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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14
GREECE

In Europe there's a peninsula
called Greece,
Where the people love liberty,
freedom, and peace,
Athens was it's famous city of
culture and beauty,
While every a of Sparta had
military duty.
Athens was governed by a king
And nine archons who were Just
the thing
To help. the king make his laws
fair and just,
And make the people their ruler
to trust.
While Sparta on the other hand
Was really quite a soldiers land,
The men learned to fight with
sword and shield
And they never to the enemy
would yield.
OF gods and goddesses they had
quite a few,
They held festivals and games to
honor them, too,
They built temples and shrines to
almost everyone,
And a special one 20 Apollo. god
of the sur.
But peaceful Greece was invaded
day
BY Persians who came from far
away,
They were attacked at Marathon
on the sea,
and the Greeks won a very great
victory!
The Greeks were defeated al
Thermopylae Pass,
At Salamis the Persians were cap
tured in a mass,
The Persians retreated with very
great hastes,
Leaving poor Greece just a bar
rem waste.
Mary Humphrey, ga.
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MESA VERDE CANYON

Once thousands of years ago the
Cliff Dwellers grew corn, when the
corn was grown and shucked the
little brown maiden who lived
among the Cliff DweIlers would
grind the Orr in a hand mill, while
she sang songs with her mates.
1t was said that if you go there
you could see the crude ireplaces
where the food was cooked, and
the room where the priest worship.
ped his God, also you could see
deserted streets which were nee
filled with busy people. You could
see the foothills cut in the roads
for the women to climb from the
springs to their homes, with their
jars of water. This is one story
that proves that the Cliff Dwellers
were civilized.
Bobby WeStbrOok. 9Th grade
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INDIAN SUGGESTIONS

Indians have great fear OF the
Mesa Verde, they believed that
spirit whom they called Little Peo-
ple," dwelt there, they said the Lit
tie People" did not want the pale
faces to build telephone lines
through there because the Little
People wouldn't let the poles stand.
They said they wouldn't like a queer
thing like a telephone. They said
the wires wouldn't talk. But the
poles have stood and the wires
have talked, but the Indians still
believe that in time the Little
People" will destroy them.
L z. Ingram
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The Cat and the Captain. Author:
Elizabeth Coatsworth.
This book is about Susannah tho
cat, and the Captain. susannab
didn't like the cat and the cat didn't
like her:
One day the captain went to see
his married daughter. The day he
went, it was raining and susannah
would not let the cat in.
Allen Justice-5.
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u

1. I resolve to try and be good in
all my classes.
2. I resolve to try and make all
AS on my report card.
3. l resolve to get my homework
better.
4. I resolve to sing my very best
in the glee club.
3. I resolve to hold my temper.
6. I resolve to make my attend.
ance better.
Z. l resolve to obey the rules or
the basketball team.
.. I resolve to stop my talking ii
the library.
-Nettie N. Wilson, s-Bl.'
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Not long ago we started hav-
ing current events each Monday.
Many interesting reports are made.
not only about the war in Europe,
but about happenings in our own
country. It is lot of fun and I advise
that all the other schools make it a
habit.
Katherine Rhett, Grade 6.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14

mo, Henry, 1 don't think a mani.
curist should marry a dentist"
And why not?"
"1f they fought it would be tooth
and nail"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14
STORIES WRITTEN
AT SUNSET PARK

Mysterious battle ships sighted
off the coast of North Carolina near
Wrightsville Beach. Ship lies at. an
Choir with mounted guns. Huge craft
appears to be pocket battleship. Two
submarines also sighted in vicinity.
United States coast guard Modoc
speeds to the scene.
Mysterious ship sighted off the
coast of N. C. by a fishing crew
Friday of last week turns out to be
U. S. S. Philadelphia. Steamer
which had been travelling vessel of
foreign Identification caused great
excitement. Residents in the vicinity
were panic stricken. Captain of Mo-
doc makes report to newspapermen.
The reports of submarines cen in
the area denied by captain and crew
of U. s.. S. Philadelphia. Govern
ment boat on special assigned duty
will pay visit to the city Of Will
mington, says captain of Philadel.
phia.
Dorothy Crimson, Grade 6, Sun.
set Park.
On Monday, January /, Whining
ton awoke to see everything. cover
ed with snow. Children had very
much fun in the snow. 1t was a nice
way to start out the New Year.
Donald Brown, Grade 6.
We had a snow for the first time
in about five years. At school we
played in It for two days. We made
rules for playing in the snow, some
of which were, Don't throw snow
balls" DO not pack the snow hard"
-Winifred Riddle, Grade 6.
In Wilmington, right after Christ
mas, it showed until it was about an
inch deep. 1t was the first snow in
a long time and the trees around
town were very pretty with the
snow.
Jack Perkins, Grade G..
We saw a film Of herring fishing
off the coast of Norway. We saw
harbors in which the fishing boast
are kept. We saw how fish were
caught by drifters and trawlers. We
saw steamers catch he fish with
boats sent out to lay nets. Then the
steamers would pick UP the fish
with baskets made of nets.
Worth Hewett, Grade 6.
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CLIFF

Life for the cliff jewellers must
have been different, because they
lived in the sandstone cliffs. Game
was scarce and hunting was very
hard work. The Mancos river gave
them few fish, the earth gave ber-
ries or nuts, water was a r and
found only near the heads of can
yons, the inhabitants cultivated
their farms and raised their corn,
which was ground on a fiat stone
griddles. They boiled meat in YES
sells. They believed that Gods made
the rain fall and corn grow. They
also worshiped the sun as the
father of all and the earth as the
mother who brought their blessings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14
PUPILS
WRITING ESSAYS

The Seventh grades at Tileston
have been studying colonial life and
culture. Some very entertaining ano
interesting projects have been made
" the children. One of the favo'
rites was a medicine chest filled
with "Quack Cures; such as In
dian tonic, snake oil, pain cure
herbs. and whiskey. Others were
the wedding procession with the
priest in his long black robe, the
bride in her white wedding dress
with a very full skirt and a rose
sash and with a bouquet of flowers.
The groom was dressed like George
Washington. The bridesmaids had
! dresses made somewhat like those
of Martha Washington. The negro
nanny was dressed in bright red
Another project was the model,
ing of miniature farming nipple
ments. There was a shovel, pitch
fork. hoe, two small cannons made
from WOOD which looked real.
Some of the girls dressed dolls to
show the period of the play. Book
lets were made of pictures and
stories on colonial kitchens, food,
dress, schools, religion and pun
ishments.
-Thelma Gunnersen, Grade Z.
I have a little dolly in a cradle
blue. She is the sweetest dolly I ever
knew.
Nancy Foreman, Grade 2.
The source of a %raindrop differs
with the climate, altitude and other
such things. However, I am going
to tell you about my life as a rain
drop.
The first day of my life was
very warm. The waves of the Paci.
fic ocean slapped the shores with
terrific force. The very warmness
vapor. MY brothers, sisters and l
caused me to form into water
travelled over quite a few miles of
land. AS the air became cooler, l
felt myself becoming heavier. Final
ly, to my horror, the atmosphere
was unable to support me and
then 1 felt myself suddenly releas-
ed to be hurled down through space.
We met the surface of the earth
with such force as to stun us. | slid
down through many layers of soil
until, to my surprise, I saw many
of my sisters, brothers and fellow
raindrops. Together We Travelled
nan long miles. Suddenly there was
a change in our course and we
started straight up. Amaze, we were
on the earth again!
A bucket attached to a chain
came fishing around the well l was
in. I was actually mixed with a lot
of things in a pot. I was cooked.
Actually cooked! Later I learned we
were made into soup. Then I was
eaten, eaten
It's terrible, friends. After this
all was darkness.
Lula Lee Rich, Grade s.
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HARNETT PAPER
HIGHLY PRAISED

Another of the grammar schools
in the county system which has a
fine newspaper written and pub
lished by the pupils is Carnelius
Harnett. 1t is .excellently and smart
ly edited and put together by the
following (and watch these young.
sters. Some day they are going to
be on the editorial staff of great
papers with national circulation;
Editor, r. M. Milton; assistant
editor, T. Rochelle. art editor, Eu'
nice Smith; sports editor, Herb
Ormsby; business manager, George
Benson; assistant manager, Hazel
Hines; circulating manager, BROOKS
Bowen; reporters, Mary HansIey,
Harry Patrick, Thelma Lee, Herb
Oskowitz. Advisor, Miss Gunter.
We are very fond of spelling
matches so one day last week We
divided our class into sides for a
big game. We began with Fifth
grade words which most of us spell
ed easily, but as we advanced into
harder words we began sitting
down. Grayson Hewett and Marga-
ret Downs were left standing but
Grayson finally o~ut-spelled Marsa'
ret.
We can hardly wait until mex!
week to see who stands longest.
Marion Thomson.
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dents sold tickets, advertised it. and
did most of the work back stage
such as applying the makeup, and
draping the costumes. Again on De-
cember Is we gave a Christmas
pageant, "The Nativity The man.
ger in this pageant was an exact re-
production of the manger in Beth.
lehem. The purpose of these page.
ants was to acquaint us with the
customs, costumes manners a n d
habits of the people of Iran, and
Palestine. The glee club did splen.
did work in. singing for THE Nativi.
ty.' Mr.. Irwin, our history teacher,
directed these nageants. He has
Travelled and taught school in Per-
STA, and he has been able to give
us first-hand information. We have
received many compliments on the
way these pageants were given. We
were especially praised for the set
tings and scenery.
Margaret DeVane and Jean
Koonce, ga.
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HEALTH ESSAYS
AT FOREST Hills

Toads eat cutworms ante
les, spiders, grasshoppers. 'ss'
worms, and caterpillars. Tbev .n'
mostly in the late Afternoon :"
evening. The toad has a STICKY
que. '0'
They live in little holes in H..
ground, or under leaves n ,~s
bish, Toads hardly ever come o'
of their hiding place unless H..
rainy. Each toad is able to das,,s
ten thousands Destructive inSe(ts.
month. That is how they helm roo
pie.
Bobby Furey, Grade s..
I eat vegetables to make ~.
grow-and some to make nv an
CINE go. And some to keen me wall
and fit-And some to mend me ~.
a bit.
Frances Penton. Grade ).
Eat some vegetables every dav-
then when you go out to play. yonn
want to sing and shout-and yon
won't get all tired out,
Virginia Lee Hatch, Grade ).
Brush your teeth twice a day.
brushing will keep the germs avay
Everyone listen to what | have IN
say, because it will help you to he
strong and gay.
Margaret Solomon, Grade 5.
Brush your teeth twice a day.
brush them up and brush them
down, for we know that it is the
way to keep them strong and keen
them sound.
10 Anne Snead, Grade ).
The sheep wear their heavy coat
of wool all winter. When warm
weather comes, their coat is remoy
ed. A lamb is a baby sheep. Little
lambs have good times in the ras.
ture playing with each other.
Smith WeStbury, Grade g.
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Bradley;s Creek

George, Billy. Tom and Dick de.
cided to enter the soap box derby,
Tom had won it last time and thew
were all. anxious to win. It was the
last week before the race when Tom
got the measles. He thought that he
would v be, well in time. DAYS
went by until the day Of the race.
There he sat in bed thinking if he
could only get to the race. Just then
there was knock at the door. He
heard his mother say, Come in,
Doctor" He was so happy he near.
~ Jumped out of bed.
Sonny" the doctor said, you
can get UP now
Tom ran out of the front door be
fore you could say Jack Robin
son." Getting his racer. he breath
lessly reached the race track. They
were lining up. Quickly he got ir
the line up and no sooner than he
mad, they were off. All went flyine
down the hill. Billy and Dick bump.
ed into each other and George rar
into the fence. But Tom kept or
the track and Won the race.
-Jhonnie Daughtry, Grade 4
Bradley's Creek.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14

Our new matron is Miss Pear
Eichorn. She helps keep our puliu
ing clean. She washes the SINKS
scrubs the basement and lots Vi
othe- things to help keep our oulu
ing clean.
Mary Hansley.
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School k

Little Joy, seven years old, re
marked as she helped herself to thu
last biscuit on the plate: That:
all right, mother, I've been an ole
maid all my life anyhow"
An Indian up in the northern part
of Michigan returned for the third
time to buy half dozen bottles OF
cough syrup.
Druggist: Someone sick at your
house?"
Indian: mo sick"
Druggist: Then what on earth
is all this cough syrup for?"
Indian: "M-m-me likum on pan
cakes"
who invented the hole in the
doughnut2"
"Oh, some fresh air fiend."
waiter, it's been half an hour
since I ordered that turtle SOUP"
Waiter: yes sir, but you know
how turtles are"
Il tell you that I won't have this
ROOM" protested the old lady to
the bell-boy, who was conducting
her. Il amt going to pay my good
money. for. a pig-sty with a measly
little foldin' bed in it. If you think
that jest because I'm from the
country"
Profoundly Disguised, the boy cut
her short. Get in, mum, get in.
This amt your room, this is the
elevator" 49,.
EXCUSE me, can you tell me the
quickest way to the station?"
'Rnn man.
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Carolina Beach School Pupils
Write Series of Brief Essays

They had no written language and
co,,ld record only their thoughts
nv pictures which they painted on
rocks or anything they could
scratch on. They had made axes,
~snearpoints, and other tools. They
woye cotton cloth and other things.
Gene Warren.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14

In u reading class we have
been. reading poems by L~ongfellow.
We find them to be very interest
Ing and enjoyable. We finished 1.-THE
Courtship of Miles Standish' not
long ago and then we started an.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14
Wrightsboro

We had our Indian program one
Friday morning. We had so much
fun getting dressed to look like real
Indians. On the stage we all had
to sit on the floor. We sang John
Brown Had a Little Indian" and
some boys were the Indians in the
song. Peggy Jordan told about the
Indians Of long ago. Clara Helen
Newton spoke of the Navajo In
dams, and I spoke on the. Hopi In
dams. Then we had a play, Little
Ugly Face" After that, a girl sang
IAN Indian Lullaby" The boys then
did a war dance to close ~ pro-
gram.
-Margie Wander SchaIie.
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we are very grateful to the
mothers Tor carrying US in town
to get ads for Jul newspaper. We
think mothers are very nice to take
their gas and time to help us in
this work. If it hadn't been for
them, we couldn't have u the
As ads we ran in the October issue.
The editors wish to thank the fol-
lowing persons: Mrs. Owens, Miss
Blake, Mrs. Ives, Mrs. Palmeter,
Mrs. Price, Mrs. Pitman, Mrs. Rog-
ers and Mrs. Padgett.
Marie Criswell-6.
Joyce Rogers-2A.
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PUPILS ACTIVE
AT WRICHTSB0R0

The "Wrightsboro Mirror" had an
article in last months paper about
the Clean Up Club. Our schoo! is
proud of this club, because it has
kept our large YARD 50 clean. We
have the largest yard in the coun-
ty and hope to keep it the clean.
est. 1t is difficult to keep such a
large yard as clean as our yard is
kept. The Clean Up Club cannot
keep the yard clean without the co.
operation of everyone. We have two
trash cans and hope to get some
nor We hope students will use
the trash cans to put the trash in
instead of the yard.
Earl Stevens 6.
jimmy Smith z.
The Fourth grade gave a play.
The play was to show how the first
American flag was made. The char.
actors were Mrs. Ross, Frances
SETTER, Washington, Bobby Ken
nedy, Colonel Ross, Cornelius Swart,
Mr.. Morris, Roy Craven. Others told
about the early flags.
Frances SETTER 4.
Of all the games of ball,
I like football best of all.
It's lots of fun
To see the boys run.
We watch the boys closely,
But the ball we want to see most.
ly.
A boy kicks the ball.
The others stand very tall.
One catches it and is off.
Away he runs, but not very soft.
There is many a doubt
AS the boy goes in and out.
He goes fast around.
He wants to make a touchdown.
goes boy and ball
And up goes a shout over all.
Edith Rhodes z.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14

Every three months our school
elects new Traffic officers. The fol-
lowing officers were chosen in the
November election: Mr.. Johnson's
first bus-J. w. Taylor, Harold Car
ter.
Mr.. Johnson's second bus-Myrtle
Batson, Annerlee Moore.
Mr.. Heath's bus-Jane Kern, Fran
ces Gymtruk.
Mr.. Murray's bus-John Billiard,
Judith Johnson.
Walkers-Virginia Price, Hilda
Setter.
Anna Mae Moore-5.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14

We of Cornelius Harnett thln'
we are lucky in having free moves
each week. Our pictures so far have
been very interesting and helpful
We hope to continue to enjoy tins
form of study and entertainment
e. Lewis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14

other delightful poem called Evan
Cline"
-Jhonnie Daughtry, Grade 4
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MESA VERDE

MESA VEKIE
The home of the cliff jewellers
was discovered in December 1888,
lust about ffty-one years ago, by
Richard and Alfred Wetherell who
were looking for lost cattle in Me-
sa Verde. In 1906 congress set
aside Mesa Verde as a natural park,
john Kogas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14

On Monday, January /, Whining
ton awoke to see everything, cover
ed with snow. Children had very
much fun in the snow. 1t was a nice
way to start out the New Year.
Donald Brown, Grade s.
Evening star., 1940-09-10
StockIinski, FinaIist
In 1888 Fed Tennis
Play, Faces Test
Bottline Triee Today
In Topliner Of Trio
Of Attractive Tits

Ray Stocklinski, finalist in last
years Federal tennis tournament,
today was slated to face a strenuous
challenge in this years edition of
the court battle, meeting Hugh
Trigg in perhaps the most attrac-
tive of three mems singles engage
ments on the Mall Courts.
Stocklinski and Trigg were to
clash at 4 o'clock. while Hy Ritzen-
berg and Harry Goldsmith, doubles
partners, were to collide a half hour
later, as were George Herbert and
James Heiskel.
Trigg and Ritzenberg advanced
easily yesterday, the former trim
ming M. A. Erana, 81, 6-3, and
the latter disposing of James Flynn,
60, 81. c. Alphonso Smith, de-
Tending champion, conquered STAN
ley Haney, 8-6, 60
Smith, who teamed with Frank
Shore to whip Robert Fendick and
Irving zipperstein, 60, 60, in
mems doubles competition, was to
pair with Peggy Smith against Faye
Poore and Bill Price in a mixed
doubles engagement at S o'clock.
Lib Sewers, Charlotte Decker,
Frances Rowan, Dorette Miller and
Eleanor Voith advanced in women's
singles matches.
Evening star., 1940-09-10
Cops Form Softly Team
Just to PIoy Firemen

Capt. Carlisle Peterson's Fire
mems softball team has asked for
1t and now it's going to get It
All season they have been hurting
challenges at tine non-existant
police softball team so now the
bluecoats have organized one and
plan to do things to the smoke
eaters in a game scheduled as part
of the benefit field day Saturday at
Griffith Stadium.
Frank Watt, former player with
the Philadelphia Athletics, Is man
ager, captain and first baseman for
the police and that brings up a
bit of brotherly rivalry. His broth
er Walter plays the outfield for the
hremen.
Evening star., 1940-09-10

Games behind. fGames to play.
The fortunes of all four contend
ers were bound up in this weeks
schedule, which called for Cleve-
land to face the red hot Yankees
in two-game series today and to-
morrow, while the Detroit Tigers
were defending their lair against
the Red SoX. Then Thursday the
world champions were down to start
three-game series in Detroit while
Boston'S still ambitious Sox open
similar series against the Tribe.
Loss to Chisox Back Breaker.
The Indians planned to lead with
their ace, Bobby Feller, in an ef-
fort to stop the surge of the Yanks.
who had won II of their last 21
games. If he couldn't, then Cleve-
lands chances were at the vanish
ing point.
The loss to Chicago yesterday was
a back-breaking blow in itself. On
the record the Indians had a right
to expect to win. But the White
Sox got to Harry Eisenstat In the
fourth for three singles that loaded
the bases and unsettled him SO much
he forced in a run with a walk.
Then in the seventh Skeeter Webb
doubled and Mike Kreevich singled
for the other tally
Until this point Lee mad allowed
only one hit and two we're out in
the seventh before JEFF Heath sin
gled and Ray Mack doubled for
Clevelands only run.
Giants Overhaul Dodgers.
There was single game in the
National League, too, the New York
Giants battering the Brooklyn
Dodgers, IA Hal Schumacher was
cuffed for three runs in the first
inning by the Dodgers, but then he
tlghtened to pitch seven scoreless
innings while his mates pounded
three Brooklyn pitchers for IA hits
and victory.
Intersectional games were on tap
in both leagues today as the West
ern clubs of the National League
started their last circuit of the East
and the American League spotlight
was turned westward.
Evening star., 1940-09-10
BY BILL DISMER. Jr.,
Star Staff Correspondent.

BOSTON, Sept 10. - Warned
against overconfidence but told
they should win if on no other
basis but class itself, the Redskins
undergo their last preseason test
here tonight in an exhibition
against a team of Eastern college
all-StarS calculated to attract up
ward of $4,000.
Cloudy. with possible showers" +"
was the weather forecast and there
Was a line in one local paper that
the game. would be postponed until
tomorrow night in case of inclement
weather, but Coach Ray Flaherty
said he knew of no such arrange
ment. II is Flaherty's plan to lead
the Redskins onto a sleeper imme-
diately after the game so that they
will arrive in Washington around
noon tomorrow in time for an after
noon workout.
Ordinarily, the Skins are given
day off after game. but Flaherty
wants to take advantage of every
possible minute before the National
League opener against Brooklyn
next Sunday and will send his In
dians through a light drill at Grif-
fifth Stadium shortly after their ar
rival home. Because of this, he
has told all hands that they will not
be called upon to play more than
seven or eight minutes at q stretch
tonight in order that none will be
overworked
Two to Get Ak.
With the exception of Quarter
back Jay Turner and Halfback Ed
Justice, all IS players are in good
shape for the game which will spell
the doom of two. Turner dislocated
vertebra turning over in his sleep
Sunday night and Justices instep
was sprained when Erny Pinckert
ran the wrong way on signal yes
terday and collided with him.
Primary interest in the game,
assuming the Redskins take con-
troll as expected, lies in the identity
Of the last two players to get the
ak as the squad is reduced to its
final league limit of 80. Outside of
admitting that one would be a back
and the other a lineman, Flaherty
has given no inkling of who the un-
fortunates might be, but a process
Of elimination has reduced the
group of doubtfuls to four.