Verhovayak Lapja, 1940. július-december (23. évfolyam, 27-52. szám)

1940-11-28 / 48. szám

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Verhovayak Lapja

November 28, 1940

CHILDREN’S PAGE

THE WINNERS!

When Billy received the letter from his country cousin, inviting him to spend a few days with her on the farm, his joy was great.

Together they romped the woods. It was fun studying the trees and learning their names. There were cedars, elm, cherry, birch and other trees that they could not name. They examined the bark, noted the twigs, studied the size and shape of the leaves; some were rough and others downy.

Suddenly they became aware of a mother squirrel and some little ones. Billy took a nut from his pocket and offered it to her. She came forward cautiously, sat on her haunches, her long bushy tail in the air, and sniffed.

The little squirrels grew frightened and scampered for shelter.

Billy and his cousin are feeding the mother squirrel, but the baby squirrels are hiding. See if you can find them. Tell how many there are, counting the mother squirrel.

Little prizes will be awarded to the first ten children sending in the correct number of squirrels in the picture.

Cut out the picture, put x’s or check marks on the hidden squirrels, or shade them with pencil, pen or crayon, or some other mark of identification, and tell how many there are; then send in the answer in a letter or paste it on a penny postal card.

In order to give all Verhovay children living in the various parts of the country an equal chance to win a prize, we are setting the date when you are to begin sending in your answers; also, we will judge the answers according to the time you

sent them rather than when we received them, and the little circle on the outside of the envelope, called the postmark, which tells the time your answers left the post-office, shall be our guide.

Begin mailing in your ansivers from December 2d and thereafter.

In sending in your answers be SURE to include your complete address and state your age.

Address your answers to; THE VERHOVAY JOURNAL, 345 FOURTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA.--------------O-------------THE DUCK

IF I were in a fairy tale,

And it were my good luck

To have a wish, I'd choose to be

A lovely snow-white duck.

When she puts off into the pond

And leaves me on the brink,

She wags her stumpy tail at me,

And gives a saucy wink.

Which says as plain as words could say,

I’m safe as safe can be, Sfay there, or you will drown yourself.

The pond was made for me. She goes a-sailing to and fro, Just like a fishing boat, And steers and paddles all herself,

And never wets her coat.

We are happy to announce that the Verhovay children responded very nicely in sending in their answers to the first picture puzzle contest which was held last month.

The lucky ones received beautiful cream-colored mechanical or refillable pencils with metallic borders, and surrounding the VFIA circular insignia are the name end address of the Verhovay. The pencils were sent in Christmas boxes. With each pencil were included a generous supply of lead and several extra erasers.

We bet the winning children are showing off their nice new gifts and are already using them for their school work.

Oh yes, the winners—

Then in the water, upside down,

I've often seen her stand

More neatly than the little boys

Who do it on the land.

And best of all, her children are

Here they are as they come in to us;

Elizabeth Kormos, Age 11, 7907 Medina St., Detroit, Mich.

Steve Baranyai, Age 11, (357 Winthrop St., Detroit, Mich.

Billy Baranyai, Age 10, 6357 Winthrop St., Detroit, Mich.

Priscilla Bogi, Age 14, 2749 Charlevoix, Detroit, Mich.

Elizabeth Tamas, Age 12. 428 East 82 St., New York,

N. Y.

Betty Kotyuk, Age 11, 1076 Liddesdale, Detroit, Mich.

The ducklings, bright as gold,

Who swim about the pond with her

And do as they are told.

E. L. M. King.

Betty Beckey, Age 14, 553 R. R. St., Windber, Pa.

Zelma Dimpsey, Age 11, 212 Sarah St., McKees Rocks, Pa.

Margaret Olah, Age 10, 2315 Lewis St., Flint, Mich.

Valentine Medve, Age 7 138 Locust St., Scalp Level, Pa.

And that completes the names and addresses of last month’s winners.

This month, in this issue, is another contest, and the

CHILDREN:

This is your part of the Verhovay Journal.

We invite you to send us your writings so that we can publish them on this page.

We are more interested in what you send us than in what we pick for you.

It will be nice to see your names under the writings and other Verhovay children will enjoy reading the articles.

So let’s get started!

Be sure to give us ycmr names, your addresses, and tell us how old you are.

LET US BE THANKFUL

The Pilgrims set aside a time of Thanksgiving, A time to show gratitude to God. our King. Let us likewise be grateful as they And to God give thanks on Thanksgiving Day.

To God let us give thanks for His blessings and great mercy

Especially let's be grateful for this, our free country. The rest of the world is filled with the terror of war, So you see, we have much to be thankful for.

We do not at any moment expect cur homes by bombs to be destroyed,

Instead, our home is where we can dwell in peace and joy.

At night we do not have to sleep in an underground room

For fear that our enemy will begin throwing bombs soon.

Here, we can worship God as we think right,

Here, we can lead a happy and joyous life.

Let us realize how grand it is to live by the laws we ourselves choose;

How wonderful that we can fly our flag of the red, white, and blue!

Again I say, let us give thanks our country is not in war

And let us pray that thus be it forever more.

—IRENE VARGO

Idamay, West Virginia

Age 12

prizes to be awarded will be different

Try your luck again. Join this contest, children, and you'll find out how easy it is to win one of the prizes.

But don't forget to follow the simple rules.

Good luck!-OPUZZLER.

This one will keep many brain teaser fans figuring late into the night, although

it is really an easy one. Here it is; A grocer had nine twopound boxes of sugar, nine one-pound boxes and nine empty boxes. He divided the boxes among three customers so that each had the same amount of sugar and the same number of boxes. But no two persons had the same number of two-pound boxes, one-pound boxes or empty boxes. How was the division made?

Answer in next Children’s Page.

—■ami