Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-26
CHRISTMAS
TREES At
THE CHURCHES

Christmasof 1902 was observed by
the Sunday school children Of the ".
rivus churches on Wednesday night.
The attendance in N ost instances was
exceptionally large although the
weather was severe.
At Hedding M. F. church the ser-
vice was held in the vestry which was
filed to the full capacity. The only
decorations we're two trees but they
made one realize that 1t was Christ
mas eve. The program was well rem
dered. 1t WAS as follows: Song Wei
come Martin Luberveau, Prayer by
pastor, recitation St. Nicholas, An
son Holt, recitation, When 1t seems
like Christmas, Leon Page, Dialogue
Christmas Candles. Chorus Song Of
Praise. Recitation Selfish Billie
Green, horace Soule, recitation A
Careless Santa Claus, Grace Newhall,
exercise The Love Land League, reci-
tation FIeda Cheaver, recitation Watt
ing for Santa Claus Katie Oliver,
chorus song King Of Love Land. Rec
itation A Real Santa Claus, Neil
Hovker, recitation Eva Lexon, solo
Mrs. Richard Bradley. The program
was followed by . distribution Of pre-.
sente 10 the children.
At the Universalist church the con.
cert was held in the vestry aad was
attended mostly by small children.
The program was short but good. II
was as follows Piano duet Edith
Britton and Carrie Glidden, recitation
Genevieve Jones. Thep Dr.. Lynde
gave one Of his Canadian dialect pieces
which kept the children In an uproar
for twenty minutes and then he was
compelled to answer an encore with
another Caoadian dialect piece entitl-
ed Little Bsptiste, piano solo Jessie
Nelson, q reading by Stella Brooks,
recitation Geneva Doyle. Following
this was the distributing Of presents.
At the First Baptist church the at
tendance was not 40 large as was ex.
pected, still the short program was
1t was as follows: Sing.
ing by children, recitation by Eva
Drew, reading, The First Christmas
Tree in New England, and singing by
children. d. c. Jones as Santa Claus
could truly be said to be big
success. The regular Christmas con-
cert will be given Sunday night.
At the Presbyterian church the
church was decorated with crepe
paper, a fire place and two Christmas
trees. There were IS children in the
chorus and the program was: Process.
sional, Floating the Starry Light,
reading, Alice Smith. Chorus In the
Wings Of the Morn. Dialogue,
Jewels for the King, by six girls.
Chorus song, Jesus Come through
the Starry Skies, recitation Leslie
Lazell, solo Beautiful Bethlehem Star
Catherine Stuart, recitation The San
ia Claus Man Rachel Young, William
Charles song, Primary class song
Little Stars for Jesus. Dialogue
What l Would Like, by four boys,
chorus song Hail Oh! Hail, recitation
Her Christmas, Violet Murray, solo
Alice Walker, Dialogue How Three
Girls Spent Christmas, by four girls.
Duet and chorus The Morn Awake,
recitation A Little Mite, Hugh Cole,
recitation Divide, Jessie Anderson,
chorus song Rejoice Forever More.
William Brown then acted as Santa
Claus and he had just ten minutes
for preparation still from the time he
tried TO remove a column from under
the gallery to the time the last pre-
sent was distributed the audience
was taught g at his antics. The sing
ing vas under the direction OF Will
IAN Goodfellow.
AT the Congregational church the
entertainment was furnished by Mr..
Woodruff and DR.. Mann. DR.. Mann
operated large stereoptican while
Mr.. Woodruff told the story of the
birth, life, death, resurrection and
acsnSion OF Christ, from the illustra
tions. Christmas eve was we'll OBJ.
served in Barre.