Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-12-29
Xmas at Congregations Church

Xmas at Congregational Church
For the past week the committees on
decoration, provisional and program
were exceedingly busy in an exhaustive
effort to Guido any future attempt, and
barring one or two former occasions,
they believe they were successful. The
committee on church decoration, under
the supervision of Miss Ethel Siglinger,
certainly exhibited good taste. The
interior was ornate with symmetrical
pine, an attractive log cabin, appropri-
ate wall notices, and just enough of
the Christmas ~festooning. The provi-
sional committee consulted Santa Claus
early in the month and were assured Of
some very precious wares, and when
the time came, were rewarded with a
liberal variety of fresh candies and nuts.
No less than eight kinds of receptacles
were presented: For the primary depart
ment, cradle boxes were given to the
girls, and sled boxes to the boys. Bells
and star boxes were given to the boys
and girls classes, chapel boxes were
presented to the members of the young
pe-ple's class, midget boxes were given
to the babies and bon bon boxes and
stockings were presented to the men,
bers of the Bible class. In addition
were two ive-pound baskets of candies
and nuts VIII ch were distributed to the
congregation at proper intervals.
The pro gram committee, after long.
tedious, painstaking rehearsals, pro-
duced a program considerably above
the average. The committee was under
the efficient management of Mrs. Fred
Hyde, assisted by Mrs. Roy Irwin, Mrs.
A. Ferguson, Mrs. ]. Edmonds,
and Miss Minnie Haesecke. The pro-
gram was arranged in three parts,
which taken as a whole was a youthful
melodrama, well acted, well played and
well sung. Fully one hundred members
of the Sunday school participated in the
entertainment, which was well received
by the entire audience.
The members of the school have for
a few weeks been saving "self-denial"
pennies to purchase a present for the
church. The choice was an eight day
clock, with a large honest face cloaked
in an oaken case. However, their Sc 1
denial was greater than the present,
and as a result many dollars are left
over, which will be used in the near
future for a larger and ~costlier present.
Owing to the inclemency of the wea-
Their, we really doubted a large attend
ance, but we were happily surprised,
Tor about two hundred people filed in,
which filled every chair, and even the
standing o was all taken.
We wish to thank the Reporter and
Farmer and Webster World for publish
ing the entire program in the regular
weekly issue, and also printing US a
splendid program extra. We also wish
to thank the First National Bank for
its presentation of a handsome tree,
the Webster Electric Co. for furnishing
the colored electric lights, Harry Hart
for the use of the ich toned piano, Mr..
Sampson for extra draying, and the
several business men who so generously
contributed to our Christmas subscrip-
ton.
Personally / deeply appreciate all the
ceaseless efforts of the several commit
tees, who laid aside every pleasure to
make the evening as pleasing as it is
sacred. And amid the gilded archives
in the halls of memory, this Christmas
eve-our first in the prairie west-shall
hang where introspection shall often
revel and where retrospect shall muse,
even after the lapse of many rosy years.
Geo. Edward Lewis, Pastor.