irsday. February 12, 1948
Austrians and is spending almost you about will take care of the but here is the wray we work the
all of her time on relief work. packages you send. If you write, welfare room. A group under mation. Any of you scouts who
know any fellows who should be
Headed by Mrs. Keyes and di please address your letters to
Mrs.
Kelly’s
direction
opens
the
rected by Mrs. Hurl ess, wife of Mrs. H. B. Hurless, c/o Col. Hur boxes, lists the articles and place in the scouts had better keep
Colonel H. B. Hurless, who is as less. Provost Marshal Section. them on the shelves according to your eyes on them and tell your
Il XWm« -v Robert», HD1
leader about it because
interested as I am in bringing Hq. USFA APO 777, New York, age and use. Another group vis patrol
we’re going to have a member
help to these hopeless people jN. Y. She will see that someone its the home to see the need and ship contest soon.
Ho There:
lost of you had a part in sand ever here, a committee of Ameri on her committee answers your sizes, they then fill the box and
The Eagle patrol is putting on
boxes of used clothing to can women has been organized to letter at once. Things like let take it to the family. Many times a demonstration of lashings a t
try
to
coordinate
the
work
done
aria in response to the letter
ters or cards can safely be sent several families will be supplied this meeting, so all scouts going
ich I read to the Home Ex- by individuals. They will take directly to the Austrians you something from a number of after the pioneering merit badge
won Units in November. This over myindividual effort. .In that are interested in.
boxes we receive. But you may can get some pointers. Better be
er was from Mrs. Hubert Mil- way you can be absolutely cer
"If there are any of you who rest assurred that we are doing at the meeting to get this..
wife of Col. Miller, Com tain that everything «you send have sent boxes and never teceiv- our utmost to give only to the
Brad
in g General of the United will go where it is most needed ,ed an acknowledgement, it is be the needy and they are so grate
[tes forces in Austria, station- and get there more quickly than cause a few boxes have been re- ful for the smallest article.
Keroaen« w a te r beater, w ith
in Vienna, and told of the it would if I continued working cenved with the return address
connections and a 30-galkxi tan k
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
¡ds over there. Yesterday I alone. Miss Opal Hall, an out so badly rubbed off or tom in the generous response and we shall Inquire at P ilo t Office lor par
pived a letter of thanks, and standingly fine and capable wo mails that it was not possible to let you know’ when your other ticulars and price.
man who heads the American make them out.
rant to share it with you.
boxes arrive.
Red Cross in Austria, is doing "I would like to thank every
par Mrs. Roberts:
Sincerely,
a herois job with limited means.
COSTS LESS
Mollie May Rogers"
tiere has been such an over- The committee of women who one of you, personally, and tell
you how much it means over here
THAN GAS!
elming generous response to
Man t o w - O m n i Mata.
letter sent my sister in Van- will handle the things you send for these people to get the things
Sai OM SI? SI OCU M i l
iver. Washington, I am forced will work closely with Miss Hall. you are sending. I am sorry to
Wita awetat Cartarita M
resort to a form letter, be- In this way you can be sure that have to do it with this form let- Hi Fellow Scouts:
¡se mv correspondence is more j the things you send will be un {ter.
Call or
»
By now all of you fellows have
Gratefully,
n I can handle. Letters and touched from the time you put
Write
been
given
tickets
to
sell
for
the
them
in
the
box,
yourself,
until
Mrs.
Hubert
L.
Miller”
•kages and requests for indi-
• • • •
Scout Benefit. Hit the ball with
lual names and pictures and they are taken out over here by
these now and we* 11 have some
women
whom
you
can
complete
This
personal
postscript
was
histories are arriving in
added referring to the box sent money in the treasury’ to use for 4 Mi. South on Old Ry. Right
»ry mail from many cities and l y trust.
those over night hikes and camp of Way
“My husband’s tour of duty from Gold Beach.
Harbor, Oregon.
the length of the Pacific
ing trips you want. Another
“Mrs.
Miller
has
requested
that
here
will
end
about
the
middle
1st. It is my earnest desire to
thing you might remember, the
iwer every letter and ac- of February, 1948. Any packages I let you know that we have re patrol
selling the most tickets
ceived
your
letter
and
one
box.
addressed
to
us
perconallv.
after
iledge every package immed-
goes to a movie in Crescent City.
ely but no one individual can about December 15th, will run The box arrived in good condi
The Eagle patrol says they’ve
Bibly handle this amount of the risk of being sent back to tion and the many useful and
spondence. I must spend my us in the States, wherever we warm clothing, .sweaters, under about got their leanto finished
wear, shirts, house-shoes, socks, at the camp grounds, not had
p going about the city, inter are stationed. So please do not
ring and choosing the most send any more packages to me. ladies suits, etc. In each box we looking either. You Bears should
prving families and institu- General Keyes has come to our pack for a family, always we take a look, and then see if you
is and also find time to un- rescue by giving us a mailing put in the essentials such as can get a better one built.
If the weather permits it we’ll
ik and sort the great quanti- address for you that will be per needles, tape, crayons for the
have the next meeting at the
of wonderful things that manent and always safe. Mail small children, candles, etc.
“You know these people have camp grounds, if its raining we'll
,e already arrived from you your packages to:
so
little and are artists when it have it at the church basement,
Sandbo Auto Court
lerous people in the States.
The United States High Com
most
im portant thing, of missioner, Hq.. U. S. Forces in comes tp patching and combing you fellows who aren’t sure of
Harobr, Oregon
irse. is to get the things that Austria, APO 777, c o Postmas worn clothing. I would like to where to go see your patrol
tell you where each article goes. leader, he’ll have all the infor
e come into the hands of ter, New York, N. Y.
who need them so badly
"General Keyes is the present
I'.dgkly as possible. But it is High Commissioner and will
>st as im portant to let those probably remain for several
sent the packages know’ at years. If he should be sent to a
1 that their gifts have been different command, a man of
Jeived I I ive already acknowl- his same high calibre will re
jri a 1 . number but, at place him. So the above address
pent I am thirty-four boxes will always be good.
ind and today’s mail will
I know that those of you wrho
ng many more. However, the
and address of the sender have received pictures and ad
|t : : \ s w i itten down, as dresses of certain children or
would like to mail boxes
opened, together with a list families
to them directly. I am sorry to
Around the house or shopping.
Jewry uticle contained in it, have to tell you that boxes mail
B an acknowledgement will be ed directly to those addresses
—E x tra full, e x tra long gored
f
D M possible,
stand little chance of arriving
p ’ Will take an organ izatio n , without first having been looted
skirt. Back buttons down to the
'
’ handle this situ- of the best articles. Things taken
| n - " • ntly Mrs. Geoffrey out are usually sold to the black!
waist.
|tes, wife of the Commanding market. Only packages mailed
neral of the United States through the United States mail
[<'■' in Austria, is intensely in service, handled all the way by
vested in bringing aid to the American post offices, are sure i
• • • • • •
X A
j L • •
• • •
to arrive safely and unopened.
“Fortunately, we have been j
able to arrange it so that your
packages can reachc those for
whom they are intended, unopen
ed. If you will w’rite clearly in
one comer, in a way that cannot
be rubbed off in such long and
rough shipment, the name and
In an 80-square percale.
address of the person or institu
tion for which it is intended, your
box will be taken by a member
—COLORS—
of this committee directly to that
person or institution.
Aqua. Royal, Red
“Those of you who have asked
for certain numbers of individ
Sizes 14 to 20
uals of various ages and their
addresses and pictures, and have
not yet received them, will per
haps forgive me when I tell you
that for the last month I have
worked as hard as I can every
day, all day long and late into
the night trying to get the in
formation you ask for and try
ing not to let you wait for an
acknowledgement of your let
ters and packages, but it is more
than one person can handle. I
am about at the point of collapse.
This tremendous response has
THE
been the most surprising and
heart warming experience of my
life. I hope that your interest in
C10TWIN6 - N O T IO N S
the orphans and the destitutes
—Yes, We Give Savings Stamps on Every Purchase
M u t t w
S P O R T IN G G O O D S
over here will continue and I am
sure that it will when you know
BROOKINGS. ORE. that suchc women as I have told
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