Evening star., 1942-05-03
Just
| Between
Yourselves
by PHILIP H. LOVE
Junior Star Editor.

| nature. One OF the best OF IneSe
, var-inspired contributions Is Eliza
beth Fitzpatrick's story of the Mac
farland Junior High School De
fense Club" which is one Of todays
| nrize winners. The Macfarland
group has something" as the say
| ing is. and I'd like to hear OF other
girls and boys working together IN
similar organizations. Individual
I effort is helpful. of course, but team
| work always produces better re-
| s,,lts-in both fun and accomplish
ment.
Are you doing your part?"
The question Is asked by Etta
Jane Duke, II, Of 200 Jones Bridge
road, Chevy Chase, Md. And she
proceeds to answer 1t herself, as
follows:
"I'd like to tell you what our
school. Leland Junior High, Is doing.
We are bringing in newspapers,
clothes hangers, used postage
stamps, discarded rubber and tin
and other articles. The school Is
giving an all-comedy show and the
admission Is 10 pounds OF paper.
I think We are doing our part
Old newspapers and magazines are
buyinr War savings stamps and
bonds for Henry Fankhauser IL, OF
e23 Nicholson street NV. A SIKH
grade pupil at Whittier Schooi, nc
writes:
"I am doing several things to help
Uncle Sam to win this war. One
Of these is collecting newspapers
and MAGAZINES. I have four or nve
people to whom I 60 every week,
besides my own home. Wnen l
have about 200 pounds OF paper my
father takes it to = junk shop ana
get the money and put 1t into
stamps. So far have three bonds.
Another way I help Uncle Sam
is bvs saving collapsible metal tuoes
and turning them in at the nearest
tin salvage station. 1 also seno
comic books and other articles 10
Army camps and get very nice re-
plies"
Building model airplanes Is the
var contribution Of . group OF boys
At swanson Junior High School,
according to Earl Mondschein. H.
Of SITS North Twenty-sixth street,
Arlington, Va. ,,.
"since I entered junior high,
he reports, my hobby has neen
building airplanes of all kinds. From
this hobby l have learned, now 70
identify different types OF planes:
Also. how planes are constructeo
and how they fly. Some day nope
IN. he an aviation cadet In the
United States Army Air Forces.
I'm the shop at Swanson" Earl
continues, "a group Of my friends
and are following plans for the
construction of model planes for the
Army and Navy. These planes VIII
be used for the training Of aviation
cadets. We are turning out about
10 planes q week. For every two
planes We build we are given a GER
tificate. have three Of these Ger
tificates."
The system followed in the COL
lection of newspapers, magazines
and books at Margaret Brent High
School, Mechanicsville, Nd, "is a
good example Of combining work
and pleasure for the defense Of our
country" says George S. Davis, Is.
when we started our salvage
campaign" he goes on, I'VE decided
to find something to pep us up. We
thought it would be a good idea to
let the freshmen, sophomores, ju-
niors and seniors compete to see
which class could gather the most
material. The class with the biggest
collection by a certain date would
be given = big party. all to itself.
This turned out to be a good
idea, each student trying his best
to outdo his fellows. Before long
| all available space in the school was
filled with big piles Of newspapers,
magazines and books We had to
stop collections for few days, un-
til we could dispose of the material
on hand; then, Of course, We went
right ahead. The money obtained
is being used to buy things needed
in the school"
Other patriotic notes picked more
or less at random from my mail:
Some may ask what good does
their little bit do? Well, here's the
answer: Your little bit multiplied by
millions of others can result in quite
a large amount. Everything we do,
no matter how big or little, is ap-
preciated by Uncle Sam. Rose
Marie Winslow, 13, st. Michaels
School, Silver Spring, Md.
Every stamp or bond you buy
helps to provide food, clothing and
equipment for our fighting forces.
James E. Allnutt, Is, Gaithersburg
(Md) High School.
I'VE, the children of America,
must take part in this war. As ev-
erybody knows, we must be brave.
We must also be ready to do what
ever our country wants us to do
Evangeline Schlegel, 9, West School.
If every one would only think
NAAAASp eAiCy "odiu dioSoNCI UllC1C
is much that all of us can do, no
matter whether our age be 7, II or
10. I thought it would be a good
idea for me to sacrifice some of the
new clothes I had planned to buy
for Easter, and to invest the savings
in stamps to help insure the free
dom of America. ."-Lenora Loch-
ridge. Is, Westinghouse High
School, Arlington, Va.
To be good Americans, we should
buy stamps or bonds. The money we
invest in this way is used to build
ships and planes, also to buy food
and clothes for our fighting men.
We can also help by contributing
aluminium. tinfoil and newspapers"
Elaine Joyce Sperling, II, Paul Ju-
nior High School.
when an American sings Amer
lea the Beautiful or The Star Span
gled Banner his voice rings, his
pride excels, his hopes of courage
| and LOYALTY are supreme. for he is