South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-03

They are anxious TO sing them ev-
cry day.
Most Of the children sang Amer
/ lea" on last Friday evening at 8
O'Clock. as was encouraged by Miss
Terry. few said they were in bed
at that time, but they sang it any
way
THREE-A AND THREE-B.
There is an enrolment Of 4S chill
dren in the third grade.
I Fifteen Thrift stamps have been
purchased by the children during
the last week.
There has been an excellent at
tendance and no tardy marks this
week.
Opal McCloud is absent on ac-
count of the death OF her mother.
TWO-A.
/ The two-A children have invest
ed $74.5O in Thrift and War Savings
stamps.
Bernard Seaman leads the class
with three bonds and nine Thrift
stamps.
In our art work this week we
/
drawings Of Uncle Sam.
Most of the children received sill
yer pins for doing health chores.
We are all working hard for our
gold pins.
Everett Badger has entered our
room from Madison school.
ONE-A AND TWO-B.
! William Heningsmith, who came
! from the Kennedy school, is now
"A member of our room.
: We have u war savers in our
room and we are working hard to
have every member of the school a
war saver.
We have at present 1862 in our
war saving fund.
We have learned some of the pa
triotic songs during the month Of
February, which we use in connec-
ton with our Flag salute each
morning.
Michael Macy has returned our
school after an absence of several
weeks
The children are so interested in
saving their pennies to buy Thrift
/
of stamps up to this time.
The children all told about where
+, they we're, and whom they sang
with on the night of Washington's
! birthday at o'clock, when every
one was asked to join in the sing
ing of America" with the new
stanza, God save our noble men. 3"
KINDERGARTEN.
Richard Anderson, Alex Macy
and Hope Ellsasser have returned
after an absence on account of ill
ness.
Elizabeth Curtiss and Jane Mix
are absent on account Of chicken
pox. Tern Austin is also absent on
account Of illness.
We have some new War Saving
stamps and also new Thrift stamp
owners.
James Sharno and Mary Grace
Powell are new members in the kim
dergarten.
GENERAL NEWS.
The school feels proud of our
combined effort at selling War Saw
ings stamps. We sold many stamps
of both kinds. The amount realized
for the week was S252.49. The sale
continues three days each week
The long talked of basketball
game took place on Wednesday
evening. We were defeated. The
money taken in was turned over to
the Junior Red Cross fund.
Spring is surely near. The boys
are playing marbles and the girls
jumping the rope.
Miss Gernhart was not able to
meet her sewing classes on Tues
day.
Mrs. Fortenbacher will be in
charge of the cooking classes for
this semester We are pleased TO
have her with us.
The pupils are working for the
gold health chore pins.
We realize that March is the
month to move For with us, the
pupils come and go in about equal
numbers
Our school is now a Junior Red
Cross unit Plans for work were
made at a meeting of principals,
sewing teachers and the president
OF the local chapter VI tire ANtN
Cross.
Robert Clark and Walter Daniels
report the first blue birds. Many
of our girls and boys will become
members of the Bird club.
SENEN-A.
We are very glad 20 have
Eleanore Saltzgaber back with us
after being absent on account of ill
ness
All in our room are war savers,
making US a 100 percent room. Vic
tor Moon still leads, having seven
W. 8. stamps and Is Thrift stamps.
We have written two compost
tons about Thrift stamps. We are
| studying collective nouns.
our study of the last French war
in history is interesting.
In arithmetic we are reviewing
decimals
Last Friday We had a test in
geography. IL was about Arabia
Persia and Afghanistan.
Mrs. Fortenbacher is our new
teacher in domestic science. She
takes Miss Simpsons place and
gave us our first lesson last Thurs