Christmas Tree Festival

Staff Report PATTERSON — The 19th annual Wedell-Williams Aviation and Cypress Sawmill Christmas Tree Festival Open House was held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Winners of a tree-decorating contest were announced during the event at the Louisiana State Museum in Patterson. Decorated trees and sponsors were entered by Hattie Watts Third Grade, Christy LeBlanc; Berwick Cub Scout Pack 12, Jackie Nell; SCL – Young Memorial, Tammie Moore; Bayou Vista Elementary Fourth- and Fifth-grades, Heather Crappel; St. Mary Talented Artist Students, Becky Bergeron; Julia B. Maitland Principal’s List, Patsy Harrington; Maison Jardin, Jackie Bunner; St. Mary Chamber of Commerce, Lisa Patterson; Immanuel Christian School First Grade, Mandy Guillory; Berwick Brownie Troop 20182, Raechelle Gonzales; and St. John Elementary Fourth Grade, Rachael Ancona. The winners and their prizes were Berwick Cub Scouts Pack 12, first place, $100 Walmart gift certificate; Julia B. Matiland Principal’s List, second place, $50 Walmart gift certificate; and St. Mary Talented Artist Students, third place, $25 Walmart gift certificate. Ashley Dinger, music teacher at Immanuel Christian School, directs the first- through fifth-grade choirs during the 19th annual Wedell-Williams Aviation and Cypress Sawmill Christmas Tree Festival Open House Tuesday in Patterson. The tree festival crowd was kept busy taking photographs Tuesday. Gloria LaCoste, second from left, of the Louisiana State Museum, greets those attending the tree festival. (The Daily Review Photos by Harlan Kirgan)