Evening star., 1939-08-06
Georgetown Boys Hobby Is Collecting Plaster Animal Tracks
Just
Between

BY PHILIP H. LOVE,
Junior Star Editor.

- BY PHILIP H. LOVE, -
Junior Star Editor.
Jack Graham, whose track casting
is the subject of the story on the
left, has visited The Junior Star
Office several times during the last
few months. On his most recent
visit-to pose for the photograph
illustrating the story of his unusual
hobby asked him how he had
come downtown.
II walked" he answered.
From his home in Georgetown
to The Star Building seemed to me
to be a rather long hike and I told
him so.
"Oh, I always walk when I come
downtown" he declared. 1T gives
me something to do. 1t gets pretty
dull sometimes during the summer
with so many people away, and
walking downtown is good way
to kill time. I'm not exactly crazy
about school, but I almost wish ii
would hurry up and open SO ]
wouldn't have SO much time on my
hands"
How Jack manages to have SO
much time to spare is a mystery
to me. When he isn't busy with his
collection of animal tracks he's en-
gagged in all the other activities to
which boys usually devote them
selves in summer-baseball, SWIM
ming, etc. And when he isn't oc-
cupied with any of those things
he retires TO the den" he has
made for himself under his porch
there to write stories and work out
plans for the neighborhood news
paper he hopes to start publishing
in the fall
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Stanley Levy, who has written
several interesting stories for The
Junior Star in recent weeks, is a
crossword puzzle fan Not content
with working out all the puzzles
he can find, he also makes up his
own.
Il like to make up puzzles" he
said I've got about IS of them
now and I make up more every
time I have few minutes to spare
1t takes me about 20 minutes to
make one, as a rule. and then my
family goes to work trying to solve
them. It's lot of fun"
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T'yo,,, DIV, Dnpouort af ADCG
Seventh street NV: This is just
to let you know l received my prize
check. You can imagine how de-
lighted I was that my first effort
was considered good enough to war
rant prize. 1t was the first time
I submitted one of my inspirations
to any one, and it was a grand and
glorious feeling to see my poem IN
print. I have always been an inter-
ested reader of The Junior Star"
Roy, in case you've forgotten. was
awarded a prize of 81 for a poem
titled The Thunder King" pub
lished in The Junior Star of July
16 1t was a dandy bit of verse. and
I'd like to see more from the same
author And thanks for the nice
note, Roy!
Jottings: Jane Phelps, who has
turned In many interesting stories
of the doings of fellow students at
Mckinley High School, is recover
ing from an appendicitis operation
A note from Jane the other day re-
ported: I'll be in bed for three or
four more days, then I'm going to
Cambridge, Nd, for a vacation"
Ronny Peters, in a letter accom-
panying his amusing account of the
adventures OF PeWee the Canary
wrote: Il would like to be a writer
and movie star when l grow up
That's the spirit, Ronny. 1t takes
ambition to get ahead! Core
sonding with a'girl in Estonia is the
hobby of Mary Ruth Bovine, l3. of
Poolesville. Md. Il have received
four letters from her" says Mary
1T was interesting when I got the
first one. MY father got it from the
post Office When he came in I was
in bed, but he woke me up. Every
body enjoys reading her letters"
Another girl with liking for foreign
correspondence is Halle Mcclure
IA, of Gaithersburg, Md. She ex-
changes letters with a girl in Ger
many. my pen friend has sent me
foreign stamps for my collection.
Halle writes, "and she tells me in
teresting things about Berlin"
Remember Bill Mcclure? Until his
graduation last June, he was editor
of the Western High School Breeze
for three years. He also wrote sew
eral interesting stories for The Ju-
nior Star. And, just before gradua-
ton, he produced "Hi-yo Silver" a
movie in which various other high
school students took parts. Well
Bill is now managing editor of a
neighborhood newspaper. Con-
gratulations, Bill!