Show Stoker Stoke School News THE CHRISTMAS TREE baste anent I In n the basement instead of f having in a Christmas tree in each room they hare hae one bi big one in the hall ball Ive I've been blen down there twin twice and nd have ha-e seen it It surd surely looks pretty Netty MITCHELL OUR PLAYS Wednesday December we weare weare weare are going Join to give Rive our Christmas plays All the chil children ren in the school are going to see sec them Ours is The captured Year We Vc hope they will enjoy it JERRY CHRISTE CHRISTENSEN SEN CHRISTMAS PARTY In Miss Reber s 's room we are arc having a Christmas party on Thurs Thursay day ay There are arc so 50 many children with measles that it wont won't tie be as good a party as we thought LAURENCE JUDD THE FIREPLACE In our room we are having having- havinga a splendid play V We e go down in the gym ym and practice it Ve We dont don't have havea a fireplace to come down but Mrs D Dyer er is making one which is ver very pretty prellY I think when we get ct our costumes and everything for it it I will look nice NANCY NICOL CHRISTMAS VACATION This year the Stoker school is only going oin to hay hax r r one holiday for Christmas We Pe are going to have havea a party patty thou though h and have lots of fun iun FLOYD STEED HOW STOKER IS HELPING At Stoker school chool we have been Very busy hiving haying scrap drives silk and nylon drives and now we are gathering fo rags We Ve also have been buying war bonds and stamps All the time DEE BURNINGHAM oO More Jeeps For Uncle Sam Sam Stoker school has bou bought ht eight ht jeeps for Uncle Sam Altogether KC ce have to our credit We Vc started out to buy one jeep and now we have bought eight He will have to have a big stocking to hold them and I think it will be quite a Christmas present dont don't you ou JOYCE MOSS In Au August two boys ci eight ht and nine were playing f cops cop and md robbers and one was as killed In December a year thirteen r-oM r boy bo committed suicide after a scolding oc All California cases these were In New ew York in January a girl nine years old shot her sister eleven Icen u using ing the thc gun of a brother This was cops au and robbers Jn n Chica Chicago o in July a child four killed his pU playmate mate In New c Jersey J in October a bOJt boy bOJ t year ten killed his brother and the tho papers called it an accident The usual press report of a fatal incident is limited to one day ay Read Readers ers for forest et each dispatch as soon as ast asI t I cad tead Most cases however arc tra tragedies edies for two homes hotnes for life Guns loaded or supposed to be beun un unloaded loaded arc too frequently kept in homes within reach of young Joung chil chi dren di Whether children use them in play or in anger is a chance taken by parents One gun un is too many ALICE PARK Western Press Committee Hamilton Av v. Palo Alto Altu California |