The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1890-12-27
Christmas Entertainment.

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silyerbrook Nj. Il. Sunday school
held their Christmas entertainment on
| the 25th inst. The evening being very
an indueement for large crowd TO
wend their way to the entertainment.
| The house was packed to the doors,
| many falling TO gain an entrance. The J.
4 church presented quite an attractive
appearance. Two beautiful cedars, one 4
each side of tile pulpit, were hand I
somely trimmed with Christmas toys, |
and much admired by old and young, |
| while the pulpit was filled with pres
ents for officers and teachers and |
boxes Of candies and oranges for the
little folks.
The beautiful arch occupied It's ac-
cushioned place between the tall cedars
with Merry Christmas appearing in
large gilt letters over the top. The
singing by Professor COleys choir,
lcomposed of Misses Lula Collins,
Laura Harris, Sue Smith Katie Nor
tris, Lizzie Steel, Nettie and Bertha
Selby, Hattie Smith, Lizzie Jamison,
Emma Rench and Bessie Collins AS
isopiuno; Albert Wilde and Harry
1 HotheTtan, tenor; 4. X. Wilde ]. Il.
INandyke and George Jones, bass, with
Mrs, J, W. Cooley rs organist, was
grand and reflected credit upon them
selves and the school.
All the scholars acted their parts
very nicely, rejecting much credit
upon the committee who had them in
training said committee consisting of
Mrs. Rettn Jones' Mrs SaAie Nandyke
!and Mrs. Hitler. The program con
sisted of recitations aud singing rs
: follows; Singing by the school, Ring
the Merry Bells; prayer by pastor;
g. Christmas symbols by Annicl Walton;
recitation, by Sadie IIiller Bessie's
Story, by Lilly Laws; My Treasure, by
!. ! Lula MunncSing; Christmas Story, by
II n class; recitation, by Edna Bul1Htt;
: singing by the school, The
- Blessed Story; recitation, The
Wish, 10y Emma Yates What the
Birds Say, by Essie Clemens; The
bcggar home, by Matte Parr; Did you
think to pray, 10y leslie Nundykc
King OF Kings by Salhc Ratledge
, singing Ny II class; Help One Another
. by Edith Scott llarry's Lecture, by
Howard and Hattie Laws; recitation,
by Aunie Laws: What the Rabbits Say.
10y Willie Jones; recitation, by Scott
. Norris recitation, by Lula Laws: The
Methodist Pioneers, by Harry Selby
, singing 10y the choir; collections The
Mothrrlrss Child by Annie Jones; reel
tation, by Maggie Downs, . Little
| liiNl VI l1tlltltlNiltiN b'lllll liliHsl lllt
happy Japanese, by Elsie Colt; The
Children's star, by Maggie Migglcs
worth recitation 10y Professor Howard
Laws: singing by the school, Soft OF
N the Winters Air; recitation, Climbing
v to the Top, by Harry Hitler; recitation
The Ballad of the Maple Tree, b!
Mabel Walton; recitation, There
n Song in the Air, by Anna Jones
~ recitation, To our Law Makers
q by Clarence Gardner; recitation
=, All for Jesus, hy Bertha Sclhy; reel
ta,iun Christmas, by Charlie Simmons
singing by the school, Mercy spread
her snowy wings; as tie last notes o
h these beautiful strains died away th
|Il door quietly opened and IN walked Oh
- kriss. In an instant all the little one
II were on THEN feet To get Il view of hin
and ~ he pa Ssed up the aisle with hi
snowy locks, and long flowing hcarC
40, and bent form, and limp gait, clad i
" his Christmas robes, We conclude
he must certainly bc old great, grca
Grandfather KIisS. The old gentle
100 man seemed really delighted TO SO
Vo such large company OF beautiful
At rosy checked. healthy looking childre
=" in Silverbruuk Sunday school.
Why he nrtuqlly took of his hat an
nude bow to them, and we were SUI
prsed 10 notice that he wasn't a bi
TIL | bald either. Who knows but he may u
I here a hundred years to come; Ion
- live old Kriss. Having made all IL
children happy by his distribution {
n good things they babe him goot
VI night, when he took his departure I
I make others glad, Then followed I'll
. distribution of presents to officers an
teachers by he pastor. Mrs. Sullic Val
l dyke wiu3 presented with tieautift
rocker, as n token of esteem from hi
class of Juveniles; Mrs. Annie Va
degrift, with beautiful pin cuslIio
from her class; Miss Laura Harri
with box and contents from her elias
q Mrs Hitler, with II package from h
y class Mrs. Retta Jones wi Ii sever
~ packages from her class; Mrs. tonnel
- with japanese tea pot from h
} class; Miss llamnitt, with hC
and contents from her elias
did Miss Katie Morris, with handsome go
hes ring from her class; MIR. CoeS, with
10 beautiful book from his class, and all
~ II handsome umbrella from the j.
worth League choir; Rev. Charles Sill
III mons, with comfortable rocker FRO
his class: ]. l.. Nandyke with revul
~ ing chair from the church and scho,
- and Superintendent Briefly wi
n handsome umbrella from I
school Brother L. q. Hertz
and wife with memorial a
resolutions of respect on the death
g their only and dearly beloved dug
sG ter GazcIie, who died Jan, 2lst lS
a Then RrOthef and Sister Parr will
AN memorial and resolutions of rCs y,
W ON the death OF their beloved =
v Samuel who departed this life on {
tons I'd tlay Of Sept. 1890. 'rhC choir th
siicP sang their closing piece, thristlu
HALL Chimes; and the Pastor pronounc