Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-20


secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Abel;
la Warren; Sunday teacher Mrs.
George Manter: Thursday teachers.
Mrs. Lottie Williams, Mrs. Angie
Hersom and Mrs. Mary Baker: visit
ing committee, Mrs. Lottie Williams,
Mrs. Angie Hersom. Mrs. F. w. Smith
and Mrs. Ella Penney: committee to
decide place of meeting, Mrs. Ella Ell
lis, Mrs. Sylvester Skillings and Mrs.
AdeIla Warren: social committee,
Mrs. T. w. Longley. Mrs. Daisy
Bates and Mrs. Mary Manter: mem
bership committee, Mrs. Angie Her
som. Mrs. Eliza Bates, Mrs. Lottie
Williams and Mrs. Will Witherell.
Miss Marion Brown. teacher Of
the South Primary school, had a
Christmas tree for the pupils Fri
day morning in the school room,
which was most attractive with
Christmas decorations and showed
much work on the part of both
teacher and pupils. The following
program was carried out: Prayer:
hymn; Good Morning.; song.
Good Morning Merry Sunshine" by
the school: Rotations, 1.-THE Rea-
son." Elizabeth Axtell: December"
Charles Bremner: song. when
Mother Sings My Lullaby" four
girls: recitation, Christmas Is Low
ing and Giving" Harold Mullen: rec
itation, "A Possibility" Everett Wat
son; song, Gypsy Peddler," Charles
Bremner and Gladys Rushton; ex-
ercise, "A Christmas Letter." six
boys and six girls; song, Shine Out.
Oh Blessed STAR" by the school;
recitation, "'Twas the, Night Before
Christmas" Theodore Trask: recita-
ton, Different Customs" Kathryn
Burwood; game by the school, Pre-
gan House Finger Play; recitation,
I'm Not So Very Big, You See,"
Raymond Simmonds; recitation,
my Teddy Bear" Hilda Bickford;
song. yellow Bird" Elizabeth Nc
Taggert and Ruth Wheeler; recita-
ton. 1--WE Hope Your Christmas viii
Be Merry" Annabelle Christopher;
song. Nancy Trask: song, by the
school; exercise, merry Christmas"
by II boys and girls: recitation,
Lura Bunker; recitation, Dorothy
Fernald: recitation, WHO Is Coming
Over the Hills?" by the school; rec
itation, Nancy Trask: recitations,
Margaret Folsom, Foster Thwing
and John Mcdonald; Christmas
Song" by the school; recitation,
Little Candles" five little girls; "A
Piece to the Mothers" by the school.
AT the close Of the program the pres
ents were taken from the Christmas
tree and distributed among the pu-
pills, each one receiving a small gift,
and there were calendars for the
mothers, which were made in school
and were most neat and attractive.
The teacher presented each child
with a pasteboard box filled with
candy and pop corn, and the occa-
sion was a most enjoyable one for
both pupils and parents. -r
Frank Wakeman of Lisbon Falls
was guest Thursday at the home
of c. B. Steurtevant.
Mrs. Mary Sturtevant, who has
been visiting Mrs. Charles Sturts-
want, has returned to Augusta, where
she is passing the winter with her
daughter. Mrs. Ralph Herricks
The .Ladics,-Aid of the Methodist
church held a sale Friday afternoon
in the church vestry, which was
tastefully decorated for the occasion
with evergreen, fir boughs and crepe
paper. There was an apron table
which bore all sorts OF useful and
fancy aprons and was in charge of
Arc
Skillings, Mrs. Gordon McTaggert,
Mrs. Forest Fowles, Mrs. w. p. Hol-
man and Mrs. Agnes Savage presid-
ed at the table where fancy work,
including crocheted Jokes, towels
with crocheted and tatted edges and
embroidered articles, were displayed.
The Corner Market" contained
vegetables of oil kinds, pickles, pre-
serves, jeliies and so forth and was
in charge of Mrs. Guy Moore, Mrs.
Gladys Crowell and Mrs. Spurgeon
f3oar. A delicious supper was aerved
from 6 to 7.30 O'Clock and the COM
mittec in charge consisted of Mrs.
Milford Bates Mrs. Angie .Cottle,
Miss Maggie johnson and Mrs Har-
ry Giverson.
Mr.. and Mrs U. S. Perry of Fair
fed, former residents of Oakland,
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Perry.
Mrs. Lester Andrews has gone to
Boston for a few days.
The pupils of the First Grade,
with Miss Bessie Sprowi as teacher,
had q Christ G traa OF Thai. l1oI
room in the Hose House on Church
street on Friday afternoon. The
room, which was prettily decorated
with evergreen, Christmas bells and
crepe paper. was crowded with pa
rents and guests of the pupils, and
the following program was carried
out: Song, Good Morning" by the
school; recitation, christmas Stock
ings," Gladys Tobin; song. "Fido and
His Master" Ralph Stowell; recita-
ton, Leaves Are Fairies" Thelma
Hersom; song. December" by
school; recitation, Enough for ALL"
Goldie Bubier; recitation. envy"
Donald Gleason; song. my Pony"
by school: exercise, Merry Christ
mas" by seven boys and seven girls;
song and exercise, Farmer in the
DELL" by boys and girls: recitation,
Possibility" by Thelma Beverage;
song, Bubbles" by two girls and
a boys recitation. "My Shadow"
Gerald Kelley; song. Gypsy Ped
der" by the school; recitation, "The
Longest Day." Orrin Williams; reci-
tation, I am a Very Little Girl"