The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-22
THANKSGIVING
TOBE HOLIDAY
IN BISMARCK
All Stores, City, County and
State Offices and Banks
Will Be Closed
HUGE DINNERS PLANNED
People at Prison, Training
School, Indian School and
Fort to Feast
HUGE DINNERS PLANNED

While turkey ard pumpkin pie
will hold much joy for Bismarck
girls and boys Thursday, their eld-
crs in the main will observe Thanks
giving day with the reverence of the
Pilgrim fathers.
Sponsored by e Bismarck Min
lStcrial association, union church
services will be held at 10 a. nj. in
the First Baptist church with Rev.
Paul s. Wright, pastor of the First
presbyterian church, preaching a
Thanksgiving sermon.
That public school students will
have sufficient time to recover from
overindulgence in drum sticks and
cranberry sauce, the schools of Bis
marck will close Wednesday for the
balance Of the week. Many Of the
instructors will leave for their
homes in various parts of the state
while others will spend Th6nksgiv-
ing day at the homes of friends.
All Business Places Closed
AL stores, banks, city, county and
state offices will be closed, allowing
the employees q day of rest. The
United States postoffice will have a
morning city delivery only, rural
mail carriers being releas from
their duties for the day. The stamp
window will be open for one hour
from II M to l p. m.
Fitting programs have been ar
ranged in the various institutions
of Bismarck and Mandan..
Holiday at the Fort
Soldiers of Fort Lincoln will
have a holiday, all drills having
been called off for the day and only
the necessary guard details will be
looked after.
Corporal Joseph Conte, mess scrg-
cant Of Company NJ, has prepared
the following menu for his buddies
celery, green olives. mixed pickles,
cream of tomato soup, o. .te- crack
ers, roast turkey with oyster dress
ing, giblet gravy, spiced ham,
mashed potatoes, candied sweet po-
tatos,. cranberry sauce, pudding,
raisin bread, pumpkin and mince
pie, cocoanut and chocolate LAYER
cake, mixed nuts, mixed candy, an
pies, oranges, bananas, sweet cider,
coffee, cigars, cigarettes.
Thanksgiving banquets with sim
liar menus will be served at the
other company messes Thursday.
Observance Of THANKSGIVING at
st. Georges Episcopal urch will
be at 8 q. m. with choral Tuchar-
list. The offering will be given to
the North Dakota Children's Home
at Fargo.
Penitentiary Program
Inmates of the state penitentiary
will hold special program at 2 D.
m. wnen the girls of the Indian
school, under the direction of C. B.
Dickinson, superintendent, will stage
q play in the prison auditorium.
Thanksgiving services will be held
at 8 q. m. to mark the opening of
q day Of relaxation while q motion
picture show will close the days ac-
tivities.
The dinner menu is as follows:
Roast turkey. dressing, gravy,
mashed potatoes, creamed peas, eel
cry, cranberry sauce, mince pie,
bread and butter and coffee. The
inmates orchestra will play during
At the Indian school the follow
ing dinner will be served-turkey
with dressing, mashed potatoes and
gravy, cranberry sauce, fruit salad,
tomato pickles, jelly, rolls, mince
and pumpkin ,ie, cake, coffee and
apples.
Following the presentation of the
play at the state penitentiary, the
students at the Indian school will be
entertained with moving picture
show in the evening.
At the Training School
Chefs at the Mandan Training
school have prepared the following
dinner soup, sweet potatoes, white
potatoes, turkey with dressing, cram
berry sauce, pumpkin pie and COT
fee.
Chapel services will be held at TO-
q. m. Otherwise the day will be
spent quietly.
Bismarck hotels and restaurants,
thinking Of comfort and content
ment Of their guests, have an
nounced that special dinners will be
served. l
Many private family dinners have
been planned among the residents Of
Bismarck with the hospitality Of
Capital City citizens marked in
many cases BY the entertainment Of