The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-23
HOW CHRISTMAS WILL BE
OBSERVED IN HOUGHTON
HIGH MASS AND CHRISTMAS Ex-
ERCISES IN CHURCHES.
Carol Singers Will Appear Tonight on
Street and At Jail.

! There is little indication of hard
times In Houghton this Christmas
Judging from the throngs in the var
ious stores making purchases of
Christmas gifts and from the great
loads of groceries and Christmas edi-
bles being sent out by the stores of
the village. 1t is evident that Santa
Claus is not going to pass up anybody
in Houghton this year. ana everybody
is going To eat n bountiful Christmas
dinner. Christmas trees are being used
to a greater extent apparently here
than ever before, many sleighloads
having been hauled in during the past
few days and readily disposed Of
The Christmas celebration will begin
this evening with the singing of Old
English carols by the Baltic and Tri-
mountain carol choruses. and the
Painesdale carol choir. The latter win
sing at the Sheldon street end of the
county bridge and also at the Douglas
House winter garden, giving the fol-
lowing program:
while Shepherds Watched Their
blocks by Night"
'Lo, He Comes an Infant Stranger"
"A Land That Long in Darkness
Lay"
10, the Eastern Tribes"
Awake We Nations"
Come Let us All With one Accord"
Angels from the Realms of Glory"
Both choirs will arrive at Houghton
at seven o'clock this evening and will
commence their programs mt 1880. AZ
ter singing downtown the carolers will
go to the Jail, where a program will be
sung for the benefit OF the inmates.
Dinner at the Jail
Sheriff Byers' charges at the county
jail will be treated on Monday TO an
elaborate Christmas dinner. a list of
the good things provided being sufi-
Gent TO almost induce one to try to do
something to get sent up over Christ
mas, The bill Of fare is to comprise
sauerkaut, spare ribs, young roast
pig peas, turnips, cranberry sauce.
mince pie. and all the other "hxin's" to
which about forty prisoners will sit
down and do fun justice.
Midnight mass viii be celebrated at
st. lgnatius church tomorrow night,
and musical program OF impressive
ness and beauty will be sung. besides
which Christmas sermon will be
preached by Rev. Father Rezek. The
midnight masses are among the most
largely attended of any of the Christ
mas services and are of a particularly
interesting nature. A Christmas serv-
zee will also be held Monday morning
Services will be held tomorrow i'm the
churches Of the city. with programs by
the children of the Sunday schools in
some of them in the evening. Christ
mas sermons will be preached and
christmas greens and holly will deco
rate the edifces
Salvation Army Dinners.
captain simpson this morning start
ed out with dray and a couple of as
sistants, to distribute the dinners and
and other donations supplied |
from the fund raised by the Saliva
tion Army in Houghton, and care has
been taken TO see that no deserving
family in need of aid is overlooked. The
children will be given a special treat on |
Monday night, when a tree and gifts of |
candies, nuts and fruits will be pro- |
Vided for them at the Salvation Army
hall.
Services on Monday.
Inc Christmas exercises for the
presbyterian Sunday school will he |
heid on Monday morning. varying from
the usual custom, and will take place
AZ 1880 o'clock, and in the evening |
mere VIII be sacred concert in the
church.