Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-12-29
CHRISTMAS IN CHURcHEs.

Christmas Trees and Entertainments
In Sunday Schools.
The churches Of Ellsworth celebratod
the Christmas season a. usual, with spec-
ial music and Christmas sermons in the
churches on Sunday, and Christmas trees
and entertainments for the Sunday
schools.
METHODIST CHURCH.
AT the Methodist church the Sunday
school entertainment Friday evening took
place in the chapel, following which gifts
were distributed from the trees in the
vestry. The program follows.
Invocstion... ........................... Pastor
solo--swing Wide, Gates Of Gold.
Responsive scripture reading
Recitation-Speech Of Welcome,
segrid Silvia
Recitation. ...................... Edwin Bridges
Solo while all the Children were Sleep
tng........................ Hester Fuller
Recitation. Ralph and Marion Haskell
Recitation. Blanch Bridges
Recitation-The Nice Surprise. Ralph Barron
Recitation Giving and Living,
Raymond Davis
Song and tableau.. Haskell's class
Solo-Little Snowfakes.... Evelyn Alexander
Exercise-Letters to Santa Claus,
Hazel Moore, Alice Brown, Thelma Full
lerton, Mary Maddocks, Blanch Hopkins
Song-Praise the Manager King......... School
Recitation. .Rosamund Lunt
Recitation-M Merry Christmas. Walter Barron
Christmas exercise and song,
Helen and Ruth Fuller, Frances Sinclair
Recitation-My Little Friend,
Grace Treworgy
Offering
Closing song by young ladies while school
was marching down stairs to vestry
At the regular morning service Sunday
and the vesper service at o'clock, the
pastor, Rev. w. F. Emery, delivered able
Christmas sermons. There was special
music.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
The Sunday school Of the Congrega-
tional church had its Christmas tree and
entertainment Friday evening. A short
gifts. The program follows:
Scripture reading and prayer
Singing. Miss Holmes class
Recitation Sarah Osgood
Solo. ........................... Hazel Lord
Recitation. Dorothy and Dana McGown
Reading. .......................M Madeline Moone
Solo. .s............ Hazel Giles
Recitation. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Martha Milliken
Song. Four little girls
Sunday morning the pastor, Rev. R. B.
Mathews, preached an eloquent Christmas
sermon. There was special music by the
choir, which included the anthems "Glory
be to God" (Phippin), "And there were
Shepherds" (Pressler), and "Gloria"
(Sullivan).
BAPTIST CHURCH.
The Baptist Sunday school had its
Christmas tree and q short program on
Christmas eve, and the exercises were en-
ioyed by crowd that filed the vestry.
The committee in charge was composed of
Mrs. Harriet Curtis, Mrs. Ida Coleman,
Miss Cora Henderson, and these we're as
sisted by Mrs. c. s. Donnell, Ida Morri-
son and Charles Beal. The following reci-
tations were rendered:
No Copyright on Santa Claus.
Maynard Strout
That Wonderful Stocking .....Evelyn Bellatty
Helping Santa Claus,
Gladys Jordan and Alta Cousins
Santa Claus and the Mouse,
Marian Hodgkins
A novel feature, "Mrs. Santa Claus
Stocking" was the closing number on the
program, introducing Edwin Moore, jr.,
Freddie Coleman, Luman Woodruff, Ed.
win Austin, Earl Anderson and Harvey
Pickett as brownies, and Martha Royal,
Mary A. Morrison and lola Leighton as
fairies. Santa Claus arrived in the nick
Of time, and the distribution of gifts
brought the exercises to close.
The concert which was to be given on
Sunday night was postponed until next
Sunday evening, on account Of the severe
storm.