Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-03
Waste PAPER COLLECTION
IN SCHOOLS TOMORROW
Every Pupil In City Is Urged 10
Bring Package From
Home.
TEN AUTOMOBILES To COLLECT
Whole Amount Will BE Sold for Ben
efft OF Schools, Each Prutiting i'm
Proportion to Amount of Paper
Brought In.

Tomorrow vii! he waste panor col
lection day in the Richmond Public
Schools.
The Times Dispatch. Tor THO third
t'me will visit all Of til" schools. col
lcct the old newspapers and magazines
brought by the childr"n and soil tho
big accumulation. turning tho ,.ro.cods
over TO tho schools 10 l.. used fo,
Whatever purpose ;no principals dc
sire
The children have jus, ono more
morning TO bring the paper to school
with them. Principals report mat much
paper has already been collected hv
the boys and girls. and II is expected
that tho third collection from Tho
schools will equal tho total Of tho frs,
two. which were interrupted by Sc
we're weather.
II the boys and girls OF tn. 81; want
TO help their school along they can
find no easier way than 10 collect the
old PAPER from around their homes and
induce their plaEmates to do likewise
Some of tho children have bocn doing
fine work. but many of them ht,vc lot
the others work while they stood back
and looked on. or course the lagEards
will reap the benefit OF the industry of
the energetic ones
This afternoon Is tho best time pos
sible for the children 10 got their pa
per ready to he taken 10 school to-
morrow. \ fcw minutes this aftor-
noon Will probably mean hundreds
of pounds OF paper. az those who pre-
pare now will not find tina, they have
no time in the morning to get their
bundles together.
TIE NEWSPAPERS AND
MAGAZINES SErtUATILN
Now get busy. boys and girls Tie
up your newspapers in ono bundle and
your magazines in another. Then
write the name OF the school ID which
II. is 10 be credited upon III. outsid"
This will help everybody concerned.
The heater the bundles are the easier
they can be carried TO school and the
easier they will he TO weigh and ship
Eighteen tons of old paper were col
lectcd tho first two weeks ofsthc vast.
paper savings campaign. This amount
should he collected in one day with the
children doing their fun duty. Many
parents have already Endorsed the idea
and arc willing to cooperate with the
children, realizing that the cost Of pa
per is hitting their pockctbooks every
day. wrapping paper is also scare.
commodity and Is getting higher every
month. Not only are they faci.y a
famine In wrapping paper, but the
scarcity of neusprini is liable TO mea II
the suspension OF many papers AMI
agaZines.
Ten automobiles will again he used
In collecting the paper. They Will
start out at noon tomorrow and Will
visit the forty schools before dark. Til.
fact that more paper is expected this
week means that some of the schools
will be visited later than others. as
ten loads arc not infrcqucnt from one
building.
DR.. j. 4. c. Chandler, Supcrintrn-
dent OF Schools. is urging the pupils
TO add to their accumulation of news
papers and magazines, all of the wrap
pings from their holiday packages. The
accumulation Of paper from all of the
gifts made in Richmond on Christ
mas would total many tons.
An effort will be made this week TO
ship full carload of paper away from
the public schools. \ total OF $4,000
pounds would make a solid car. II
each boy and girl brings his or her
bundle. the car will he unable to hold
the paper and several hundred dollars
will be presented TO the schools.