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The Sewickley Valley's Home-News Weekly
Vol. 34,   No. 2.
SEWICKLEY, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1939
Price 5 Cents
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(Tfyristmas "Eve at tl)e  Oree
Around Sewickley's brightly-lit Town
Tree on the Methodist Ohurch corner,
people of the Valley who desire to entor
Ohristmas in the true spirit of reverences
will gather on Sunday evening, Christmas Eve, to sing carols for half an
hour, as has become established custom
in this community, It's a beautiful
observance, appropriate to tho Ohristmas
time, and one well worth keeping up,
worth the time and effort of everyone
to como and make it indeed a gathering of all the community so far as that
is possible.
Tho singing will begin this year at
seven o'clock, lasting just half ail hour,
and ending at seven-thirty. This wi!l
avoid any interference with chureh
servicos or other gatherings that even
ing. And it will avoid any confusion
due to the distribution of candy to tho
children, for Santa Claus will make his
appearance after the conclusion of the
carol singing, not before it as in recent
years.
This will be the eighteenth Christmas
Eve on which Paul N. Critehlow has
lod the carol-singing at the Tree, arranging the chosen songs in such a way
that they constitute a brief and very
lovely re-tolling of the original Christmas story. He will be assisted by several other singers, with Miss Dorothy
Nash playing the piano accompaniment,
'O Little Town of Bethlehem.' 'Away
iu a Manger,' 'Hark! the Herald Angels
Sing!'—tho carols aro all familial', and
it's easy for all to join in with a will.
In case of rain the singing will be
in the Broad Street school corridor—
where in former war days the Community Sings were held, But this change
has only had to be made once in the
past eighteen years.
As stated, Santa Olaus will wait until
after the carol-singing; the American
Legion mon who are to assist him have
arranged to oscort him to the platform
at seven-thirty, and to have his boxes
of candy close by. So that's the time
for the children to stay around after
the singing, and be ready,
For tho eighteenth time, Borough
Manager John 0, Hiteshew of Sewickley is in general charge of the arrange
ments for the Christmas Eve singing,
as well as of the placing and lighting
of the Tree and the decorations along
the Village streets, funds for which are
being given by citizens of Sewickley
and its adjoining boroughs in a fund
sponsored by the Board of Trade. Cooperating in various ways are the police
and other employees of Sewickley Borough, Board of Trade committee men,
and members of American Legion Post
No. 4, of which Martin Grogan is the
Commander, and Past Commander David
Eattledorfer chairman of tlie Ohristmas
Eve committee. And many another
willing volunteer has been helping in
the preparation of Sewickley's Christmas tide,
And so, a Merry Christmas to all!