El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-27
Church Affairs

The Philathea class of the First
Baptist church will be entertained on
Saturday afternoon by Mesdames F. E.
Maxwell and f. R. Taft at Mrs. Taft's
home, 20O6 Montana street, at 5 o'clock
Calvary Houston Square Baptists
must build a new church if it has
any more Christmas entertainments as
popular as the cantata on Thursday
evening
The church was packed to the front
door and many persons were lucky
enough to get seats in the windows
The aisles were crowded with snalI
chairs by those who arrived too late
to secure a seat SO CROWDED Wete
the children behind the scenes at the
back of the house that several small
bows fell off the improvised platform
to the floor, several feet below the
stage. Owing to the crowd around the
front door, Santa Claus was compelieo
to use the back entrance.
Music was furnished by Mexican
string band. assisted by Mrs Helen
Robertson The church was preCIuy
decorated with Christmas greens ana
mistIetoe with American flags draped
over the windows, while SIX Chrlstnas
trees formed the background for the
stage. The decorations were IN charge
of A. s. Howard
Twenty-four little girls in light.
fairy winged costumes, furnished the
chief entertainment of the evening
with a fairy drill in honor OF Santa
Claus. 1t was evident that many
weeks of training had been gone
through by the children to perfect this
drill, as each performed on the order
of drilled soldier. The children
were trained ard directed by Miss Bess
Page Hanks.
-nwraznnTaH santa
Claus IT.. and LOnnie SOrrelS was IN
the role of Zero, the hunchback- Miss
Florence Robertson was Tina, the
fairy messenger. Miss Gaylord was
leader Of the trumpet drill and sang;
Candy and apples were distributed
to the Sunday school children after
the entertainment, and gifts were
given by the superintendent from the
Christmas trees
c. V Nafe was the supervising Of
ffcer. all musical and general arrange
ments being under his direction
The following children took part in
the cantata:
Harry Swain. Santa Claus; Carl
Upton. Paris and Santa Claus jr-;
Florence Robertson, Tina; Lonnie Sar-
rels. Zero the Hunch Back; Catherine
Griffith, queen of the fairies; Irene
GaylOr, Luna; Mildred Bishop, Ola
Darr. Jennie Arthur, Vera Symes, Olive
Page, Mildred Rogers. Edith Robert
SON. Mary Nafe, Annie Serviss Anna
ManseH, Katherine Mansell, Clara
Morris, Eva RhOads. Bessie Burgess,
Helen Hargrove, Margaret Hargrove'
Evelyn Payne, Mary Evans, FlOy VIII
son, Mabel Reed. Ruby Protho, Miss
Irene Gaylord, Lois McChesney, Miss
Anthony, Louise Peach, Mary sims,
Mary Campbell, Harriet Durgen. Ma
bel johnson, Nellie Campbell Alberta
Howard. Velia Craner, Blanche Long.
Jennie Bell Hare, Mary Powers, Ruth
Jackson. Viola. Gaylord, Thelma Hatch,
Catherine Griffith, Thelma Osborne,
Alice Van Eaton, Helen Mathews, Lois
Shaw. Pearl Rehrik. Catherine Powers,
Fay Ross Clara Preston. Madaline
Durgen, Vaughn Peck, Clyde Williams,
Thomas Jones, Wolford Davis, Joseph
Osborne. Manchester Pogett, Logan
Hunt Paul Cooks, Harry Cooks, Her
man Miller, Earl Whitehead, Arnold
whitehead, Clifford Thayer, Charles
Bush. George Howard, Russell Whit
tington Davis Spencer, Margaret
TroWbridge, Ruth Flack, Lucy Hare
Velma Wood Beatrice Gibson. Dorothy
Anthony, Helen Valentine, Margarine
Bishop, Cora Hare, Ann Mckinley
Evelyn Turner. Jane Dimmitt, Caro-
line sims. Lottie Lee Hicks, Marion
Pierce. Walter Jones, Kenneth Valen--
tine, Stanley BCvans, Elizabeth Kenton,
Veda IohnsOn Biou Clemens, Ralph
McClintock Allen Farquer, Averin
Lane, Elizabeth Rogers, James Rogers
Alma Preston, Thelma Preston, Gene
vive Jackson, Inez Heinz.
Thursday night the children of St
Clements church had their Christmas
entertainment in Kendrick hall. Sew
eral songs were sung by the primary
and intermediate classes and three
little boys IN fancy costumes as the
three wise men. William Rutledge.
SherrOd MenEel and Ivan Section sang,
I'VE three kings Of the Orient are The
feature Of the evening and an unusual
one was a double Christmas tree As
the little folks stepped to the front OF
the platform to sing. the tree parted
and they passed through, after which
It closed The children were given
boxes of candy and oranges.