The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-12-28
IN
THE CHURCHES
SPECIAL PROGRAMS ARE GIVEN
IN THE VARIOUS CHURCHES
OF THE CITY
SPECIAL MUSIC NICE Failure
unfortunate Families Of the City Are
Remembered and Christmas
Cheer Is in Abundance

AS in always the case in Brook.
ings the great feast of Christmas was
appropriately celebrated. The vari.
Gus churches Of the city had snecia,
CHRISTMAS programs and Christmas
tree exercises, these being held on
saturday evening. On Sunday the
usual services We're held and each
pastor took the chief holiday of the
year as a topic. The poor of the city
were not forgotten and the good neo.
pie OF the various churches visited
them on Saturday and made sure that
the Christmas cheer would be present
i'll abundance in every home.
AT the Lutheran church the Christ.
mas exercises were held on Satur.
day evening. There was a splendid
program by the members of the Sun.
day school and a Christmas tree and
distribution Of presents. Sunday ev.
enlng there was a special song ser.
vice by the choir, assisted by the
male chorus, which was greatly en-.
Joyed. There was also a duet by
florence and Eva Rude, a paper by
CARROLL Iverson, a violin solo Inv
Clarence kaprud and a talk by Carl
iiygstad.
AT h Baptist church an interest.
ing program was given by the
younger members Of the Sunday
school, with a Christmas tree and
distribution Of presents. Special
music by the orchestra added much to
the pleasure of the evening.
At the Catholic church there were
no exercises, but Christmas day there
We're two masses in the morning.
which were largely attended, many
people from the surrounding country
being present. On Christmas eve
Father Shean celebrated midnight
mass at Aurora, this being the first
service in the new church.
Christmas was observed by the
Methodist people in a very delightful
way. On Saturday evening the pri-
mary and intermediate departments
OF the Sunday school rendered a pro-
gram which reflected great credit
upon the little people who partici-
pated, and upon Miss Black who
trained n directed them. Mrs, J.
n. R~odeheaver greatly pleased the
large audience with her reading,
which was an appropriate selection,
beautifully presented. The sermon
and music Sunday morning were we'll
timed and many pleasant comments
were made upon them. On Sunday
evening the Choral Union assisted by
the orchestra rendered a musical pro-
gram of rare merit. The chorus work
was unusually well done; the duet
by Miss Ostroot and Mrs. Black was
a real treat; the solo by Mr.. Davies
displayed a well trained voice, which
finely expressed the sentiment of his
number. One of the most pleasing
expressions of the Christmas spirit
was the presentation by the members
of the Sunday school of articles Of
usefulness for distribution mons the
less fortunate. The church was beau
tifully decorated, and will remain "a
thing of beauty during the holidays.
The First Presbyterian church was
crowded On Saturday evening to en-
joy the annual Christmas exercises
Of the Sunday school. A cantata en-
titled Christmas with the Pixies"
was presented by a chorus Of about
100 children. The music was very
attractive and rendered perfectly by
the well-trained chorus. The special
parts were taken by Miss Leila Linn,
Jay Morton, Thelma Brictson, Verna
Sexauer, Gertrude Roskie, Fred Jerde
and Howard Powers. Everybody
present pronounced it n Of the best
entertainments Of the kind that they
had ever seen.
The people Of the United Presby-
terrain church gave their Christmas
exercises on Saturday evening, there
being a splendid program Of songs
and recitations by the children and
young people, all of whom reflected
great credit upon themselves by their
efforts. The program was followed
by a Christmas tree and presents for
the children.