El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-23

IS REPRODUCED
First Christian Sunday
School Gives Pageant;
Many Entertainments.


The pageant of Bethlehem was pre-
scented at the First Christian church
Wednesday night as the Christmas en-
tertainment for the Sunday school
The platform was arranged with a
large picture background about 40
feet in size, representing the town
OF Bethlehem Here Edwin c. Knick-
meyer, as the prophet Micah, foretold
the coming Of Christ. Then the
girls Of Bethlehem came, talking of
the arrival of Joseph and Mary, and
how there was no room for them in
the inn. They talked of the olden
Naomi, who were the ancestors of the
Bethlehem Girls.
The Bethlehem girls were acted by
b. Mesdames d. S. Johnson. A. L Keener
Misses Ruth Burns. Lillian Yeager,
Altha Fruit SybiI Shedd, Merle Dale,
Anna Lu Yeager and Evelyn Ellison.
Then the boys of Bethlehem entered.
discussing the prophecy Of the coming
of the son of David. The Bethlehem
boys were acted by Frank Guyer. HUI
bert Sharp, Charles O'De1 Harry
O'Deil, Homer Dale and Stuart Berk-
shire.
The shepherds came in from the hills,
telling Of the wonderful song of the
angels. These were ". L Foxworth.
d. S. Johnson, 9. r. Johnson and Fred
Mulberry. Following them were the
three wise men. telling of their visit
TO the babe in the manger and of the
guiding star in the east. The wise
men were Rev. Perry ]. Rice, Frank ".
Berkshire and Dr. c c. Homan. Edwin
G. knickmeyer was the innkeeper- The
followers of the wise men were Misses
Esther Rice, Nellie Smith, Lola Bess
Smith, Ruby Hill and Nerns Altman.
The The little children Of Bethlehem were
Doris Secord, Maybelle Elliott Helen
Stevenson and Miriam Auer.
Christmas SONG.
Preceding the pageant, the children
OF the sunday school sang Christmas
Bells" Little Margaret johnson and
Marjorie Johnson sang a lullaby. BY
Oh Dolly Dear" All of the Sunday
school children brought gifts of food,
clothing and toys for the poor. At the
close Of the pageant each Sunday
school scholar received a box Of candy.
These were distributed in the Sunday
Edwin c. Knickmeyer and Miss
Greta Palmer played the piano accom-
pageant. Milton Shedd was in charge
Of the electric lighting Of the pageant
scenes.
First Methodist Program.
The Sunday school children OF the
First Methodist church were enter
tanned with cantata, The Inter
rupted Program. Wednesday night at
the church as their Christmas enter
tainment The assembly room in the
basement of the church was decorated
with Christmas green and the plat
form was arranged as though the au-
dience was looking through window
watching the Christmas exercises Of a
Sunday school
William Bias acted the part OF the
Sunday school superintendent. Myron
Appleton was the bootblack. Hugh
WorthingtOn and Eloise Jones were
the little waits The carpenters were
acted by Chester Woehler. Barton
Hutchins Nadie Hutchins. ElWood
Hettrick Jack Higginbothsm and
Thomas Birch. Jack Frost was acted
by Richard Price. The frost fairies
Wells. Alice Jane Combes, Harriet
Hunter. Mary Ebert. Rosemary Ster-
ne, Helen Edison, Sarah Kuhn and
Margaret HammeL
All OF the Sunday school scholars
acted as the make believe Sunday
school scholars Mrs. Ralph ]. VIII
son sang. At the close OF the cantata
Santa Claus arrived and distributed
gifts to the children from a decorated
Christmas tree. The children were
Cowherd. Mrs ". A Price and Miss
Claire SHELL
To Have Christmas Tree FridaE.
The children of the parochial school
of the Guardian Angel church in East
FL Paso will have their Christmas tree
of the people of the church viii take
contributions for the poor. Of food,
clothing and toys on Christmas day,
and these will be distributed by the
Sisters Of Loretto among the poor.
Three masses will be celebrated at
the Guardian Angel church Christmas
morning. High mass will be held at
o'clock in the morning At o'clock
there will be low mass and at $3.50
o'clock high mass
Westminster Program.
The Westminster Sunday school had