Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-19

day, Dec. 20-the last dli-day meeting
for the year. A good attendance is de-
sired.
Miss Elsie I. Moore Of West VIM
throp, who is teaching in Augusta this
year, Is visiting friends in Massachu-
sets during her vacation.
CENTER-The Woman's Mission
airy Study class passed very pleas
ant day on Wednesday atstfie home of
Mrs. E. A. Bailey. There were 20
members present and four visitors.
In the forenoon the work was con-
tinued on the blouses for the Chill
dren's Home Society. At 1880 de-
licious oyster stew was served by the
hostess and during the lunch hour
and until 2 o'clock, a pleasant social
time was enjoyed. At 2 o'clock the
afternoon meeting was called to or
der. The devotional exercises were
conducted by Mrs. Eleanora Wood
man. The roll call. christmas
Thoughts" was answered by appro-
pirate and beautiful selections on
the Christmas time and Christmas
spirit. The questions on islam and
the Near East" brought forth consid-
cradle interesting discussion but at
length were answered to the salts
faction of the class. After rising
vote Of thanks to the hostess, the
meeting adjourned to meet on
Wednesday, Dec. Is, at the home Of
Mrs. Minnie Titus.
Mrs Priscilla Marble of Skowhegan
passed Tuesday night and Wednes-
day at the home of her aunt, Mrs.
Carl Jean Tolman.
Miss Mary Dudley of Pennington
Normal school is passing the Christ
mas vacation with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. T. J. Dudley
Elmer Taylor of Colby college ar
rived home Friday to pass the
Christmas vacation with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Taylor.
Miss Eleanor Bailey of Colby COL
Iege arrived home Saturday and is
passing her Christmas vacation with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. M.
Bailey.
Mrs E. G. Tobey and son Charles
and Mrs. Elmer Berry returned home
Friday night from Portland, where
since Tuesday they had been in at
tendance at the Maine State Grange.
Miss Mildred Thompson and moth
er, Mrs. Thompson, left Saturday for
South Bristol, where they are to pass
the Christmas vacation at their home
in that place.
Miss Alice Hewett has gone to her
home in Cooper's Mills for the
Christmas vacation.
The Winthrop Center school closed
Friday for the Christmas vacation.
In the afternoon, Christmas exercises
and Christmas tree were held in
Miss Hewett's room. There were 40
visitors present, some of them chill
dren under school age, for whom the
tree and Santa Claus were great
events. The room was prettily
decorated for the occasion with ever
greens. From opposite corners of
room were stretched two strings, one
being hung with Christmas bells and
the other with small stockings cut by
the children from cardboard and
colored. A frieze of figures of Santa
Claus done in colored chalk decorated
one blackboard while red roses FORM
ed the border of the other, and above
these along the top of the blackboard
were green branches of fragrant fir.
The exercises of the afternoon con-
sisted of recitations and dialogues
by the school children and all of
them were deserving of praise for
the way in which they took their
parts. After the exercises, Santa
Claus impersonated by Clement Tay-
Tor took the presents from the we'll
laden tree in the corner and they
were distributed to the children.
Every child was remembered by at
least one or two presents. even to the
little tots who were visitors for the
afternoon. Lastly each child pres.
ent received screen cloth stocking
filled with candy and popcorn as a
gift from the teachers. Apples also
were distributed to each child by
Santa Claus, these being furnished
by Mrs. Martin Higgins.