Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-17

was later discovered that the snow
men were Miss Gladys Madores and
Miss Lora Pooler, two members of
the Augusta Girls Community Club
Their dance, which was truly eccent-
ric, was difficult and delightful. They
were coached by Mrs. Rosanna
Odiorne.
The dancers in the "Winter Spirit"
dance were: Miss Estelle Weber, SOLO
list; Misses Florence Wilson. Marjorie
F'arnham. Hazel McAllistcr. Hazel By
crs. Marion Beck, Mary Pease.
The second Offering of the Girls
Club was a real winter feast. Three
girls dressed in white appeared on the
stage. They soon discovered a huge
SNOWFALL. They beckoned to their COM
panions and the six Of them rolled the
ball down the runway and onto the
floor. After dancing about and prying
into the SNOWFALL. they finally opened
it up. Out of the ball danced tiny
miss, Estelle Wcbber, in blue tinsel
dress. who went through a very charm-
ing dance. These girls were also
coached by Mrs. Odiorne.
The Augusta-Gardiner cage-ball con-
test was won by Augusta to /. 1t
was fast and furious while it lasted,
and added more variety to the evenings
program.
About the middle Of the evening the
favors, the funny masks. the feathered
sticks and the confetti and streamers
began to make their appearance. And
they grew thick. and fast with the eve
ming.
Douglas 10-piece orchestra furnished
music for the evening and was right
on the job with their usual good brand
Of harmony.
And then the moving picture man,
Dannie Maher. from Bangor, should not
be forgotten. He was these and took
movies of all the specialties' Of the
evening.
All the Gardiner and Hallowell folks
and those living along the line were
guests home at 12 o'clock Of Fred Bos-
ton of Gardiner. who furnished the car.
The hall displayed checkered ca
reer in more ways than one. The only
. reason the mcrrymakers did not pause
in their frolics and play checkers was
because the checkerboards were posted
high and dry along the balcony railing
and formed the background for the
stage and they didn't have any check
ers Huge squares of black and white
formed the sole decorations of the hall
except for the aid Of masks which were
prominently displayed in the white
squares. A row of grinning masks
around the balcony and also on the
stage gazcd down at the dancers. The
: effect was startling and attractive
withal.
The stage was banked in tall fir trees.
The trees were gay in cotton batting
snowflakes. The places of business
where candy and beverages were on
sale were also decorated in black and
white.
The committee of the Augusta Girls'
Community Club in charge of the club
dances at the Winter Carnival Ball
consisted of Marjorie Farnham CHAIR
mani. Dorothy Gray, Margaret Mer-
rill. Christine Carey. Ruth Leavitt,
Ruth Crocker. Esther Cyr and Elsie
p Briggs. The costumes in the "Win-
ter Spirit" dance. one of the Girls
Club pretty features at the bah, were
designed by Mrs. Stuart Il. Purves.
Miss Jessie Carr was in charge of
the candy booth and she had an able
corps of assistants. Others at the can
dy booth were Misses Gladys Balcn-
Tine. Vera Driscoll, Marie Thomas and
Elizabeth Norris.
The Carnival Ball more than main
tanned its share of the success of Au-
Gustas Winter Carnival of 1928.