Dimes and Dollars Pour in
For Hub's Adopted Sister
Fund
Brouwershaven is Your Town Now
Greater Boston Opens HeartPurse
For Stricken Dutch Fishing Village
By ALICE BURKE
A flood of dimes; and dollars continued pouring into
the Traveler today to undo the damage that mighty tidal
floods and storms wreaked on the little Dutch town of
Brouwershaven.
THE BIG, GENEROUS FAMILY that is Greater Bos.
ton opened its heart and its purse wide for the stricken farm
and fishing village it has pledged to help.
Contributions on the first day of the Traveler's Save-
A-Town campaignwhich will run through March 10
totaled $1,162.25
That spirit added the heart's
seal to the official seal Mayor
Hynes used yesterday when he
formally adopted Brouwershaven
on behalf of the City of Boston.
Some of the messages the Trav
eler received explained the source
of the money given.
A typical one was the letter of
THE MONEY CAME in pen-
pies, in nickels, in dimes, in quar
ters, in $5s and $10seven in $100
checks and bills.
It came from old people, from
school kidsfrom business men,
from housewives.
BUT WHETHER THE GIFT
was big or small, the message was
the same:
"I hope this will help Brouwers-
haveq."
FUND
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14-year-old Elaine Slavin of 35
Fessenden street, Mattapan.
I Elaine, a ninth-grader at the
Solomon Lewenberg School, en
closed 25 cents. This is what she
wrote
"I am hoping that even so
small a sum as this taken from
my lunch money can help Hol
land.
"Wishing it could have been
more,"
Elaine didn't say so, but the
Traveler discovered by telephon
ing iier mother that Elaine's
lunch money is about the usual
sum allowed youngsters for the
public school's low cost meals
$1 a week.
Elaine says her gift is small.
We say it's big, VERY bigmeas
ured in chocolate bars, ice cream,
salted peanuts or United States
currency.
It's the quarters, dimes and
penniesall added togetherthat
are going to save Brouwershaven,
rebuild its broken dikes, repair its
homes, its churches and schools.
Restoring the town's schools
one six-classroom building is
known to have been heavily dam
aged in the floodwill be the spe
cial project of Boston school chil
dren.
Supt. Dennis C. Haley will set
aside a special day for Brouwer
shaven in the Boston public
schools.
On thrt dateto be announced
soon in the Travelercollections
will be made in all classrooms.
Youngsters can give what they
like and the money will be turned
over to this newspaper, earmarked
for the school kids of Boston's
adopted Dutch town.
Other contributions to help
flood-devastated Brouwershaven
can be sent to the Traveler, 80
Mason street, Boston.
Using the coupon on this page
helps in handling mail.
