LETTERS FROM THE SCHOOLS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 308, 28 December 1940, Page 2 (Supplement)

LETTERS FROM THE SCHOOLS

Otahuhu School, Dec. 12, 1940. Dear Peter Pan, The girls of this school have brought pennies and held an outdoor concert for your 1/ fund. We .Standard 111. and JV. girls enclose 10/0 to help tlie good can**;. I remain, BETTY JOXKS (A Std. IV. Pupil.) Swanson School, feiwanson, lfl/12/40. Dear Peter Pan, Wa have been saving up all our odd pennies so as to help your patriotic fund. We enclose a small sum o£ otie guinea, and we hope you will publish it in your part of the paper, as we will l>e excited to see our class' effort. We hope to raise more Tor you next year. Wishing you a merry Chrietiuae ami a happy New Year. We remain, Yours sincerely, STANDARDS I, 11, 111. s»waiisun School. (J/o Scout House, 30, Custom Street, 12., i Auckland, C.\, ' December IU, 1040. Dear Peter Pan, — A club under the name of the All Helpers League ■ is in operation now and is concerned in raising funds fur patriotic purposes. The object of this club is to enable young people of the Dominion to assiot in a war effort of their own. It is working for the young p le's fund of the Auckland Provincial Council, apd all moneys will be handed in through Peter Pan's Shilling Fund. Every yuuug person is welcome to join; the subscription is (Id a mouth for a year or a guarantee to subscribe for a y ar r This will entitle a member to purrbgett and wear the badge of the club which will cost threepence. A meeting is to he held at the Scout House on Saturday, January 2ii, at 7 p.m. The .young people who wish tp attend this meeting are advised to write to the above address as the accommodation is limited. Hoping to receive a good res pen: .. Yours faithfully, Leonard R. Samuj, Convener. Seddon A ve -i Waihi, 0/12/40. Dear Peter Pan, I am very pleased be.ing able tP send you a postal note for 23/0 this vveek. We arranged a children's open-air concert and it was held at our (own) place one night last week. It was only 3d for adults ant} Id for children. Wishing your fund every success, Yours sincerely, DAWN and ItAYUA TfLLY. I>owhai Interii)L^\.te School, pCjngsland, Auckland,, S.W.I, Decen'jer, 12, 1940. D(tar Peter Pan, — We have fpr gome months been biiisy raising money for variqus purposes yit-.ljy connected with the jmprqveinent of the health and physique of our children. As our efforts have met with some success we thought we ought to do something to assist your Shilling Fjnd campaign. The staff arid pupils have already supplied in cash or ma i ir:al nearly £100 for war purposes, and sipce £he war jn the Far East we have been supporting two Chinese orphans. We haye decided to continue our support to the Chinese in their struggle for freedom apd at the same time send you a cheque for £20. Wishing you every success, in your campaign. I am. Yours faithfully, N. Wells, PFinejpal.

-Mount Artier t, 0/12/40. Dear Peter Pan, We are enclosing another f>/. the proceeds from the sale of the book-rests made by a very kind friend of the "Starlets." Already tlie proceeds from our sales have reached £2, and those friends who have purchased thdin agree that they make most acceptable gifts for sick folk and they join with the '•Starlets" in thanking our ingenious friend for her very useful invention. With kind re vm ids Yours sincerely, THE STARLET*.