The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-11-29
THANKSGIVING OBSERVANCE
IN THIS CITY TOMORROW
UNION SERVICES WILL BE HELD
AT M. e. CHURCH.
Schools of Hancock Will Close Thurs
day and Friday.

The annual day of Thanksgiving.
when turkey reigns for a brief spell as
the king of birds, usurping for the
time being the throne of the eagle as
the great American bird, will be fit
tingly observed as usual i'm this city,
with appropriate religious services.
with family reunions and with the big
THANKSGIVING dinner of turkey, pump
kin pie and seasonable "hxin's." Bust
ness in general will be suspended,
banks and stores and public offices will
be closed for the day, and the schools
of Hancock. quincy and Franklin will
suspend sessions for the holiday. In
some Of the class rooms of the local
schools appropriate programs of exer-
cises are being held this afternoon,
and suitable decorations adorn the
walls. Hancock pupils are more for
tunate than those of the other schools
no school on Friday, giving them a
double holiday. while the other schools
will hold sessions the day after
Thanksgiving. This is in accordance
with the ruling made by State Super
intendent of Education l.. l.. Wright,
and while it may probably result in
diminished attendance and more or
less inattcntiop to studies, the ma
jority of the schools decided to open
for study on Friday.
A union Thanksgiving service will be
held tomorrow evening at the Han
cock Methodist Episcopal church, in
which the congregations of the Con-
gregational, Baptist and Methodist
ton Presbyterian and Methodist
churches will join. The sermon will
be delivered by Rev. Frank r. Knowles,
pastor of the Houghton Presbyterian
church, and assisting him will be Rev.
Mandus Barrett, Rev. w. T.. Marvin,
Rev. II. c Shaw and Rev. c. II.
Brooks. Suitable hymns and anthems
will be given by the choirs, which will
be augmented for the occasion. In the
morning the pastors and people of the
Hancock churches will join in the
THANKSGIVING day services to be held
at the Grace NJ f.. church, at which
Rev Mandus Barrett, pastor of the
Hancock congregational church will
preach. and the other pastors will par
ticipate.
A Thanksgiving eve ball will be
given at the Germania hall this even
ing under the auspices of the Copper
King lodge of the Brotherhood of Lo-
connective Firemen and Enginemen,
with music by the Klingkammer or
ohestra of eight pieces. an organiza-
ton celebrated in the Portage Lake
towns for the excellence of its dance
music
on Thanksgiving night at Germania
hall the Sressuf club, composed of
number Of Hancock young men, VIII
make their entree for the season with
a social dancing party. 1t was at first
announced that the party would be
held at the Hibernian hall, but the
latter is not sufficiently large to ac-
commodate the crowd which II is an
ticipated will attend.
The graduating class Of ST. Patricks
school will entertain this evening at
the parish hall with musical and
rhetorical program. concluding with a
charming little comedy entitled An
omen Secret" The cast of characters
for the latter consists of Alice Belling'
Mae Goggin. Sadie Neville, Anita Fail
ion. Rose Cummins, Ruth Peltier, Mar
iory Ryan, Mae Goggin, Anna Opie'
Special Thanksgiving services VIII
he held at ST. Patrick's church at >
o'clock Thursday morning. The stu
dents of st. Patrlck's school VIII have
two days holiday. Thursday and Fri
day,
Union Service Program.
The following is the program Tor the
exercises at the union thanksgiving
service at the Hancock Nj. E. chureh
tomorrow evening;