How Easter Sunday will be observed in Muncie; Llewellyn Hemingray contralto at First Presbyterian

[Newspaper]

Publication: The Evening Times

Muncie, IN, United States
vol. 30, no. 155, p. 8, col. 3-4


EASTER SUNDAY WILL BE

OBSERVED IN MUNCIE


Special Programs in the Churches.


With most appropriate musical selections and exercises Easter Sunday, the day of Christs resurrection, will be observed in the churches of Muncie tomorrow. For weeks the prominent soloists and choirs in the city have been preparing for the occasion which is a day of all days. Their efforts tomorrow will be appreciated by thousands of people who will throng the churches imbued by the spirit of the occasion, especialy [sic] especially if the day is an ideal one such as last Sunday.

The programs which will be rendered tomorrow have never been excelled. At the High Street M E. church the fol­lowing program will rendered:


METHODIST' PROGRAM

 

The Eastern program for the High Street Methodist church will be as fol­lows:

— Sunday Morning —

Organ Prelude — "Lefeburne" ..........Wely

Quartet — "Jesus of Nazareth" .........Simpkins

Offeratory — "Intermezzo"'...............Callaerts

Soprano solo — “Christ is Risen"......Marzo

Quartet — "As It Began to Dawn Towards

       the First Day of the Week .............Schnecker

Postlude — "Triumphal March"........Gullmant

— Sunday Evening —

Organ Fantasia....................................Knabel

Quartet — "At the Lamb's High Feast

       We Sing"........................................Schnecker

Cornet Solo — Selected....................Mr. George Cox

Quartet —   "Jesus of Nazareth"........Simpkins

Offertory — "Andante"..................... Long

Quartet — "Hark! Hark! the Notes of

       Joy"...............................................Schnecker

Postlude —   Grand Chorus...............Dubois

       Soprano — Miss Ellen Cates.

       Contralto —   Miss Edna Swain.

       Tenor — Mr. Earle Swain.

       Bass — Mr. Joe Halton.

       Organist — Miss Zulena Wilcoxon.


FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHI'RCH.

 

Tomorrow evening there will be an Easter song service. The musical program morning and evening is as fol­lows:

—Morning —

Chorus — "King All Glorious"............Barnby

Quartette — "Alleluia".........................Richard Crow

Solo — Mrs. Scott, "Bow Down Thine

       Ear"...................................................Gouned

— Evening —

Organ Voluntary Offertory — in G

       Minor................................................Filby

Chorus — "Holy, Holy..........................Stewart

Solo — Mr. Benham, "Rejoice, the Lord

       is King".............................................Whitney Coombs

Quartette — "I Am He That Liveth".....Williams

Violin Solo............................................Miss Josephine Jones

Grand chorus, soprano, violin, harp

       and organ — "Father to Thee We

       Pray"..................................................Gounod

Organ Postlude — "Offertory"...............Wely

Mrs. Ida Gray Scott, musical director and soprano soloist.

Miss Llewellyn Hemingray, contralto.

Mr. J. L. Scott and Mr. Thomas Bracken, tenors.

Mr. George C. Benham and Mr. Jacob Waelder, baritones.

Mr. George Summers, organist.


GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

— Morning —

Processional. Hymn — Welcome Easter Morn."

"Christ Our Passover," Easter anthem....Hall

"Gloria"...................................................Maunder

"Te Deum"..............................................Hodges

"Jubilate"................................................Mitzke

Hymn — "Jesus Christ is Risen Today"

Kyrie.......................................................Gower

Gloria Tibi..............................................Anon

Hymn — "Jesus Lives."

Anthem — "Why Seek Ye the Living?"..Clare

Sanctus....................................................Gower

Gloria in Excelsis...................................Maunder

Recessional Hymn — "Come Ye Faithful."

— Personal of Choir —

Frederic Durham, Dudley Willobsen, Charles Foresman, Harrold Wise, Edward Wise, Roy Eiler, Allen Tyler, Ralph Bowman, Robert Best, James Best, Kenneth Wilson, George Postma, Stewart Kerr, Harry Lewellen, Bartmess McGlinsey, Clarence McCreery, Harry Roeger, Leighton Bayliss.

Tenors — Altos Albert Woodyard, Rod­ney Hayler, Lee Laughlin, Fred Glascock, Cecil Warner, Hargrave Long, Clifford Irons, Ralph Young, Carl Springer, Willie Good; Messrs Leonard Paris, Edward Olcott, Edward Swain.

Bass — Messrs. Edward Tyler, George Benham, J. B. Shick, Charles Ellis, Thomas P. Kirby, Frank Hulett, Frederic McClellan.

Mrs. Lois Love-McDowell, organist.

Miss Nannie C. Love, director of mu­sic.

Soloists — Mr. George Benham, bass; Fred Durham, Edward Wise, sopranos; Postma, alto.


FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

— Morning,

Organ Voluntary — Festival March...... Flagler

Quartet — "Te Deum Landamus"..........Schnecker

Quartet.

Solo — "Easter Day".............................Marzo

Miss Nellie Oehler.

Offertory — "Serenata"........................Moszkowski

Quartet.

Quartet — "Les Remaux".....................Faure

Orpheus Quartet.

Quartet — "Christ Hath Arisen"...........

Orpheus Quartet.

— Evening —

Voluntary — "Prayer"..........................Flagler

Orpheus Quartet

Quartet — "Still, Still, With Thee." words by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Quartet.

Offertory — "Evening Star"................Wagner

Violin Solo — "Adages” from Ries'

        Violin Suite.....................................Miss Josephine Jones

Solo — "The Resurrection".................Foerster

Miss Grace Johnson.

Violin Obligato by................................Miss Jones

Postlude — "Hymne de Soir"..............Jackson

— Members of Choir. —

Soprano — Miss Grace Johnson.

Contralto — Miss Nellie Oehler,

Tenor — Mr. S. L. Potter.

Baritone — Mr. C. R. Parker.

Organist — Miss Edythe Jackson.

— Orpheus Quartet. —

Mr. S. L. Potter, first tenor.

Mr. __________ __________, second tenor.

Mr. C. R. Parker, baritone.

Mr. Lon M. Neely, basso.

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST.

Morning. —

Voluntary — "Los Rameanse"....................Faure

Chorus — "Now is Christ Risen"...............F. C. Maker

Solo — "The Resurrection"........................Harry Rowe Shelby

Miss Mabel Stephens.

Chorus — "Thanks be to God"...................Caleb Sumper

Offertory — "Extract from Nocturne in

            G Major..............................................Chopin

Solo — "O Rejoice" ..................................Pietro Mascagni

Mr. Orville Harrold.

Chorus — "Thanks to be God."..................Mack

Sopranos — Miss Della Walker, Clara Walker, Mabel Stephens, Nellie Ault, Eva McKimmey, Hoodie Crenshaw, Nora Spurgeon, Minnie Curr.

Contraltos — Margaret Windsor, Estella Ball, Iva Carpenter, Oliye Spurgeon.

Tenors — Messrs. Morgan, Evans, Dr. J. M. Quick, Walter Vance, Orville Harrold.

Basses — Messrs. J. W. Harrold, John Allen, Nelson Luddington, Chas. Ryan, David Evans.

Organist — Mrs. F. A. Z. Kumler.


FIRST UNIVERSALIST CHURCH.

Corner of Jackson and Madison — Rev. J. H. Peardon, pastor; Miss Eleanor Smith, organist; Miss Klarissa K. Koons, soprano soloist; Miss Nellie Kinert, Miss Kathryn Postma, Mrs. John Hummel, Miss Adelyn Turner, sopranos; Mrs. Chadwick, Miss Clara Davis, Miss Mary Kinert, Mrs. Stewart, contraltos; Mr. Thomas L. Bracken, Mr. L. L. Case, Mr. Bert Shick, tenors; George C. Benham, Mr. Jacob Waelder, Mr. A. C. Stouder, bassos; assisted by Mrs. Ida Gray Scott.

— Morning —

Quartet — "The First-begotten of the

        Dead"..................................................Blumenschein

Soprano Solo — "With Verdure Clad

        (Creation)............................................Hayden

Miss Koons.

— Vespers at 4 O'clock. —

Alegro Symphonique...............................Salome

At Evening...............................................Dudley Buck

Pilgrims' Chorus......................................Wagner

Miss Smith.

Chorus — "Heaven Unfolds Its Portals

        Wide....................................................West

Soprano Solo — "Bow Down Thine

         Ear" ....................................................Gounod

Mrs. Scott.

Soprano Solo and Chorus — "Hosanna"..Granier

Miss Koons.

Baritone Solo — "The Lord is King".......Coombs

Mr. Benham.

Chorus — "As it Began to Dawn"............Dudley Buck

March — "Gothiqua"................................Salom

Miss Smith.


ST. LAWRENCE CATHOLIC.

— Mass — 10 O'clock. —

Prelude — "St. Cecilia" Offerture. Batiste

Vida Aquam..............................................W. A. Newland

Kyrie........................................................ Mercadante

Gloria, from Hayden's second Mass in C Major.

Veni Sonati Spiritus, Donat Mueller.

Credo from Hayden's 3rd Mass in D Major.

Regina Coeli — "Offertory" Werner.

Sanctus from Hayden's 3rd Mass In D Major.

Benedictus ...............................................Generali

Agnus Dei................................................Mercadante

Postlude — "Triumphal March"..............Barrett

Sopranos — Miss V. Margaret Shea, Mrs. Thomas K. Mahoney, Miss Mayme, Cecilia Ryan, Miss Mae Hanley.

Contraltos — Misses Jeanette Dwyer, Ella Agatha Kelly, Juliette Sullivan.

Tenor — Mr. Adam Traub.

Basses — Messrs. John M. Hope. Leo F. Hope, Joseph J. Hope, E. J. Manok, Walter Gregory.

Organist — Miss Clarissa Hope.


Special programs will be rendered in nearly all the other churches in the city including the Methodist Protestant, English Lutheran, Westminster Pres­byterian, of Normal City; First Chris­tian, Normal City Methodist. Congerville United Brethren. African M. E., St. Paul's German Evangelical, Madi­son Street Methodist and Central Chris­tian.


Keywords:Hemingray
Researcher notes: 
Supplemental information: 
Researcher:Bob Stahr
Date completed:December 4, 2023 by: Bob Stahr;