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g.”irday.it11.tedifcon-iadifhehis.heichied.heft-’ Id.ed,/asallseeOfsearseadrn.sr-.heienWea;httallyiadnged..he5—er,ghofled•hewendanlMub,jerigort*AllrpsTires.Isondlasextenoea visit to rasaaena ana sen Diego, Calif.Mr, and Mrs. Everett C. Carll of37 Crescent way announce the birth of a son yesterday, Ocfc, 4.Heights-(Continued from Page One)school, with the highest contribution will receive $50, second highest, 125, and the third, $15. Each school may use the money to purchase anything the teachers and pupils fee! the school needs.Still pushing ahead are the other elementary schools in Portsmouth which have joined the “Schools at War” drive Estimate of donations to the salvage piles out them in the following order:Frragufc school, well over one tone;'* Lafayette school, one ton; Whipple school, one ton; New Franklin school, 1,500 pounds; Haven school, 1,000 pounds, and Sherburne school, 500 pounds.Miss Muriel Morrow, principal of the Atlantic Heights school, has reported that the sixth grade is leading in the classroom competition three.Two Autos In HeapTwo automobiles dominate the heap the children have brought to the Atlantic Heights school, while at the Lafayette school the avalanche of donations includes hammock frames, scales and ash barrels. One boy at the Lafayette school dragged a cartload of metal to the school depot, and then because the cart was metal, he threw that on the pile too.In addition to the two iron sinks, clocks and other smaller items which make up the 1,500 pounds at the New Franklin school, the children there announce that they are going to try to secures the big school bell from the Old Franklin school-house to add another half ton to their totat score.“Every child a contributor” Is the new slogan adopted by the Haven school as they drive forward in an effort to reach the 100 per cent objective. Every pupil In the school has been urged to bring In some piece of metal or rubber to toss on the mounting pile of old tires, iron toys, tools and an Iron couch frame In the basement depot.Of the one ton brought to the junk pile by Whipple school pupils, 200 pounds Is an anvil given to Joseph Hunkins of the fifth grade by a neighbor on Columbia road. Joseph had to round up some of his playmotea to help him carry the anvil to the school. He decided it was too big a job to do alone.Eenthusiasm and excitement are riding high in Portsmouth’s elementary schools’ salvage drive. Every pupil, every grade is doing its part and having a lot of fun at- the same time. And every school is out to make its scrap pile the biggest in the city when the final score is tabulated at the end of the drive, Saturday, Oct. 17.Sfinnv Offices-
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Portsmouth Herald
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, US
Mon, Oct 05, 1942
Page 6
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