The Alaska citizen., 1911-01-02

church was very genuine sue cess and delight to all who attended, particularly, of course, to the little folks. The church was crowded by children and grownups and all en- tered thoroughly into the spirit of the occasion.
 A stage had been erected at one end of the church. fitted with drop curtain and fOOtlights and 1t was from the back of this that Santa made his entrance, down an impro- yised chimney In orthodox style. His bag was so well filled that all were remembered but he had to make special return trip with gifts For the Whole Condit Fam fly" A pretty feature of the en- tertainment was the singing by the children of the Sunday school of 70. Little Town of Bethlehem" As it was being rendered the drop curtain was raised and canvas exposed on which was painted a picture of the ancient city.
 Al the Methodist church on Christ. mas eve the children were delight with the real old-fashioned Christ mas tree. and there was a wealth of fun for old and young alike. pr. Winecoff entertain'ngly described the origin of the Christmas tree in North Germany. The church was very prettily decorated and all of the children present were remember ed with one or more gifts.
 At St. Matthew's church on Christ mas eve the entertainment was d short one. but it was none the ,l,, children who gathered around the Christmas tree. Many of the grown ups were in attendance. too, and none were dissatisfied with the Christmas cheer which accompanied old Santa.
 The Chatanika Christmas tree en- tertainment will long be remembered by the fifty odd creek children who were in attendance. The Social hall had been appropriately decorat- ed and the tree was the largest that would fl the space at command. A very pleasing program was ren- dered before the plund ering of the tree was commenced and after each of the children had received one or more gifts the oldsters whiled away the time until early morning with a most enjoyable dance.
 The ladies of Fox and Goldstream provided on Christmas one of the most enjoyable entertainments that either the young or old folks of those creeks have ever attended. Santa was there and managed to find among the foliage of the big cree just that something which each ha folks got busy dancing. The ladies Of Fox have great reputation as entertainers and on Christmas eve tbey demonstrated that they thor oughly deserve it.
 At Ester creek the Christmas tree entertainment was gotten up by the ladies residing on the creek and held at the residence of Mrs. Johnson at Ester City All of the little ones were delighted with what Santa brought them and they were after ward entertained, just to their lik- ing by Mesdames Buscher, Patterson, Johnson, Franklin and others.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. D. McAuley, on Christmas eve entertained a number of their friends at their residence
 
 very prettily decorated, large Christmas tree loaded with presents being particularly conspicuous. Five Hundred was played during the early part of the evening, the prizes being won by Mrs. Theodore Farrell and MT. J. E. Robarts.
 The guests were:
 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lewis, MT. and Mrs. Theodore Farrell, Mir and Mrs. J. Harmon Caskey, Mir and Mrs. J. E. Robarts, Mrs. E. f. Kel- logg, Mrs. x. F. Robertson, Miss Sa- die Roberts, Miss Blanche Watson, Miss Laura Lewis, Miss Edna Lewis, Miss Mona Robarts, Messrs. F. T. Wolcott, Theo. Kettleson, J. E. Bar rack, w. Litsey and Frank Kellogg. The Harmonic ball. held at the Auditorium, the night after Christ mas, as was expected. drew very large attendance in spite of the fact that the thermometer register ed something around 30 below. The hall was almost too much crowded for enjoyable dancing at first, but everybody made the best of it as all were there to enjoy themselves. A big Christmas tree was plundered dI IuluUlSuI Dy hIlS hlIlSle, dUu much fun was occasioned during the distribution of the gifts. The music was furnished by a five piece or chestra and the supper was ex- actly right. The committees hay ing charge of the dance, and to whom it's success Is attributable, were composed as follows:
 General Committee - s. Widman, Fred Hoerler Peter DeiSPr
 Floor Committee Ben Simson, Richard Swertzer, Dr. Trabue, George Markus, William Reagan, Ed San derlin, Mike Selch, Tony Nordale, John Moe, w. M. Kramer, Pete LOT entzen, William Baltuff, Tom Me Donald, Fred Martin.
 Door Committee - Otto Weiner, Fred Hoerler, Peter Deiser, Ben Simson.
 Box Office Judge Widman, Os- car Frey, Louis Listmann.
 Refreshment Committee Emil Scheuman, Gus Miller, Mike Folgar, Lewis Pietsch, H. I. Ellis, Peter Steil, L. Listmann. William Ruste- myer, T. Fleischman.
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