Evening star., 1938-11-20
Boys and Girls Washington
Prize Check
Awaits Girl
Owner
Author of Winning
Contribution Has
Pay Coming

Pay Coming
BY PHILIP H. LOVE,
Junior Page Editor.
Paging Barbara Scott!
Barbara, who is II. was awarded .
prize for contribution published on
the Junior Page 4 couple Of weeks
ago. 1t was a good contribution, and
we were glad to send her a check
for 81. No doubt, she would have
been gladder to receive it. but-well,
the postofiice just couldn't catch up
with her, for some reason. The en-
velope, which had been carefully
directed to the Silver Spring Md
address written at the top Of the
contribution, came back marked
unknown"
We've done a bit of investigating
since then, and the evidence seems
to indicate that Barbara has moved.
So about all we can do is to print
this announcement that she has 81
In good American money coming to
her, and that all she has to do to
get 1t Is to let us know where to SEND
it.
Looking through our files In an
effort to check up on Barbaras ad-
dress, we came across few lines of
verse shed written on "A Thanks
giving Dinner" We can't award her
a prize for it 1--WE wouldn't know
where to send the check, anyhow,
but it's worth repeating:
Apples and grapes piled up high;
/ eat and eat, and then I sigh.
Oh, could there be such a feast
Without me getting my share at
least?
Potatoes and corn and pumpkin
pie,
Squash and turnips beside them
lie;
Nuts and candy, cookies and
cake
Don't eat too much, for good.
ness sake!
Nothing in particular and very
little of it:
Richard Welsh Guy, 8. of 8 West
Woodbine street. Chevy Chase. Nd,
is Saving up to buy a bicycle. Il
took care of the yard all summer"
he reports, "and helped clean the
basement and the garage. I sold
apples from our apple tree. When
1 earn half the money for my BIZ
cycle, my father will give me the
other half" More power to you,
Richard! . Charles Davis, 13,
Mechanicsville. Md. has a pet
squirrel named Frisky. "One night
I was lying on the lounge, eating
an apple" Charles says, when my
squirrel ran up and grabbed 1t out
of my hand. He ran up on the win
dowsill and ate 1t up. I think the
squirrel is very smart animal" 4.
What happened to Charles apple
reminds us of Mary Catherine
Lohr's experience in Yellowstone
National Park last summer. When
we returned from dinner" she
writes, I'VE found our cabin in a
mess. Our basket with fruit and
candy had hole in it, and all the
candy was gone. To our surprise.
we found note from the ranger
saying a bear had been in our
cabin. We didn't sleep very we'll
that night" Rita Meaney. IL,
OF 1919 Fessenden street NV.
earned 50 week during the sum-
mer by teaching" another girl. II
earned quite a bit of money" she
says, "and am now having fun with
it,"
More of the same:
The boys at Polk School. Seventh
and P streets NV, are trying to
keep up busy. From three of
them-Henry Redmond, IA. of
l247 K street Sc: Roger Watts, Is,
of 502 D street Sc, and Russell
Fowler. IA, Of 522 Tenth street S.E.
we received descriptions of our
own pledge to our home and
school," which is: II promise my
self that I will do my best to i'm
prove my home and school," &.
It's fine pledge. and here's what
the boys have to say about It:
Henry-"At. our home, We try to
do something to help our mothers
every day. and at school we try to
do something to help our teacher
Roger-"We try to improve our
home and school by doing some
little thing every day" Russell
And we try to live up to it, In
the same mail with the pledges. we
received a poem from Orlando Boo
cabello, also Polk pupil. You'll
find it elsewhere on this page. :.
Margaret Saunders, IA. of 1913 w
street NV. tells us she narrowly
escaped drowning near Cabin John,
Nd. during the summer Before I
knew it," she says, "the current was
carrying me away. Finally. grasped
slippery rock and managed to hold
on to it. And even now I consider
myself lucky for having escaped"