JOIN THE FOREIGN FRIENDS' CLUB!

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXXI, 14 September 1940, Page 2 (Supplement)

JOIN THE FOREIGN FRIENDS' CLUB!

One of the mostinteresting of allclubs associated mil, newspapers ,s the Foreign Friends' Club, associated with the Young hoiks Page of the Cleveland Press, Ohio, U.S.A. Its membership includes about 34 000 girls and bays living m 68 countries of the world. Now an opportunity, occurs for \)ou to join this club and correspond

In a letter which has been passed on to Peter Pan, the Editor of the Young Folks' Page and organiser of the scheme, states: . "Present world conditions, iiowever, have made serious in- \ y roads into the number of names d we can get from certain countries, a • Because local interest in the club g continues unabated, we are finde ing it necessary to appeal to countries not immediately in the war zone for increased co-operation. ," We are therefore asking you if it d would be possible for you to send us lists of names of girls and boys in your city who would enjoy |r friendly correspondence with American girls and boys. f * ■" Gladly we accept this invitation, sr Surely no time could be more oDporlS tune to commence such a link up between the young people of two nations, i- The great flying-boat which span* the li ocean has brought the vast American ie continent very close to us; stately, [e white ocean liners exchange the pror 3 ducts of the two countries and bring L t visitors to our shores; and now the Press tells us of the ever-growing bond cf friendship between our Motherland , and the great American democracy , which has only last week given our * Empire further splendid help in her e terrible battle for< the freedom of the L ® world. So let the girls and boys of this unspoiled Dominion write to their friends in America, and in this manner finally cement the ties of friendship which the grown-ups are forming. Tell

Tvilh an American girl or boy. r them about our country and about ee and no annual subscription » ourselves; admit them by correspon- required. Girls "will be given girl pals, 5 . dence into the intimacies of <,ur home and boys will correspond with boys. li f uv. OUr M P i° rU ' OUr , W ? rk an , d our lf y° u wish to given a pen friend hobbies. Make a real chum of your in America and are sincerely deterpen pal, and who knows what great mined to maintain a regular and inthmgs may be reaped by such a simple teresting exchange of letters, then fill S °U k* f ,-u* , ... j n attached form and post it not Membership of this worth-while club later than WEDNESDAY NEXT, Sepis open to boys and girls -of 1 0 years tember 18, to Peter Pan, "Star" Office, at age and over. There is no joining Box 1409, Auckland, C. 1. Will you please ask the Editor of the "Cleveland Press" of Ohio, U.b.A., to find me an American pen friend, and enrol me as a member ot the 1-oreign r riends Club. Surname First name Address ...i • • Age Boy or Girl? My hobbies are