The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-12-11
People Here TO
Help Loading Of
Christmas Shin

Christmas Ship
From Your Heart-Do Your
Part" That is the slogan of a
campaign to collect 10000 pounds
of food and clothing to fill a
Christmas Ship, destined for
needy people Of Europe's war
torn areas. =
In response. to a plea from the
committee in charge Of the drive
for Washington, Mayor J. C..
Pratt has appointed a Rev. j.
N. Tinsley of the Nazarene Church
to head committee.
"Time is Short" Rev. Tinsley
said. For that reason a committee
has been picked as representative
of the community and a meeting
is set for Friday night at 7:30 at
the Arrow Grill. At that time
policies for local collections will
be established" .
Rev. Tinsley explained that
there was no time to ask indivi.
duals whether or not they could
serve. The ship is scheduled to
leave Seattle on Christmas Day
with stop following at Port
land. Washington, Oregon, Idaho
and Montana have joined to-
gether in this undertaking.
Fred Martin, director of the
State Department of Agriculture,
is Washington State chairman. In
a letter to Mayor Pratt he asked
for cooperation here.
On the local committee with
Rev. TmSley are Rev. Coan,
Mayor Pratt, Lawrence Scott, c.
E. Hawkins, ]. r. Ayers, AL
Birmingham, Francis Ludlow,
Burns Brown, Billie Mills, Frank
Lampson, Mrs. o. p. Miller, Don
Skirving, Miss Dorothy Arnold,
Mrs. John Smith, Jack dip and
Rolfe Tuve.
Following is the official list of
food and clothing items that will
be acceptable for the Christmas
Ship:
WHEAT
Flour Tin SO or 100 lib. sacks or
barrels)
Dried or Dehydrated Fruits.
Dried or Dehydrated Vegetables
Including Beans, Peas or Len
ills $1,000 Id. sacks)
Sugar
Spahetti, Macaroni, Noodles 10
20 lbs.
(Only origional packing cases,
no cellophane wrapped
Heavy Cereals
(Such as Cream of Wheat. Far
ina etc. NOT flake or fluffy types)
Canned Foods: Only these items
acceptable
Canned Milk Qiq.)
Canned Whole Milk dried
Canned Meats (solid types
Canned FiSh
Canned Poultry
Canned Baked Beans
Canned Chill
Canned Fats-Shorting
Absolutely nothing in glass OF
celleophane-nothing breakable.
New or clean Clothing
All local committees of Church
es, Schools, business organizations
etc. should suggest joint pur.
chasing of case lots of food fol
shipping rather than in individual
cans or pkgs. which time will moi
allow to pack and repack. Ir
many cases., committees have
chosen to gather funds and place
orders thru local stores to gro.
Gerry wholesalers in the major
cities such as Seattle, Portland
Spokane, Boise, Billings etc. Ir
other cases many groups or per
sons have chosen to send check.
to the Christmas Ship Fund
% Mayor Devin, 101 County-C Cit
Bldg, Seattle. But in all case.
Time is short-ACT NOW-ans
as soon as your committee o,
coordinator is determined advis,
Pacific Northwest Christmas Shi,
Committee, Box 1900, 0I0 Seattl
Star, Seattle.
Also keep the Committee in
formed through Main O60C
Seattle, or mail, of any larg
contributions of food.
/ Also keep your local radi,
and newspaper outlets enthuset
with publicity material.
Please, by Dec. 9th. and eacl
succeeding Saturday Evening mai
to Box 1900, Seattle Star, Seattl
report of approximate tonag
gathered and shipped or on hand
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