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ROXANA

Roxana M. E. Sunday School will
hold its annual picnic at Mulberry
Landing Thursday, July .21.
Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ. Derickson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey McCabe and
daughter, Kathleen, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
A. McCabe and daughter Vivian, Mrs.
Dona McCabe and Louis Hickman
called on Rev. and Mrs. W. M. Parker
and family at Millington recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor Of Phila., are
spending their vacation at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Harb Quillen. The
Quillens are spending the summer at
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Respectfully submitted,
FRANK zGONC,
ALEX LOBE,
ARTHUR A. NYMAN


Committee on Accounts and Finance.
Moved by Alderman Spreitzer, sup
ported by Alderman Debeltz, that the
expense claims of Mayor Peshel, AL
dermen Lobe and Nyman, covering a
trip to Duluth, Minnesota, April / to
4, 1888, be rejected. Vote as follows:
Yes: Aldermen Debeltz, Spreitzer 2).
No: Aldermen Lobe, Mattila, Nyman,
zgonc, Mayor Peshel (6.
Alderman Mattila stated that he
voted mo" for the reason that the
expenses in question were incurred for
official city business.
Motion lost.
Moved by Alderman Lobe, supported
by Alderman Nynlan, that the report
of the Committee on Accounts and
Finance be accepted, approved and
filed, and that the City Slerk draw or
ders on the City Treasurer in payment
of the approved amounts. Vote as fol-
lows:
Yes: Aldermen Lobe, Mattila, Nyman,
zgonc, Mayor Peshel (5).
Alderman Debeltz voted Eyes, on all
items except the special police payroll
and the expense bills of Mayor Peshel,
Aldermen Lobe and Nyman.
Alderman Spreitzer voted Eyes" on all
items except the special police payroll,
the expense bills of Mayor Peshel, Al
dermen Lobe and Nyman, and of bills
for supplies and materials purchased by
the Sales and Purchasing Committee.
Motion carried.
The Street, Sewer and Sidewalk Com
mittee reported relative to the damage
to the barn owned by John Mehle.
Moved by Alderman Debeltz, sup
ported by Alderman Spreitzer, that the
damage done to he John Mehle barn
by city employees be repaired at the
expense of the city. Carried unani-
mously.
Moved by Alderman Spreitzer, sup
ported by Alderman Debeltz, that all
merchants be requested to store their
waste and other inflammable rubbish
in suitable containers and dispose of
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Council Chambers, Ely, Minnesota.
Wednesday, May 4, $685.
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING.
Adjourned regular meeting of the
City Council was called to order at
7:21 o'clock P. M, by Mayor Jack
Peshel.
Present: Aldermen Debeltz, Mattila,
Nyman, Spreitzer, zgonc, Mayor Peshel
(6.
Absent: Alderman Lobe ID.
Communication from the Superin-
tendent of the Water and Light De-
partment was read, recommending that
a $1.00 per month minimum charge be
fixed for residential water heating pur-
poses on "off peak" periods, and that
no discount be allowed on the estab-
lished 1c per K. w. Hour rate.
Moved by Alderman Mattila, sup
ported by Alderman Spreitzer, that the
recommendation of the Superintendent
of the Water and Light Department be
accepted, approved and carried out.
Carried unanimously.
The following employment applica-
tons were read:
Olga Sterbenc, life guard;
Mary Dragosh, life guard or any
kind of work in the community build
ing;
Mary BONNER, life guard.
Moved by Alderman Nyman, sup
ported by Alderman zgonc, that the
applications be accepted and filed and
referred to the Labor Board and Com
munity Center Board, respectively.
Carried unanimously.
Alderman Lobe enters and takes his
seat in the council.
The following matters were referred
to the Committee of the Whole:
(a) Retaining a consulting engineer
for the sewage disposal problem;
CD Consideration of the financial
condition of the city.
Moved by Alderman Nyman, sup
ported by Alderman Lobe, that the re-
QUESTIONS referred to the City Clerk at
the meeting held May 8, 1888, be re-
ferred instead to the council, acting as
a Committee of the Whole. Carried
unanimously.
The council dissolved into a Com
mittee of the Whole to consider the
matters referred.
Alderman Debeltz appointed Chair
man of the Committee.
Recess declared.
Meeting called to order.
Report of the Committee Of the
Whole was read as follows:
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Jud Tunkins Likes Poetry
Jud Tunkins says he likes poetry
except when it is a chopped-up prose
so as to make an optical illusion.
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Report of the Committee of the
Whole was read as follows:
Ely, Minnesota, May 8, 1888.
To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council,
City of Ely, Minnesota.
Gentlemen:
We, your Committee of the Whole,
to whom certain matters were referred,
beg to report and recommend as fol-
lows:
l. That commemorative tablet be
installed in the new Community
Building which will be in complete
accordance with PWA require
ments so far as design and in
scriptions are concerned, the speci-
fications and drawings for which
are to be prepared by the City En-
gineer and submitted to the Re-
gional Director, PWA, for his ap-
prevail.
2. That the old hoist taken from a
junked White truck be sold to
Frank Meden for $500.
3. That the requiSition from the Com
munity Center be referred to the
Manager of the Community Build
ing with power to act and that the
other acquisitions be referred to the
City Clerk with power to act.
4. That the other matters referred
to this committee be laid on the
table to be taken up at an ad-
journed regular meeting to be held
at TOO o'clock p M, Wednesday
May 4, 1893.
Respectfully submitted,
The Committee of the Whole,
BY JOHN DEBELTZ, Chairman.
Moved by Alderman Mattila, sup
ported by Alderman Spreitzer, that the
report of the Committee of the Whole
be accepted, filed and approved, and
the recommendation carried out. Car
ried unanimously.
Moved by Alderman Nyman, sup
ported by Alderman zgonc, that the
meeting adjourn until TOO o'clock P. M.
Wednesday, May 4, 1888. Carried un-
animously.
,(SeaO JACK PESHEI,,
Attest: Mayor.
A. o. KNUTSON, City Clerk.
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the proper officials in behalf of the
city and made a part of the regular
electric power contract dated March
IA, 1895. Carried unanimously
Reports of the Fire Warden, Clerk of
Municipal Court, and Chief of the Fire
Department for the month of April,
1898, We're read.
Moved by Alderman Debeltz, sup
ported by Alderman Mattila, that the
reports be accepted and filed. Carried
unanimously.
Report of the Radio Interference In
spector, for April, 1888, was read and
ordered filed.
mentS for supplies were read.
Moved by Alderman Nyman, sup
ported by Alderman Lobe, the the re-
QUESTIONS be referred to the Committee
of the Whole. Carried unanimously
Moved by Alderman Debeltz, sup
ported by Alderman Spreitzer, that the
City of Ely offer a reward of 5000
for information causing the arrest and
conviction of any person damaging,
destroying or stealing any city prop
erty, and for information causing the
arrest and conviction of any person
turning in false fire Abrams Vote as
follows:
Yes: Aldermen Debeltz, Mattila,
Spreitzer, zgonc, Mayor Peshel (5).
No: Alderman Lobe ID.
Alderman Nyman was temporarily
absent at this time.
Motion carried.
Motion carried.
The following employment applica-
tons were read:
August Saari, tourist camp;
Mary Bobinc, any kind of work;
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ceiveS the sum of $1,000.
Moved by Alderman Mattila. SIM
ported by Alderman Spreitzer, that the
communication be accepted and filed.
Carried unanimously.
Communication from the League Of
Minnesota Municipalities was read
giving notice of the Annual Conyen-
ton of the League at International
Falls, on June 8, 8 and 10, 1888.
Moved by Alderman zgonc, supported
by Alderman Nyman, that the COM
munication be accepted and filed. and
the Mayor be authorized to appoint
official representatives of the CITY to
attend the convention at the expense
Of the city. Vote as follows:
Yes: Aldermen Lobe, Mattila, Nyman
zgonc, Mayor Peshel (5).
No: Aldermen Debeltz and Spreitzer
ca.
Alderman Debeltz remarked that the
money to be expended for attending
this convention could be used to a
better advantage for labor.
Motion carried.
communication from the League of
Minnesota Municipalities was read.
notifying the city of the session of the
of the Northwest Fire School, to be held
in Minneapolis, May 16, II and IS.
Moved by Alderman Nyman, SUD-
ported by Alderman Spreitzer, that the
communication be accepted and filed.
Vote as follows:
Yes: Aldermen Debeltz, Mattila. Nv
man, Spreitzer, zgonc, Mayor Peshel
(6).
No: Alderman Lobe ID.
Motion carried
Notice of claim from John Kovach
was read, claiming damages in the
Evening star., 1938-12-24
Mount Pleasant Church
Services Tomorrow

How to Make a Glorious Christ
mas" is the sermon subject upon
which Dr. w. L. Darby, executive
secretary of the Washington Fedora
ton of Churches, will preach at
Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church tomorrow morning.
The church school will have its
Christmas service at Cleveland Park
Church at 10 o'clock. Scenes from
the Christmas story as they have
been evolved from the scripture
passages will be presented under the
direction of Mrs. Fred j. Morgan.
The bus will leave the church at
9:45. After the pageant the children
are invited to attend the Christmas
service at Mount Pleasant.
At 4:45 pm. candlelight service,
in which the church chorus and
junior choir are sharing, will be held
at Mount Pleasant, followed by a
fellowship tea. The 20-40 Club will
be the hosts.
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Sunrise Service Set
Al PetWorth NJ. (.

A Christmas sunrise service will
be conducted at $50 am. 1t will
begin with Trumpeters Murrell Lank
and James Moudy playing carols on
the church portico, after which the
service will be continued in the
sanctuary at PetWorth M. E. Church.
Carols will be sung and special
music will be rendered by the
Senior and Girls Choirs. Miss
Helen Newman will lead in the
prayer of alteration. Miss Lily R.
Schwab will give the Christmas
meditation.
DR.. Frank Steelman will preach
the Christmas sermon at II o'clock
on Wonderful" The Senior Choir
will sing. There will be no evening
service.
Fifty-one bags, containing toys
and clothing, have been filled by
Sunday school classes for distribu-
ton to children by the Central
Union Mission.
The nursery and beginners de-
partments will have their Christmas
parties Tuesday afternoon at the
church. The Bykota Glass will have
their party at the home of Anna
Mary Morrison, 4017 Fourth street
NV, Tuesday evening. The Queen
Esthers will have their Christmas
party Thursday evening at the home
Of Miriam Stackhouse, 43l3 Kansas
avenue NV.
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Special Music Planned
At Fourth Church

There will be an fashioned
Christmas service at Fourth Pres
byterian Church tomorrow at II
am, with the sermon by the Rev.
James H. Miers on The Lighted
Way to Bethlehem" There will be
special music.
At 7 pm. DR.. Miers will speak on
Jacob Prophesies of His Children
IN the studies of the whole Bible,
special lecture series. At 8 pm. will
be monthly prophetic study. The
SUBJECT is The King of the Jews"
On Monday at 7:45 pm. DR.. Miers
will lecture on "KingdoN Promises
to Isaac and Jacob" THURSDAY eve
ming the intercessory prayer clinic
meets in Kelly Hall for special prav-
er and lntercessions for healing. At
8 pm. prayer meeting service, with
the Junior choir and assisting vio-
linlsts. song, prayer, testimony and
a short sermon meditation.
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Wallace Memorial
|C.E. So(ietiesto
Go Caro|ing
Bible School to Conduct
Worship Service
In Morning

The Wallace Memorial United
Presbyterian Church will begin cele-
bration Of the Lords nativity with
the annual early morning caroling
at the hospitals by the Christian
Endeavor Societies.
At $3.50 am. Christmas worship
services will be conducted in the
Bible school. The Homebuilders
Glass of the adult department will
have a program of nativity carols,
poems and story, beginning at 10
o'clock.
Special Christmas music by the
quartet, junior choir and organist
will feature the II am. service.
The Rev. DR.. c. E. Hawthorne will
preach on What Christ Brought" )"
New members will be received.
A novel evening service has been
arranged by the Senior Christian
Endeavor Society, which will take
the place Of the sermon by the pas
tor. The reading of the nativity
Scriptures by Harold Ichilian will
be combined with special music. The
quartet will also participate, and
there will be organ numbers.
Prayer meeting will be held
Thursday evening, with the pastor
in charge. The midweek Bible class,
which regularly meets that night,
will not convene until January 5.
There will be no Bible School Board
meeting during the holiday week.
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Christmas Quest
Topic al Takoma Park
Presbyterian
Tokterion Players
Will Present Drama
In Evening

The Rev. r. Paul schearrer will
preach at II am. tomorrow in the
Takoma Park Presbyterian Church
on THE Christmas Quest" In place
OF the regular evening service the
Takterian Players will present a
Christmas drama, Peace I Give
Unto YOU" In the church hall. The
cast consists of Agnes Carleton, Roy
c. Harbin, Robert M. Lyon, Leo r..
Hubbard and Allan E. Hooker. H. M.
Smythe is serving as director and
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Vogel are in
charge Of the stage and properties.
A brief devotional service conducted
by the pastor will precede the drama.
simultaneously with the morning
worship the primary church for
children 6 to years. inclusive, and
the nursery for the children under
6 years Of age will be In session.
Dorothy Cornell and Ruth Keifer
are in charge of the young peoples
group meetings tomorrow evening.
The senior high group will go CAROL
ing in the neighborhood in place of
its usual meeting.
The children of the primary de-
partment will have their Christmas
party Thursday afternoon and the
children Of the junior will have
their party Thursday evening.
The Senior High C. E. Society will
give party for the children of the
junior department of the Chinese
community church school on Friday
afternoon.
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All Saints Episcopal

The Rev. Henry Teller Cooke, who
has recovered from his recent illness,
will preside at midnight service
beginning at 11:30 tonight. He will
also oficiate at the holy communion
service at 7:30 Christmas morning.
At the IL o'clock service he will
have as his subject, The Gift of
God"
Sessions of the Sunday school will
be omitted Christmas Sunday
morning.
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Echo Choir Will Open
St. PouI's Festivities

The Christmas festivities at st,
Paul's Episcopal Church on Twenty
third street near Washington Circle
will be opened by the Echo Choir
OF men and boys, under the direction
OF Samuel A. Leech, singing Christ
mas carols. This will precede the
midnight service, which will be
opened by a procession about the
church of crucifler, torch bearers,
acolytes, choir and clergy. Tickets
are not issued.
The festival music will be repeat
ed on Christmas Day at II o'clock,
when the Rev. Arlington A. Mccall
lum will preach on Gods Christmas
Sermon" The usual meeting Of
the Young Peoples Fellowship will
not be held. There will be no eve
ming service on Christmas Day.
Evening star., 1938-12-24
Epworth N. (. South
To Hold Early Service

Services in Epworth M. E. Church
South will begin at 4:3O tomorrow
morning with the lighting of the
community Christmas tree planted
in the church yard, and with the
singing of Christmas carols In the
neighborhood by the young peoples
department.
DR.. Clifton K. Ray will preach at
II am. on The Quest Of the Wise
Men" A class will be received into
church membership. In the evening
there will be service of music by
the combined choirs.
The Joy class will hold a Christ
mas social in the social rooms Tues
day evening.
The Young Adult Group meet to-
morrow at pm, in charge of Mrs
Dorothy Lanham. The young
peoples department will meet at 7
pm.
DR.. Ray will conduct the prayer
meeting Thursday evening The
Sunday school will hold Christmas
parties and entertainments during
the week. There will be no watch
night service next Saturday evening
on account of the early service of the
next Sunday.
Evening star., 1938-12-24
Choir at 81. Thomas
To Sinq Eve Of Grace

At 1890 pm. on Christmas eve
the choir Of St. Thomas Episcopal
Church will sing The Eve of Grace"
by J. 8. Matthews, with solo voices
and full choir, in a fitting and beau
tiful prelude to the Christ mass,
which will follow at 1130 pm. The
midnight celebration of the Holy
Eucharist will be choral one, and
at II o'clock tomorrow the musical
features Of the communion service
will be taken from Gounod's st.
Cecilia Mass The rector, the Rev.
DR.. Howard S. Wilkinson, will
preach. There will be early COM
munion service at o'clock.
The hours of service on the four
days following Christmas are: Mon
day, 10 am; Tuesday, 9 am; We'd
nesday, 8 am; Thursday. IL am.
The church school is planning to
have two Christmas parties for their
pupils, Wednesday from 8 to 1890
pm, Junior and senior high school;
Thursday, from 3 to o'clock, kinder
garten, primary and junior classes.
The usual week day meetings of
various organizations in the parish
will be omitted during the week.
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: Tree Will Be Lighted
At METROPOLITAN Baptist

At the Metropolitan Baptist
Church tomorrow night tree will
be Illuminated on the platform. and
the Rev. DR.. John Compton Ball will
preach on The Tale of the Lighted
Pine" In the morning the pastor
will speak on Gods Greatest Gift"
Christmas anthems will feature the
music at both services. New mem
bers will be welcomed.
All young peoples organizations
meet at 6:45 pm. The Adult Union
will be led by Miss Gladys Easterly
on the theme, Salvation for All
Men Everywhere.
The women's Bible class will meet
Tuesday at o'clock. Mrs. Louis
Reichard will preside. Prayer and
service on Thursday evening will be
led by DR.. Ball. Watch night service
will be held Saturday, beginning at
8 o'clock. The Rev. Robert Savage,
assistant pastor, will lead the service.
Evening star., 1938-12-24
The Other Wise Man
0fferiory Leaders
Are Announced
18 Churches Of Various
Denominations Tokine
Parts in PIoy

With 18 churches Of various de-
nominations represented In the cast
OF players presenting the famous
Van Dyke legend of "The Other
Wise Man. at Luther Place Me-
mortal Church on Monday at 8 pm.
and the three nights Immediately
following, the Rev. DR.. Carl c. Ras-
mussen, pastor at Luther Place, who
will himself conduct the ceremony
OF the offertory on the opening night,
announces that the Rev. DR.. Horace
E. Cromer, president of the D. c.
Federation Of Churches and pastor
at Emory M. E. Church, will officiate
on December 20; the Rev. DR.. j.
LoWrey Fendrich, pastor of Metro
politan Presbyterian Church, on
December 27, and the Rev. John L.
Nixon, director of social welfare of
the Federation Of Churches, on De-
cember 20.
The ceremony of the offertory will
take place on each night at 8:l5
o'clock. Assisting in the ceremony
will be groups of young women from
the Bible classes of Luther Place
Sunday school, under the direction
OF Miss Frances Neufeld, Miss
Eleanor Horn, Miss Ruth Blackburn,
Mrs. Lloyd Nelson. Miss Blanche
Nelson and Miss Sallie Norbeck.
At 7:45 pm. there will be each
night an organ and carol program,
with musical groups from different
churches presenting the program.
The Schubert Singers, directed by
Mrs. Chester Adair, organist at
Fourth Presbyterian Church, will
present the Tuesday preliminary
program; Paul Whitney Fishbaugh,
organist at New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church, assisted by Dorothy
w. Fishbaugh, will present the
Wednesday program, and the Luther
Place Church Choir, directed by
Mrs. Cornelia Long Kinsella, will
offer the program on Thursday. The
Monday night choristers will be
announced
The doors will be opened at pm.
on the four evenings. The public is
asked to enter at Fourteenth and N
streets and at Vermont avenue and
N streets NV. All other entrances
are reserved for the cast and for a
limited number of special guests.
The public is invited.
Evening star., 1938-12-24
Supreme Christmas Gift
Morning Service Topic

Rhode Island Avenue M. P. Church
tomorrow will hold services at m,
II am. and pm. The Rev. Ray
mond w. White will preach at the
early service on The Supreme
Christmas Gift" Wellington Ross,
son of Mr. and Mrs. David Ross, will
be baptized. Cradle Comfort" will
be the subject at II am. and at 8
pm. Wise Men of Today"
The mems Bible class will meet
at $50 am, with the pastor as
teacher. The subject for discussion
will be Our Response to Gods
Love"
On Thursday night the pastor will
give Christmas party to the men,
bers of the church, friends and
strangers, in the social room. Each
organization will present a number
for the entertainment.
On New Year Day at II o'clock
there will be reception of members
and holy communion.
Evening star., 1938-12-24
Choir 10 Sing Carols
In Evensong Rites
Al Cathedral
Bishop Will Preach
Christmas Sermon
In Morning

For the first time in it's history
the choir of men and boys will sing
Christmas carols, unaccompanied,
from the gallery of the North
TranSept at the service of choral
eVensong in Washington Cathedral
tomorrow at o'clock. Bishop James
E. Freeman will give a Christmas
greeting and the Very Rev. Noble c.
Powell, dean of Washington, and
other members of the Cathedral
clergy will participate in the service.
The Christmas sermon at the serv-
ice of holy communion at IL am
will be preached by Bishop Freeman.
Holy communion will be celebrated
. at 7:30 am. and $50 am
There will be pilgrimages to OBJ
tects of religious devotion and in
terest within the Cathedral and the
close. The bishops garden will be
open from noon to 2 pm.
A creche, representing the holy
nativity. has been placed in the
children's chapel where throughout
Christmas week children of the city
are invited to come and gain inspi-
ration from this beautiful repre-
sentation of the Christmas story.
Pilgrim aides will be on duty daily
on week days from $50 am. to 4: 80
pm. to welcome children and other
pilgrims.
The creche was dedicated at
special service for the children of
the clerical and lay staff of the Ca
thedral. Thirty-siX sons and daugh-
ters of "the Cathedral family met
in the Bethlehem Chapel. Each re-
ceived figure or part of the creche
TO carry in procession, two by two.
Reaching the children's chapel, each
child placed the figure he or she was
carrying in the dimly lighted creche.
The children sang Holy Night"
and 20 Little Town of Bethlehem"
Dean Powell conducted the service,
assisted by Canon Precentor William
M. Bradner, who had suggested it.
The Christmas story from st. Luke's
gospel was read by DR.. Powell. who
talked to the children about the real
meaning of Christmas.
On Holy Innocents Day, next
Wednesday, at 7:30 am. the holy
communion will be celebrated in the
childrens chapel for the first time.
Holy communion will be celebrated
In the Chapel of st. John at the
same time on Tuesday. which is OBJ
served as st. Johns Day in the
church calendar.