Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-01-23
OUR
NEIGHBORS
By SALLY MEREDITH

Hello, Greenbelt:
An opportunity to enioy an eve
ming of entertainment as we'll as
to help defend Greenbelt presents
itself in the form of the Defense
Rally to be held February ID. It's
impossible for any of us to give
as much as we'd like to, but here's
our chance to contribute toward
the goal of $1,000 that's needed
and at the same time have a lot
of fun.-By the way: You've prob
ably heard of the Popularity Poll
that's going to be taken. AS YOU
know, all local organizations NAV
make nominations. Why couldn't
"Our Neighbors" select an en-
trant? If you'll write your choice
on a slip of paper and send it to
me in care of the "Cooperator".
nominations could be counted and
the one receiving most of your
votes will be entered as the "Our
Ne1ghbors" nominee. You know
how the winner will be selected.
don't you? After the nominations
are completed, the names will be
announced, and votes can be pur-
chased. Then, of course, the final
selection will be the one popular
enough to receive the most votes.
A bulletin board will be erected
at the Rally, with results posted
as they come in. Proceeds 90 to
the Civilian Defense fund.
We're losing altogether too
many of our neighbors. One of
Greenbelt's first families-the
James W. Burkes of 35-D RIDGE
Road, who were among the first
group to move in-will leave for
chicago, with their daughter, Mar
celyn, on January 80. Mrs. Burke
has been appointed Assistant Chief
Administrator for the United
States Public Health Service. with
headquarters in Chicago. Mrs.
Burke has promised to come hack
and visit her friends here as soon
as she can.-Another family who'll
De missed up in GA" Block is the
Pfarr family; Bob, Katherine, and
their four children. They're NOV
ing into new home in Washing
ton and their neighbors in 8 blocks
Of Crescent asked for this opportu-
nifty to wish them farewell and
good luck. of course, no one
can take the place of departed
friends, but our new neighbors can
and I'm sure will-make nlaces
OF their own. There's always room
Tor another personality in Green
belt. g. T. Day, Sd Crescent, is
OF for Tennessee. He'll be gone
about three months.-John Vach-
on, 18-C Crescent, is out in the
field again, taking pictures for
FSA. He'll be gone several
months also.
What do the astrolopists saw
about people born in the month
OF January? know they're either
Caprlcornians or Aquarians (or is
that aquariums?) All of which
leads up to the impressive list of
birthdays this month in Greenbelt:
Dayton Hull, year older, Howard
Custer, ditto; Peggy Zorach, ditto;
little Peter Custer, two years old:
and my son, Mike, one year old.
Course, these aren't all of Green
belts January birthdays, but they
are an indication.
Since Greenbelt's such a swell
place to live-as indicated by the
weeping and wailing of those that
might have to leave in March-it
looks like we'd be more willing to
support local organizations, and
especially such a vital one as a
hospital. Of lesser vital import,
but a necessary institution in a
community such as Greenbelt, is
the Nursery School, which can not
function without our cooperation.
Are we going to lose all of our
taken-for-granted advantages be-.
cause OF our refusal to support
them? Let's hope not!
Until next week-DON'T FOR
GET THE DEFENSE RALLY