: i in the hall of the church Tuesday evening with the pastor, . J» W. Stephen presiding. A 8 consisting of the follow- i numbers. was given--*Recita- Miss May McDonald; chorus by primary Fran- 'Christmas Doll," Miss Mec class; recitation, Gordon ; chorus 'by the boys of Mrs. and Miss Clow's classes; gs 8 BEE HE | violin solo, Bawin Strachan; chorus, "The | request of her family, Mrs. Tre- 0 Ee | the entertainment is due to the following teachers: Mrs. Newlands, Mrs. -Hanson, Miss Davis, Miss Leach, Miss McLean, Mrs. McBride, 7 gus! ; : § £ BE = i - : ; i " i 3); an exercise by the H tions, - Saunders, Murray and Mary Roberts. and choruses by the children. Mr. Pligrim made a very effective Santa Claus and found presents for all the children on the well loaded tree, Mr. Monck assisted to distribute the gitts. The older children will have their tredf at a later date. _ ------ Cooke's Entertainment, A very unique entertainment was given last evening by the children of Cooke's Sunday. school entitled "A Joke on Santa Claus." Each act was told In song: Miss Kate Bas son made an excellent mother, res- ponding by song and story at the neer, 3s ndma, sang very sweet- ly the lullaby to the baby, also a song Illustrating the true Christmas spirit entitled "Others." Mildred Caughey, Marguerite Lemmon, Gor- don Ferguson and Billy Laird gave zest to the programme by teasing and joking and when requested do- ing their "stunts" by singing, ete. Billy Pipé and Foster McLennan captivated 'the audience with their acting and songs. Gordon Cum- mings made an excellent father. | Violet MacRae, as Sandman, appear- ed and thoughtyit guite a joke to sprinkle the sand in the eyes of the sleepy children. i : The nd act opened with the entrance of the Holly and Mistletoe fairles, who with graceful gestures and song told what they were doing to keep the Christmas spirit, These | were Mildred Caughey, Helen Fer guson, Laura Truelove, Marion Hol- land, Bvelyn Baldry, Vibla La Tour, Olivia Lémmon and Grace Gray. frost spri were the ones Ww helped by freezing the ponds rivers and thus help the children to have some fun. These were: Gor- don" Tu Billy Newman, Clifford Reeves, Ferguson, Archie Pat- terson, Donald Lewars and George MacKay; the Snow Fairies were Jean 'Truscott, Myrtle Walthem, Cora Horn, Thelma Todd, Margaret Hyland, Vera Walthem, Margaret Patterson. When all assembled Santa Claus goes about his work filling the stockings, ete. Suddenly an 'alarm clock went off, waking the two little ones, who had heen asleep fa a big chair and who run out singing, "We've Caught You, Mis- toe Santa. Claus," everyone joining Appreciation ETTING aside, for this Jissue, the usual com- mercial announcements fo . our readers, we use this opportunity of expressing | our sincerest wishes for John Laidlaw & 170 Princess St. - -- 3 Rl a aE a ,. A ------ et -- PIII, nd A y--- ve ded