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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1961
Page
3
A compiled church directory lists Mass schedules and clergy for St Joseph, St Andre, St Mary, and other parishes in Biddeford Pool, Saco, Kennebunk, Wells, Ogunquit, and surrounding areas. It covers numerous churches with daily and Sunday masses, pastors, and assistant pastors across towns including Biddeford, Saco, Kennebunkport, Old Orchard Beach, and Wells Beach.
Parish listings show Christ Church Cres cent street Biddeford Holy Communion 7 am Sung Eucharist and sermon 9 am Trinity Church Main and Cleveland streets Saco Holy Communion 8 am Communion and sermon 10 30 am service and sermon third fourth Sundays 9 30 am Morning Prayer and sermon second and fifth Sundays St David Church Portland road Kennebunk vicar Rev Harold A Hopkins 10 am Church devotions and classes 11 15 am Church services nursery care available St Phillip by the Sea Fortunes Rocks vesper Sundays soloist from Arundel Opera company St John by the Sea Old Orchard Beach 8 am holy communion 11 15 am Holy Eucharist and hymns
Community church notices list multiple Biddeford congregations with pastors and service times. Details include White Church Second Congregational led by Rev H Lewis Cutler, First Universalist with Rev Edmund W Beal, Unitarian Universalist services, St Demetrios Greek Orthodox led by Rev Alexander Xanthakis, Advent Christian with Doris Stone, Foss Street Methodist led by Rev James Douglass Riddle, South Biddeford Methodist, United Baptist on Jefferson Street, and Union Church Biddeford Pool guest preacher Stan ley A Bennett in July.
Buxton North Congregational Church led by Rev. David W. Smith holds morning worship at 9 30 a m. Tory Hill Meeting House at Buxton Lower Corner and The Old Peabody Pew Church with Rev. David W. Smith presiding offer additional morning services at 11 a m.
Goodwins Mills Methodist church holds morning worship and sermon at 9 30 with a church school lesson study led by Mrs Attleson. Advent Christian church with Rev Lloyd Osborne offers morning worship and Sunday school at noon. Lyman Baptist Church with Pastor Robert J Vance conducts Sunday school at 9 45 and morning worship at 1.
Old Orchard Beach churches list pastors and service times across several congregations including Methodist at Washington Avenue with Rev. John T. Stahl, First Baptist at Ocean Avenue led by Rev. G Stephen Johnston, Advent Christian at Ace Avenue with Rev. Hermer Thurlow, Pentecostal Tabernacle at Atlantic and Third with Rev. Russell K. Pier, and Salvation Army at 91 Union Street under Capt. Robert Reid. Sunday schedules include morning worship and Sunday school times.
Multiple churches list their Sunday worship times and leaders. Unitarian First Congregational parish led by Rev. Carl Bierman offers morning worship and Sunday school at 11 a.m. Christ Church with Rev. Holmberg and Rev. Culmer holds services at 9:30 and 11. Kennbunk Baptist on Main Street led by a Staples offers Bible school at 9:45 a.m. and worship at 11. Christian Science Society at Summer Street holds Sunday school at 11 and morning service at 11. West Kennebunk Methodist, Rev. John H. Jordan, has 9 a.m. worship with soloist Mary Vigne and organist Elizabeth Hersey. Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union, Full Gospel Church, Mrs. Gracie Ames, pastor, Sunday school at 2 p.m. and worship at 3 p.m.
Union worship at First church Wells at 10 30 a m with Sunday school then children's classes. Full Gospel church Route A Wells led by Rev Lula Nicholson. Highpine Baptist church Sanford road with 1 pm Sunday school and 2 pm worship. Wells Branch Freewill Baptist Route 9 A led by Rev Coleman York with 9 30 am Sunday school and 10 30 am worship. Moody Community church Moody Community hall Route 1 with 10 am Sunday school and 11 am worship.
Advent Christian church led by Rev Milford G Butterfield with church school at 9:45 a m and morning worship at 11 a m Village Baptist Church at Maine and Spring streets with Rev George P Urban pastor and church school at 9:45 a m morning worship at 11 a m First Congregational church at North street and Arundel with Rev Robert M Howes pastor morning worship at 9:30 a m South Congregational church on Temple street with Rev Howes morning worship at 9 and 11 a m.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints meets at the Advent church on Cleveland street in Saco. Superintendent Elder J Maurice Dupuis presides with first assistant Elder Roger V Marden and second assistant Elder Milton E Hall. Prayer and priesthood meetings scheduled, Sunday school at 10 am.
The piece compares historic walls from the Great Wall to the Maginot Line and the Berlin divide as symbols of violence and division. It cites Robert Frost on grounds of misunderstanding and questions courage to breach barriers, urging readers to confront personal walls and seek love over hatred.
Religion in the News discusses if moral duty permits violence to defend life and shelter. Rev L C McHugh argues force is justifiable as a last resort to protect life and essentials, while Rev Dr Ben Herbster emphasizes compassion and prudence guided by Jesus parables.
Arthur H. Wheaton, a former Wells resident, now at Chelsea Naval Hospital in Chelsea Mass after air transfer from Tripler General Hospital Hawaii. He is undergoing X rays for a broken neck and paralysis from a swimming accident July 4 in Honolulu Hawaii. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Harry S Wheaton of Damariscotta formerly of Wells.
A forestry meeting will be held at the George Nason tree farm on Route 109 in Acton on Friday October 13. Sponsored by York County Extension Service, the event will include demonstrations on weevil control, spraying equipment, pruning of weevil damage, cost and time management, and hard wood control in pine plantations. The Nason farm sits one and a half miles beyond the Acton fairgrounds.
Rev H Lewis Cutler will be guest preacher at 11 o clock service with Sunday school at 9 45. The event invites church members and attendees to join the morning program led by the guest clergyman.
Ogunquit Methodist Church on Shore Road announces summer Sunday worship at 9 30, 11 a m and 8 p m with Holy Communion and meditation each Sunday at 8 15 a m led by Rev Robert A Carter.
The New Art Center Workshop at the Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk schedules six courses beginning mid October. Classes meet weekly with modest fees and experienced instructors. Fall term registration is now open with limited enrollment. early signups advised at 4 Dane Street.
The Kennebunk chapter of the Women's Guild of Tri County Osteopathic Hospital met Thursday evening at Mrs. Edward Newell’s home. It voted to continue selling Christmas ribbon cards and stationery this year and organized a rummage sale for October 28 at 10 a.m. at the VFW Hall on Fletcher Street. The next meeting is set for October 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs. Jacob Ephross’s home on Park Street.
A brief note indicates that Bushmen in South Africa typically do not grow taller than five feet. The observation highlights a common stature pattern among this population and is presented as a factual, concise environmental or anthropological remark.
Muriel L Ramsdell of Ogunquit was guest of honor at a surprise housewarming on Shore Road, Ogunquit. Friends organized the event at Miss Ramsdell’s Berwick Street home with decorations, refreshments, and corsages. gifts included a bed set, towels, a clothes dryer, and a bathrobe, amid a large guest list of local residents and families.
Rita Beaulieu marries Roger Beaulieu in a 9 am Saco church ceremony officiated by Rev. Arthur Dube with organist Mrs. Eva Carrier. The bride, daughter of Vital and the late Mrs Beaulieu of 162 Beach Street, wore white satin lace and carried a purple orchid. Attendants included matron of honor Mrs. Joanne Tardif and bridesmaids Misses Perreault and Coughlin. Harold Tardif was best man. Reception at Harold Tardif residence. couple to reside at 162 Beach Street, Saco. The bride, a Burns School graduate, works for Allied Hampshire Footwear. groom, a Millinocket native, works for Cianchetti Construction.
Old Orchard Beach events include Miniwanca chapter Order of the Eastern Star visitation by Esther H Linscott with supper at 6 30 p m and a rehearsal for officers Sunday at 7 p m Nee Nah Council Pocahontas meets Monday 7 30 p m at American Legion hall A church service at St John Episcopal Church follows Sunday morning classes at 10 30 a m and service at 11 15 a m led by Rev Harold McElwain with bishop's committee meeting after the service.
A list of residents includes Mrs. Doris Winn Mrs. Minnie Moore Mrs. Albine Watson and Mrs. Doris Ouston all from Wells and Ogunquit area plus Mrs. Joan Beaulieu Tacoma Washington Mrs. Mario Glidden Damariscotta and Mrs. Thelma Sewall Schenectady New York.
Seven Italian cloistered nuns of the order of St. Clare were ousted after a month-long dispute that erupted into fighting in the convent near Treviso. A Vatican decree ousted them, read by Msgr. Angelo Tommasini, with six men excommunicated for entering the cloister against church law. Some nuns may be reinstated if they regret and submit to discipline. the men may gain pardon upon penitence.
In Saco Democrats and Republicans gear up for December elections amid factional feuding. Key moves include Glenn Yarborough’s election as Democratic Social club president and Herbert Kerns resignation as Taxpayers Protective Association chair. Mayor Cote's potential nomination withdrawal fuels party rifts. Also four statewide referendums on bonds for highways and student housing and constitutional amendments on retirement funds and municipal bonding are on October 10 ballot.
The column recalls a pledge to hire qualified Democrats if Cote is elected mayor and notes disputes over who sought city posts. It warns of a potential third party bid and explains the three election sequence for a mayoral win. It also mentions eight referenda, charter changes, and a public school bus transport proposal for private school children.
The upcoming election demands strong alderman candidates to back the mayoral bid. With no incumbent mayor seeking re election, aldermen must carry their wards without the advantage of a former mayor’s support. Normally a prior mayor lends strength to borough aldermanic hopefuls, but this year two candidates did not serve as mayor previously, removing that edge.
It is generally believed that Kerns resigning as chairman of the Taxpayers Protective Association signals a bid for public office. He leaves the post amid speculation about future political moves and community leadership roles.
Question No 4 would add to the state constitution an authorizing clause for municipalities to build industrial buildings. If approved, towns like Saco could issue notes or bonds by majority vote to fund construction of industrial facilities, then lease or sell them to firms. After voter approval, Saco could construct a pilot plant and pay through bonds as other civic projects.
Daniel B. Davis of York Maine enters Leicester Junior College Princeton Massachusetts as a freshman. He graduated in June from Kents Hill School where he belonged to the outing club and the Varsity club and played hockey and was active in track and cross country.
The Kennebunk High and Junior High menu outlines meals for October 2 to 6. Monday features orange juice American chop suey fruit galad roll ice cream milk. Tuesday offers hamburger and roll mustard relish baked potato buttered green beans fruit cup milk. Wednesday serves baked kidney beans catsup cole slaw hot corn bread butter apple sauce milk. Thursday and Friday are no school due to the State Teachers Convention.
The Cousens School week of October 2 to 6 lists meals: Monday Hamburg, mashed potatoes, carrots, bread and butter, pudding, milk. Tuesday Chicken noodle soup, carrot and celery sticks, peanut butter sandwich, cookies, milk. Wednesday American chop suey, green salad, hot roll and butter, fresh fruit, milk. Thursday and Friday no school due to Teachers' convention.
The article notes agriculture is still largely undeveloped in Katanga Province with crops like cotton corn and tobacco grown. It mentions vast cattle ranches spanning a 6,500-foot high eastern plateau, illustrating the region's ranching scale.
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