South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-03
aSOUTE4 BEND PUBLIC AND PAROCFH4L SCHOOL, ST

and Mrs. Skillman, and Miss Dora
I HershenOw were visitors In our
room the past week
\ patriotic program was given
Thursday afternoon at . o'clock in
the auditorium. A large number of
parents were present. Community
singing featured the close of the
program. Everyone enjoyed the
songs selected.
School was not in session on Fri
day. A number Of our teachers as
sisted in the work required by the
I exemption board" on Saturday.
( They found the work interesting.
Miss Arbuckle and Miss Chris
tiansen supervised the art work in
our building on Tuesday. Miss Ney.
supervisor Of penmanship, was here
on Wednesday.
Room ten earned the quarter last
Thursday for greatest percent of
/ Red Cross members. This week we
are adding TO our fund through the
sale of paper Pupils on first and
| second floor entered another con-
| test. Room five was the winner
downstairs and room nine on the
| second floor. Pupils certainly did
their share in bringing in magazines
and newspapers, which were col
| lected i'm the neighborhood. 1t was
quite novel to see them coming TO
school with arms filled and many
with coats filled to overlooking.
Wednesday was Thrift stamp
day. The six-A's purchased the
| greatest number of stamps, but the
three-B's and two-A's in room five
/ secured the greatest number of w.
| 8. stamps There were IL War Saw
! ing stamps purchased. Arthur Rich
ards of Ska purchased the great
est humber Of stamps. and little
/ Richard Gardner in the kindergar-
ten. was second. The three-As and
| four-B's in room seven reported the
/ greatest number OF pupils as pur-
chasers.
ROOM TEN.
Marguerite Kestler is absent with
/ the humps.
We have two star rows in the
Junior Red Cross. We also have 20
members in the Junior Red Cross.
We have. only eight more members
to make our room 100 percent.
Mr.. Pierce of the coast artillery,
talked TO our room Thursday morn
ing, after giving all of the army
bugle calls to the whole school.
Celia Saline, editor of the school
news, is i'll this week.
We received a quarter, for we
were ahead one day in subscrip-
tions for the Junior Red Cross. So
we named it help, patience and
work.
ROOM NINE.
Clarence Roberts has returned TO
school after an absence of two
weeks.
! Harry Shagsloff and George
Keezy are absent from six-B be-
cause of illness.
The pupils of SIKH grade have
been very busy collecting paper to
be sold for the Red Cross fund.
ROOM SIX.
Thelma Avery has returned from
Florida, where she has spent the
winter.
| Ilelhd DeIgleE Is the ucWSSb
, member of the Red Cross.
The people who have the most
stars are. Ruth Miller and Vivian
/ Sorwick.
We are learning long division in
! this room.
We are drawing soldiers in draw
| ing.
/ We are having the study of the
United States in geography.
ROOM SEVEN.
over 80 percent Of our room are
now Junior Red Cross members.
Our Thrift stamp sale this week
was 1925.
Mrs. PiOwaty and Mrs. Armstrong
were visitors the past week.
| Miss Arbuckle gave us our art
| lesson on Tuesday. We designed pa
| triotic post cards.
Miss Ney supervised our writing
| lesson on Wednesday.
ROOM EIGHT.
We had perfect attendance last
week.