Iditarod pioneer., 1915-01-02
JOY
 AT FLAT CITY


 all gathered around the improvised chimney, slight disturbance was noted. A hush fell over the audience, and then came Santa Claus, impersonated by Malcolm McDon- ald, tumbling out of the fireplace, clothed from head to foot for the part, and loaded down with presents for the little ones. The children were taken completely by surprise, and gazed in open-eyed wonder. Santa briefly addressed the young folks and bad everybody laughing at his witty remarks. He said German bullet tried to overtake him, but he was too swift The 5Stribu ton of the hundreds of presents was begun immediately, in which Santa ClaGs was as sisted by the committee. The children were remembered first, and it was pleasure to watch their happy, smiling face as their arms were piled high with gifts. Santa Claus is indeed good to his children of the North. And the grown people came Tn for their share of presents also, for there were gifts for everybody. Considerable good natured comment was created by the many humorous presents passed out to local celeb rites, supplemented by 9 few well chosen remarks by Santa Claus, in order that the audience might enjoy the timely jokes as well, and these little pleasantries created roars of laughter
 The Christmas Supper
 Supper was then announced the first sitting being reserved fer the ladies and their escorts On entering the banquet hall one was quite carried away with the beauty and simplicity of it all. The walls were paneled off in landscapes and in ap- propriate places hung the pictures ol George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Presi- dent Wilson. Long snowy, white tables, tastefully decorated and bounteously sup piled with all the good things which go 10 make up a Christmas dinner, awaited the pleasure of the inner man. There were ap- petizng salads of various kinds, an abun- dance of tender roasted turkey with cTan- berry sauce inviting cold meats, crisp eel cry stalks, delicious homemade cakes and sweet wholesome bread like mother used to make" Then there was the tea and the coffee and the coffee was excellent, by the way followed by fruits, nuts and ralsins. A host of committee workers men and women, were busily engaged in filling and refilling the D latters and attending to the wants and wishes of the guests. Several sittings were required to accommodate the crowd, and more than $50 meals were served Every effort was made to see that none was overlooked Such is the spirit of the creek people when they set out to do things And our local chefs, Frank Stanley and Harry Harms, connCisseurs in their chosen profession, gave it as their opinion that they never saw spread that could compare with that served by the ladies of our community, who fairly covered them selves with glory
 The entire dinner was cooked and pro pared by the ladies of Otter creek, Upper Flat and Flat City. They all worked un- tiringlv uncaasinely and unselishly, in one grend, united effort to set before the people rf this co,nr3unity a good, old-fashioned Christmas dinner such as might gladIen the heart of the most confirmed old bach elor
 With becoming modesty upon the part of those most active on the ladies commit tee, and also the mems committee, the re- quest was made that The Pioneer refrain from mentioning the names of those on the various committees and also those who were instrumental in making the event the grand success it was The ladies at the head of the several committees feel that each and every one did his CT her part to the best of their ability and that the credit is due the ladies as whole, and also those kindly, active gentlemen who are always to the front when committee work Is to be done
 The Dance
 While dinner was being served upstairs in the banquet room many willing hands quickly removed the stage and the floor