Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-25

Friday night and is passing the holi-
days with his mother. Mrs. Maria
Withee..
Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Justin and
Catherine Robinson of Monson came
to Skowhegan Friday and are guests
Of Mrs. Roberta Moore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. j. Mullen of
Woodstock, VT, came Friday to visit
Mrs. Mullen's mother, Mrs. George
Ralph Lewis and Miss Catherine
Lewis of Gardiner came Friday to
visit relatives over SChristmas.
Christmas Observance
The Christmas spirit is prevailing
in full measure in Skowhegan, for
days the stores have been displaying
wonderful lines of merchandise with
an efficient corps of salespeople as
sisting the regular force. Some of
the buildings in the business section
are attractive. especially at night
time, being electrically lighted in
many and varied colored lights.
Foremost in the Christmas observ-
ance are the splendid programs Of
music and speaking which are be-
ing given in the churches. AT the
Centenary Methodist church services
will include on Sunday morning at
1870, prelude, organ and piano, (a)
Prelude in G. Minor (Rachmaninoff)
(b) Ave Maria (Schubert). Mrs.
Howard B. Friend organ and Pro-
lessor John Oddly, of Cincinnati,
Ohio; anthem, 'All Hail the Joyful
Morn" Carrie Asams), choir; Apos-
ties creed; invocation; hymn, "Hark
the Herald Angels Sing; responsive
reading; Gloria Patri; anthem,
Heavens Melodious Strain" Ho-
renz), choir; Scripture reading; pas
toral prayer; vocal solo, 30 Holy
Night" Mrs. Florence Walker Ad-
ans: announcements and offering;
offertory, Holy Night" (Gruber-
Nislsch). Mrs. Friend and Professor
Oddly; sermon, BE Not Afraid"
Rev. Herbert L. Nichols; onthem,
"Sing. o Heavens" (Tours); post
lude, priests March" from "Atha-
liza (Mendelssohn), Mrs. Friend
and Professor Oddly.
Saturday evening, the Salvation
Army will give a pageant and other
numbers making up the following
program: Recitation, "a Christmas
WISH" Phyllis Ware: Christmas Of
ferings, by the children; exercise,
an Other Lands" six girls; vocal
solo, Miss Edna Petty; suggestion
by a candle, a bell, and a card; vo-
cal duet, Captain Dora Pickup and
Lieut.. Ruta Kniffin: monologue, Ev-
| GRILL Harris; vocal duet, Dorothy
Knight and Airline Fernald; recita-
| ton, 1T Helps" Mildred Corson;
pantomime. "Silent Night: ''What
Christmas Means" two girls: Christ
mas pageant, 1.-THE Angels Message
to the World" On Friday the SAL
Walton Army lassies distributed much
| Christmas cheer in material ways to
! many needy.
There are only eight inmates at
| tn, local town farm and all are aged.
A delicious Christmas dinner is to
| be served and Christmas observed,
| The Sunshine Society and the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union
| sent boxes to the farm consisting
| gifts for all, making it a day of
| pleasure for these aged people.
At the Notre Dame de Lourdes
! church there will be three masses on
Christmas day. the first at midnight.
the second at s o'clock and the third
at 10 o'clock. AS the clock tolled
| out the midnight hour announcing
Christmas morn. st. Cecelia's Or
| chestra opened the first program in
| observance of Christmas, playing an
| overture. The following is the Notre
! Dame de Lourdes program: impress
! sive procession headed by a cross
bearer and sanctuary boys in new
| red cassocks, starts in the sacristy,
| followed by little flower girls in
| white, Adrienne Caouette, Florence
| Dumont. Rita GAIA, Alexandrine VII
| olette, Viola Bouchard, Agatha Pei
| letter, Alcette Rondeau, Aida Ron
| deau, Doris Gallant, Alvina Turcotte,
and Marie Chabot, followed by four
| ladies, representing angels. Lillian
| Lessard, Jeanette Beaufford, Phil
| dora Cote and Prudence Cote: they
held ribbons leading to basket car
ried by the pastor, Rev. Father j.
| Louis A. Remand, in which was an
image, of the baby Jesus. AS the
line proceeded, following were the
Angel of Mary choir of about 60
voices who sang "Minuet Chretien,"
to the altar where the image was
laid in the crib. The following were
the vocal numbers by the entire
choir under the direction of Thomas
O'Byrne: "Leonard's Kyrie"; "Glo-
ria" (Rosewig). soloist, Mrs Pearl
Pomerleau: "Credo" (Rosewig), Eu-
gene A. Dumont and Mrs. Pomer-
leau, soloists; Adeste Fideles (No-
vello arrangemen), Mrs. Stella But
Ter, Mr.. O'Byrne and Mr.. Dumont:
"Sanctus' Geonard). Mrs. Rosalie
Cote, soloist; "Benedictus'' Leon-
ardD, Joseph F'luet. soloist. and Gag
nus Der Geonard). Mrs. Stella But
Ter, soloist; the Priests March
from 'Athalie," organ, Mrs. Lena
Briten. The choir is made up of
Mr.. O'Byrne, director, Mrs. Lena
Breton. Mrs. Resale Cote, Mrs.
Stella Butler, Mrs. Pearl Pomerleau.
Miss Flora Cowett. Miss Blanche
Cowett, Miss Emilia Halle, Miss
Louise Halle, Miss Ernestine Bison,
Miss Beatrice Pomlow, Miss Marie
Dionne, Mrs. Marie O'Byrne. Mrs
Leona Veilleux, Miss Florence Baker,
Miss Lucille Rodrigue, Miss Naice
Cyr. Miss Verna Meunier, Joseph
Fluet, Eugene A. Dumont, George
Doyle, Colin Shea, Michael Breton
and Adolph Fluet. The orchestra is
made up of violins, Mrs. Cecile ST.
rois, Mrs. Lydia Dean, Miss Beatrice
Pomlow. Miss Helen McQuade, Ar
thur Gilbert, Miss Catherine Sirois.
Miss Lillian Laney, Miss Yvette
Rondeau, Ralph Lacasse: b.