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Anaconda Standard

Location

Anaconda, Montana, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1922

Page

14

Christmas program at administration building features student songs and recitations

The Christmas event on Friday December 23 showcased songs and recitations led by pupils. Kevin Gales, Geraldine Sullivan, Ida Richards and others performed pieces with piano solos and dances. A tree donated by James Brennan and decorations by pupils accompanied gift drawings, each child receiving a five cent gift with Santa Claus provided by Stanley Hooper.

School Gem Merkle Marmuerite Ridge George Gales Bethlehem Walter Duncan Geneva Weston Billy Goss Leonard Nance Billy McMahon Geraldine Sullivan Kathleen Bird Margery True James Brennan Stanley Hooper Santa Claus

Harrison School Christmas Program Features Grade Mix

The program lists detailed performances by grades one through eight including dramatic pieces, poems, songs and recitations. Notable items include The Pine Tree dramatization with Pine Tree characters, a series of carols, acrostics, and the distribution of gifts.

The Babe of Bethlehem and Other Christmas Fragments

A period piece listing names and items tied to Christmas lore and pageant roles. The lines mention Babe of Bethlehem, dialogue, 15 children, hymn to the nativity, and figures such as Mike Urlic Mistress Santa Claus Margaret Clancy Robert Cantlou Frances Fiiege Santa Claus Rose Bucher The First Novel song Esther Nylund Knut Warnstrom George Deshler Fred Karsted.

Mike Urlic Santa Claus Margaret Clancy Robert Cantlou Frances Fiiege Rose Bucher Frances Fliege Esther Nylund Knut Warnstrom George Deshler Alfred Karsted

Sixth and seventh graders perform recitations and carols

Eleanor Spehar and Walter Cockayne give recitations and stories with Donald Ray and Helen Karsted. Andy Backlund leads class with Christmas Bells. Eighth grade closes with Christmas carols talks poems and Christmas tree exercises led by Phyllis Treglown.

Eleanor Spehar Walter Cockayne Donald Ray Helen Karsted Andy Backlund Phyllis Treglown

Madison School Christmas Program Highlights

The Madison School staged a multi grade Christmas program with songs and recitations by First through Fifth grades. Among items were Joy to the World Dolly's Lullaby Silent Night and O Come All Ye Faithful, plus character recitations such as What I Like Best and Night Before Christmas. Santa distributed candy bags and canes to each pupil.

Madison School Alvey Bertrand Helen Eno Dolly Helen Burkard Carl Lind Santa and the Mouse George Mirich Santa Montana McKiernan Curtis Binstock Henry Terpin Florence Pearson Charles Holloway Elmer Lind Cradie Philip White Raymond Ferkovich Ruth Marshall Santa Claus Harold Pearson St. Nicholas Celia Skalls Jolly May Antak Mother Gooseville Louise Ferkovich Clara Laurence Town of Bethlehem

Greely School Christmas Celebration Highlights

Greely school presented a Christmas program with activities for all grades. First B students performed under teacher Azita Slears guiding the class.

Greely School Azita Slears

Christmas recital lineup spans many grades and performances

The program lists numerous students and teachers in a Christmas pageant with recitations, songs, a playlet, and carols across multiple grades. Notable names include Harriet Myers Doris McDermott Raymond Kelly Mollie Kissick Hel en Harrington Lois Blewett Joseph Linduska and Alma Pankey.

Jolly Santa Claus Mother Pearl Anderson Phyllis Maddock Lois Blewett

Christmas Recital and Playlet Program Recap

The article lists numerous second A and third B students with names attached to songs recitations and a playlet The event features Christmas selections with titles such as Cradle Hymn The Dear Old Tree O Come All Ye Faithful and The Discontented Pine Tree It notes distribution of presents and a Santa Claus segment with many pupils participating

Miss Hagerty Beulah Dubler Mr. Santa Claus Anton Carpino Santa Claus George Serdan Ralph Kaltage Pearl Anderson Santa Land R. Arkilander Edward ‘Thomas Laura Johnson Robert Dudley Edwin Daily Sheila Carroll Agnes Myers Goldie Clifton Marvin Johnson Evan Begovich Lawrence MacManamon Third B Santa Claus and the Mouse Wilson Hicks Mary Booth Marjorie Taylor Evelyn Foster Norman Schute

First Novel The First Novel Student Recitations and Songs

Fifth grade Soney presents a class program featuring recitations and songs. Readings include When Santa Comes by Claire McDonald and A Surprise on Dad by Francis Newton. Pope Christmas carols include Christmas Joy and Come All Ye Faithful performed by six girls and six boys.

Soney Claire McDonald Lawrence Mitchell Francis Newton Dorothy Koch Ena Chatelle Edith Knotwell Clark McCoy Bernice Walker

Christmas Program Recited by Sixth Grade Students

Sixth grade students presented a festive program featuring recitations and carols including The Week Before Old Father Christmas The Christmas Spirit and Cantique de Noel. The show included dialogues sketches and a gift presentation with names of participating students and teachers.

Joy to the World class with various holiday pieces

Sevenths grade presents a program featuring The New Santa Claus by Caro lyn Markwald Waiting for Mother by Edna Winters O Come All Ye Faithful by Herbert Jory Clifford Olds Ronald McIntosh Kenneth Prowse and Whats the Trouble by dee Dorala The lineup includes songs and readings by multiple students with a Christmas theme

Santa Claus Carolyn Markwald Mother Edna Winters Herbert Jory Clifford Olds Ronald McIntosh Kenneth Prowse Dee Dorala

Blaine School Christmas Program Includes Poems Songs

The Blaine school presents a December 22 program featuring poems by students Phyllis Warren John Kurtz Ronald Williams Irvine Pascoe Jack Murrish Emily Fultz Helen Malkovich Willene Benetts Katherine Frink and Lucille Fulds plus solos and choral numbers by various grades. Student performers include Egbert Fischer Monica Gransberry John Webb Evelyn Davis Diana Glusac Emil Peel Garfield Perry Sidney Rowling and Gladys Curtis.

Blaine Phyllis Warren John Kurtz Ronald Williams Irvine Pascoe Jack Murrish Tf’oem Emily Fultz Helen Malkovich Santa Claus Willene Benetts Katherine Frink Egbert Fischer John Webb Poe Lucille Fulds Monica Gransberry Evelyn Davis Diana Glusac Jerusaem Gladys Curtis Bethlehem Emil Peel Garfield Perry Sidney Rowling

Washington Junior High Christmas Celebration Recital and Play

The Washington Junior High held a December 22 program featuring a wide array of performances. The lineup included selections by the junior high orchestra and boy’s chorus, recitations such as Christmas Chimes and Silent Night, a Christmas play The Man Who Didn’t Believe in Christmas, and readings like Christmas Symbols and Annie’s and Willie’s Prayer. Santa distributed presents to primary children, and the ninth B decorated the tree.

Washington Junior Hich Margaret Wisner Bethlehem William Negherbon Margaret Burt Santa Claus John Wellcome Mary Gage Paul Wenans Harriet Gordon Patricia Gilligan Winifred Dunstan Kathleen Sullivan Louise Ball Kathleen Boyer Richard Rogers Beesie Opal Hulder Boye Johnny Richard Lewis Annie Willie Marion Hobs Evaline Zundel Man

Washington Primary Second Grade Christmas Program Highlights

The second grade program features songs such as Santa Land and A Real Santa Claus with recitations including Christmas Eve and Three Little Wishes. Performers include Zeba Avdic, Bob Malovich, Grace Smith, Gerard Glasso, Alli Vartia, George Markovich, and three young girls with a Merry Christmas finale. First graders present Old English Carol and Merry Christmas with songs The Gingerbread Boy The Toymans Shop and Jolly Santa Claus alongside a Gramatization of the toy shop.

Washington Santa Land Zeba Avdic Santa Claus Bob Malovich Grace Smith Gerard Glasso Alli Vartia George Markovich Mary Glasso Jack McCaw Agnes Hanrady School Jardine Anderson Melvin Clark Ruth Horne Evelyne Lindquist Hazel Smith George Hanson Merna Thrailkill Clifford Hayden

Hawthorne School Programs Celebrate Christmas Pageant

Hawthorne School and Whit tier students presented a Christmas pageant of carols plays and recitations. Students performed The Story of the Christmas Tree The First Christmas Tree Origin of the Tree and its Ornaments Cradle Hymn Adeste Fideles and other numbers with performances by first through upper grades including Mrs Santa Comes Into Her Own and Star of the East.

Hawthorne Whittier Ellen Smalls Ruth Sylvester Adeste Fideles Mother Goose Village Leo Maney Santa Claus Charles Gratiot Margaret Nyland William Pilon Little Town of Bethlehem Bobby George Maney Song

Whittier School Presents Holiday Program Highlights

Whittier school upper grades stage a Christmas program featuring songs Oh Come All Ye Faithful Silent Night Joy to the World and a play The Great Adventure of Mrs Santa Claus with Mary Moyle Helen Spencer Dick O Malley Kenneth Hull and Joe in the cast and story presented as Christmas at the Hollow Tree Inn.

Whittier Hollow Tree Inn Mary Moyle Mrs. Santa Claus Helen Spencer Santa Claus Dick O’malley Benjamin Bookfellow Kenneth Hull Hickety-Stickety Joe General Assembly Louis Shimmin Sigmund Meyer Sylvan Morris Anon Nelson Saul Ornstein Daddy Philip Boyle Roger Winters William Robert Sidney Blacklock Marierie Parker Vera Golubin Mildred Warren Annie Johnson Franklin Dewey Harold Lee Kenneth Eisler Leslie Niam Irene Evans James Poorts Louise Parkman School Sherman School Malcolm Gille Walter Eslick Jeanette Thomas Santa Marjorie Nugent Clair Thomas Doris Williams Josephine Andrews Remo Vicario Santa Claus and the Mouse Wydyllis Rundle Mary Mendosona Lenore Thomas Kathleen Pape Ruby Keiseth Annie Mooney

Holy Savior School Christmas Program At School Hall

Holy Savior School held its annual Christmas program at the school hall with Santa Claus as guest. Students from all grades performed songs and recitations including The First Noel and Adeste Fideles while Santa distributed gifts to conclude the event.

Holy Savior School Holy Savior Santa Claus Dot James Whitcomb Riley Saint Nick North Pole

Loveliest Thing Christmas Playlet At Butte High

At Butte high school the Christmas playlet The Loveliest Thing was directed by Miss Gertrude Ryan. A home Christmas setting staged by students complemented the theme. The orchestra performed Alda intermezzo Katinka's Waltzes and Soldiers of Fortune. Periods were shortened to 30 minutes and early dismissal followed.

Butte High School Gertrude Ryan Alda Katinka

Central High School Ends Day With Classroom Programs

Central high school observed the closing with programs in each classroom. Appropriate recitations songs and instrumental numbers were featured.

Central High School

St Patrick's School Parish Program Readers Sing Seasonal Classics

The St Patrick's School program lists performances by first through fourth grades with a variety of carols and readings. Students include Florence Harrington Esther Connole Camille de Celles Audrey Sheeley Mary Higgins Nadine Carroll Helen Hanson Elsa O Fly nn and many others performing Adeste Fideles Silent Night and Jolly Old St Nicholas among others.

St. Patrick's School St. Patrick's Parochial School Royal David City Florence L. Harrington Bettie Catherine Vignaux Esther Connole F. Harrington Camille de Celles Audrey Sheeley America Mary Higgins Little Jesus

Grade seven room nine presents a Christmas song list

A classroom program features multiple songs including Venure in Bethlehem The First Christmas Night Christmas Carol Christmas Eve at Mother Hubbard's Santa's Book Christmas Time John ny's Letter The Postman's Story Kris Kringle's Surprise The First Christmas Day Santa's Secret The House of Santa Claus Kris Kringle's Joke The New Year My Wish Adeste Fideles and others performed by students Anna Lynch Quinn Tamm Dorothy Maroney Kathleen O'Neil William Hallo well Dolores Hangvar Harold Sullivan Marcella Jones Catherine Sheehan and more.

St. Ann's School Santa Claus St. Ann's M. J. Nolan Richard Myhre Charlotte Spalding Our Lord's Cross Kathryn Kellett St. Nicholas Alva Deschane James Otis Billy Sullivan Minums Dean Yo' List'en Dolores Hangvar Kris Kringle Harold Sullivan Marcella Jones Catherine Sheehan Corey Whalen Emmett Casey Estella Parker Neil Shea John Sullivan Margaret Walsh Little Billy Katherine Kehoe Mary Clare Wall Thomas Shea Garnett Haltiner Dorothy Dolan John Harrington Orphan Anne Shela Brown Lawrence Mailet Mary Catherine McCarty Elizabeth O'Donnell Roland Duchesnea

Seventh and Eighth Grades Christmas Miniatures

A sequence of short pieces performed by seventh and eighth graders including readings and choral numbers. Names listed include Corey Whalen, Es tella Parker, Mary Clare Wall, Kath erine Kehoe, Garnett Haltiner, Dorothy Dolan, and others with titles such as Christmas Eve and Silent Night.

Sacred Heart School Pupils Enjoy Christmas Program and Gifts

A pleasant Dec 20 afternoon at Sacred Heart School featured Christmas programs in each classroom. Pupils exchanged gifts and made little presents for their parents, spreading goodwill and festive spirit as they headed home for Christmas.

Sacred Heart School

Webster School Holiday Program Enumerates Class Performances

The Webster school program lists third B and second grade performances led by Helen Manion and Margaret Sullivan among others. Students and teachers present songs and recitations including Silent Night Santa Claus Here Comes Dear Old Santa Claus Night Before Christmas and A Real Santa Claus with various class entries and child performers.

Arthur Planvo Joseph Clark Elsa O'Flynn Annabelle Sullivan Webster Helen Manion Santa Claus Evelyn Ambrosetti Marie Coombs Lois Vaughn Lillian Walker Little Town of Bethlehem Barbara Woodard Josephine Flanig Richard Nankervis Old Santa Claus Emma Wilcox John Wulf Andrew Gilbert

Christmas Program At School Features Recitations And Songs

The grade program lists students and acts including recitations of Christmas pieces by Irene Smith Elaine Berg Jack Earls and Louis Shimmin plus songs by Roy Jepson James Poorts and others. A dramatization The Boy and His Goat and a scene from The Birds Christmas Carol are performed by mixed grades with 8 B and 6 B pupils.

Miss O'Goggin Tlittle Miss Muffet Doris Rinder Ray Fllingwood Jr Jack Earls Vernon Fivans Jack Horner Frank Divel St. Nick Maxine Hanson Roy Jepson Santa Claus

Sherman School Christmas Program Crowd Pleases

The Sherman school held a Christmas program in the hall by a large tree with Malcolm Gilles substituting for Santa Claus. Upper grades made toys for younger pupils while performers sang recited and danced through a full program including songs dances and original poems.

Emerson School Shines With Christmas Spirit and Santa Visit

Emerson School celebrated a festive week with Santa Claus visiting the building and pupils supplying Christmas trees. In primary grades children recited and danced, intermediates staged plays, grammar grades sang carols, and gifts and candy bags followed dismissal as grateful parents watched.

Emerson School Santa Claus Santa Miss Stone

Christmas Carols Program at Grant School Highlights

Grant School presents a Christmas program featuring a grade by grade sequence of recitations and songs. First graders perform A Mother Goose Alphabet and The Christmas Toys, with Second grade recitations and Merry Christmas. Third graders include Edith Hall and Edwin Reinal among others with Christmas Gift, Christmas Tree, and more. Fourth grade features Rose Sumery and Rauha Poloranto in recitals, Fifth B class in a playlet, and Sixth grade selections including The First Christmas Story and Under the Skies.

Grant School Mike Popovich Amil Kardis Margaret Palm Irene Sackett Mary Renfree Hilda Erickson Lois Podlick Kathleen Harris Tommy Byrne Arthur Byrne Sophy Huttula Trene Olsen

Longfellow School Christmas Program Highlights Grades Recitations

Fourth and fifth graders perform The Adventures of Mrs Santa Claus and a Christmas story in song. Grammar and first grade pupils present Santa Claus recitations. Robert Sage recites A Christmas Puzzle and Eddie McIntosh recites A Real.

Longfellow

A Beautiful Christmas Tree Graces School Assembly

A Christmas program featured numerous student performances across grades from first to fifth. Songs included The First Christmas Santa Claus and the Brownies and Silent Night. The hall displayed a beautiful Christmas tree.

Lincoln School Christmas Program with Plays and Carols

Lincoln School held a program featuring Christmas carols and plays. Performers included Howard Cole, Patty Lee Malsbury, Robert Lindforth, Ralpha Codden, Emma Tweedle, Mary Jane Roberts, Helen Ralston, Marian Murphy, Frances Murphy, and others in roles such as Santa Claus Mrs Sancta Claus Bobby Claus Jimmy and Tree Fairies.

Lincoln School Santa Claus Howard Cole Mrs. Sancta Claus Patty Lee Malsbury Bobby Claus Robert Lindforth Bobby Ralpha Codden Jimmy Howard Place Margie Emma Tweedle Tree Faries Mary Jane Roberts Helen Ralston Marian Murphy Frances Murphy

Fifth B grade Christmas party features classic characters

A school program presented two grades of Christmas stories and figure poems. Students performed named roles including Santa Claus and Mother Goose with a lineup of boys and girls portraying figures from nursery lore and fairy tales.

Fourth A grade The Christmas Spirit

A list of student names and their Christmas themed poems and symbols. Read as a classroom display titled Fourth A grade with authors including Roland Scribner Caroline McDaniels Velma Raffer William Thomas Fay Van House Clifford George Carol Stride Allen Copperthwaite Janet Robinson Donald McDugal Pearl Baird Aaron Canty and others.

Santa Claus Roland Schribner Margaret Fines Caroline McDaniels Velma Raffer William Thomas Fay van House Clifford George Carol Stride Allen Copperthwaite Janet Robinson Donald McDugal Pearl Baird Bell Aaron Canty

Jefferson School Christmas Program Delights Students With Spare Gifts

The Jefferson School held a joint program across all grades in the lower hall featuring a building tree, room gifts for parents, and Santa Claus treats. Students performed songs, recitations, carols, and dramatizations from first to fifth grade, including A Real Santa Claus and Under the Stars.

Herald Angels Kathryn Littlecarol Oswald Dickinson Santa Claus Mabel Allen Eva Mae Edwards Santa Claus and the Mouse Jack Dorgan Bertha Hinttala Lily Rusk Rudolph Boorg Charles Price Bethlehem Jack Gibson Frank Beckett Florence Prelesnik St. Nicholas Fannie Blasich Eleanor Sullivan

Monroe School Christmas Program Highlights Students and Songs

Eighth grade shows open with Miss M Brady directing choir and solos including The Blue Bird and Moonlight. Seventh and Eighth grades perform Margot's Christmas Gift and Ball in Happiness Hall with multiple recitations, songs, and a grand finale.

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