The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-02
THANKSGIVING, 1897.
HOW 1T WAS OBSERVED IN
WINSTON-SALE
Church Services-Collection for Be.
nevoient Purposes-Beautiful
Decorations-Big Dinners-A
Happy Day at the Academy.

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nevoient Purposes-Beautiful
Decorations-Big Dinners-A
Happy Day at the Academy.
Winston-Salem's 1897 observance OF
Thai giving day was we'll up to the
usual standard and the day was
fraught with many pleasant incidents
for many of our people.
The day dawned rather cold and
cloudy. Many thought that snow
would be falling ere the day was far
spent. Once or twice during the day
there was slight drizzle of rain and
about night it began to fall quite
freely. Many hunting parties left the
city early in the day, some of them re.
turning well laden with game.
At IL O'Clock number of church
bells rang out calling the people to
Thanksgiving services. Large con-
gregations assembled at Centenary
Methodist, St. Paul's Episcopal and
the Home and Calvary MoraIIan
churches.
The various pastors delivered able
taken Centenary's collection was for
the Oxford Orphan Asylum and
amounted to $25 90. ST. Paul's was
for the Thompson Orphanage and
footed up $3.50. At the Home and
Calvary Moravian churches the COL
lectiOns were for the Twinty- City
Hospital and the total collections were
$50 25 S42 so for the Home church
and S7.75 for Calvary. The latter's
service was held last night at 1870
o'clock.
The decorations at the Moravian
and Episcopal churches were quite
pretty and appropriate, eliciting many
compliments from the attendant con-
gregatiOns.
Many of the business houses closed
in time fer the Ii o'clock services aud
still others ''shut up shop" for the
dinner hour, or rather hours, for the
afternoon was far spent before many
OF them re opened.
Of course almost every comfortable
home had it's Thanksgiving dinner,
with it's huge turkey as a central feat
ure or else its counterfeit in the shape
OF good sized rooster. The hotels
served especially elaborate dinners
and many towns people as well as
guests partook. THE SENTINEL sta IF
was invited to the Hotel Ph91ix and
a representa- tative was there and feasted
most sumptuously. The service was
we'll up to mine host Efird's usual
high standard.
In the Academy the day was spent
in happy and quiet manner OF
course Thanksgiving dinner is a great
event. The large dining room was
Illuminated with electric lights, and
the large number Of finely roasted
turkeys, surrounded by the many other
good things formed a sight to tempt
the appetites Of any one.
The afternoon was spent by the
pupils in their coZy study parlOrs in
reading, working on their Christmas
gifts, and some in taking stroll into
the Town or neigh boring wood. In
the evening Mr.. Clewell invited all
who wished, to come to the parlurs in
the Pricipal's home, and gave them
reading from Dickens story "The
Cricket on the Hearth" This read
ing was illustrated by stereopticon
views, and the company seemed hap
py in thus spending social hour.
In the Historical Rooms, corner
Main and Academy streets, visitors
were coming and going all the after
open to visitors and many availed
themselves Of the privilege of exam
en1ng the articles stored in their col
lection. The coZy rooms of the Mems
League, just north of the Historical
building, were also opened to visitors
afternoon and evening.