The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 23, 1937, Page 2

\ a | Junior Playmakers Excellent in | Production of Choral Play ‘Gloria’ By GEORGE MOSES Nearly 2,000 persons sat in: reverent silence in the high school | gymnasium Wednesday evening andj watched a simple, beautiful enact- ment of a story of the Nativity. ‘The choral play, “Gloria,” is about a wise man and a shepherd who meet. on the cold hills outside Bethlehem on the first Christmas Eve. The humble shepherd has stayed | behind to care for a wounded lamb | while his fellows go to Bethlehem | seeking an explanation for the miracle they have just witnessed in the sky. The wise man has interrupted a pil- | grimage to the Christ Child's manger to warm himself before the shepherd's fire. Before they can proceed, the wise man is forced to part with the trea- sures he has meant to lay at the} Christ Child's feet in order to save a mother and her infant from Herod's soldiers. Bow Before Manger The shepherd, the wise man, and the mother, who is Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist, finally bow low before the manger, empty-handed. AS each dedicates his life to God and an unseen chorus lifts its voices in exul- tation over Christ’s birth, the story ends, “Gloria” was presented by the Bis- marck high school chapter of the Jun- ion Playmakers and was directed by Louise Johnson, of the high school faculty. In addition to Miss Johnson, many persons and organizations de- serve mention for the excellence of the production, Joseph Sirnchek. played the wise man, Saradan of Chaldea. William | Chaffee was Judah, the shepherd. James Shirek was the priest in the prologue and the offstage prophet- voice during the play. The part of Elizabeth was taken by Evelyn Rosen. Other Characters Other characters were Loring Knecht, Scott Smith, James Bantz and William Mills, shepherds; Asie Lewis, Obed; Robert Bowman, Wil- liam McDonald and Vincent Kaline, Herod's soldiers; Lucia Bantz, the Ma- donna; Whitney Refvem, Joseph; Earl Benesh, Harold Smith and Bert Cor- win, the other wise men. Fine costuming was largely the work of Leal Edmunds. Choral singing, which played a prominent part in the production, was under direction of Ralph Soule. Clarion Larson, high school music director, not only led the high school band in a preliminary concert and the string section of the Bismarck Little Symphony orchestra in the “Pastoral Symphony” from Handel's “Messiah” during an intermission, but also accompanied the singers at the organ and piano. _ Lumry Directs Lighting To Rufus Lumry, high school senior, and his staff of assistants credit for the remarkable lighting effects which so heightened the play's beauty. ‘The Nativity scene was outstanding in this respect. Just one of the things which made “Gloria” one of the most beautiful Robes 1/8 off Friday only. Shark’s Men's Store. Fee FROZEN FISH Fresh caught No. 1 PIKE and PICKEREL just arrived from Canadinn lakes, Selling in full box Jote oF les Phone 334 or ur order. The Bismarck Hide & Fur Co. Cor.'Sth & Front, Bismarck, N. D. e Building Rigler, Mgr. ;Claridge, Myrtle Claridge, Mary Ann schmidt, Audrey Cave, Constance Cole, Hazel ;Engdahl, Jean Gillette, Beverly Jensen, Norma Keuhn, Lydia Langer, Elizabeth Rit- terbush, Kay Spohn, Wanda Swenson, Jean Truman, Beatrice Hendricks and Shirley Lasken. make “Gloria” an annual Christmas | week presentation, Mrs. J. Adin Mann, J, Adin Mann, 34, of Devils Lake, N. D., died of a brain abscess in St. Mary's hospital here Wednesday night, a patient. Mr. Mann will accompany Mrs, Louis Gjere of Cahdo, was born Sept. 29, 1902, at Hatton, N. came to Cando with her pare schools as valedictorian in 1920. She; kota graduating with the class of 1924 Kemmeres, Wyo., and one year at Port she leaves a son, Jay Adin, $; and a E Rawie, Grand Forks, N. March. 31, being selected as a staff officer Wednesday. A new group will be named to command for the re- mainder of the school year. Story of Nativity Is Heard by 2,000 productions of its kind ever staged in Bismarck was the candle-light pro- cession near the play’s close. A vested choir of high school girls, each bear- ing a lighted candle, entered the audi- torlum through a rear door. They marched to the front as @ choir sang, then faced the audience for 8 moment, and turned and disappeared info the ‘darkness of the wings. Are Other Singers Singers, in addition to those who had on-stage roles, were Mary Davis, Sylvia Thorson, Lucille Morton, Elet nor Wilson, Lois Riggs, Phyllis Brain- jard, Jean Baker, Gene Peters, Lor-! raine Anderson, Caroline Atkinson, Ruth Belk, Leona Bellon, Audrey Bet- terley, Florence Boutrous, Mildred Cox, Isabelle Cochrane, Mary Ann Derheim, Margaret Forrester, Rebecca Freitag, Nellie Gavin, Helen Hedden, Beatrice Hendricks, Marian Kiessel- bach, Dolores Munger, Marie Nelson, Bernice Patgner, Dorothy Port, Pearl Porter, Irma Rudser, Jeane Schultz, Helen Schwartz, Eileen Skei, Kay Spohn, Alice Stoen, Audrey Wald- Anita Willman, Barbara Wynkoop, Daniel Heintzman, William McKinnon, Bower Rudrud, Jack San- born, Earl Skei, John Solberg, Robert Yeasley and Wayne Jennings. Members of the candle-light choir were Lorraine Berg, Dolores Brier, Lois Erdahl, Doris Fevol¢, Camille Wachter, High school authorities hope to) Devils Lake, Dies Rochester, Minn., Dec. 23—(4)—Mrs. three days after she was admitted as the body to Devils Lake Sunday. Mildred Gjere, daughter of Mr. and 1905. She was graduated from Cando attended the University of North Da- as salutatorian. She taught school two years at Angeles, Wash., prior to her marriage in 1927. Besides her husband and_parents, sister, Mra, Ralph Stewart of New Ulm, Minn, Funeral arrangements have not been made. JOBLESS PROBE 10. vide Background for Bud- get Work Washington, Dec, 23.—(#)—Officials arranging for the senate’s unemploy- ment investigation beginning Jan. 4 indicated Thursday it would develop into a broad analysis of the extent of the business recession. Governmental and industrial lead- ers will be called, they said, to testi- fy on present industrial activity and prospects for the next few months. Some informed persons forecast that the inquiry, under the direction of Senator Byrnes (Dem., 8. C.), would in the 1938 congressional session, It probably will provide the back- ground, they said, for the dominant issue of the session—government ex- penditures and budget balancing. A: Works Progress Administration Official estimated that 2,000,000 per- sons had become unemployed since Sept. 1 and that 1,000,000 more might be out of jobs by the end of February. CONTINUED) from page one- Open Heart Drive Is Nearing Close the chief executive and his wife re- mained at the dance during most of the evening, having a good time them- selves and contributing to the good time of others present. A number of»persons who had pur- chased tickets looked on from the bal- cony, Many Officials in Line In line for the grand march behind the governor and his wife were jus- tices of the state supreme court and other state officials, officers of the American Legion and auxiliary and a large number of other citizens. Music was provided by Sammy Kontos and his orchestra. In a partial report on the sale of tickets, Rue acknowledged the co- operation extended by various state departments. Many of them organ- ized “We Believe in Santa Claus” clubs and each employe contributed some- thing. Totals reported from the various de- partments, both ticket sales and gifts being inoludeti, were: Insurance de- partment $32.60; Workmen's Com- pensation bureau $20; State Auditor $11; Tax Commission $13.50; Health Department $10.50; Motor Vehicle Registrar $4.9 ment $6; Governo! ney General's office $8.50; Unemploy- ment compensation department $27.50; State Examiner $10; Board of DELVE INTO SLUMP Senate Investigation May Pro- be one of the most significant events | Nanking area. mittees elected at meetings Destruction of $100,000,000 in Daraness mills and property at the rich manufacturing port of Tsingtao, shown in the air view above, threatened transfer of the Sino-Japanese war scene northward from the Two American warships were rushed lo Tsingtao to evacuate 300 U..8, citizens there, if the port is attacked. Japanese militarists have avoided fighting near Tsingtao, hoping to protect their industries, originally German but ceded to Japan after the World War. SPATHES FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: night Friday, probably occasion snow; continued ‘cold, For South Dakota: Unsettled t night and Friday b colder central and west tonight an east and extreme south Friday. For Montana: Partly cloudy north- west portion tonight; Friday unset- of Divide. For Minnesota: Snow probable to- night and Friday; not quite so cold extreme east and extreme h por- tion tonight and extreme southeast Friday; colder Friday southwest and west-central portions, WEATHER CONDITIONS The barometric pressure is high over the Great Lakes region and over the northern Rocky Mountain region, Havre 30.12 inches, while low pres- sure areas overlie northern Alberta and the western states, Salt Lake City 29.42 inches. The weather is some- what unsettled in all sections and light precipitation has occurred at most northern and far western sta-~ tions. Temperatures dropped at most northern and central stations with falls of 20 degrees or more in the Great Lakes region, middle Missigsipp! Val- Jey and in Montana. Bismarck station aromeles, inches: 28.06, Reduced to sea level, 29.96, Sunrise, 8.27 a. Sunset, 4:57 p. m. Auditors $5; Eupreme. court $4; Rail. road commission $10.75; Highway Planning Survey $10. Department of Public Instruction $9.25; Highway Patrol $2; State Printer’s office $2; Grand Forks Boy to jlead Academy Group Annapolis, Md., Dec, 23 —(P)— W. D. will command the bugle corps at the United States Naval Academy until Fire Not Bad, But |: Oh, That Water! Woonsocket, R. I., Dec. 23.—(P) —A blaze in a wicker basket at the Kane Furniture company here Thursday caused $100 fire dam- age but resulted in what Leo Lamoureaux, store manager, said Bank of North Dakota $24; Pure Food department $20 and Highway depart- ment $19.50. The total collected at, the capitol was $256.60. Many Donations Acknowledged Numerous ‘fine donations of other items also were reported by Dahlen Thursday. Among them were: Box of candy from the Corner Grocery, Big box containing numerous items from WPA supply room, Two boxes of canned goods, donat- ed as “White Gifts” by the First Pres- byterian Sunday school. An assortment of toys from the Ro- tary club, 200 tags for use on the baskets from Humphreys é& Moule. 20 boxes of clothing and five boxes of toys from Richholt school children. Eight boxes of clothing, two boxes of toys and two boxes of canned goods from the junior high school. toys and eight boxes of canned goods was $50,000 water damage. The fire set off the sprinkler system. and preserves from the senior high school, The time is near for A RHYME FROM THE REINDEER... So hurry like the fleet reindeer And call for CALVERT'S mellow biends— _ The perfect gift for all your friends! Christmas cheer, CALL 1 Ca CLEAR HEADS {CLEAR HEADED BUYERS] lvert FOR WHISKIES No. 12 boxes of clothing, eight boxes of | DX Total, January Ist to date .. Normal, January Ist to date Accumulated excess to date .. NORTH DAKOTA POINTS Low- Hi, evils Lake, Minot, snowing ‘Williston, snowing .. . WEATHER AT OT! OTHER Foun ae Aberdeen, S. D., snow Bales adene veld: ‘algary, Chicago, Tl. Denver, Colo,, clear. Des Moines, tow ge City, Kan Edmonton, Alta, Glendive, Mont. Havre, Mon Helena, Mont, Huron, 8. Dai Kamloops, 8. Kansas Eowintewas ton Los Angeles, Cal Miles ci Roseburg, ‘ore St. Louis, M Salt Lake Cit; N. Me: ‘yO. Sioux City, Towa, clay, pockens Wash., pcld; id ift Curr e Pas, M Winnipes, Mai PIONEER FARMER DIES Jamestown, N. D., Dec. 23.—(P)— Herman Peters; 71, pioneer fatmer of Bloom township, died Thursday morn- ing. Survivors are his widow, two sons, Leon and Robert, Bloom, and two daughters, Mrs. William Laraway and Mrs. Cora Somfen, Jamestown, Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon, Finds Money Under Bed; Manhunt Ends a Minneapolis, Dec. 23 —(#)~ Earl Way, Medicine Lake tavern keeper, started authorities on a manhunt when he announced someone had robbed him of more than $800 while he dozed in his up two suspects. Wednesday night Way found his wallet and money under his bed. Officers released the men, Patterson Hotel is string choice buffalo steaks. Rai and cured on Walter J. Ray’s ranch at Medora, N. Dak. Announcement! | Mr. Charles Kupits is distributer for The Minneapolis Tribune Phone 2353-3 to order your copy. Free Delivery | Weather Report | Unset- tled tonight and eae er pronayly: ‘oce ni east, snow west and south; warmer tled, snow extreme west; warmer east Sharp Increase By A. A. PATTON since 1929, with $7,885,000,000 a year ago. would approximately double 1932 re- ceipts. Government payments to farmers were sharply higher. Full-year mates were about $375,000,000, 0, against ;| looking up. ‘09 | Stepped up estimates month after month, prices of most agricultural chair. Deputy sheriffs soon picked - decline in average prices. Prices Fell As Rise ‘The year was nanired with quo- of the principal farm com- and heading higher. The 1936 drouth had sharply curtailed’ supplies of grain, livestock and other items. Domestic and world consumers Pat] were eager to bolster depleted stocks, tations of modities high, and bids moved up steadily. The upsurge was augmented some> what by scattered indications of dry- hess during the ‘spring. Rains came;, prospects began however, and ctop hee commodity staples hit the toboggan. Cotton crashed from above 15 cents @ pound in the New York spot market 001 to less than seven cents as experts placed the year's harvest at 18,700,000 4 bales—the largest ever grown. Never before in history had any crop yielded ‘The 1936 more than 18,000,000 bales. total was 12,400,000, With the wheat crop jumping from 626,000,000 bushels in 1936 to 887,000,- 000 bushels—roughly the level of the °20s—the Chicago price slid from $1.50 ‘00 | & bushel in the spring to less than $1. ‘Tctal Sales Higher 60 Corn, the most important item on the livestock. menu, iaeapa aS from $1.36 jon their return. If Santa’s L Late, ., Here’s Why! ee sates 1932 Receipts Doubled; Gov- ernment Payments Show (Associated Press Statistician) New York — (?) — Farmers the pas! year reaped the best dollar harvest Preliminary government estimates of farm income from 1937 indicated a total around $8,700,000,000, compared actual outlays a year ago of $287,000- 000. The 11 per cent gain in farm income over 1936 resulted largely from huge crops of various agricultural staples— cotton, wheat, corn and the like—that- lifted total intake despite a drastic Farm Prices Drop But Income Rises 222 it This men in April to under $1 @ bushel at the recent low point. The farmer, in other words, received @ smaller income per unit produced, but sold a great deal more merchan: ise at these lower prices. Livestock. prices alone breasted the receding tide during the tage ro) months. The Associated SOIL CONSERVATION County Board of Directors to of the Burleigh County Conservation association marck Thursday afternoon to elect new officers and reorganize for the coming year. COMIITTEES NAMED Elect Officers at Meeting Here Thursday Members of the ‘board of directors | tural | t in Bis- |Mrs, Laura Smith Jamestown, N. D., Dec. 23.—(P— Mrs. Laura Ann Austin Smith, 83, died We home of her daughter and son-in- press ference the fact he didn’t “very often swear” gupta him from commenting Rep. Boileau's (Prog., Wis.), ‘Smendment to the house farm bill. Dies in Jamestown ' afternoon at the Chairmen of the seven district com- |1#w, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Galles. Survivors are her daughter here and tua ‘te | to sons, J. Fd the last week tat unist organiser are made in Thuredays inue of the Min- nesota Union Advocate, official or-, gan of the St. Paul trades and labor assembly, an AFL affiliate. welghted index of animal quotations ons [oo pushed steadily upward until mid- September. The big corn crop, however, changed the picture. In about three months hogs slumped from $13 a hundréed- weight to around $8.50, and cattle fell back from $19.50 to under $17. CONTINUED from page ons, Montanans Killed A In Freak Accident In Northwest N. D. do,” he continued, “but then I made tracks to call officials in Williston.” The truck was on top of a saat coupe that was being the truck which Jorstad said he this learned had stopped at a filling sta- tion in Ray shortly before 11 #. m., Wednesday. It was only a few miles from there to where the accident occurred, three miles northwest of Epping. ‘Mhst Have Lost Control’ | “They isd been coming déwn @ long hill and ‘must have lost control part way down where it was awfully slip- pery,” Jorstad asserted. Finding a Montana driver's 1! in the car, Sheriff H: C. Helle Malta officials:-and- through identified the victims. Tidlcations of Nels Watney of Malte, son-in-law of Asher Hyatt. Burial probably will be in Williston. er near Williston, with whom the Lag tims were to spend the night. 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