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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1960
Page
2
A column lists parish churches with pastors and Sunday Mass times for St Joseph St Andre St Mary BID Ford Pool St Brendan Notre Dame de Lourdes Trinity Camp Ellis Kennebunk Kennebunkport Old Orchard Beach Wells Og nnquit All Saints and nearby congregations. It also notes First and Second Parish churches with worship schedules and ministerial assignments.
The notice lists clergy and service times for Christchurch in Biddeford Trinity Church in Saco St John by the Sea at Old Orchard Beach and St David Church in Kennebunk with Rev Mark M McCullough and Rev T S Knox. Holy Communion and morning prayers are scheduled at multiple locations on Sundays.
A compilation of Sunday worship times for Biddeford churches including Biddeford First Universalist Methodist and Greek Orthodox parishes with service hours, Sunday schools, and special observances across City Square Foss Street South Biddeford and Crescent Street.
Dr. H. Lewis Cutler will guest at Biddeford Pool Union Church. Sunday school begins at 9 45 a m followed by morning worship at 11 o'clock each Sunday.
Ogunquit Shore Road church led by Rev. Paul S Hazlett holds morning worship at 11 a m and evening service at 8 30 p m each Sunday, with regular congregational activities announced.
First and Second Congregational Wells host union worship at Second church at 10 30 a m with Sunday school starting October 2. Highpine Baptist Sanford road led by Rev Wayne A Porter with Sunday school at 1 p m and service at 2 p m. Wells Branch Freewill Baptist Route 9 A pastor Rev Coleman York holds Sunday school 9 30 a m and morning worship 10 30 a m. Moody Community church Moody Community hall Route 1 led by Mr and Mrs Nelson Kimball with Sunday school 10 a m and worship 11 a m.
Methodist church on Washington avenue led by Rev. John T. Stahl offers Sunday school at 9 45 a m worship at 11 a m and a prayer service Wednesday at 7 30 p m First Baptist on Ocean avenue with Rev. G Stephen Johnston conducts Sunday school at 1 30 p m and worship at 2 30 p m Advent Christian on Face avenue Old Orchard Beach lists Hem me Thurlow as pastor with classes at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 a m Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal near Atlantic avenue and Third street led by Rev. Russell K Peer holds Sunday school 9 45 a m junior church 11 30 a m and morning worship at 11 a m Salvation Army at 91 Union avenue with Capt. Robert Reid in charge lists 9 45 Sunday school 11 service and Holiness meeting at 3.
Unitarian First Congregational parish Rev Carl Bierman hosts morning worship and Sunday school at 11. Christ Church led by Rev Frederic Holmberg and Robert B Culmer offers morning services at 9 30 and 11. Bible Baptist Church main retreat Chester M Taes pastor with 9 45 Bible school and 8 30 morning service. Christian Science Society at 25 Summer street holds Sunday school at 11 and morning service at 11. West Kennebunk Methodist Church Rev John H Jordan 9 am morning worship with soloist Mary Vigne and organist Elizabeth Hersey.
Local church notices list Adven tist and Congregational services with pastors and service times. Rev Milford G Butterfield leads Advent Christian church morning worship at 11, Rev George P Urban at Village Baptist Church 11, Rev Robert M Howes at First and South Congregational churches with 9 30 or 9 45 start times.
Goodwins Mills Methodist church led by Rev Norman J Langmaid offers Sunday services at 9 30 a m and church school at 10 30 a m directed by Mrs Stanley Stearns. Advent Christian church under Rev Lloyd Osborne holds morning worship at 11 a m and Sunday school at noon. Lyman Baptist Church with Pastor Robert I Vance offers Sunday school at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11 am.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints meets at the Adventist church on Cleveland Street in Saco. Pastor Charles Chase with ministers Elder Staley and Elder Whitby conduct services with sacrament at 10 30 a.m. on Sundays.
Cape Porpoise Methodist church led by Rev H C Mecert holds Sunday school at 9 30 a m and morning worship at 11 0 5 a m under the pastor's guidance.
Kennebunk High and Junior High list weekly menus starting Monday with orange juice Ameri can chop suey diced carrots French bread and butter ice cream milk Tuesday Frankfurt and roll mustard relish baked potato buttered wax beans canned pears milk Wednesday Baked pea beans cole slaw hot corn bread apple sauce wedge of cheese milk Thursday Hamburg with gravy mashed potato buttered beets roll cherry cobbler milk Friday Baked haddock fillet with Spanish sauce mashed potato tossed salad dark roll fresh fruit milk Park Street School Monday Baked ham with pineapple mashed potato carrots
A Washington sermon linked the Pledge of Allegiance to God and argued that belief shapes identity. The preacher cited Norman Cousins on religious foundations of rights and urged moving from surface faith to asking who is your God to define a nation under God.
Moshe Cohen, a Torah scribe, practices the rare art of handcrafting parchment scrolls for Judaism. He learned from an elder scribe, works in Hebrew and Yiddish, and explains the high cost and meticulous method of correcting any errors with careful knife work and kosher ink.
The menu lists daily meals from Monday to Friday including cold cuts with mashed potatoes carrots bread butter pears milk Monday. Tuesday features tomato soup peanut butter sandwich carrot sticks cookies milk. Wednesday offers American chop suey green salad hot roll butter fresh fruit milk. Thursday serves Hamburg and gravy mashed potatoes wax beans bread butter pudding milk. Friday presents tuna salad mashed potatoes peas bread butter ice cream milk.
In Winston-Salem North Carolina Reverend Kermit Traylor pastor of First Christian Church was hoisted over 100 feet to the steeple and won a $5 bet for the church building fund. He rode a bosuns chair like rig while the foreman watched. He also checked the bronze cross atop the steeple during the ascent.
The plan lists daily meals from Monday to Friday with items like baked raviola, tomato soup, American chop suey, pork with gravy, and clam chowder. Each day includes fruit or dessert and milk, with notes of possible changes to the menu.
Harry Morgan and Cara Williams star as Pete and Gladys Porter in a new comedy series premiere. The couple moves into a home and clashing with the young neighbors tests their version of the good neighbor policy. Premieres Monday September 19 on Channel 13 at 8 p.m.
President John Quincy Adams won the 1824 election with 31.8 percent of the electoral vote and was chosen President by the House of Representatives. The result followed a fragmented vote among multiple candidates.
Lawman starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop and Peter Brown returns for season three on ABC TV and Channel 8 Sunday Sept 18 at 8 30 p m The premiere tale The Town Boys follows four youths jailed for juvenile delinquency in Laramie Wyoming Deputy McKay seeks Troop’s custody amid his own motives Peggie Castle co stars as Lily Merrill with Troop central to the episode.
Eleven 1960 Kennebunk High graduates depart for the University of Maine Orono with one entering Portland campus. Other locals join nursing sessions, nursery school groups, and Lake Erie College freshman plans as families travel and attend events in Portland and nearby towns.
The Kennebunk Baptist church BOV class held its first fall meeting with Miss Clythro Staples presiding Mrs Althea Johnson led devotions and a rummage sale was planned for September 30 in the church dining room A 1961 calendar fund raiser was issued and several members were listed as attendees and hosts for the next gathering. The article also includes a long reflection on thrift and saving urging early budgeting and life insurance as key to financial security.
Mrs Frank J Harrison of Pleasant Street Kennebunk was guest of honor at a surprise stork shower held Thursday evening at Mrs Thomas Reagan's Summer Street home Co hosts were Mrs Reagan and Mrs Fred Seeley Gifts were arranged in a pink and yellow umbrella decorated doll carriage Attending were a large group including Mrs Warren Bowdoin Mrs H Willis Day Jr Mrs David McCullough Mrs George Harrington Mrs Thomas Kezar Mrs Joseph Byron Mrs E D McKeon Mrs Frank Stevens and others including the guest of honor Mrs Harrison and hostesses Mrs Seeley and Mrs Reagan
New York AP reports a busy seven days with debuts on NBC CBS and ABC. Highlights include NBCs The Land of Oz National Velvet Tab Hunter Show and Pete and Gladys plus CBS Checkmate and The Groucho Show.
A stork shower honoring Mrs Cecil Swett (Geral dine Rose) was hosted at Mrs Gerald Rose’s Rossroad Kenne bunk residence with hostesses Kenneth Berdeen and daughter Cynthia. Gifts rested in a yellow decorated cradle as refreshments were served. Guests included Mrs Barbara Richter Mrs Macora Moulton and Mrs Lowell Maling and daughters Cathy Linda and others. A second shower event was planned for September 28 hosted by Persis Moulton and Virginia Varney.
Gladys Speer of Westport Conn visits Mrs Dorothy Hartlett at 16 Linden Avenue Old Orchard. Miniwanca OFS members Miss Kay Mewer and Stanley Leonard honored at Adah chapter Worthy Matrons and Patrons night in Biddeford. Robert Pitkin of Old Orchard completed Marine basic training at Parris Island and is on a 10 day leave.
The reader questions strategies for Standard of New Jersey Amerada and Standard of California. The adviser suggests holding shares and if funds permit buying more to improve the average. Additional text notes early Holland dikes built to protect towns from canal flooding.
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