Show Community Christmas Program Attracts Hundreds Bad Influenza Fall To Daunt Annual Event In spile of a snow storm and an epidemic of mild an estimated crowd of four hundred persons turned out for the community Christmas eve program held Tuesday evening in the ward hall and children galore thrilled to the arrival of Santa Claus with his bags of goodies for Because of illness and the absence of several teachers the program prepared by the Roosevelt nigh school for the celebration was not group singing led at first by Ronald and later by Santa Claus and duet numbers by Mau-rine Bentley and Betty Sprouse filled in and rounded out an evening of Excitement ran high and youngsters were delighted with St. Nick anu his gifts of Joseph T. Bentley the program and the invocation was offered by Father Murphy of the Catholic At the conclusion of the the Roosevelt Business and Professional Women's club conducted a drawing for a beautiful silk quilt which was awarded to Miss Alice Todd of Adding to the Christmas atmosphere and furnishing a back ground for Santa Claus was a large and beautiful magnificently decorated with ornaments and bright which stood in one end of the The tree was cut and brought here by Frank Defa of Concludes Holiday Festivities The Christmas eve program concluded the holiday activities under civic sponsorship and committees vho planned both the street and Christmas eve tion deserve credit for their Members of the committees tra as Heber T. general J. O. George C C. White and M. F. street Junior Chamber of Roosevelt ware hall American Legion auxiliary and Lions streets Miss Anna Miss Ella Andrews and Mildred Christmas evo P. T. A. assisted by J. T. Bentley and Ronald Wis Santa Claus Jane Page and Relief and home Elva |