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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1962
Page
5
Local church listings provide parish names, pastors, and Sunday Mass or service times across communities including Blauerford, Ogunquit, Saco, Kennebunkport, Wells, Old Orchard Beach, and surrounding areas. Notable details cover Saint Joseph, Saint Andre Bessette, St Mary, Notre Dame de Lourdes, Most Holy Trinity, and multiple denominational houses with weekly schedules.
Multiple Episcopal churches list service times and clergy. Christ Church Biddeford Rev T S Knox leads morning prayer Holy Communion and sermon with a church school. Trinity Biddeford Main and Cleveland holds a 8:00 am and 10:30 am service with sermon and church school. St David Kennebunk Rev Harold A Hopkins conducts devotions and church services at 10 am and 11:15 am with nursery care. St John by the Sea Old Orchard Beach Rev Harold McElwin offers Holy Communion and worship at 8 and 11:15.
A reader notices list of local worship services including Biddeford Second Congregational on Crescent Street with 10:30 a.m. service and church school. St Demetrios Greek Orthodox at 35 Adams Street with Orthos at 9:15 a.m. and Divine Liturgy at 10:45 a.m.. South Biddeford Methodist mid-way to the beach with 9:30 a.m. prayer. Foss Street Methodist at Foss and Pool with morning prayer. First Universalist on City Square with 10:45 a.m. service. Unitarian Universalist school on School Street at Pepperell Park, Saco at 9:30 a.m.. United Baptist on Jefferson Street with 9:45 a.m. classes and 11 a.m. worship. Union Church on Honey Ledge Road Biddeford Pool with 11 a.m. worship. Advent Christian at Hill and Chapel streets with 10:45 a.m. worship and 9:45 a.m. Sunday school.
Goodwins Mills Methodist church in Lyman opens the season with Sunday services at 9 30 a m led by Rev Norman J Lang with morning worship and sermon at 10 30 am and classes for all ages under Mrs John Attleson. Advent Christian Church pastor Rev Lloyd Osborne leads morning worship at 11 am with Sunday school at noon. Lyman Baptist Church offers Sunday school at 9 45 am and worship at 11 am.
Ogunquit Baptist church on Shore road led by Rev. Paul S. Hazlett holds Sunday school at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11 a m Ogunquit Methodist church on Shore road led by Rev. Thomas R. Merrill offers a Sunday worship service at 830 a m
Buxton Tory Hill Meeting house in Buxton Lower Corner and The Old Pea Body Pew church list morning worship times. Rev David W Smith is named as pastor with services at 11 and 9 30 respectively.
A clergy roster shows Methodist church on Washington Avenue with Rev Oakley E Wood ward eec and morning worship. Saco Avenue hosts Rev Phyllis E Adams acting pastor with Sunday school at 9 45 and worship at 11. First Church Ocean Avenue with Rev G Stephen Johnston offers Sunday school at 1 30 and worship at 3 30. Faith Tabernacle at Atlantic Avenue and Third Street led by Rev Russell Pier lists Sunday school 9 45 am junior church 11 30 am and morning worship at 11. Salvation Army 91 Union Avenue commanded by Lt and Mrs Gordon Clark Jr holds Sunday school 9 45 am, Holiness meeting 11 am, salvation meeting 7 30 pm and mid week service Wednesday 7 30 pm.
A roundup of local church activities in Kennebunk and area listing Advent Christian Route 35 pastor Milford G Butterfield Sunday school 945 am worship 11 am nursery available Unitari an First Congregational parish pastor Carl Bierman morning worship and Sunday school 11 am Christchurch pastors Holmberg Culmer morning services 930 and 11 am Kennebunk Baptist Main Street worship 11 am and 7 pm Christian Science Society 25 Summer Street Sunday school 11 am morning service 10 am West Kennebunk Methodist pastor Alfred H Ives worship 9 am Sunday school 10 am Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union pastor Mrs Gracie Ames Sunday school 19 am Sunday morning worship at
The First and Second Congregational churches along US Route 1 report union worship at the Second church at 10:30 a.m. Sunday school runs October through June. Full Gospel on Route 9A near Route 109 lists 2 p.m. Sunday school and 3 p.m. service. Highpine Baptist on Sanford road lists 2 p.m. worship after 1 p.m. Sunday school. Wells Branch Freewill Baptist on Route 9A notes Sunday school and 11:30 a.m. worship. The Wells Moody Church on US Route 1 lists 9:30 a.m. service and 7:30 p.m. evening service.
Village Baptist Church at Maine and Spring streets led by Rev George P Urban offers church school for all ages at 9 45 a m and morning worship with nursery and children's church at 11 00 a m First Congregational at North street and Arundel road led by Rev Robert M Howes lists morning worship at 9 34 in South Congregational on Temple street and at 9 and 11 a m
A reflective essay compares bridges to social unity, urging action to span racial and cultural gaps. It argues humility about goals, not truth, and stresses ongoing effort by educators and citizens to connect minds and hearts. Bridges symbolize shared liberty and mutual respect across communities.
A. F. Mahan presents a column examining religious currents, ethics, and community responses. The piece surveys church roles in social issues, interfaith dialogue, and how faith shapes local life.
The Webhannet club sponsors a combined harvest party and fashion show on October 15 at the Fletcher Street clubhouse. Dessert will be served at 7 30 p.m. The event features fall styles from a Biddeford store and is open to area gentlemen per the Womens Federation. Ticket chair Mrs. Stanley Day is assisted by Mrs. Arthur Bridges and others. Meanwhile Detroit AP reports Catholic, Protestant and Jewish artists will exhibit 250000 dollars worth of religious art next week in Birmingham, Alabama, with 300 selections from 220 artists, in a moving display spanning 15 000 daily attendees.
Over 50 attend the fall meeting of the Women s Fellowship of Christ Church in Kennebunk. President Mrs. Clarence Lombard presided as members voted to buy curtains for church classrooms and pledged funds. Mrs. Donald Kimball spoke on Memorabilia with items from Brick Store Museum. Circle 5 hosted refreshments led by Mrs. Robert Cumler and Mrs. M. A. Packard.
October 8 to 12 menu lists daily meals for high and junior high. Monday features barbecue hamburger on a roll with green beans cookies and milk. Tuesday offers macaroni and cheese sliced tomato peanut butter sandwich grapefruit sections and milk. Wednesday includes baked beans hot dogs jellied cabbage carrot salad roll and butter ice cream and milk. Thursday serves Italian sandwich vegetable soup plums milk. Friday presents creamed tuna and peas mashed potatoes Vienna bread butter fruit jello milk.
Park Street School offers a weekly menu featuring Monday patty with mashed potatoes and vegetables, Tuesday Italian sandwich soup and banana cream pudding, Wednesday grapefruit sections American chop suey and ice cream, Tuesday kidney or pea beans with frankfurter and roll, Friday fish sticks mashed potatoes spinach bread and butter and brownies. Milk is included with all meals.
Cape Porpoise Methodist Church on the Cape invites worshipers to morning services led by Rev. Russell J. Peppe with Sunday worship at 10 45 in the morning.
A stork shower honored Mrs. Rachel Simoneau at 56 Elm Street Biddeford with a buffet lunch hosted by Mrs. Olive Croteau and Mrs. Leo St. Ours. Many relatives and friends attended, including Mrs. Arthur St. Ours and Mrs. Charles LaCourse, while several others contributed but could not attend.
Mrs Eleanor Bradeen chaplain of Miniwaneca Order of the Eastern Star joined guests at Ruth chapter Springvale for Chaplains and Sentinels night Friday. Accompanying her were Mrs Patricia Strickland and John Strickland. Abbott-Verville AMVETS auxiliary opens Sunday night card party at 8 pm. C Fayette Staples unit American Legion auxiliary meets Monday at 7 pm at the Legion hall.
Acting Postmaster Edwin Smith of Old Orchard Beach received a letter from William H. Neal, national director of the U S Savings Bond program, praising the local office for promoting and selling U S Savings stamps. Neal lauded the post office as aiding the Treasury school savings program and urged ongoing cooperation as a tool for citizenship and thrift education.
A York county Superior court jury acquitted 20 year old Paul H. Emmons of Kennebunkport of speeding after appealing from Biddeford Municipal Court where he was found guilty of 50 mph in a 25 mph zone on Biddeford Pool Street. The prosecution argued 50 mph, while Emmons and companion Peter M. Innis testified the car went slower. Attorney Edward L. Caron defended Emmons. County Attorney Joan J. Harvey prosecuted for the state.
A Kennebunk and Arundel youth group hosted a roller skating party at the Palace Roller Rink in Old Orchard Beach. Attendees included Roger Poitras Jerry Pimpare Ray Kinney and many others. Pimpare won the circle game while Ronald Walker and Carol Davis won the couples prize and Poitras also earned a prize.
Office operations emphasize availability at all times and weekly School Stamp day observed in local schools, ensuring consistent procedures and participation across sites.
Mrs Edmund Cashen invites members to a Monday evening gathering at 8 at Summer street hosted by Leta Downing with Marguerite Crowley Alice Downing Benda Edwards and Leta Downing as hostesses A musical program will be presented under co chairmanship of Mrs Johnny Ann Martel and Mrs Lillian Gross In other items Rev and Mrs Robert Cumler and children visit New Portland while Evening Alliance of Kennebunk Unitarian church plans a 630 pm covered dish supper at Mrs Elizabeth Smith 34 Summer Street with hostesses Wescott Merrow Chester Cram and Smith
The menu lists daily items from Monday to Friday with meals such as American chop suey and dill pickles on Monday, tomato juice and frank fort on Tuesday, orange juice and clam chowder on Wednesday, Hamburg and gravy on Thursday, and a holiday/no school Friday, followed by another week of meals including sausage in a roll, cheese wedge, and tomato soup, noting subject to change. It enumerates drinks, soups, breads, sides, desserts, and milk across two weeks with occasional notes on changes.
The York County Probate Court at Alfred sets October 9 1962 hearing for estates of Vena M Lamson August a Parrott Hartley Jr Remillard Elmer O Small Roxie Blood Ilko Knowles and John B Roberts as executor or executrix appointments. Notices publish in Biddeford Saco Journal for interested parties to appear.
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