El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-11
PRESENT RED
CROSS PRIZES
Schools and Students Re
ceive Rewards for Selling
Christmas Seals.

Friday was Red Cross seal dav in
the public schools Of the city. For
nal exercises were held in connec-
ton with presentation Of prizes for
the sale Of the largest number OF
Christmas seals. A. A. Kline. chair
man Of the Red Cross prize commit
tee. and chancellor H n. Colvin, Of the
College Of the City Of FL Paso, Red
Cross seal campaign manager, spoke
at each OF the schools where prizes
were won.
The large Yosemite valley picture
donated by the r. J. FeIdman COM
pany. was won by the Morehead
school as the first prize. because its
students sold the greatest number OF
Red Cross seals per capita, that be
ing s.1470.
Rifle TO shoot Kaiser.
Mr.. Kline presented to Clifton
Bleick. for having sold S36 worth OF
seals, the first boys prize. a Win
chester rifle donated by krakauer-
York & Moye, with the admonitlou
that he shoot the kaiser with 1t. and
to Robert Walters. as second prize,
a kodak awarded by the W g. Walz
company.
Miss Aronson. the principal, IN be-
half OF the school, pledged all to fu-
ture patriotic good works.
The exercises closed by the children
renOrting the number Of thrift stamps
sold by missing every other movie
show and the numbers Of slices Of
bread and spoons Of sugar saved each
day, and by the singing OF the Ser
vice Song
First Girl Prize at Bailey.
Mr.. Kline conferred the first girl
71rfva "a the Raf1av school f0 Mary
Ann Curd. she having sold seals TO the
amount OF S40.65. 1t consisted OF a
memorandum given by J. c. Benton. of
the first National bank, emitting her
to anything desired in the Jewel
Shop" TO the amount OF SO. Mr..
Kline explained that appreciation was
felt for the child who sold . cents
worth, as well as the child who wor
the prize, but that the prize was a
stimulus to inspire regard for charity
work He explained that a portion
Of the money goes TO the army camps
for hyEieuiC purposes and portion
stays in Fl PasO 70 help in tubercu-
losis work, keeping the streets and
plaza clear OF these unfOrtunaIes and
helping 10 put them on their feet
In tehalf of the school, Miss Nc
Creary gave assurance of continued
service for patriotism
Proud OF Villas School
Villas school came within 2e mills
of having won the first prize, its per
capita sale being $50 and that OF
AIorehead S.1496- Mr.. Colvin told the
student body that Fl Pas0 was proud
Of them and that they were learning
the lesson Of health by disease pre-
vention." as was shown by their
clean faces and hands. clean clothes
and clean surroundings and that he
could tell by looking AT them that
thev drank clean water and ate clean
food
M Kline stated that Abraham Lin
coin was first in charity" and loved
all mankind. and his bust, given by
Rogers Furniture company. was
fitting second prize 10 the Villas
school for its patriotic work for
charity
He also presented TO Miss Alicia
Scobel the second girl prize. beauty
box, presented by the W T HiXsou
company. and remarked upon her pa
triOtism as q daughter Of the British
representative at JuareZ-
Miss NcCreary. the principal said
tr0t the Red Cross seal sale had
given the children enthusiasm which
had carried them over into the thrift
stamp sale and they were making as
good a record in that also The eX-
erCfses closed by the singing OF
America. with an additional verse, 70
the soldiers