The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-11-23
Plan Elaborate
Program for
Christmas Week
Community tree, decor
atoms, carols, and Old
Santa with gifts. {

Plans for community Christ
mas program were discussed and
approved Thursday evening, Nov.
Is, at dinner meeting of leaders
of Richland civic, church and So
cial groups, called by the Rich
lang Village Players, at the Rich
land hotel. The general outline
of the festivities, as agreed upon,
include individual and group pre-
sensations by the various Rich.
land organizations during the en-
tire week proceeding Christmas,
climaxing in gala early evening
community program on Saturday,
December 23rd.
John p. German of the Village
office was elected by the group
as chairman of an executive COM
mittee to put plans into operation,
with Mrs. H. c.. James, of the
Richland Village Players, as his
assistant and technical advisor.
The balance of the executive COM
mittee will consist of chairman of
four other key committees, elected
by the gathering. They are H.
Pfutzenreuter, representative of
the Coordinate Club, chairman of
the decoration committee; w. S.
Roe, Jr., who represented the
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
chairman Of the finance commit
tee; j. p. O'Hara, representing
both the Catholic Church and the
Meistersingers, a choral group,
chairman of the program commit
tee, with Mrs. Monte Smith, of
the Campfire Girls, as his assist
ant; and Paul Nissen, of the Rich
land Village Players, chairman of
the publicity committee.
A meeting of the executive COM
mittee was called for Saturday
afternoon, November IL, at the
Village office, at which time pre-
liminary plans will be discussed
and the committees filled in with
representatives of all the organiza-
tons taking part. Among the
suggestions from the group were
the presentation of a tab1eau de-
plotting the Nativity, a Santa Claus
who would distribute gifts to the
children, choral groups to sing
Christmas carols in the village
streets and under the central
Christmas tree, a mummerS group,
community singing of carols, an
opportunity for villagers to make
a gift to less fortunate in Europ-
can countries, with a tag to be
sold to finance part of the cost Of
the program. ..5s...-.-..,. "a
Among those present at the
meeting, in addition to the Mes
DANES Smith and James, and the
Messrs, German, Pfutzenreuter,
Roe, O'Hara and Nissen, were
Roland Bloomstrand of the Will
age Players, Rev. r. Kenneth Bell
of the United Protestant Church,
James Thompson of the Church of
Latter Day Saints; Joe Willard of
the Masonic Order, r. H. Fer
gin of the Richland Forum and
public schools, Bert Arndt of the
Castle Club, Mrs. j. p. German
of the Girl Scouts, Mrs. j. H.
Peterson of the Lewis P.-T.A., G..
Henningsen of the Municipal bldg,
Miss Connolly of the Lewis grade
school music department., O. D.
Cash of the Masonic and DeMolay
Orders, Mrs. A. I. Moore of the
jefferson P.-T.A., and Mrs. Lang
ford Spencer of the American
Red Cross.
Not able to attend the meeting,
but in full accord with the need
for a community Christmas pro-
gram for Richland were r. j..
Willingham of the Richland Radio
Club. Rev. Leo Dyson of the Epis-
copal Church, and Mrs. H. Hayden
rector of the USO.