Christmas Pageant and Masses at Local Churches
Churches across the city host Christmas services and pageants. Sacred Heart and St John’s choirs perform carols and Masses, while First Methodist and Emmanuel Baptist present cantatas and pageants with soloists, orchestras, and special musical selections.
Silent Night Story From Obendorf Shaped By Village Choir
The article recounts Silent Night origins in Obendorf Austria with Josef Mohr and Franz Gruber composing the melody. It follows the song from a humble church service to global fame, noting Gruber and Mohr’s backgrounds, the first performance, and how the tune spread through Austria and beyond.
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Sancud
Communion Service Inc
Berthold
John HH. Gower
Corrie Morris Minott
Geraldine B. Jennings
Merrill Smith
Wiliam HL Patrick
Franz Gruber
Richard Ss. Wills
Messiah
Handel
Billie Richardson
Obendorf
Austria
Vienna
Dream Memorial Coured
Adam
Adestes Fideles
Artiss Lillian Chrisp
Wilbur Kraus
the Shepherds
Charles Dickinson
Julia Price
Frank C. Brown
Harding
McColtin
Frederick Hamilton
Percy H. Boat
Dr. Brown
Tillian Chrigtip
Charlotte Hayter
Monk
Noel
Wisner
Papeant
Katherine Lee
Ruth Sparkes
O H. M. Little
Christmas in the Kentucky mountains told by a nurse
In Wendover Kentucky December 22 a nurse reports on mountain life during Christmas. Mountain families endure cold and hardship as a delivery occurs with frozen water in the basin. Len Eimore recalls old Christmas traditions tied to the old calendar, while Frontier Nursing notes show how the program brings Christmas spirit to 60 to 70 children with simple meals and a small organ.
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Kentucky
Keneucky
Mary. Breckinridge
Camp Frontier Nursity Service
Mary Breckiner
Associated Press
Wendover
Lew Eimore
Len
Eni
Nnl
England
Galsworthy
Frontier Nursing Service
Silent Night memorial and old Obendorf village scene
The account describes the Silent Night memorial at St. Nicholas Church in Obendorf, with a bronze bas-relief of pastor Mott hearing children sing and the composer Gruber nearby. It recalls the old church, water towers, and the village’s winter charm, plus the school and a Mozart portrait near Gruber’s desk, preserving a hundred year old room as it was.
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Fort Peay
Baptist Temple
Arthur J. McHoul
Mineister
Mendelssohn
Manger
Strother A. Campbell
Hallelujah
Handel
Yix
Jesus
Carel
Pees
Kings of Oxi Orient
Ouuia
Warren
Raster Martins
Chris
Golo
Cot
John Lee Crites
Barnby
Dwight Fa
Dubois
John’s Episcopal
St John’s Episcopal Church
Aoly Imine
Control Tours
Doz
Carrie Morris Minotth
Roland A. Hinckley
Holy Voicen
Fiee Turner
Séititam
I. A
Alma
Obendorf
St. Nicholas
Salzach
Pastor Mott
Enecht Ruprecht
Gruber
Bing Herr i Arhament
Ds Arnadorf
Genersde School Houss
America
Frane Gruber
Mozart
Franz Gruber
Suaht
Gifts to Ansipalla from Battlefields of France
A tree from Australian WWI battlefields is sent to Australia by ex servicemen organizations. In Aberdeen Scotland, the council barred all pets from municipal houses, reflecting a recent policy update.
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Ansipalla
Melbourne
France
Ereper
Aberdeen
Scotland
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