Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-13
WINTHROP
Methodist Easter Sunday

A full Easter Day program was
carried out Sunday at the Methodist
| church before large audience of
| people, both afternoon and evening.
! The church was decorated in green
j and white with Easter lilies, hya-
| cinthS and white geraniumS pre-
! dominating. Music was by chorus
with Mr.. Fellowes leading. Helen
I LaVallee, Doris Brown and Richard
Hall received the rites of baptism,
I and Richard Hall and Constantine
| Dinitri were received into prepara-
| tory membership. Mrs. Sarah Hall
united with the church by letter and
Kenneth Andrews, Earl Harris, Re
gena Curtis, Frances Edwards.
| Gladys Aldrich, Mildred Drawn and
Vivian Newell were also received in
to church membership. The pastor,
Rev. A. F. Aldrich preached a fine
Easter sermon on The Risen Christ.
In. the evening a beautiful Easter
play Dead and Risen" was present.
ed in five scenes by the young peo-
pies classes of the Sunday school.
The play represented the trial, death
and resurrection of Jesus and was
performed by the young actors in a
spirit of reverence which made it
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gave a thrillingly beautiful interpre-
! tation of the sorrows of Mary, the
mother of Jesus, which will not soon
be forgotten. All who participated
did their parts extremely well. Helen
LaVallee as Mary of Bethany. gave
the prologue. and the music was by
a concealed choir, with duets by
Alice Bates and Beatrice Adams and
by Marsters York and Charles Pink
him.
The committees in charge includ-
ed Decorations, Helping Hand Glass;
music. Mr.. F'ellowes; evening pro-
gram. Mrs. Lottie York, Miss Win
nifred Grant, and the Anti Cant's
and Saxon classes.
Special Easter services were held
Sunday morning at the Friends
church at Winthrop Center. The
decorations were very beautiful with
Easter lilies much in evidence. The
flowers were later donated to the
sick and shut-ins. A splendid Eas-
ter sermon on 1.-THE Resurrection as
an Incentive to a Vigorous Life"
was given by the pastor, Rev. Arthur
Jones. A beautiful program of mus
ic under the direction of Professor
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large audience. The following were
admitted to church membership:
Mrs. Grace Bailey, Mrs. Lillian Fos-
ter. Miss Birdena Hammond. Willard
Jackson, Henry Pike, Claire Ray
mond, kathlena Taylor and Morris
Towle. The evening service was in
the form of a beautiful pageant 1.-The
Dawning," which made very real the
Easter scenes, and was splendidly
presented by the Sunday school. The
platform was set to represent a scene
outside the city wall at Jerusalem,
and the lines were spoken by the
people as they passed and repassed
on the way to Jesus tomb. The final
scene told of the events of the as
cension, and particularly beautiful
tableau represented the adoption of
the cross as a father of the king
dom, the entire company forming a
procession around the church at the
close of the pageant. The music
was particularly pretty and the ac-
complaining songs were sung by
Misses Berdena Hammond and Flora
johnson.
Special Easter services were held
Sunday at Saint Francis church with
high mass at 10 o'clock and fine
sermon on the Feast of Easter" by
the pastor, Rev. r. j. Keenan. There
was special music and fine church