The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-23
CITY SET FOR
THANKSGIVING
and HOLIDAY
Church Services Will Mark
Observance in All
Parts of Town.
GOODIES FILL LARDERS
Lodge and Club Dances and
Dinners at Home Fill
Long Programs.
GOODIES FILL LARDERS

Sermons were ready, choirs re-
hearSed, orchestras atuned, larders
well stocked and appetites whetted
today for the city's annual observ-
ance of the Thanksgiving holiday
Thursday.
Churches will join Thursday in
thirty divisional services, while
three are to be held toight. Ar
ranging for the group services, the
city was divided into seven districts.
These districts were subdivided and
churches with a central location Sc
lected for the group services.
In many districts, services will be
held at a. m. Thursday, while the
majority are set for 10 a. m. Some
will be conducted at night. Joint
services are at Calvary Baptist
Church, in Brightwood, Downey
Avenue Christian Church, in Irv-
ington, and Lyndhurst Baptist
Church.
Many Social Events
With churches and schools up
holding the spiritual and historical
significance of Thanksgiving Day,
clubs, lodges and other organiza-
tons planned festivities in keeping
with the holiday spirit of the oc-
caSiop. Countless dinners and dances
will be held tonight and Thursday
night by these organizations while
the typical American home decks
the family board with turkey and
the usual garnishments.
Thanksgiving day has its origin
in the proclamation of Governor
Bradford, of Massachusetts, in 1912.
He called upon the Pilgrims to
thank God for the harvest that had
SO bounteously been given them.
Presidents since Washington with
out exception have proclaimed the
last Thursday of November as day
for national Thanksgiving.
X. of C. to Dance
Plans for Thanksgiving Day at
the Columbia Club include musical
program from $50 to 7:30 D. m. It
will be presented by Miss Mary
Norman, contralto, and the clubs
Old Gold Orchestra and will be
broadcast over WFBM, Indianapolis
Power and Light Company station.
Miss Norman and members of the
orchestra will be in costumes of
early New England days. The
Thanksgiving dinner will be served
from noon until $3.50 p. M, after
which the ballroom will be open for
dancing.
Indianapolis Council No. 437,
Knights of Columbus, will hold it's
annual Thanksgiving dance tonight
in the K. of G. auditorium, Thir-
tenth and Delaware Sts., the dane
ing beginning at $50 p. m.
Indianapolis Lodge, No. IS, Be-
nevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, has. made elaborate prepara-
tons for the dance at the Elks'
temple, Meridian and st. Clair Sts.,
Thursday night.
Country Club Ready
One hundred fifty reservations
have been made for the dinner
dance at the Broadmoor Country
Club tonight. A f1fteen-pound tur-
key will be served to each table
of eight diners Hollands Orches-
ira will play for the dancing.
The annual Thanksgiving dinner
will be served at the Indianapolis
Athletic Club from noon to p. m,
and from 6 to p. m, Thursday.
A fox drive from Meridian Hills
Country Club Thursday morning
will precede the clubs Thanksgiving
dinner to be served at / p. m.
The Athenaeum will serve dinner
Thursday at noon and at night.
Gala preparations for Thanksgiv-
Ing have been made at the Hoosier
Athletic Club. The turkey dinner
will be served from to p. m.
Thursday, followed at p. m. with
formal ball. Gordon Carper's
Claypool Hotel Orchestra will pro-
vide the rnIISic