Hilo High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Hilo, HI)

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RonI't'IN4: for Yietory. No group eould Ire eredited with doing that more than the Yietory Vorps Sugar XYorkers unit of moxe than six hundred members. Producing sugar cane means producing high energy food and alcohol, hence, nitro- glyeerin, munitions. 'l'he American does not live, who can- not see the essential value of the work ot' these students. No easy task, that of sugar produetion. Weeding, hoe- ing, cutting, harvesting, fluming, in rain or sun, cold or heat. liut it was a joh to Ire done, another vital war job, and none ean say Hilo lligh tell short ol' her duty. Not as long as the Yi'SW's were willing and alnle. 'l'o insure high morale and promote eloser relationship among workers on various plantations. to diseuss pertinent aspeets of plantation work, student attitudes and employers' viewpoints, working hours and wages, the YCSW eouneil was formed with lidward Nakamura as adviser. Richard Miya- moto was seleeted student leader, with Makoto lfukuda as viee chairman, and Margaret liurisu, secretary. Food produetion was not limited to cane raising. A vacant lot back ot llilo lntermediate Sehool was eleared and planted in 2,500 taro slips by boys and girls of the lfriday in sehool group of the Yietory Vorps. In addition the vocational agriculture lmoys deserve mention for their part in the Future Farmers eane eontraets. 'l'heir apiary yielded many pounds ot' honey this season and their new project in ralmlrit raising is on the way to prolitie production. Iiesides, eaeh student enrolled in voeational agriculture, as well as many others, eultivated home vietory gardens and harvested large erops of vegetalnles to alleviate lmoth the shipping situation and the national tin ean and manpower shortage. Home poultry farms also aided in island food produetion. is-.. .1 l'aste- pol and seissors x - 7-they till tht houis toi eonxalestent st 1 y it t

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me x1os'l' sueeessful of the Yietory Vorps tlriyes among the students was the war hontl and stanip eanipaign with llarohl Luseoniln as ehairniau. 'l'he committee wearietl ol' resetting goals: eaeh time the quota was antecl, its top was hlown off. Hilo High was lirst among all sehools in the islantls to res eeiye a eitation from the Vnitenl States Treasury llepart- ment for her exeellent response in the weekly stamp and hontl sales. She was tirst on the islantl to reeeiye the Minute Klan tlag for at least ninety pereent partieipation in purehases. llalf a hun- zlretl thousand tlollars has heen invested in their own future hy students on the eampus. .Xnother thousand clollars of stamps were skillfully eellophanecl anml ar- tistieally transformeml hy the junior Red Fross unit into leis and eorsages for sale in the Community. This group was also responsihle for dozens of pairs of slippers. hunmlrerls of seraphooks ancl hound serials, thousands of greet- ing earcls, and many ash trays and vases sent to hring eheer to patients ol' army hospitals on the islancl. Several other stuclent Campaigns were eoncluetecl during the year hy various committees. Tlirough the Minute Men tleputation teani. support for eaeh of these was solieitetl. Salvage mlrives lor keys and toothhrush handles, Speak Anieriean. ancl junior Reel Vross eampaigns hrought good response. ln the junior Red Vross memhership clriye. students in the art unit hand luloekecl dozens of lianclkereliiels, while girls in the eooking classes liakecl hunclrecls of eookies to net a sizeahle amount for the national funml. Latest eall on the eampus was spousorecl hy the Hawaii llistriet Morale t'ommittee for Bleneliune Minutemen. Nearly two hunnlretl stuclents register- eml to volunteer a part ol' their Sundays to help in stringing Iiarlaetl wire liarrieacles along the eity's coastline. Stamps to stamp out the axis. .Xl the hearl of the seini-weekly line,