The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-12-20
TREE is LIGHTED

1t will be a Merry Christmas in
Bismarck
A look at the busy downtown shops
Is enough to convince the average
person of this.
A peep behind the scenes into the
activities of the various relief or
gAnizations and individual efforts is
more convincing.
In addition to assurance that the
practical welfare of the needy will
be looked after, there will be the
note of celebration introduced in
scores of ways-notably in the Com.
munity Christmas celebration for
which plans now are complete.
Santa Claus will come in from the
west about 4 o'clock Monday after
noon and will stop mt the Christmas
tree in the Northern Pacific park to
welcome all the kiddies of the city,
and to provide bag of candy or
something else for every one Ii years
Of age and under
One of the most remarkable dem
onstratios of the big-heartedness Of
local folks is seen in the response
to the call for members of the "Alias
Santa Claus club" which mythical
organization is functioning through
the Social Registration Bureau to
provide big Christmas dinner in
families where the kiddies might
otherwise miss this special treat.
The first call for the club brought
enough good fellows to take care of
two-thirds of the families. A second
call brought more good fellows than
there were families to be taken care
of, even though the number of fam
lilies was increased by careful inves,
tigation.
One family Of good fellows is TAX
ing care of four families, with q to-
tai Of 80 children on the list. There
are SO families to be taken care Of
by members Of the "Alias Santa
Claus club" and there are about 225
children in these families. Miss
Mary Cashel, directing the Social
Registration Bureau of the city, may
have one or two more families yet
to be taken care Of, with good fell
lows ready to do it.
Christmas Night Celebration.
Then there is the Community
Christmas. 1t gets it's start Monday
afternoon with the arrival Of Santa
Claus.
Its elimination will be Tuesday
night, December 25, when q commun-
ity gathering will be held at the
tree in the N. P. park mt
7:45 p. m. The plan as developed
by the Association of Commerce ex-
ecutive committee composed of DR..
J. O. Arnson, Justice Sveinbjorn
Johnson and jefferson Steiner, the
committee composed of c.
r. Simpson, Spencer Boise and }. 7.
Wagner, apd the finance committee,
Of J. P. Spies, C. Bertsch.
Jr., and w. B. Couch, calls for
choral singing by singers from the
Protestant and Catholic churches of
the city, to be followed by commun-
ity singing under the direction OF
Mr.. Boise.
1t is probable that trumpeters will
be stationed at various parts Of the
city, adding touch Of the old-time
method of observing Christmas, and
calling the people to the community
gathering.
The big Christmas tree was lighted
last night for the first time.
Seal Sales Good
The Christmas seal sale conducted
by the North Dakota tuberculosis
to gain funds for which
to fight the "white plague" is going
better than ever in the state >iis
year, Miss Carrie Haugen, secretary,
said today.
"The rural districts are making
better reports than the cities" she
said, "although the saIes all over the
state are better than usual.
The sales this far in Bismarck
amount to $513 .46. The committees
who have been Offering the seals in
Bismarck are much encouraged, and
hope that by Christmas day the total
will he much greater.