Pike to Pike News – December 12, 2024

By Editor | December 9, 2024 |

By WYVETTA DAVIS
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Christmas parade in Perry Friday evening

The PACE (Perry Association for Community Enrichment) lighted Christmas parade is this Friday in Perry. Be sure to head north for a festive evening!
The Zackary Thomas Memorial Scholarship gift wrapping fundraiser will be this Saturday beginning at 10:30 a.m. Bring your Christmas gifts to Rumors Have it in Griggsville and let the Christmas elves do your wrapping. Cost is $5 per gift or $20 for six gifts.
The 10th annual Breakfast with St. Nick in Whoville (aka the North Pike Fire Protection District) is also happening this Saturday from 9 a.m.-11a.m. Admission is a non-perishable food item to be donated to the Perry Community Christmas Baskets. This event is being sponsored by the Ladies of North Pike.
The 102nd Griggsville Community Christmas Tree will be held Dec. 24 at 5pm in Griggsville-Perry High School’s big gym. A program will be presented by the Nazarene Church, local festival queens will read The Night Before Christmas and Santa will be there with a special guest! All children present, through fourth grade, will receive a gift. Casey White and Amber Lambeth have worked hard to continue this Griggsville tradition, so why not make plans to attend?
The Griggsville Christian Church invites all to a Christmas Eve Candlelight Service Dec. 24 at 6p.m. The Christmas Story will be presented in verse and song. Light refreshments will be served after.
Are you looking for a Christmas gift for the Pike County history buff in your family? The Skinner House, in partnership with the Pike County Historical Society, has recently reprinted John McWilliams’ 1919 memoir.This book contains a treasure trove of 19th Century history including history of New Salem and Griggsville, the California Gold Rush 1849 and Sherman’s March to the Sea in the Civil War. You may purchase a glossy new hardcover copy for $25 by reaching out to a PCHS or GPRS board member. To make shipping arrangements, contact [email protected] or PikeCountyHistoricalSociety @gmail.com.
Did you know…Dec. 12 is National Poinsettia Day? It is one of the most recognizable plants of the holidays. This plant initially came to the United States with Joel Roberts Poinsett, an American botanist and the first U.S. Minister to Mexico. It wasn’t until the early 1920’s that the poinsettia started taking root in American culture. Paul Ecke, a second-generation farmer in California, discovered a grafting technique that caused the seedlings to branch. Hawking their Christmas flower at roadside stands, Paul Ecke Jr. later advanced sales of the poinsettia through shipping and marketing. Poinsettias’ traditional blooms are white; however, the flower also comes in orange, pink, purple, red, salmon and yellow! www.nationaldaycalendar.com
If I can help connect you with a Christmas church service to attend, please let me know. Pike County churches offer many opportunities to celebrate the real reason for the Christmas season. Have a great rest of your week!