Evening star., 1939-03-05
BY PHILIP H. LOVE.
Junior Star Editor.

and Virginia, and it is our intention
to squeeze as many of them into
this page as the all too discourging
rigidity of type and inelasticity of
page forms will permit.
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Among the high school writer's
from whom we are receiving excel
lent contributions at present are
Patricia Holden of Roosevelt, Doris
Scheitlin, Eastern; James r. Cra-
bill George Washington. Alexandria,
Va; Lima Hoffman, Central; Mil
dred Gray, Bladensburg, Md: Violet
Sweeney. Montgomery Blair, and
Harriet Wallis. Bethesda Chevy
Chase. Interesting contributions
also are expected within the next
week or two from Jane Phelps and
George Cross. both of whom have
been named by Robert d. Brinker,
Journalism instructor at Mckinley,
to act as that schools Junior Star
correspondents. and Ruth Buchanan.
designated Central correspondent by
Journalism Teacher Ralph Lane.
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The departments of English, fine
arts and applied arts of Bethesda
Chevy Chase are in line for con-
gratulations on their fine literary
magazine, Chips. just published. The
24-page publication is we'll written
intelligently edited, attractiyely IL
lustrated and tastefully printed.
With the aid of a faculty advisory
committee composed of Cora Dod-
son Sasscer, Bernadette Sheehan
and Albert Bender the following
students did the editorial and art
work on the magazine: Frances
Osborn, Mariana Trowbridge, Jean
Orem, John Goldenweiser, Augusta
Ann Morgan. Francis Di Blasi. Janet
Moran, Robert Osborn, Phyllis
Stoever. Blance Morgan Nancy
Brombacher, Tom Peyton. Doris
Scheibell. George Sweet, Janice Col
lings and Keith Mum.
Contributors to the book include
Rudolph Degan. N. Walker, Corinne
C. Johnston, Elizabeth Townsend
Jim McFarline, Donald Plank, Mil
dred Anderson. Robert Morrison,
Sally Lee Young, Betty Torcasio,
Bill Lebling. jr.; Mary Ellen Ap-
pleby, Edward Carry, Suzanne
Green, Shirley Cox, Marcia Miller,
H. Harrison Sasscer, Helen Green,
B. J. Eisele, Marcella Hodge. Vir-
ginia Lee Bonham and Paul zoerner.
Last Sunday, you'll recall, the
Junior Star featured story of James
Crawford. IA, of Gordon Junior
High School and his Napoleon
medal. The medal was one of seven
issued at the request of Bonaparte
as a tribute to the generals who
had served him so valiantly in his
various military campaigns. Five
of the medals were said to be in a
Paris museum and the other one
was missing.
Well. John Seward, 108 Primrose
street. Chevy Chase, Md, came
forward Monday morning to report
that he has a medal exactly like
the one belonging to James. He
obtained the medal as gift from
his father-in-law in London in 1900.
shortly after returning to England
from the Boer War. This is un-
doubtly the missing medal" he
pointed out.
But on Wednesday Joseph Chic
picki of Berwyn Heights. Md, pro-
duced another medal identical to
James. II know this is the missing
medal he declared, because it
belonged originally to my great
great uncle, Gregorz Josef Chlopicki,
one of the generals to whom Ma
poleon presented the medals. He
was chosen dictator of Poland after
the uprising of 1880, and I still
have many of his documents. Some
day they'll belong to my children,
Joseph. 7, and Sophie, a."
So there you are. Apparently,
there were originally eight medals
instead of seven; or else one OF the
eight now known to be in existence
is merely copy.
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Junior jottings:
ol AZ, VI Aooo @sAoAA
roe street NV, pupil at Sacred
Heart Academy, reports: 1T was
about II o'clock one night when I
heard a shot. I rushed to the win
dow, but all saw was a black car
going around the corner. I turned
the radio on the police calls just in
time to hear, Calling car 10, Calling
car 10, a shooting on Nineteenth
street NV. between Monroe and
Newton I went back to the
window, and soon saw the squad
car stopping on Nineteenth street.
Two policemen got out and. with
their flashlights, began looking for
body. Finding none, they asked a
woman about the shooting and she
said it was some boys shooting OIL
flrecrackers'' Shelia and Shirley
Young, 12-year-old twins OF SOB
Maple Ridge road, Bethesda, Nd,
have taken up marionettes as a
hobby And here's a bit of verse
sent in by, Lea Kelly, IA, OF 1920
Chaplin street NV, Central High
School student: Il wonder what a
flea is like. wonder if it would bite:
I wonder If It's black or white, and
If it goes to bed ut nightS