The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-26
And Made a Great Many
9arts Joyful in Barre
Yesterday
CHURCHES CENTER
OF THE OBSERVANCE
Christmas Trees at All of
Them and Appropriate
Exercises Held

The churches of the city were the GEN.
ter for Barre's celebration of Christmas ;,
! 1912, although, as usual, there were the
various home observances OF the day.
AT all of them, the Christmas tree 50
closely associated with the child idea OF
| the proper celebration OF the day was in
evidence, and great was the joy OF tho
youngsters rs the gifts were taken from
the branches and distributed to the
various members Of the companies. With
the exercises at some OF the churches,
kilograms appropriate to the Observance
of the day were given, adding greatly to
the pleasure. The attendance at all
these exercises was large-very large,
ii might be said.
The formal opening Of ST. Monica
church since the completion Of the re-
decorations to the interior of the ediiics
was observed when solemn high mass
was sung at the customary midnight
services yesterday morning. The hGli-,
ness OF the day was extended by the cet-
ebration of two other masses during The
day in remembrance of the nativity Of
Our Saviour, one at o'clock and the
other at l0:30 in the forenoon. Bene-
diction was held Immediately after mass
at l0;30.
The mass at the midnight services was
sung by Rev. Penders and the Yulctiie
sermon was preached by Rev. A. G.
Griffin. the acting pastor of the church.
The subject of the sermon was, "Who
Is Christ and What Is the Message He
Brings at Christmasf" The pastor
spoke effectively on the true meaning of
Christmas and the significance of the
day.
The church was beautifully arranged
with floral displays. The manger was
located at the foot of the aisle on the
epistle side OF the church. At both Of
the high masses special music was ar
ranged. Mrs. T. j. Callahan OF Montpei-
ier acted as organist with James Riley
playing the violin oblgato. The solpists
of the choir were Fred Canton, Thomas
Hamel John Nelson, Miss Annie Mct;ra
and Miss Grace Boland.
Yesterday afternoon in the Knights cf
1olumbus hall the usual Christmas tree
exercises were held under the auspices
If the sisters of the Convent of tno
Sacred Heart. The hall was packed to
,verilowng. nearly 500 members OF the
sunday school classes making their APP
,earance, to return to their home with
/ neat little present pluekcd from The
.ver resoureeful tree. Daniel J. Sulli-
an disguised himself as real Santa
,laus, his appearance setting the minds
il the youngsters aglow. Every young
ter present received of either book,
andy, fruit or other various useful lit
lie tokens.
Preceding the appearance Of Santa
'laus festival program was carried
through. At the outset, words We're
poken by Rev. A. c. Griffin and Rev.
ames Penders The rest of the enter
ainment consisted of the following.
iareh. Alden Burke; Adeste Fidels. full
horus; recitation, "Gloria in Excelsis,'
Iisses Vivian Marion, and Mildred Me-
he; "Shine Out A Blessed Star" second
nd third grades; Santa Claus Lena
iConnelf and Madeline Grady; Merry,
Jerry Christmas fourth grade; concert
Christmas carol; christmas
Fili Come Again." seventh grade; reei-
ltion, christmas Visions Misses Viyi-
a Marion and Mildred McGue; merry
unison chorus. The accom-
animents were PLAYED bv Misses Doris
urke, Frances Burke, Mildred MctSuc
nd Lorraine Loranger.
Four tableaux Of Biblical scenes
'rmed the nucleus of the Christmas rx-
cises when congregation that oc-
lpied all available pew room gathered
, the First Baptist church and were
ven as good music rs has ever beeu
ndered within the walls of the church.
he tableaux were presented under the
.rsonal supervision of Rev. and Mrs.
Gorge II. Holt. who worked ineessanty
attain degree of excellence in re-
odreing them at these special services.
The setting for the tahleanx was
aged on the elevation at the front OF
e church. adoTaed suitably to an an
mt version, and while groups selected
om the adult section OF the Sunday
hool. were effecting their postures,
rs. George Holt read excerpts from the
Bile. The vividness of the depletion
the scenes greatly impressed both old
d young concerning the DAYS prior TO
a at the nativity of Christ.
There were four tableaux as follows:
he Shepherds Watching Their Flocks.-
he Wise Men Following the Star in
, East The Holy Nativity and
he Wise Men Paying Homage to the
sator.' Adding much TO the mystic
the second tahleau Jwas an electric
ltrivance constructed by Stanton Bur-
$. which rotated az distance from
scenes. The remainder OF the even
i exercises and concert consisted "
following numhersi selection. Christ
: BELLS" choir; solo. Miss Irms Chen
song. Miss Esther Cheney. The ron
/ was completed when the conglc-
ion arose and assisted the choir IN
dered it, final anthem. ''Coronatioi."
'hristmas gifts were dispensed TO the
ing members following the concert. A
ssive evergreen tree wa located IN
central part Of the auditorium; laden
4 gifts. Archie Watt Assumed che
} Of santa Claus and played the pert
excellent style.
hrinR the exercises il was announced
| the sunshine club Of the church
tributei % the Christian Endeavor
,cistion a sum of $40 and = similar
- was made towards the payment on
piano Of tie Sunday school classes.