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The Sewickley Valley's Home News Weekly
Vol. 39.   No. 49.
SEWICKLEY, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1942
Price Five Cents
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BRITISH WAR RELIEF
QHRISTMAS IN BRITAIN this year
will be much happier for the children
(many thousands of whom are refugees'
from European countries overrun by
the Nazis), thanks' to the efforts of
interested friends in the United States.
In response to an appeal for soft dolls
and toys, the members of Unit B, British War "Relief Society, Sewiekley, met
on Thursday evenings during October,
and a splendid shipment is1 now on the
way to Britain, including 46 dolls, 42
stuffed animals, 3(5 small pocketbooks
complete with handkerchiefs and combs,
22 books, S games, parka hoods and mittens, and o. large box of ribbon bows to
cheer the hearts of the littrle girls.
This picture is part of the display
which Marjory McGregor (left) and
Muriel Alexander (right) helped to
arrange. Our thanks go to Mrs. W. C.
Bo'bimson, whose donation of lovely doll
clothes helped us to send so many
beautifully 'dressed dolls.
51, Berkeley Square,
London W. I.
To the British War Belief Society,
Incorporated, of the United States
of America:
We kope so much that our letters
and enclosures may have reached you,
'but -we fear that owing to enemy action
some may not have done so. We want
to keep in touch and send you some of
the hundreds of letters received from
all those thousands of people here, to
whom you have sent such magnificent
aid during these years of war. It is
quite impossible to estimate the amount
of suffering relieved and the moral and
material help that through your activities your Committee in Britain has been
able to give. It is a privilege for me to
write of this as, being British, I can
testify to the work of your Committee
here and toll you what thoy have done
in a way they would not, owing to their
modesty, do for themselves.
I can testify to the imagination
shown, to the practical swiftness with
which helps has been available; how
after the nightly raids of all those
months last winter and spring, representatives of your Committee were always ready instantly to hand out food
and clothes, blankets and other comforts
to the homeless and helpless) after the
nights of bombs and fires. And this
immediate assistance was only the first
step.   At the same time and almost at
once plans were forthcoming for helping
to finance and equip house.-* in tlie
I'nuntry for children, for families whose
homes had become mere handfuls of
dust; for the ag^d and .--jlitary (sj
many old men and women seemed utterly alone in that world of destruction)
and for the 'under fivers' (residential
nurseries'. AH these svlR-iluli-s have
thriven, and many of the letters I sent
came fiom the participators in your
generosity, the writers from seven to 70
years all expressing the same gratitude
and pleasure in American help and
kindness. These letters speak for themselves and are entirely spontaneous.
I need not emphasize 'the work of the
hundreds of mobile canteens you have
given to this country. I believe you
have received accounts of these and of
the good they have done everywhere.
The great fleet of .'Queen's Messengers,'
another of your wonderful gifts, is now
stationed all ovor tho country in key
positions from which they can be rushed
to any blitzed city and area. Towns
like Plymouth, Coventry, Bristol, were
deprived of light, water and gas. These
mobile kitchens can feed 500 people at
one time, and carry a great trailer of
water as well. And you may imagine
what a splendid need they are fulfilling.
In all these things and in so many
other ways you are doing a wonderful
work, and we would be so very glad to
know if you havo received our letters
and if you would like to have photographs of the Queen's Messengers or
any other brand of activities here. For
the groat point of this letter is that
we beg you to tell your committees of
the great work they are doing and of
the immense appreciation that is felt
here for the British War Belief Society
of America.
Very truly,
Sybil Colefax
(Lady Sybil Colefax)
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CHRISTMAS SEALS
MERRY CHRISTMAS
.... Protect Your Home
from Tuberculosis
SEWICKLEY  SEAL SALE
The thirty-seventh annual sale of
Christmas Seals sponsored by the Tuberculosis League of Pittsburgh to raise
funds to carry on the light against
tuberculosis will begin this week when
over 1,100 packets of seals will be
mailed to residents of Sewickley. Everyone in Sewickley is urged to buy in
his own town as our share of tho funds
goes to support our own district nurse,
whose splendid and tireless work keeps
our schools free from infection and our
village, safe from epidemics. Her inspections in all schools are rigid and
thorough and she has secured fine cooperation between teachers, nurses, and
pupils.
Mrs. F. Brian Beuter is president of
tho Christmas Seal Committee in Sewickley; Mrs. J. W. Arrott is vice
president; Mrs. Henry Oliver is treasurer; Mrs. S. D. Herron is vice president and Mrs. Frank 'G. Darlington is
secretary.
Other members of the board are Mrs.
. J. J. Brooks III, Miss Rebecca Doyle,
Mrs. Alexander Laughlin, Mrs. AVilliam
D. George, Mrs. Julian Kennedy, Mrs.
Cooper Kirl-endnll, Mrs. A. G. Harrow,
Mrs, Reynolds Bitchey, Mrs. William
A. Oalbratth, Mrs. Louis Willard, Mrs.
A. L. Robinson, Mrs. V. Snowdon Eiehards, Mrs. John M. Trainer, Mrs. L.
W. Young, Mrs. R. N. Standish, Mrs.
William C. Robinson, Jr., and Mrs. William D, George, Jr.
CHRISTMAS SEALS
MERRY CHRISTMAS
.... Protect Your Home
from Tuberculosis
Donation Day - Sewickley Valley Hospital - Today
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