Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 323, 24 November 1917 — Page 11

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A SURPRISE ON THANKSGIVING One night before Thanksgiving, two little children were wandering around on the street of a large city. ' Ono was a boy and the other was a girl. Tliey were about five years old. After they had been wandering they saw an automobile which was empty. They got in the back and went to sleep. After awhile the owners who were two old people living on a farm came after the car. They did not notice the children in the back, but drove off. When they got home one of them made a slight disturbance and they looked to see hat it was. They took them Into the house without waking them and put them to bed. The next morning when they woke they were very much frightened and be

gan to cry. The lady came up stairs and took them down. After they ate their breakfast the lady asked them where they were from. They told her they were poor children and had wandered off from home. They also told her where they lived. She asked them if they would like a nice Thanksgiving dinner and they said they would. The man got a nice fat turkey and many other good things and put them in a basket. They gave the children some good clothes to put on. They went homo in the car. Their father and mother were glad to see them. When they got home they had a good dinner. Harry Lacey, CB grade, Baxter School. Rabbits For Meatless Day Saturday morning about nine o'clock Mr. Hall, Irvin, papa, Warren, and I went hunting. We went through Boston and from there to Kitchel. We stopped at a woods about 3 or 4 miles out of Kitchel. The cyclone had struck that woods and blown down many trees. The rabbits would sit in the fallen trunks. We got in the leaves and scared the rabbits out. Papa shot at one and missed it. He watched where it went, shot and missed it again. He shot at it two more times and missed it both times. Warren then shot at it with the rifle. Papa said he had wasted renough bullets on it. We took our dinner and stayed till about four o'clock in the afternoon. Papa shot seven of the rabbits. We got eleven altogether. Edgar Morris, 6A Grade, Baxter school. Children Can Help Children ' We must save all the food we can. We children can help. If we all save we are helping to win the war. There are children across the sea who are starving. We must help feed them. Millard Metz, 3B, Baxter School. 4 I,

The king of England almost always had about all the power. This was so with King James 1. He said that the people of all England should obey him and should go to his church. There were some people in England that did not have the same belief asKing James I. These people held public meetings. These were held in the homes of the people. Sometimes these people were called Socialists. They afterward were and are known as the Pilgrims. These Socialists didn't quit their religious ways but went to Holland. They liked the Dutch people as well as the Dutch liked the English. But they did not like it so well after a while, because their own children began to marry the Dutch and began to forget about England. They thought about going to many different countries, but America suited them best. They sailed back to England, got on larger boats, got some supplies, then they set sail for America. They thought that they would have two ships, but they only had one. The Speedwell would not do, so they all had to go aboard the Mayflower. They sailed and they sailed till after a long while they saw land.

THE LITTLE FEATHER-GIRL'S THANKSGIVING Once there was a little girl. Her name was Emily. She was a poor little girl. She had no mother or father and so she would work for

her living. The day before Thanksgiving she went around and dressed turkeys for people. They gave her the feathers and she would make pillows and sell them. She was not always happy on Thanksgiving Day because sho worked so hard the day before. She couldn't enjoy Thanksgiving for Bhe was so tired. But one day something happened. She was Invited to a house for Thanksgiving Day. How glad she waa. She would have turkey and all kinds of good things to eat. When she arrived at the house the next day they were ready for her and she had a nice 4A grade, Baxter School. THEIR FIRST TURKEY Once upon a time there lived two little children, a girl and a boy. The boy was five years old and the girl four. The girl's name was Mary, and the boy's John. On Thanksgiving day they were out playing. While they played their mother prepared the dinner. When the children came in they said, "Oh, what smells so good?" Their mother said, "Oh, nothing." The children went upstairs to play in their playroom. While they were there their mother put the things on the table. When they came down they tried to see what was" on the table, but they -were-too short. Then they were washed and called to their dinner. They were surprised to see a turkey at the end of the table. It was the first one they had eaten. In the middle of the table was a dish of fruit. They said that was the beet Thanksgiving day they ever had. Margaret Bowmer, 6B grade, Baxter School. How Wayne County Began About one hundred years ago a man named George Holman and a man named Richard Rue came to where Wayne County now stands. It was a great forest where the Indians lived. George Holman had two sons, Joseph and William. They rode horseback. They made two log cabins. Then they rode back to Kentucky for their families. Mr. McCoy and Mr. Blunt came with them. And that was the first settlement in Wayne County. Melvin Quigley, 3B Grade, Baxter School.

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Thanksgiving Day. James Sharp, DOING OUR BIT We are not all doing out bit. We must all try to win this war. The boys and girls can help by not eating so much candy. At school we are going to make handkerchiefs and napkins. The children brought the material. Our teacher asked us why we did not send cornmeal to the boys at the front and some child said that it would spoil. That is the reason we must save our wheat flour for the soldiers. We must not use very much sugar. That means that we must not bake many cakes and pics, for pies and cakes take a lot of sugar. Sometimes we have meat and bread left. We can make dressing with the bread. With the meat we can make hash. Everybody should buy Liberty bonds that can do so. One little boy in our room has two fifty-dollar bonds. Margaret Whitely, 4B grade, Baxter school. LOST IN THE WOODS Two little children went for a walk in the woods one day and got lost. They couldn't find their way home. They lay down and thought of their warm and cozy bedrooms at home and at length fell asleep. While they were asleep their parents were coming in search of them. When they found them they were numb with cold. When they got them home they agreed to call the country doctor who was very prompt in coming. 1 fancy that when they got well that they didn't take any more long walks in the woods. Lecna Hukill, 6A grade, Baxter school.

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It was the Twenty-first Of December in the year 1620. They saw a big bowlder. This they used as a stepping stone. They named it Plymouth Rock. If you were to go there today you would find that very rock. The snow wasmee deep. So that they could not build houses for each family. They built one large house for them all to live in during the winter. The first year their crops did not do well and many died of starvation. There were only fifty left out of the number that came over. The second yeaer the friendly Indians showed the white men how to plant and cultivate corn and peas. This year, their crops were plentiful. They invited Massoit and his tribe of Indians to come arid t(.i.z. with them. They came and brought five wild turkeys. The white men had also sent out men to get wild turkey. This feast lasted thrc days. This is how we get our Thanksgiving day. We do not have three days feasting now as you know. EDITH DRIVER, Baxter School, CA grade, age 10 years.

BOYS MAKE APRONS The two classes in our room ore sewing aprons. The boys are making carpenter aprons. They are blue duck with white Btripes through them. The girls are making white sewing aprons. There are about four different parts to the pattern. The boys' aprons are sewed all around with the exception of the sides. There is a pocket divided into halves. vOne half is divided into two equal parts. This allows for one big pocket for nails and two pockets for tools. There is a strap that goes over the shoulders and one that goes around the back. These are fastened by buttons. When these are finished we cpect to use them in tho manual training room where boys make articles out of wood. The girls wear their aprons when they cook. We are also making handkerchiefs and napkins for the soldiers. Walter Fulghum, 5A Baxter.

Baxter's Manual Training For our first lesson In manual training Mr. Steely gave us each a number and that number was took our coping saw and sawed it where we were to work. Then he gave each one of the boys a board that had an owl on it. We then that time it was time for the bell, out. Then we sandpapered it. By We put our names on the owl and put it on the table. For our second lesson we got our owl and fixed it just like we wanted it. Then Mr. Steely gave us the base. It was five inches long and one and a quarter inches wide. Then he gave us two small boards to be made five inches long and a quarter of an inch wide. Then we sandpapered the two small boards and nailed them to the base. Then we put the owl in between the small boards and it was done. Bader Bly, Charles Antte and Fredric Thistletbwaite, Baxter school Boys Urge Clean Plates We can help win the war, by saving food. We must save such foods as wheat, pork, beef, dairy products and sugar. These foods we will send to our Allies. We must eat these foods.' Corn bread, rye bread, oatmeal, potatoes, poultry, beans, peas and other vegetables. Do not leave anything on your plate. Take a small helping and if you want more take another small helping. Our crop was not so big this year. Join the food administration to save food. We can win the war only by saving food, buying Liberty bonds and fighting Robert Gault, j 5Aj grade, Baxter school.

Second Grade Children Help Win the War, Too Although the little second grade children at Baxter school have not learned how to make paragraphs and join their sentences together, they want to tell how they are trylntr in Jipln win tho wnr Thev ftrft

not even used to signing their own full names, but their spirit and patriotism more than fnakes up for all the rest, and wc are glad to have them add their share to the Baxter School edition of the junior. Our country is'in the war. , Let us save food. Let us help win the war. We must feed our Allies. Viola. Can you save sugar? I can knit for the soldiers. I can save wheat, too. I am saving as much as I can. Paul. Do your bit b? knitting for the soldiers. We can help win the war by saying sugar and wheat. Are you going to war? If you go to war you will help our country.; Alice Reid, We must save a loaf of bread each week. We must not eat so much meat.' Erla Edwards. We must save much food for the soldiers. We must win tho war. We must fight for our country. Mark. We can save sugar. There is not much sugar in town. We must not eat so much candy. 1 am doing my bit Maxine Leech, 2A Grade, Baxter School. AS A PIONEER GIRL I am thinking of myself as a pioneer girl ten years of age. My dress ia made of wool. Mother spun the wool and wove it into cloth. My cap is made of the skin of the beaver. The tassel on it is made of a part of the tail of a fox. Our house is made of logs. There is just one room. In this room we do not have very much furniture. Our bed is made offtakes driven into the ground. The railings are made of poles and the slats wore made of limbs. We have a straw tick on the slats. The pillows are made of corn husks. Then we have the furs of wild animals for cover. For chairs we have three-cornered stools. For a table we have four stakes driven in the ground and a 16g made for that use is laid across. One morning when father had finished Lis work and we had had breakfast, he said that he had to go to town. I asked him if I could go along and he said I could. We went on horseback. Town was ten miles away. When we got about half way to town we were at' tacked by a band of Indians. They took our horses and tied us to the ground ith strong ropes. We stayed there a good while. Father finally got Ms hand loose. He then got his knife and set himself free. He then set me free. We walked the irst of the way to town. Wc there got what we needed and started for homo again. On our way home we found our horses. We put our things on father's horse for I was tired so I rode and father walked by his horse's side. When I got home I had been bo badly scared that I was nervous, I raid I did not want to go to town again Edith Driver, Baxter School Grade 6A, age 10 years. How John's Finger Was Cured There were two boys. Their names were John and Harry. They were visiting on their grandpa's farm late in October. One day John said, "Let's go to the creek." So they took their hats off and filled them with nuts. Soon they cat down and began to crack some. The first one John cracked he hit his finger and began to cry like all little boys. Harry said, "What Is tbi matter?" John said, "I hit my finger." Harry tried to comfort him j tilling him not to think about hie fSn.prr and it would soon stop hurt-' j tit?... It was not long before John really did forget about his hurt and v;5 i-non eating as many nuta M Harry was. James Sharp, 4A grade, Baxter school.

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