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My Bank Account
Mariane Wills
About three years ago I
thought l would start saving my
money. Before that l had a little
bank and used to save my money
for spending purposes or for
Christmas money. I have often
wished I had saved that, and
deposited it in the First Brink of
Cordova. 1 would have had quite
a lot of money bj now, but 1 did
n’t.
The Bank of Cordova is a
Savings Bank and a Bank of
Deposit together. I have my
money on deposit,. I was very
proud of my bank book and
check book, i also have a little
bank; it looks like a little book,
and I send this down to the bank
when it is full and the bank dep
os its it to my account.
1 have spent a lot of the
money L get on clothing, luxuries
such as candy, and other unnec
essary things, Christmas pres
ents, birthday gifts, and for the
Bed Dross Fund. Sometimes I
see something pretty and I save
my money to buy it, and other
articles.
T am -aving this money to
go to s hool. My ambition is to
have enough money to help put
me th ough High School. By the
time l get ready to go to College
I’ll be lug enough to work during
holidays, and then I can pay my
own way. If I go ou side for
school it will cost about $3,'240
for four years at a public school.
You pay S10 a month for room
and board or S480 per year. A
boy pays is!00 for laundry and
clothing, but I think a girl would
pay more. O e- hundred dollars
must be allowed for incidentals.
If you come back each year it
i
would cost about $1000 for boat,
and train fares. Also about $150
for hotel bills etc. So you would
need a lot of money for education
al purposes
When people haven’t a bank
account they are depending on
others to help them in every em
ergency. 1 they were dead broke
they would have to borrow and
finally would be utterly penni
less. But a man who has a uank
account can look the world in the
face and know he’s got some
tiling to fall back on. You coulu
nearly always depend on him,
but you couldn’t very well dep
end on one who is broke. Lf he
saw a nice sum of money lying
around it would be a great
temptation to obtain it, but a
man who has plenty, if he’s str
aight, would leave it alone.
Otherwise a bank account makes
you independent, trust worthy,
self reliant, and you do not have
temptations that you otherwise
would have.
We have a motto up at
school saying, "Full your own
freight, boys.” When men are
out on the trail they hate to
have to carry someone else:s
things or have some other man
depending on them to get the
wood, put up tile tent, etc. So
having a bank account teaches
jyou to, "Full your own freight.”
My Bank Account
Deanie O’XeiJl
During the war I purchased
some Liberty Bonds and Post-d
Savings Stamps. After the war
was over L saved them.
I have a bank at home, and
when I gut $10 ir $20 I send
them down to the bank. My bank
opens when 1 get $10. But if 1
go past $10, 1 have to go on tc
$20.
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.Jack Schultz
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The amount of my bank acc
ount is $152.41. If L help mother
on Satu t clays daddy gives me a
quarter on Sundays. I put that
in my bank. When 1 take care
of Molly’o when mother goes up
to Kennecott, she gives me a
quarter or half a dollar. I do1
not spend any money on my
clothes, but I put in $100 for
our piano.
The purpose of my bank ac
count is for an education. It
costs a lot to have a schooling
tho. It costs $22.80 from here to
Cordova, and from Cordovo to
Seattle it is $04 00 for first class.
When you get outside you
have to buy clothes and other
necessary things. It is $40 per
month for board and room, wh
ich is $‘460 per school yenr, $100
for clothing and laundry, and
$100 for incidentals. The board
it Chitina is about $3.50 for over
night and at Cordova about $5.00
for your room and meals. So in
ill you need $2274.00 for four
years of high school.
If you have a bank account,
you know you won’t be down
and out. If you hsve’nt one you
look at somebody else’s account
and think that you would like to
have Ids. So why not have an
account yourself and not have to
envy somebody else.
A CHANGE OF MENU
Border —I hope we haven’t
ham and eggs again this morn
ing for breakfast.
Maid—No, sir, we haven’t.
Boarder—That’s good. What
have we?
Maid—Only ham.