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Evening star., 1939-12-03

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ceived two puppets as gift from
Harold, who goes to the Corcoran
School of Art and since has been
helpful by making scenery and addl-
tional marionettes.
Richard and Harold were soon
Joined by Robert Balcom, a student
of Woodrow Wilson High School.
After this, the hobby began to grow
rapidly, and they were joined by
the other members.
Richard and Douglas make great
deal of stage equipment during shop
period at school. Ross Parkhurst is
the electrician of the company. hav-
ing equipped the stage with new
footlights and a script light. In
remodeling the theater recently the
company added new set of draw
curtains in addition to the drop
curtains. painted the front OF the
theater and the boxoffice and made
new lighting system.
In addition to Richards equip
ment of eight puppets, the theater
has II changes of scenes and nu-
merous stage articles. such as chairs,
tables cabinets and beds. He plans
to make six new puppets for his new
play "Pinocchio" Previously. Rich
ard has written all of his own plays.
including The Stolen Jewel, "
Stuff and Nonsense" and many
others. but in the future he plans to
take his plays from well-known
books, such as "Pinocchio," Land
of or" and many others.
The group gives shows in the
summer and charges a small admis-
sion fee. This money goes to buy
new things for the theater, such as
lights and curtains, or toward buy
ing films to make movies.
After the theater was organized,
the boys decided to make motion
pictures, so Vulcan Pictures was
organized. Douglas Parkhurst is di-
rector, while Richard Norling is in
charge of production. Ross Park
hurst is the company's camera
man. Only three films have been
made Flaming Revenge" "The
Kidnapping" and Buried Bonanza" !"
When they made "The Kidnap-
ing" the company went on location
in Rock Greek Park and filmed
scenes there. The boys hope to
make a travelogue of Bethesda or
Washington some time in the near
future. Buried Bonanza" the new
est movie, has not yet been released,
but it will be shown in the near fu-
ture.
Bob's chief ambitions are to be-
come as we'll known as Tony Sarg
in the marionette world and to write
a book on puppets.
Evening star., 1939-12-03
Boy Earns Money
Painting Numbers
On CurbstOnes

Fourteen-year- old Warren l. Cas-
sidy of Ogden. Utah, has found a
way to earn money. and at the same
time win the friendship of postmen
and delivery boys.
Acting on a tip from his grand
father. Warren says he got busy
and bought can of yellow and a
can of black paint, and then bought
some tin numbers from l to TO-"
Then" Warren continues" took
the paint and numbers and went
around to peoples homes and asked
them if they would like to have
their house numbers painted on the
curbstones out in 'front.'
A profitable scheme--and Warren
made it pay earning as much as S1l
a week. Here's how he painted the
numbers
Il put the tin numbers matching
the number of the house on top of
the curbstone,' Warren explains,
"and then 1 put yellow paint all
around them. out to space about a
foot long. I take the numbers up,
and there are dry spots in the shape
of the numbers. l paint those black,
anG when I am finished, the house
number is painted in black on base
of yellow. l do the same thing then
on the front of the curbstone."
Evening star., 1939-12-03

only send to a distance of about 100
feet. l plan to make radio my life
work and would like to attend some
kind of a radio school,.
In the United States the first
letter of every hams" Identification
begins with wv" and is followed by
a number from one to nine, depend
ing on where he lives. When a
ham is giving his call letters he
names cities or towns beginning
with each of his letters. For in
stance" said Jean. "WBS would per-
haps be Washington, Baltimore,
Seattle"
This week Jean was able to get
W3EKU and ISL in Japan. AS far
as direct contact goes, perhaps the
farthest point to be reached this
year by any one around town was
California station by a boy in
Virginia
The hams main topic of con-
versation is the kind of antennae
they use. However" said Jean. IF
you listen in, you'll find them talking
on any subject imaginable"
Today there are over $1,000 ham"
operators in America. They have
their own magazines and their own
peculiar style of shorthand.
Ham radio is lots of fun" Jean
states, land if 1 had my way Id
work on it every minute"
Evening star., 1939-12-03

'"hies Levy uT uHl III lfle chill
dren's band of downtown theater
I've been practicing with the trum-
pet for four years and the cornet for
two. I also have made many ar
rangements.
When he isn't using one of his
three instruments Bobby leads with
a baton.
The band started playing for the
teachers and other faculty members
of his school Bobby remarked that
the principal especially liked it.
And, naturally, he has performed
at dances.
I'VE practice every Tuesday and
Thursday evenings" the young con-
ductor declared. Sometimes we
meet at my house and sometimes at
the other fellows"
Bobby listens to and tries to see
as many orchestras as he can. He
also has graded the leaders as to
how he enjoys their music His
favorite is Kay Kyser, then Horace
Heidi. Tommy Dorsey, Benny Good
man and Artie Shaw.
And the best lady singer is. I
think, Martha Tilden. formerly with
Benny Goodman's Orchestra, and
my favorite male vocalist is "Sassey"
Salley Mason" Bobby said.
incidentally, he intends to have
his own band when he graduates
from high school and use the same
name that he now uses-Bobby
Kays Orchestra.
Evening star., 1939-12-03
Girl Collector Visits
Picture Star Group
In Hollywood
BY THELMA VAUGHT, IA,
Hyattsbille (Md.) High School.

Collecting the pictures of movie
stars has become more than hob
by to Dorothy Richardson, sopho-
more, in Hyattsville High School.
Fasting pictures of movie stars
in a scrapbook is not much fun
unless you have a purpose in doing
it," Dorothy said. She has travelled
in almost every State of the Union,
and her greatest pleasure came in
taking the scrapbook to Hollywood
to compare the pictures with the
stars in real life.
Dorothy declared she was rather
disappointed when she saw some
of them. THE studios make the
stars up to look pretty" she said,
but really. down underneath their
makeup, they are no more pretty
than ordinary people. But some
of the movie actresses are beauti-
full, the prettiest being Myrna Loy."
Myrna is Dorothys favorite ac-
tress and Clark Gable her favorite
actor. Her own ambition is to be
q movie actress, but if she can't
she wants to be an airplane pilot
and fly to California to see the
stars again.
Evening star., 1939-12-03


a comedy shown at Central dur
ing American Education Week. This
was a play written by Amos Tay-
lor, who took the leading role. It
was based on the theme, "Educa-
ton for Self Realization"
"We had only week to prepare
the play" Amos said, "but I'm
pleased with the way my latest brain
child was accepted"
Miss Ruth Stauffer, present head
of the English department, said, 1T
is a unique class. 1t teaches the
students a better understanding OF
the meaning and appreciation Of
literature. The class is really crea-
tive, and its members learn self
expression"
Started in 1925 by Miss Sarah
Simons, head of the English de-
partment at that time, it was di-
vided at first into two parts. Dur
ing the first semester, it was short
story class, and in the second,
drama class. At present, it is only
a one-semester class, including all
types of creative writing.
Being both elective and selective,
students ask to be admitted to the
class, and those showing the most
outstanding creative qualification
are selected by the class teacher,
Miss Bessie Whitford.
Evening star., 1939-12-03
Prizes Totaling $5
Offered for Best
Contributions

Boys and girls of all ages up to
and including high school age are
invited to write for The Junior Star.
Prizes of ST each are awarded for
the best five contributions published
each week. The following rules
must be observed:
l. All contributions must be orig
inal
2. Name. age. address. telephone
number if any and school of the
author must appear at the top of
the first page of every contribution.
3. Contributions must be written
on one side of paper; if typewriter
they must be double-spaced.
4. The editors decision as to the
winners will be final, and The Star
reserves the right to publish any
contribution received in whatever
form he may deem advisable, re-
gardless of whether it is awarded a
prize Checks will be mailed to the
winners during the week following
5. Contributions will not be re-
turned.
Boys and girls who wish to act as
news correspondents of The Junior
Star may qualify by submitting at
least one feature story Cthe princi-
pal stories on this page today are
good examples of what is wanted i.
together with the information called
for above. Those qualifying will be
given cards identifying them as re-
porters for The Junior Star. The
editor reserves the right. however,
to decline to issue reporters cards
or to revoke those already issued
whenever such action appears ad-
viSable
Address: Junior Star Editor, The
Sunday Star, Washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1939-12-03
Something New for
A Christmas Gift
Il II fANNTS HV L
WvF.FTAMS.
Nv KATHERINE HOUISON.

Everyone loves beautifully wrapped
gifts, so why not do something diff
ferent this year-make up packages
of decorations to give your friends,
using things close at hand?
Young folks living in the country
can collect small spruce or pine
branches tipped with tiny cones. add
some bright orange bittersweet or
red-berried kinnikinnick and have a
package to delight any city friend.
Or juniper, with its silver-dusted
berries, mountain ash, wintergreen,
dried grasses, bright-colored seeds,
or odd-shaped seed pods that can
be bronzed. will all be just as great
ly appreciated. The fields and woods
are full of possibilities that will
bring a real thrill to your city
friends, or a shut-in.
And city young folks can give their
country friends similar thrill by
sending unusual wrapping papers,
quaint stickers and seals, shredded
cellophane. tiny silver or gold bells,
colored powders for bronzing cones
and weeds, nests of Christmas boxes
anything that's hard to get ex-
cept in big city stores. And don't
forget your shut-in friends who
cannot shop for themselves.
You'll all enjoy both the giving
and receiving of one of these Christ
mas packages, because it gives you
a chance to pass on part of your
pleasure to others. Be sure to send
these gifts early, so that they will
reach the recipients in time for
them to make use of the contents in
wrapping their gifts, won't you?
And no Don't open until Christ
mas" stickers!
Evening star., 1939-12-03
The
MAILBOX
Operation.

Dear Editor: When I was 6, had
very exciting thing happen to me
which made me want to become a
doctor This occurred while I was
in North Carolina. was on vaca-
ton with an aunt, and during this
time I was supposed to be vaccinated.
The doctor who was to vaccinate
me had an emergency operation to
perform. and I was supposed to
wait. The operating room was next
to the room was in, and seeing
the scene through a door that &C
cidentally was left open, begged
to go in.
"Why, you're too little to see the.
operation" my aunt cried. you
would faint, as the ether would stifle
YOU"
I guess I was little, but I had
heard a lot about appendices and
| wanting to see what one looked like,
I just had to find out. So running
into the operating room, I climbed
on a tall stool near the table and
was ready to go. The doctor coming
in didn't have much to say but a
few words of warning
If you get sick, there won't be a
soul to help you. for we all will be
busy he told me.
Knowing he meant business, I
nodded assent. One of the doors
opened. The patient was wheeled
in and put on the operating table.
The nurses then prepared him for
the operation. 1t wasn't long after
he had been given ether that saw
the doctor take the scalpel from
nurse. Little as I was, I realized
what was going to happen.
Whirling around on the stool,
hid my face. Curiosity got the best
of me, though, and soon was view
ing the whole procedure. When it
was all over and the patient was
wheeled out, I wasn't. I didn't faint
as I was expected to.
LUCILLE BRILEY, l3.
The Old Lamp.
Dear Editor: One warm drowsy
summer afternoon I was rummaging
about in an attic storeroom and had
been examining some old books that
had belonged to my grandfather
when he was boy. was bored and
sleepy and about to give up my
search for something interesting
when I came across an odd object
which I guessed was an old
fashioned grease lamp. 1t was not
much larger than tea cup and was
shaped like a tea kettle, with
spout from which wick once had
protruded.
AS I lazily examined the old lamp,
wondering what strange tales 1t
could tell if it had the power Of
speech, I suddenly heard thin,
buzzing sound, and then words, COM
ing from its inside as the dust and
cobwebs cleared out of the spout.
The lamp was saying, "Once a
long time ago, hung proudly in
your great-grandfathers parlor Oh.
those were the good old days! Here
have lain for years and years.
without a drop of grease. Now I
have heard there are lights as bright
as the daylight itself. How I wish
I might be taken from this dark
and dusty corner, so that I might
see one of those wonderful new
lights. / remember"
Thump! I woke with q start. I
had fallen asleep with the old grease
lamp in my hands, and it had
dropped to the floor.
LILLE PUMPREY, Is.
Evening star., 1939-12-03
A Letter to Santa
Prize Contribution
BY MARY ADAMS, IL,

DIV Mhn ADi1NS, *,
WASHINGTON and Lee Junior High.
Arlington, Va.
Dear Santa Claus:
MY name is Mary Adams.
I've been very good this year
Got AS on my report card
And haven't shed a tear.
The doll you brought last
Christmas
Is still as good as new,
And though I haven't tired OF
her,
I'd like another, too.
That bright red sled you gave
to me
Last Christmas Eve, I think
Was used so very much
That now it's just the palest
pink.
We have a pond right near our
house,
It's smooth as smooth can be.
And, Santa, if I had some
skates,
Id skate on it, you see.
My stockings a little bigger
Than the one you filled last
year,
But I'm not being greedy,
Cause it fits me-pretty near.
Love, MARY.
P. S.-Candy canes are very
good.
Evening star., 1939-12-03

teacher, as part
OF the national
orga n liza t j o n
which has SINH
lar clubs in
other cities and
towns about the
country.
Members OF
the club must be
S e niors an d
must be ap-
proved by the
other members.
They Automati-
cally b e ON e
honorary men,
berS upOn grad
Evening star., 1939-12-03
Junior High


EDITORS NOTE The fol-
louing article is one OF a series on
subjects dramatized by the Cross
roads Theater players in pro-
grams arranged BY The Star and
broadcast oUer WMAL in cooper
alton Uith the National Broad
casting Co. and the District
Junior high schools. Watc7, The
Euening Star for eract times OF
these broadcastS.
THE ROMANCE OF COINS.
Coins are so commonplace in our
everyday life that sometimes their
origin and significance are lost in
the pages of history. Probably the
year 700 BIC. marks the birth OF
coins. The first were issued in
Lydia. Asia Minor But what did
men use before that time for a
medium of exchange?
Well, they used oxen. If you
use your imagination. you can
visualize an auction block of ancient
Europe or Asia Minor.
The auctioneer is selling a slave,
young, healthy and strong. After
extolling the value of the slave the
auctioneer calls for bids.
From the crowd comes an offer:
zone OK"
stop your joking" chides the
auctioneer. This slave is worth
20 oxenr
To be technical, a coin is piece
Of metal stamped and used fol
money. Just before the day OF
coins, metal itself was exchanged
the standard being its weight.
The first American dollar was
issued in 1894, soon after the Amer
lean Revolution. 1t marked the be-
ginning of the decimal system In
currency. Alexander Hamilton anc
Thomas Jefferson took as theil
model for the American dollar the
Spanish dollar. The latter dollar
however, was divided into eighths
An eighth was called a bit ano
that is how the expressions "twe
bits" -four bits ETC., originated
Evening star., 1939-12-03

G n e y Chase
Md, and his
friends, Ros S
a n d Douglas
Parkhurst, aged
13 and IA, re-
spectively; Rob-
ert Dellett, IA;
Robert Balcom,
II, and Harold
Giese, 20.
T his h o b b y
started three
years ago, when
Richard, a pupil
of Bethesda
C h e Wy Chase
Evening star., 1939-12-03

has talked with
boys in Spanish
Morocco a n d
Cuba. He regrets
that Cuban sta
tionS are now
off the air.
I've rigged up
a workshop in
our basement
and have made
many transmit
tiers, ranging
from y to 100
watts" J e a n
said. Until I
get my license,
Evening star., 1939-12-03

d Ilu d uOLCl1 Ill
struments, in
c lu ding four
trumpets, three
clarinets, t W o
saxaphones, a
ON b on e , a
piano and a
drum.
Il am able to
play the drum,
t r u m pc t and
cornet myself
he stated. 1T
all started five
years ago when
I p ye d the
Evening star., 1939-12-03

uation. The club is limited to Is.
Officers are Gilbert Brown, presi-
dent; Dwight Reed, vice president;
John Bell. secretary, and William
Elflsh, treasurer.
Its purposes are to raise the
standard Of shop work, encourage
establishment Of home shops and
promote industrial arts. Awards
are given for passing electric ma
chinery tests, for special work in
outstanding projects and for un-
usual ability.
Evening star., 1939-12-03
The Gypsy Caravan

BETTYE JEANNE De FORCE, l.
Truesdel School.
See the gypsy caravan
AS it moves across the sand,
Playing music as they 60
Swinging softly to and fro.
Such merry caravan
With Its load Of children tan;
And the grown-ups. shall add,
Singing, dancing, all so glad.
Evening star., 1939-12-03
Dunbar High Girl
Is Church Pianist
BY FLORENCE IDELLA, 19.

CardOzO Business High School.
Leona Smith, IS, junior at Dunbar
High School, is a girl who makes
her talent pay. She is pianist for
the Mount Pleasanteers Chorus and
the First St. John Baptist Church.
She has had few lessons, but loves
music and has practiced & lot.
Leona started with just Is minutes
Of instruction . week under Mrs.
Henry Pinckney, who is well pleased
with her advancement.
Evening star., 1939-12-03
Powell Pupil
Leads Own
Swing Band
Organized a Year
Ago, Group Now
Plays at School
Prise Contribution
BY STANLEY LEVY, Is,

Bobby Kraskin, IL. of 1416
Webster street NV, is the leader
of real swing band that he Or
ganized more than year ago among
his schoolmates at w. B. Powell
School.
Bobby is in the sixth grade at
Powell and in his band are singer
Evening star., 1939-12-03

write plays or
short skits to Or
ganize publicity
stunts for the
school.
Its members
W RI tie sh ort t
stories, e S S a y S,
poems, plays and
a n y t h j n g else
t h a is creative.
They also con-
tribute literary
material to the
school paper and
magazine.
The class latest
a~~%rSL,,k -,,
Evening star., 1939-12-03

what is that deaf and dumb car
penter so frantic about?"
He just hit his thumb with a
hammer and he can't find his pad
and pencil .,
Evening star., 1939-12-03
Prize Contribution.
By EDWIN STOHLMAN, Is,
st, Johns High School.

The Vulcan Theater. composed
of movies and puppets, is an enjoy
able and profitable hobby to Rich
ard Norling, Is, of 40l Essex avenue,
Evening star., 1939-12-03
Mechanics Club Has
Special Awards for
Unusual Ability
BY JOHN BELL, IS,
Richard Montgomery High School,
Rockville, Nd.

Rockville, Nd.
The Junior Mechanics Club of
Richard Montgomery High was Or
ganized at the beginning of the 1887
SO school year by L. T. Oaks, q
Evening star., 1939-12-03
Books
Prize Contribution
BY MARGARET SAGER. IL,

BY MARGARET SAGER, II,
Oakton (Va) School
1 love to read books, don't you,
That tell about the ocean blue
And about our wonderful land
Where men discovered the rocks and
sand?
Some books are sad, some are gay,
But love to read them day by day.
Some tell OF Columbus, some tell of
Byrd,
But like to read them word by
word.
Sometimes when I look upon the
shelf,
And find book about the little elf,
wonder what we would do
If there weren't such books for me
and you.
Evening star., 1939-12-03
Easy!

Easy!
Dear Old Lady-Where can I
catch street car, young man?
Ingrate-Stand right here in the
middle of the block, lady, and grab
it by the handle on the door.
Evening star., 1939-12-03
Central Class
Writes Plays
And Skits
Only Group of Its
Kind in Washington
Public Schools
By RUTH BUCHANAN, II.
Central High School.

The Central High School Gre
ative writing class. only class of its
kind in the Washington public
schools, often is called upon to
Evening star., 1939-12-03
Prize Contribution.
BY JANET MORAN, II,
3etheSda.Chevv ChaSe High Srhool

Did know the United States probably has ham radio
radios Jean
Melrose Park, Md.
working highe
looking
ettnoal License uhic huil allnu
Evening star., 1939-12-03
China, Perhaps &

Customer-These eggs aren't fresh.
Grocer-The boy just brought
them In from the country.
Customer-What country?
Evening star., 1939-12-03
Leaves

Leaves
BY CHARLOTTE ENDRES, 9,
Brightwood School.
The little leaves come rustling down,
All dressed in yellow, red and brown.
They skip across the grass 50 green
And chase each other down the
stream.
Evening star., 1939-12-03

him to contact other hams" and
compare notes with them. He has
contacted them on friends sets and
Evening star., 1939-08-10
Naval Academy's
POSTGRADUATE School
Removal Is Urged
Boord of Visitors
Makes Proposal to
Relieve Congestion

Removal of the United States
Naval Academy's Post Graduate
School to another site, to be de-
termined, was proposed yesterday
by the Academy's Board of Visitors
as a possible aid in solving conges-
ton problems at Annapolis.
The board, composed of repre-
sentatives named by the President,
Vice President and Speaker of the
House, declaring 1t recognized the
crowded condition of the Academy" :"
said:
This is due not only to a lack of
buildings, but also to a lack of
building space. AS one step toward
remedying this situation the board
recommends that consideration be
given to new location for the post
graduate school,"
Land Declared Needed.
"One of the greatest needs of the
Naval Academy is for more land
adjacent to its present holdings on
the Annapolis side of the Severn
River" the board declared.
Other items in the report said:
The functions of maintenance and
administration were carried on in
cramped and in some parts anti
quated and temporary structures"
and that an addition to the Admin
istration Building a shop building
and an instruction and storage build
ing on the rifle range should be ap-
proved by Congress.
Other improvements Urged.
improvements to the mess hall
will remedy the unfortunate condi-
tions which have long existed with
respect to noise, light and ventila-
ton"
ANY considerable influx of mid
shipmen in war time would "appar-
emily have to be quartered on one
or more of the already overcrowded
drill grounds or physical education
areas at a time when these areas
would be more needed than ever
before for precisely the purposes for
which they are not used"
Evening star., 1939-08-10
GreenbeIt
Continued From First Page.)

Where can the children play in
safety?"
Safe Play Areas.
Greenbelts low rentals. Sl8 to
SAL a month, place adequate quar-
ters within the reach of low w-income
workers. 1t offers sturdy, especially
designed furniture at low monthly
payments Its superblocks provide
safe play areas removed from auto
mobile traff1c. Sidewalks do not run
parallel to streets, but connect the
houses and run through under
oasses, avoiding primary roads, to
the shopping center, elementary
school, swimming pool and large
Fairgrounds.
Trained recreation directors offer
free instruction in horseshoe pitch
ing, archery colder children only
tennis, swimming and group games
of every description.
And Greenbelt's educational and
cultural activities are much su-
perior to those found in most towns
of like SIZE Cedric Larson, Alex
andria. Va, teacher and Library of
Congress employe, wrote in a thesis
for George Washington University
M. A. degree early this year after
an extended study of Greenbelt.
Greenbelt's privately supported
kindergarten is the only kinder
garten in Prince Georges County,
local residents point out with pride.
Its elementary school, which had an
enrolment of 357 last session, en-
ploys the functional progressive"
method of teaching. In other words,
it has as few regular lecture periods
as possible and the students are