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Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 07, 1961

Page

3

Church Directory listing Maine parishes and masses

Directory lists multiple churches across Biddeford Kennebunkport Old Orchard Beach Wells Ogunquit Saco and surrounding towns with pastors and Sunday mass times ranging from early morning to late morning. Includes St Mary St Jude Monsignor listings and Unitarian Universalist services with schedules and locations.

Kennebunk T. Monica Kennebunk William J. Lly J. Henry Nelle Kennebunkport T. Martha William J. Ly J. Henry Knelle Old Orchard Beach Margaret Church Rd F. Walsh Nand J. Landry Pas Jude Catholic Church Pine Int Edward W. Walsh Stor Armand J. Lan Wells Beach T. Mary A. m William J. Kelly J. Henry Fournelle Istant Ogunquit Saints

Episcopal church services and parish activities in coastal Maine

The notice lists multiple Episcopal churches in Biddeford Saco Kennebunk York Harbor and Old Orchard Beach with service times Holy Communion Sung Eucharist Morning Prayer and nursery or child care. Vicar pastors include Rev T S Knox Hopkins and others. services occur Sundays with varied schedules and parish programs.

Cresit Street Biddeford T. S. Ox City Cleveland Street Saco V. T J. David (Episcopal J. Phillip-by-the-Sea Times Rocks Inde Opera Company J. John-by-the-Sea John Street Old Orchard Act

Biddeford Church Listings and Morning Services Summary

Directory of Biddeford churches with service times. First Universalist and Unitarian congregations announce worship at 10:45 and 9:30 respectively. Greek Orthodox and Methodist churches list morning services around 9:30 to 11, with choirs and Sunday schools noted. Mentions Rev. H Lewis Cutler, Rev. Edmound W. Beal, Rev. Stan A. Bennett, and Rev. James D. Riddle. Location references include Biddeford, Saco, and Pool areas.

Biddeford United Church of H. Lewis Cutler Tor San’s Universalist Church City Edmound W. Beal Aister Unitarianiversalist Unitarianiversalist Church Iday Second Fish Unitarian Schooeet Saco Jnion Church Biddeford Pool Stan A. Bennett T. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Rch, 35 Adams Street, Rev. ‘Xander Xanthakis Orthos Divine Livy Christian Church Corner Hill Chapel Streets Oss Street Methodist Church Ss and Pool Streets Imes Douglass Riddle Jured South Biddeford Methodist Arch Pool Road Mes D. Riddle Nited Baptist Church Jeffer Morley J. Durest Stor

Buxton Churches Schedule Morning Services

Buxton North Congregational Church led by Pastor David W. Smith holds worship at 9 30. Tory Hill Meeting House at Lower Corner and The Old Peddy Pew Church with Rev David W Birth presiding hold morning worship at 11.

North Congregational Church David W. Smith Tory Hill Meeting House Bux

Sunday church services and school classes listed

Goodwins Mills Methodist arch notes 9 30 a m morning ship and sermon 10 30 a m letting of the church school for soa study under Mrs Attleson general superintendent Advem Christian church Rev Y Osborne pastor Morning ship service 11 a m 100 at 12 noon yman Baptist Church Rob Vance pastor Sunday school classes at 9 45 a m and ning worship service at 1

Goodwins Mills Methodist Arch

Old Orchard Beach Church Notices List

Old Orchard Beach methodist church lists morning worship at 11, Bible study 7 p.m. First Baptist Church schedules Sunday school 1:30 and worship 2:30 p.m. Advent Christian Church offers Sunday school 9:45 a.m. and morning worship 11 a.m. Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal holds Sunday school 9:45 a.m., junior church 11:30 a.m., morning worship 11 a.m. Salvation Army at 91 Union Street lists services 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. in Tabernacle with guests.

Old Orchard Beach Washington Avenue John T. Stahl First Baptist Church Ocean Avenue G. Stephen Johnston Advent Christian Church Sace Avenue Hermer Thurlow Faith Tabenacle Pentecostal Church Atlantic Avenue Third Street Russell K Pier Salvation Army Union Street Robert Reid Tabernacle

Churches and pastors listed for Kennebunk area news

A notice enumerates local churches with pastors and service times. Unitarian First Congregational Parish led by Rev. Carl Bierman, Christchurch with Revs Holmberg and Culmer, Kennbunk Baptist on Main Street with Rev. Staples, Christian Science Society at Summer Street, West Kennebunk Methodist with Rev. Jordan, Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union led by Mrs. Gracie Ames, plus Bible school and worship times for each location.

Unitarian Church First Congregational Carl Bierman Christchurch Frederick ‘Holmberg Robert B. Culmer Kennbunk Baptist Church Main Street Chester M. Staples Pe ‘Or Christian Science Society Summer Street West Kennebunk Methodist Church John H. Jordan Mary Vigne Elizabeth Hersey Kennebunk Landing

Wells area churches schedule Sunday services

Several churches list 10:30 a.m. Union worship at First church near Miles Road Wells Beach with Sunday school at 10:30. Full Gospel on Route 9A near Route 109 Wells led by Rev Lula Nicholson holds 2 p.m. Sunday school and 3 p.m. service. Highpine Baptist on Sanford road with Rev Wayne Porter offers 1 p.m. Sunday school and 2 p.m. worship. Wells Branch Baptist on Route 9A led by Rev Coleman York holds 9:30 a.m. Sunday school and morning worship. Moody Community church on Moody Community hall Route 1 with Mr and Mrs Nelson Kimball in charge offers 10 a.m. Sunday school and 1 p.m. worship.

First Second Congregational Wells U. S John N. Simpson Miles Road Wells Beach Full Gospel Church Lula Nicholson Highpine Baptist Church Sanford Road Wayne A Porter North Berwick Wels Baptist Church Coleman York South Berwick Moody Community Church Moody Community Hall U. S .Route 1 Nelson Kimball

Local church services listed for Sunday morning

Advent Christian Church led by Rev Milford G Butterfield offers church school at 9 45 am and morning worship. Village Baptist Church at Maine and Spring streets with Rev George P Urban and church school for all ages also starts at 9 45 am with morning worship at 11 am and nursery and children's church. First Congregational on North street and Arundel road with Rev Robert M Howes holds worship at 9 30 am. South Congregational on Temple street with Rev Howes offers 9 am and 11 am services.

Advent Christian Church Milford G. Butterfield Il A m Village Baptist Church Maine Spring Streets George P. Urban First Congregational Church North Street Arundel Road Robert M. Howes South Congregational Church Temple Street

Mormon Churches Meeting at Advent Church in Saco

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints holds meetings at the Advent church on Cleveland street, Saco. Elder Maurice Dupuis serves as superintendent with Elder Roger V. Marden as first assistant and Elder Milton E. Hall as second assistant. Priesthood meeting and Sunday school are scheduled for morning hours.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Mormon) Church Advent Church Cleveland Street Saco

Finding the Way Refresh Spirit With Prayer

A meditation on self knowledge and prayer citing Dr Eugene Burdick on Australian aborigines and the need for integrity. The piece urges honesty before God, renewal of a clean heart, and confronting one’s private truth to face the vastness of existence and daily possibilities.

Rabbi Sigal warns Judaism faces extinction without spiritual shift

New York AP reports Rabbi Islip Sigal of Beth Abraham Synagogue Bridgeton New Jersey warns Judaism risks extinction unless it rejects views of Jews as a nation. He opposes Zionist nationalism linking aliyah to Israel and urges Jews to remain united by religion not politics. Sigal criticizes Ben Gurion and stresses religion as sole bond.

New York Islip Sigal Beth Abraham Bridgeton N.J Rabbi Sigal National Conference of Christians and Jews American ‘Council For Judaism David Ben-Gurion Israel America Zion Babylonal

Wells De Molay Meet and Harvest Supper Plans

Wells Highpine chapter of De Molay meets Monday at 7 30 p m in the Highpine Masonic hall Sanford road Wells A DeMolay Mothers Circle meeting also Monday plans harvest supper for October 21 at 6 p m at the Masonic hall William Clark columnist will lecture Monday at 8 pm in the Wells Elementary School auditorium under Wells Congregational churches Women’s group sponsorship Eldridge Hanson American Legion post meets Tuesday at 8 pm in the Legion hall Eldredge road Wells

Highpine Order of DeMolay Highpine Masonic Hall Sanford Road Wells DeMolay Mothers’ Circle Masonic Hall William Clark Wells Elementary Women’s Church Wells Congregational Churches Eldridge and Leroy Hanson American Legion The Legion Hall Eldredge Road

Arundel School Week Menu Summary

Arundel Consolidated School lists weekly meals for Oct 9. Monday offers American chop suey with cabbage salad muffins butter cookies and milk. Tuesday serves chilled fruit juice potato chips grilled frankfurter in roll peas apple crisp cheese and milk. Wednesday features turkey mashed potatoes carrots biscuit butter fruit and milk. Thursday observes Columbus Day with no school. Friday serves tuna salad in roll buttered corn milk potato chips and dessert.

Consolidated Columbus Ay

Wells School Menu Week of October 9

The Wells School offers a weekly menu starting Monday with spamburgers and spinach, Tuesday features Hamburg on a roll, Wednesday serves ricassee of beef and gravy, Thursday offers American chop suey with dessert, and Friday lists oven baked fish sticks with vegetables. Meals include fruit or pudding and milk each day.

Hamburg

Union Church Biddeford Pool Services With Guest Preacher

Union Church Biddeford Pool holds 11 a m services with Rev H Lewis Cutler as guest preacher for August. Sunday school convenes at 9 45.

Union Church Biddeford Pool H. Lewis Cutler

Ogunquit Methodist Church Summer Worship Schedule

Ogunquit Methodist Church on Shore Road led by Rev. Robert A. Carter conducts Sunday services in summer at 9 30 a m, 11 a m, and 8 p m Holy Communion and meditation held each Sunday at 8 15 a m.

Ogunquit Methodist Church Shore Road Robert A. Carter

Cape Porpoise church service schedule announced

Cape Porpoise Methodist Church on the Cape led by Rev Henry Megert lists church school at 9:30 a.m. followed by morning worship at 10:45.

Methodist Church

Kennebunk School Menu Reads For Weekly Plan

October 9 through 13 menus for HIGH and JUNIOR HIGH show daily meals. Monday features Hamburg with gravy and sides, Tuesday Frankfurt with roll and baked potato, Wednesday Hamburg casserole, Thursday sliced luncheon meat, Friday tuna fish casserole. COUSENS SCHOOL lists cold meat day, soup, American chop suey, turkey, and fish sticks with varied sides and milk.

Hamburg Frankfurt Cousens

Saco Beach School Lunch Menu Week Overview

Monday features chicken rice soup and a chopped ham sandwich with chips corn apple and milk. Tuesday offers orange juice potato and egg salad with frankfurter parker house roll Jello and milk. Wednesday serves corned beef hash green peas bread and butter peaches and milk. Thursday notes no school. Friday serves macaroni and cheese green beans bread and butter a cookie and milk.

Parker House

Women's Civic Group To Plant Trees At Beach

The Women's Civic Group of Old Orchard Beach met at the high school cafeteria with President Christine Armstrong presiding. Reports covered projects at Ocean Park Halfway Cascades signs benches flower boxes Town hall post office and a new Old Orchard street project. The tree committee was authorized to plant more trees this fall. Plans to improve Old Orchard street were discussed and letters to the Board of Selectmen were authorized. A speaker was scheduled for the November meeting. Refreshments were provided by Mrs. Helen Cummings Mrs. Effie Ross and Mrs. Mildred Leonard.

Old Orchard Beach Christine Armstrong Ocean Park Halfway Cascades Town Hall Old Orchard Street Board of Selectmen Helen Cummings Effie Ross Mildred Leonard

Rita Larouche Fetes Pre Bridal Banquet at Wonderbar

Miss Rita Larouche, soon to wed Robert Farley on October 28, was honored at a pre bridal banquet hosted by her sister Mrs John Letourneau at the Wonderbar steak house. The event featured a musical bridal centerpiece and a display of Larouches trousseau, with numerous relatives and friends in attendance and contributing to the celebration.

Rita Larouche Robert Farley Wonderbar John Letourneau Miss Larouche Trousseau Marcella Lessard Normand Audie Lorraine Boutet Yvette Boutet Elizabeth Audie Doris Hubert Irene Rice Elmer Meserve William Audie George Rancourt Jeanne Eva Gelinas Irene Boucher Jean Demeule Rene Labrecque Rita Roy Merrill Morgan Claudia Guilmette John Farley Portland Rita Verrier Richard Farley Flore Boissonneault Marie Arcand Roland Labrecque Leona Poirier Joyce Davis Robert Proulx Dover N.H Georgette Dion St. George de Beauce Que Eva Fournier Gail Morgan Gwen Morgan Lucille Jacques Lillian Larouche Ann Hebert Hortense Keith Priscilla Philipakos Constance Descoteaux Jeannine Bertrand Claudette Parent Laurette Viger Yvette Doyon Laura Spachtholz Rebecca Dorfman Rose St. Ours Henry Fernande Giroux Yvette Valliere Therese Janelle Arthur Caron Reina Farley Walter Brouillette Bernadette Dion Pauline Howe Ethel Gaudette Miles Edwards Irene Burley Anne Polakowich Rachel Martel Beatrice Caron Mary Lailberte Laurette Laliberte Cecile Janelle Mary Tavoularis Anita Lambert Arline Poitras

Saco Girl Enrolls At New Mexico Institute of Mining

Elise H Brower of Saco Maine enrolls as a senior at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro. A Thornton Academy graduate she plans to major in chemistry.

Socorro N. M Elise H Brower S. E. Edfors Hall Avenue Saco Maine New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Thornton Academy

Missionary Speakers Open Kennebunk Series at Advent Church

Episcopal delegate Burgess to open the Adventures in Christian Living series in Biddeford Saco Council of Churches at St Demetrious Greek Orthodox Church. Rev John M Burgess, Archdeacon of Boston, will speak on World Council of Churches assembly theme Jesus Christ the Light of the World. Rev Dr James V Miller will lead Bible study. Tickets available through local churches.

Howard Towne Advent Christian Church Kennebunk Lower Village Philippines Towne Kennebunk Church Chetek Wis Russia Germany India Korea John M. Burgess Protestant Episcopal Church Assembly of the World Council of Churches New Delhi Biddeford Boston Washington Massachusetts Clerical Association World Council of Churches Jesus Christ the Light Burgess James V. Miller Bates College Lewiston WCC

Old Orchard Beach deputy heads Lodges installation in East Waterboro

Old Orchard Beach District deputy president Mrs Avia Briggs District 2 and her marshal Mrs Doris Ellingwood with staff installed the officers of Rehoboth Rebekah lodge East Waterboro Friday evening. Included were Mrs Gertrude Wight Miss Margaret Chamberlin and others. Additional attendees from Old Orchard Rebekah lodge and plans for Ruhameh lodge Springvale installation followed. Also a Legion auxiliary and AMVETS events noted at the Post Home Walnut Street open Sundays.

Avia Briggs Doris Ellingwood Rehoboth Rebekah Lodge East Waterboro Gertrude Wight Margaret Chamberlin Marian Coker Gladys Goodwin Ruth Anderson Avonell Pettengill Barbara Gilbert Old Orchard Rebekah Lodge Eunice Pettengil Walter Jordan

Mrs Khrushchev says Russia not building air raid shelters

Moscow reports Mrs Nikita Khrushchev told Western peace marchers that the Soviet Union is not making any effort to build bomb shelters, arguing there is no defense in a nuclear war and they do not want to be forced to discard armaments. She spoke after a discussion at the House of Friendship about disarmament and warned against being the only ones to throw bombs into the ocean.

Moscow Nikita Khrushchev Soviet Union Nina Khrushchev House of Friendship

Workman Electrocuted at Waterville Bridge Project

AP reports John Hadley of Freeport, age 27, was electrocuted Friday after touching a crane boom in contact with a high tension line at a Waterville bridge project. Fellow workers performed artificial respiration to revive him briefly, but he died on arrival at a hospital.

Waterville John Hadley Freeport Hadley

International chess match draws players from three continents

Thirty one participants from the United States and Western Europe joined a December start in San Francisco. Attending tea with Mrs. Khrushchev were Ben Herrick of Chicago, Millie Gilbertson and Jules Rabin of New York, and Regina Fischer of New York, who is the mother of U.S. chess champion Bobby Fischer.

United States Europe San Francisco

Death noted of Mrs Meleda Foote of Sterling Mass

Mr and Mrs Francis Hebert were informed of the death of his mother Mrs Meleda Foote formerly of Kennebunk who lived on Brown Street and worked as a cook at Jones diner Funeral services were held at St Richards church in Sterling The Women s Association of South Congregational Church Kennebunkport will open its meetings with a luncheon on Tuesday October 10 followed by annual reports and officer installation The first Fall meeting of the Women s Fellowship of Christ Church was held with G W Davis as guest speaker on Handwriting Mrs Donald Smith presided over the business meeting Refreshments were served by Circle 7 led by Mrs Clarence Lombard and Circle 8 led by Mrs R Edgar Fisher

Francis Hebert Meleda Foote Sterling Mass Women's Fellowship of Christchurch G. W. Davis Donald Smith Circle 7 Clarence Lombard Circle 8 R. Edgar Fisher

Property sale at Central Park Avenue Old Orchard Beach

Mrs Helen S Bowen of Portland sold parcels at 31 and 31A Central Park Ave Old Orchard Beach through F T Sheltra Sons to Mr and Mrs George Shorey Old Orchard Beach. The property includes a 1 1/2 story dwelling a one story summer cottage and a large lot bought as an investment. The text notes the 1776 independence context with 2 ½ million population.

Central Park Avenue Old Orchard Beach Helen S. Bowen Portland F. T. Sheltra & Sons George Shorey Shorey

Miller accuses Kennedy admin of censorship and propaganda

Republican National Chairman William E Miller accuses the Kennedy administration of censorship and favoritism. He cites suppressed medical details and a secret meeting of Washington correspondents used to push a pro Kennedy line, contrasting with Eisenhower’s openness.

Washington William E. Miller Miller New York Freedom of Information Committee The American Society of Newspaper Editors Sigma Delta Chi Professional Journalism Fraternity Eisenhower Kennedy Los Angeles Times Dallas News Detroit News Chicago Tribune Kansas City Star White House

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Church Directory T. Joseph Church Elie Hevey Andre Bacon Street Aime Giguere St Mary Cornelius Enright Brendan Laco Otre Dame de Lourdes Arthur J. Dube Fost Holy Easte Maurice Bibl. Baptist Church of John E. Fickett Saco City Hall Second Parish Unitarian Church School Street Pepperell Park Edmund W. Beal Unitarian- Universalist First Parish Congregational Church Main Beach Streets Harry A. Rufiero School Street Methodist Church Norman J. Langmaid Saco United Baptist Church Main and Cross Streets Stanley A. Bennett North Saco Ag Tgco Christian Church A. Saco Robert Williams O‘heer Episcopal Churches Buxton Mormon Churches Ralph W. Loew, DD Newspaper Enterprise Assa Eugene Burdick God Wells School Menu Cape Kennebunk School Menu Saco Girl Studies New Mexico Notre Dame Hospital Sister Rube Sister Annunciata Madeliene Davenport John Con Roy John Erman Burlington Theresa Brewer Gordon MacCrae Sammy Kay Episcopal Ven Edmund Cashen
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