The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-20
Attracted a Large Crowd to
Epworth Church
VERY QUAINT COSTUMES
Added to the Attr activeness
of the Play
Choral Union Nets Neat Sum {
be Used In Building the New
Parsonage Residence.

One Of the most successful and
pleasing church entertainments ever
given in the city was "Ye Olde Tyne
Singin' Skule," given at Epworth NJ.
Il. Church, Friday evening, under
the auspices of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety and the Epworth Choral Union.
Everything in connection with the af-
fair, from the quaint costumes worn
by all of the participants, to the COM
position Of the programs handed out
at the door, was devised as 1t would
have been In the days of our fore
fathers. The entertainment was also
a notable financial success, about 5000
being netted. This sum will be used
In helping meet the cost Of the new
parsonage to be built this year. The
church was packed to the doors, the
estimated attendance being 1900.
| There was not a dull moment dur
ing the entire evening. From the time
that the first pair of lovers. parts
taken by Mayor Louis Scherff and
wife, appeared in the church choir
loft, and started to wend their way
to the platform on which the enter
tainment was given, until the final
number of the program was sung,
there was something clever and
unique to please the audience.
The singes were supposed to COM
pose a typical singing school OF the
kind that the older people now living
can remember. The occasion for the
assemblage was a rehearsal prepara-
tory to a big public concert to be
given In the near future. The in
cidents connected with preparing for
the rehearsal, not many of which were
at all over-drawn. kept the audience
in a continual uproar of laughter.
Voices were tested and the different
vocalists assigned to respective parts
OF the chorus There was not a
hitch In the entire program and all Of
the parts were taken In most ad-
mirable manner.
! The two leading parts were taken
by Miss Mary Trainer, of Steuben-
Vile, who directed the entertainment,
land j. H. Oatey, who took the part
Iof Squire Bellingham. The Squire
was typical country musician. called
In to supplant Mistress Polly Plum
'ket, taken by Miss Trainer, as d.
rector of the rehearsals.
While the musical features of the
program were secondary to the COM
edy. all of the numbers were nicely
igiven. Accomplishments to the sing
ing were played by Miss Rose Pack
ard and F. w. Bergman.
The program was divided into two
parts, the first part opened with the
"Singin' skule Songs" by the entire
company, followed by duet by J.
w. Jacoby and F. w. Bergman.
Following the singing of "Old Folks
at Home" by the chorus, Mrs. C. L.
Allen sang ben Bolt" and the chorus
rendered, Flow Gently. Sweet A.
ton A quartet composed Of Miss
Carmen Blow, Miss Nora Marsh, J.
II. Oatey and Harvey Martin, sang
Sweet and Low" Herbert johnson
rendered "Massa's In the Cole
Ground" and Mrs. c.. F. Church
sang, Flee AS Bird" Mrs. A. d.
Matthews sang An Old Hymn" and
the first part was closed with a read
Ing by Miss Painter.
| The second part opened with a
:chorus singing OF my Old Ken
lucky Home following which F.. W.
berryman sang Rocked In the Cradle
OF the Deep" The chorus sang,
Sherbourne," duet. "In the Star
light was sung by Mrs. C. l.. Allen
and Miss Eudora Siffritt. and the
chorus rendered "Annie Laurie" A
quartet composed of J. w. Jacoby
j. H. Oatey Harvey Martin and T.
j, Mills sang How Can l Leave
The" and duet. Matrimonial
Sweets was sung by Miss Grace
Denman and j. II. Oatey. A quartet
composed of Mrs. James Balm, Mrs.
T. j. Mills, j. w. Jacoby and G
Nv. Zeigler, sang "Juanita," and the
second part was closed with chorus
singing of Home Sweet Home"
/ The principals In the cast of char
acters. aside from those already
named, were as follows: Miss Zella
Postle. Samantha Sanders. Nancy
Jane Morris, Miss DeEmma Hawley.
Prudence Pettijohn, Miss Carmen
Blow, Patty Dalrumple, Mrs Charles
L. Allen, Betty Butterheld; Mrs. G.
F. Church, Penelope White; d. s.
Warner. jeremiah Green; ]. W. ia
eoby. Jefferson Jones; j. j. Crawley.
Job Pettigrew; s. +. Quigley, Simon
simplicity; Herbert Johnson, Caesar
Johnson; Harvey Martin. Martin
Luther Joice; Frank Hunter, Zachary
Whitcomb; Homer Waddell. Timothy
Pendleton.
Those In In the chorus were Mrs.
n. H. Balm, Mrs. Carol Creekbaum.
Mrs. ID. w. Howard. Miss LOttie