The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-22
SPLENDID !. EXERCISES
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recitation, Miss Elizabeth Skinner; reci-
tation, "A Telephone Message" Mary
Andrews; "What I'd Do" Clifton Morse;
recitation, Little Tree" Beatrice Ding
WALL solo, Clara Lawliss; recitation,
what Papa Says" Carlyle Suitor;
"Santas Picture" Florence Scott; six
Little Stockings" Louine Coffin; Proc
tor Martin, Lena Higgs, Ralph Tassie,
Dorothy Boyce; recitation, mo Santa
Claus Dorothy Shores; Santa Claus"
Dagny johnson; recitation, Christmas
Florence Culbertson; chorus; recitation
"A Birthday Gift for Jesus" Francelia
Maker; "A WISH" Lorraine Watt;
@Some Sleepy Visitors" Dorothy Suit
Ior, Elvira Sowden, June Tassie, Mary
Higgs; recitation, "Tommie's Christmas
Trouble" Alfred Higgs; recitation, Olga
Carusi; solo, Lyndal Watt; recitation,
Mrs. Santa" Corinne Eastman; recita-
ton, Gross at Santa" Olive Johnson;
duet Madeline Camp and Lyndal Leb-
ourveau; recitation, "Kris Kringle's Sur
prise" Leon Cummings; star exercise,
Good Night" Hazel Watkins, Dagny
johnson, Lorraine Watt, Celena Veale;
chorus.
The success of the concert was at
tributed in no mean measure to Mrs.
Grace Lebourveau, who with an able
corps of assistants, has been engaged for
the past few weeks drilling the young.
sters to perfection. The Christmas tree
exercises will be held at the church on
Wednesday evening. A special program
will be held ON Wednesday evening.
Congregational Church.
AT the Congregational church yester-
day, all the services of the day bore out
the Christmas thought. In the moning
address, the pastor combined the Christ
mas idea with that of forefathers' day
and the quartet furnished special music.
Yesterday afternoon the annual Christ
mas concert was given by the children
and it was generally agreed that it was
the best ever held in that church. The
ehoruses were spirited and inspiring,
made up of the voices of more than It's
children of the Sunday school, and the
recitations of the little ones and those
of older years were much enjoyed. The
whole affair represented much time spent
and infinite patience on the part Of the
committee in charge, which consisted Of
Mrs. 0. q. Stickney, Miss Marion Stick
ney, Mrs. Lester p. Clough and Mrs.
William X. Mackay, assisted by many
of the Sunday school workers. The pro-
gram was as follows;
PROFESSIONAL; responsive readings
prayer; song, Welcome All To-day"
primary; recitation, "What Little Eel
low Can Do" Robert White; recitation,
"The Little Babies Helene Ballard;
chorus. "Hail. Blessed Light; recitation,
selected Helen Roscoe; chorus, Gather
ing Homeward''; recitation, "A Generous
Little Boy" Kenneth Quimby; recita-
ton, Jesus Birthday six boys; chorus,
Wake, Shepherd of Judah; recitation,
Something Worth While" Dorothy Ten
ney; recitation, "The Christmas Seed"
Ethel Woodruff; song, Ginning Bells; |
"My Gift" Dorothy Rounds; |
"Sweet Christmas Thoughts"
three boys; chorus, with the Seraph |
Band We Sing; recitation, "Babies OF |
Christmas Morn" Edith Harris; recita- |
ton. Birthday Gift for Jesus" Dolly |
Gordon; song, "Star light Gently Falls" |
juniors; recitation, christmas Spirit"
Chauncey Wiley; recitation, "0nce in
the Days of DID, Gerald buttons song, |
bIfCb lpNclN Sung /
"Gifts for the King" older chorus: pas
tors address; offering; chorus, Christ
mas Songs" sung by about 200 voices;
final chorus; doxology,
The decorations of the church were
very artistic and pleasing. Two. large
trees, already in place for their bur
dens of Christmas eve, were festooned
with small eolored electric lights, and |
across the front of the platform, which I
had been enlarged to about three times
its usual capacity, were placed small
evergreen trees, decorated with strings
Of popcorn, while the scarlet poinsettia
was also used effectively. The church
was filed almost to its capacity.
On Christmas eve, Wednesday evening,
the Christmas trees are to be unloaded !
Of their gifts at 6 o'clock
Preparations at st. Monica's.
Rev. p NJ. McKenna, pastor of st.