Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-28
Christmas at the Churches

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| Christmas at the Churches
! The Christmas tree and program
/ held at the Baptist church Friday
1 evening, December "a. was much en-
/ joyed by both young and old. the
program for the evening was as fol-
| lows: Prayer, Rev. Ray Short;
Christmas welcome, Henry Park
man; song, Glenna Burton; recita-
ton, I'm Not Very Big, Janette
Smith; recitation, Merry Christmas,
! Arthur Wiley; Anticipation, Virgin
ia Bell; recitation, A Talk with San
ia, Clyde Griffith; recitation, Christ
mas Is the Merriest Day, Frederick
Lander; recitation, Christmas, Stu
/ art Wiley; song, Jesus Loves Me,
! Primary class; recitation, Heavens
| Gift, Oscar Day; recitation, Santa's
! Trials. Esther Griffith; recitation,
/ The Christmas Tree, Mir a m
Sleeves; recitation, On Christmas
Day, James Day; song, Clara Perry;
recitation, Christmas Joys. Georgia
! Day; exercise, Christmas Bells,
James and Maynard Moore; song,
Christmas Should Be Bright, by the
! Crusaders; recitation, Christmas Is
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| The Reason, Doris BuzZell; recita-
! ton, Christmas in the Heart, Alfred
! Bell; recitation, The Night After
J Christmas, Evelyn Short; recitation,
I On Christmas Eve. John Dwelly;
! The Bad Boy, Madeline Wiley; reci-
! tation, Kitty's Present, William But
! ters; exercise, Christmas Eve. Hilda
and Norma Emery and Catherine
Day; recitation, Another Christmas
| Day, Virginia Bell; recitation. A
/ Christmas Wish, Elizabeth Buffers;
song, Away in Manager, Crusaders;
song, Bertha Smith: recitation, De-
cember. Charlie Whitney; recita-
! ton. The Snow, Meredith Parkman:
recitation, Riding with Santa, Clara
Perry; A Christmas Bedtime Story,
Florice Sleeves; song, Silent Night,
Crusaders; recitation, Santa Claus,
Merte Parkman; recitation, Sugges-
/ tons to Santa, Mary Smith; song,
Jolly old Saint Nicholas, by four
girls dressed in white.
| Much credit should be given F.
Griffith who had charge of the pro-
gram.
| After the exercises came Old San
! ia who talked with the boys and
/ girls and wished them all a Merry
( Christmas. after which the presents
We're distributed. A gift to the
church from Mrs. Annie Fuller of
Melrose, Mass, and from an I'M
known giver was very much appre-
+. ciated by the church people. The
: church was very prettily decorated
with evergreen wreaths, poinsettias
and Christmas bells. Those on the
decorating committee were: Miss
Cora Davis, Mrs. Elsie Hubbard, Mrs.
A DIT .nI L. Ut
ney.
Sunday evening, December rs, at
| the Baptist church a special Christ
mas program consisting of the fol-
| lowing numbers was presented to a
(; large congregation: Hymn, Tell Me
! the Old Old Story. by congregation:
/ Welcome, Phyllis Carr; prayer by
Rev. Roy Short; Scripture Drama OBJ
| the Birth of Christ assisted by the
choir; those representing the differ
| ent characters were: Madonna, Mrs.
| Winnie Whitney; Joseph U. s..
Brooks: Angels. Dorothy Buffers,
Edith Philbrick, Angle Fuller, Edith
Lewis. and Irene Robinson; Wise
| Men, Edward, Burton, Earl Parkman,
| and Herbert Seekins: Shepherds.
| Edward Hubbard. Lloyd Hubbard
| and Lyle Weber. and reading of
Hymn, by congregation; offertory
and announcements; duet, Redeemer
Divine, Mrs. Carrie Burton and Miss
Grace Griffith; recitation. Stanley
Short; recitation, Bertha Smith;
antomine, 1t Came upon the Mid
night Clear, Edith Philbrick and the
duet by Mrs. Charles Tibbetts and
Mrs. Edward Smith; song, Sadie
Frazier; tableau. Bethlehem Baby,
by Mrs. John Wiley and baby with
reading by Elizabeth Buffers; reci-
tation. Meredith Parkman; reading,
Christmas Carol, Bernice Young;
song, In Peaceful Silence, by the
Junior. Girls; Miss Sara Hurd.s Sun
day school class: recitation, Myrtle
Parkman; recitation, Glenna Burton;
trio. In a Manager Lowly, by the
Smith family: recitation, Evelyn
Short; song. William Buffers: hymn,
Blest Be the Tie That Binds The
committee In charge of the program
were: Mrs. Margaret Short Mrs.
Edward Smith and Mrs. Fronia
Genthner.
The Methodist church held their
Christmas tree and program Satur-
day evening, December %. The pro-
gram was made up of the following
numbers: On the platform was seatN
ed the choir. Santa Clar~ Mrs.
Claus. Santa Claus Junior and chill
dren in costume to represent differ
emit countries, Japanese, Charlotte
Waldron; Egyptian, Jessie Hamil-
ton; English, Edith Green; India.
Francis Waldron; Scotch, Willis
, Hamilton; Eskimo. Morris Hatch;
Chinese, Helen Manson: Norwegian,
Elizabeth Stedmaan; Story to the
children by Santa Claus; reading of
Scripture and prayer by Rev. w. C.
Hamilton; Welcome, Roland Mich
OILS: recitation, Christmas Symbols,
Elizabeth O'Reilly; recitation, Birth
day of Our King, Jessie Hamilton;