The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-12
Salvation Army will Have
Ace for Nursery Children
-ottler Parties Planned.

Fifty little poor girls will be the
guests Of the Quota Club on Chris.
mas Day; there will be a Christ.
mas tree and Santa Claus will dis.
trtptte presents to the children Of
the Salvation Army Nursery, and
the day will be observed appro.
priately in the EngIe Settlement
Hoase in Maple avenue, in Coax
Auspital and in Falrmont stat1
Hospital.
The party Of the Quota Club will
be held Christmas afternoon in the
auditorium Of the Y. w. G. A.
Building and will be IN charge Of
the public affairs and welfare com
y mittee, OF (which the following are
members: Miss Mary DeVol, chair.
0niar Miss Margaret ]. Leathan,
Miss Anna Trip, Miss Berthe LII.
chs and Miss Lucie Ford.
Tie little girls who will be guests
Of the Club are being selected by
Miss Ruth Heintzelman, school
nurse, and they Will be invited by
written invitations, distributed by
the teachers Of the city schools.
The money from the charity bali.
which the club held recently In ID !
FaigRont Hotel will he used 10 n.
nahd the party. and there will be-
. Christmas tree, prettily decorated
With ttnsel aud bright colored balls.
and Santa Claus will be presen.
q.o take the gifts from the tree AMI
,aistribute them; and there will be
- and a pair Of gloves for eacn
7ilttl6 girl. Refreshments of ice
cream, cake, fruit and candy will
Deserved.
Asimilar party was held by the
club last year. and It expects 10
make 1t on annual affair.
Writeto Santa Claus.
AT present there are TWENTY-FIVE
children In the Salvation Army
Nursery, only five Of whom are ba.
mes and they are busily engaged,
each day, writing letters to Santa,
tof Of COURSE some new toy Il
thought Of dailyswhich the childish
mind wants 80 a tollow.up letter Is
written. ora postscript added,
ON Christmas morning there will
he tree In the nursery and SAINT,
Claus will be there ALI dressed Ia
MS red suitwith fur, to give ava /.
the toys which he has placed on
the tree.
on the Thursday following
ehristmas an entertainment, con.
sisting OF songs and readings by tho
nursery children, will be given in
the afternoon, and It is expectet
that Santa Claus will be present d,
that time.
4 Last year 1876 baskets were gtr
Fan to poor people OF the city by the
Salvation Army before Christmas,
and this year 1t viii be done again.
no make this possible kettles, in
which monetary contributions tnaY
he dropped, have been placed on
thes streets, and the money will b.
used in buying food for tho ba /,
kets. The baskets will contain a
dressed chicken. potatoes, toma.
toes cSrn, beans. celery onions.
Jelly, fruit, sugar, bread and COT.
rec. The number Of baskets 10 lie
given this year will be determine !
ny those needing them, and thu
ccs9ributions received In the ke:.
hes.
In the hospitals
b The day will be observed aDpro
Nprtately in the Engle Settlemen.
House, and the hostesses will oe
Ms. Fred Helnick, Mrs. w, D,
Reed, Mrs. Alex Riheldaffer, Mrs,
WI. Boydston, Mrs. A. D. CraiS,
Mrs. Dent Powell and Mrs. 4. a
Grose.
At the Fairmcnt State Hospita:
there will be a tree, either on
Christmas morning or Christmas
eve, for the children who are ma.
tents, and Santa Claus will be
present to distribute The gifts,
Which he will place on It, and Their
viii be q present for every chili
AZ noon, when the dinner is served
there will be q special treat OF som:
kind for each patient.
On Christmas eve the nurses Of
Cook Hospital will have a tree, and
viii place on 1t their presents 70.
each other. and a nice Christmas
htinner will be served at noon on
Christmas Day TO all the patients
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