El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-28


& n days outside. It was once wher
z the far east met the west on tn.
& Golden State Limited which wa,
z stranded at Pratt, Kans., December IS
3 A plan was suggested by 1Iessrs. Ed
Z Shumate. Prescott. Ariz-: attorney S
. ". Casner, Kansas City. No, and
! John T. Lane. OF san Francisco, &c
entertain the children OF the train al
an old fashioned Christmas tree with
attorney ". ". Hammond. OF Peoria
H. as Santa Claus. Some Of the
prominent men and women aboard
helped 70 make the affair a success
I All OF the children, Of which there
were 20 on the train. were invited. The
observation car was decorated ap-
propriately for the occasion. The
Christmas tree. ladened with candles.
strung popcorn and cranberries bore
] presents for each little child. as well
Z as all the train crew. Aside from the
gifts. sacks containing apples. oranges.
] boxes OF raisins, nuts and candy were
7 presented to each child
The decorating was was IN charge
I OF Miss Carol " Casner. d Kansas
University girl. whose home IS Kan
sas city, No; / Weiss. OF e Paso.
assisting. The committee on finance
and formation consisted OF Ed Shu-
mate. Of Prescott ARK; s. ". Casner,
Kansas City; Miss A. Bell Homat.
Springfield, o.. John T Lane, san
Francisco Mrs. Ida A. Craver. prom
inent as a bedtime story writer. had
charge OF the program and entertain
ment assisted by ensign Short, Of
Venice, Cal; s. c. Grauz. a banker OF
Phoenix, Ariz.: Lieut. Harry Wishard,
an attorney OF Los Angeles, and s. c.
AlcMurray, OF Los Angeles The com
mittee OF information consisted OF A
nH EsrnrH~rr~FfnTI n
Mrs Pugnure. OF Winnipeg. Canada
The program was as follows;
Opening remarl1s-Staff Capt. Pug
mire, from Winnipeg. Canada.
Christmas carol sOlo-Mrs- Pugmire-
Stries ad selections-Dr. Chas. Piper,
saxophone solo-Slr- Farnsworth.
Cullison. Kans.
Mind reading-Ensign Short. Venice.
Cal
5or c A C.. Manila, P. L
St Nicholas-3Irs- Casner. Kansas
stories-Lieut- Harry wishard. Los
Angeles
Recitation-Master Edward Mas.
Experiences-Mr- Beverly, Los An
storles-8lr. WooIwine. Los Angeles I
Soldiers song-Military chorus.
Stories-Alrs- Ida Craver.
Dance-3liss Clara Hawkins. e
Pasos Mr.. Brown. Los Angeles
Banjo and whistlinE solo-AIr. Z
The awkward squad" by soldiers. |
Stories-Mr. Cunningham
Rabbit contest-Free for all.
Owing to the large attendance, /
while the children's exercises Were I
held in the observation car. the pro- Z
gram was given in the waiting room Z
Of the depot After the program, I
Victrola was secured and refresh {
ments and dancing occupied the re-
mainder OF the evening. The train Z
was in charge Of conductor Dick Cor I
dory and Pullman conductor Spencer I
OF Chicago.
The list Of passengers was. as fol- Z
lows. Clara Hawkins. Fl Paso: Mrs. i
Daisy Cline, Joliet, Ill: ". II. Wilson. I
Of the Frisco railroad; u. Fisher, su-
perintendent refrigerator service, c. I
r 7 & P; Joseph K Sims. engineer I
ing department Frisco railroad L J. i
Barry Los Angeles; J. s Adams, FL I
Paso. Mary E Alexander, Pittsburg. j
Pa; Asa Henson. Dodge City, Kans.;i /
A. S. Miska, VIM Libman, DR.. J. W. j
Elerick. Ottumwa, Ia; J. L Workman. 4
O.; 3. B. Woolwine. Los An
geles. Cal; Harry a McGaughy. Chi
cago: Percy g. Hamilton, major c A
c. Manila P l. X H Cunning nam.
Liberty. Kans.; A Bell Howat, SPRING 1
field, Thomas L HILL D. D. s. Santa
Anna, Cal; Catherine Mariotte, Bis
bee, Ariz.; VIM. A Virgins, Tucum-
carl, n. N; z. e Dickson. Tucumcari,
n. NJ; AIr. and Mrs. VIII L Fogg and
daughter, Minneapolis, MINI; Gordon
Inman. Amarillo. Tex; Mr.. and Mrs
7. H Decker, Duluth, MINI; Mrs. J. T.
Holtville, Cal; Ruth s. Dom
nell. Los Angeles. Cal; Floyd Xeager,
Douglas. Ariz.: II. ". Wilson, Dali
I,--+ - n z rTf+,y,,r1 80 S,,.,-b I
ter, Carol L Mitchell. Albert. n. N:
Mrs. Mae Krahl, Chicago, Ill; Carl c. !
James, Oakland Cal; Mrs. J. p. Ed \
wards, Los Angeles; Lester Hued, Dali
hart, Tex; Lucy A Riedinger. Magno-
kita, IA; Mrs. " B. Rosenberg, Pas
sale, n. J.; DR.. Chas. z Piper. Chi
eago: J. F. Worley, Fort Stanton. y.
NJ; " D. Cousin. Chicago; S. {. CAM, D
Phoenix, Ariz.; Otto Paul Haake. EI /
Paso: J A. Frank, Douglas, Ariz.; Mrs.
p D Birgfeld. Bisbee, Ariz.; Mr.. and
Mrs 6. A Heseltine, Los Angeles, Cal;
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Latimer. Winnipeg, K
Canada; Mrs. n. G. Hickman, Clarks-
burg. No. Mrs L G. and Genevivs
Scott. Joseph E. Stockle. New York !
city; Mrs. G. H Tooley. Kansas City;
VIM P Hubbard. PittsburE. Pa; D. A. /
Gather. chicago and 2. B. Mcknight
Douglas. Ariz.
The Christmas exercises Of the Al
tura Presbyterian Sunday school were |
most interesting and were held at
the church on Monday evening. The
church was appropriately decorated
in Christmas greens and the follow
ing program under the direction OF /
the superintendent J. J. Finney was
given:
Song, "As with Giadness Men OF
Old" The Christmas Summons"
Mamie Garland and Jewel Cox.
Unison Prayer OF Dedication to Ser.