The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-12-11
Executive Committee on Mu-
nicipal Tree Selects Corps
of Assistants for Exercises
Dec. 20.
ENGAGES COLISEUM
Two Trees Will Stand at
Seventh and Main and on
Coliseum Stage-Band to
Play.

Santa Claus has been engaged by
the city government to play an extra
engagement in Richmond on Sunday
evening, December 20, at the coliseum
for the benefit of the poor little boys
and girls of Richmond
At a meeting of the Municipal
Christmas Tree committee appointed
by Mayor Robbins, at the city build
ing last night the patron saint of child
hood sent in his contract to appear ct
the coliseum on the evening of Dec.
90, agreeing to have enough in his big
pack to bring happiness to every poor
child in the city
This matter disposed of the COM
mittee, composed of Councilmen Weis-
haupt, chairman, Howells, Carter and
Waidele. and two newspaper men,
Willard Jessup and w. r. Poundstone,
proceeded to select the following sub
committees to assist old Santa:
On Decorations.
Harry HOdgin, chairman. Clarence
Eleinknecht. Frank l., Funk, Joseph
Hill, Ed. Miller, Will Young and
Demas Coe.
On Soliciting.
Louis E. Bowman, chairman, Frank
Jones, Mayor Robbins, Alfred Bavis.
Charles Marlatt. Louis Fl. Weber, Will
Keller. Walter Thornburg, John
Howard, Marcus Hasty, Will Evers-
man, Ray Newman, Louis Tiff, Walker
Land, Will Klein, Clifford Price, A. D.
Gayle, Ira Swisher, Will Bartel,
Clarence Jessup. B. A. Auman. G. S
Treglow, Councilmen Burdsall
O'Neal, Russell, Steinbrink, Wilkins,
White, Williams and Waterman.
On Program.
Charles ". Jordan, chairman, II. L.
Monarch. Frank l. Braffett D. d.
Ramsey, Mrs. Will Romey and Mrs.
George Chrisman.
On Gift Distribution.
Mrs. Fl. l., Monarch. all members
of the city council and other persons
Mrs Monarch will select.
The members of all these commit
tees will meet next Sunday afternoon
at o'clock at the Commercial club
rooms and make arrangements for the
work they have in hand. After this
organization meeting there will only
be one week to do the work and
hustle will be the watch word.
by the mayor. of which Mr.. Weishaupt
IS chairman, selected Willard Jessup
as secretary and Frank Howells as the
treasurer. Police Sergeant McNally
will be assistant treasurer and all col
lections, both money and gifts, Will be
sent to the city building, where he will
receipt for them.
Set Tree in Coliseum.
was dacidp6 tn baVp tho Christ
mas celebration indoors this year be-
cause the weather might be inclement
for outdoor exercises, and the coli
scum was selected as the only build
ing large enough to accommodate the
large crowd which will attend.
The coliseum could not be secured
for Christmas day and it was not
desired to have the celebration on
any Of the four nights proceeding
Christmas for the reason that it would
Interfere with the Christmas shopping,
so it was decided to have the celebra-
ton Sunday evening. Dec. 20. This
will serve properly to usher in usher
In Christmas week and will be an
agency to arouse the Christmas spirit.
The Central Christian church taber-
nacle was offered to the committee as
place to hold the municipal Christ
mas tree exercises but it was decided
that the building was not large
enough. The committee expressed its
thanks for the kind offer
Uses TWO Trees.
The committee has in mind the
placing Of a large tree at the corner
of Seventh and Main streets to adver-
tisc the celebration and give a
Christmas holiday aspect to the busi-
ness district. A smaller tree will be
placed on the stage of the coliseum
and both trees will be beautifully deco
rated The executive committee will
also recommend to the program com
mite that it arrange with some WOm-
ems organization to have the stage
so arranged as to lmpart the true
Christmas spirit. 1t will be suggested
that on the stage two rooms be shown.
one rperesenting the living room of
some wealthy family'S home. where
Santa has been generous with his
gifts: the other the room wher a poor
family resides. with empty stockings
hanging from the mantel of the cheer
less fireplace. OF course Santa will
be present and will personally super
wise the gift distribution.
The executive committee under
stands that the Richmond City band
intends to again extend its generous
offer to furnish the music without
charge for their services.
Members of a women's club have
offered to sack the candy, the offer
being accepted