Reading Memorial High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Reading, MA)

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H. H. S. f u|i| ortr(l I’nrlr Sam this ear %»ilh nar ImmuI an i (4ain|) alt Utlaling aimoM fivr thuu and dollar? . ITir Milling of htaiiip» uai« arranged in a difTcr( nl man¬ ner than in previou; rars. Karh and every eighth |K ritHl a group of salonten, one from each hunu‘ro«)m, Mould can atir the m IiooI, c(dle -t the ! tam|i! at the booth in the front hall, and deli er them to their purchaM r». Hie aaleMiien Mere: ( m»tan( ' e Chesley, Koland lliggin». Joan TMome , Julia Eastman, Kleanor Horton, Mardie l, ont . Muriel Stiles, .Mary hite, Ijiurence Croahy, CoiislaiKY F ttKcroft, Mar) Holcomb, Joseph Kobbina, and Donald X alker. Staiting on SepteudH r 2 , 19V3, and t ' ontinuing until Ih emlter 7, Me held a drixe to purchaiie a held ambu- lame Mhich (xiM one thousand, iaexrn-hundred and eight) dollars t$l,78ft.(Ktt. Aa usual, H. H. S. pupiU came thiough, and tlie one thousand, nine-hundred, six dollars and tMenty cents ($l,‘)t)fi.2t)l Mhich Me did sell, Mon for us a citation from the U. S. Treasury. From January 17 to Februar) 15, K. H. S. Mas agloM Mith aclivit). Practically every pupil mos on one of the xari« us ( ommittees Mhich contributed to the fun and Mork of the Fourth War Loan Drive. The first llo« r corridor Mas a scene of orderly confusion, Mith Hitler and Tojo hanging in elligy, the big red, Mhite and blur lMM th, and the Hocks of students bringing in pledges all day long. The tMenty-one thousand, tMenty-fixe dollars t$21.1)251 Mhich Me collected did not reach our goal of thirty-seven thousand, five hundred dollars ($37,501)), but all Mere Mell satisfied nilh the Murk a • oinplislied. Spet ' ial credit should be given to the art departinrnl fur their denuration, ami to all those menders of the facultv Mho proved such a lielp to us, rsjieciallv Mr. Halpin, viho even sac riheed hU blotter to the cause. F rieda .Murrav kl