Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-12-31
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
Christmas Cheer and The Christmas
Spirit In wauseon = Our First
Municipal Christmas Tree-How To
Keep the Christmas Spirit Through
The Year.

Christmas Day for the year 1915
has come and gone but we believe that
the Christmas cheer and the Christ
mes Spirit still fingers in Wauseon
and more than this we hope that ii
may remain through every day Of
The coming year Of 1916.
This hope Is strengthened by the
ready and warm hearted cooperation
which has prevailed in our community
this year in the effort to help every
one TO have some part Of the Christ
mas cheer and comfort. Everyone
has seemed to be ready to help. The
prevalence Of the Christmas spirit
wns manifest in the hearty response
which met the proposal of the Civic
Club that Wauseon have n Municipal
Christmas Tree. The Boosters Club
the Toledo and Indiana Railway Com.
pany. the Mems Class of the Metho.
dist church, Ministers, City Officials
and Teachers and Children all work.
I'd together heartily that Wauseor
might have a Christmas tree that
should be for everybody with no one
left out.
Last Friday night, on Christmas
Eve the tree stood on Fulton street
rs the evidence Of the successful re-
suit Of the cooperation and good
viii of those who inaugerated and
carried forward the movement. Our
first Municipal Christmas treei
The weather man" seemed to en-.
ter into the conspiracy and the heavy
snow Of Friday afternoon and even.
ing helped to make things in Wau.
seon look Christmasy.
Before eight o'clock large crowd
not TO be kept indoors by even the
heavy and persistent snow storm
had gathered about the tree. The
The Carolers under the direction OF
Miss Genivieve Simpson had per.
formed their part though the snow
storm rather interfered to some ex.
tent. At s:15 the bell in the Metho-
dist spi-e rang out a welcome tC
Christmas and the many colorec
lights of the Christmas tree showr
forth as the emblems of the lights
Of good will and good cheer thai
Rlowed In the hearts Of the people
who surrounded the tree. Superin
tendent Altstetter gathered the chill
dren abut the tree and led by heil
teachers they gave the music of Their
young voices in the happy songs o.
Christmas time. Divine blessing wai
invoked and Mayor Hoy in a few
well chosen words formally presented
the tree to all the community
Mr.. Altstetter followed in a shor|
talk In regard to the acceptance ot
the tree in the spirit Of good will il
which Il was given, the assemblag'
joined In singing the old time Christ
mas hymns and our Christmas tire,
was an established and accepted
reality.
Il would be difficult to find YER.
many people Of this community al
they look at the beautiful tree as i
stands at the heart Of our town whC
do not wish that IL may be the frs
Of a long series of trees that shall
shine year after year in this village
Those cOlored lamps were the idea O.
Mayor Hoy who has an eye for beau
~ and failing 10 find any colored bulb
IN town had them colored.
But the Christmas tree is not tn,
only reminder Of Christmas in Wau
seon. The Civic Club have been busy
The Methodist Sunday School turne,
over the gifts which were brough
Ia on their "Giving Christmas Sun
dav" to the Civic Club and this con
tribution helped the club in fllinI
fourteen baskets Of provisions TO
homes where they were needed. Fift,
children were given brighter, hap
Dier. Christmas by the gifts sent then
BY the Club and the twenty-three in
mates Of the Infrmary were remem
bered with Christmas treat. TIL
Club was assisted in the distribution
Of baskets by one Boy Scout, Waite
Sturgeon and Messers. Henry Schlat
ter and d. W. Myers with their au
tomobiles.
The Congregational Sunday Schoo
distributed eleven baskets of provis
ions and there are others who help
ed TO spread the Christmas cheer /
and about Wauseon.
This same spirit Of good will ma
be kept in the community throug
all the year II everybody who has en-
tered so heartily into the Christina
campaign to make other people haE
py and TO relieve need and want wi
just keep right on along the sam
line all through the year. The Civ
Club desires to do all that it can |
relieve cases of destitution and 1
provide the necessary and comfort
for those who are without them e!
pecially the children who are in nee,
A good way to help the club in tn