The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-18

WaterVille, April 18 - Easter dawned gloriously clear and beauti- full yesterday, and contradicted pre- vious weather predictions, which had stated, that if person wanted to be in the Easter parade, it would be necessary to carry an umbrella. The temperature was considerably lower than the previous days, and top coats were in order. The ladies in their Easter clothes were quite charming, the predominating color being blue, and accessories of Brit ish tan prevailed. Many lovely cor sages were worn, and in general, the Easter parade was very grand.
 The fair weather lasted only un- til d-afternoon, when skies be- came overcast and rain threatened, but no one complained, because the first part of the day had been per- feet.
 Very impressive services were conducted at all the churches, with special music appropriately render ed.
 An Easter Dawn Service was held at the Grace Methodist church at 2 a. m, when Rev. Alison J. Smith gave a short Easter message and q duet was sung by Betty Wilson and Merton Hornbecker, entitled, He Is Risen" At 8 o'clock, breakfast was served in the parlors of the church by the Young Peoples Society.
 The Everyman's Bible Class held its usual meeting at 9:15 a. m. when Frederick R. Book was in charge and special music was given by the Bible Class quartet. The guest speaker was Lieutenant William Berry, of the Salvation Army, whose subject was Life"
 Special exercises were held during the Sunday School Hour, when the children of the Primary Department under the direction of Mrs. Gift Butcher, sang songs and recited verses. Vincent Leonard, superin- tendent of the Sunday school dis tributed plants to all children who attended Sunday school regularly during the entire year. AS an added feature, the Primary children re- ceived little testaments, about an inch square, in addition to the plants, for perfect attendance.
 The pupils of Mrs. Arthur Twelves' class then presented a two act play, entitled, "The Symbol of the Cross. The members taking part included:
 Abdiel, carpenter. Marvin Niven Patricia, his wife =. Lorraine Kraft Lois, daughter ..... Peggy zaugg Rueben, a son .... Raymond Wilson Chloe, a maid servant ..........
 .. ....... Dorothy Atherton Carus, Roman Official ......
 ,......... Frederick Seidel, Jr. Philip, disciple of Jesus ....... ,.........,...... Elmer Thorpe
 Janet Brodie took the reading part and June Cook furnished the music.
 The Easter services at St. Paul'S Episcopal church were largely at- tended, with a marked increase over last year. Rev. Raymond M. D. Adams conducted both services, the 7:30 Holy Communion service, and the II o'clock service which included Holy Communion, prayer and ser- mon.
 The church was abundantly deco rated with plants and cut flowers Those on the altar in the Sanctuary were given in memory of MT. and Mrs. John Cookson, Miss Alberta Rehm, Mrs. Jane Webster, Miss Alice Webster, George H. Truelove Mrs. Nellie Bailey, MT. and Mrs George Dornan, and the Rev. Will liam P. Waterbury, former rector of the church.
 Other flowers for decoration were given by Mrs. F. P. Slavin and Mrs Elizabeth Leisring.
 The Sunday school was held at 9:45 o'clock with an almost perfect attendance. With an enrolment o1 over one hundred pupils, only foul were absent. Mention was also made of the fact that Mrs. Gordon Mac Quarrie's class has had a perfect record of attendance for eight con. secutive weeks, the members includ- ing, Alfred Brickett, William Brick. ett, William Simpson, John Wilcox and Robert MacQuarrie. The mite box offerings of the children were presented at the Sunday school ses' sion.
 A service of Baptism was helt prior to the Easter Sunday services