The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-12-30
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Christmas in this place passed OH
very quietly. There was no carOus-
ing like some years, but | suppose IL
was because 1t came on Sunday.
The Christmas exercises in both the
churches were well attended, but
your correspondent could not attend
ON account of having an attack OF
vertigo which kept him in the house
last week, but now Is able to be- out
again. Both churches we're beautf-
fully decorated with evergreens, pot
ted flowers, &c. The Lutheran Sun
day school had their exercises on SAT-
urday evening and rendered good
program, entitled THE Promise Full
filled" accompanied by the choir and
an orchestra, with Miss Rosa Knipple
at the piano; singing by the school,
Joy, Joy, joy; responsive reading;
prayer by Rev Yoder; singing, Hear
the Christmas Bells; recitation,
Christmas Greetings, Russell Zacha-
rias: recitation, "They Knew Him
Not" Bessie Lippy; singing, Wonder
| full Morning; addresses, Rev. Yoder,
Grover Knipple and Carl Schaefer;
exercise, "A Little Child Shall Lead
Them" Erma Grace Lawyer, Frank
Matthias, Oliver Matthias and Robert
Matthias; singing, Star of Wondrous
Beauty; recitation, Mary Hildebr1dle;
Dolls Christmas, by a number OF
children; primary song, The Message
of the Bells; duet, "Snowfiakes,"
Alice Lippy and Lottie Shull; sing
ing, solo and chorus, Mrs. Annie Mes
singer and school; exercise, The Bells
Of Christmas, Kathryn Feeser, Mar
guerite Bemiller, Nellie Shull, Edna
Matthias and Leah Feeser; singing,
Hear the Bells; Christmas Offering;
anthem by the choir; Tidings of great
JOY; recitation, What Would We Do,
Ruth Knipple; singing, Honored
Town of Bethlehem; recitation, This
il He, Lottie Shull; solo, Sleep my
Beautiful Babe, Sallie Lawyer; Christ
mas solo, Maggie Messenger; chorus
by school, doxology and benediction.
The Reformed Sunday school had
their exercises on Sunday evening
and rendered a beautiful program, with
orchestra accompaniment, and Miss
Emma Frock at the organ, entitled
angel Voices" Anthem by the
choir; Glory to God; singing by the
school, Join in the Triumphal Chorus;
exercise, Welcome, John Calvin Bank
ert, Marguerite Dutterer, John Dut-
terer, Clara Humbert, Elmer Mayhem,
Helen Boose and Robert Bankert;
responsive reading; duet, Mary Frock
and Elvia KoontZ; exercise, The
Star, by Helen Bankert, Margaret
Eckard, Mary Bankert, Daisy May
hew, Louisa Bankert, Kathryn Feeser;
prayer by DR.. Hoover; singing by
primary school, Sing a Song of
Christmas; exercise, Don't You Know,
Thurman Brown, Mary Bankert, Ray
mond Koontz, Margaret Eckart and
Harry Koontz; duet and chorus by
Mary Frock and Elvia Koontz; exer-
else, Christmas Angels, Mary Koontz,
Bessie Dutterer, Jane Grouse, Garmie
Boose; Kathryn Feeser; solo, Ruth
Dell; exercise, Christmas Ladder, by
Harry Koontz, Raymond Koontz, Harry
Dutterer, Willard Morelock, John
Bankert; singing, The Heavenly
Chorus; singing, Sweet Song of JOY;
singing, male quartette, by Oscar
Dell, Walter Frock, William Ehrhart
and Jacob Frock; singing, The Beth
lehem Babe; offering; anthem by the
choir, Christ is Born; singing, Hark,
The Sound of Holy Voices; prayer;
singing, Wreathe the Garland; bene-
diction.
The merchants and farmers in this
vicinity have filled their ice houses
with choice ice from to 10 inches
thick,
Last Tuesday Verley Clousher, an
aged and very highly esteemed gen.
tleman, who had resided near Harvey,
Nd, was brought here and buried in
the cemetery.
John T. Copenhaver was home a
few days last week. He is working
at the carpenter trade in Baltimore,
Md.
Ira Mummert, of Riglersville, Pa
who is attending the Normal school
at Shippensburg, Pa, is spending his
Christmas with his friend, Miss Clara
Croft, in this place.
Charles Copenhaver, who is in one
OF the Offices of the Western Mary
land Railroad in Baltimore, was home
over Christmas.
Mrs. George Knipple and daughters,
Edna and Nora, spent Monday with
Mrs. A. Wisner and Rosa Knipple, in
this place.
Hampton Cover and wife, John X.
Hull and friend and Miss Bessie
Cover, of Harrisburg, Pa, spent
Christmas with VIM. Frock and 9TH
ers in this vicinity.
Miss Sarah Hoover, of Lancaster,
Pa, is visiting her brother, Rev.
Hoover in this nlacn