The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-11-22
High School
Students Doing
Y.MC.A.. ssBit''

Harry H Maxwell. physical director
at the YM.C.A. made visit to Salida
on Monday of this week in the interest
Of the Food Packet Fund movement
designed to aid the prisoners of war
in the interment camps Of Germany
and Austria, Of which he is chairman
of the committee having charge OF the
work in Fremont. Chaffee and Custer
counties. This is q nightly patriotic
undertaking and is meeting with much
enthusiasm among high school stu
dents. and In many cases with those
OF the grades. The work is being done
in connection with the Y.M.CA. and
the food packets are being delivered
to captives in enemy countries thru
that agency.
Owing TO the shortage of food in
Germany and Austria many people in
those countries are on the verge of
starvation and prisoners of war are
suffering from insufficient nourish-
ment; particularly from sweets and
fats, of which but little is obtainabie.
To meet this deficiency the Y. NJ. c.
A. has undertaken the task of supply
ing them with the things needed for a
wholesome. healthfui diet during the
period OF their interment These food
packets. which contain a cake OF cho-
colate. a slice of salted meat. some
crackers. a piece of cheese and n bot
tie of matted milk. are put up in Co.
penhagen, Denmark under the super
vision OF the Y. NJ. C. A. from produce
shipped from America and are sent to
the prisoners by it thru Switzerland.
The packets are delivered TO the In
termed men by regularly authorized
employees of the Y. NJ. c. A. and there
can be no doubt about their reaching
the proper destination.
Each packet affords sufficient nour-
ishment 10 last n prisoner about five
weeks Ten OF them will support him
year. Each student who can afford
TO do SO Is requested to subscribe ten
dollars to the food packet fund. which
will maintain prisoner OF war for
twelve months. In cases where stu
dents do not feel that they are able TO
give that much they form a combina-
tion and pay for ten packets of food.
In many instances here. as well as in
other high schools of the district. boys
and girls have contributed the ten dol
la without this combination. The
splendid humanitarian character o!
this work is appreciated when II Is
known that prisoners of Var In Ger
many and austria have been little
food Of any kind except hard tack"
and sort OF soup made from beets.
Sickness and. disease is inseparable
from, diet OF this character.
Charles T. Sheldon. secretary Of the
boys department OF the Y. N. C. A.
at Colorado Springs is the general
chairman OF the Prisoners Food
Packet movement in this state. Mr.
Sheldon was in Canon City one day
last week In consultation with Mr..
Maxwell In relation to the work here.
Subscriptions have been very gen
erous among the students and nearly
all OF them have contributed some
thing. The amount OF the pledges re
ported by Mr.. Maxwell for this district
up TO Monday night was nearly thir
teen hundred dollars. or this total
the Canon City high school students
gave s402; South Canon high school
1903; Florence high school 1920; Sa
Ida high school $3.50: Rockvale school
$40; Texas Greek school $3.50: Miss
Gregg's Sunday school class s16.
Other subscriptions will be made be-
fore the campaign closes.