Putnam patriot., 1930-04-17
PRIZE WINNING
 ESSAYS ON THRIFT
Papers Read as Part of Parent Teachers Friday Evening
 Program
Miss Fitzpatrick Speaks.--.Nelson
 Frink EntertAins

The Parent Teachers Association
 offered a most excellent program in
 High School hall last Friday evening
 The feature of the program was the
 presence O. Miss Katherine Fitz-
 patrick. principal of Maplewood Jun
 .or High school of Bridgeport. Her ! talk on What Parent-Teaehers As
 soeiation can Mean to a School, was
 interesting, instructive and enlight-
 ening.
 : Nelson Frink. musician, instructor l and director of instrumental music ' in the schools, gave most entertain ' ing program of his own. First he gave 1 the "Whistling Coon", playing his own accompaniment on the piano. He
 next gave a number of limitations of
 bird calls. These included the whip poor-Will. Bob White. song robin,
 chewink, Virginia nightingale, mead
 owlark and bobolink.
 Mir. Frink then gave an imitation
 of catching a young chicken. Using his handkerchief he trailed the peep
 ing chick, finally caught 1t, let 1t get away and caught it again. This, and an imitation of a canary singing in
 a room. were outstanding numbers. 1 Imitation of a plane in carpenters I shop, saving a board and sawmili, were other limitations. The limitations
 were repeated and echoes added. This
 was in the nature of ventriloquist
 act and was very clever. The pro
 gram was concluded when MT. Frink l whistled "The Mocking Bird.
 At the close Of the program refresh
 ments were served.
 ] During the program two essays on
 Thrift, which had been awarded
 prizes in 8 school competition were read These were by Maxine Defosse and Winnifred Litchfeld. The paper of Miss Defosse, pupil in Grade T. | Israel Putnam School. is here given; Thrift
 One must guard against sickness | or old age. We can do this by saving
 money. For was it not said that God ! helps those who help themselves?
 One way in saving money is to join
 A Christmas Club and put a certain amount regularly in it. or to put
 money in the bank, for we get inter
 est and in this way add more money to our own.
 Thrift is free from stinginess. lt is an entirely praise-worthy thing. A person is more open to criticism If he ! does not practice thrift, than if he does follow some regular plan oi
 saving. To save money, two things
 are very important, a definite aim, ana
 systematic practice. One needs
 thrift now more than ever. for living
 expenses are going higher while wag-
 es may go lower. Now is the time to
 save as much money as you can. Practice Memory Gems such as
 follows:
 I. The first principal of money
 making is money saving 2. Spend your money after vol l, have earned it, not before.
 3. Luck means rising at six o'ci0cl [ in the morning, living on a dollar { day if you earn two, minding you 1; own business and not meddling witt . other peoples.
 4 Keep adding little to little ans
 soon there will be a great heap Saving Private Property } 4 property owner is a better eiti zen than the man who is unsettled The property owner pays taxes fo his property, while the man who nov es about does not. The owner o property. also is anxious Tor the pros ] perity of the town. for the value o his property depends on this. He settled down and therefore does no want to move He is interested in tn improvement of the town, such as ha ing good roads. sidewalks, having fir protection. etc. He is careful Il spending the towns money; nor careful in keeping his own propert, in good condition. He does not al low his children to damage the paints window-sills. etc. as a renter is liabl to do.
 Owning property is a satisfaction ! rather than a pleasure. A propert. ! owner can get credit where anothe \ man cannot.
 I Saving the Forests ! We have been careless with a yer, precious natural resource timber. Al . of us should help in preserving tn forests, for they are slowly disappear . ing, because of our carelessness. Timber is used in making man. things, such as; lumber. boards. latch ' es. shingles, poles, posts, fence rails railroad ties. ditslation, cord word I ] sInH r,ttls4 str.na