Evening star., 1941-01-26
Arlington Student 3 Acquires Substantial Collection Indian Relics
Just
| Between
Yourselves
= By PHILIP H. LOVE,
Junior Star Editor.

From Gladys Arnold, Is, of Damas-
Gus. Md, comes a suggestion that
The Junior Star is more than glad
to pass along.
The Mile O. Dimes is on. collect
ing money for the noble cause OF
fighting infantile paralysis" Gladys
points out. Let each of us, as
Junior Star reporters, send dime
to the editor so he can place them
all on the track in the name of our
group. I know that if this appeal
is made to j. S. contributors, they
will gladly respond. Come on.
friends-how large a family have
We?"
Gladys suggestion was accom-
panied by two dimes. one for herself
and the other for her sister Evelyn.
Both coins were turned over to the
Mile O Dimes-and. of course. the
j. S. will be happy to do the same
with any other contributions that
may come in. But there is no reason
why the suggestion should apply
only to those who write and draw
for this page; it should be taken
up by every reader. boy and girl
alike-by every one. in fact. who
has 3 dime 20 throw at the No.
enemy of American youth
The Arnold sisters. both of whom
attend Damascus High School, are
veteran correspondents of the J. s.
Evelyn. for instance, recalls that her
first contribution was published in
1898, when she was 10. GLADYS. l
think. began contributing at about
the same time. al any rate. she and
her sister Waged a close contest for
a while to see which one could earn
more acceptanceS. But. 10 get back
10 that initial contribution of Eve
lyn's: 1T won me the first check !
ever owned she writes
Since then" she continues. Il
have had 10 other contributions
published, 6 being prize winners.
One OF these, however was the Spe-
clal Christmas prize of 1899 for the
best letter to Santa Claus.
Il have had two honorable men
tion poems in your column. and one
week my sisters and my interest in
the J. S. was your main topic. I'm
proud of that little strip of paper.
In 1910. due to illness l sent in
only one contribution. l guess the
waste basket gobbled it up"
Something new in the way of
special funds has been established
by Eugene S. Jones. Is. Leland
Junior High School. Gene. who has
earned s. as a J. S. correspondent.
writes: Gee. thanks million. The
two bucks helped my twin brother
and me 10 start a new fund. 1t is
called The Jones Boys Need a New
Rifle Fund"
The ambition of Buddy McQuaid.
Il. ST. Martins School. is TO combine
singing and flying. Like the Jones
boys. he has fund-money earned
by hauling groceries in his express
wagon on Saturdays.
Il have started q savings account.
Buddy reports. Il am very proud
of my handbook: l like to watch the
figures in il increase. When l have
saved enough money, hope to study
both voice and aviation. | think
flying is the most thrilling expert
ence | have ever had How pleasant
it will be. some day. to soar above
the clouds in my own plane. where
there is plenty of space to sing TO
my hearts contentl"
Buddy has been singing since he
was s.
Junior jottings:
The Coolidge High School Courier.
started as a mimeogra phed paper,
has blossomed out into real type.
1t looks good. too Staff mem
bers of five of the eight District of
Columbia high school papers have
formed press association Will
liam Hogue. editor of the fastener.
was given the important job of writ
ing constitution for the group
And speaking of school publications.
Jeanne Miller. l3. Lisbon Md High
School. writes: Our school paper
has been great success. and we
hope it will make other schools wish
and ask for paper all their own"
Janet Reid Ralph says: One
of my l94l resolutions was to send
YOU at least one original contribu-
ton each month" Meyer Har-
ron l3 reports that Jefferson Junior
High School students are greatly
pleased with the new branch of the
Public Library in their neighbor-
hood We feel this library belongs
more to the pupils than the other
libraries. because it is so near the
school," he says.