Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-06-16
CHURCHES OBSERVE
CHILDREN'S DAY
METHODIST, UNIVERSALIST
AND PRESBYTERIAN
PROGRAMS

Sunday was day observed with
special emphasis in several local
churches-it was dedicated to the chill
dren and their beautiful little pro-
grams brought hundreds of people into
the churches for the morning service.
M. E. Church
At the Methodist church the pro-
gram included song Come with Re-
joicing," by the Junior department,
recitations, by first year primary girls,
first year primary boys, Arden Swartz,
Mildred St. Claire, Raymond Drake,
Harriet Berger, first year Junior boys,
Carol Anderson, second year Primary
girls, Louise Gardner, Howard Kumlin,
Mary Thompson, Louise and Evelyn
Harder, Robert Swartz. Elizabeth
Thackray and Dean Crawford. There
was pretty duet by Margaret Thack-
ray and William Anderson and a piano
solo by Gladys Nelson. Many eXercis-
=es were also presented.
The Presbyterian morning service
opened with "A Ladder of Praise" in
which Theodore Rudberg, Ralph Swo-
boda, Nina Balinger, David Milne,
Helen Ritter, Eldron Smith and Edith
Footit participated. The Beginners
department then occupied the center of
attention and there were fine little
recitations by Carolyn Mckay, Robert
Charter, Susan Jean Hooker, Esther
Christian, Robert Hagge and Maxine
Phillips.
Primary Department
The second part of the program was
rendered by the Primary department
and among the children taking part in
this were Irene Hurd Ruth Siebecker,
Elaine Cooper, Levora Genrich, Irene
Brandt, who presented "The Four Leaf
Clover" Ralph Swoboda David Milne,
Waldo Nuremberg and Howard Cowee
who presented Bible Exercises from
Psalms Then there followed "A
Cluster of Violets," in which Ruth
Prehn, Lenore Boslough. Ruth Fay,
jeanette Sternberg and Ruth Lillicrap
participated. Alice Kohl and Elderon
Smith recited "a Rose and a Robin"
The Rev. Eastwood then delivered an
appropriate talk and presented twen-
ty-five Bibles to the pastoral classes.
Great credit, Rev. Eastwood declares,
is due Miss Wanda Hopp and Mrs. A.
w. Boslough who had charge of this
Children's day program. The cradle
roll of the church was then read and
each child was presented with a car
nation and certificate of baptism by
Mrs. C. H. Peth. The Junior depart
ment also rendered very pretty
group of songs and recitations, the
Misses Cornelia Flieth, Janice Graebel
and Janette thinner rendering pret-
ty song, GLORIOUS Sunshine"
Flower Program
The Universalist program was also
elaborate A baptismal service and
reception of members was feature of
the service. The solo, selected. by
Walter Gilburg, was very beautiful,
following which Primary children rem
dered a unique flower program, little
Elizabeth Taylor, Mary Knox Wilson.
Gretchen Collie and others giving in
dividual recitations. The following
took part in "The Flower of the
Ages: Inez Wheeler, Julia Ladwig,
Marjorie Paff. Betty Thorn, Catherine
Curtis, Laverne Clark, Emma Marie
Curtis, Margaret Joslin, Margaret Gel
sci, Jane Fowler. There were other
children who assisted also, taking the
parts of various flowers, among them
Marlin Joslin, Jacqueline Hansen,
Cyrus Woodson, Frederick Schwan-
berg. Peggy Wheeler, Beth Dawley,
Robert Geisel, Donald Gooding, War
rem Kinney, Georgiana Rowlinson.
Catherine Fowler, Virgie Abraham and
Natalie Collie.