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'''Date(s) occurred:''' 15 November 1940 - 15 May 1941[[File:Flagpole souvenir.jpg|thumb|right|240x336px|Flagpole souvenir, (ca. 1940). Acc. 2010.05; Series 1; Item no. 110, File 6.]]
'''Date(s) occurred:''' 15 November 1940 - 15 May 1941[[File:Flagpole souvenir.jpg|thumb|right|240x336px|Flagpole souvenir, [ca. 1940]. Acc. 2010.05; Series 1; Item no. 110, File 6.]]


'''Account of events:''' At the Fall Formal in November 1940, held at [[Memorial Hall]], the UNB Spitfire Fund was launched in an effort to aid the war effort. The goal was to raise enough money to purchase a Spitfire plane and, under the direction of chairman of the Spitfire Fund Committee Darrell (Dag) Munro, students spent the winter and spring of 1941 raising funds through various functions such as dances, auctions, as well as the annual [[Conversazione]]. The first fundraising effort involved the sale of pieces of the [[Missing Royal Flagpole Incident|Lieutenant-Governor's flag-pole]], from which the Royal Standard Flag had flown during the 1939 Royal visit to Fredericton by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. By May of 1941 the students had raised $500, which they then cabled to [[Chancellors|Lord Beaverbrook]], who was the British Minister of Aircraft Production at the time.
'''Account of events:''' Launched at the Fall Formal of 1940, the Spitfire Fund intended to raise funds to contribute toward the war effort. The goal was to raise enough money to purchase a Spitfire plane.


'''See also:''' [[The Second World War at UNB]]
In its first year—under the direction of chairman of the Spitfire Fund Committee, Darrell "Dag" Munro—students spent the year raising funds through a variety of means. The Spitfire Fund Committee organized the sale souvenirs made from pieces of the [[Missing_Royal_Flagpole_Incident|Lieutenant-Governor's flag-pole]], the sale of soft drinks at the Fall Formal, a coat-check and canteen in the new [[Lady_Beaverbrook_Gymnasium|Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium]], and the raising of funds at the annual [[Conversazione|Conversazione]]. The [[Drama_Society|UNB Dramatic Society]] also greatly contributed to the fund by donating the proceeds of several one-act plays presented in the fall of 1940. The [[Ladies_Society|Ladies Society]] sold approximately 125 flag-pole souvenirs; they also donated all the proceeds from a sing-song hosted at Memorial Hall and, over several "Penny Days," collected pennies from the male students across campus to contribute to the fund.
 
By May of 1941 the students had raised five hundred dollars which they then cabled to [[Chancellors|Lord Beaverbrook]], the British Minister of Aircraft Production at the time.
 
In its second year the Spitfire Fund organized a series of informal "Spitfire Dances" hosted at [[Memorial_Hall|Memorial Hall]]. At formal dances they sold refreshments and auctioned off an orchid corsage at the Fall Formal. During that week of the Fall Formal, a Penny Drive was instigated with the goal of filling a Rugby Referee's Cup; upon arriving at the dance that evening, this "Cup of Coppers" campaign had raised a total of fifty dollars.
 
'''See also:''' [[The_Second_World_War_at_UNB|The Second World War at UNB]]


'''Source(s):'''
'''Source(s):'''


*''Up the Hill Yearbook'', "Social Committee," 1941.
*''Up the Hill'', Organizations, 1941.
*UA Case 128; Section 2; File 7; Spitfire Fund.
*UA Case 128; Section 2; File 7; Spitfire Fund.


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Latest revision as of 14:36, 14 January 2016

Date(s) occurred: 15 November 1940 - 15 May 1941

Flagpole souvenir, [ca. 1940]. Acc. 2010.05; Series 1; Item no. 110, File 6.

Account of events: Launched at the Fall Formal of 1940, the Spitfire Fund intended to raise funds to contribute toward the war effort. The goal was to raise enough money to purchase a Spitfire plane.

In its first year—under the direction of chairman of the Spitfire Fund Committee, Darrell "Dag" Munro—students spent the year raising funds through a variety of means. The Spitfire Fund Committee organized the sale souvenirs made from pieces of the Lieutenant-Governor's flag-pole, the sale of soft drinks at the Fall Formal, a coat-check and canteen in the new Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium, and the raising of funds at the annual Conversazione. The UNB Dramatic Society also greatly contributed to the fund by donating the proceeds of several one-act plays presented in the fall of 1940. The Ladies Society sold approximately 125 flag-pole souvenirs; they also donated all the proceeds from a sing-song hosted at Memorial Hall and, over several "Penny Days," collected pennies from the male students across campus to contribute to the fund.

By May of 1941 the students had raised five hundred dollars which they then cabled to Lord Beaverbrook, the British Minister of Aircraft Production at the time.

In its second year the Spitfire Fund organized a series of informal "Spitfire Dances" hosted at Memorial Hall. At formal dances they sold refreshments and auctioned off an orchid corsage at the Fall Formal. During that week of the Fall Formal, a Penny Drive was instigated with the goal of filling a Rugby Referee's Cup; upon arriving at the dance that evening, this "Cup of Coppers" campaign had raised a total of fifty dollars.

See also: The Second World War at UNB

Source(s):

  • Up the Hill, Organizations, 1941.
  • UA Case 128; Section 2; File 7; Spitfire Fund.


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