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XMAS ON PORCHER ISLANDSettlers Celebrate Occasion with aMerry TimeThe second annual entertainment was given by the school children in the school house, Porcher Island, on December 26th.A large and varied programme was rendered by the children in a most effective manner. A cantata entitled Santa and the Runaways was especially well rendered. The well-known characters of Mother Goose and Santa Claus being well represented by Miss Jessie Tallander and Master Leon Hunter respectively. The chorus being well sustained by Harry Gilbert, Eddie Hudson, Mary Sims, Victor Tallander, Kitty Gilbert, Alec. Sims, B. Elstermann J. McAlaister, S. H. Engle, B. Sims, T. E. S. Gilbert all as nursery rhymacharacters.Songs and recitations filled the rest of the programme. Great credit is due to Mrs. Warner and Mr. Murray, for the painstaking manner in which the children were trained.When one remembers that as recently as three years ago the island was inhabited solely by a few straggling settlers, the fact of such an entertainment being given serves to show the vast progress made in such a short time.In the evening a social was held at which about fifty were present.On January 6th, a surprise visit was paid to Mrs. Tallander at the post office, twenty-five being present. A social club was organized to meet semi-monthly, the object being to make the settlers better known to each other An enjoyable evening was passed with songs, music and games, etc. The next meeting is to be held January 20th, at Mrs. Warner’s home.
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Prince Rupert Optimist
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, CA
Mon, Jan 16, 1911
Page 7
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