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The following news items were drawn from the archives of the Mail Tribune 100 years ago. May 25, 1918 PARENTS URGED TO LET PUPILS FINISH THE TERM The report has been circulated erroneously that the state superintendent of public instruction is advising that boys and girls who have opportunities to work in orchards may drop out of school and still receive credit for their work. On the other hand the state school department is urging that all boys and girls remain in school until the close of the school year if they desire credit for the semester’s work. Parents are urged that they keep students in school until the closing day. This is not meant to discourage boys and girls from seeking positions but it is felt that the educational needs are as urgent as anything during war times. Thinning will not be in full blast, I am told, until about the middle of June, thus giving all an opportunity to find work at the close of school. V. MELDO HILLIS, City Superintendent CALL ISSUED FOR OLD CLOTHES FOR BELGIAN RELIEF Now that housecleaning is being done, or will be in process next week, the housewives should know that the salvage workers on refugee garments have made up most of the material collected in the February drive. This work has grown into a great undertaking. But the results are so inspiring and the need so great we must keep on and on as long as the families of our allied soldiers need our help. Following is a list of materials needed. Let every housekeeper lay these aside during her house-cleaning days ready for the collection by our helpers with autos on Saturday morning, June 1st. All articles should be as clean as possible. Men’s shirts and trousers, cotton or wool Underwear of all kinds, Ladies’ clothing of all kinds, Stockings, especially ribbed ones, Table cloths, Sheets, Pillow slips, Blankets, Flour sacks. In addition to these all junk that can be converted into money for our war fund would be very acceptable. Of such we find a demand for the following: Old rubber (except garden hose), rags, burlap bags, magazines and newspapers, iron, brass, copper (wash boiler bottoms), lead, zinc (from old washboards, Mason fruit jar caps, etc., etc.), tinfoil. Watch the paper for further instructions. Salvage department of Belgian relief work, By secretary of W.C.T.C. For more stories like this, check out “The Archive,” a weekly podcast series at mailtribune.com/podcasts