Show REPORT OF THE CHRISTMAS SHIP COMMITTEE COMMITTE E conele tooele city utah nov ath 1914 to the public in view of the extraordinary response to the appeal for relief of the orphans and widows of the european war the committee take great pleasure in submitting ab the following rei report I 1 the following cash donations were made from the japanese colony pine canyon from town of ophir r utah from various persons to mr fowler from to mr licks hicks I from to mr hanks from t f to mr johnston from T V ry section gang total the committee expended this fund for or childrens shoes knit caps hosiery mittens sweaters blankets and a large quantity of worsens and children 3 underwear there was collected from the various stores and schools a total of over packages pac kazes of clothing cloth ng enough to fill three large packing cases and weighing nearly pounds tootles To response was so generous that it was deemed impractical to attempt any iny invoicing of the packages we noted however that they contained clothing of all kinds for women and children all of an excellent quality qui lity we wish to express the special thanks of the committee to the following to the merchants for their liberal price reductions and contributions to the japanese colony and mr walter for their splendid cash contributions to the town of ophir for their liberal unsolicited eso onse to the south ward relief association for a fine quilt to the auditorium and opera house for free advertising slides and last but not least to the teachers and scholars of the tooele thoele high and grade schools in this connection we wish to compliment the domestic arts dept of the high school and their efficient teacher miss mary young from cloth furnished by various persons this dept of the high school turned over to the committee in three days nearly buy 40 garments mostly girls dresses all made with the greatest care tootles To contributions went forward by express today and will reach brooklyn in time to lobe be placed abhari the christmas ship with it goes our hope that it will bring much comfort and happiness to the helpless children and mothers of europe J D hicks geo J johnston B A fowler J C peterson E M atkin A L hanks L E kramer earl tate committee the area of greece previous to tle recent war with turkey was square miles and there here was a population of about 2670 As a result of the way war the boundaries of the hel lenic kingdom increased square miles and persons were added tp population many english firms have posted notices that the services of unmarried men of age will wid be dispensed with bringing this pressure to bear towards inducing the men to enlist they offer however a bonus to the men who enlist to make ip ap for or 11 small pay d in th thi arall araa 11 the victoria cross is to ekeland me afie fe equivalent of what the legion of honor is to france the former being ansti buted by royal warrant in 1856 and 1 is open to all officers and men of the army and navy the legion of cf honor was created by napoleon when first council the two orders are the most coveted in the two counties |