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Evening star., 1939-11-19
Prizes Totaling $5
Offered for Best
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Evening star., 1939-11-19

freshman at Western, and her
brother Julian, 8, who is in the
fourth grade at Landon.
All three were born at Istanbul
and lived there most of their lives.
Each speaks four or five languages
Mary Howard learned Latin through
French: that is, she spoke Latin. but
translated it in French Here in
America, she must learn how to
translate Latin all over again in
English. She speaks English as
f1uently as a native of the United
States. but speaks Latin with a
French accent.
Their mother is Mrs. Julian Edge
worth Gillespie, wife of the late
Julian E. Gillespie, who served for
20 years as a Commercial Attache
of the United States at Istanbul
They live at 1901 Thirty eighth
street NV.
They have travelled widely, having
been in Turkey, Bulgaria, Rumania,
Italy, France, Greece, Morocco,
Egypt, Spain, Switzerland and Yugo-
slavia.
Mary Howard and Ann have a
collection of 56 silver Turkish snuff
boxes, no two alike Mary Howard
has a famous collection of ancient
Hittite pottery gathered from Troy
and Ismir (Smyrna).
Julian has a collection of weapons
which includes many pistols with
gold inlay, swords and daggers used
by the Turks, and a set of bow and
arrows which dates back to $50 AID,
the time of the Crusades.
They say that although the boys
and girls of modern Turkey are
much the same as ourselves, they do
a few things differently. Boys and
girls do not go out at night together
but go to teas in the afternoon in
stead. At the dances they have
swing music, but the famous ''Vien-
nese Waltz" is the most popular
There are no wallfowers, however
If a boy who is not dancing sees a
girl without partner and does not
ask her to dance, he is considered
rude and is not asked back again.
The schools in Turkey are very
different from ours here in America.
Turkey, being a cosmopolitan ma
ton, has people from nearly every
country in the world. There are
schools for practically every nation
reDresented For examnle there GRO
separate schools, for children from
Greece, from France and from other
lands.
Evening star., 1939-11-19
On an Autumn Day
Prize Contribution.
By FRANCES BOLGIANO, IL,

Prize Contribution.
BY FRANCES BOLGIANO, IL,
Takoma School.
On brisk, bright autumn day,
A hunter started on his way.
Through the forest, rustic red.
The sun was shining overhead.
Close behind him trailed his hound
The dog was barking and smelling
the ground.
On the mans shoulder was his gun
For he was of to have some fun.
BY and by some tracks were seen
The hunter was so very keen,
That very soon he had his game.
Then through the forest home he
came.
Evening star., 1939-11-19
School

BY BETTY LEWIS PAYNE, 10,
EmeES School.
Do you like to go to school every
day?
You have to work, but you also play.
You have geography and history,
too.
But I like fractions, they're easy to
do.
Evening star., 1939-11-19

turkeys. he was
big and brave
and had once
saved his broth
er turkey from
the cruel. green
eyed CT that
b e on ged to
Farmer j on e S
little boy. But
there was one
t h / n G tn a t
struck [ e r r o +
into the heart of
this brave young
hero-it was the
t h o u g h t Of
Thank S giving
Evening star., 1939-11-19

three gas stations, two stores, rail-
road station and train, an amuse-
ment park with merry o-round,
about 40 miniature people and other
things.
In fact, the village has become
so large that most of it has been
taken down to our summer home at
the beach, and there I still play with
1t during the summer. 1t is spread
across the attic floor, and you have
to climb ladder to reach it.
The main feature Of the village is
the church or cathedral, and this
really was family ve.ture. Every
body did their part IN putting it
together. My brother Chester, who
is II, and my sister Ruth, Is, helped.
They are older now and have sort of
outgrown the village.
For church decorations we pasted
on lace and painted it to represent
carvings. Small wooden dowels were
used for pillars. Over the door is
a stained-glass window made from
Christmas card and some pieces
of colored gelatin.
The interior of the church is fur
nished with carpets. pews, organ,
choir, pulpit and minister. Some
OF the houses have been wired with
electric lights so the village can be
seen at night.
Among the other things we have
used to make this village are pressed
wood and beads. There are a lot of
ways for my friends and me to play
with it. If we aren't sending the toy
children to school or to church, we
take them to the amusement park
and give them rides on the merry
go-round. If they fall OF, they go
to the hospital in the ambulance.
Evening star., 1939-11-19

AulS lHlOuSll,
and there one
afternoon I saw
a S urpr j S j n G
sight. Tumbling
in and out of a
h ii ew tre
which seemed to
be their home,
W ere a dozen
small puppies.
In my excite
ment I thought
they might be
foxes or wolves.
I brought my
mother, and she
was thrilled, too.
Evening star., 1939-11-19

is made of pipe cleaners and crepe
paper clothes.
The place cards are tiny horns
of plenty filled with cellophane-
wrapped candy. They are made by
gluing a triangular piece of crepe
paper to form a cone and duting the
Evening star., 1939-11-19

asleep in his cradle, are all made of
pipe cleaners dressed in crepe paper
clothes. Father has his gun, but
raises his left arm in friendly salute
to Big Chief Massasoit, who ap-
proaches with his matchstick peace
pipe, prominently displayed. He, too,
Evening star., 1939-11-19

SNS&Soa oEOi 10.
His hobbies are
fishing and the
study of fly
C a S t g, boat
building, hunt
ing and collect
ing rifles. His
latest activity is
the organization
of a rife club in
the high school.
Dorsey had
been anxious to
S e e Bethesda
c h Wy Chase
nave a group of
Evening star., 1939-11-19

spring have lived
or travelled in
different coun-
tries.
This trio is
made up of two
girls and a boy,
who with their
m o t h er an d
father, have seen
more of this
world than most
of us ever will.
They are: Mary
Howard Giles
pie, IA, a junior
at Western; her
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Western Trio
Tells Stories
OF Turkey
Two Sisters and
Brother Were Born
At Istanbul
Prize Contribution
BY DICK ROGERS, Is.

Western High School
True stories of modern Turkey
and its life are being told at Western
High School and at Landon School
by three young people who until last
Evening star., 1939-11-19

One Way
Guest-May have . morsel
more chicken to finish my delicious
salad WITH"
Small boy-May I have . bit
more of everything to finish my de-
locus salt with?
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Prize Contribution,
BY JANET REID RALPH, IL,

Paul Junior High School
On a large poultry farm in a
Northern State there once lived Mr..
Turk Gobbler. He was fine young
chap and popular among all the lady
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Prise Contribution
BY LUCILLE BURGESS, IL,

Nine started brother
to make village gradually community
pymaes and play all of 1t village
children children
accidents with automobiles and then victims
hospital
village a church. school, castle hospital houses
Evening star., 1939-11-19

Smiling Out Loud
willie, you know you mustn't
laugh in the classroom"
I know. ma'am. was only smil-
ing-and the smile burst"
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Boy Tells Story of
Pet Dog Found as
Puppy in Woods
ByiPAUL EDWARDS, IL,
Langley Junior High School.

Some wears ago we lived near
woods, and frequently went explor-
Ing. There was a ravine that was
steep and dark, with a stream run
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Rifle Club Is
Youths Latest
Activity
Maryland Student
Versatile in Many
Outdoor Sports
BY JANET MORAN, II,

bethesda-Chevy Chase High School.
Dorsey Adams, 10, president of the
1zaak Walton League at Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School, is
versatile young man in the field of
Evening star., 1939-11-19
Democracy.

Dear Editor: We are the younger
generation of the great American
democracy. 1t is up to us to pre-
pare ourselves for becoming the fu-
ture leaders of this country. The
only way We can thoroughly do this
Is through proper education.
1t Is my belief that education is
the first essential element and the
cornerstone of any democracy. BY
this mean that we must have an
intelligent knowledge of the prin-
ciples upon which this Government
rests, because at any time we may
be called upon to occupy an impor-
tant public position. In other words,
responsible leadership plays the
most important role in any democ-
racy. I mean that we need men
and women who have the ability
and training necessary to fit them
for determining Government policies
and for educating the people to an
understanding of the needs of the
hour.
They must be responsible, because
irresponsible leadership is entirely
hostile to the spirit of democracy.
BOB BURNS, II.
Evening star., 1939-11-19
The
MAILBOX
Bears.

Bears.
Dear Editor: Don't be afraid
of the bears-they run around loose.
to be sure, but they won't bother
you if you don't annoy them" That
is what a guide at Yellowstone Ma
tional Park told me when I was
visiting there several years ago. Not
that I had any intention of going
up to big brown grizzly. but he
was just giving me fair warning.
Sure enough, bears do run loose
in the park. They come up to the
back of the lodge at night to be
fed. But the big excitement the
night was there was the lighting
of the famous -Old Faithful" geyser.
Every 81 minutes the geyser erupts
and sends stream of scorching
hot water many feet into the air.
At night when it is dark around
the park colored lights are thrown
on the geyser as it ascends. Every
one from the lodge had turned out
that night, cold as it was, and we
stood in huge circle around the
crater.
Then, right on schedule, "Old
Faithful started to erupt, and
breathtaking sight it was to see the
water leap high into the air, chang
ing color with the searchhghts as
it assembled. The spectators were
spellbound and crowded closer to
the shooting stream. Some one
moved up behind me and I tried
to move over so they could come
into the circle for a better view.
They moved closer, all right, but
when glanced in their direction
I was paralyzed with fright.
They" were great big grizzly
bear and three cubs.
I broke all speed records getting
away, and had plenty of COM
pany. Later I was sorry to have
missed the rest of the spectacle, for
the geyser is in action for about
4 minutes, but I had absolutely no
idea of staying with bears for COM
panions. The bears went clumsily
on their way, much to my relief, but
it was no little shock to see them so
close. and am sure I prefer to
see them behind bars, Or at least a
long distance away.
CAROL HOLLINGSWORTH, 16.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1939-03-30
WHY MR.. BORDENET!


than full column long. But three distinct issues
discussed, and I have eliminated as much as
possibly could for the sake Of brevity. These
ments all timely. Compared to the space that
has been devoted to these questions in past issues
Of the COOPEATOR, my request is a modest one. NY
viewpoint differs, probably. with that of the
oria1 staff. For that they should not be
censored. I invite all honest criticism, and if I
be shown that am wrong, always wi ling to
change my opinion. believe in complete freedom Of
expression, and frankly, 7 expect pretty hot
criticism. Be that as it may. am ready to
all charges leveled against
FREEDOMS In regard to Mr.. Howard's remarks on
freedom In Greenbe1t. in my opinion fear that FSA
Will refuse to renew one's lease for publicly
pressing one's opinions, however they may
be, is mf ounded. The only threat freedom Of e-
preston in Greenbelt rests with the torial staff
Of the cooPEAToR. which exercises less ship
than 1T once did, The only serious threats to 1iber
ty in Greenbe 1t certain local organic alto
BABY CLINIC: The views Of the CHA directors on
the free we11-baby clinic not misunderstood.
Should the town government provide free we1l-baby
clinic to all citizens? The CHA directors say mo,
this will impede the growth of the CHA. BESIDES
the people can afford to pay for this service.
Therefore make them pay for it,"
They gratuitously allege that the cost Of con-
Quoting free we1l-baby clinic will lead to either
Increased rents taxes else to curtai ment Of
other municipal services. Not iota Of evidence
is presented to support this proposition. Conduct
ing free well-baby clinic would only be an added
duty Of the public heal 18th officer and nurse with
practically extra expenses involved. Of what
is it to the whether this service is ade-
quate or inadequate? The CHA should at tend its
bus mess and not attempt to interfere with
regulate that Of the community, make the interests
OF the conrnlni ty subservient to that Of the
They gratuitously allege that providing a free
wel1-baby clinic is to block cooperative med
1clne. Hence the free clinic must be abolishedJ
Only the CHA should have freedom in Greenbelt. I
was under the impression, apparently erroneous.
that GreenbeE is political subdivision Of the
U.S.A.. not Of Russia. Is this effort to force
some resid ats to join the GHA With equal logical
consisten the abolition Of the kindergarten.
public school, and the library GOULD be m ged.
not that abolition Of the CHA be
ficial to the community; but that no concern Of
mines Live and let live. I suggest that the clinic
question be submi tilted to democratic
soluti on.
TRANSPORTATION: While mui CT pal ownership bus
es mi ght have its merits, system trans
portat' On would cost than it does and the
service would be less adequate and dependable,
pec1a1ly during the non-rush hours. The CAPITAL
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1939-03-30
Letters to 6dttOr

Ing in higher costs to patrons: (2) neoessity Of
making each tr ip all the into WASHINGTON TINS
increasing the cost Of operat and 81 necessity
to limit trips to bare minimum, owing increased
costs working equent hardships on nom
rush hour commuters.
The advocates of ipa1 ownership use as their
the necessity of guaranteeing losses to
the etc. By what process of logic do they contend
that MUM ipal1y owned system will be self-sus-
tanning? What magic will public ownership work to-
wards eliminating 1oss7 MIST yield to blind
prejudice against the Capital Transit Co.? If the
government ates the blses is going to Fl ~
anoe the loss? Will the revenue of the proposed
mum c1Pal1y owned bus system be from patron
age. higher rentals additi ona1 taxation? In INV
opinion additional taati rental increases ara
as unnecessary as they unjust.
The adoption of a manicip ally owned bus system
WILL sooner or later the death Of liberty in
Greenbelt. What has the community to gain by NUM-
cipa1 ownership Of the system2 Municipal owner-
ship Will not solve the trans problem, as
remedy, it will rectify nothing. I believe that
the present trans portation COMM ttee has done fine
Joo and er1ts the gratitude of the community.
Bernard j. Bordenet
OPEN LETTER TO THE TOM COUNCIL
AS resident Greenbelt for nearly year. T
would like to know, in the interest of the community,
why this Town needs two (nale) Athletic Directors
who DON'T direct athletics three poll cemen. Why
this town of athletically minded people, with
ganization for athle tics for should
taxed to pay salaries Of two men to carry keys to
the equipment room is more than see.
To an unbiased mind it would seem that one good
Athletic Director with the gumpti on and ability to
Lead or direct the Chi 1dr deputi zed interested
citizens to insure fair play an equal chance of
using the town's eq1i pment for all would be suf-
ficiert.
In regard to the policemen it is my belief that
one 60 Cd policeman stra ght salary and about
or 10 special deputies appointed the oiti zenrv
at ABOUT 3oO dollars year for part time or emer-
gency work would give adequate police pro-
1ectl on than We now have and would help at least
or 10 of our citizens to better break ON their
budget. There are surely enough mon in Greenbeft
"a hours day to insure protection at all times Of
the day or night.
Denzil D. Wood
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-14
FBI To Prosecute
Car Theft

Sheriff Arnold Potts said last
week he had referred to the FBI,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-14
Pleasant View

Mrs. Myra Frech and children of
Rawson spent Sunday with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Habeg-
ger.
Mrs. Arletta Rickly and son Alva
spent Friday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Rickly and family at
Liberty Center.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Habegger of
California are visiting the Habegger
families in this community for sew
eral weeks.
The young folks of Pleasant View
enjoyed a picnic at Long Island,
Sunday.
Miss Livona Harris was the week
end guest of Miss Irma Rodabaugh
of Williamstown.
Robert Dukes has enrolled as
student in Findlay college for the
coming year.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. r. Harris were
Sunday visitors in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Dallas Elsea of Findlay.
The Ladies Harmony Circle will
meet in the home of Mrs. Lewis
Windle this Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Ruth Dukes will be the pro-
gram leader.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-14

At the sweet thrust Of memory her
eyes filed with tears. She shook
the reins and followed the trail west
ward along the valley.
Here, at last, was the little school
house, with its pile of seasoned fire.
wood, its pathetic little outhouses,
and its elfin host of memories that
lurked in every shadow and danced
before her under the pale light of
the stars. What had become of that
troop of boys and girls with whom
she had romped in the days when
she herself had been one of them?
The Careys and the Cornwalls, the
Lloyds and the Murrays? Just there,
under that dark pine. young Larry
Sutherland had washed her face with
q handful of the first snow of the
year. And here young Sandy Cam
eron had fought with Bruce Landor
who had elected himself her cham
pion-though she had been a mere
slip of eight or nine years at the
time, and Bruce had been five years
her senior-Bruce Landor, whose
father had shot himself down there
IN the little ravine that ran through
the northern end of the Dean acres.
She had often thought of Bruce, the
wistful-eyed young dreamer, always
a little sad because of the tragedy
that had befallen him, and of his
spirited mother, who had struggled
along somehow and ruled the Lam
dor ranch with a fierce will that
had won the respect of the country
side. It was ten years since he
had bade her a rather lofty and
grown-up good-by when, at eight
cen, he went away to college. She
had been thirteen then, and had
wept despondent, little-girl tears at
the departure of her hero who had
outgrown her. Before his return for
the summer vacation, she herself
had been despatched, protesting, to
England.
Three miles beyond, she came to
the massive pillars of field stone
that stood at the entrance to the
Castle of the Norns. The name still
suited the place as it had done when
she was twelve years old, her fancy
stepped in ancient lore. Her father
had been pleased with the name she
had chosen for that odd pile with its
curious gray stone turrets and para
pets, the like of which had proba-
bly, never adorned another ranch
house in all the world. Uncharita-
BILE people in the community had
called it "Old Deans Folly" but
Autumn had adored it from her ear
hest memory.
Ito be continued)
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within them glowed with fixed and
inviolate coruscation. On a Meis-
sen porcelain plate were tiny frost
ed cakes and shortbreads.
20, Hector! You sweet" Autumn
cried, kneeling before the wine to
look at the light flaming through it.
Il take back all I said about my
welcome" She seated herself upon
a battered hassock and took the
glass he offered her. She slipped the
wine and reached for one of the
tempting little cakes.
"Chablis, isn't it?" she remarked.
Hector smiled at her over his
glass, and it seemed to her that he
was more his old self again, the
surprising and eternally enigmatic
old self that she had known, Puck
and Pan and Centaur, all in one,
and sometimes Ariel and sometimes
Caliban-all the naive and grotesque
and impish legendary beings she
knew.
Your education is complete,
see," he laughed. Autumn laughed
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-14
News Notes From
Four Counties

CONTINUED from page 3
The deadline is Sept. 20, and all
applications must be filed before
the winter crop is planted 1T was
explained.
On the 1889 crop there were TO-
355 Ohio farmers who participated
and of those, 1900 collected indem-
mites.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-14

prosecution of a man who Chicago
police said admitted theft of car
from Continental last Saturday
night.
Sheriff Potts said he learned thru
the state patrol radio that Chicago
officers were holding a man who
gave the name of Clarence Williams,
Waco, Texas. Details surrounding
his apprehension in Chicago were
not available.
The car was property of Ernest
Weller and was stolen from the
streets of Continental while the own
er was attending a movie.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-14
New Cooperative Head
Named

John w. Finn of Eaton, Ohio,
took over the managing duties of
the Putnam County Farm Bureau,
succeeding Stanley o. Kerr of OF
tawa, who resigned recently after
managing the cooperative firm for
the past four years.
Mr.. Finn was formerly manager
of the Prebel County Farm Bureau
Cooperative.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-14
Columbus Grove To
Re-pave Street

Sealed proposals will be received
at the City Hall, Village of Colum-
bus Grove, Ohio, until 1900 O'Clock
noon Eastern Standard time of the
29th day of September, 1889, and
then publicly opened and read, for
the furnishing of all materials, la
Dor and equipment required for the
resurfacing of High street with BIZ
luminous Asphaltic Concrete.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-14
Pioneer Store Closes
It's Doors

Saturday night wound up one of
Putnam county's oldest places of
business when the Rampe Store
Company, of Ottawa, operated by
Harry, Emma and Lucille, closed it's
doors for good after nearly SO years
of business.
The Rampe Store Co. came into
existence when j. j. Rampe opened
a small store in the rooms opposite
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-14
$4,000 Slander Suit
Filed

A 23-year-old farm girl of near
Rimer in Sugar Greek township to-
day filed in common pleas court a
$4,000 slander suit against Orpha
Howard, also of Sugar Greek town
ship.
The plaintiff, Miss Mary V.
Hughes, %, claimed the defendant
publicly damaged the young girls
character with a statement the
plaintiff had been guilty of illicit
relations with a man.