The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-12-22
Plans Are Under Way For
General Celebration
TIDINGS GREAT JOY
Community Programs To Be Car
ried Out In Number
of Cities.

Once more the greatest birthday
of the year-Christma is to be Joy
ously observed in every city, town
and hamlet in Minnesota. The
glad udings of great joy" are to be
spread with Substantial acSonl paLl
ments no less than by spiritual up
LIT.
Countless hearts will be thrilled
with the spirit OF giving and othei
hearts .Mni We EsIlu VAN sratiLud
when the hundreds of Community
Christmas gatherings have finished
their gracious efforts, which wIlI
not be until after dawn on the glad
day.
Carefully planned programs will
be carried out around heavily laden,
glittering trees in public squares, III
churches, halls and Schools ia
IougelroUms and in hospitals; III Cit
auditoriums and in Salvation Army
barracks.
Beyond these centers, willing
messengers will be in service every
where; and their labors will not
cease until everybody has beer
served who should be. All lines are
wiped out except the line of supply,
which will be in continuous opera
ton even to the close of Christmas
!! City and town officials, Legion
men and "Sallies," Good Fellows,
Big Brothers, school children ana
society folk, fraternal order leaders
and busy churchmen - all have
jumped into this campaign to spread
the beams of beneficence.
Celebration At luverne
Typical OF many OF the town cele
brations will be those in Luverne
touching the Iowa line, and in Hib
bling, far to the north. In the Roc.
observance us to take place in the
public square Saturday afternoon.
with a hugo decorated Christmas
tree as the centerpiece-andS this
great tree will be laden with good
ies" dear to the heart innocent of
guile. These will be distributed fol-
lowing a program Of appropriate ex
ercises, with singing strongly fea
tured. The children will also enjo.
q free moving picture show.
Last year Hibbing had one com
munity tree, in. South Hibbing, the
new center; in North Hibbing, and
in Brooklyn. Hibbing men and wo
men mean to lead them to meet all
demands. Besides these trees. to he,
aid in green and gold the soul of
Christmas. Chief McIllhargey. of the
fire department, has been commits
stoned to prowl into every out OF
the way place to see that even the
most retirint recluse is not over
looked.
In Duluth, and across the bay in
Superior, extensive preparations
have been made by lodges and civic
groups to see that not only are
needy folks provided with substan
tial provend but that every child
shall have 1T least one proper toy t.
remember the day-eS well as luxur
les of more passing character that
children revel in. SO many children
are to be guests they have been mo-
tilted to come in relays.
Tree Loaded With Gifts
international Falls, up at the Can :
adian line, has captnTed big tree
with spreading branches that is to
be not only festooned to the tip hui
loaded with pleasing gifts. The city
council has so decided, and the con
stituents Of the officials have approx
ed the decision.
In st. Cloud, as in many otheI
places, automobile owners have GU
out Joy riding to serve as messenger
boys for Santa Claus. Baskets, bags
and boxes filed with things calcu-
lated to make table groan are to
be carried to every corner of the
city.
Crookston is the center Of a dis
trict where the merchants and city
officials have JOINED IN making tht
principal lanes of Christmas trees
using them for decorating stol
fronts, poles and pillars. This no.