Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 99, 6 March 1920 — Page 13

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THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM WEEKLY SECTION OF RICHMOND PALLADIUM

RICHMOND, INDIANA, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1920

Prizes Drawn by Winners in Army Essay Contest Monday afternoon the chapel of the High School auditorium was filled with boys and girls and some grownups eager to see what prizes the different winners of the essay contest would draw. This contest was held under the direction of the United States War Department. A program was enjoyed of songs, and threo different sets of moving pictures, one showing life at West Point with drills by the cadets and the exercises for one of the Commencement Days there; another was a picture in which enlistment in the army played a part and the third, which was probably the most interesting of all was a reel of pictures which had been taken under actual firing in Europe. Lieutenant Coyne of the First Division which played as important a part in America's participation in the war as the other Unted States Division we honor so deeply the R-ainboV Division apoko briefly of his life In Europe. In every country in which he entered, ho said, the children came up and made friends with the American soldiers in France, in Belgium and in Germany. He spoke of peeing the children of Germany having recess one day and instead of playing as Ave do here at that lime, they were practising soldier drills. Lieutenant Coyne complimented the interest 'taken In the contest and the essays written by Richmond boys and girls. He said the children from his part of the state (h: is a Hoosier too) "would have to go some to beat the Richmond children." After this program the prizewinners of the contest were called up on the platform by Superintend

ent Dentley and each one was given an envelope. These were opened by one of the soldiers present and slips on which the prizes were written were found inside. The names of the prize-winners and the prizes they received follow: Edward Mull, High School, a rug; Paul Coniff, Garfield, a boy's gray sweater; Nuncio Corsl, St. Mary's, six rolls for a player-piano; Ruth Wolke, St. Mary's, a war savings stamp certificate; Martha Hebing, St. Andrews, a war savings stamp certificate; Marcia Weisgerber, Warner, a box of candy, a bon bon dish, and another present for which she was to call at Kresge's 5 and 10c store; Chester Collins, Finley, a pair of skates; Marion Chenoweth, Vaile, a piano

lamp, a salt and pepper set, silk

handkerchiefs and something at

Kresge's; Harold Long, Sevastopol, six rolls for player piano; Eugene

Clark, Whitewater, a fountain pen; Margaret Kemper, Ilibberd, a girl's

sweater; Beverly Ilarter. -Starr, a

box of stationery, sheet music, box of powder and something from

Kresge's; Floyd Gardner, Baxter,

fountain pen and Louise Overman, Joseph Moore, a bed room lamp.

Warner's Ball Team Warner has organized a ball team and it is practising every day. It has played the second team and has beaten them every time. The lineup follows: R. Morgan catch Holtramp, captain pitcher Warder right shortstop McFarlan first base Murray left short stop Green second base W. Morgan third base Dasore . left field Bond center field llaseproof right field By Kenneth Holtcamp

ENGLISH CHILDREN LIKE TO TELL OF THEIR WAR EXPREIENCES

LEIGHTON ON SEA, England, Feb. 8 Children in these pretty coast towns of England will remember until they are grown men

and women, the times when the Germans came, for even the little tots can tell you of the air raids when bombs fell down about the houses and shrapnel fell thick from the anti-aircraft guns in the harr bor. Often the children were less frightened than the grown-ups when the great air giants came from over the sea. The first shells that were dropped along the coast were intended to start fires rather than explode and after the "all clear" had been sounded, the children would be out in the street trying to help the special police gather up the shells. The boy8 were frequently so excited, it was all they could do to stay indoors when they knew that just overbead British airmen were battling with the German air fleet, trying to make its way to London. But nobody was allowed outside except the special police until the news had come that the Germans had gone. Then everybody was out in the street to see if any damage had been done and to talk about the raid with their friends. One night a great Zeppelin was brought down, and for many miles along the coast people could see the;

great monster falling in a mass of

flames. The Boy Scouts and boys naval units were valuable during the raids, for they helped get the people to shelter and sound the warn

ing. They helped guard the coast

too, and many of the British scouts went to France and helped as much as they could, until they were old enough to join the army. They were under the charge of a Scout master and were under discipline, just as the soldiers were. There was one night when a great explosion was beard In the harbor just at the mouth of the River Thames. People never knew until after the war was over that a submarine had been in the river trying to get to London, and had been sunk by one of the great guns in the harbor. So they were many times when the English children got very close to the war, even if they were not right in it, as the French and Belgian children werer They like to tell you about it, for they are proud of seeing a little of what their big brothers and fathers saw for four long years. (This story was sent to the Junior Palladium readers by Mary Henke, formerly connected with the Palladium, but now in England. Miss Henke is a friend of the Junior and its readers.)

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have very nice times. We learn to make many nice dishes and keep a book of our recipes. We are 6A girls from Finley school and go to Ilibberd to cook. At our last cooking lesson we had baked macaroni. Perhaps you would like to try our recipe. We take one half pound macaroni, 1 cup grated cheese, 2 cups crumbs, one-half teaspoon salt and a dash of pepper, 1 cup milk, 1 cup water in which macaroni was cooked. Cook macaroni in large quantity of boiling Raited water. Add cheese to milk and water in which macaroni has been cooked, season with salt and pepper. Add this to drained macaroni, mix well then place In baking dish. Cover with buttered crumbs. And bake In oven until crumbs arc brown. Serve hot. This will serve six people. Garnet Elian Rothert, 6A grade, Finley.

Red Cross Juniors in Capitol Basy as Bees Children of the Junior Red Cross of Indianapolisare very busy making toys and tables and comforts to make children overseas happy or to cheer the soldiers in our own hospitals. They spend one lesson period a week on tho work- The boys make toys, funny tumbling toms, jointed animals, tiny Mary and her lamb, Simple Simon, Peter Pumpkin Eater and dancing dolls and lively Jumping jacks. They also make tables for the European refugees, 'and writing pads for our own hospitals. There are 100 of these tables now ready to be shipped, which were made by the boys of the Seventh and Eighth grades.

The girls are knitting and weaving. They make handkerchiefs and weave rugs. Knitting on comforts and scarfs is also an important part of their work.

The Junior Palladium Story Writing Contest "More and belter stories" was suggested by several boys and girls as the thing they most wanted to see in their Junior Palladium. Here's your chance to show what good ideas for good interesting stories you have in your heads. The Palladium started a Short Story contest the evening of February 28 and it will close on March 13. Write your story now and send it into the Palladium office. To make the contest more fair to the contestants it has been decided to divide the contest into two parts Story Contest A, and Story Contest B. Story Contest A is open to all boys and girls (in both public and parochial schools in Richmond or any towns where Junior readers live) from the seventh through the ninth grades. (The ninth grade in the public schools is the Freshman class of high school). The prizes we offer for this contest are $3 for the best story and $2 for the second best. Story Contest 15 is open to all boys and girls below the seventh grade. The prizes for this contest arc $1 for tjie best story; three Thrift Stamps for the second best; two Thrift Stamps for the third best. Here are the rules of the contest. Please read them carefully: 1. AH stories must be sent or brought to the Palladium office by 5 o'clock, the evening of Saturday, March 13, 1920. 2. Address all stories like this: The Junior Palladium, Story Contest Dept., Richmond, Ind. Contest A or B (whichever contest you enter, based on your grade at school). 3. Write on one side of paper only, leaving a small margin on the left. 4. State your name, age and school carefully at the end of your story. 5. We make no limitations on subject or length. Write on any subject you please and at the length needed to complete a good story. Notice We reserve" the right to publish all stories we think worthy of publication, and this will probably include other stories besides the five prizewinning stories.

The Surprise That Came To John and Eleanor In the city of Barstow, in the western part of the United States there were two rich families (there were more than two rich families, but I will only tell you about two of them). Each family had one child. The Crowns had a daughter, Eleanor, ten" years of age. The Clarks had a son, John, eleven years old. These two children were good friends and playmates. One spring day when they were out playing, Mrs. Brown called both Eleanor and John into her house. When they stepped into the house there was Mrs. Clark also. Mrs. Brown said: "Wff mothers have a great surprise for you children. Daddy Clark, Daddy Brown, Mrs. Clark and myself and you, John, and you, Eleanor, are all going on a long, long trip to Europe." "Oh,

goody! cried Eleanor John was too astonished to move. Mrs. Clark -said: "We will start in a week," Mother Brown and I are nearly ready." A week passed, John and Eleanor said goodbye to their friends. They got on a steamer and soon they were examining the staterooms and their beds. Eleanor thought everything was perfectly wonderful. They sailed and sailed and after six days they landed in Ireland where they spent a week. Then they went to London, the largest city in the world, where they attended school for a year. Everything seemed queer to the children at first After school hours they took many walks in the very narrow crowded streets. They enJoyed the beautiful services at St. Paul's Cathedral on Sundays. Then they went to Paris, the most beautiful city in the world. They had many walks on the broad boulevards lined with great forest trees. They visited the many parks. They had many lovely rides on the Seine river. After nine months in Tari3 they went by boat to Holland. Here they saw the dikes they had often heard of. They soon joined the crowds that were skating on the canals. After a nine months stay in Holland, they went to Switzerland for a year. Many times they put on rough clothes, took knapsacks and alpenstocks and climbed the Alps mountains. They gathered Alpine roses and stuck them in their hats'. They were going to start back to the United States from Switzerland, so they wanted gifts for their friends whom they had bidden goodbye to several years ago. Some things they bought in England, Holland, gome in France and some in Switzerland. I will tell you what they got in Switzerland a delicate chamois carved out of wood and a liUlo bowl and poon. They went home through the Panama Canal zone. They had grown ' so tall their friends hardly knew them but they were glad to see them especially when they received the gifts from across the ocean. Marguerite J. Burbanck, Vaile School, 10 years, 6A grade. - ;

Garfield Pickups Council held its regular weekly meeting Wednesday afternoon. It voted in favor of trying to revive the Parent-Teachers Association o Garfield. The recommendation that the school request to run under the Daylight Savings schedule was postponed until next week. The boys and girls who took part In the program given in chapel on Friday, February 27 were Ruth Hutchens, piano solo; Robert Hough, violin solo; and Raymond Conolly, cdVnet solo. Chapel is being held every two weeks in the High School auditorium.

INDIANA'S JUNIOR CORN CHAMPION Preston Moody, 13 years old, of Fremont, Ind., is declared by Purdue university the junior corn champion of Indiana. He produced 147.3 bushels of corn on one acre of ground, establishing a new record in Indiana corn production. About 1,000 boys and girls entered the contest and 600 completed it. Moody's production was made possible by enriching the soil and planting seeds thickly. His ambition is to enter Purdue university after he finishes high school and he has undertaken corn growing to raise money for this purpose.