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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1962
Page
3
A compiled church directory lists pastors and Sunday Mass times across multiple towns including Saco Kennebunk Ogunquit and Wells. Entries name parish names pastors service hours and seasonal note of Chapel closure after Sept 16.
A list of Episcopal church services across Biddeford Saco Kennebunk Arundel Old Orchard Beach and York Harbor. Rev T S Knox and Rev Harold A Hopkins lead Morning Prayer Holy Communion and vesper services with organist from Arundel Opera company. Nursery care offered at St Philip by the Sea and St David notes. Services at St John by the Sea.
The First Universalist Church at City Square with Rev. Ed mund W Beal offers 10 45 a m services on first third and fifth Sundays from September through June The Unitarian Universalist School on School Street at Pepperell Park Saco holds 9 30 a m classes every Sunday The Second Congregational Church in Biddeford with Rev Chauncey M Harding features a 10 30 a m sermon The Foss Street Methodist Church led by Rev James Douglass Riddle runs a summer 7 30 a m Holy Communion and 9 45 a m Morning Prayer with nursery The South Biddeford Methodist Church on New Pool Road presents a 7 30 a m Holy Communion and 9 45 a m Morning Prayer with nursery The Union Church on Honey Ledge Road Biddeford Pool has 9 45 a m church school and 11 a m worship with Rev Stanley A Bennett as guest pastor Advent Christian Church at Hill and Chapel streets led by Rev Lottie Record offers 9 45 a m Sunday School 10 45 a m morning worship and 7 p m evening service Wednesday prayer at 7 St Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church at 35 Adams Street features Sunday Orthodoxy service at 9 a m and Divine Liturgy at 10 a m United Baptist Church on Jefferson Street led by Rev Jasper M Beane provides 9 45 a m Sunday School and 11 a m Sunday worship.
Ogunquit Baptist church on Shore road with Rev. Paul Hazlette as pastor holds Sunday worship at 9 and 10 30 and Sunday school and nursery at 10 30 with Sunday evening service at 8 30. Ogunquit Methodist church on Shore road with Rev. Thomas R Merrill offers a Sunday worship service at 9 30 a.m.
Old Orchard Beach Advent Christian on Saco avenue with Rev Phylis E Adams acting pastor holds Sunday school at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 a m. Old Orchard Beach Methodist on Washington avenue led by Rev Oakley E Woodward offers worship at 10 30 a m. First Baptist on Ocean avenue with Rev G Stephen Johnston has Sunday school at 1 30 p m and worship at 2 30 p m. Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal on Atlantic avenue and Third street led by Rev Russell K Pier holds Sunday school 9 45 a m junior church 11 30 a m morning worship at 11 a m. Salvation Army at 91 Union avenue commanded by Lt and Mrs Gordon Clark offers Sunday school 9 45 a m, holiness meeting 11 a m, salvation meeting 7 30 p m, and mid week service Wednesday 7 30 p m.
A compilation of local church listings includes Advent Christian Church Route 35 Kennebunk Lower Village with Rev Milford G Butterfield offering Sunday school at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 a m including nursery. Unitarian First Congregational Parish led by Rev Carl Bierman morning worship and Sunday school at 11. Christchurch with Rev Frederic Holmberg and Robert B Culmer at 9 30 and 11. Kennebunk Baptist Church Main street with services at 11 a m and 7 p m. Christian Science Society 25 Summer street Sunday school 11 and morning service at 11. West Kennebunk Methodist Church Rev Alfred H Ives worship at 9 a m with 10 a m Sunday school. Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union Society Mrs Gracie Ames Sunday school 10 and worship 11.
A summary of multiple Wells area churches listing pastors and Sunday service times. First and Second Congregational churches hold 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. services respectively with Sunday school recessed until fall. Other churches include Full Gospel on Route 9-A with 2 p.m. Sunday school and 3 p.m. worship, Highpine Baptist at Sanford Road with 1 p.m. Sunday school and 2 p.m. worship, Wells Branch Freewill Baptist on Route 9-A with 9:30 a.m. Sunday school and 1:30 p.m. morning worship, and The Wells Moody Church of the Nazarene on U.S. Route 1 with 10 a.m. service and 7:30 p.m. worship.
Morning worship is scheduled at 9 30 a m at the Old Peabody Pew church with Rev David W Smith as pastor in Buxton Lower Corner Tory Hill. The Buxton Tory Hill Meeting House hosts the service led by Rev David W Smith.
Cape Porpoise Methodist Church on the Cape invites worshipers to a morning service led by Rev. Russell J. Peppe at 10 45 AM. The service marks a regular Sunday gathering for parishioners and visitors.
Ralph W Loew argues religion cannot be divorced from economic life. He cites ownership, responsibility, and ethics in wealth and labor, stating individuals and institutions must balance personal gain with societal obligations. He recalls Galbraith and biblical proverbs to urge a unified ethic guiding money, work, and welfare.
A long article outlines how teen ministries across denominations move toward a unified Youth Ministry within the United Church of Christ. It notes the shift from separate Pilgrim Fellowship and Youth Fellowship groups to local youth forums, erasing national officers, and aims to engage youths in church life and race-relations discussions.
Goodwins Mills Methodist Church in Lyman led by Rev Norman J Lang opens fall and winter services with worship at 9 30 a m and a sermon, followed by classes for all ages at 10 30 a m under Mrs John Attleson, superintendent. Advea Christian Church Rev Lloyd Osborne pastor holds morning worship and Sunday school at noon. Lyman Baptist Church offers classes at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11.
Kennebunkport Village Baptist Church on Maine and Spring streets led by Rev George P Urban offers a church school for all ages at 9 45 a m and morning worship with nursery and children's church at 11 00 am First Congregational Church on North street and Arundel road under Rev Robert M Howes begins with worship at 9 30 am South Congregational Church on temple street, also led by Rev Howes, holds worship at 9 and 11 am The 1862 Internal Revenue Act is noted as providing for progressive taxation, income levies, and tax withholding.
Orchard Lodge AF and AM reports its annual meeting and officer election set for Monday at 7 30 PM in Robinson Memorial Masonic Hall West Grand Avenue with refreshments to follow.
A short classified notice highlights the journal’s broad reach of over 30,000 readers per day, underscoring the value for advertisers seeking wide visibility in the publication.
Mrs. Dexter Otis Arnold president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs will join a panel on Current Land Use Problems As Seen By at the New England Forest Land Use Conference in Durham New Hampshire October 5 She is noted as a leading figure in women s organizations with a Syracuse University background and long service in national and New Hampshire women s groups including Delta Gamma St Gaudens Art Memorial Cathedral of the Pines and the New Hampshire Authors Luncheon winner of New Hampshire s Most Distinguished Citizen in 1952 and holder of the Pettee Medal from UNH among other honors Her work spans education radio youth and civic causes across the nation.
The Bible Baptist church shifts services to Saco Grange Hall on North Street starting tomorrow after city council closed Saco City Hall to public meetings due to a defective ceiling. Church leaders say all regular and meeting activities will be held at the new location.
A well-baby clinic will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Saco Public Health Nursing room on Cutts Avenue, Saco, followed by a pre-school clinic. Dr. Maurice Ross will attend with Roberta Rowe and Dorothy Carter R.N.s, and volunteers include Mrs. Richard Murphy and Mrs. Peter Hellige of the nursing committee.
The Little Theater on 44th Street near Broadway, a 550 seat venue built in 1912 by Winthrop Ames, is being restored after 11 years as a television studio. Owners plan a permanent acting company with a reopening planned for (date unavailable).
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith and Mrs. Floyd Bull will co chair the Kennebunk High Band Boosters calendar sale appointing captains for many streets including Upper Summer Depot Street and Lower Summer Heath Old Port Road plus York Street and Cape Porpoise areas. Raymond Clark handles calendar advertising and a captain meeting will be held at 7 30 pm Tuesday at Mrs Elizabeth Smiths home 34 Summer Street to distribute materials.
Wells and Ogunquit schools plan fall term opening Monday September 10 with a staff meeting at Wells Elementary. Principal Carroll Beals and Superintendent Robert W. Johnson led welcome remarks, clerical work, and Q and A, followed by in-school material preparation and a PTA coordinated 8 PM reception for all Wells teachers. A separate event features Eastern Star officers’ rehearsals on September 9 and 13 ahead of inspection September 14 at Highpine Masonic Hall. A charity ESTARL supper is planned with co-chairs Mrs. Perkins and Mrs. Hilton.
Fishermen know fish have sharp color vision and respond to hues and movement. Studies show fish can be trained to colors for food and their eyes possess retinal cones unlike sharks. The article covers vision, lateral-line sense, taste buds, smell variation, and a salmon’s odor-based birthplace recognition.
Pet Forum answers explain that White Sky Blues are often not truly white and may show a blue tinge with age. Advice covers securing cages to prevent escapes and confining dogs during free flight. Submit pet photos to H. H. Miller for potential $5 payment with stamped return envelope.
Eleven area employees at the Portsmouth Naval shipyard received promotions this week per Rear Admiral C. J. Palmer. Biddeford workers Roger Gagnon and Camille Michaud gained welder related and other status, while Napoleon James, Stanley Krajewski, Adelard Lachance, Roland Regis, Edward St Onge became heavy laborers. Donald MacKenzie of Kennebunk rose to heavy laborer, John Miller of Ogunquit to naval architecture technician, John Colpus Jr. of Saco to carpenter in shop 07, and Pichard Cluff of Kennebunkport to marine machinist. details list several new duties across departments.
The Kennebunk Baptist Sunday School and Junior church mark the fall and winter season. E L Hamilton and family camped at Vacationland Camp Sites on Crystal Lake Harrison. Charles Cousens Jr begins third year Moody Bible Institute Chicago after summer with parents. Barbara Haines of Van Wert Ohio visits Cousens home 100 days before returning to Moody. Zenas Bartlett Jr and family return from Germany before moving to Fort Carson Colorado for Army duty. A Wesley Leech returns to High Street after summer at Great Hill Kennebunk Beach. Albert House moves his shoe repair business from Main Street Hartigan Building to 5 York Street.
The Kennebunk board of selectmen met with Town Manager Robert York as Police Chief Frank Stevens heads a committee studying traffic and dumping regulations. Norman Stevens was named chairman of a committee to study fire vault feasibility and a municipal communications center. The board approved parts of two highways for the town road improvement program, including Old Falls road mile and Lower Brown street extension to Parsons Beach, with state aid anticipated. Great mountain ranges in Peru form a central barrier along the country’s 1400 mile length.
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