The Archive · 1939

At Christmas

Chinese Y.M.C.A. Members to Provide Entertainment

Social workers of the Chinese YMCA. in Shanghai are maintaining the Christmas spirit this year by arranging for a number of celebration meetings for its members and also refugee children and newsboys in the city. Tomorrow evening, approximately 600 Chinese children including the newsboys of the four newsboy schools and refugee children of the Refugee Middle School, will be entertained throughout the after-morrow.

Before the dinner, an entertainment will be held in the auditorium at which poor children will be given napkins and candy bags. In addition to napkins the newsboys will also obtain tooth brushes, it is announced, Several Christian plays will be given and appropriate music provided. Santa Claus is to make his annual appearance.

Celebration meetings and lectures will be held on Christmas evening in the west Shanghai branch of the Chinese Y. in Robison Road. This will be for the enjoyment of grownup Christians but another meeting das been arranged by. Mr, Soong noon and evening at meetings in the Fu-hua for children on the same day old Chinese Y. building in Szechuen in the morning.

Road.

Members of the association, Chris-It is announced that in making the riem students of various schools and poor happy during the occasion workers too will be well treated at members of the Boys Department Christmas parties. Members of the have been fully mobilized and each association will attend a special ser-of them is asked to entertain a poor vice to be held in the Boutevard de child at his expense trying to do Montigny Chinese Y. building while everything possible to help the under-a mandarin Christmas service will be: privileged in the traditional Christian held tomorrow evening at the same manner. Poor children will be in-place. The last celebration meeting 5 and 7.30 p.m. after which time they and returned students and it will be vited to a dinner to be held between hes been arranged for foreign friends

will be invited to take a bath. Thelheld on Friday evening.

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