Ruperts Land Girls School - Eagle Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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THE EAGLE 27 to- the common room or chemistry labor- atory at such a time you would have seen one of the girls balancing one of the bins on the bathroom scales while another was standing on her head, vainly trying to see where the arrow rested. The salvage was collected from the school only during the Summer Term as it was being collected from the day girls' homes individually. For the two terms the approximate amount of salvage collected was: Paper .............................. 1133 lbs. Cardboard ...... .... 4 69 lbs. Magazines .... .... 2 23 lbs. Rubber .... . 52 lbs. Rags ..... . 24 lbs. Bottles ............ .... 41 36 lbs. Miscellaneous .... ......... 1 10 lbs. Betty Speed -. ... ,, IF DAY S S F DAY in Manitoba was set apart in the Victory Loan Campaign to bring home to citizens what could happen here IF -IF we at home lost the war through failure to subscribe to the Victory Loan. The money raised was to put the weapons of war into the hands of the Candians who are even now in the front line defence. Thursday, February 19th was a red letter day for Winnipeg.

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26 RUPERT's LAND GIRLS: SCHOOL Grade VII and 354-7.55 for Grades V and VI. Grade VII also had a doughnut sale which brought in 37.50. Grade VIII made and sold Christmas cards, and considering the rapidity with which they were sold, they must have been popular. This raised the sum of 357.323, Grade IX had candy sales Calways pop- ularlj which brought in a total of 31075. Grade X had two successful sales: the first was of home-made Victory pins which brought in 88.20, out of this they paid for two blankets made from wool they collect- edg contributed towards a Christmas hamper, and sent the balance, 3844.70 to the Red Cross. They also had a sale of blot- ters bearing the school crest, which brought in approximately 3512.00 Grade XI has been making baby gar- ments at their weekly sewing bees. Grade XII made an afghan and basket ball badges, and are making school pen-- nants. At the end of February these girls arranged for the showing of a moving picture in colors, Fur Rehabilitation in Northern Manitoba, lent by the courtesy of' the Department of Mines and Natural Resources, and shown by the Hon. J. S. McDiarmid himself. This made 261020, bringing the total for Grade XII up to 552219. The whole school has also supplied wool scraps and paid for the making of two blankets. I think Grades V and VI deserve special mention for the original idea of dividing their grade into three sections, the Army, the Navy and the Air Force. These groups compete to see who can collect the most salvage, tin foil and war-savings. They are to be congratulated on having done a great deal for the Red Cross. The children of Grades I and II have been making an afghan with the help of their mothers and grandmothers, and are now preparing to sew it together. From September to May lst they' collected .416 pounds of silver paper, as well as tooth paste tubes and other miscellaneous articles. Altogether 1941-19442 has seen much good work done for the Red Cross Society, and we hope to see even more and better work done in the future. Sheila Hawkings, CPresident of Grade X Red Cross Society Branchl WAR SAVINGS From September 19-Ll to May 6th, 1942, a little over 581,000 was invested in YVar Savings by the girls in the school. SALVAGE COLLECTION '-1-IHIS year Grade XII Supervised the salvage collection for the school. In September Dorothy Petrie was elected head of the salvage committee, with Mar- garet Stovel, Murdina MacKay, and Betty Speed as assistants. At Christmas Margaret Stovel left the school due to ill health, and Dorothy Petrie succeeded her as prefect. Conse- quently, to help the two remaining girls, Monica Powell and Nan Pain volunteered for the Easter Term. Murdina and Monica weighed the salvage one week, while Betty and Nan did it the next. To keep the salvage as compact as poss- ible, Missl Bartlett provided, four big bins' in which the salvage could be kept. Dorothy also made labels for them so'the girls would place their salvage in the re- spective bins and thus facilitate the weigh- ing. Every second week the salvage was weighed before being collected by the City Collectors. If you happened to go down

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28 RUPERT,S LAND GIRLS' SCHOOL To bring the situation home forcibly to our citizens, Vilinnipeg was invaded by an imaginary enemy. Thousands of our troops were manning defence posts on the outskirts of the city, trying in vain to ward off the overpowering enemy. Our street lights had been turned out in antici- pation of an air raid. Many families ate their breakfasts in darkness that morning as blackout regulations were in force. Eerie sirens wailed, guns boomed in the distance and gas bombs exploded, Winni- peg citizens knew the horrors of an in- vasion. Driving to school in the morning I had an excellent view of the day's activity- sand bags were piled high in front of store windows, some stores faked a wreck- ed building, while soldiers were grouped on street corners. Mounted police stopped street cars to inspect the occupants' regis- tration cardsg tear gas bombs exploded right under street cars and automobiles. All this rehearsed action was very effective but aroused an unrehearsed fear in the hearts of the citizens. The radio played a prominent role in the promotion of the campaign. Bulletins in the form of communiques broadcast at ten minute intervals during the invasion described events as reported to military headquarters. NVith each communique an appeal was made on behalf of the Victory Loan pointing to the responsibility of every citizen to subscribe to the Loan. Besides all this a play illustrating school under Nazi rule was broadcast to all school children in their classrooms. Ger- man orders and commands were relayed by radio to the would-be-anxious people. When the city was officially taken the Nazi troops swarmed to the City Hall, arresting such prominent men as Mayor Queen and his Council who played their part perfectly, looking as if the end had come. The Storm Troopers raided the public libraries destroying and burning all anti-Nazi reading material ruthlessly. Pillaging did not stop at that, but churches such as All Saints' were closed and officials taken into custody. The Germans raided St. Mary's School, draping the swastika ominously over the desk and erasing patriotic passages on the black- boards. People eating in restaurants were forced to give up their places and lunches to the Nazi soldiers. Thus would the German aggressors pre-empt all civilian privileges. S Striking posters and transfers on the street cars caught my attention for they were written in German., In the Stores employees handed me German Reich marks with my changeg even the lid on my milk bottle was written in German. The uniforms of the Storm Troopers were correct in every minor detail which in- fluenced my realization of Hitler's power- ful scheme. X These illustrations and others made Manitobans conscious of their duty toward Canada's second Victory Loan. If Day impressed on the majority of us the objective for which we are fightingland the urgency of our war needs. We all know the value of Democracy which is at stake in the World War today. If Day impressed on all of us the horrors and danger of a war at home. Lillian Ruttan, CGrade XD .111-