Daily Republican., 1890-06-14
Festival ~ siivsrbrook.
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tP0AaORkOATEUsI
- tAsss tss bsen nothing ssid IL rs.
gnrd 70 Che 5selival held BY the trustees
Of oilserbro0k ii. z. Church for Che
beae6t OF The church Improvements fund
during the last week In May, and judging
from the fteqas.t Inquiries Of "Aow Sid
you uucceod with your festival" that The
putIie y tqtotoeeed In our welfare md
anxious 70 lnow the facts IN tho case, No
send yop sAeee Items. Our board Of
trustscss having the boat interest Of the
church of tl,sir choice at heart. and ever
On the lookout Tor her financial ss wen
~ spiritual advancement decided 10
hold . festival n some suitstle p,acs
could be eeeaSsd. At meeting Of the
board early - the month OF May, the
subject wAs freely discussed and ! com.
mittse appointed % wait upon Mr.. Joseph
Pyle, who wae building two new houeee
near the church, to ind out whether or
not they could secure the houses for thai
purpose, and on what terms.
Brother Pyls very readily gave his con-
sent for then to have the use OF both
houees bcfoFe they were plAstered, free
Of charge. Accordingly the necessary
committees were appointed to make ali
arrangements. THIS being their lrst at-
tempt all were auxious 70 make It cue
cess. They thought Il would be . GOOD
idea to charge 10 ceuts admission, or 70
cents for the three niehts. to which some
obJected, bat were convinced In tho cut
come that II paid. There were some Hye
hundred tickets sold which neited quito
handsome littls cum. The ladies OF tho
community took their share Of the bur.
den. determined 10 make II . success.
Tho house WAS beautifully trimmed
with bunting and evergreen, with the
American nag draped In several parts OF
she building. In tho hrst room to the
right were Ice cream tables. and 10 one
corner . nest little room fitted up for the
post ONCE. with Miss Sue Smith and
Miss Lulu Collins ~ postmIstree. q:
In the frat room on the left was the lem.
onade well, suferinteuded BY Misc Laura
Harris and Mr.. Albert Wilde; and also .
flower stand, prssidsd over BY Mrs. Annie
Vandegrttt, ssaisted BY eight young
ladies, Missss Bessie Jones, Elsie Colt.
Leah Morris, Mabel Leach, Edna Bar.
ratt, Yarrs Ratlsdge, Edna selby, Edith
Laws; In the seeoud room WAS the cake
and confectionery table, under tho man
sgemept Of Mr.. sud Mrs. Joseph Jones.
Mrs. Coley, Mrs. Brilely, Mrs. BarYatt,
Miss NAmmitt and Mise Morris, while 10
one corner sat Cashier Coley at his desk;
the third room was ussd for Ice cream
aDd bsrries, where Mrs. Hyroue, Mrs.
Vsndyke end Mrs. Rctta Jones were kept
busy picking berries and measuring them
out The Ice Dream was furnished By
Mr.. Jones, on Market street, aud gave
general satisfaction. The young gentle
man who served 1t was very obliging and
polite. The fourth room was used as
cloak and hat room, in charge of Mr.,
Barratt and Mr.. Hender. The upstair,
rooms were used a. Ice cream parlors.
where the people were waited on BY
some Of our most accom- modating Young
lad ss and gentlemen, viz: Misses Hattie
Smith, Emma Rench, Bessic Collins,
Gertrude Ccuuell, Beulah Lloyd, Not
tie and Bertie selby, Mabel Walton,
Maggie WiEglesworth and Auaie
Jones. Mesfrs. Clifford and Clarence
Hrsons. Frank Wilde. George Jones,
Lex Connell, Parker SteelnaD, Charlie
Simmons and Willie Norris. Bros Rat
ledge and Briefly wers general maua.
gerp, while BIO. Hrsons acted as ticket
agent. The entertainment was through.
out very soclable and pleasant one.
nothing occurring to mar the happiness
OF any. All seemed really TO enjoy Them
selves, and feel perfectly ct home, and
by so doing lett good impression upon
the Silver brook people, VITO extended to
all cordial Invitation 70 attend their
church services whenever convenient to
do so. Bro. Pyle was present each even
ing In bis usual good huinor, and BY his
free and easy msilners and social quail
ties DID much toward making the sater-
tainnent success. Messrs Hootteu aud
Hitler deserve special mention for their
untiring lsbors In running their hacks
each evening 10 meet the street cars free
Of charge.
Friday evening Of the festival being the
25th anniversary of Rev. OK. Morris ard
wife. Bro. Pyle In neat Little speech,
presented the happy couple with . very
hands ome cake, ss 4 token OF their 40.
probation Tor the services rendered BY
the pastor aud bis vile during the time
thes have been among them. The pastor
was then called upon for . speech, but
Icing completely surprised and infused.
he made complete failure. He finally
mastered courage enough to Soy please
accept thRnke.
1t seems strange that In this Christian
country, and In this enlightened age
there should occasionally be found some
old fogics, who never wish to get ou. Of |
he cid ruts their gtaudfathers travelled |
In. They seem inclined to oppose GER |
oih tuAhk1 VIC cuuFCu uOt8t BtnDiY be- 1
GAUSS they believe them to be crime ex- |
pressly forbidden in the word of God,
md sufficient to exclude q person from
he kingdom OF grace and glory.
When one OF our ticket agents ap-
some good Christians with the
irm assurance that he would sell several
tickets, he wss surprised and taken ali
.back by fiat refusal, and q hope that
he affair might prove grand failure aud
he trustees SINK money By 1t. We want
% assure All such that they have the
prayers OF the Silperbrook people that
hey may become converted from tht
'rror Of their ways. and as they advance
n life may grow in grace. We waut
everybody to know that the first festival
,eld at Silverbrook was most wonder
ul success, netting the rou I'd sum Of
,l76.
We cone ude by saying that Silver
brook 10 prosperiuG along all lines, and
g In better condition to-day, spiritually,
'ocially and financially, than ever before
n her history, with PASTORS salary In