JUNK JEWELLERY
BARTER FOR SOLDIERS
Three solemn-faced moppets stood patiently in the busy receiving room at the Red Cross Blood Procurement Centre in San Francisco recently. They caught the attention of Mrs. Leo Clayburgh, who gently told them they were too young to be donors. However, small Beverly Puglisi, Dolores Barone, and Paul Calandrini nodded that they understood.
"But we've got something just as good to give to the soldiers in the jungles," Paul explained. At his feet was a carton filled with junk jewellery. "We're from Hancock School and the kids collected this," he added. Mrs. Clayburgh accepted the contribution, promised it would reach its destination, and promptly notified the San Francisco League for Servicemen to pick up the package. Incidentally, since the league began its nation-wide drive for junk jewellery for barter in the South Pacific, 70 tons have been collected in San Francisco alone. Demand for the baubles was as urgent as ever, stated an executive vice-president of the league.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 5, 7 January 1944, Page 6
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