River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-12-28
Christmas Festivities.

We hear reports from South Fork
school house of a Christmas tree and
appropriate exercises Herewith with
large attendance and "a royal good
time on Friday evening, the 22d. THIS
ends for this season the flOurishing
Sunday School of this place.
The Congregational Sunday School
celebrated Christmas evening in an
appropriate and interesting manner.
The children of younger and older
growth gave IA Christmas Cantata COM
posed of songs, dialogues and Teelta-
tons closing with distribution OF
bricks from the chimney of the TEN
purary abode of Santa Claus, the bricks
proving not TO be of burned clay but
of paper filled with bonbons. The
church was crowded with an audience
which evidently greatly enjoyed the
occasion.
a full house was in attendance at
the NJ. E. Church Christmas exercises
Monday evening. Besides the two
trees which were beautifully decorat-
ed ard Illuminated, a chimney corner
and fire. place were arranged for the
children. Santa Claus came but was
short of material, so the fairy came
to the rescue and relieved Santa from
his embarrassing position, by waving
her magic wand over the chimney,
changing each brick into a present.
Santa then pulled down the chimney
and delivered the bricks filled with
candies to the children. A large num-
Der of presents were also distributed
from the tree. The music and literary
program was well rendered
The Christmas exercises in Dist. No.
3. Troy, were on Saturday evening the
$50. Fully 100 were III attendance ana
a delightful and profitable evening
was spent in singing, recltatlons, read
ines. etc. OF course there was
| Christmas tree and j. A. Chinook was
the good Santa Claus who distributed
presents therefrOm ana ended by com
pletely surprising the Sunday School
Superintendent, j X. Getchell, by pre-
senting him on behalf of the school
with AN elegant easy chair The school
has been highly successful under Nj.
! Getchell's leadership and the comph-
,neut was deserved. That this neigh
borhood is apprecistive was further
shown few weeks since 10y very
large load of oats which was hauled To
the barn OF Pastor Grinnell who has
preached at this school house during
the past summer.
For six months the pastor of the
BAPTIST church and several active
young people of his membership have
sustained good bible scho0l al Mann
Valley school house. They had theli
Christmas exercises on Tuesday even
ing. The house was literally packed.
A lovely tree well fTuIted, and pro-
gram of exercises rendered very nicely
all made an evening not soon forgot
ten. The following persons partiei-
pated: Hilda, Lucy, Bessie and Laura
Rosenquist. Hilda Lundquist, Nellie
and Anna Weberg, seven little girls.
who with their dollies gave motion
song "Rock-a- bye in manner most
cunning and attractive. (No wonder
they were recalled, and the applause
almost brought down-the stoye-plpe.)
Russie Y0unggreen, Mary Reuter-, Mel
lie Weberg, Mabel Nicklason, Howard
Griffin. Nels Toleen; eight girls rem
dered very creditably christmas
Wreath" recitations and songs, 1--WE
failed to get their names), Melven
Younggren. Minnie Stiles, Nellie We
berg. Eight little girls in an exercise
Our Jesus did nicely. The song |
merry Christmas" by several girls,
Miss Nancy Weberg at the organ, was
well rendered. The choir of the Bap- |
fist church sang two selections in fine
style. Altogether the affair was highly
creditable to the chief promoters,