A C patron If an emergency crll was sent we dropped all other work and responded rnstfrntly Vle drcl almost eyery krncl of farm work ln the sprrng we helped the farmers trll the sorl and plant seeds 'X few weeks later we were prck rng sortrng and packrng frurts Xl e also prepared rrrrnyf yegctfrbles for market 'Xlrny of the boys hauled the produce to market and thus supplred the crty people wrth fresh farm products lhe mrrkets rllustr rted the benelrt derrycd from the extra help ln ey ery crty market many loads ot tomatoes and many other yegetables rs equally rmportant could be seen from sun rrse untrl sun set hlany loads of drtlercnt products were shrpped c uly to the crrrnerrcs lhe prrce of food products w rs not as hrgglr as rt would hue been rf there lr rd been r scrrcrty oi food YN e the puprls of Burlrngton llrglr School rre xery thrnkful tor the opporturrrty we had to help wrrr the w rr We drd our share rnd trred to do rt well and l thrrrk we were successful x I llxyrrrr IHI LNVII D XX XR YVORR LHXNIPXIC X the sole means of thrs yrctory lhe mor rle of the rrmy played 1 xery rmportant part But ey en though the war had been won the morale must bc kept up lhe means of dorng thrs presented rtselt rr the Unrted Yvrr XX ork Lrmpargn whrclr strrtcd last Noy ember lts purpose was to rarse S170 ,oo,ooo tor the seyerr war 0lgZ1Hll'1tlOHS,l1UTlLlX th H bl C, PX the 'I XX L X the Red Lross the XVar Lamp Communrty beryrce, the ewrslr Vlleltarc Borrd the lxnrghts ot Columbus and the baly rtron irmy As rn all other pfrtrrotrc work Burlrngton Hrgh School came forward wrtlr '1 wrllrrrg hand The plan hayrng been rey ealed by both Mrss Reed and hlrss Drtlell the entrre school rmmedrately became entlrusrastrc oycr the rdea of berng able to render seryrcc to the country rn thrs manner Berng a school of frctron and not one of y arn words work w rs begun rnstantly Pledges were crrculated among us l 'rch one agreed to earn lrye dollars by Nlarch rst for th 5 U Xl YV L the sum totalrng 7-1 165 I 0 accommodate the puprls there were proyrsrons made for the payment of thrs amount, by whrch rt could be pard rn rnstallments or rn an entrre sum To rncrease furthermore our rncerest, each worker was gry en a U YV VV C button a banner of stars and trrpes wrth Boys Vrctory Crrrls and lor the Boys oyer there encrrcled about them How much these buttons meant to usl VVC were dorng somethrng for our boys oy er there who were sacrrncrng so much for us fhe thought of thrs made us Work harder and even more wrllrngly rf that could be possrble Then our long antrcrpated aeroplane letters arrry ed These were wrrtten by Nlargaret Srdney, Kate Douglas Page Erghteen l 5 1 v 1 vi I 31 v -v . I 'L Vs Yi . 1 IV 'y D l . - v lr 3 1 1, vm l I C v u l - s-1 . - ' ss, 1 I, . , .. ,- .1 v -, ' . L L l s A I - l Q. Y. Q . 1 vi 1 -I u 1 wx 5 11 - x I v 1 , v' . - . - - y 'i , , .7 . ' . ., s x 1 ' 1-l-s - 1 so -1 s . xv -y D v t -Y L y 1 5- - - 1 4.13 l 1 1x v 1 .V-h'h 1 1 vx'x w . A - 2-1 sr ' r-r 1 ss 2:12 -1. y 1 l ' Y, , ' - -' ' ls . -, -.-, . V A - s y e L ya c . . ' , . ' . ' -s ' v -1- 1 - ,sa ,C L o Arr: . .V . Q rox. r . r Q . A A' lr . r . 7 . . , J I he br eat Xl or ld VX ar had been won. I ood and money' had not been s 1 - 's v' -Y 'Q , -. - . . - Y 1 . - -- . 1 4 3' 1 1 35 Q 3 1 x 1 C Q K L Q Y -v if , v . 1 - 3 X V .5 n n 1, - - -13 K 1 L K A n 5 K N . . . Y , ., ,D , 1 .. , . 1. e . . .r ,, 1 v , - A i ,A . . x A I V r s . , . . 5 ,. . I s u n s L s u I i ' Y . v - v' ' . s . A A .1 I , ' ' l A- a y n n v lv . . . . . , . I ' 7' CC ,N ' 7-T 77 AC: A Y' Y - as - ' 1 ' , . 7 Y V l '
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