The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-24
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Exercises
IN HONOR OF DAY.
Gifts Distributed to Sunday
School Scholars.

The annual Christmas festival of the
Church of the Unity Sunday school
was held last evening. Supper was
served by the Ladies' Charitable So
ciety, the juvenile members about 100
in number being served at $50, and the
older ones at 6 o'clock.
Shortly after o'clock the entire
party gathered in the auditorium of
the church, where a handsomely dec
grated Christmas tree had been pre-
pared, and Albert Fowler, CARRIED in
perfect representation of the tabled
st. Nicholas, distributed presents to
all. Each of the children received a
paintings and a box of candy, the gift
of Supt. C. M. Thayer. Each child
was also given an orange by Mrs. NJ.
H. Cowden.
Following the exercises, there was
meeting of the Lend a-Hand Club, to
arrange for another Christmas festival
that takes place at 10 o'clock this
morning in the church. At this hour
100 poor children will be present by
invitation.
Each child win be presented pair
Of stockings and other useful articles
in addition to confectionery and fruit
Santa Klaus will be present and the
same tree and decorations in evidence
that were used last night. Chocolate
and sandwiches will be served.
Children of the Sunday school of the
Main Street Baptist Church were
treated to their annual Christmas en-
tertainment last evening, the exer-
cises beginning at o'clock with a
musical entertainment. Between the
large class rooms stage had been
erected and covered with holly and
evergreen While on either side huge
Christmas trees laden with presents
presented a festal appearance. The
eantata Robins Specific" was given
by the children Of the primary depart
ment, the characters being taken as
follows: Robin, James Lent; Pretty
Winks, Miss May Thayer; Fairies,
Sally Gilman, Gladys Mann Alice
Barr, Caro- StoweT, Lillian Could Myr-
It's Thomas and Violet Legg; Children,
Bertha Gilman, Marion Legg, Allen
King, Howard Stowell, Fred Fernald
and Franklin Gilman; Rabbits, Wallace
Greenwood, Carl Thayer, George
Harding and Walter Brown; Fairie
Queen, Miss Jessie Barr.
After the entertainment, Santa
Claus, impersonated by Benjamin f.
Barber, appeared upon the scene and
proceeded to distribute the gifts upon
the trees, much to the delight of the
children. In the midst of the festi-
vities, Rev. Leo Boone Thomas, the
pastor, was called to the platform, and
Edwin g. Guy, superintendent of the
Sunday school, on behalf Of the church
presented to him fifty dollars in gold
as a Christmas reminder Rev. DR..
Thomas was taken completely by sur
prise, and it was some time before he
could find words to express his thanks
to the audience.
The arrangements were in charge of
Mrs. w. F. Gilman, chairman, Miss
Ida Peacock, Miss Martha Ward. Mrs.
M. w Gilman and Mrs. George
Thayer.
The annual Christmas entertainment
for the children of the kindergarten,
primary and intermediate departments
of Piedmont Sunday school was held
ming, over five hundred children being
in attendance. The room was taste
fully hung with Christmas greens by
the pupils of Mrs. Willard Scott and
DIR. H. L. Wheeler's classes, and on the
platform an immense Christmas tree
was concealed laden with beautiful
presents for the children.
three departments met IN the church
auditorium, and after an hours social
time, adjourned to the parlors below,
where a bountifu1 supper had been pro-
vided. AS they passed to the tables,
each scholar deposited q present in a
huge barrel for the poor children of
the city, which, in turn, viii be given
in charge of Dr. Mix for distribution.
A box Of bonbons and a paper cap was
Lot OF aa1, lott he az
a stereopticon entertainment on the
life and time of Christ was given In
the main class room, under the direc-
ton Of Aldus c. Higgins Rev. Willard
Scott pastor of the church, gave an
interesting talk as the pictures were
thrown upon the screen. Following
these views there were numerous
slides shown for the amusement of the
children.
AS a final part of the program, Santa
Claus, in the person of BardNell Linz
coln made his appearance and dis
tributed the gifts from the tree. There
was singing by the children in charge
of Mrs. Edward Hail. Mrs. b. w.
Earnes had general charge Of the en-
tire arrangements and the boxes of
sweets We're prepared by the pupils of
Mrs. Walter Smiths class. A pretty
feature of the supper was the table re-
served for children of the kindergar-
ten department, who occupied a separ-
ate table in a section of the hall banked
in evergreens. Each child was present
ed with a box of candy in the form of
book The committee Of arrange
ments consisted of G.. Henry Hutchins,
Charles e. Hildreth, Aldus G. Higgins
and Henry L. Miller.
Children of the Sunday school of the
South Baptist Church We're treated to
Christmas entertainment at the
church last evening. Although the
exercises were very simple in nature,
the children enjoyed themselves to the
fullest The evenings pleasures began
at Z O'clock with an entertainment con-
sjsting of singing by the school, "A
Merry Christmas" by the children as
they filed down to the lecture room
from the church above, followed by rec
itations by Elsie Hall, Muriel Amsden,
Ruth Chandler, Mildred Lynn, Jessie
Amsden and Robert Rockwood sing
ing, GLORY to Cod" by the school;
singing, Henry Estaver reeitations by
Volunteers, Cleaners and Busy Bees,
Closing with the chorus, "A star shone
on the heavens" A feature of the ex-
ercises was the hanging of bags filled
with presents on the Christmas tree,
M hioh were distributed at the close Of