Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-24
NEWS OF THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Many Poor Families Remem.
bered by the Associated
Homo Charities.
speclal Corresponding. Every Evening

Special Correspondence Every Evening.
New Castle. Dec. 24.--The members
of the Associated Home Charities
Committee yesterday afternoon packed
and supplied 40 families about the
city with Christmas baskets. each
containing the following articles: two
cans OF corn, one can Of peas. one
large can Of tomatoes, one small can
of tomatoes, one large can OF baked
beans, one pound OF coffee, one pound
of lard. one box of Mothers oats. one
bag of -four. one half hushel basket OF
potatoes. one pound of butter. one
sack of salt, three loaves of bread.
turnips. one can 9f condensed milk.
either fresh ham. Ave pounds Of
beef or chicken, one bar of soap.
beans and sugar. Those who helped
To- pack the baskets were Mayor w.
Leslie Cramer. Mrs. w. Leslie Cramer.
Mrs. Edward II. Naylor. Mrs. Julius
Dodd, Misses ElsieI Black, Ann Dun
gan. Eleanor Cramer, Irma Jacquette.
Anna Lancaster. Messrs John Me-
Dewitt. Edward II. Naylor. Brokaw
and Francis Sentman. The following
contributions of money was received:
Wilmington Fibre Speciality Co., $685.
90; Chandler II. Gebhart. $1,000;
Methodist Episcopal Church, $1,000:
Mrs. NJ. ID. Buck, $500; Ladies' Aid
Society of the First Baptist Church,
$500: John Martin, 800; From
friends $3.50. Food contributions
were received from the following:
Second. fifth, sixth and eighth
school grades. food stuffs; Mrs. John
G.. knauss, Huber and Freebooter bak-
cries, bread; Charles Blackburn.
potatoes and chickens; Mrs. George
Kern. pies. jelly, -four and canned
goods; DIR. b. NJ. Allen, basket of gro
ceries; -four, from a friend. On ac-
count of the inability to locate one
of the collectors it was impossible TO
give the complete list OF the names
of other persons who gave contribu-
tons.
In The First Presbyterian Church
tomorrow Rev. S. Beattie wylie will
take for his Christmas theme at the
1910 a. m. service Human Nature
Idealized in Christ" In the evening at
7.30 his topic VIII be "Bewildered
Faith The musical program arranged
for the services by George Powick. the
organist and choirmaster. is as fol-
lows: Morning service. hymn. "Adiste
Fideles:" anthem, we Have Seen His
Star In the East" Shippers; hymn
"Hark the Herald Angels Sing" Men
delssohn; anthem. Angels from the
Realms of Glory" Maskell; hymn
Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne.
Matthew's; evening service. specia
song service. hymn, "As With Glad.
ness Men of Old" anthem. "Slng c
Heavens" Shippers; hymn. "It Came
Upon the Midnight Clear" anthem
THE Joyful Tidings." Porter; hymn
10y to the World" Antioch.
| Chorister James II. Challenger OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church has
arranged the following musical pro-
gram for the morning and evening
services: Morning, JOY To the World
by Handel, Hark the Herald Angels
Sing. by Mendelssohn: anthem, While
Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by
Night. II. S. Morrison; sermon, by
Rev j. II. Bicking. The Names of the
Christ Child; anthem, Come All Ye
Faithful: evening service, While
Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Handel anthem, O Santissima: an
them, Coming of the King; reading
from Dickens Christmas Carols, Rev
]. r. Bicking, anthem. Glory to God
in the Highest, Eastman; Silent
| Night, Cuber.
Rev. Frederick w. Overheiser, pas.
tor of the First Baptist Church. to.
morrow morning at II o'clock viii
take for his text The Exalted Throne
lFor the evening service at 1850 he vii