Hickory daily record., 1922-12-11
ARE. MADE:
FOR EVENING
CAR0LING

Christmas eve caroling through the
street OF town and city is being re-
Vlved in some communities and intro
duced for the first time il other cities
III olden times, particularly in Enc
land and Russia, it was the custom
OF children and young people to sing
carols on street corners at the doo,.
steps of their friends, and in public
halls in order to inspire within the
hearts of their hearers the true mean-
ing Of the Christmas message.
Carols are songs Of JOY, exultation.
praise and devotion. Hence the carol
expresses the true spirit of Christmas
as no other class of vocal music can.
The revival of this beautiful GUS
tom IN our country has met with
nearly response and is a source Of
much satisfaction to all who believe
IN the ennobling qualities of the Christ
spirit
Christmas caroling lis an under
standing which should also enlist the
attention OF the musical interests of
the community. The carol singing NAV
well klndle in the children participat-
ing the spark of the love for music,
which under proper guidance will in
crease in the years to come.
The caroling for this section of
North Carolina is an assured thing
for yesterday 1S people renresenting
West Hickory, Brookford, Longview.
Highland and the four wards of
Hickory citv met for a short confer
ence to perfect the plans for the pro-
gram. Mrs. S. H. Farabee general
chairman of the Community Service
Christmas committee presided at the
meeting. Mrs. Robert Brown called
the roll and representative from the
various grouns RESPONDED briefly with
the local plan of organization an,:
names of group leaders.
The plan as outlined by Miss VIII
son met with the hearty approval of
;he group and work is to begin at
once IN the schools on the carols.
Mrs. Robert Brown will teach the
carols to the school children of
Hickory, Mr.. Kiser Of West Hickory.
Mr.. Huss OF Brookford. Mr. Long Of
ion in see!n@ that the school chill
lrcr Learn The carols as saleetad by
The committee.
The following committee will have
,harge Of the work in their respective.
communities. Brookford Mr. Hainev,
West Hickory, Mavor Walker. Long
Jew. Mrs. O. Joe Howard, HIGHLAND.
Miss Rose Sox, Ward No. /. Hickory
Mrs. George Bailey, Ward No 2. Mrs.
R. J. Revely, Ward No 8, Harold
Shufcrd, Ward No. 4, Miss Emm.
Bonner
Grours of coiored carolers under the
leadership of John Smver will sins.
carols in the colored section on Christ
nac eve.
Tho four carn!s selected hy the
remmittn 90 will hc nublished in the
Record during the coming week. The
'econd carol will appear tomorrow
Caro'ers arc asked to clip the the
carols and save for future use
The interest in this part Of the cou7-
Y has become so general that it wa.
decided to ask Ccnover, Newton and
Maiden to come into the rarcaing
,,lan and make Catawba county
100 percent singing county on Christ
mas eve. Last wear according to
statistics compiled by the National
Community service organization only
five cities or towns in the state had
Il earn a Carol a Day campai~n''
followed bv Christmas eve caroline
% lets ali work together to show
what Catawba county can do.
A general meeting Of all groups
md leaders will be held Sunday next
at y. m. in the Reformed church
FOR the purpose Of rehearsing the
carols and receiving final direction
for the Christmas eve program.
To date the group leaders chosen
n Hickory are as follows. Ward l,
Mrs. w. 3. Menzies. Mrs C. r. War
'ick. Mrs. J. J.. Murphy. Miss Pearl
Little. Ward 2. Miss Virginia Allen.
Mr.. Weavor, Miss Deaton. Miss SUIT
+'emvre. Mrs. J. R. Tomlinson, Mrs.
Warner Mrs. Fred Abernethv. Mrs.
Nobel Shumate. Miss Hilda Whitener,
Mrs RAYMOND Hefner. Ward 4, Mrs
Il. D. Ahernethv, Miss Olivia Aher-
nethy, Miss Virginia Sellers, Miss
Helen Springs.
The consensus of opinion seemed to
De in favor Of enlarging the number
of groups in each ward, in order
hat each group may cover it's allotted
territory in an hours time. A hearty
response has been met with in all
sections Of town a'nd undoubtedly
these additional leaders will be ap-
pointed within a few days
All groups willin~ to take part in
the caroling are asked to communicate
with the Communitv service head
quarters in the chamber of commerce
rooms. An earnest effort is beino
made to have enough groups assigned
to sing before every home in this
section Of the county displaying the
lighted acndle in the window.