Evening star., 1934-12-16
CENTERS TO GIVE
CHRISTMAS FETES
Dances, Plays and Other
Entertainments Planned
for Two Weeks.

Yuletide parties. dances, plays and
other events will feature the next two
weeks in the city's community centers.
The public is invited to join with
the Roosevelt Mcfarland Communi-
ty Center and the Mcfarland Young
Mems Club in a program in Roose-
welt auditorium December 19 at 3
p.m.. when the Stock and Buskin Club,
under the direction of Miss Amalie
Preische, will present a play and the
Young Mems Club will be seen IN
q skit.
East Washington Center announces
four dances, Wednesday and Satur-
day of this week, and Wednesday and
Saturday of Christmas week, begin
ming at $3.50 o'clock.
A chilcren's program, including
play Little Red Caps" and carol
singing will be held Wednesday at
Roosevelt Center, with Isham Keith
as master of ceremonies. This pro-
gram is free to children and their
parents and friends.
Posts Sponsor Programs.
At Thomson Center there will be a
Christmas tree party Friday at 7:30
under the supervision Of Costello Post
of the American Legion, and on
Saturday at 7:30 under the supervi-
sion Of Jasper Post.
At Central High School Tuesday
night a public rehearsal Of the Com
munity Center Civic Symphony Or
chestra, conducted by Bailey F. Alart,
is at $3.50 o'clock. The public Is
invited. On December % at 4 o'clock,
Handel's majestic Christmas oratorlo,
THE Messiah" will be sung by the
Washington Oratorio Society con-
Quoted by George F. Kortzenborn,
sponsored by several churches and
the National Library for the Blind.
Southeast Center will give chill
dren's play tomorrow afternoon, pre-
sented by the Girl Scouts, Troop NO
II. The children's creative and dra-
matte dancing group is Friday. from
$50 to o'clock. A food dance will
be given in Buchanan December %
from $50 to 11:15 o'clock, admission
to which will be a can Of food for
the poor.
Center Will Close.
lexington Center will close next
Friday for over Christmas, but plans
are being made for social affairs and
a Christmas dance between Christ
mas and New Year day. The Ecking-
ton Players, directed by Marie Moore
Forrest, are planning two dramatic
productions early in the new year
one of which will be Shakespeare
flaming Of the Shrew" and the other
Oscar Wilde's 1.-The Importance OF
Being Ernest"
A special program will be given
BY the Burrville Womens Club IN
Burrville Center December 16, at 8:15
pm. 1.-THE Hat Shop" will be pre-
sented.
Garfield Center will hold Christ
mas entertainment Wednesday night
Christmas carols and play Love
Comes Knocking" by the Garfield
Community Center Dramatic Club
will form the program of the occa-
sion to which admission will be q
pound of some kind of food. The
pound party Is sponsored by the or
ganizations of the center: The Gar.
field PIT. A, Garfield Citizens AS
sociations, and the committee II
charge comprises Mrs. M. Lloyd, Rev
j. Ward, Miss Efle Simmons anc
Mrs. M. z. Ellis.
Birney Center will hold neighbor-
hood program Friday night, wher
every person attending the event Is
asked to bring pound for the poor
This event is sponsored by the Birney
PIT. A., Hillsdale Citizens Associa-
ton and Birney Center. The COM
mittee in charge of the event is COM
posed Of Miss E. U. Smith, livery
Brown, J. E. Syphax and Mrs. M. E
Ellis.