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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1962
Page
3
Directory lists St Joseph St Andre St Mary Notre Dame de Lourdes Most Holy Trinity St Monica Kennebunkport St Martha Old Orchard Beach St Margaret St Jude Wells Beach Assembly of God Bible Baptist Second Parish First Parish Congregational Church and others. Includes pastors, Sundays masses and service times across Saco Kennebunkport Wells and Pine Point regions.
Listing of Episcopal parishes with clergy and weekly service times across Biddeford Saco Kennebunk Portland Kennebunkport Old Orchard Beach and Fortunes Rocks. Includes Holy Communion Sung Eucharist Morning Prayer church schools nursery care and Sunday schedules for Christ Trinity St David St Phillip by the Sea and St John by the Sea with times and locations.
A list of Biddeford churches with locations and service times. Second Congregational on Crescent Street hosts 10:30 a.m. worship and Sunday school. Advent Christian on Hill and Chapel led by Rev. Lottie Record with 10:00 a.m. Sunday school and 10:45 a.m. worship. First Universalist on City Square with 10:45 a.m. service. Unitarian services on first and third Sundays at Second Parish Unitarian on School Street in Saco. St Demetrios Greek Orthodox at 35 Adams Street with matins at 9:00 a.m. and divine liturgy at 10:30 a.m. Foss Street Methodist at Foss and Pool streets with 9:45 a.m. Sunday school and 11:00 a.m. morning prayer. South Biddeford Methodist on Pool Road with 9:30 a.m. Sunday school and morning prayer. United Baptist on Jefferson Street with 9:45 a.m. Sunday school and 11:00 a.m. morning worship.
Advent Christian church minister Rev Milford G Butterfield conducts church school and 9 45 a m morning worship. Village Baptist Church at Maine and Spring with Rev George P Urban offers church school and morning worship at 9 45 a m and 11 o clock with nursery and children's church. First Congregational Church at North street and Arundel with Rev Robert M Howes holds morning worship at 9 30 m. South Congregational Church on Temple street with Rev Robert M Howes, pastor holds morning worship at 9 and 11 a m.
Buxton Tory Hill meeting house and North Congregational church plan morning worship led by Rev. David W. Smith at 9 30. The service at the Old Peculiar body pew church continues with the same pastor.
Old Orchard Beach Methodist on Washington avenue led by Rev. John T. Stahl holds Sunday morning worship at 11 and Bible study at 7. First Baptist on Ocean avenue with Rev. G. Stephen Johnston offers Sunday school at 1:30 and worship at 2:30. Faith Tabernacle at Atlantic avenue and Third street, led by Rev. Russell K Pier, conducts Sunday school at 9:30, junior church at 11:30, and morning worship at 1. Salvation Army, Union avenue headquarters, commanded by Lt. Elizabeth Burnell, runs Sunday school at 9:45 and a Holiness meeting at 11 at Union avenue.
Kennebunk Unitarian First Congregational parish with Rev. Carl Bierman leads morning worship and Sunday school at 11. Christ Church with Rev. Frederic Holmberg and Robert B. Culmer holds morning services at 9 30 and 11. Kennbunk Baptist church on Main Street offers Bible school at 9 45 and worship at 11. Christian Science Society at 25 Summer street conducts Sunday school at 11 and a morning service at 11. West Kennebunk Methodist church has 9 a.m. service and 10 a.m. Sunday school. Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union, Mrs. Gracie Ames, pastor, holds Sunday school at 10 and morning worship at 11.
Union services at 10 30 a m at the second church just north of Wells corner with Sunday school at the same time. Full Gospel Church on Route 9 A near 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 led by Rev Coleman York holds Sunday school at 9 30 a m and worship at 10 30 a m. Moody Community Church in Moody Community hall on Route 1 has Sunday school at 10 a m and worship at 1 p m.
Goodwins Mills Methodist church holds morning worship and sermon at 9 30 The church school lesson study directed by Mrs Attleson at 10 30 Advem Christian church led by Rev Lloyd Osborne morning worship service and Sunday school at 12 noon Lyman Baptist Church with Pastor Robert I Vance Sunday school at 9 45 and morning worship at 1 00 AM
Ogunquit Baptist Church on Shore Road led by Rev Paul S Hazlett holds Sunday morning worship at 11 a m with Sunday school at 9 45 a m for all ages through high school Ogunquit Methodist Church on Shore Road led by Rev Robert A Carter offers Sunday worship at 9 30 a m and Sunday school at 10 30 a m
The Cape Porpoise Methodist Church announces services with Rev Henry O Megert as minister. Church school begins at 9 30 a m followed by morning worship at 10 45 a m.
The essay argues real freedom requires inner discipline and moral responsibility. It links historical slavery in St. Thomas and modern temptations like gambling in San Juan to show freedom as self restraint. A Christian view claims true freedom means serving others, not shedding obligations or enslaving oneself to passion.
New York AP reports the American Bible Society publishes a full illustrated edition of the New Testament priced at $1. The magazine like volume includes Spanish editions and features full page images, maps, and sectioned text to help readers visualize Christ’s world.
A surprise stork shower at Mrs. David Lank’s home in Kennebunk honored Mrs. Richard Murray Sonia Barker of Cumberland Center. Gifts filled a pink blue bassinet, pink elephant cake by Mrs. Nellie Sippel, social afternoon and refreshments. Attendees listed locally.
The menu outlines a school week with daily options. Monday offers macaroni and cheese buttered beets bread and butter fruit and milk. Tuesday features nestler ham and potato scallop peas bread and butter dessert and milk. Wednesday serves meat loaf and tomato sauce mashed potato spinach bread and butter dessert and milk. Thursday provides chilled juice frankfurt mashed potato corn bread and butter ice cream and milk. Friday includes chilled juice fish sticks mashed potato string beans bread and butter pudding.
Menus from Kennebunk High and Junior High list weekly meals. Monday features macaroni and cheese with orange juice and ice cream. Tuesday offers baked pork sausage with mashed potatoes and pineapple raisin salad. Wednesday includes hamburg and baked potato with grapefruit. Thursday has Italian sandwich and garden peas. Friday serves clam chowder with celery sticks and a cheese sandwich.
Park Street School presents a weekly menu with Monday through Friday offerings. Dishes include pork with gravy and mashed potatoes, green beans, bread and butter, fruit, and pudding. soups, chop suey, cranberry sauce, and milk appear on multiple days. COUSENS SCHOOL also shares a weekly plan featuring pork pie, vegetable soup, American chop suey, creamed turkey, and fish sticks with sides and desserts.
No. Lebanon Church to serve loyalty supper Saturday at 6 in the vestry for members and friends. Budget presentation and a picture of American Baptist Missions planned. Rev. William Rueckle will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday with workers for the every member canvass at the church. Slightly over $200 contributed to the heart fund drive, an increase over last year, per Mrs. Fred Gale and local officials at a Gorham banquet for state assessors. Arvids Sanborn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sanborn, called back after first Youth Caloacade Channel 6 appearance. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rand include families from Gray, Newington, Sanford, and North Berwick.
Priscilla chapter Order of the Eastern Star installed officers at Highpine Masonic hall Wells in a semi public ceremony. The slate includes Mrs Jeannine Goodale as worthy matron Roy A Goodale as worthy patron and many others with Mrs Agnes H Swett of South Berwick as installing officer. The event featured a Star Point ceremony, vocal solos, gifts to members and a reception. Members from multiple chapters attended and a rehearsal is set for April 12 with the next meeting on April 13.
The Ola Orchard Beach council will meet Monday at 7 30 p m at the American Legion hall on School Street. The 43rd birthday party for C Fayette Staples post American Legion will be held this evening with supper at 6 30 at the Legion hall served by the auxiliary. The committee includes Mrs Shirley Doe and Mrs Cecilia Allaire as co chairmen with Mrs Viola Girard Mrs Rose Fournier Mrs Frances Mullen and Mrs Virginia listed as members.
The York County chapter of the American Red Cross reports 93 percent of its quota achieved with 1278 dollars raised in Kennebunkport under county chairman Mrs. Rufus Jasper. Kennebunkport Branch is led by Thomas Jones while North Berwick branches show 80 percent and 300 dollars raised. The drive aims for 17935 dollars countywide and organizers expect to finish within two weeks.
Old Orchard Beach faces criticism after voting to freeze teacher salaries on the adopted schedule, risking vacancies as it becomes the only Maine town to reject a previously approved pay plan. The action followed a school committee recommendation and a March town meeting. The piece notes teachers may watch for resignations or job applications in response to the freeze. The same issue also reports a parish Ladies Sodality meeting at St Margaret parish hall at 8 p.m.
The Schubert club will meet Monday at 8 p.m. at Mrs. John Audibert’s Kennebunkport home. Webhannet club observes guest day Monday at 1 30 p.m. Story of Wedgewood to be given by Mrs. William Riley. Hostesses are Mrs. Harry Stevens chairwoman with assistants Mrs. Leon Hicks Mrs. Clifford Clark and Mrs. Edward Winston. Kennebunk Fire Department ambulance ferried Delmont Groos of West Kennebunk to Maine Osteopathic Hospital in Portland Thursday evening. Mrs. Arthur Guild and children Scott and Laurie of Still River Mass. visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. A. Lee Kierstead Parsons Street. Sgt. Guild to join weekend at Fort Devens Mass. Guilds to return to Still River Monday. Mrs. Ronald Robertson of Summer Street substituted in Park Street School third grade Thursday and Friday for ill Frances Burleigh. Republican town committee meet Kennebunk Lower Town Hall Monday at 7 30 p.m. All Republicans may attend. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Barker of Brown Street visited Temple Maine for a birthday party for his father Dana Barker who turned 90. Mrs. Barker also celebrated her 83rd birthday. Mrs. J Alston True of Alewive section has entered Portland for observation.
The Wells Ogunquit PTA meeting, normally on the first Monday, is postponed due to the village corporation annual meeting on April 2. The session moves to Monday April 9 at 7 30 pm in the Wells Elementary school auditorium with agenda including nominating committee report bylaws revision and a plaque committee to name a service pew. Hostesses will be Ogunquit parents led by Mrs John Miller.
A Kennebunk man, Robert H. Bryant, 34, was given a suspended 30 day jail term and placed on six months probation after pleading guilty in Sanford Municipal Court to petty larceny. Deputy Burleigh M. Richards Jr. alleged Bryant took four trophies valued at $30 from the unoccupied R and L Manufacturing plant in Waterboro on March 22, and Bryant was taken into custody at the scene. He was questioned before arraignment by Richards, Sheriff Nason, and Chief Deputy Sheriff J. Albert Merryman.
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