The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-11-24
thanksgiving.
All the City Is Preparing
to Show Gratitude for
the Years Meroies.
PRIVATE AND CLUB FUNCTIONS
Inmates of Institutions Will
Be Made Happy BY Big
Dinners.
PRIVATE AND CLUB FUNCTIONS


wear in Jersey City with all the usual en-
thusiasm. 1t is essentially the family day,
but full provision has been made for all
those who have no families 10 be thank
full for. The turkey viii, of course, play
the most important part, but lest we
forget in all the joy and merrymaking
numerous services have been arranged
throughout the city so that all may give
thanks for the many mercies of the past
gear.
On Thanksgiving Day all the banks and
the public offices will be closed, courts
will not sit, the Free Public Library will
be closed and the reading room will be
open between the hours of ten and TWO,
and tie stores will be closed all afternoon.
Special matinees will be held in the
theatres Thanksgiving Day.
The Park Reformed, North Baptist,
Second Presbyterian. Parmly Memorial
Wayne Street Reformed and Second
Presbyterian Churches will hold union
Thanksgiving service at the last named
church next Thursday evening. The hold
ing of such a service in the evening is a
departure from an old custom; but it is
believed that a larger congregation will
assemble at such a service in the evening
special musical programme will be rem
dered by the united choirs. There will be
three ten-minute addresses. The speakers
will be the Rev. Benjamin Otto of the
North baptist Church. the Rev. B. Madi-
son Hare of the Parmley Memorial Bap-
tist Church, and the Rev. ]. Francis
Morgan of the Park Reformed Church.
Trinity, Centenary, Hedding and st.
Paurs Methodist Churches will hold a ser
vice in the morning at St. Paul's Church
on Third street. The four pastors will give
addresses on the years blessings, taking
respectively the subdivisions, personal,
domestic spiritual and national blessings.
Prayer and thanksgiving testimonials will
conclude the service.
All of the various churches of Green
vile will hold services of thanksgiving
and praise for the many blessings received
during the year. There will be special
musical services in all the churches.
Thanksgiving Day wouldn't be the
same without the Houn Town Rangers.
They will parade as usual
The Novelty Rangers will hold a par
ade and masque ball on Thanksgiving Day
in Columbia Hall. Ocean and Gator ave-
nues The officers of the association are
--hf ll1ldIn bOyce, Sdpldllfs 1iCCC5oiAs
President; ]. Mccarthy, Vice-President;
George Howe Second Vice-President; ].
Sullivan, Treasurer; j. Hughes, Financial
Secretary; j. ellison, Recording Secretary;
J. McIIugh, Corresponding Secretary;
William Hefferman, Sergeat-at-Arms; ].
Martin, Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms.
The Irish Guards will hold a picnic and
target excursion at Greenville Schuetzen
-rf-l.- A low
ber of prizes will be given to the best
shots The event is always one of good
times and is looked forward to by all the
members of the guard.
A number of clubs will hold their
Thanksgiving events on the eve of the
great day so as to have the day free
for family affairs.
The George L. Guthmuller Association
will dance at Pohlmann's Thanksgiving
Eve. The association is one of the most
popular in the Hudson City section and
great crowd is expected to attend the
ball.
The Hudson City branch of the Young
Mems Christian Association will enjoy
an entertainment with prize shooting at
the branch's rooms in Central avenue
Wednesday evening.
and turkey drawings win be enjoyed by
the combined societies of ST. Nicholas's
Parish on Thanksgiving Eve.
Extra attractions will be provided on
both Thanksgiving Eve and Thanksgiving
night at st. Lucy's big church fair at
ST. Lucy's Hall.
Amid all the private arrangements for
celebration those homeless ones who are
inmates of institutions must not be for
gotten The Board of Managers of the
various homes have arranged to make the
inmates thankful for an unusually good
dinner and they appeal to the public for
contributions.
At the Childrens Home on Glenwood
avenue, typical turkey dinner will be
provided for the inmates by the matron.
There are to be simple exercises in the
morning and the rest of the day will be
devoted to providing amusements for the
little ones.
The usual dinner will be served at the
Home for Aged Women at Bergen and
Fairview avenues. Visitors will be par
ticularly cordially received on that day.
The Sisters at ST. Joseph's Home for the
Blind on Pavonia avenue, have decided to
prepare an extra spread for the little
ones The meals to be served are sure to
appeal TO the young people ana Iney VIII
be allowed to eat all the turkey and
other delicacies that are good for them.
The inmates of the Raymond Roth
Pioneer Home on Garfield avenue will be
treated to fine Thanksgiving dinner. All
the good things which go to make the day
q success as far as the eating is con-
cerned will be served. The dinner is an
annual event given by the management of
the Home
Warden Osborne of the City Hospital
will see that all the patients get an extra
good dinner. Many decorations have been
received and the ladies of st. Johns Epis-
copal Church viii as usual, be on hand
TO provide extra delacacies for the IN
mates Lots of turkey may De had by AL
hands and the nurses will pay special at
tention to the wants of everyone.
The sixty odd patients in Christ Hospi-
tai will enjoy superb Thanksgiving din
ner on Thursday. Donation bags were sent
out weeks ago, and nearly all of them
haye been returned filed with poultry,
vegetables. tea, coffee, fruit and dslicacies.
Donations have also been flowing in to
St Francis's Hospital, and the inmates OF
that splendid institution will enjoy
Thanksgiving dinner which they will long
remember for it's excellence.
The orphans in st. Miehael's Orphan
Asylum have not been forgotten and their
Thanksgiving festivities VIII include a big
Thanksgiving dinner.
The Inmates Of the Newman Industrial
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