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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1959

Page

3

Saco Area Church Directory Breeds Sunday Masses and Services

The list covers St Joseph St Andre St Mary Notre Dame de Lourdes Most Holy Trinity St Margarets Kennebunk Monica Martha Wells St Mary Saco United Baptist School Street Methodist Second Parish Universalist North Saco First Parish Christian Science Society Salvation Army and Holiness meeting schedules. Readings include pastors names, service times, and Sunday schools.

Saco Notre Dame de Lourdes Avert Charette Most Holy Trinity Main Street Saco Maurice Boland Old Orchard Beach St. Margarets Old Orchard Street Edward Walsh Asmand Landry

Episcopal Church Services and Schedules Across Maine

The record lists services at Christ Church Biddeford Trinity Church Saco St John by the Sea Old Orchard Beach and St David Kennebunk. Clergy include Rev Mark M McCullough Rev T S Knox Rev Harold McElwain. Times cover Holy Communion church school morning worship and sermons.

Episcopal Christ St. John-by-the-Sea St. John Street Old Orchard Beach Harold McElwain Holy Communion St. David Kennebunk Mark M. McCullough

Sunday church services listing in Biddeford area

A local church notices page lists services and pastors for St Demetrous Greek Orthodox Adams Street Rev Joa kim Valasiadis Matins 10 11 am Divine Liturgy 11 12 am First Universalist City Square Rev Edmund W Beal Unitarian Universalist Sunday School 9 45 am Second Parish Unitarian School Street Saco Morning worship 11 am first and third Sundays Biddeford United Baptist Jefferson Street Rev Morley J Durest Sunday School 9 45 am Morning worship 11 am The White Church Biddeford Second Congregational Crescent Street Rev H Lewis Cutler Church school 10 30 am Morning worship 10 30 am Advent Christian Hill and Chapel Rev Chester F L Smith Morning worship 10 am Bible study 11 am Full Gospel Assembly Hill and Chapel Sunday service 3 pm Foss Street Methodist Foss and Pool Rev James D Riddle Morning worship 11 am South Biddeford Methodist Pool Road Morning worship 9 30 am

School Street Methodist Church Norman J. Langmaid Unitarian Pepperell Kew Edmund W. Beal Universalist - Unitarian North Saco Salvation Army Main Street Street James C. Geddes Loficer St. Demetrous Greek Orthodox Church Adams Street Joakim Valasiadis First Universalist Church City Square Unitarian Universalist Unitarian Church School _ street Saco Biddeford United Corner Hill Chapel Streets Foss Street Corner Foss Pool Streets James D. Riddle

Congregations Share Sunday Services in Wells Area

Two Wells churches and nearby parishes announce worship times. First and Second Congregationals invite union services at 10 30 a m and Sunday school at 10 30. Baptist Church Sanford road holds Sunday school at 1 and worship at 2 p m. Wells Branch Freewill Baptist runs Sunday school 9 30 and morning worship at 10 30. Moody Community Church lists Sunday school 10 am and morning worship in Moody Community hall with Mr and Mrs Nelson Kimball in charge.

Baptist Church Sanford Road Highpine Wayne A. Porter North Berwick Wells Branch Freewill Baptist Church Route 9 Coleman York South Berwick Moody Community Church Moody Community Hall Route 1 Nelson Kimball

Cape Porpoise Methodist Church Service Schedule

Cape Porpoise Methodist church led by Rev. H. O. Megert. Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. Morning worship at 10:30 a.m.

Ogunquit Church Services Listed for Sunday

Ogunquit Methodist Church on Shore Road led by Rev. Robert A. Carter of York offers morning worship at 9 30 and Sunday school at 10 30. Ogunquit Baptist Church on Shore Road with Rev. Paul S. Hazlett offers morning worship at 10 30 and Sunday school at 10 30.

Ogunquit Methodist Church Shore Road Robert A. Carter York Ogunquit Baptist Church Paul S. Hazlett

Mormon Church Meetings in Saco at G A R Hall

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints holds services at the G A R hall in Saco with Wendel J. Hall and Elder David W. Scott in charge. Sacrament meeting at 10 30 a m Sunday school at 11 a m.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Mormon Church Saco G. A. R. Hall Elde Wendel J. Hall David W Scott School Street

Multiple church services listed for Sunday across local houses of worship

First Baptist Ocean Avenue led by Rev G Stephen Johnston holds 2:30 worship. Advent Christian Saco Avenue Old Orchard Beach led by Rev Herman Thurlow with 9:45 Sunday school and 11:00 morning worship. Methodist Washington Avenue led by Rev J Clarke Collind with 9:45 Sunday school and 11:00 morning service. Faith Tabernacle Atlantic Avenue and Third Street led by Rev Russell K Pier with 9:45 Sunday school 11:30 junior church and 11:00 morning worship. Salvation Army Union Avenue led by Lt Robert K Reid with 9:45 Sunday school and 11:00 holiness meeting.

First Baptist Church Ocean Avenue G. Stephen Johnston Advent Christian Saco ‘Avenue Old Orchard Beach Herman Thurlow Methodist Washington Avenue J. Clarke Collind Faith Tabenacle Pentecostal Church Atlantic Avenue Third Street Russell K. ‘Pier Salvation Army Union Avenue Robert K. Reid Ore Oliness

Church schedules and pastors in Kennebunk area

Local churches list weekly services and Sunday school times. Christ Church Dane Street pastor Rev Fred B Holmberg holds morning worship at 11, Kennebunk Baptist at Main Street led by Rev Thomas C Martin with Bible school at 11, Christian Science Society on Summer Street offers Sunday school at 11 and service at 11, Unitarian Church under Rev Car Bierman with 10 45 Sunday school and 11 service, Alewife Baptist Church with Rev Thomas C Martin at 2 pm, West Kennebunk Methodist Church led by R John E Jordan with worship at 9 30 and church school at 10.

Christ Church Dane Street Fred B. Holmberg Kennebunk Baptist Church Main Street Thomas C. Martin Christian Science Society Summer Street

Maine Churches Schedule Sunday Services

Village Baptist church on Spring street lists Rev. George P Urban as pastor with church school at 11 am First Congregational on North street and Arundel road led by Rev Robert M Howes with 9:30 am worship South Congregational on Temple street led by Rev Robert M Howes with 9 and 11 am services Advent Christian with Rev Philip L Shuman church school at 9:45 am and worship at 11 am

Village Baptist Church Maine Spring Street George P

Church Services Listed for Three Local Congregations

Goodwins Mills Methodist Church led by Rev Norman J Langmaid holds morning worship at 9 30 am with Sunday school at 10 30 am Lloyd Osborne is pastor for a 11 am service and noon Sunday school Lyman Baptist Church under Harry J Curran offers Sunday school at 10 am and morning worship at 11 am

Methodist Church Norman J. Langmaid Advent Christian Church Lloyd Osborne Lyman Baptist Church Harry J. Curran

Church Women Elect Srate At Kennebunkport

At the annual meeting of the South Congregational church women in Kennebunkport, Mrs. Ralph L. Smith hosted. Devotions were led by Mrs. Harry Gould and the program featured Central America slides by Miss Dorothy Furber of Bar Mills. Officers elected include President Mrs. John B. Audibert and Vice President Mrs. C Bertrand Root with a slate of committee chairs named for devotions, devotional settings, world fellowship, home service, finance, program, nominating, fair and reading adventures.

Women's Association of the South Congregational Church Kennebunkport Ralph L. Smith Stanley Brown Harry Gould Central America Dorothy Furber Bar Mills John B. Audibert C. Bertrand Root Lincoln Spencer Edna McKay Earl Freeman Leigh Burnham Robert Howes World Fellowship Charles Gould Home Service Carl Graesser, Jr Irving Wilcox John Burrows W. Gilman Fiske Earl Bibber James Smith Philip Benson Reading

Dependability and Duty in a Biblical Lesson

A sermon excerpt from I Kings 20 40 warns that neglecting responsibility harms God and neighbors. It condemns promise heavy but performance light and stresses that unreliability blocks others from serving. Dependability is presented as a core Christian virtue.

Children of the Bible in Early Narratives and Lessons

The article surveys notable biblical children and youths across both testaments. It highlights Jesus as a child in the temple, blessing children, the feeding lad, the maid in Matthew and Mark, and Timothy’s roots in a Christian home. Old Testament examples include Moses and Samuel.

Jesus Anna Simeon Mary Temple Heaven John Matthew Mark Peter Timothy Saint Paul Eunice Lois Paul Moses Pharoah Samuel Hannah

Reorganized Latter Day Saints Center Returns to Independence

The article outlines the 170,000 member Reorganized Latter Day Saints in Independence Mo returning to the city as the world headquarters. It traces the churchs origins from early Zion ambitions and mob violence, the 1846 Utah migration, and leadership shifts from Joseph Smith III to William Wallace Smith, noting the 1906 return of headquarters to Independence.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Latter Day Saints Joseph Smith Mormon Church Fayette N.Y Zion City of God Missouri River Nauvoo Ill Hyrum Jacob Czerthage Utah Joseph Smith III Frederick Israel William Wallace Smith Independence

New York County Tuberculosis Board Adds Directors

The York County Tuberculosis and Health Association elected several area directors at the annual meeting at Howard Johnson restaurant Kennebunk. Two year terms went to Mrs. Howard Giles Miss Marcelle Morin and Royal N. Sheltra Biddeford. Mrs. Joseph F. Kenneally Mrs. Robert S. LaFond and Walter R. Lamb Jr. Saco. Mrs. Clinton C. Mewer Old Orchard Beach. Remaining terms held by John G. Smith Kennebunkport Mrs. Leander Smith Kennebunk and Mrs. Philip R. Webb Ocean Park. New officers slate presented. Mrs. Rufus Jasper named president and committees formed for budget relations routine x ray and other duties.

York County Tuberculosis and Health Association Howard Johnson Kennebunk Howard Giles Marcelle Morin Royal N. Sheltra Biddeford Joseph F. Kenneally Robert S. LaFond Walter R. Lamb, Jr Saco Clinton C. Mewer Old Orchard Beach John G. Smith Kennebunkport Leander Smith Philip R. Webb Ocean Park Philip Webb Willard C. Mosher Raymond Burbank Rufus Jasper Webb

Kennebunkport Baptist Church Names Officers

The annual meeting of the Village Baptist Church Kennebunkport filled offices for terms from one to six years. Appointments include deacons, treasurers, moderator, secretary, Sunday school roles, prudential committees, and auditors. A committee will plan the 140th anniversary with the pastor Rev. George P. Urban, and another panel will study the church constitution.

Village Baptist Church Kennebunkport Robert Stuart Charles Nedeau Warren Berry John G. Smith Bertha Clough Milton Bragdon Bert Bragdon Bertha Hatch Prudential Committee Stephen Harriman Dan Fessenden Kenneth Cl

Fashion Show at Old Orchard Beach High Tonight

The junior class sponsors a fashion show at 8 p.m. in the school gym. Models are class members under Ida Baker of T J Murphy Company. Morning to evening ensembles feature summer sports and beach wear with wardrobe help from Mrs. Baker and assistants. Tickets sold by students and a committee handles door sales.

Old Orchard Beach High School Ida Baker T. J. Murphy Company Biddeford Baker

Rotary club and lodge news from Kennebunk area

Recent guests of Mrs Chauncy Phillips included her sons Gordon Phillips of Kennebunk and Raymond Phillips of Biddeford with their wives and Mrs Madeleine Davenport of Biddeford. Rodney Moulton visited at the Veterans Hospital in Tou s. Olive Rebekah lodge will hold visiting officers night at the Odd Fellows hall at 7 45 pm with refreshments by Gladys Staples and Rita Pitman. Clayton Sheldon, stationed with the U S Air Force at Brookfield Ohio, visited his aunt and uncle on Fletcher Street. Forty members attended the Kennebunk Rotary noon meeting at the Kennebunk Inn where plans were made for the Rotary conference May 9 23 at Wentworth by the Sea in Portsmouth New Hampshire. John Fallon of Sanford spoke on Changing World.

Chauncy Phillips Brown Street Gordon Phillips Kennebunk Raymond Phillips Biddeford Madeleine Davenport Rodney Moulton Jessie Phillips Alice L. Downing Veterans Hopsital Tous

School Menus Outline for Kennebunk and Nearby Districts

Weekly lunch menus list items for Kennebunk and Park Street and Cousens schools. Dishes include orange squire American chop suey buttered peas French bread milk and more with daily varieties like fish sticks baked ham and Friday desserts. No standout events or dates are noted.

Frankfurt Hamburg Harvard Park Street

Kennebunk High Fashion Show Showcased Student-Made Designs

The Home Economics department at Kennebunk High school staged a fashion show at IPTA and for a school assembly. Girl Scouts from the Junior High modeled outfits they crafted using home economics facilities to earn sewing badges. Participants included Dianne Emery Susan Nash Andrea Jennison Andrea Peterson Alice Bryant Kathy Towne Alice Burr Marie Legros Donna Bryant Barbara Smith Marlene Moores Florence Legros Eva Little Lind a Pryant Sandra Staples Anna Williams Joar Derham Sandra Har Joyce Jackson Ruthann Robney Penerts Pat Smith Sandra Burgess and others.

Kennebunk High School IPTA Dianne Emery Susan Nash Andrea Jennison Andrea Peterson Alice Bryant Kathy Towne Alice Burr Marie Legros Donna Bryant Barbara Smith Marlene Moores Florence Legros Eva Little Lynda Pryant Sandra Staples Anna Wiliams Joar Derham Sandra Har Joyce Jackson Ruthann Robney Penerts Pat Smith Sandra Burgess Ney's

Retired Kennebunk Pastor Nears 90

Rev John E Clancy of 6 Elm Street Kennebunk marked his 90th birthday and 65 years of ministry with a career spanning 11 Methodist pastorates. Born 1869 in Bristol England he converted in Bear River Nova Scotia and studied at Colby Academy before ordination in 1892.

John E. Clancy Elm Street Kennebunk Bristol England Nova Scotia John the Baptist Church Bear River Boston Colby Academy Colby Junior College New London N. H Salisbury, N. H Friendship Waterboro Maine North Anson Phillips Eliot Harpswell Bowdoinham Peaks Island Ole Orchard Beach Gorgham Sanford Mechanic Falls Madison Old Orchard Beach Clancy N. J. Laughton George Purington Auburn

Goodwins Mills Advent Church Names New Pastor

Rev. Lloyd Osborne was installed as pastor of the Advent Christian church in Goodwins Mills after taking duties in March. The ceremony featured Rev. Alwyn Binghamton of Highland Lake and leaders from local churches with Rev. Raymond Beecroft delivering the evening message.

Lloyd Osborne Advent Christian Church Goodwins Mills Alwyn Binghten Highland Lake Southern Maine Advent Christian Conference Maine Advent Christian Conference Harry Curran First Baptist Church Norman J. Langmead

Urgent Call to Minister Spiritual Needs of World

Quote from Rev Beecroft notes urgency to minister to the world. He cites Psalmist as predicting a reward, underscoring the call to spiritual work and service across nations.

Beecroft

Alewive Grange Plans Daily Supper Effort

Alewive Grange met at the Grange hall to organize a daily supper. The Home Economics committee led by Mae Smith Vergie Thing and Mildred Boyden will run it with help from Arthur Pitman and Edward Whitaker. Beverly True will handle publicity. John Duncan moved from Webber hospital to Leech Valley Home Kennebunk. Lillian McCrellis, recently discharged from Webber hospital Biddeford, has returned home.

Alewive Grange Grange Hall Mae Smith Vergie Thing Mildred Boyden Arthur Pitman Edward Whitaker Beverly True John Duncan Webber Hospital Leech Valescent Home Kennebunk Lillian McCrellis Biddeford

Landscaping Topic at Kennebunk High School Event

York county Extension hosts Farm and Home Improvement contest at Kennebunk High School on Wednesday at 8 p m. Extension specialist Lewis Bissell of Orono will present landscaping slides and discuss shrubs and evergreens. Open to all York county residents. enrollment at the meeting or Extension office 11 Main Street.

Kennebunk High School York County Extension Women Lewis Bissell Orono York County Main _ street Springvale Bissell

Also Mentioned on This Page

Church Directory St. Joseph Church Elie Hevey St. Andre Bacon Street Aime Giguere St. Mary St. Mary Street Cornelius Enright P. R Kennebunk St. Monica William J. Kelly J. Henry Fournelle Kennebunkport St. Martha Saco United Baptist Church Corner Main and Cross Streets Frances E. Porter First Second Congregational Wells U. S. Route 1 Lewis A. Chase Wells Corner Cape Porpoise Methodist Church H. 0. Megert Ogunquit Mormon Churches Children of the Bible William E. Gilroy D.D Harry Truman Tuberculosis Agency Kennebunkport Baptist Church Kennebunk School Menu Kennebunk High Cousens Biddeford-Saco Jameson School Glenna Cleveland Florence Clark Rex Sherwell Caroline Steskel Steven Foster Mary Brady Nancy Morrow Steskel Goodwins Mills Advent Church Osborne West Kennebunk Gertrude Dutch Webhannet Golf Club Kennebunk Beach Larry Thrasher McAllen, Texas Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal Russell Pier
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