Sea-Ruined Dutch Town
Officially Adopted by Hub
Fe.
Fund
Brouwershaven Is Your Town Now
Burgomaster Thanks Mayor Hynes
For 1500 People Mourning Dead
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By ALICE BURKE
Today was importanta sort of Mayor's dayin the
Traveler's Save-a-Town campaign to raise funds for flood-
stricken Brouwershaven, Holland.
IN A FORMAL declaration, Mayor Hynes officially
adopted the devastated Dutch farm and fishing village on
behalf of the citizens of Boston.
And from across the seafrom
the ravaged, salt-soaked acres and
the swamped homes of Brouwer
shaven came a heartfelt message
of thanks.
BURGOMASTER (Mayor) Cor
nelius Gast spoke the appreciation
of his 1500 townspeople—most of
them driven from their homesteads
- -some of them mourning their
dead.
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"We are grateful—so grateful,"
he said as learned that help was
coming through the Traveler's fund.
HELP THAT WILL build the
smashed dikes §trong once more
against the fierce North Sea.
Help that will make battered
houses safe and warm again—fit
to shelter small, storm-frightened
children.
Help that will repair schools,
churches, the library.
Help that will salvage the
wrecked fishing fleet on which the
island town relied for much of its
livelihood.
Help that will reclaim! he soil
that Netherlander have fought for
centuries to wrest and hold from
the jealous sea.
And help that will give back hope
and faith to a sturdy, proud and
thrifty people, more anxious now
than ever to pull their own weight.
Burgomaster Gast's expression
of thanks came from a people who
asked Boston's help because they
were doing qll they could to help
themselves and they knew it
wasn't enough.
SPEAKS FROM DIKES
The burgomaster spoke from the
dikes wj^ere he led the town's 300
able-bodied men in a desperate ef
fort to patch the broken seawalls
against rising spring tides.
Most of Brouwershaven's wom
en, children and old folks have
been evaucated to dry land.
They do not have the satisfaction
of hard work. For them there are
chores, the daily effort to keep
warm and fed.
But, mostly, its waiting wait
ing for help—perhaps the hardest
thing of all.
The wait will not be long.
DEADLINE MARCH 10
The Traveler, with the co-op
eration of its readers and a large
citizens' committee, headed by
Fire Commr. Michael T. Kelleher,
will send Brouwershaven all the
money it can raise by March 10.
That is the deadline set for con
tributions, "so that the little Dutch
town can get going on its restora
tion.
Brouwershaven is your town un
til then. Mayor Hynes has official
ly adopted it.
Your contributions should be sent
to the Boston Traveler, 80 Mason
street, Boston—directed to "Flood
Relief," "Brouwershaven Fund" or
"Save-A-Town"—it doesn't matter
which.
All money goes to the flood vic
tims. The Traveler bears all ad
ministrative costs. Donations are
deductible from federal income
taxes.
