Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-24
NEWS OF THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Churches Have Special Christmas
Programs. Including Many Mu-
sical Selections and Carols.

Special Correspondence TO Every Evening
New Castle, Dec. 24.--Children' caro-
services will be held in Emmanuel Epsco-
pal Church tonight, and Mt midnight the
Christmas services will take place and
holy communion viii be administered
This will be followed by the singing OF
hymns. On Christmas morning at the
1890 service holy communion will be
administered, followed by the Christmas
sermon by the rector, Rev. Joseph II.
tarp. BY the sanction of the vestrymen
and the rector, the offering taken at the
Christmas services will be donated to the
relief fund for the destitute children of
Europe.
Holy communion will be administered
in the Methodist Church from 10 3 this
evening. At midnight the Christmas
carols will be sung throughout the various
streets by the members of the church.
In the First Baptist Church on Sunday,
the pastor. Rev. George T. Street will
take for his theme at the morning services
at H., Christ mas Message" The evening
services will take place at 7.30. Tho fol-
| lowing musical program will be rendered :
| Christmas song, Ring Glad Bells IRE
Joicc and Sing" Angels Singing" duet,
by the Sibley sisters; ring Merry Bells
Rev. J. r. Bicking, pastor of the
Methodist Church, on Sunday morning
| Will take for his subject Gift for the
| King In the evening the cantata, His
Star. will be rendered
| The usual Sunday services will be held
| in Emmanuel Church with the rector, Rev.
| Joseph II. carp, in charge.
| Rev. 5 Bcattie Wylic, pastor Of tho
| First Presbyterian Church, will preach at
| both the morning and evening services on
| Sunday.
Rev John White Of Wilmington, will
have charge of the services at the Lebanon
VI r. Church at Red Lion on Sunday
owing 10 the illness Of the pastor. Rev.
F. !. Cochran, who is still under the doc
tors care The Sunday school services
will be held at $50 and the preaching will
begin ~ l045.
The services at Glasgow Methodist
Church will take place at 3 and the Sunday
school session will he held at , with Rev
White IN charge The usual Sunday School
session Will be held at Bear Station at
, 30 In the evening. the Epworth League
SUNDAY services will take place at 80
IN the Lebanon NJ T. Church with Mrs.
Harry Sterling as the leader
On Tuesday evening next Holy limo
r,rts Day the Sunday school Christ.
mas entertainments by thc members
nf imnnucl Episcopal sunday school will
take place and the entertainment will
be tho reproduction of Christmas Of 'Yc |
Olden Time IN Aierrie England with
some Of oldest and most beautiful of
tho carols The program in fun is as fol-
lows: story If the First Christmas.
Sccre. "}aronial Hall. solo. silent |
Night Miss Mary Elkinton. "Luther's
Cradle Song beginners department: |
Father Christmas. John Real. Queen |
of the Christmas Revels, Miss Josephone |
Cl0thler, Christmas Waters. School !
children, carol. Good King Wenceslss. "
by school, Chardc, Bringing in the
Boars Head. oldest carol in English |
language The Boars Head girls OF the |
school. presentation OF gifts and closing |
carols
On Wednesday evening next. the mem |
bers Of the Lebanon VI f. Church OF !
Red Lion Will hold their Sunday School /
program beginning at 80.
The entertainment given IN the sud- !
tOrium Of the High School YESTERDAY /!
a tcrEoon was largely attended Edward |
Earle NeggeEmsnn was the SAINTS Claus i
for his seventh consecutive school year |
Yesterday afternoon large autorno- /
bile truck 81 the Pure OIL Co became |
fast in the mud on the state Road below /
New Castle I'd remained there for three
hours beiore II was removed
Mr. ard Mrs. George " Birmingham
Of West FIfthstreet are receiving congratu-
iat'or upon tho arrival OF baby girl
Last evening several pale faces were ad-
mitted - the Little Bear Tribe No 10 |
81 Red Men At Bear Several members
Of Seminole Tribe No. 49 were in atten-
dance
The members Of the Christiara Pre-
bvterlan Church arc making preparations
for their sunday School Christmas exer-
cises which will take place Thursday
evening December 30
The public sale Of tho household effects
Of Joseph II CLARK which took place on
last Tuesday. will he resumed on Tuesday
January 1
The members Of the High School basket
baf team Yesterday afternoon held their
first practice game IL the Opera House
The opening game will be PLAYED on FRI
day evening January with the Newark
High School AZ home
The Auto Truck Of Joseph KirQ Co.
which Was part ially destroyed by frc. Sun
day December II on the Lander's avenue
was towel - this city YESTERDAY
It was been decided by the members
Of the City Council to have resolution
introduced for the closing up Of Halo
well street which leads from the VIII
mington roadway 10 near the BaIdt
plaI of the Penn Seaboard Steel Corpora-
tor Action will be taken after the first
Of the year.
For the purpose Of reducing the cost
Of the construction work movement
is on foot for petitioning the Levy Court
10 take over the street bed of Sixth
street from the Wilmington roadway to |
the city limits south of DobbinsvilIe. II |
Is probable that the petition will be
presented 10 the body at the first meeting
in january
Several employees Of the Wilmington
Fibre Speciality Company's plant Of this
rity who were laid off on Wednesday
evening have received notices 10 resume
work on Monday morning January 3. I
Relatives and friends Of Buford Lunt !
employed at New Kensington, Pa, in
he engineering department Of II large 9
steel plant, have received Christmas cards /
md handsome pictorial views Of the city. q
MIR and Mrs Robert Jones left today '
or the Christmas holidays with Mrs. I
Iones'' parents al Oxford Pa .