The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-17
Easter Sunday Is
 Fittingly Observed
Services Held in Catholic and Protestant Churches
 Weather Fails to Halt Gay Parade

, service Rev T. L. Crosby spoke on "The Meaning of Easter. Those
 in the cast of the pageant were Rev Douglas Rae, Stanley Terry, Rev MT Crosby, Barton Bieler, Ly- all Hill, Mrs Simeon Nichols Miss
 Edna Wightman. Miss Gladys Crowley, Mrs Nellie Roberts. Miss
 Florence Dwyer and Miss Jeanne
 Marshall.
 Yesterday morning at Grace Methodist church eleven new mem-
 bers joined the church. Rev M. B. Simonson spoke on "The Risen Christ-The Hope of the World'. A chorus of 24 voices rendered
 Easter songs. Last night the choir
 rendered "The Crucifixion and the Ascension" under the direction of Charles T. Trobert. Mrs s. M. Butcher was organist.
 A lengthy program of Easter | music featured the Second church
 forum last night under the direc- | tion of G. Loring Burwell. The pro- gram was offered by the Mendels-
 sohn Male chorus. Frank G. Hill, | organist of the group, played the prelude.
 In his sermon yesterday morning, at the Second church Rev Moses R. Lowell, pastor declared that death is a boon to mankind and not an
 enemy. He pointed out that Jesus anticipated death and was not afraid if it. Higher and higher forms of life have always come
 from death of the old, Rev MT
 Lowell said.
 Rev T. l.. Sinclair. speaking yes terday morning at All Souls church
 declared that life does not end
 with death. Jesus, he said, has as-
 sured us that those who live as He
 had directed will not see death. Yes terday afternoon at the church pageant was offered, the partici- pants being Barbara Soule, Ellen Bayard, Dick Nuhn, Samuel Root.
 Fred Condee. Paul Barton, Beverly Parton, Fred Wood, Jane Cowper- thwaite and Helen Zacharis. Last night at the First Metho-
 dist church 8 religious drama, "For He Had Great Possessions" was
 presented. Rev Richard M. Hegarty preached on Immortality" at the
 morning service. Those in the cast of the drama were Richard Bur dett, Mrs Clayton s. Brown. Her.
 bert Shaw, jr., Mrs Robert Condit, George Butler, Harvey E. Riggs, jr., Misses Sylvia Loucks and Esth CT Liddell, William Blair and George M. Condit.
 '"The Eternal Power of God, the Assurance of Jesus'' was the title | of yesterday mornings sermon at the Bunker Hill Congregational church by Rev c. Moreton owen, pastor. Miss Ethel Keavncy di- rected the music at the evening
 service and the soloists were Mrs
 c. J. Bartlett and Miss Leona
 Keavney. assisted on the violin by
 Joseph DiVito. At the Sunday school service a play. "Her Easter
 Choice' was presented under the
 direction of Miss Mildred Benedict.
 Music was under the direction of
 Mrs Herbert A. Ludlum, assisted
 by Mrs John r. Ludlum. Those in the cast were Helen Goodridge, Barbara Smith, Lois Fenton. Ellen
 Grant, Eleanor Callen, Elizabeth
 Hill and Pearl DunsmOr. The young peoples meeting last even ing was featured by d reading en- titled "The Terrible Meek" by Charles Ram Kennedy.
 Last night at the A. M. E. Zion church Rev A. A. Perry, pastor. denounced the outcome of the Scottsboro case. The Easter obser- vance at the church started yester- day morning.