The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-12-24
St. Nicholas Girls, seheols, Churches
Have Trees and Special Programs.


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I Hundreds OF little Pensacola folks
viii scarcely be able to 80 20 sleep
Itonight--the one night ia all the year
when old St Nicholas makes his an
nnal visit In each home~for eager
anticipations and dreams Of tomorrow
For Santa Claus. better than any
burglar always manages 10 visit every
home. unseen. Christmas eve and he
has never been known ta forget chill
dren. especially good ones
| In many homes the children have
put up a Christmas tree, gany deco
rated. and In some place where be-
will be sure 10 see g. Others VIII hang
their stockings in a convenient place
where santa Claus viii find them
For some ~ his little children too
poor 10 have a tree o. their home or
who. perhaps have no good stockings
TO hang up santa Claus viii leave his
gifts on the ST. Nicholas Girls trees.
And for bis little orphan children at
the West Florida branch II the Chill
drens Receiving Home. who viii not
- able to SO 20 the 81. Nicholas Girls
tree. he VIII leave gifts on tree Of
their own
ST. Nicholas Girls.
tree win be IN the council chambers
IL the City Hall tomorrow morning.
The tree will be brilliantly lighted and
decorated and there viii be program
OF Christmas music on the vicroia.
santa Claus will be present 20 give
the children their gifts. Christmas
carols will be- sung ~ 80 o'clock and
gifts distributed at 10 O'Clock.
Salvation Army
The salvation Army WIN distribute
Christmas baskets 70 hundreds Of poor
families today and tomorrow morning
and viii have a Christmas tree and
special program the last day ~ de-
cember.
Red Cross az Naval Hospital.
The patients at the Pensacola Naval
AIR station hospital-boys In the
service, away from home ana sick
will be taken care OF by the Red Cross
J. r. McMullen field director. An at
tractiva program viii he given and
gifta distributed The entertainment
has been planned BY members ~ the
Junior Red Cross under the direction
OF Miss Helen Carter. chairman Those
taking part will 30 out 60 the naval
hospital Christmas morning al l0l
O'Clock and after the following pro-
gram has been given real Santa
Claus will distribute gay carleton
stockings Allied with Christmas goodies
and some gift Of remembrance 10
each Of the men.
Christmas Greetings. By Adelaide
Robinson from the A. v. Clubhs
school
japanese song BY four girls in cos
tune. Lucille Burgoyne. Miriam era
mNaaa Il 80
from the J. 81 Jockey school
THE Christmas stoclinn." reading.
by sallle Bell 81 the ~. y. Cook school
Christmas song. Jingle Bells" ~
Mary Alice Pepper. Janet Geralas.
Ellerbe savre. Clenna and Ed Strick-
land az the A v Clubbs school
a Stretch Your Mouth Family" =
reading by Lois Jefcoat of the A. ".
Clubbs school
Reading. selected by Aiino Hicks q
the J.. - Jockey school
song. Rose of No Mans Land" by
Jeanne Wolfe Of the =. X. s., dressed
az a Red Cross nurse carrying a large
American flag
The strrkinRs were 6llsd By the
Junior Red Cross auxiiiarios in each
school represented on the program
and - the Torre school The auxil-
iaries also Allied large boxes q fruit.
nuts and candles FOR the patients In
the nlilitsry hospitei ~ Fort Barran-
cas- and ia the city hospital Christ
mas boxes were also provided By the
Junior Red Cross members FOR the
Poor Farm.
Eiks Remember Poor.
Tie Elks as usual az Christmas
time. have this year provided le2
Christmas baskets fcr poor families IA
THE city representing close 90 sToo.
The baskets will he delivered this
tnoraing ~ various OK the Elka in
their automobiles The baskets repre-
sent about 1000 pounds Of foodstuffs
averaginw about forty ave pounds 60
the basket Each basket contains
provisions for q good Christmas din
ner. IA each basket there VIII be -four,
syrup. grifs bread Irish ard sweet po-
tatoes. coffee. cabbage, ham. lard.
milk corn. tomatoes. meaL oranges,
apples. candy and crackers.
The committee Ia charge ~ the
Christmas baskets . composed Of Ed
die Anderson. Eugene Roeh. reio Mo-
Alllster To- ME dickson. Eddie