El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-23
Church Affairs

owing to the inclement weather Sun
day night the attendance at the First
! Presbyterian church to hear Hugo
I Wells Christmas Night" was not as
large as had been expected. The can
I tata was short and all the singers were
/ In good voice despite the dampness in
the air.
Opening, Mrs. Leila T Moore sang
the part of the angel of annunciatiOn.
Mrs. Paryin Witte sang the response of
; the shepherd The chorus of shepherds
was composed of Messrs. ParVin Witte,
Arthur Hewitt J. L COggeshall and J.
G. McNary, while the rest of the score
was sung by the double quartet with a
| solo part by Parvin Witte, in the
chorus of believers.
Mrs. Leila 7. Moore sang a solo. ITO
victory FRANCIS Moore played an
organ solo. "TOccata" by Dubois. in
: addition to the prelude and pOslude-
German songs. German recitatiOns
and Luther's cradle song, sung in Ger
man, made the Christmas cantata Of
St Pauls Lutheran church Sunday
evening unique one in the program Of
The ceIebras ION was held in the au-
ditortum of the Carnegie library. A
large Christmas tree, decorated after
the German style, was the central
decorative figure. Mistletoe the
southwests contribution to the deco
raions, hung about the room and car
ried out the woodland effect. The an
nual Christmas service of the Lutheran
church is a universal one, the cantata,
Under His Star" having been prepared
by the board of education for all Of
the Lutheran churches in the United
states. The cantata started at 7.45 D.
m. and the library assembly room was
filled with members of the church and
their friends to witness the beautiful
miracle play.
silent Night" Luther's cradle song.
was sung in the original German By
Mrs. o. ". SOrensOn and Mrs G.. NAL
chow Mrs; G. \. Reinemund and Miss
Delka Miller also sang, "Oh. Holy
entertainments a
the close of the cantata the guild re-
membered Rev. and Mrs. Z. H Combs
Those who participSted in the sa-
cred cantata were
Primary Observation-Disclosures Lane.
Anna -Kuster- Olga and Margaret
kuhlmann, Margaret and Evelyn
Combs, Fritz HOllmig, Charles Herr.
Jack and Eoney Winiker. Mary Wini-
ker, Ruth Gebler Milda Miller. Marie
HudapOhl, Ruth Holman, Walter
BrockmOller Richard and Henry Full
kerSon. Edith Bergmann, Pansy Huda-
pohl- Alvin Bethel, Clifford Herr. Jesse
Crawmer, Adolph BrOckmOller, Martha
Muerdter, VolbOrg Carlson.
Junior first year-Helen Maiden,
Helen Rhelnheimer. Helen BeisSWen-
Der, Muriel Berg, Mary Merrill Helen
kaufman. David Crawer. Ruth Muerd-
t ~, fd1llne ana Elotorla LeuSch. Mil
LOnge. Tillie Brockmoller. Esther
Holman Agnes HalVerSOn. Eliza beth
huhlmann, Elizabeth Lille WOhI Mar
gaTet PEPPER. Fnfred Berg Paul RIM
sen. Willie Wfniker.
Senior department and chOir-Misses !
krieda and LeOna Schlemmer. Pauline
Bunsen, Irene SChwankhaus, Anna Mer-
I'll, Mrs T. c. Herr. r. II. Spaulding.
Misses Emma Hoffman Delka Miller,
Theresa YoungberS. Edna Stroh Thor
void Lind, Herbert Weaver. Fred
Miller, o. Y. and Mrs SOrensen H
PEPPER, Mrs. c. A. Reinemund and Miss
kelnemund. Mrs. @. MalchOW. LOttie
Hintze, Otto BuerSer, +. II. Combs.
friday evening the Baraca class OF
Trinity Methodist church, held a regu-
lar monthly business meeting and semi
annual election of officers in the par
Tors OF the church. The result of the
election was as follows: President A.
II. Grambling; vice president. c. E.
Ehler, secretary D. L. Reed: assistant
secretary. Harry hurry. treasurer. II !
\. Miller; press reporter H. B. Russ: I
teacher, w B. Gillespie: assistant
teacher, @. L Jones. A Joint social
session with the Phnathea class was /
then held in the basement of the /
church.
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There will be no meeting Of the aid |
society Of the Calvary Houston Square
Baptist church until the first Tuesday !
IN January.