Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-05-04

Youth. happiness, song. laughter
and frolic combined in making the
annual May Festival given Saturday
afternoon at City Hall by the Chan
ming Guild of the Unitarian church
one Of the best. if not the best of the
thirteen annual events of this nature.
There were hundreds of children
there, interested and interesting. Toy
balloons were floating in the air and
oft times walls rent the air as ball
loon proved it was only filled with
wind after all. There was candy to
eat and there was the dance program
of the afternoon.
Dark haired, rosy checked and IS
regal as a tiny tot could be. was lit
tie Miss Barbara Downing as Queen
OF the May. Her king was Joe Paine,
just as gallant as king could be.
The games in which the children took
part were delightfully."- pleasing. The
ceremonial of crowning the king and
queen was attended by the May day,
pomp. Little tots with daffodils
danced gracefully and delightfully."-
I'm A Meadow" Then there was the
May Pole and the Rainbow dance.
Committees
General: Mrs. B. Earle Bither,
Mrs. Roy H. .Flynt, Mrs. Charles b.
Paine, Mrs. Harry NJ. Patten, Mrs.
John Wadleigh, Mrs. George Wilcox.
Entertainments: Mrs. Erskine p.
Noyes, Mrs. Bither, Mrs. Flynt, Mrs.
Paine, Mrs. Patten. Mrs. Wadleigh.
Mrs. Wilcox. Candy: Mrs. Flynt,
Mrs. Bither, Mrs. r. f. Beane. Miss
Ethel Partridge, Mrs. c. l.. Andrews,
Mrs. Webster. Food: Mrs. Simmons,
Miss Louise Selbfng, Mrs. George
Wadleigh. Mrs. Elmer Newbert Bal
looms and grabs: Mrs. Herbert Locke,
Mrs. Coombs, Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. Long
fellow, Mrs. Sturtevant. lee cream:
Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. Sturgis. Mrs.
Fearaby, Mrs. Durant, Mrs. Patten.
May Ceremony
Little Miss Barbara Downing was
Queen of the May and the King was
Joseph Paine. The attendants were
Jane Sanborn, Joe Williamson, Betty
Paine, Blossom Webster. Those TAX
ing part in the games included the
above and Elinor Flagg. Fanny Long
fellow. Dorothy Marden, Rebecca
Partridge, Junior Damborg, John
Gannett. Bobby Martin, John Sam
born. Wallace Campbell. Zoe Pettin-
gill, Joan O'Connor. Richard Blair,
Brooks Brown, Richard Sanborn. Ar
thur Hichborn, also the 16 girls who
later appeared in the May Pole dance
The game and the crowning cere-
monies We're in charge of the men,
bers of the general committee. The
other dances, I'm n Meadow the
Rainbow dance and the May Pole
dance were under the direotio of
Mrs. Erskine p. Noyes. The Meadow
and the Rainbow dances were repeat
ed from Mrs. Moves spring dance re-
cital.
Dance-"In a Meadow"
In this number were Ruth Briggs
Marjory Brown, Joan Gamage, Mar
gueriette Jarvis, Geraldine Mooers,
Mary Merrill, Sybil Pierce. Rosa
mond Pierce, Jane Webber, Gwendo
lin Wheeler.
May Pole Dance
There were sixteen dancers in the
May Pole number: Barbara Chase in
place of Jean Abbott, who is i'll, Vio-
la Crocker, Shirley Cole, Estelle Dean,
Eta Durant, Margaret Flynt, Jane
Gilman, Mary Maddocks, Pauline
Metcalf, Betty Paine, Pauline Pur-
inton, Betty Reid, Maxine Seekins,
Muriel Sturgis. Blossom Webster,
Margaret Sturgis.
Rainbow Dance
The Rainbow girls were: Red. Phil
lis Hanson: orange, Jane Stubbs:
yellow, jeanette Veilleux; green,
Myrle Varnum; blue, Eliza beth Du-
vail; violet, Frances Brown.
After the little artists presented
their numbers there was general ball
room dancing for all of the children.
The Grand March was participated in
by fully IT'S children, many of them
so tiny that they toddled along be-
tween an older sister and brother or
two of the neighbors' older children.
Every one who was big enough to
walk took part in the Grand March,
led by the Queen and King.
Douglas orchestra furnished music
for the afternoons fun. The hall
was very prettily decorated in spring
blossoms. The\ stage was almost hid :
den behind bank of evergreens and
gay pink blossoms.
Besides the young folks present at
the afternoons fun, there were a
large number of parents and older
sisters and brothers. Everyone voted
the Festival big success and the
committees may feel Justly proud of
the results of their efforts.