The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-31

more's Ave Maria in D, Mrs George
| w. French, the leading soprano sang
the solo in the mass, her fine voice be-
| ing heard with good effect, and Mrs.
Paul's sweet, light contralto voice was
always in tune and correct. Albert
| Stamm, the bass, had the largest
amount of solo work of any member of
the choir, and he sang his selections
| well. All the members of the choir are
| pupils of Professor Pasmore of the
| Normal who is well known in Butte,
| and after the services the professor and
his estmable wife entertained. the
members OF the choir. at a dainty lunch
| con. -
AT the Baptist church Sunday was the
| day observed for the Christmas season
| In the morning the pastor preached
| on THE First Christmas Anthem" The
| evening programme consisted of hymns
| and readings and copy was placed in
| the hands of every person present. For
the ninth time the pastor preached his
| annual sermon from the same text,
What Think Ye of Christi" The
! anthem, Peace on Earth" was most
| charmingly rendered by the young la
dies quartette.
ST. James Episcopal church held it's
I services ON Christmas day and they
1 were of a festival nature. The TIE Deum
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and it offered, in the solo parts, ample
chance to show the good voices pos
! sessed by Miss Chambers. Mrs. Orr
| and Miss Peterson and Messrs. Scott
and Pasmore. The anthem was There
| Were Shepherds A carol Behold, I
Bring You Tfdings of Great JOY was
well sung by Miss Pierce.
| The Presbyterian church held a song
| service Sunday evening. The anthems
We're There Were Shepherds" and 1T
| Came Upon a Midnight Clear" the
| solos being rendered by Miss Katie
| Rife and Mrs. M. B. Loughlen, both of
| whom are the possessors of beautiful
| soprano voices.
The Methodist had singing Sunday
| evening at the Christmas tree, the
anthem being Sing in Mighty Hosts"
and was especially well rendered by
| the choir.
The Salvation Army had a Christmas
tree Sunday night in their barracks
and also held services of praise. Quite
a number Of the children of parents too
poor to decorate a tree at home, found
something for them on this tree, placed
there by the thoughtfulness of the self
sacrificing men and women who COM
prise the Dillon corps of the army.
The Ladies' Aid of the Baptist
church was quite pleasantly enter
tanned at the home of Mrs Louis Han
son near Dillon Thursday afternoon. A
straw ride" to and from the ranch
was one of the features of the event.
At the last regular meeting Of the
Christian Endeavor society the follow
ing officers We're elected: President
Miss Nellie Atkinson; vice president
Miss Myrtle Powers; treasurer Walter
Powers; secretary, Miss Katie Rife;
lookout committee, M. b. Loughlen;
prayer meeting committee, Miss May
Powers: special committee, Miss Grace
Lamont; Sabbath school committee
Miss Made Rife; relief committee, Mrs.
Loughlen; missionary committee Miss
Katie Rife.
Butte visitors who were in Dillon dur
ing the week and registered at the Met
len were Alexander Laist, r. M Phase,
j. E. Richards, A ]. Huneke, A. j. De-
Celles, Charles w. Cole, l. H. May,
George Roman and L. L. Howard.
Miss Millie Coffin, a teacher in one of
the Butte schools, is spending the Holt
days with friends and relatives in Dill
Ion.
Joseph Smith, H., of the Madisonian
was over from Virginia City Wednes-
day to attend the banquet give by the
Dillon Masonic bodies.
Among the Dillon ladies' who will keep
open house on New Years day are the
following: At the home of Mrs. Emil
Timer, from 490 to II p. m.-Mesdames
Dart, Miller ,(Dr. H. o., Morton, Paul,
Timer, Willis; at the home of Mrs A. l..
Anderson-Misses lines, Johnston La
mont, Thorpe and Thomas will enter
tain their lady and gentlemen friends
after o'clock: at the home Of Mrs. w.
A. Jones the following ladies, members
of the Dillon Needle club, will enter
tain their friends-Mesdames Anderson,
Bowman, Conway, Foote, Graeter CA.
F., Jones CIV. Al Monroe, Sanders,
Swain. Stamm and Miss Elizabeth
Jones; at the home of Mrs. o. M. Best,
from J till p. m.-Mrs. Best, Misses
Laura Miller. Edith Cashmere, Har-
wood and Price.
One of the most pleasant affairs of
the season occurred Wednesday even
ing, when the A. F. and A. NJ. and East
ern Star lodges of Dillon gave a ban
quet, reception and dance to the mem
bers of the Masonic fraternity and their
invited guests. The reception was held
in the lodge room; the ball took place
spread in the banquet hall of the Ma
sonic building. That all of the func-
tions were a success is attested by the
praise showered on the committee hav-
ing the matter in hand.
George B. Conway, superintendent Of
the Baptist Sunday school, will inaug-
urate a Bible class for young men who
are not connected with the Sunday
schools of other denominations. and has
sent out circular letters to a number of
young men of this vicinity. outlining his
plan. The initial meeting will be held
next Sunday in the Baptist church at
1910, when all who desire to join in the
work will be welcome.
Diplomatic Vendor of Drink.