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'''Name:''' War Effort Committee | '''Name:''' War Effort Committee | ||
'''Previous/other names:''' | '''Previous/other names: '''UNB Relief Association | ||
'''Prominent date(s) of activity:''' 1942- | '''Prominent date(s) of activity:''' 1942-194? | ||
'''History:''' Organized to host events directed at collecting funds to contribute toward the [[The Second World War at UNB|Second World War]] effort. | '''History:''' Organized to host events directed at collecting funds to contribute toward the [[The Second World War at UNB|Second World War]] effort. | ||
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'''Activities:'''The War Effort Committee organized a Victory Ball at the [[Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium|Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium]] at which over three hundred dollars was collected, as well as a series of informal dances. The Committee also organized an inter-faculty competition, the March of Dimes, which climaxed on the evening of the [[Conversazione]]. | '''Activities:'''The War Effort Committee organized a Victory Ball at the [[Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium|Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium]] at which over three hundred dollars was collected, as well as a series of informal dances. The Committee also organized an inter-faculty competition, the March of Dimes, which climaxed on the evening of the [[Conversazione]]. | ||
In later years, the Committee relied on a variety of methods to raise funds such as organizing events and selling a variety of goods | In later years, the Committee relied on a variety of methods to raise funds such as organizing events and selling a variety of goods. | ||
Upon the culmination of the Second World War, the War Effort Committee became the UNB Relief Association and began raising funds instead for the International Student Service. The Association sold a variety of goods and changed the name of the annual Victory Ball to the Snow Ball. | |||
'''Note(s):''' | '''Note(s):''' | ||
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*''Up the Hill,'' 1944, War Effort. | *''Up the Hill,'' 1944, War Effort. | ||
*''Up the Hill,'' 1945, War Effort. | *''Up the Hill,'' 1945, War Effort. | ||
*''Up the Hill,'' 1946, Organizations. | |||
{{Copyright}} | {{Copyright}} | ||
[[Category:The Second World War|C.O.]] | [[Category:The Second World War|C.O.]] | ||
Revision as of 10:49, 22 July 2014
Name: War Effort Committee
Previous/other names: UNB Relief Association
Prominent date(s) of activity: 1942-194?
History: Organized to host events directed at collecting funds to contribute toward the Second World War effort.
Activities:The War Effort Committee organized a Victory Ball at the Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium at which over three hundred dollars was collected, as well as a series of informal dances. The Committee also organized an inter-faculty competition, the March of Dimes, which climaxed on the evening of the Conversazione.
In later years, the Committee relied on a variety of methods to raise funds such as organizing events and selling a variety of goods.
Upon the culmination of the Second World War, the War Effort Committee became the UNB Relief Association and began raising funds instead for the International Student Service. The Association sold a variety of goods and changed the name of the annual Victory Ball to the Snow Ball.
Note(s):
Source(s):
- Up the Hill, 1943, War Effort.
- Up the Hill, 1944, War Effort.
- Up the Hill, 1945, War Effort.
- Up the Hill, 1946, Organizations.
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