Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-13
WINTHROP
Winthrop Grammar Closes
With Tree and Program

The closing day OF school at VIM
throp grammar school was observed
with the annual Christmas tree and
program in each of The five rooms.
The lower grades had their celebra-
tions in the forenoon and schools
closed at noon.
The rooms were made very a;trac-
tive with Christmas borders ard the
gaily decorated trees. Each child re-
ceived gift from some schoo!mete
and everyone was remembered by the
teacher. The exercises included
Christmas songs and poems and the
little people had a gay time.
Miss Heweetts room WIS also the
scene of pretty Christmas party
and gifts were exchanged and appro-
pirate exercises given. 80 r.
In the upper grades the programs
were more elaborate and were large
ly prepared by the children them
selves. Mrs. Andrews room was
particularly attractive. The windows
were festooned in red with paper
bells and free hand drawings upon
the boards were wonderfully well
done by Harrison Woodt.iaiI. Marion
Andrews. Viola Drawn. Louise Perry
and Frederic Jewell. These included
borders, Christmas scenes and Santa
Claus. - II
The little plays presented were ar
ranged by the children themselves,
Marjorie Housewerth. Charles Thorn
as. Eleanor Riley and Laval Fleury
being in charge.
Their program included: Song, at
Came Upon tho Midnight Clear:
Christmas quotations: song, star
song. 1.-THE Season " The Christ
Child: play, Christmas Surprise;
song. "Christma' CaCror: play. Civ
ing. Not Getting;; song, Father
Christmas"
The children were then given theil
gifts and Ice cream was served by
the teacher. Mrs. Andrews was re-
n.embered by her pupils with a cut
glass water set and by the mandolin
club with Il beautiful sift of silver.
appropriately engraved.
In the Mr.. Jordan's room. the Sth
grade had charge of the program. and
Eronne Fleury presided They gave
the following numbers: Christmas
JOY. Helen Harris: That's Christmas.
Mary Robinson; The Coming of
Santa, Carolina Shouru; song, by the
boys; The Babe OF Bethlehem. Alice
Biuneau; A Southern christmas,
Jean Andrews; The Country Chin
hNS' III w SllTlH
Magic. Florence Roderick; Christ
mas. Carleton Roberts; A Christmas
Telephone. Genevjeve Aldrich; song.
Helen Harris. Lolita Perry, Jean An
drews, Alice Bruneau, Eyonne
Fleury; Christmas Greetings, ka-
theryn Webb; song, Lolita Perry;
Fathers Night Before, Barbara How
1'T The sifss distributed from the tree
included both dainty presents and
jokes. MIR. Hobart was remembered
by the boys OF the manual training
class with a combination fountain
pen and eversharp pencil. and Mr..
Jordan was given a handsome set of
toilet articles by the school, and a
number of individual gifts from the
pupils. Il .
The following pupils have not been
absent or tardy during the fall term:
Grades s and 9-Geneyieye Aidrich,
Carolina Skouro. Evelyn Andrews,
Lionel Auclair. Helen Beatty, Fern
and Geblois. Frances Edwards, Rob-
ert Fleuly, Virginia Hewett, Harry
McKenney, Kenneth Robinson, Nor
ris Towle.. -ts
Grades 8 and Roscoe Harris,
Viola Drawn. Charles Thomas.
Grades and 5-Marjorie Went
worth. Katherine Arnold. Rose Abelli.
Irene Bison, Dora Burus, Evelyn
Currier, Doris F1eury, Lawrence Fos-
ter. Donald Maxim. Milton Thomas,
Germaine Fleury, Ambrose Maxim,
Clement Auclair, Lucille Perry.
Grades and 3-Madeline Arnold,
Raymond Bishop. Mabel Bison, Hell
en- Currier,- Robert Drapeau. Irene
F1eury, Lettie House, Alfred Perry,
Thomas Frost, Kilburn Shaw, Marie
Taylor, Evelyn wentworth, Elliot
Wheeler, Homer Towns. Z
Grades l and Sub.--Madeline Bis
son, Robert Fountain, Marguerite
Fleury, Harold Hall. Lawrence Irvine
Doris La Chapelle, Virginia Stock
ford, Nelson Briggs. Clement Cou-
ture. Marjorie French, Lucille Frost,
Arlene knight. y
All the rooms went "over the top"
in the Banking Contest, and over
$500 has been deposited in the school
bank during the fall term.