Evening star., 1942-08-16

Just
Between
Ourselves
By PHILIP II. LOVE
Junior Star Editor.

Going away on vacation is fine,
but coming back is something else
again. Especially if you have a
desk.
A desk is something on which
things just pile up. If you use the
desk every day, you can keep the
pile from getting too big. But II
you miss a day, the pile seems to
double itself And if you take a
two-week vacation as did recently,
the pile becomes a mountain before
you get back.
Well. I found one of those noun
tains on my desk-letters. memor-
anda, school publications, Red Cross
bulletins, pictures. postcards; in fact
Just about everything likely to find
it's way to an editors desk. There
was nothing to do but dig into the
mountain, big though it was. The
notes that follow are the result:
Rose Marie Winslow. 13, Academy
of the Holy Names, Silver Spring,
Md. is vacationing in Rochester,
N. Y. She is keeping a record OF
each days events in the hope
of writing them into a story for The
Junior Star. Anna E. Moore,
Is, Roosevelt High School, author
of recent prize winning story, in
vested the dollar in War stamps.
Il am taking shorthand in summer
school and find it very interesting, -
she writes. LAS my vacation plans
had to be Cancelled this summer
I thought this an excellent chance
to learn something that may be of
great use to me later on"
Collecting knick- -knacks is the
hobby of Florine Steinberg, II, Bar
nard School. She has a medium
sized collection which she keeps
on shelf in her room. 1T looks
very pretty she says. If you
read last weeks Just Between Our
selves" you'll remember the difficulty
Shirley Turner. 16, Roosevelt, ex-
perienced in getting to Atlantic City.
Now comes card from somewhere
in Wisconsin (the postmark is il
legible) signed. Shirley Turner's
sister, Margie." Which, of course.
makes me wonder if Shirley is still
in A. c., and if she isn't, how did
she and Margie get to Wisconsin?
-. Another card is from Demetra
BacaS, Is, Coolidge High School, who
is vacationing in Asbury Park, N.
j.. Although I came to swim in
the dancing waves" she writes. Il
have had only cold, calm water.
My cousin, Magdalene and 1 may
think of story together" And
here's a card from Peggy Randall,
II, Roosevelt, bearing a picture of
Union Station and postmarked
washington, D. c. A blob of ink
on a wall of the station is marked
hole" and Peggy writes: "Just
passing through. The train wouldn't
stop. That hole in the side Of
the wall proves it,"
Charles Potts. Is, WASHINGTON
Lee High School, Arlington, Va,
reports that he has heard from two
j. S. readers-a boy, Is, and a girl,
14-in response to his recent call
for talent for the show he plans
to give for the benefit of the United
Service Organizations. At least IS
more recruits are needed, he saws
Bolts and Nuts" is the title he has
chosen for the show. Il think this
is very good way to make money
for the USO," he writes. And, at
the same time, us actors will have
chance to make good, the people
will have nice time and the bows
in service will get at lot out of it."
The Junior Red Cross reports that
l33,864 of its members received
Junior, Standard or Advanced Ger
tificates for first-aid training during
the ii months ended May 81. In
addition, 30,107 members earned
Life Saving and Water Safety Ger
tlf1cates. They laughed when
Gerrie Gossin, Roosevelt, walked
into the school bank and asked for
a $1,000 War bond. But Gerrie
produced the price and walked off
with what she had come for. Roose-
welt students invested more than
$22,OO in bonds. all together.
Among Woodrow Wilson High
School students who have won
scholarships are: Robert Ashford,
to Princeton; Barbara Chapline,
Wellesley; Minor Eager, Harvard:
Richard Forsling Princeton; Har-
vey Huey, American u: Nancy
Marsh, Strayer; Effie Mccormick.
Chicago; Helen Schaaf, Queens, and
Margery Schaeffer, Randolph
Macon.
Well that's all there's space for
this week. But, alas, that noun
tain looks very little, if any, smaller.