The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-13

Children OF the elementary
grades at Lincoln School gave the
annual Christmas program for the
community Wednesday night. with
the auditorium fllled to capacity.
The theme was christmas in a
World at Peace. Three phases of
this theme we're portrayed through
pantomime, song. dance, and read
ing.
In Act One the concept OF shaT-
ing at Christmas was shown by the
children giving choice morsels Of
food to the birds and by Santa Civ
ing gifts to the children. The &C.
tiyities OF the family inside the
house were visible through large
picture window. while the feeding
OF the birds and their creative dane
ing were carried on outside.
The little snow birds were Aletha
Mae Boomus, Joyce Beauregard,
Geraldine Domazewski, Connie
Berlin. Sharon Schrock, Adelaide
Yelinek, Phyllis Hinzman, Phyllis
10 SHOOK. Laura Crawford, jeanne
Karnatz. Rosemary White, Daisie
Williams, Jean Fuller.
The children who fed the birds
were Carol Burger. Danny Trachet
and Marie Lindemeyer. After feed
ing the birds the children helped
their mother and father, Joran An
derson and Malcolm Hearl, to dec
crate the Christmas tree. Grand.
flmother. Patricia Alderman, then
read Hang Up the Bsby's Stock
ing" to the children. She was ac-
companied by the verse choir from
the fourth grade.
When the family went TO bed
Santa. William Wilson, came down
the chimney to leave toys. Toys
we're skaters; Janet Blttner, Ruth
Pepper: balls. Raymond Schong,
Douglas Hall; jacks.ln-the-b0x.
Donald Youngs, Alexander Macker-
witch; jumping ropes. Lillian Glib
son. Lucy Kungus. Santa was in
terrupted in his work by returning
servicemen Harold Beyier and
John Kirk.
In Act Two the children gave
gllmpses of holiday merriment In
various countries of the world 10
show that the spirit OF Christmas
is universal. In this act the same
children were arranged in national
groups around huge backdrop Of
the world. Children we're: Dutch
girl. Carol Day; Italian boy, Robert
futile; Russian boy. Joseph Meh-
arg: Swedish girl. Charlotte Fox;
Mexicans. Jessie Williams, Peggy
Keggereise, Roger Day; American
soldiers, Peter Palkowski, Robert
Colby. Larry Schanz.
Groups OF children came to the
stage to share songs and dance. A
group of Polish children did the
Krakowiak Dance: Marlene Mer-
rill. Donna Geno. Joyce Riggs,
Helen McFall, Joan Latin, Nancy
Bodley. Chinese children sang a
Chinese carol. They we're Peggy
Mahoney, NJ. J. Martin. Michael
Saurant, Carole Hubbard. jeanne
fowler, David Dobbelstein. Dean
VANITY, Virginia Stewart, Fred
Oerther, Shirley Conner. French
children to do the dance "On the
Bridge OF Anignon" we're: Betty
Shuts. Judith Bailey, Rosemarie
Zieman, jeanette Burgar. Marion
Magda. Msrgery Waters, Joyce
Kempfer. Joyce Hubbell, Geraldine
Raines. Anita Weinkauf, Jean Mae
kerwich. Arlene Turner, and Carol
Cam .lleri.
English children who sang the
old English carol Here We Come
A.Wassailing" were: Dean Berlin,
Tavid Ballard, Faye Hutchinson.
Marlene Sampson. Shirley Rathfon.
Holly Heath. Melva Elliott, Robert
Schrock. Reynold Reed, and Wen
del Fautch.
In Act Three the deeply religious
significance OF Christmas was por.
trayed by alternate readings from