Arizona republican., 1912-12-27
CHRISTMAS ON
 THE SOUTH SIDE
Children Across the River Made Happy by Santa s Visit at Neighborhood House and the Heard Ranch

Following an established custom of theirs MT and Mrs. K. $. Town send were host and hostess Christ mas day at most delightful neigh borhood dinner at their handsome home on South Central avenue. Twen- ty-five of the happy south side folk gathered about the sumptuously laden tables to enjoy the roast turkey, duck and chicken and all the attend ant fixin's, share of which had been contributed by each family in true ! picnic style. Jolly stunts" in song 1 and story and recitations were con- l tributed by the talented ones of the 1 party and all joined in a medley of 1 college songs and serenade chants as | concluding feature. After dinner the men folks adjourned to the yard for round of quoits and athletic ac- tivities and Mir Townsend took an auto full for spin over the pleasant country roads.
 ] Those who participated in this joy | ful celebration of the holiday were MT and Mrs. F. B Wilson, MT. and Mrs. C. w. HOughtOn, MT and Mrs
 c. W. Austen, MT. and Mrs Joseph ! ROseveare, George and Will Rose veare, Mir and Mrs H. w Farmer
 MT and Mrs. 4. w. Wilkenson, Mrs | NJ A. Wilson. Miss Iva Austen, Joan l Wilkenson, Messrs. J. R. Wilson. II F. Austin, Chas. M Smith, Earl Townsend and Austin Woods and MT and Mrs Townsend.
 ] Santa Claus Visit
 Old Santa Claus found time in his 1 busy round on Christmas eve to visit the kiddies of the south side at ! Neighborhood house which in antici- patton of his visit was crowded to it's full capacity by the families of l the neighborhoOd and their excited
 happy youngsters. A gaily capari- sOned Christmas tree, laden with
 presents for one and all, gave the necessary festive touch and under it's
 burdened branches the children con 1 tributed to the occasion with the following program:
 Song. Joy to the World all: Kris
 Kringle," Freeman Hammond; "A | Christmas Carol" Clarence Wells; Babyhood of Santa Claus, Evert l Young; Hang Up Baby's Stocking 2 1 Beulah Fitzer: A Christmas Hymn" by four girls: Mammals Present" :" 1 | Gould; Little Jim.' Willie Pike: re- citation. Coleta Barrington; recita- tion. Thelma Roberts; Bad Charley" | Inez Wheeler; "A Secret Joan 1 Wilkenson; song, the Philathea class;
 recitation. Ethel Glossbrenner:
 recitation, Edgar Holdser; song, | Dorothy Thompson: When Was Little" Lowell Golf; Bad Kit 1
 Worth of d Tippet," Rosa Wagoner and Emma Glossbrenner; Our Auto mobile" Ruth Winslow; song, Santa S Coming, Bradbury school; "A Xmas Elf Ernest Hammond A delightful piano duet by the Misses Eyer and
 Austen added much to the program and called for a hearty encore Then
 with. jingle of bells and a stamping
 of feet old Santa arrived to distribute
 the present he had placed in the tree, crOwning it all with the distribution | of a great pile of candy boxes to all the children present
 Tree and Dance
 The annual Christmas tree celebra- tion at the Bartlett Heard ranch 1 headquarters was the usual unquali- fled success. Mir Heard himself of | ficiatinG in the role of Santa Claus
 and distributing presents to all the children, the Mexican families includ- ed, in the Heard district.
 This was followed in the evening by a regular old fashioned country
 dance, made more typical than ever
 before by the presence of a Mexican
 string orchestra from Tempe. The usual round of waltz and two step was interSpersed at regular intervals by the stamp and whirl of the quadrille. and the last number was
 not concluded until the small hours
 of the morning. Refreshments of steaming coffee, sandwiches and cake
 were enjoyed by all during the even-