory Hill meeting house and North Congregational church invite worshipers to morning services led by Rev David W Smith, pastor, at 9 30.
Old Orchard Beach churches list morning worship times and pastors. First Baptist Church on Ocean Avenue led by Rev G Stephen Johnston offers Sunday school at 1 38 p m and worship at 2 30 p m. Faith Tabernacle on Atlantic Avenue and Third Street led by Rev Russel A Pier holds Sunday school at 9 45 am junior church 11 30 am and morning worship at 1 am. Salvation Army at Union Avenue led by Lt Elizabeth Burnell conducts Sunday school at 9 45 am and a Sunday Holiness meeting at 11 am.
The Unitarian First Congregational parish led by Rev. Carl Bierman offers morning worship and Sunday school at 11 a.m. Christ Church pastors Rev. Frederic Holmberg and Robert B Culmer host morning services. Kennbunk Baptist Church on Main Street features Bible school at 9:45 a.m. and a 11 a.m. worship. Christian Science Society conducts 11 a.m. service and Sunday school. West Kennebunk Methodist Church with Rev. Alfred H. Ives holds 9 a.m. worship and 10 a.m. Sunday school. Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union, led by Mrs. Gracie Ames, offers 10 a.m. Sunday school and morning worship at 7 p.m.
Wells First and Second Congregational churches host weekly union worship at 10:30 a.m. at the Second church mapped just north of Wells, with Sunday school at the same time and classes after the children’s story. Full Gospel church on Route 9 A off Route 109, Wells, holds Sunday school at 2 p.m. and worship at 3 p.m. Highpine Baptist on Sanford Road, led by Rev Wayne A Porter, offers Sunday school at 1 p.m. and worship at 2 p.m. Wells Branch Freewill Baptist on Route 9 A, with Rev Coleman York, has Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and morning worship at 10:30 a.m. Moody Community church at Moody Community Hall on U.S. Route 1, with Mr and Mrs Nelson Kimball in charge, offers Sunday school at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m.
Goodwins Mills Methodist church offers morning worship at 9 30 with sermon and 10 30 church school lesson led by Mrs Attleson general superintendent. Advent Christian church counts Rev Lloyd Osborne as pastor with morning worship and noon Sunday school. Lyman Baptist Church led by Robert J Vance holds Sunday school at 9 45 and morning worship at 11.
Ogunaut Ogu quit Baptist church on Shore Road led by Rev Paul Hazlett offers Sunday worship at 11 00 AM and Sunday school at 9 45 AM with classes for all ages through high school Ogunuit Methodist church on Shore Road led by Rev Robert A Carter has Sunday worship at 9 30 AM and Sunday school at 10 30 AM.
Rev Henry O Megert leads morning worship at 9 45 a m with church school at 9 30 a m followed by service on Cape Porpoise.
The note suggests buying chickpeas and preparing them in a trained and marinated French dressing. Serve over salad greens and top with abundant minced parsley for flavor.
The speaker compares faith to swimming in water 70,000 fathoms deep to explain how belief goes beyond safe, provable statements. He argues faith requires venturing into the unknown, obedience, and reliance on God, not self.
Associated Press notes Pope John XXIII chose October 11 as the opening day for the Second Vatican Council to echo the Council of Ephesus held in 431. The piece explores Ephesus as a symbolic link to Mary and John the Evangelist, and the broader unity aims of the council.
Mrs. Maurice Caron of Kennebunk was guest of honor at a stork shower hosted at Friend Street, Kennebunk, with co-hostesses Mrs. Clinton Leavitt and Mrs. Kenneth Gilliespie. Pink and blue decorations framed a cake centerpiece with a tiny baby in a cradle. Guests from several towns attended, and Lorraine Davis sent gifts without being present.
Rev John T Stahl of Washington Avenue M E church announces the first Lenten service at 7 p m Sunday. The Past Noble Grands Association of Old Orchard Rebekah lodge will hold a silent auction at Mrs Doris Ellingwood's home Monday evening. C Fayette Staples Unit A L auxiliary meets at the Legion hall Monday at 8 p m. Mrs Margaret Lynch and Miss Ethel Wight return from a Florida vacation. Five Old Orchard Beach women hosted Rockefeller fundraiser dinner in Portland for Arundel Women's Republican club. Miss Joan Strickland visits from the University of Maine with her parents.
The Circle 6 of the Women's Fellowship of Christchurch Kennebunk met at Mrs. John Lindsey's home with Mrs. Henry Pierce presiding. Fifteen members and guests attended as Miss Lillian Pickens spoke on her 42% years as a missionary educator in India. Refreshment committee names were announced for the April 21 church meeting. Next gathering set for April 5 at Mrs. Elizabeth Kelley’s home on Park Street with hostesses Mrs. Raymond Belyea and Mrs. John Lindsey.
Sp/4 John N. Anthony of Old Orchard Beach was awarded the Good Conduct Medal while with the 11th Artillery at Fort Campbell Kentucky. A 1952 Thornton Academy graduate, he entered the Army in 1959 after Portland University studies and prior work at Saco Lowell shops.
A list names Miss Claudette Bertheaume of Biddeford and Mrs. Howard Taute of Kennebunk plus Mrs. Leo Cote of Saco, Mrs. Ferdinand Jalbert of Biddeford and Mrs. Ruby Shorey of Arundel. The note references teenage brushwood use for fences and hedges.
The first Life Scout badge in Ogunquit Troop 339 history was earned by David Spinney at a Court of Honor in the Ogunquit Methodist church social hall. Star and Second class badges were awarded to several Scouts, with multiple merit badges earned by Amee Spinney Neill Miller Spinney and others. A June wedding is planned for M Madeline Harriman and Ernest Beaudoin.
The Miniwanca Star Club met at Robinson Memorial Masonic hall Old Orchard Beach with President Mrs Patricia Strickland presiding. A Mosaic club roast beef dinner was announced for Sunday March 18 from 12 noon to 2 pm with Star members to serve. Officers installation notices for Eastern Star chapters were given for March 23 South Portland Longfellow chapter March 29 Kennebunk Madona chapter March 31 Springvale Ruth chapter and April 7 Union chapter Goodwin Mills. Next Star Club meeting is April 20 at the hall with officer elections. The mystery prize went to Mrs Jennie Rallis. Refreshments by Mrs Ruth Durant and Mrs Pauline Peacock. Attendees included Mr and Mrs John Strickland and others.
At the Kennebunk Inn the Kennebunk Rotary Club dinner honored missionary educator Miss Lillian Pickens for a talk on India. Vice President James Ivers presided in place of President Frank Beard. Miss Pickens discussed India's policies economy people languages and obstacles to nationhood and then spoke to Kennebunk Junior High School students.
The Schubert club gathers Monday at 8 p.m. at Mrs. John Audibert’s Kennebunkport home. Frances Burleigh leads the Spanish American War program. Harold Mailman and Dana Cummings coordinate on the job training after visiting Kennebunkport training stations. Town Manager York names Norman Stevens acting road foreman. Girl Scouts and Brownies observe mass and Communion at St. Monica in Kennebunk Sunday for their 50th anniversary, with flowers donated by Mrs. Orrin Tibbett’s troop, followed by a 9 a.m. service in Kennebunkport.
The switch of the French New Year from April 1 to January 1 led to people who failed to notice the change becoming the first April Fools. The tale highlights how dates and calendars shaped a lighthearted prank tradition.
The Evening Alliance of the Kennebunk Unitarian church will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the church. Guest speaker will be Mrs. Margery Burr of Kennebunkport, a prominent New England fashion model with a 20 year career and former owner of Burr, of Boston agency.
Mrs Janet Tibbetts Bowley was elected chairman of the town committee at the Republican caucus held at Cousens school, Lyman. Mrs Inez Elliot was elected secretary treasurer and financial chairman. Oscar Rundgren was elected vice chairman. Other members include Raymond C Burbank, Lester Emmons, Kenneth Littlefield, William Johnston 2nd, Mrs Marjorie Johnston, Carl Rhodes, Cecil Jicker, Mrs Sarah Ricker, Willard Rollins, Curtis C Taylor, Mrs Donny Taylor and Lawrence Taylor. Littlefield and Mrs Bowley were elected delegates to the state convention in Bangor with Curtis C Taylor.
Weekly school meals listed for Monday to Friday with menus including baked spiced ham, vegetarian options, chop suey, casseroles, and tuna salad. Milk is served daily. Alternates and honorary town committee members are noted including Mrs Bowley and Rundgren and Harold A Bullard among others.
Eliot hosts the Yor County Legion Council and auxiliary at the John F. Hill Grand hall with the Eliot Memorial post and unit. Guests included Alfie Leach and Mrs. Carine Arbrose. invitations to a testimonial honor for Louis Balkan in Saco March 24 were noted. Next joint meeting with Cumberland County is March 13 in Portland. Refreshments followed the social hour.
Wells High School announces four students chosen to speak at the June graduation. Karen Ahern, Stanley Adams, Patricia Fuller, and Constance Higgins were named by Principal Russell K. Noyes. Ahern and Adams also earned high recognition in National Merit programs.
Rev James J Mullen council Knights of Columbus Old Orchard Beach plans a Cabaret Night for May 5 with Edgar Deprey as grand knight and Mrs Catherine Lemire as auxiliary president in charge of the workshop session. Chairwomen include Mrs Catherine Lemire tickets Mrs Joan Deprey refreshments Roger Thiau entertainment and Walter Coreau and Merton H Gervais procurement.
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