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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1964
Page
5
A pastor reflects on prejudice inspired by The Good Samaritan story and notes religious racial national origin and social prejudice in America. He urges self examination and action by loving one’s neighbor as thyself.
A reader asks how to handle a grandfather’s admonitions about dirty talk from a 17 year old and Abby suggests letting the mother mediate. Others discuss a PTA Block Plan for child safety, a neighborly hex of blouse-free breakfasts across an apartment, and whether spanking is better as a bottom slap or face insult, with Abby weighing in on discipline and safety.
On this date in 1913 the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans were joined by opening the Gamboa Dam of the Panama Canal. Other notable events include Verdi's birth in 1813, the U S Naval Academy opening in 1845, and 1949 when RCA publicly demonstrated its all electronic television system.
A duodenal ulcer occurs in the duodenum and is five to ten times more common than a gastric ulcer. It affects men more than women.
Directory lists coastal Maine churches with pastors and Sunday Mass times. Includes St Joseph, St Andre in Bacon, St Mary in Saco, Notre Dame de Lourdes, Most Holy Trinity in Saco, Old Orchard Beach St Margaret's, Kennebunk St Monica's, St Martha's in Kennebport, St Mary Wells Beach, Ogunquit All Saints, United Baptist in Saco, First and Second Parish in Saco, Seventh-Day Adventist, School Street Methodist, Assembly of God at Ahepa Home, Bible Baptist, North Saco Congregational, Christian Science Society. Provides confessions and weekday masses where given.
The article lists winter and Sunday service details for Episcopal churches in Biddeford Saco Kennebunk Portland area New England coastal towns. Christ Church Cres cent South Street Biddeford hosts one service at 9 am with choral Eucharist and sermon. Trinity Church Main at Cleveland Saco offers Holy Communion at 8 am and 10:30 am sermons with church school. St David Kennebunk conducts Eucharist and sermon Sundays at 9 am with morning prayer second fourth Sundays and evening prayer Sundays 5 pm plus holy day services. St John Old Orchard Beach winter schedule includes Holy Communion 8 am and church school 10:30 am with first Sunday 11:15 am Eucharist. A nursery is available on Sundays.
A list of worship schedules and pastors for local churches including Biddeford First Universalist Society Saco and Biddeford, Unitarian Universalist fellowship in Saco, United Church of Christ on Crescent Street Biddeford, St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Biddeford, South Biddeford Methodist, United Baptist Jefferson Street, Advent Christian Hill and Chapel, Foss Street Methodist, with service times and notes on Sunday School and communion.
Goodwins Mills Methodist Church in Lyman led by Rev R Richard holds a 9 30 morning service with a church school for all ages. Advent Christian church led by Rev Mathew Farnum conducts morning worship at 10 with Sunday school at 11 and evening service at 8, Youth Fellowship at 7. Lyman Baptist Church in Goodwins Mills with Rev Sidney F Whitehouse offers Sunday school at 9 45 and morning worship at 11.
Advent Christian church on Route 35 Kennebunk Lower Village with Rev. Milford G Butterfield offers Sunday school at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 a m a nursery is available during both hours Unitarians at Main Street and Portland Road with Rev Harold Scott The Dr is listed Church of Christ Kennebunk Dane Street with Rev Fred B Holmberg Sunday worship at 10 a m Kennebunk Baptist on Main Street Rev Chester M Staples worship at 11 a m and 7 p m Christian Science Society 25 Summer Street Sunday school 10 a m Morning service at 11 a m West Kennebunk Methodist Rev Alfred H Ives worship at 9 a m Sunday school at 10 a m Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union Mrs Gracie Ames pastor Sunday school 10 a m and Sunday morning worship at
The Methodist Church on Washington Avenue, Advent Christian on Saco Avenue, First Baptist on Ocean Avenue, Faith Tabernacle at Atlantic Avenue and Third Street, and The Salvation Army at 91 Union Avenue each publish Sunday worship times and Sunday School sessions. Noted pastors include Herman Thurlow, Rev G Stephen Johnston, Rev Calvin T Rogers. Classes begin at 9:45 a.m. Worship times vary from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Salvation Army lists 9:45 a.m. Sunday School and 7:30 p.m. salvation meeting.
Wells Congregational Church on U S Route 1 Wells holds worship at 10 30 a m in the Second Church edifice and Sunday School at the same hour. Gospel church Route 9 A near Route 109 Wells offers Sunday school at 2 p m and worship at 3 p m. Highpine Baptist Sanford Road provides worship at 9 30 a m and Sunday School at 10 45 a m. Wells Branch Freewill Baptist Route 9 A between Kennebunk and Wells has Sunday School at 9 30 a m and worship at 10 30 a m. The Wells Moody Church of the Nazarene on U S Route 1 lists Sunday school and worship at 10 a m and evening worship at 7 30 p m.
Village Baptist Church at Maine and Spring with Rev Richard A. Johnson offers church school for all ages at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11 a m with nursery and children's church. South Congregational Church at Howes has morning worship, and First Congregational at North Street and Arundel Road is led by Rev Robert M Howes.
Cape Porpoise Methodist Church on the Cape holds morning worship service at 10 45 a m led by Rev Russell J Peppe minister in charge of services this Sunday expected attendance includes parish members and Cape Porpoise community residents
Religion in the News reports Stanbrook Abbey in Callow End England where six presses and seven nuns refine religious books by hand. The enclosed abbey uses grills to relay typographic advice. visitors are restricted and workers enter through a grill. The press, founded in 1876, prints poetry medieval spiritual writings and liturgical texts for both internal orders and commercial sale.
North Lebanon notes recount Ernest Rand Sr. leaving with his daughter Mrs. Forrest Trafton and husband from Springvale for Kentucky. Several residents such as Daniel Nevison, Ethel Roberts, Gertrude Gale, Bessie Lewis, Julia Thompson, Lloyd Thompson, Mabel Clark, Ruth Stevens, Gail and Joanne Stuart, Ralph Cousens, Willard Libby, Lewis Libby, Richard Rand, and a Gray family are mentioned in visits to relatives in Acton, Farming ton, and Wells, with various family gatherings and medical updates.
A summary from Saco Building Inspector Byron F. Dol lists September permits: seven for one family dwellings valued at 85000, one for a two family dwelling at 14000, and a Sweetser Children's Home permit at 100000. ten alteration permits totaling 6100 and a district court alterations/repairs permit at 10000. overall, twenty permits totaling 214600.
Historical note states there is no documentary evidence for Shakespeare’s birth date but his baptism is recorded on April 26, 1564. The remark emphasizes baptismal dating rather than exact birth date.
Mormon Church services held at Ranger Hall School Street Saco. Sunday School classes at 10 a m Sacrament service at 6 p m Elder Roger V Marden branch president resides 347 North St Saco.
Ogunquit Baptist Church on Shore Road led by Rev John W Dow holds morning worship at 11 am and Ogunquit Methodist Church on Shore Road led by Rev Thomas R Merrill presents Sunday worship at 9 30 am with pastors listed.
A 1964 Alfred Maine probate court order requires notices to interested parties for the estates of Yvette Trudeau of Saco Annie Alden Bradeen of Limerick and Dorris C Crowell of Sanford. Letters Testamentary issued to Edward L Caron Casco Bank & Trust Company and Ward T Hanscom respectively with no bonds required. Public hearing October 13 1964 at 10:00 AM.
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