The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-18

night Clear"
After the group has been seat
ed, poems appropriate 20 the
holiday season will be given.
why Do Bells For Christ.
mas Ring" will be the selec-
ton OF a group OF children from
Miss Adams grade while Rose
mary Seidl. OF the third grade,
will give why Are We Here To
day." when Mother Told the
Story" will be given by Shirley
Schock OF the fourth grade and
Norma Roehrs. OF the sixth grade,
will recite her original poem en-
titled bethlehem. Concluding
this portion Of the program. Greta
Adolf and Betty Johnson of the
fifth grade. will present the fami-
liar Twas the Night Before
Christmas.
A highlight of the afternoon
program will be the telling of the
first Christmas by Supt. Ernest Fl.
Chapelle.
For the occasional. the students
will file out, singing Joy TO the
World" Grade parties In the
rooms will follow. then the pupils
will be dismissed for the Christ
mas vacation.
Have Spiritual Choir
The spiritual choir of Woodruff
School will open the Peace on
Earth program Thursday at 1880
in the auditorium. A total of %
new blue robes have been purchas-
ed for the group OF colored boys
and girls. The choir will sing Tell
II On the Mountain. White robed
primary and upper choruses will
march in the professional. The
songs will be "Oh Come All Ye
Faithful" and Joy to the World.
The playlet will open with a
grandmother telling several chill
dren of little girl who lived at
the Inn where Mary and Joseph
came to stay. After the birth OF
the Christ child the little girl
gives her most cherished posses
sions, two doves, to Mary. The
story will be enacted on the stage
during the narration. Vivian Dc
lano will be the grandmother,
jeanne Louise DeNike. Carla Mae
Priebe and Junior Smith. the
children.
The primary chorus will sing
Away in a Manager" and the
upper chorus while Shepherds
Watched Their Flocks." Darrell
Davis. Phaniel Hamilton and Rob
ert Moore will sing solo parts in
I'VE Three Kings accompanied
by the upper grade chorus In this
scene Virginia Hinsch will be
Mary; Lester Lewis. Joseph; Floyd
Rausch. John Spencer. shepherds;
Eugene Mincey. Paul Woodside,
Milford Starks, three kings; Inge
Heesch, little girl; Virginia Freni-
ner, Helen Millspaugh and Joan
ma Sonagan. angels.
Fifth grade Verse chorus will
give The Baby King. All chorus
es will sing Silent Night" and
"Oh Holy Night"
The grandmother hears the
song and observes, How little
peace there is in the world" she
will fall asleep and dream Of peace
in the world. During this sketch
the spirituais chorus will sing Il
Heard the Bells on Christmas
Day" Edna Merritt will take the
part OF Peace. Mary Lou Wetzel,
Norma Ferguson, Jean DeNike.
Fanny Morford. Robert Watson
will be humanity; Betty Padgett,
Japanese; Patty Ann Raymo.
Chinese; Norma Ferguson, Frank
Yunkman. Swiss; Charlotte
Thompson, Herbert Harden. Next
can; Robert Freel. Polish Gwen
dolyn Myers, Turkish; Clarence
Tyndall, Russian.
The song There is No Peace
will be sung. Another selection
will be Ernest Rhys' "A New Old
Song" The program will close
with the singing Of Gloria in Elk
celsis."
Norman Samlo and william
CANCER will handle the curtain
and Gilbert Franklin, the stage
properties.
Woodruff schoolchildren held
special tree lighting services for
their yard decorated tree Tuesday
afternoon. Carols were sung and
Noble Tucker. president of the
student council, turned on the
electric lights.
To Entertain Children
Parents of st. John SCHOOLGIRL
dren will be entertained by 200
children in a program OF patriotic
recitations, choir boys and the
toy orchestra Sunday at 8. A dram
atization of children at the
Crib" will include the cast OF
Elizabeth Schellinger, James Rus
sell, Barbara White. Deliah Ash
by, Lawrence Minnick, Jean
Brown. Another sketch "Bethle-
hem on the First Night" will b.
played by Michael O'Hara and
Arthur Kramer.
Friday afternoon party will be
held for the children. Gifts will
be exchanged.
Plan Program
Children in residence at Rack
ham school will present a Christ
mas program Thursday at |. All
of the Is boys and girls in resid-