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Junior League Section HEED THE CALL Millions of our Ukrainian kinsmen now in occupied territories in Europe, who had been working at forced labor and have been freed by the Allies, now find thennsehies with NO MEANS WHATSOEVER of obtaining the bare necessities for existence. As thielir onliy Ihope, an apjpeal has come through the American Red Cross Headquarters in Washington, D. C., to us, Ukrainian Americans, for help to relieve this critical! situation. Our kimsmen need- food, medicine, clothes and money. The clothes you can spare, they can wear. Before you leave for your well-earned vacation, why don’t you pack a bundle (be sure the clothes are clean) and send it t o : Unitarian Collection Warehouse, Ukrainian Relief, 31 East 35th Street, New York 6, N. Y. Or, youf simple act of enclosing a money-order or check, in an envelope addressed to United Ukr. American Relief Committee, 847 North:FrankKn St.,-Philadelphia 23, Pa., will take very little of your time, but will undoubtedly be the means of saving one or more lives. The call is very urgent. Won't you answer it now ? Mildred Milanowicz UKRAINIAN MUSIC PLAYED AT AMERICAN COMPOSERS* FESTIVAL The June issue of, The Musical Courier carries an extensive ac count-of the Rochester Musical •Festival commemorating the founding of the American Com- pos'ers’ Concerts, 20 years ago. These Concerts, with the help of Dr. Howard Hanson, have done much for American music and American composers. This year the festival was lauded as having offered valuable contributions to the treasures of American music, with its performance of both we'll-known and new works. “Howard Hanson,1” said the Courier, “opened the festival with a stirring concert o>f Eastman School Senior Symphony Orches tra. Very appropriately the con cert opened with Quincy Por ter's Ukrainian Suite/ for string orchestra a work played 20 years ago on the first of these Ameri can Composers’ concerts. It was performed with excellent expres sion.^ Its composer, Quincy Porter, born in New Haven, Conn., is the well-known teacher and conduc tor and is a director of the League of Composers and Inter national Society for Contempor ary Musicians. JERSEY CITY С О Ш Р Ш Ш Б SUA JUBILEE PLANS Although tihe party held on Sunday, June 17th, by the Uk rainian American1 Democratic Club, of Jersey City, N. J., Br. 22 of the SUA, celebrated a~ triple occasion, one mar-kmg :th£> end of- the current reason, the ladies of 4his club have not erid^r their ^ac tivities with the summer season. PREDICTS POPULARITY OF UKRAINIAN MUSIC Mr. Roman Prydatkevych, wel-known Ukrainian violinist, conductor arid composer, has re turned to New York, having completed a 32 weeks tour of U. S. and Canada, as concert "master and assistant conductor for the Shu-bert Company, in a series of traveling productions of Gilbert ,and Sullivan light operas. The most interesting aspect of the tour, according to Miss Olga Dmytriw, who divulged the &bove information, was the extra appearances Mr. Prydatkevych made at private musieales and concerts throughout the country where he was afforded the op portunity to introduce his own and other Ukrainian composi tions. As a resutl, concert mast ers of several leadings symphonic orchestras have requested and gratefully acknowledged receipt of Ukrainian music from Mr. Prydatkevych, who foresees a new popularity for our songs in the immediate future. Plans for an SUA Jubilee Con cert to be held in the fall are completed. The club also has charge of this city’s Clothes Col lection program, to aid Ukrainian War Victims. The afore-mentioned party al so, occasioned the club’s celebra tion of Mrs. Mary Felenchak’s 35th wedding anniversary as well -as a bon-voyage send-off for Mrs. Anna NakoneCzna, who has left for a sojourn in Miami, Fla. Five dollars, collected .at the par ty, was sent as a donation to the ‘SUA Jubilee Fund. Helping Uncle Sam Is Fun ■ARE- YOU A SUBSCRIBER OF OUR LIFE? Miss Mary Barna In reply to the several requests received by this page for infor mation on summer cluib activities in connection with the War Ef fort, let Miss Mary Barna of Jer sey City, tell you of her experi ences along these lines. Miss Barna, slim, pert and red headed, is a member of the Jer sey City junior W,omen’s Club, an exclusive group meeting in. their own beautiful club house on. Fairmount Avenue. This cluib, through its membership with the State Federation of Women’s Clubs, is affiliated with the Gen eral Federation of Women’s Clubs, of which the Ukrainian Women’s League, our own SUA. is a member. It was through her member ship in the Junior Women’s Club that Mary was first introduc ed to the harvesting of the farmer’s crops to help out in the War "Effort. After several ex; cursions into the country, she de cided that the fun was worth sharing with other's and this year made arrangements for her church Sodality (Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality of SS. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church) to be on call for harvesting crops. Mary’s enthusiasm is contagi ous and it is necessary only to observe her obvious enjoyment and content in her work to feel that you too would like to join in. “It.is a very simple matter to arrange these trips,” said Mary. “Just phone or call at the office of the Director of Recreation De partment of the Civilian Defense Committee of your district. Since the need for crop-pickers is seri ous and urgent, every offer of help is appreciated. As soon as a date is decided upon, (we usually picked a Sunday), the director gets in touch writh the State Ag ricultural Committee. They in turn, let you know where to go on that date, this depending on such factors as nearness to your city, weather and kind of crop ready to harvest. “The first time we went, тує traveled by train, after that, we hired our own bus. We took along comfortable clothes and our lunches. The farmers usually met us at the station, with a truck or station-wagon, depend ing on the number in the party. We were brought to a barn, where we changed into our work clothes and then were instructed in the art of picking beans, or peaches or whatever it was, we were to pick. You would be sur prised to see how the poise of the most efficient ofEce-worker can dissolve in gales of laughter at her clumsiness in farm-work. It LOOKS simple. Every one is slow at first, but with joking and singing, the pace quickens especially when wages are mentioned. You see, you are paid according to the amount of work produced. Amateurs like us made only enough to coyer .ex penses and that was good enopgh -for us. We had a wonderful time in the bargain. The fact that we suffered one or two inconveni ences only* added to' the illusion that we were soldiering, iira way. It is true that for the next few days, we walked around with nu merous aches and pains in unex pected places, but for all that we ailso walked in the rosy glow that follows a good deed well done. Some of the girls confessed that they like the feel of tiny invisible wings sprouting from their shoulders, or the little halos glowing ground their heads. I don’t blame them. It is a good feeling, when you know you are reailly helping out in an emer gency.” Mary suggested that mixed groups would be fun. Girls and boys in the same group should make the work fly with their rivalry. Daughters could make their mothers prove their long time boasts of “working like lightning, when I w-as a girl on the farm in the old country.” The general crOfHhalrvesting season will last tilt October, so Miss Barna suggests that dates be made now for any trips planed. For alternate activities, Miss Barna’s own schedule of weekly activities should prove a good source of inspiration to any young Ukrainian-Ameriean girls seeikmg to serve their country and their people. (Continaed on Page 8)
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