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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1961
Page
3
Directory lists multiple parishes and churches with Sunday Mass times and pastors across Biddeford Pool Saco Kennebunkport Old Orchard Beach Wells Beach and surrounding areas. Notable entries include Notre Dame de Lourdes St. Brendan St. Monica St. Martha and First Parish Congregational plus Unitarian Universalist and Bible Baptist services.
A church calendar listing Trinity Christ and St. David parishes with Rev T S Knox and Rev Harold A Hopkins. Services include Holy Communion Eucharist and Sermon at 7 9 10 11 15 am various Sundays plus vespers at Fortunes Rocks and nursery school activities. Soloist from Arundel Opera company.
A roundup of Biddeford churches and services listing each congregation, its pastor or guest preacher, and weekly worship times. Includes Second Congregational, First Universalist, Unitarian, Union Church Biddeford Pool, St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox, Foss Street Methodist, South Biddeford Methodist, and United Baptist churches with Sunday schools and morning services.
Rev. David W. Smith presides at Morning Worship at 9 30 at Buxton North Congregational Church Tory Hill Meeting House hosts services and The Old Peanut body Pew Church led by Rev. David W with 11 o clock service.
Goodwins Mills Methodist church holds morning worship and sermon at 9 30 a m with a church school lesson study at 10 30 led by Mrs Attleson. Advem Christian church led by Rev Lloyd Osborne offers morning worship and Sunday school at 12 noon. Lyman Baptist Church with Robert I Vance as pastor offers Sunday school at 9 45 and morning worship at 11.
Cape Porpoise Methodist Church on the Cape lists Rev Henry O Megert as minister The church school begins at 9 30 a m followed by morning worship at 10 45 a m in the Sunday schedule
Sunday services and schedules for multiple congregations in Old Orchard Beach and nearby areas. Methodist, Baptist, Advent Christian, Pentecostal, and Salvation Army churches report worship times, Sunday school, and minister names such as Rev John T Stahl Rev G Stephen Johnston and Rev Russell Per. Services include morning and evening times with guest conductors at the Tabernacle venue.
Unitarian church First Congregational parish led by Rev Carl Bierman offers morning worship and Sunday school. Christchurch with Rev Frederic Holmberg and Robert B Culmer holds morning services at 9:30. Kennbunk Baptist Main street overseen by Rev Chester Staples with Bible school at 9:45 and worship at 11. Christian Science Society at 25 Summer street has Sunday school at 11 and service at 11. West Kennebunk Methodist led by Rev John H Jordan with 9:00 worship and sermon. soloist Mary Vigne and organist Elizabeth Hersey. Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union (Full Gospel) with Mrs Gracie Ames, pastor. Sunday school at 2 and worship at 3.
Wells area church notices announce Union worship at the First church near Mile road Wells Beach at 10 30 a m Sunday school likewise at 10 30 a m with children moving to classes after the sermon Full Gospel church Route A off Route 109 Wells Rev Lula Nicholson pastor Sunday school 2 p m Highpine Baptist church Sanford road Wells Rev Wayne A Porter pastor Sunday school 1 p m worship 2 p m Wells Branch Freewill Baptist Route 9 A Rev Coleman York pastor Sunday school 9 30 a m Morning worship Moody Community church Moody Community hall U S Route 1 Mr and Mrs Nelson Kimball in charge Sunday school 10 a m worship 11 a m
Advent Christian church led by Rev Milford G Butterfield holds church school at 9:46 am and morning worship at 11 am. Village Baptist Church at Maine and Spring streets with Rev George P Urban at 9:45 am for Sunday school and 11 am worship with nursery and children’s church. First Congregational at North Street and Arundel Road with Rev Robert M Howes at 9:30 am. South Congregational on Temple Street with Rev Howes at 9 and 11 am.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints meets at the Advent church on Cleveland Street in 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 is at 9 a.m. and Sunday school at 10 a.m.
Ralph W. Loew reflects on growing up and asks what one will be. He contrasts childlike qualities with childish faults, urging self discipline, humility, and hopeful spirit to guide adulthood. The piece links beliefs to personal growth and moral choices shaping one’s destiny.
In 1936 Rev Louis A Gales and Rev Paul Bussard, both at St. Agnes in St Paul, launched a digest style magazine. The Catholic Digest grew to a large private firm with 751,178 paid circulation, 15,000 newsstand sales monthly, and foreign and Braille editions. They plan a second magazine The Catholic Market targeting the Catholic trade, plus a junior book club. Their goal remains to attract more Catholics by presenting strong Catholic reading material.
Saco Beach menus list daily meals from Monday to Friday. Monday features sliced meat loaf with mashed potatoes and peaches. Tuesday offers hot dog on a buttered roll with corn and Jello. Wednesday serves Hamburg with gravy and tossed salad. Thursday includes chicken chow mein with fried rice and pineapple. Friday provides tomato rice soup and a peanut butter sandwich with potato chips.
Radioactive fallout from the October 23 Soviet superbomb explosion began reaching Japan late Thursday, the Central Meteorological Observatory announced.
The church announces an 11 a.m. service with Rev. H. Lewis Cutler as guest preacher for August. Sunday school will be held at 9:45 prior to the service.
Ogunquit Baptist Church on Shore Road led by Rev. Paul S Hazlett holds Sunday worship at 11 a m and Sunday school at 9 45 a m for children of all ages Ogunquit Methodist Church on Shore Road led by Rev. Robert A Carter offers summer services at 9 30 11 and 8 p m with Holy Communion and meditation each Sunday at 8 15 a m
Madonna chapter OES Past Matrons met at Mrs. Lowell Mailing’s home in Kennebunk Beach. A good sum was raised from the candy sale. Social hour followed with refreshments by Mrs. Mailing and Mrs. Reginald Martel. Next meeting November 30 at Hitching Post Saco, then to Mrs. Harold Bourne’s home. attendees listed.
Niles Nelson of South Portland was hired as an additional seventh grade teacher at Wells Junior High to ease overcrowding and will also teach one section of Grade 12 English. The board approved paying George Langille $300 as a driver education stipend and authorized a half day per week substitute to free the junior high principal for classroom visits. The Wells Ogunquit PTA got permission to use the elementary auditorium for a fair, and Superintendent Robert W. Johnson was asked to obtain price quotations for storm windows.
Charles Fortier Jr was guest of honor at a birthday buffet at his Saco Avenue home on Thursday evening marking his second birthday. A carousel cake and a 16 year candle highlighted the celebration with grandparents and relatives from Old Orchard Beach New Gloucester and nearby areas in attendance. Several relatives sent gifts from Portsmouth Portland and Gales Ferry Conn.
The Kennebunk Chapter Tri County Osteopathic Hospital Womens Guild met at Mrs. Gussie Ephross’s home on Park Street. President Mrs. Bernard Bunnell led a vote to donate toward a nurse training scholarship. No December meeting due to a guild gathering at Tri County Osteopathic Hospital in Kittery on December 6. Next meeting set for November 10 at 7:30 pm at Mrs. Bernard Bunnell’s Rossroad Kennebunk.
Evangelistic crusade led by Rev Raymond M Beecroft at Advent Christian Church Kennebunk Lower Village runs November 5 to 12 with Pat Bryant as song leader. Former Springfield Mass A C church official, Beecroft has edited and served as treasurer for Advent Christian general Conference ministry based in Concord New Hampshire. Special music nightly and Wednesday Bell Ringers of Goodwins Mills. Children rallies begin November 1 at 3 30 pm with Miss Betty Hoover Boston presenting black light drawing puppets Sqeegie the accordion Bible stories and missionary adventures. Rallies March through November 5 include sessions November 3 4 10 am and 3 30 pm. Services nightly at 7 30 pm and Sundays at 11 am and 7 pm.
Members of St John Episcopal church are invited to attend the Christ the King Festival at Christchurch in Portsmouth New Hampshire at 3 p m Sunday. The sermon will be delivered by Bishop Litchfield of the Diocese of Quincy Illinois president of the American Church Union. A solemn procession of the Blessed Sacrament and benediction will precede a meeting with Canon du Bois executive director of the ACU of New York who will speak.
Arundel Grange held a semi public ceremony Friday evening to install officers led by Post State Deputy Lionel Amirault and guest installing officers. Master Ernest Burleigh and 15 officers were named along with committee assignments and a membership award check of 16.50 from National Grange.
Members of the Goodwins Mills Extension group met at Dayton Town hall to discuss Feeding Many in an Emergency led by Mrs Elinor Rundgren. The nominating committee read and accepted reports naming Ethel Mullett as chairwoman and Blanche Freeman as assistant chair and other leaders. The next meeting is November 28 with Know Your Neighbor Australia led by Virginia Proctor.
The Star Club of Priscilla chapter held its annual chicken-fry at Mrs. Mabel Keene’s Ogunquit home for 15 members. During the meeting, presided by Mrs. Marjory Fernald, the group voted to purchase a new charter roll and planned exemplifications of orders on November 10 with district deputy Mrs. Esther Linscott supervising. A November 9 officer rehearsal is set for 7:39 p.m. at Masonic hall, with a special November 2 rehearsal for attending officers. A Christmas greens sale is planned for December 8 with Mrs. Jeannine Goodale in charge. The secretary was Mrs. Marian Chadbourne and the treasurer Mrs. Violet Rand. A rising vote thanked Mrs. Keene and committee for the supper arrangements. The next meeting is November 30 at Mrs. Hill’s home. December and January meetings are planned at Mrs. Fernald’s and Mrs. Hazel Keirstead’s homes respectively. Attendees include Mrs. Claire Tracy, Mrs. Jeannie Goodale, and others.
High and junior high meals list weekly options from Monday to Friday. Menu includes orange juice Albany? American chop suey on Monday with wax beans and French bread. Tuesday Hamburg casserole with corn. Wednesday kidney beans with slaw. Thursday oven fried chicken with chips. Friday stuffed haddock with mashed potatoes and beets. Milk accompanies each day.
Park Street School lists weekly lunches with meals for Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and Friday. Each day includes a main dish side dishes a dessert bread or rolls and milk with fruit or juice selections.
The weekly menu lists meals for Monday through Friday. Items include cassarrole with butter and apples for Monday, vegetable and beef soup with sides on Tuesday, American chop suey with fruit and salad on Wednesday, Frankfort mashed potatoes carrots and bread pudding on Thursday, and fish sticks with potatoes corn and ice cream on Friday.
William R. Ballou attorney and prominent businessman died Friday in Bangor at age 71. A former Bath resident, Ballou served as president of the Maine Retail Lumbermen's Association and was a distinguished figure in local commerce.
A note from the event lists 50 members and visitors present by Mr and Mrs Paul DuMont on November 10 with Mr and Mrs Ernest Burleigh in charge of refreshments.
Kennebunk Reserve police will sponsor a Halloween party at 7 pm Tuesday at the Webhannet clubhouse with games dancing and contests and prizes. All town children invited. Committee includes Police Chief Frank Stevens Perley Gooch Albert Croteau Sam Spencer James Congdon Robert Hutchins and several spouses.
Bangor physician Dr. George H. Horton pleaded guilty to 12 counts of the change and was fined $5,000. He received a suspended six month sentence and a two year probation from Federal District Judge Edward T. Gignoux. Federal agents seized thousands of barbiturate tablets at his Bangor office last April.
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