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TOE OnEGOJTSTATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1924 Sacred Christmas Concert Sunday Evening ' Taxes Capacity of First Methodist Church Doors arc doHft Hy Ushers Shortly After 7: o' 'lock.-ami AH Standing Room Taken; Program Is Excellent -: t By AUDREt BUNCH The seating capacity! the First r Methodist church could not accom modate the., immense crowd that thronged the' doors Sunday eve- ning; for the sacred Christmas ; Coucert bythe choir. The ushers " were forced to close the doors j )shor.tly, after. 7;S0 o'clock, leaving then a large . group ) in" both the ) balcony and. auditorium standing linrougjioTt' tne evening, otuers wl(o Carve. up " getting-, even a jglitnpse of. the singers' through the crowd 'whlch entirely blocked the doors; were -content to listen from the rear of the vestibule "and the stairs" where they gathered. .; j T-he'appropriately lovely strains of ' pudley ?BuckV,"Xoel,' with ; Prbfeaaor. Tv S. Roberts at the in strument, afforded the organ "pre lude A which? opened the concert, j Forsyth's melodic number "Christ-. mas Bells" brought, out the reso - nant harmony; of fifty singing , voices timed to the baton of. Pro fes'sor E. 'W lfobaon who, with eminent success, has for the past 'number of years directed the choir. Miss Trista Wenger fmt an un forgettable quality into her sing jlng of Speaks. "There's a' .Song in Jthe Air," and made. It an..unfor . gettable number. I - The - "Jesu Bambino' ( Pietro- Yon )!.. with its sweet, swaying refrain? the, choir sang,' . Joe Nee, a sing" greatly approved by his audiences, took the nolo. part. I "Sbnga pt fPraij the ..Angels Vsfng? wasHfruar fdr Sites Bro and, Miss Wengea ..beautifully ""rendfred dueC i -V Tlie plaintiff1 tr4lnfibf the 'spi&jaaasjeji, thrpyghouj, Dett'a number .'Xi&ten . to the. LamtMLi"'n Miss: (Faye Sparks' rso prano voice took 1 the incidental EOlo.cf?: ta. ft .iiiv; At JTJ Dvorak, r.music-giyea was ftne J'HindttjLamentVai ?iolin number. ' which lif, iiller Chapman played jwith fluency of feeling. Mr. Mil ler as. a. second number, later in the evening-, played Cair's VOrien tale." ' , The accompaniments for oth numbers werej pleasingly well played by Miss Jean Hobsoa. Fullness of beauty and loveli ness of effect characterized Pro fessor Roberts -playing of the of ifertory number the Pastoral Sym phony; from; "The; Messiah.: J The choir . was ; at its zenith when it sang out the blessedness Christmas carols,: - "Three - Kings Have Journeyed" and "God .Rest Ye,4 Merry . Gentlemen." The fa miliar refrain, now swelling, now modulated, "Star of Wonder, Star of Light." was singularly effective as it j followed the baton of the director. 1 There is something that makes one want' to- rise instinctively to his feet at the first chord of grandeur. in the "Hallelujah ChorT us," and as .far a national air, the audience Sunday night rose, and remained, standing. ( The melody and meaning of this tremendous chorus mounted until the air out side sang with the Words. 4 . ; , A. personnel, of,-! fifty : voices makes up this choir . which Prof feasor Hobson; directs and for which. Professor Roberts, plays. The names are: - .'J i; : f , Soprano: Margaret Arnold,' Ir ene Beckley, Flora jBieber,' Jose phine Bross., Lucia Card, Louise Findley, Gladys Gilbert, Lena Gil bert, Lillian . Custafson, Uulda llagman, : Alice Judd. Woman Attempts Suicide ! An unsuccessful attempt to com mit suicide was made by Mrs. Marie Hayes, of Nampa. Idaho, about 5:3 0 o'clock Sunday morn ing when she jumped into Mill creek.; Clad only in ;her night gown, the woman left her moth er's house. Her screams awaken ed the neighbors, who rescued her and rushed her to the hospital. The only ill effects will be, from the exposure, it was said. Mrs. Hayes is said not to be normal mentally and has been talking suicide for several 'months. Her mother is Mrs. Mary Van Every, of Route 7. Mr. Hayes and their son arrived last night. V. Kearns, Alberta Koontz, Esther Lisle. Helen Lock wood, Gladys Mclntyre, Gladys Morton, Eliza beth Silver, Aldeane Smith, Phoebe Smith. Fay Sparks, Fay Spaulding, Eyelyn, Travis, Josephine Zimmer man. .... . - V"..- Alto: Eloia Heineck, Ruth Heineck. Myrtle Hobson, Francis Hodge, - Volena Jenks. Elsie Lip pold, Edna .Miller, Mary Spauld ing, Mildred Tuckerj Trista Wen ger.' Marian Wyatt.; I, ( -j - Tenor: If. lleKeo Bell, Stan ley EmmeL Milton Gralapp, Don ald Heath, Bruce Spaulding, Clarence- Phillips, Arnold Taylor Jack ViflSOB. . : i.;n -v- ; Bass:-; Richard D. Barton. Del mar' I, i Bond,. H. M. Bross, H. Deal, Percy 1 Hammond, Wra. Joe Nee, Treval-Powers, John P. Rus sell, Loyd-E. Thompson, Paul O. Several Births Recorded 'Birth certificates for five child ren were filed with the city health officer yesterday. They are for the birth of a baby son to Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Senske of 920 Com mercial. Richard Leo is the name chosen for the new arrival. Wayne Miller is the name given to a baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. John II. Miller at the Salem hospital. Glen Everett Blanton Is the name given to a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond C. Blanton at Brooks on December 9. Helen Bartoz was born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Bartoz December 1 1, and Maynard Gladys Olsen Is the baby son born to Mr. ' WOII BELLS TO RING FRIDAY and Mrs. M. Olsen of C2C South Capitol, December 13. Merchants Busy With Shovels , Snow was being shoveled from the sidewalks in front of various business firms yesterday follow ing the snow which blanketed Salem. - The streets were" easily cleared and after the snow had Etopped falling, the. sidewalks were cleared . in the majority of cases. -Ther was, however trou ble, with . the; drainage .' systems. The snow: had; stopped' up! the drain holes and the water. stood In the-gutter, oftentimes : where pedestrians stepped r in . water above their shoetops. , nr.;.- -1 y- PERSONALS HigJr School Will Present Three-Act - Comedy - in School Auditorium "Wedding Bells." a three-act comedy by Salisbury Fields, ' is. to be presented by the associated student body of the Salem high school Friday night. - The cast, which has been se lected from the student body of the high school, is rounding into shape and the players speak their parts like veterans. Under the coaching of Mrs. Brazier Small they have been practising regu larly during the past weeks. She has coached the .high school plays during the past three years and every one has scored heavily, and much praise has come to her by the showing of the casts. j "Wedding Bella'Ms full of situ ations that keep one in laughter. Reggie Carter, the leading part, is played by Vernon Perry,; and Mildred Gilbert, who plays oppo site, takes the part of Rosalie. The play Is centered around Reg gy, who is about to be married, and Rosalie, a former spouse. The complications which result when Reggy Is,, about to marry Marcia, are intresting. In the end, however, Rosalie plans to use the second . wedding journey ticket, which Reggie has in his posses sion. - Leroy Grote, forensio manager of the student body, is also man ager of the playi' He Is assisted by Stuartr Kibble. t; -Garnet Hara Is racaltyiadviserjr.i i Tioleets:are on sale nt the hiffh Trueblood. Hug to Play Football " Nearly 50 of the old Oregon veterans are to play in the Christ mas football game in Portlandbe tween Mike Moran's all-stars and a team composed of. old U. of O. football men. The game Is to be a benefit s for. Tiny, Shields, in jured veteran of the Oregon team. George W. Hug, city superinten dent of schools, has consented to -4C ht the message again in two play in the game. Bob Dearmond, of Indepen dence, was in Salem yesterday on business. i Mrs. E. A.' Billings was In Sa lem from West Salem yesterday. . Deputy Sheriff Craven of Dal las was in Salem yesterday. Lester Bilyeu of Cut Bank, Montana, Is visiting relatives and friends . In Salem during the Christmas holiday. C. A, Kells, secretary of the Sa lem YMCA, was a Portland visitor yesterday. Church Plans Concert The Central Congregational church choir, under the direction of Alvin Meade will offer a Christ mas concert Sunday night at 7:30 o'clock. Several special , numbers by soloists will be added to the regular program of choral an thems. Miss Lucille Anderson will be at the piano. , h 1 ...... r- - -- w--t'.i El n n C ' V IN f-V now., A mixture of light snow aad rain fell for a short time a little after 7 o'clock last night. . PORTLAND, Dec. 15. With a slowiy falling temperature, which was expected to hover about the 20 degree mark before morning, Portland experienced its first snow and cold weather of the winter to day and tonight.' The sold snap followed ten days Of mild weath er which brought spring blossoms into bloom. Traffic , on the main line of the Southern ' ' PacKic was delayed about nine hours today following a freight train derailment at Dim mick, a few miles north of Grants Pass, about 3 a. m. Eleven cars left the track and wrecking crews were dispatched to the scene from Ashland and Roseburg. The train, a southbound freight, was badly smashed up, it was reported. The cause of the wreck had not .been determined. No on& was' injured. SEATTLE, Dee. 1 f. Snow cov ered western Washington '' during the last 20: hours front a depth of five to 12 inches' and . in cities caused numerous automobile acci dents, broke high power tension lines and delayed trolley,, Inter urban and steam railway service, according to reports received here tonight. The United States weath er bureau in Seattle recorded a snowfall of nine inches. . :' . i - ' .. - . ' -.-V: : .:. ' :!. J; - , . :. :,. " , , - s HELENA, Mont., Dec. 15. With no hope" on forecasts of re lief before Wednesday; this; sec tion of Montana will be plunged tonight in the coldest snap of- the winter. At 8 p.,m..the mercury said 24 below and was falling Rapidly, old-timers predicting 20 or more, below before daylight. 3 . i -x!S'X-,:.Z. r.-t1 .kc r -l i ' 1 - . I 4 , i 'Mi-S;?'.: ' r- -r' '': V ; T l ? rrl f . I I II mm I I - V Now Playing TUESDAY WEDNESDAY v - y j si' - . m McDonald at the: Organ Comedy "BRIGHT LIGHTS With -Bobby Vernon PATHE NEWS Evans Bible Class, Holds : Best Meeting of Season v : I What may be considered as one! of. the best meetings of the year was held Sunday morning at the John J. Evans Bible class at the Bligh theatre. SpeciaU musical tiiimbers by the' Willamette - uni versity male quartet were offered, while the singing was led by Joe Nee, popular Willamette university student. The Bible class is organized with the purpose of reaching every man in the community. It Is de signed to be a Bible study class that Is non-denominational, to have no cliques .f religion which catt'se the average men to be drawn away from the organization. In whole the committee in charge rwanis to secure a Bible study class to f which every man is free to : come. , , ' - ' For the' future meetings special musical numbers' have been ar ranged. Qutaide'talent is to be brought Into the. city and local talent. Is also to- contribute to the entertainments. " ; i The mcetlngsvAre. scheduled for each Sunday at thcBligh theatre Gas on Stomach !. ' Made Her Nervous t 'For many years Trs.' Cook had gas on the stomach and was nerv ous and short of breath. Finally she took Adlerika and It! did her a world of good. Alderike helps any case off gas on the stomach un lessr due in deep-seated causes. Be cause it Is such an excellent in testinal evacuant it is the j very best rr.medy for constipation it often works In one hour and never gripiss.-J. C. Perrydruggist, 115 S. Commercial St. T II IS U N I V E El S A' L C A IV. M This i3 a splendid time on the threshold of the Christniaa sl&son to take advantage of the new Ford prices. They are the lowest in motor car history. '."."' . : ; ' ', : The Ford Motor Company, believes that thriftinesa should be encouraged in time cf prosperity. ' ; r To this end, Ford price3 are further reduced to make safe, dependable, comfortable travel more widely available than ever before. This gives millions of people the opportunity to enjoy the improvements and. savings which immense Ford resources and facilities alone make possible. In prosperous times be thrifty buy a Ford. FORDOR $660 TUDOR $580 COUPE 520 TOURING RUNABOUT TRUCK GHASSJS ,$290 :$260v,,-.?3l6S, "''J ': . . .. - . .. ' ' -',..' v , On open cars; starter and demciuiv&ble rye-! xtra. ; - ! ". 5$ 1? V AH pnc f. o. b. Datit --I, -4 ' J '. -' , . C&t&C&?fUM$ 1 r - rv Detroit ' . ' : ' ' ' .. VALLEY MOTOR COMPANY, SALEM, OREGON SNOWY- MANTLE FALLS UPON WHOLE VALLEY i (Continued from page 1) tributed throughout the day, Street cars operated as usual, and even with a freeze anticipat ed, will continue to run, according to T. u. Billincslev. sunerinten dent. Salt was sprinkled over all the switches and the snow has not yet reached a depth to threaten operation. 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