Evening star., 1942-12-06
Western High School Students Show Wartime Courses
Just
Between
Yourselves
BY PHILIP Fl. LOVE
Junior Star Editor.

GaltherSDurg, MO, pldCk anu "iiite'
and right fat" His name was sug-
gested, she explains, by the fact that
he stuck around people so much"
When Peoples was just little fel-
low, his owner told him. in a mo-
ment of anger, that he was no
good" This cut him so deeply that.
right then and there, he determined
to become the greatest catcher OF
mice his unappreciative mistress
had ever known. And every time
he caught mouse-which was very
often, indeed, judging by Will
helmina's s letter-he carried 1t into
the house, deposited it at the feet
of his owner and looked up as If
to say: "See-1 am, too, some good!''
"Once," Wilhelmina recalls. he
looked up too long, and the mouse
got away Now he always keeps one
foot on the mouse"
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But Peoples is only one OF rather
impressive variety of pets described.
in Wilhelmina's interesting letter.
The place to begin, perhaps,
is with Peoples mother, Minnie.
when she is in the house and
wants to 60 out, she growls." Will
helmina says. when she gets love
spells, she wants to be petted; but
when she doesn't want to be petted,
you had better leave her alone"
Then there is Peoples brother,
Nero. He likes to sit on his owners
shoulder, and his hobby Is teacups.
He pets" teacups, Wilhelmina re-
ports, and wonders why people like
to drink out of them.
Another cat mentioned in Will
helmnas letter is Sam. He likes to
play pranks on visitors-such as
hiding in the courthouse and
scratching the legs of any one who
leans against it.
Next comes Sociability. Like Peo.
Piles, he was named for his affection
for humans. Any one who crawls
under an automobile or a piece OF
farm machinery to work on 1t had
better watch out for Sociability. If
Sociability is around" Wilhelmina
reports, he'll curl up on the per-
sons chest and go to sleep"
But that doesn't exhaust Will
helmina's list of cats. There are.
she continues, Miriam and her kit
tens, Sally and her kittens, Nick,
Moses and Tom, who likes to go
down to the barn and drink milk
right from the cow"
Duke is dog owned by Wilhelm-
mas brother. Duke does not al
low strangers to come on the farm, y
Wilhelmina writes, "and he does
not like it if you pick up a stick or
a stone. If you do so, and tease him
about it, he'll bite you. I have been
bitten.
when the women of the family
are in the kitchen" Wilhelmina con-
tinues, Duke doesn't allow any one
on the back porch because he is
afraid they might hurt them. If
small children are around, he guards
them.
My uncle can point out chicken
and say, Go get it. and Duke will
get the chicken without hurting it..
If you go after the mail, Duke will
go along, and he'll carry it home if
you let him.
Storms are the only things Duke
fears, Wilhelmina says He refuses
to stay out in storm. and the mo-
ment he gets in the house, he either
crawls under the sofa in the living
room or else runs upstairs and hides
under q bed.
An interesting and worthwhile
Red Cross project is reported by
Rosina Middleton, IL, of 608 Po-
tomac avenue, New Alexandria. Va,
seventh grade pupil at Lee Jack
son School,
Rosina and her classmates have
set up a Red Cross booth in the au-
ditorium of the school. THE pur-
pose of this BOOTH" she writes. lis
to collect clean discarded clothing
and wearable shoes. These things
will be taken to Red Cross head
quarters. The booth also is used as
medical center for any one who
may get hurt at school"
The booth was built by Garth
War and Junior Kincheloe, and
decorated by Dolores Blunt. Jean
Frinks, Wilma Davis and Rosina.
Garth and Junior made it. Rosina
says, from table set about 5 feet
from the wall, with boards on each
side attached to the wall. White
paper was hung all around the
BOOTH" she goes on, "and a sign was
made by Wilma. Two girls stay in
the booth to receive contributions
and give first aid.'
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Barbara Seitz, Is, Of La Plata
(MdD High School, writes that the
Echo, student newspaper. gives fun
and laughter to every one in the
school," Margaret Beale. Waldorf.
is editor of the publication, which
is issued five times during the school
year . OF 299 Woodrow Wilson
High School students doing war
work, 166 are air-raid messengers
-. Miss Florence Judge, algebra and
geometry teacher at Wilson, has
joined the WAVES. After a five
week training course at Smith Col
lege, she will teach mathematics in
aeronautics," whatever that is q.
Wilson's student rolls include the
name Of Ann Clark, whose father,
Maj. Gen. Mark w. Clark. was one
OF the heroes of the invasion Of
French North Africa. She is a
sophomore An average Of 30
students daily are enrolling in the
Wilson Victory Corps. Membership
in the corps now totals 1874 i.
Members of the Hi-Y at Wilson are
turning in discarded keys for
salvage Wilson's John Gunnar-
son is man of parts. He's captain
of the band, president of the Ma
tional Honor Society, vice president
of the Boys Glee Club and presi-
dent of the Math Club. And. as If
that were not enough. he is an honor
student and finds time to play four
musical instruments.
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