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War Activities Sheridan High School students and faculty have taken an active part in war activities during this school year. Last fall volunteer workers from high school and town harvested approximately 8,000 tons of beets, and thus relieved the critical beet labor shortage. About 200 high school boys pulled and topped beets in fields from Lodge Grass to Clearmont. The girls did their share by enrolling in classes held at the high school. These classes were: Junior Red Cross bandage rolling, Red Cross first aid, scrap collecting, manual training of Red Cross materials, Junior Red Cross sewing, knitted afghans, wool afghans, Junior Red Cross handwork, scrap book fillers, hospital favors, model airplanes. Articles produced for the American Red Cross are as follows: Sewn and Knitted Articles 4— Afghans (knitted and wov- en from scraps of wool) 3—Afghans (woolen squares) 36—Bedroom slippers (men’s) 20—Card table covers 100—Stupe and stupe wringer 35— Utility bag Convenience Articles and Accessories 150—Bookmarks 5— Head-of-bed clothes hangers 41—Lapboards 75—Memorandum pads 36— Writing boards 50—Writing portfolios Recreational Articles 100—Bridge tallies 25—Cribbage boards 83—Crossword puzzles with solutions 12—Halma boards 240—Puzzles 10—Ringtoss 120—Scrapbooks 14—Stray t-N-A rrow Holiday Articles 100—Christmas carnival caps 300—Decorated napkins for Easter 300—Decorated napkins for Thanksgiving 12—Holiday decorations for Christmas 200—Menu covers for Christmas 300—Menu covers for Easter 200—Menu covers for July 4th 500—Nut and Candy cups 100—Table and tray favors for Washington’s Birthday 500—Table and tray favors for Easter 100—Table and tray favors for July 4th 100—Tray covers for Washington’s Birthday 100—Tray covers for July 4th In one day over 2,000 bandages were manufactured in the bandage rolling class, and five girls completed the Standard First Aid Course and received certificates. Since September, 1942, approximately 275 model airplanes have been constructed for army and navy use. Scrap collections totaled $214.41 and this amount was turned over to the Red Cross. The Defense Council again maintained the War Stamp booth across from the cafeteria on the first floor. Mr. Ralph Hylton and his bookkeeping classes have been in charge of the sale of stamps and bonds. Students and faculty have purchased approximately $12,000 of stamps and bonds from September to April 1. The Commission entered a contest sponsored by the Weatherwax High School of Aberdeen, Washington, to see which school could have the best average for per capita sales in war bonds and stamps. Sheridan High topped the eight high schools at the end of the four-week period with an average quota of $15.09. The contest was begun Feb- T wenty-eigrht
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ruary 22 and will close April 22. To promote sales an inter-room contest was carried on. This was won by Mr. Percy Kirk’s home room with a total purchase of $1,444.05 in stamps and bonds, an average of $41.26 per capita. The room received the framed picture of General Douglas MacArthur which was offered as a prize by Principal Robert W. Skinner. Other methods of selling stamps and bonds wex-e: Bond rally at the Fox Wyo Theater with prizes given by Manager Morehead, stamp admissions to the victory concerts by the band, and to the Senior A dance in March. Prizes for the winning essays in the contest sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary were in war stamps. Other awards for high school organizations were also in the form of stamps. Other important war activities of groups have been: The pro- ceeds of the Spring Vocal Concert were given to the Senior Red Cross; the F. F. A. boys sponsored the “Give a knife—save a life” club and collected 100 knives, packed, and shipped them to San Francisco to be reconditioned before being sent to the soldiers in the South Pacific; cancelled stamps were collected in several home rooms and sent to the D. A. R. in the East for war purposes; a scrapbook of all war activities sponsored by the high school was made by Shirley Doyle, and sent to the state legislature as part of an exhibit of the defense and war work of the Sheridan schools; an air raid drill was conducted by the Defense Council on December 9; the faculty served as instructors of the classes for the girls while the boys were in the beet fields and as supervisors and registrars during the mileage rationing last fall and of Ration Book Two this spring. These courses have been added during the year at the special request of the government: Service Mathematics, a semester course; Commando Physical Education classes for the boys; Pre-flight Training; Electric Arc Welding and Machine Shop work; Red Cross Home Nursing class held at the city hall for high school girls. Many boys of the January and June classes have enlisted in the service, and their names are designated by a star in the activities section of the two classes elsewhere in this book. Thirty
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