Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-30
WINTHROP
UNION EASTER
AT WINTHROP


gational churches: Morning service:
Organ voluntary, Mrs. Hattie Whit
ing organist; Anthem, Awake, Thou
that Sleepest, Reed, choir of "A
voices, director. Mrs. Mary c. Nell
roy; the Apostles Greed: prayer,
response. Sweetly Rest, by choir; Sc
lection, by choir To Thy Garden:
baptism and reception of members;
lesson from the New Testament;
anthem, Christ is Risen, Turner,
choir; notices and offering; hymn
1877; prayer; anthem, Hallelujah,
Peace. choir; benediction; postlude.
Evening Service-EaSter concert;
opening chorus, vested choir, Mrs.
Mary C. McIlroy, leader; prayer;
recitations, Russell Young, Constance
McIlroy, Lucille Perry, Gerald Ad-
kins, Stanley Kneeland and Helen
Kinds; recitation. Helen Foster;
song by the children; recitation,
Lawrence Foster; duet and chorus,
Among the Lilies. choir; recitations,
Lillian Taylor, Russell Stockford and
Richard Clifford; selection by the
choir; recitation, Marjorie House
worth; exercise, Lolita Perry and
Katherine Webb: solo, Tell the Story,
Frances Edwards; exercise. Easter
Trumpets, three boys and four girls;
recitations, Charles Thomas, Paul
Holmes, Lillian Burnham, Louise
Perry and Madeline McIlroy; song,
! Waiting to Grow, four girls; recita-
tons. Harrison Woodman. Mar
guerte Stockford and Katherine
| Webb; duet and chorus, choir: pan
tomime and tableau, five girls: read
ing, Aleen Clifford selection by
choir; benediction.
! The services, both in the morning
and the evening, were held in the
Methodist church. which was beauti-
fully decorated. The music was in
charge of Mrs. Mary c. McIlroy, and
was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
The committee in charge of the
concert was composed of Mrs Lottie
York, Mrs. Roy Brown of the Metho-
dist church and Mrs. Rena McIlroy
and Mrs. Nellie Millspaugh of the
Congregational church.
| The little people showed excellent
ability and thorough training, and
We're delight to the audience which
| The morning services We're a "Red
Letter Day" for both churches. Dec
| l. 1920. the two churches arranged
for Union services during the winter,
under the leadership of the Metho-
dist pastor, Percy J. Clifford. The
results have been more than was
anticipated by either church. The
enthusiastic. impartial and diplo-
matte administration combined with
; his deep spiritual convictions, have
; brought the most gratifying results,
and on Easter morning there were
added to the churches, % members in
full standing. and 90 more baptised,
preparatory to joining later.
The church. which has a seating
capacity of nearly 400 was filed, and
every one vas impressed with the
beauty and solemnity of the services
of baptism and admission to the
churches.
First was the baptism of the babies.
MIR. and Mrs. Leo Dow, with infant
daughter. Doris Gertrude; Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Maxwell with infant son.
Alfred Winthrop, Jr, and Mr.. and
i Mrs. Peter a. Thaanum, Jr., with in
fant son. Peter A., Jr, came forward
and the children received the ordi-
nance of baptism
i Following this the following came
forward for baptism, from the Metho
dist church.: Tressie Bond, Erma,
Simpson, Phyllis Ryer, Anna Briggs.
Hall Briggs, Bertha Briggs, Arthur
Beatty, Earl Beatty, Caroline Beatty.
! Helen Beatty, Evelyn Hills, Harold
Lennon. Evelyn Larribee, Allen
Pratt. Donald Rollins, Mrs Edith
Carleton, Mildred Drawn; from the
congregational church, the follow
ing: Ray Kimball, Dorothy McIlroy,
katherine McIlroy. Gladys Kinds.
Newland Hannaford, Clara Hanna
ford, Dorothy Hannaford, Mabel
Maxwell, Gilbert Maxwell, Norman
Maxwell, Marguerite Maxwell, Eliza
beth Maxwell, Howard Sturtevant,
Hilda Hodges, Thelma Kneeland,
Kenneth Macomber, Leon Blake.
Ruth Perry. Ruth Fairbanks, Marcia
Badger.
After the impressive ceremony of
baptism the right hand of fellow
ship was extended to the following
who became members in full: in the
Methodist church, Tressie Bond,
Doris Clifford, Mildred Pease, Ger
trude Pease, Erma Simpson, Esther
Rowell, Phyllis Ryers Masters York.
Frank Doe, Mrs. Frank Doe: in the
Congregational church, Helen Kim
ball, Ray kimball, Rena McIlroy,
Dorothy McIlroy, Katherine McIlroy,
Gladys Kinds, Clara Hannaford,
/ Newland Hannaford, Dorothy Han
naford, Mable Maxwell, Gilbert Max
well, Marguerite Maxwell, Elizabeth
Maxwell. Norman Maxwell, Howard
Sturtevant. Leon Blake, Mary G. Nc
Troy, Ruth Perry, Ruth Fairbanks.
The spirit of cooperation and good
| fellowship existing between these
two churches cannot fail to bring re-
suits most gratifying to all.
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