1898: FARMINGDALE SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM

Long before the arrival of the personal computer, in fact, it was the early 1980's when I began to transcribe historical articles from the Trenton area into a huge collection of articles. I was using a very early IBM word processor which utilized 8 inch "floppy drives to store the output. (remember them?) When I got my first PC back in the latter part of the 1980's the articles were transferred and saved in "rtf" format which is the mode to use when you want to be sure that any computer can read the output. You will be reading many of these transcriptions in future posts. This one relates to the Christmas program as presented by the students at the old Farmingdale School on Nottingham Way, just past East State Street. Local old timers may find relatives listed.

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DECEMBER 25, 1898

Following was the program of Christmas exercises at the Farmingdale School, where Miss J. Chinnick is the teacher:
Song: News on Christmas Morning, by the students
Recitation: Welcome Christmas, by Joseph Reynolds
Recitation: Wish You a Merry Christmas, by Nellie Klockner.
Recitation: A Letter from Santa Claus, by Jennie Griffith
Recitation: A Merry Christmas, by James Riley
Reading: Joy To the World, by the students
Recitation: Christmas Carol, by Harry Orandack, Willie Bradshaw, Willie
Reed, Earl Craig, John O'Reiley.
Reading: A Christmas Surprise, by Jennie Griffith
Recitation: The Christmas Dinner Bell, by Nellie Bickel
Recitation: Hang up the Baby's Stockings, by Howard Klockner
Song: Jesus, the Light of the World, by the students
Recitation: Clap Your Hands for Christmas, by Clara Delonger
Recitation: When I call My Kitty Santa, by Joseph Reynolds
Recitation: Santa's Secret, by Ada Reynolds
Recitation: The Story Ever New, by Mamie Walker
Reading: Peace and Good Will, by the students
Recitation: Christmas Memories, by Grace Stults, Edith Evans, Elsie
Williams, Gladys Pettit, Georgiana Evans, Ida Kurts, Grace
Findler, Eva Findler, and Annie Reed
Recitation: Tommy's Christmas Fancy, by Jennie Griffith
Recitation: A Secret With Santa Claus, by Edith Evans
Recitation: Stretch It a Little, by Nellie Beihl
Recitation: Dance of the Months, by Walter Chinnick
Song: Beautiful Star of Bethlehem, by the students
Address: by Mr. A.W. Hartwell.