BOYS AND GIRLS FORMING TIES OF FRIENDSHIP Appealing Notes Come From Youngsters In Foreign Lands THANKS IS RETURNED Ogden Schools Backing Junior Red Cross March 1941 By WILLIAM F. SMILEY Standard-Examiner Staff The American Red Cross heard of a plan, 10,000 Ogden school chil¬dren contributed nickels, dimes and quarters to become a part of the plan, and here is the result: Down in the state of Georgia there is a book, prepared by boys and girls of Lorin Farr school in Ogden. The book tells the young¬sters of the southern state what Ogden, Weber county and Utah are like. It tells, and shows pic¬tures, of the great sugar beet, min¬ing, livestock raising and fruit and vegetable processing industries of Utah. It describes the rail, auto and aerial routes into, through and out of the Beehive state. It tells of the beauties of national parks and monuments, the grandeur of mountains, canyons and lakes which contribute to the full and pleasant lives of Utahns. Greater Purpose But the book does more than tell of these things. Its prepara¬tion made the Lorin Farr boys and girls realize the multitude of things for which they could be thankful. Reading it, or even just looking at the pictures, makes the boys and girls of a state about 2000 miles away realize that their fellow Americans in Utah are much like themselves, with daily activities to keep them busy and natural beau¬ties to make them happy in their work. The book carries a message of the brotherhood of man under all climates and conditions. "It's very kind of you American citizens to think of us Londoners," wrote Willie James to "Jane." His letter arrived in the United States along with many others from Brit¬ain. He forgot to put Jane's full name and address on the envelope, so the "Jane" to whom he was writing will probably never re¬ceive the letter. But it might have been an Ogden girl who drew his thanks, because