Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-30
WHAT F MAYFLOWER
 HAD SUNK kT SEA
There Would Have Been Moth ng to be Thankful for in
 BiSbee This Day


 Today the descendants of those who came over in the Mgyflower' and landed on the bleak shores of New England" (cf. any volume of New England after-dinner speechesl will ve thanks, a thing that Ameri cans do at least once a year, wheth- CT ey are thankful or not. It may not have occurred to the reader of this--if anyone reads it--that he has soIAething to be thankful for, in that upwards of ninety millions of Ameri- cans fTe going through life without. It is sad to contemp'at but [ is true. T'is mighty thankless horde are the people who do not live in Bisbee. All they can do is to drown their disconsof ateness in apple cider and find solace in the bosom of a turkey.
 In addition to tn $, the people of isbee, in common with all other des- cendants of those who came over n the Mayfower. win give thanks thft their ancestors arrived and had an opportunity to give thanks. The reader will kindly shudder to tn nk what might have happened to us all fl { e MayfloweT had been sunk ir ,qid-sea- Then the prosecutors Of our ancestors would have given hanks on the other side of the 1ond.
 But the Mayhower arrived and so we are all here, which is sufficient cause for Thanksgiving.
 ere are a lot of people n Bis. lee whose ancestors did not come over m the Mayflower and q lot
 hose ancestors are alive and kick Ing iil the old countries, but the descendants of those who came over in the Lusitania, Olympic, Amerika and the Kaiser Will am der Crosse will all join in to make the thanks. living unanimous.
 The turkey pays the freight
 Thanksgiving Day will be gener- ally observed in Bisbee. Tn morn. ing at 10:30 o'clock the churches of The city will unite in union Thanks giving service at the First Baptist church. Rev. Creighton Spencer V Il preach the sermon. A special musical program will be given
 The courts will adjourn for the day, it being a national holiday, and all busirs,ss houses will close. The schooGs turned out yesterday ar- terno0n and will not open agE.iu until Monday morning.
 As a subst ute for the little mix ? cur ancestors who came over iu the Mayfiower" had with the Indians oon after giving thanks, there will be football games all over tho coun. ~rp today, winding up the football season in the cyst. In Bisbee today be Bisbee high school and DoUgla high school will m it at Warren fark in the third encounter cf 5ae season. The first game results,l in tie, Q to 0, and Bisbee woa in tue second game, 26 to g.
 Both football teams will be enter. tained khis evening by the Jun.or Class of the Bis, ee Il gh school.
 The fol owing will be t8e order of the Thanksgiving Day services:
 DOxology.
 Invocation. Capt J. b. Wilson.
 Ant1em, Praise Ye the Flther."
 Scripture lesson-Rey. J. E. Fry c. Gouuoud
 Hymn, Holy, Holy"
 Prayer-Rey. E. c. Decker.
 Reading Proclamation-E. s. Da. wis, of the Y. NJ. C. A.
 Anthem, Call Upon Ills Name
 Offer ng-Caleb Simper.
 Solo, Fear not Ye, Oh, Israeli Dudley Buck.
 Sermon-Rey. Creighton Spencer.
 Anthem, Praise the Lord, 0 My Soul'--William Sms .lwood
 Hymn, America"
 BenedictioL-Rev. J. W. Epperly
 Sopranos: Mesdames Harrington, Mitchell, Parker, Callow.
 Altos; Mesdames Butler and Leo nard Warrington.
 Pass: Messrs. Young and Harris
 C cCir Director-M l.. Butler.
 Organist-Mrs R. O. owen.