Burlington High School - Heirloom Yearbook (Burlington, NJ)

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A C of our hrgh school boxs rn the serxrce, xxe planned to send each 1 Chrrstmas box lhese boxes consrsted of comfort krts c1ndx nuts gfrmes books xxrrtrng matermls and other small thrngs but Lhrrstmfrs of 191, came brrngrng xxrth rt a nexx me'1nrng The Red C ross xx is makrng that brg drrxe for members The Red Cross xx as onlx for groxxn people so to speak But as there alxx'1xs rs, there xx as .1 chance tor the xounger set the unror Red Lross VVhen this call came to B rl 5 rt xx rs eehoed hx .1 one hundred per cent membershrp the members kept under the same he'1d 'rs rn the brrls Patrrotrc LIQUL l e1ltx the C l I xxas noxx equrx silent to the unror ee Cross Of eourse xxe strll needed monev but srnce the xx hole school xx 'ls enrolled xxe eould get rt more easrlx Nlfurx steps xx err tfrken bx the puprls to rfrrse tlns monex lerhaps xou haxe grx en monex to the unror Reel Lross bx gorng to entertfrrnments such as lrrncess Lhrxsanthemum t rected bx Nlr Nl ells Our Heroes xxhreh xx'1s gbrxen bx Nlrss lrer ex d ex en rnoxre benelt Lp to dxte xxe h'1xe efrrned one thousfmd sex entx torn dollus Ind txxentx hxe cents forthe Red Cross But rll thrs trme xxe xxere keeprng up xxrth our xxork 'rs xxell for xxe knexx money rlone xx ould not tre up 1 xxound Soon our lrngers xx ere busx trxrng, to keep the boxs eomtortxble 1nd xx um XY e xxere busx 1ll the trme noxx XX henexer there xx 'rs no xxork to do at school xxe xxould go to the ln rll xxe hrxe eompleted hltx propertx blgs one hundred httx sxxerters fourteen prrrs ot socks, thrrtx srx splrnt strfrps, erghtx txxo prlloxx s, nrnetx e rses rnrl txxelxe hundred txxentx llxe bindiges Xll thrs hrs been reeomplrshed for our countrx We lrttle refrlrled xx hlt xxe xx ere dorng But noxx the xx ll rs ox er 'ind the boxs rre comme home llrex tell us rbout the good xx ork of the Red Cross lhrs m1kes relr s sxxe xxrt rn us me tee pro e Noxx, for the lrrst trme xxe re rlrf the prrt xx hreh xxe took rn the Red Cross rrr B xrwr s IHRIII SIANIPS XND IIBIRIX BON 5 'Not onlx drd liurlrngton llrgh bchool furnrsh sons to partrcrpflte rn the xx rr 1nd drughters to do xxondertul commendlble xxork for the Reel Lross but durrng the xx rr the response of B ll S rn 1ll krnds of xxar xx ork xx rs splendrd 1nd rnrgnrheent l do not sfrv thrs becluse l am fortunate enoug,,h to be 1 student there, but l do srx rt bec'ruse xxrth 1 touch of par dormble prrde l ern trrumphintlx enumerate just xxh'1t xxe drd and hoxx xxe drd rt lhe need of monex xxas so grefrt thfrt rather th'1n rmpose heaxy bur densorne taxes on the people the scheme of sellrng Bonds and lhrrft SflTTlI35 xx as decrded upon bx the gox ernment as berng the easrest wav of mrsrng the monex needed lhe Bonds xx ere rntended for the 1dults, xxhrle I rp,t Srxte W - R A T l V l T l E S - 'v s 1, ' - -' , , , I '. , ' ' -, A. N, .' ' - ' Q I J, .Y L V y ., , I N H . . Y. . Y C . . , V l 1 ts ' ' x 1 ll w 1 v y .Q - as v s V . ' I : ' . '- . l.-1, -. n ru i -' 1 i. '. -. ' . ' j ' ' R 1 '. .eu 1' , U, ,, -' ., 'V S' , , , , . ,LS , . , ., . , ' , , ' iz A I 1, , , . 3 I . 1, ' . '. .J A, ' ..l' , ,v . . -xr' . ' ,. 'H li., , ,D 1, :or . ,. 'rr .t. ,M ',A .ull-, an .,, -- J , ,, S. ' 2 , , A , ,K . y k.,., P,-' . :Tl ,, U,-'., , 5. ' , , '. 1 '. ' , Y, .,-r fs, ' ,' . . ., A 1 -. Y . ,, Y r f ,Iv 2 1 v ' x 2 ' . Ki . 1 Ls v Q, suv ..,' r fr, x vw- ' -I .1 vi- . Y, ,,. ,',L , ' , .I ' , , -,- ., ,t , . . , . - - - ' . Red Cross rooms. liven during the summer we came up to school to work. 1 -, 2-. - , l'.x - . U, I -v -, 'Ao - va 1-sy . , , 1' .S ' L. ,S ' . 1,-.'A. N. ' . .K , ' .,- , ' , ' 1, .zk.,k,: ., ,, ., ., .1-'-, K A ,. . I s 1 vx-s I A 'x x vi - 'N vp - l 1 -y 2 fx l T our l 'z 'ts 5 'll h' 3 z l 3-l ' u l. .' ' ' ' ' ' 3 ' X ' .,2 .-iQ, I Z - . ' . ' 1 ' . x 1 N - :sh RVN .A . ,. 4 1, ,D. , ,1 . 2 1 ,T , , ' q s I , , - , s I , .' ,v .2 .' 4 , 1 A- ' . L , ' . ' ' 1 , r , , , - .,L l L ' Y -- x s 3 K -'gs Y 1' l ' Q . K' 2 . ,. r ' r I, , . ' ' - 'z r ,' -e-n

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A C the I hrlft Stamps were pllmarlly lntended for the school chlldren ln OFLICI to te lch them to saye as well as thelr flthels, mothers and brothers, etc Ihe true bplflt of the -Xmerlcan people durlng the war w as nowhele more stllklngly lllustrated than llght here ln B H S, especlally durlng the eampllgns for the sale of Ihrlft Stamps I ach class yled wlth the others ln tlylng to be the lllgest buyel, and thls flct alone gue an lIIlpLtLlS to the slle of the stlmps IH the Qlty of Bulllngton IXIlIly of us, flllll l5UVlI1g Ihrlft Stlmps haye sued llllltt. 1 llttle of our Sptlkllllg money, whleh otherwlse perhaps mlght haye been spent foollshly and all llI'IltL now ln savlng how flne It IS to haye a few dollars sax ed that we can clll oul own lhrllt Stamps dld one thlng well lt not any others, and th lt one thlng lb a blg thlng because lt taught many to saye who were not accustomed to the h'Il7lt XVe students ln B H S, wele not content slmply to buy Ihrlft Stamps So by deylslng a scheme w heleby each student was to pay two cents each week, we succeeded ln bllylflg two one hundled dollar bonds, whlch we haye turned oyer to the school Upon maturlty the proceeds ey LI but we succeeded ln gettlng pelsons lnterested ln oul school to pllce then subscr ptlons for bonds fhlll us, and ln thls way B H S gets CI'CLllf f01 placlng not less than ten thousand dollars worth of bonds is I haye sald ln my openlng paragraph good old B H S has cer t'1ll1ly borne lts shale of the wal, wlth the same steadfastness, enthuslasm and pltrlotlsm NXl1lCIl haye always been ltS strllelng chalacterlstlcs Mus M I Loxkol FARM CARD1 Y XVORlx ln the lattel palt of the year 1916, a great problem faced Izurope and AHICIICT Ihe Allled COLIHYFICS taklng palt IH the great w1r were IH KIIS tress becluse of the sholtlge of food Ihe people of Amerlca declded that It was thelr duty to feed them Amel lca s entrance lnto the w lr made the sltuatlon mole dlfheult Ihe Amerlcan Army ln I rance had lncleased the demand for food The drafts ln Amerlca had taken all the young and able bodled men to combat German mllltarlsm The farmers were dolng thelr utmost to ralse enough products To meet thls sltuatlon the Cloy ern ment called for yolunteers to do farm work WVe, the students of Burllngton Illgll School, declded that It was oul patrloflc duty to help lNIanv of us enllsted ln the dlfferent branches of farm work The boys 6flllSfCLl IH the Boys YI orklng Resery es Some of them left school before the term was Hnlshed and dey oted thelr tlme to farmlng fhey were credlted IH school 21CCOI'LllHg to the outslde work done Both glrls and boys were ellglble for membershlp ln the ILIYIIOI' Il'lLILlitI'l'1l Army I yeryone who could obtaln wolk on an 0lltSlLlL Ialm or at home dld so lhe splrlt whlch prey llled was one of pleasant antlcl Page S yentn n W R A T I V I T I E. S 12 1 1 v L 1 ya 1 . .2 1 as 3 C S I r Q Y l I A x I x I 1 vt 'C Y 'I S2 , ' , a 1 - ' , 1, ' . ' I 2 , y - ' ' 7 T . . xx I 1' - 1 :Z . . h 1 . l ks 1 . 1-y v . Q x V. , L X, .T v X . . V, K L . X V . C ' T ' , , C ' L t .t V, V . 4 l 4 . 1 . ' 1, '-1- t 1 v 1 1 v 1 l v 1 v.,, ' ' v - . . I I I AL I I 1 I . 1 are to be devoted to some worthy object at that time. Not only that, how'- x vi-Q v 1 1 I . ou 1 l 3 . ' :X x L' 4 ' H A I I , . . . ' 1 . Q s Q vc 1 v. I 11 . NI 2 I . C. ' J '. ' i ill ' I 2. L . I C T sy. 2 i ' , . . 1 ' I ' ' ' ' ' 1 ' ' . I I 4 ' 4 C u Y ' v . . V , . g L ,