Evening star., 1942-01-18
Maryland Boys Prepare Defense Training Neghborhood
Just
| Between
Ourselves
By PHILIP H. LOVE .
Junior star Editor.

What are you doing to help win
the war7
The question II prompted by =
letter that came to me the other
day from Charlotte Gordon, II.
Of 2to6 E street NV, suggesting
the organization Of defense clubs
by boys and girls. It's IN excel
lent suggestion, and I'm glad to
pass it along.
Charlotte and her "favorite
schoolmate, Shirley Bissile," al
ready are at work on the formation
Of a defense club among the girls
of Gordon Junior High. The pur-
pose Of the organization. Charlotte
explains in her letter, is Ito help
Uncle Sam wipe out Hitlerism and
keep all America free
How? Well, here's what Char
lotte and Shirley have to say:
I'VE have decided to collect
wastepaper, newspapers. tires. In
ner tubes, rubber bands. rags, tin
foil, tin, all kinds Of scrap metal
in short, anything that can be
used In the defense program. We
won't require the members OF our
club to pay dues; instead. they
must bring material needed for
defense"
The group also plans to give plays
for the benefit Of the American
Red Cross and, at the same time,
to make cake and candy to be sent
to soldiers and sailors.
Girls and boys in other schools
should follow the lead taken by
Charlotte and Shirley and set up
defense clubs of their own. There
is practically no limit to the num-
ber and variety of useful projects
that such organizations can work
out. And, as Charlotte says OF her
groups program, TITS lot OF fun!"
Eleanor Marie Ascherfeld, 10, OF
1905 Twelfth place NE, a pupil at
Catholic University Campus School.
is aiding the defense program by
collecting tin foil. She and her
brother Bill are constantly on the
lookout for discarded cigarette.
tobacco and chewing gum packages
containing tin foil. When we get
enough" she promises, we are
going to sell 1t and buy defense
stamps"
Pets are the hobby Of Billie
Bristow. II, of Annandale (Va0
School.
II have quite a collection" Billie
writes. First, I have two fish;
next. have two white rats, dove,
q squirrel. q bird, thee rabbits, a
white angora cat, two other cats,
three dogs, some pigeons and a
duck. I am very fond of pets
Junior jottings:
Lorenzo Thompson, Anacostia
High School, author of a recent
prize-winning contribution, is saw
ing for q defense bond. Nothing
pleases me more than to learn that
J. S. prize dollars are going into
defense bonds and stamps. :.
The HyattSville Md High School
monthly, The Student Scribe, has
added an 8-page rotogravure Sec
ton. Helen Good. j. S. correspon-
dent, is editor of the paper. and a
good lob she's doing too. :.
Girl Scout Troop No. rs, Greenbelt,
Md. went on an overnight hike
recently. Il am sure that everyone
had a very nice time" comments
Ruth Cushing. 10, Greenbelt Ele-
mentary School. Similar
comment comes from Lois Brown.
IL, Lafayette School, who reports
a "cookout" at Miller's Cabin IN
Rock Creek Park by members OF
Girl Scout Troop No. 63. =.
"Sungin' Sammy Baugh was
greeted by "a roar OF applause
when he visited Roosevelt High
School, says a note from Gloria
Farley, 1e, Of 1896 Quebec place
NV. Ninety students OF
Montgomery Blair High School
worked in various stores during the
Christmas shopping period, just Tor
the experience.