Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-27
Annual Thanksgiving Offering
of Public Schools Proves
Very Generous
ROOMS WILL HOLD EXERCISES
Programs Appropriate to the Day Will
Be Given In Different Rooms We'd
nesday Afternoon-schooIs Close For
Remainder Of tho Week-Donations
To Charitable Organizations.

The annual Thanksgiving offering
of the public school children Of Mar
shalltown will be very generous this
year and today the children took with
them to the school buildings where
they attend, bundles Of clothing and
packages Of vegetables, canned goods
and groceries, that made each build
Ing resemble a state institutions WIN
ter store house The schools will OBJ
serve Thanksgiving with appropriate
exercises Wednesday afternoon, and
close at o'clock for the remainder of
the week.
All of the, donations will be turned
over to charitable organizations of
the city late this afternoon. The
schools east Of Center street give their
donations to the Associated Charities
and those west to the w. r. c. In
the programs scheduled for Wednes-
day none of the buildings will hold a
public observance with the exception
Of the Abbott, and the Rogers kinder
garten, where the public will be well
coined. In the other buildings only
informal exercises will be held.
In the First ward building appro-
pirate programs will be given In the
different rooms. No observance will
be held in the high school. The First
ward children's donations consist of
clothing, canned goods and vegetables.
and the donation of the high school is
in money.
At the Rogers school very gen.
erous donation of canned goods, veg
etables, groceries and clothing has
been made. The programs for We'd
nesday will be informal. The kinder
afternoon, will assemble in the morn.
ing for an informal lunch and pro-
gram, to which the parents have been
invited. A surprise is in store for the
children. The first, second, third and
fourth grades of the Rogers will have
separate exercises, consisting Of
songs, stories and games, and the fifth
and sixth will have a joint program
in the sixth grade room. The seventh
grade will give a musical in the kim
dergarten room in the afternoon, to
which the pupils have invited the sew
enth grade Of the Woodbury. school.
The Click schools donation has been
most liberal and is largely clothing,
with the usual allowance of canned
goods and vegetables. The kindergar-
ten will have lunch in the afternoon,
both morning and afternoon pupils
participating. The second, fourth and
sixth grades will have informal pro-
serve the day in a general way, with
out programs, however.
General exercises will be used to OBJ
serve the day at the Click. Each room
will have its observance, but no elab-
crate programs have been arranged.
The donations Of >the Abbott will be
up to the standard of previous years.
At the Arson the donations are
largely vegetables, canned goods and
clothing. Exercises Of general ma
ture in all of the rooms will be held.
The Arnold donation is large, as is
always the case, and comprises canned
fruits, which are especially. generous,
potatoes, apples, cabbages, squash and
live chickens. Exercises of an infor-
NAL nature will be held in each room.
At the Woodbury. another very lib
eral donation has been made, consist
ing of canned fruits, potatoes, cab
bages, apples, turnips, onions, beets,
butter, pickles and nuts, as we'll as
clothing in great variety. Informal
programs in the different rooms will
be held.