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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1963
Page
3
Directory lists multiple churches across Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach and Kennebunkport with pastors and Sunday Mass and service times. Notable entries include St Josephs St Andre St Mary Notre Dame de Lourdes Most Holy Trinity St Monica Martha First Parish Second Parish United Baptist and others with service hours and minister names.
The article lists winter worship times for Christ Episcopal Cres cent Street Biddeford Trinity Episcopal Main at Cleveland Saco St David Kennebunk and St John Old Orchard Beach with Holy Communion services at 8 am and 10:30 am plus sermons nursery and church school offerings and a special 11:15 am Eucharist on first Sundays at Old Orchard Beach churches led by Rev T S Knox Rev Harold A Hopkins and Rev Harold McElwain are noted as vicars and pastors.
A compiled church schedule detailing services across Biddeford neighborhoods. Includes Crescent Street United Church of Christ, St Demetrios Greek Orthodox at 35 Adams Street, South Biddeford Methodist, Foss Street Methodist, First Universalist at City Square, Unitarian Universalist services, United Baptist on Jefferson Street, Union Church at Honey Ledge Road, Biddeford Pool, and Advent Christian Church with service times and pastors.
Methodist church on Washington avenue led by Rev Oakley E Wood ward offers morning worship at 11 and Sunday school at 9 45. Advent Christian church on Saco avenue with acting pastor Rev Phylis E Adams holds Sunday school at 9 45 and worship at 11. First Baptist on Ocean avenue with Rev G Stephen Johnston lists Sunday school at 1 30 and worship at 2 30. Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal at corner Atlantic avenue and Third street under Rev Russell Pier has Sunday school 9 45, Junior church 11 30, morning worship 1. Salvation Army at 91 Union avenue commanded by Lt and Mrs Gordon Clark Jr holds Sunday school 9 45 and Holiness meeting at 11.
Rev David W. Smith leads morning worship at 11 at the Old Pew church in Buxton with the North Congregational church also listing Rev Smith for 9 30 worship. Nearby service details appear in the Lower Corner area and emphasize morning gatherings.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints holds sacrament at 10 a.m. and Sunday school at 1 a.m. at Faith Chapel on Cleveland Street, with elders residing at 54 School Street in Saco.
A list of Kennebunk churches with service times and pastors including Advent Christian on Route 35 Rev. Milford G Butterfield presiding Sunday school 945 am worship 11 am with nursery. First Unitarian parish led by Dr Harold Scott 11 am services. Christ Church with Rev Frederik Holmberg and Robert B Culmer morning 930 and 11. Kennebunk Baptist Main Street worship 11 am and 7 pm. Christian Science Society 25 Summer Street Sunday school 1 am morning service 10 am. West Kennebunk Methodist led by Rev Alfred H Ives worship 9 am and Sunday school 10 am. Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union Mrs Gracie Ames pastor Sunday school 10 am and morning worship at ll.
Ogunquit Baptist Church on Shore Road led by Rev. Paul S Hazlett holds Sunday school at 9 45 a m and morning worship. Ogunquit Methodist Church on Shore Road with Rev Thomas R Merrill offers Sunday worship at 9 30 a m.
Village Baptist Church at Maine and Spring streets with Rev George P Urban as pastor offers morning worship at 9 45 am and an afternoon service at 1 o clock with supervised nursery and children's church Also listed is First Congregational Church at Norma street and Arundel road with pastor Robert M Howes.
Union worship at 10 30 a m Sundays in the Second church just north of Wells Corner. Sunday school follows the minister's story. Gospel church offers 2 p m Sunday school and 3 p m worship on Route 9 A near Route 109. Highpine Baptist holds 1 p m Sunday school and 2 p m worship on Sanford road. Wells Branch Freewill Baptist meets 9 30 a m Sunday school and 7 30 p m morning worship. Wells Moody Church of the Nazarene on Route 1 runs 10 a m Sunday school and worship with 7 30 p m evening service.
Goodwins Mills Methodist Church led by Rev Norman J Langmaid offers Sunday worship and sermon at 9 30 am and church school for all ages at 10 30 am Advent Christian Church with Rev Lloyd Osborne conducts morning worship at 11 am church school at 11 and evening service at 8 Youth Fellowship at 7 pm Lyman Baptist Church under Rev Sidney F Whitehouse holds Sunday school at 9 45 am and morning worship at 11 am
Poem reflecting on honoring the dead and chosen paths between faith and civic duty. It contrasts soldiers and mothers with modern crowds rushing past graves. The speaker urges renewing faith and commitment to truth as a form of timeless grace.
Africa’s first saints below the Sahara are to be canonized in Rome after bishops’ meeting for the Vatican Council. Twenty two Catholic boys and thirteen Protestant youths died for Christianity in Uganda between 1885 and 1887. The Vatican aims to hold the rite after the council session begins in September.
Eleanor Margaret Lorentz daughter of Dr and Mrs John J Lorentz of Kennebunkport will graduate from Trinity College on June 2 with a Bachelor of Arts degree Atty Gen Robert F Kennedy will deliver the commencement address.
Cape Porpoise Methodist Church on the Cape Rev Russell J Peppe, minister. Morning worship service at 10:45.
The menu lists school meals for Beach Menu Elementary and the high school and federal school. It shows Monday to Friday options with fruit desserts vegetables and milk, noting no school on Thursday and Friday.
Terry Bartolet of Easton Pennsylvania, captain and second baseman for Harvard, plans a medical career after hitting .374 last season.
A special assembly of the Royal and Select Masons in Saco Maine is set for May 28 at Saco Main Street. The Royal and Select Master degrees will be conferred at 4 15 p m with a 6 30 p m roast turkey supper served by Annette Chapter Order of the Eastern Star. Grand Master Leman Oxon will be received at 7 30 p m and the Excellent degree will be exemplified.
Inspection of Highpine Chapter will be conducted at 7 30 p m Monday May 27 at Highpine Masonic Hall Sanford Road An initiatory degree will be conferred and refreshments served by DeMolay Mothers Circle Eldridge and Leroy Hanson Post and Unit American Legion and Auxiliary meet 8 p m Tuesday May 28 at Wells Post Home Mrs Albee G LaPierre and Miss Roberta L Giblin hosted 20 choir members at a combined rehearsal and social at the La Pierre recreation lounge Plans include singing at a Wells Town Manager Clarence Robinson reception tomorrow at the Wells Grange Hall
Old Orchard Beach events list a postponed Past Noble Grands Association meeting at Mrs. Marie Gooch’s home Colby Avenue Ocean Park with a 6 30 p.m. covered dish supper. The C Fayette Staples Unit American Legion Auxiliary meets at School Street Legion Home with annual reports. Joint installation of officers with the Post planned for Wednesday June 5. Sharon Lord named Junior Advisor for next year at Colby College, daughter of Edward and Mrs Lord.
Donna Merrill was guest of honor at a bridal shower hosted by her mother Mrs. Ethelyn Merrill in Old Orchard Beach. Local and out of town guests attended including Mrs. Ge rard Jacques Mrs. Donald Ingalls Mrs. Simone Remillard and others. Refreshments followed gift opening.
In Skien Norway two inmates escaped by hacking through three brick layers with a bread knife on Friday and riding away on a motorcycle. Police say the jail needs more bricks or more guards to tighten security.
OLD ORCHARD BEACH A fish chowder supper prepared by President Hugh Phillips preceded the Washington Avenue Methodist Church Men's Club meeting. The planting of church grounds flowers was postponed due to cold weather and will be done when safe. Stilman Gilbert was named as chairman for the Club. Edward Springer, a former resident now in Miami, was a guest. The next meeting is September 26 with a full attendance including Rev Woodward and others.
Hornbein and Unsoeld finally top Everest at 6 30 p m after climbing via the west ridge from Communist Tibet. Bishop and Jerstad reach summit earlier and spend the night in open air with no tents or oxygen before reuniting at Camp 6 the next morning.
A pet care column discusses adopting kittens from various sources and emphasizes spaying, veterinary visits, and creating a proper home. It covers kitten age for adoption, litter setups, training a sanitary tray, litter types, and common mistakes. It also offers diet guidance and answers reader questions about goldfish care and determining a parakeet's age.
Sharon Sneider, a sophomore English literature major at Northeastern University in Boston, is named to the Dean's List for the third term. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Sneider of 277 Alfred Street, Biddeford, and plans a career in secondary education.
Donna stated she will tour Japan during vacation periods to meet children and teachers from around the world. She noted the Japanese school will cover her passage there and back at the end of three years, and she may choose her travel method.
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