New Britain herald., 1926-07-03
VACATION SCHOOL
 VERY SUCCESSFUL
Attendance Averages More Than
 16O Pupils Every Day

The results of the first week of the Community Church Vacation school are very gratifying to those in charge. After the first two days of enrolment the attendance at the South church. where the junior boys and girls meet, has been better than 100 each day, while so primaries and beginners meet at the same time at the Swedish Bethany church on Franklin square.
 Mrs. r. Chester Hale, the director Of the school, is supported this year by Miss Ruth Henry in charge of the primary children and Mrs. George Loomis in the beginners de- partment. Warren Hale supervises the manual work of the boys in the junior department in addition to being pianist during the worship period.
 Voluntary assistance has been fur nished this year by Miss Simons, di- rector Of religious education of tn" First Baptist church, Miss Elizabeth Hess, Mrs. Clary, Dorothy Hale, Mrs. L. J. Whorley, Mrs. George Christ and Mrs. Albert Rockwell in the junior department.
 Miss Henry in the primary dc partment is assisted hy Miss Ada Hitchiner, Elizabeth Tallard, Evelyn Moore, Louise Sackett and Florence Christesen. Miss Alma Rempp is as sisting Mrs. Loomis with the begin ners. There are six young people
 (studcnts in the school for the past five years) who arc assisting this year for the first time, Manual instruction is given in the making of electric maps of the holy land, soap carving, basketry, sewing and toy making. The sewing class is working on doll clothes for the Nevington Home for Crippled Chill drcu and the toy making department will complete several elephants for the pleasure of the same children.
 A World Friendship club has been organized and pageant on this basis will be presented at the end of 7 buttons are being made hy the chill dren for the purchase of beautiful American doll to be sent with the thousands of other dolls to Japan on Armistice day by the Doll Travel bureau of the committee on World Friendship Among Children. This committee on World Friendship is
 instituted by the Commission on International Justice and Good Will of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. A ship load of American dolls will sail from New York on Armistice day the dolls to be distributed by the public schools to the children Of Japan. whose traditional love for dolls is 9 national characteristic.
 Accompanying each doll will be q note frCm the donor. sending greet ing and some local detail expected 10 be of interest. The purpose is to interest American children and Jap arcgc children mutually to develop world friendship between these great peoples in the next generation.
 The sewing class Of the Com munity Church Vacation school is making the clothes for the doll. The money contributed will be used to purchase the dolL and provide pass port fee of cent and the railroad and steamship ticket at % cents, all at special reduced rates. Each doll must have a steamship ticket and passport properly vised. The boys will act as the business and ticket agents procuring the tickets, pass ports, etc. The distribution of these dolls in Japan will be made. if pos sible on the "Hina Matsuri" (Doli Festival Day) March 3, 1927.
 It has been customary for the past few years to give a party each Fri day afternoon 10 all the boys and girls who have maintained high