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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1961
Page
3
A compiled directory lists church names pastors and Sunday Mass times across Saco Biddeford Kennebunk Old Orchard Beach Wells and surrounding towns. It covers Saco St Mary St Andre St Brendan Notre Dame de Lourdes Holy Trinity All Saints and other parishes with weekly schedules and confessions where noted.
The notice lists service times and clergy for several Episcopal churches. Christ Church Biddeford led by Rev. Mark M. McCullough offers 7 am Holy Communion and 9 am Holy Eucharist with time change noted. Trinity Saco under Rev. T S Knox holds 8 am Holy Communion and 10:30 am Holy Communion or sermon on listed Sundays. St David Kennebunk led by Rev. Harold A Hopkins schedules 11:15 am services. St Phillip by the Sea Fortunes Rocks has 5 pm vespers each Sunday with an Arundel Opera soloist. St John by the Sea Old Orchard Beach offers 8 am Holy Communion and 11:15 am Holy Eucharist.
A schedule of union services and weekly church worship times in Biddeford Saco and surroundings. Includes First Parish Saco morning service, Biddeford Pool guest preacher, St Demetrios Greek Orthodox, Advent Christian Hill and Chapel sites, Universalist City Square, Foss Street Methodist with South Biddeford joint services, United Baptist Jefferson Street, and Sunday school slots.
The church announces 11 a.m. services with Rev. H. Lewis Cutler as guest preacher for August. Sunday school begins at 9:45 with classes for all ages.
Old Orchard Beach churches list Sunday worship times Bible study and Sunday school across Methodist First Baptist Faith Tabernacle and Salvation Army. Rev. John T. Stahl Rev. G Stephen Johnston Rev. Russell K Pier Capt Robert Reid lead morning and evening services with guest conductors at local tabernacle and Union Street location.
A compact list shows morning worship and Sunday school times for several churches in Kennebunk and nearby. Including Unitarian First Congregational parish under Rev. Carl Bierman with 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. services, Kennbunk Baptist Church at 11 a.m., Christian Science Society at 11 a.m., West Kennebunk Methodist at 9:00 a.m. with soloist Miss Mary Vigne, and Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union at 3 p.m.
Goodwins Mills Methodist pastor announces summer worship at 10 45 a m through August 6 with no church school sessions until September 10. Advent Christian Church led by Rev Lloyd Osborne holds morning worship at 11 a m and Sunday school at noon. Lyman Baptist Church with pastor Robert J Vance lists Sunday school at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 1 p m.
Ogunquit Shore Road church led by Rev. Robert A Carter offers Sunday worship at 9 30 and 11 a m and 8 p m during summer. Holy Communion and meditation take place each Sunday at 8 15 a m.
Morning worship and church school times listed for Advent Christian, Village Baptist, First Congregational, and South Congregational churches. Includes pastors Rev Milford G Butterfield Rev George P Urban Rev Robert M Howes and service hours 9:30 9:45 11 am.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints announces gatherings at the Advent church on Cleveland Street in Saco. Elder J Maurice Dupuis serves as superintendent with Elder Roger V Marden as first assistant and Elder Milton E Hall as second assistant. Priesthood meeting 9 a m Sunday school 10 a m.
The essay questions American naivete in embracing the Peace Corps while stressing the balance of idealism and realism. It argues that dedication, training, and cross cultural study can uplift nations, warns against cozy agnosticism, and urges using native enthusiasm to revive vitality at home. It concludes that Americans can be both idealistic and practical.
In Uranium City Saskatchewan Father L Helgouach leads Eskimo liturgy translation efforts. They created An gadjutika a 406 page book of hymns and prayers using Eskimo terms for evil and action to denote sin. Illustrations by Rev Jean Colas and editorial work by Rev Maurice Metayer.
Kennebunk High and Junior High offer a weekly menu with no school Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday features American chop suey buttered green beans roll ice cream and milk. Thursday serves baked beans sliced cucumbers Vienna bread sandwich apple sauce and milk. Friday presents fish sticks taters sauce mashed potatoes cabbage and tomato salad peanut butter sandwich fresh fruit and milk.
Rev. David W. Smith pastors two Buxton churches. Morning worship at 9:30 at Buxton North Congregational and at 11 at Tory Hill Meeting House formerly Old Pew body Pew church.
Cape Porpoise Methodist Church on the Cape announces Rev. Henry O Megert as minister. Church school begins at 9 30 a m and morning worship follows at 10 45 a m.
Dual services are held at Wells First and Second Congregational churches with 9:00 a.m. at the First Church near Mile Road and 11:00 a.m. at the Second Church near Wells Corner. Other churches listed include Full Gospel on Route 9-A with Sunday school at 2:00 p.m. and worship later, Highpine Baptist on Sanford Road with 1:00 p.m. Sunday school and 2:00 p.m. worship, Wells Branch Freewill Baptist on Route 9-A with 9:30 a.m. Sunday school and 10:30 a.m. worship, and Moody Community Church on Route 1 with 10:00 a.m. Sunday school and 11:00 a.m. worship.
Mrs. David Gale left Sunday for a house party at Colby College in Maine with sister Mrs. John Godfrey of Greene. Ruth Myers of Washington DC stayed overnight with Mrs. Gale, and many locals including Mr. and Mrs. Llewellyn Brewster and son Lee of Barre VT visited Fred Hanscom.
The White House designated Kenneth C. Curtis to run the Area Redevelopment Act program in Maine as both Biddeford Sanford urban and Washington County rural areas seek designation. Local initiative drives federal action with training grants cited at Lewiston Raytheon and a coastal radio tube plant as success stories.
From Jack Wurtzen's camp in New York Miss Martha Gale was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wyman Kemp Westbrook after arriving by plane in Portland.
William T. Wildes of Kennebunkport will enter Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy New York this month. A four day campus orientation runs from Wednesday September 13 to registration day Saturday with classes starting the following Monday.
A family cook out Sunday at Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Eaton on Mousam road Kennebunk celebrated Eaton’s birthday with a cake cut by the guest of honor and gifts. Attendees included the Kimball family Beauchemin and Wentworth, Shields family, Valencia family guests of the Bennetts, and Hyback with sons visiting from Rochester New York. Louise Eaton sent a gift but could not attend.
Principal Andrew J. Peterson announced Freshman Orientation Day at Kennebunk High School. On Tuesday from 1 p.m. to 2 15 p.m. all freshmen report to receive home room assignments and the year’s program. Students will review school procedures and the full class schedule with short periods.
A transit chart lists approximate bus pass times from 6:30 onward with entries like OOB OP CE G and STORE, guiding passenger wait periods. The note caps the section by stating you can charter buses to any place in Maine without needing to park.
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