Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-27
lave FOR CITY 3 POOR
Children OF the Public Schools
Make Their Annual Thanks.
giving Donations.
Noticeable Falling off in Amount
OF Potatoes Because OF the
Scarcity and Price.
Exercises Appropriate to the Day
Held in all the School Build.
ings in the City.

The annual donations to the poor o
/ the city by the school children were
made Tuesday and collected in the
afternoon by representatives of the AS.
ISOLATED Charities and Womans Relic
/ Corps, to be assorted and distributed to-
| day to worthy families in need of assist
ance. The donations were about up tc
| the standard of previous years, in mos
bles that go to make up a Thanksgiving
| dinner, canned fruits and jellies, cloth
ing for the poor and money with which
purchases may be made in lines where
the donations were not sufficient to meet
the demand. The only falling off in the
usual donations was in potatoes, and
perhaps apples. both of which are short
crops and too expensive to give away IN
very generous quantities.
Today in the different schools Thanks
giving programs and exercises were in
dulged in, in one way or another. The
exercises, for the most part, were not
public In the First ward there was
scarcely any observation excepting in
the lower first and second grades and
kindergarten, in which the usual
Thanksgiving marches, etc., were held.
In the way of donations the building. in
GLIDING the high school. made very
creditable showing. More cash than
Usual was given, altho, as in some of the
ether buildings, there was noticeable
shortage In the potato and apple contri-
buttons.
The Second ward observed regular
programs in the differen. rooms, and
each room was allowed, during the
afternoon, to visit the others. The do
nations to the poor were up to the
standard Of previous years. excepting in
the way of potatoes. A small cash do
nation was also made.
The Third wards donation was large
in every way but clothing, that falling
short because Of previous canvass OF
the ward by Mrs. Whitehead. of the As
ISOLATED Charities. for wearing apparel.
In all OF the rooms today some sort of
Thanksgiving program was given. but
the exercises We're not open to the pub
lie except in Miss Titus third grade
room. where q Thanksgiving play was
given.
In the Fourth ward the fifth, sixth
and seventh grades gave their regular
society programs. which savored of
themes. The pupils Of
Miss Keep and Miss Black gave a joint
and the third and fourth
grades of Miss Giddings and Miss
knight gave separate programs. A very
large donation was made to the poor,
of canned fruits, jellies.
pumpkins and other vegetables. and
three bushels Of potatoes.
The Woodbury. schools donation was
large considering the year
and the high price Of all staple vegeta-
bles. The plan of each child bringing
one potato and other vegetables resulted
In two bushels OF potatoes being coll
lected. There was a generous lot of
canned goods and jellies brought by the
pupils. and the clothing donation was
very large. A small sum in cash was
also received. In Miss Whites room
this afternoon the Colonial and Iron
sides societies gave a joint program. |
Miss Durrants pupils gave a Thanks
giving drama dealing with colonial life |
while all the rooms observed the day In
an appropriate way.
A very liberal donation came from the
Arnold school, including two bushels of |
potatoes. many other provisions and a
generous quantity of clothing. No in
sormal programs We're given this after
'oon. altho In nearly all of the rooms
some informal observations of Thanks
giving were made.
In the Arson school very generous
of food. clothing and money
vas made. In each Of the rooms this
lfternoon appropriate exercises were
njoyed. altho the public was not in
'ited, the main object being to preserve
ne spirit Of Thanksgiving on the part
+ the pupils.
The donations to the poor from the
first ward, high school, Fourth ward
nd Woodbury. We're turned over to the
aides of Frank M. Thomas Corps. No
). w r. C., while those of the Second
nd Third ward and Arnold and Arson
chools went to the Associated Chart
les Society.
School work was brought 20 a close
his afternoon for the THANKSGIVING va
alton, which lasts until MONDAY morn