Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-27
STRAND THEATER, ELkS AND
BAPTisTS TREAT kIDDIEs
EIks Provide Big Christmas Tree.
Strand Puts on Free Show and
Baptists Serve Dinner - Salvation
Army, Good Fellows, American
Legion and Others Give Aid.


warm clothing and fuel also were dis
trisated TO the poor. The Salvation
lows Club and the MarshaIltown
Club, the Congregational and BAPTIST
churches and St. Margaret.s Mission
were among the ORGANIZATIONS par
/ ucipatinG in the food distribution.
Lists We're furnished the organization
by the Associated Charities and Sal
walton Army.
incidentally Christmas cheer for
The children from poor homes was
provided by the Elks lodge and the
Strand theater. If anyone in the city
was without some gift it was because
his need was not known to those who
are active in alternating suffering.
Army Feeds 104 Families.
The Salvation Army went into the
Treatest number of homes. providing
dinners for 104 families The Good
Fellows Club took care of forty more.
1.-THE American Legion thirty eight. the
CONGREGATIONAL church thirty-two
and st. Margaret's Mission two
1
| poor children.
Gifts OF morey and food of value
in excess of $1,000 was provided the
/ Salvation Array with which to aid the
poor. In addition to distributing 1o4
baskets the srmy provided ten bask-
| cts for the Congregational church to
distribute and seven to individuals
who knew of families they wanted to
| help.
| Each army basket contained a
chicken, potatoes, butter, bread, Gel
cry, sugar. milk. canned fruit. vege-
tables. pickles, and coffee.
At the army hall Christmas day 300
1 presents were given children and $50
treats, consisting of candy, nuts and
apples were provided Not all the
| treats We're given away and the rest
are to be distributed at Sunday
school at II o'clock Sunday. Army
workers express their appreciation for
the help that made the aid given the
poor possible.
Good Fellows Helped.
Tho Good Fellows Club, of MEM
bers OF the Marshalltown Club. aided
forty families. and reorganized the
club which was In existence several
years ago but had disbanded. 1t is
estimated members of the club in
vested in $500 or $500 worth of
Christmas good cheer in providing
! for forty families.
One family was assigned to each
member and he personally visited the
nome, found what was needed and
then supplied it whether it was food.
clothing, fuel or all three. In some
| instances these Good Fellows pave
ala TO the extent of SIS and the aver
age, r was thought. would run prob
ably SIS per family.
Inc club reorgantzed by electine F.
4. Moscrip, president; Ralph Scott
vice president; C. D. Mulcahy. treas
urer and F. B. Ingersoll and 7, G.
ABBOTT, and the offices, members of
the executive committee.
American Legion Aids.
| Members Of the American Legion
contributed to fund to nurchase
Christmas dinners for needy families
and thirty-eig we'll filled baskets
were distributed. Each basket con-
tanned all the requisites for a boun-
tlful Christmas dinner the quantity
being regulated by the number Of
persons in the family. A committee.
headed by r. r. Reisinger. delivered
the baskets Friday, making dtstribu-
ton from the list furnished bv the
Associated Charities.
St Marsaret's Mission cared for
two families, supplying bountifnl
christmas dinners. In one family
tnere were seven children, in the 9TH
er two. and the, dinners included
chicken, potatoes, beans. rice, maca-
ronl tomatoes, peas, corn. bread,
Tolls, butter, lard, flour, milk. cake.
raspberries. peaches. cherries and
candies. Each member Of the mission
made a donation.
Dinner at Baptist Church.
twenty-five or more poor children
were guests at a dinner and Christ
mas tree at the Baptist church.
Saturday afternoon and night the
entertainment being provided bv the
Temple chapter Of the World Wide
Guild. The entertainment. lasting
from to 7 o'clock opened with
christmas carols and games A hot
chicken dinner was served at 6
o'clock, the table being Hastily deco
rated with shaded candles and
Christmas decorations.
Following the dinner the little ones
| enjoyed a Christmas tree from which
each received toys and useful gifts.
Every child present was given warm
stockings and mittens and other
warm clothing was given to some. In
addition, each child carried home a
bag Of candy, an apple and a pop
corn ball.
Churches Give Assistance.
Baskets Of food sufficient for one
or more meals and toys for the chill
dren were distributed to thirty-two
poor homes by the workers Of the
| Congregational churches.
Other churches Of the city, in con-
nection with their Christmas exer-
cises held last week, saw to 1t that
the needy of their congregations. and
| IN some cases families not of the
congregations, were provided 80 that
none might lack entirely the cheer
! that should come with Christmas.
! Christmas For the Riddles.
/ With Santa Claus present and the
reindeer reined for departure to the
/ frozen north, the members Of the
Elks' lodge made hundreds of poor
children happy at their club rooms
Saturday morning. The big Elk