The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-13


~ Aldo. June l3.-Nearly 1000 A.
800 he programs given yester'
~ Afternoon and evening at North
yask b. The Sunday school chill
;dfe6 Of Aledo - the last event In
she observance Of Children's week
lnstsad Of having Children's day
proerams in the churches each
church presented its program last
night
AT z:16 in the afternoon children
representing every church In Aledo
gsfhered In Central park and from
3kere marched to North park.
The parade was led by the Boy
Scout drum corps Of Davenport
Young and old joined in the parade.
which marched through the main
p6yt Of town. The streets were lin
"a with automobiles full Of people.
81 Rev. ]. B. Pollock, pastor Of the
/. United Presbyterian church OF
Aledo, had charge Of the program.
The principal speaker Of the after
noon was Prot Perry G. Holden
of iowa. He gave splendid talk
and called special attention to the
training Of the youth Of today.
The evening program. also held
in North park. commenced at :
O'clock. Following a chorus, THE
Children's Day." sung by the chill
dren, DR.. Samuel Van Pelt, pastor
o. the First Methodist church OF
Aled0, gave q short prayer. Miss
Mildred Clauson, student in the
Swedish Lutheran Sunday school,
opened the program with a recita-
tfon. The other number Of the Lu-
thoran program was a pantomime,
THE Holy City" given by Ruth
Bjorkman and Helen johnson. Miss
Hettie Forsell sang a song, THE
Holy City"
& Following the Lutherans' part on
the program the members of the
Methodist Sunday school gave
cAhtata, Voices from Fairyland.'
Kathryn Nichols took the part OF
June, Mabel Crawford Of Mother
Earth and Dorothy Grant as Chill
dren's day. Other members Of the
school, dressed in costume. repre-.
sehted the spring flowers.
Members Of the Presbyterian
Sunday school gave a play. '-Tht
Coming of the Flowers" Scripture
themes introducing the selection
were given by Frank Prather
Elizabeth Wilson represented th'
month Of April, Kathryn Arrick thu
month Of May and Olive Baxter
summer. They called each Of thu
summer flowers from their sleeI
through the long winter and eacl
flower told what it could do to maxi
4 tAe summer happier.
a cantata. Summer Time" wa
also given by members of the Bap
list Sunday school. The main part
were taken by Ivey Drake, as Ban
nef Girl. and Mildred Drake, a
summer. Tho winds and the flowe
children helped carry out the story
The last part Of the program wa
given BY the United Presbyteria
church. This program include
various numbers, among which wa
/ . scripture telling Of the arigi
Of the rainbow. and several recits
tions telling about the fairies win
live In the rainbow. The fairie
\ dressed In various colors, mad
their appearance on the stage. Tt
II program was closed by benedictio
"A BY Rev. o. F. Domeij. pastor of tt
y Swedish Lutheran church Of Aled
u The outdoor stage was beautiful
\ 1y decorated with green bougt
4 lighted by electric lights. Viii
i seats had been arranged to accon
h modAte . great number of peopl
3 many were forced to stand durir
i tho entire performance. A cole
I ton was taken both in the ate
noon and evening to help defrs
4 the expense Of the entertainment.
i Those in the various church,
4 who helped to train the childre
I ana to prepare the program ha,
the sincere thanks of the entil
1 community for ono Of the most el
4 5Dyahle children's entertainment
i eyer given in Aledo and for a q
6ng Close To the week