The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-29
Fully Fifteen Hundred Poor
People in the City Will Be
Treated to Regular Turkey
Dinners,
EASTHAVEN INSANE
INMATES TO DANCE
They Will Also Be Treated to
an Elaborate Feast-Plans
of Other Institutions in
the City.

Fully fifteen hundred poor people of
Richmond will enjoy big turkey din
ners with a variety of vegetables, pie,
and other delicacies, common to the
national holiday Thursday. according
to the plans announced by the officers
OF various charitable organizations Of
the city. The benevolently inclined
citizens have been especially liberal
this year, and as a consequence, social
workers will bring happiness to sever
al hundred homes on the holiday.
Special religious exercises will also
be observed in many of the churches.
A monster turkey dinner at the
Fourteenth Street Mission will be the
principal undertaking of the Associat-
ed Charities. This organization has
prepared a feast for over $50 white
people, and 1875 colored people in ad-
joining buildings. The meal will con-
sist OF all the dishes associated with
Thanksgiving, with several huge tur-
keys AZ the leading attraction. The
associated charities board announces
that invitations are open to all poor
people OF Richmond, and any who ap-
plies will be welcomed.
To Distribute Baskets.
Twenty baskets containing COM
plete dinners will be distributed by
Captain Deuter and his corps Of Saliva.
ton Army workers Thursday morning.
In addition to this work the Army
will distribute the food and money
contributed by school children. The
children responded heartily to the call
sent out by Superintendent Mott
Tuesday, and practically every pupil
came to school Wednesday with some
gift to make Thanksgiving a more JOY
GUS occasion for the poor. The dona-
tions, from a single apple to full din
ner baskets, will be collected by the
Salvation Army and taken to the poor
Thursday morning.
A most elaborate dinner has been
planned for the inmates at the Home
for Friendless Women. The menu for
that institution follows:
Roast Chicken with Oyster Dressing.
Cranberries Celery
Pumpkin Pie Mince Pie
Nuts Cake Fruit
Al Insane Hospital.
The observance of the festive day
at the Easthaven Hospital will open
Wednesday evening when the inmates
are to be treated to a dance. At half
past nine Thursday morning Rev. 8.
w. Traum will conduct short religious
services at the hospital. Thanksgiv'
ing dinner will be served at noon. II
includes turkey. escalloped oysters
cranberries and mince pie. In the
evening, local talent will present two
short comedies, and moving picture
show is to close the affair. The en-
ployes will have dance Friday even
ing.
At the Wernle Orphans Home the
opening exercises will consist of q
morning pilgrimage to church. The
eighty children will be entertained
with a Thanksgiving dinner at noon.
A turkey dinner for twelve will be
the feature Of the day at the Mar
garet Smith Home.
Practically all OF the churches In
Richmond will hold special services
either in the morning or afternoon
The Methodist churches will unite and
hold joint meeting at the Fifth
Street NJ. e. church with Rev. A
Gates Of Grace church. occupying the
pulpit.
Especially for the day. the directors
Of the Richmond Art Association have
ordered the exhibition of Indiana
paintings in the high school art gal
leries to be opened to the public from
two to six. Thursday afternoon.
County health commissioner J. T.
King states that people can evade indi
gestion and colds Thursday II the,
take long walk both before and afte,
eating.