Evening star., 1943-05-23
Just
Between
Yourselves
BY PHILIP H. LOVE.
Editor, The Junior Star.


Editor. The junior Star.
Ashton Mossburg has developed a
hobby that enables him to do lot Of
travelling, of q sort, right in his
own home. He travels by scrap
book, and the only fare he has to
pay is in postage stamps.
The idea Of becoming a scrap
book traveller" occurred to Ashton
about two years ago. He had always
wanted to visit distant places, but
New York and Florida were the
farthest he ever got from his home
at 816 North Barton street, Arling-
ton, Va. And those trips only whet-
ted his desire to 60 farther and see
more.
So Ashton began writing letters to
all the places he wanted to visit but
couldn't. And before long he was
receiving folders, pamphlets and
other illustrated travel literature
from all the States of the Union
and also from Canada, Cuba and
the Bahama Islands.
1--WE written as many as Is let
ters a day." he tells me, land only
once have I failed to get a response.
That was when wrote to Mexico.
I guess I'll have to go there in per-
son."
Now Ashton has two large scrap
books of travel data and in addition
a great deal OF miscellaneous mate
rial so bulky that it has to be kept
loose.
Every city in California, Florida
and Texas is represented in my COL
lection" he says, "and also every
province of Canada. I have news =
papers, magazines. books, maps-all
kinds OF things. I even have a spe-
cial pass to the famous Brown Derby
in Hollywood, and I'm going to use
it some day, I hope
Perhaps the most interesting and
informative item in Ashton's collec-
ton is an illustrated book on San
Francisco. "It tells more about San
Francisco than you could learn by
going there" he declares. "If I ever
get there-and hope to make per-
sonal visits of all my scrapbook
travels some day-I'm sure I'll know
my way around"
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Ashton, who is 10, was a senior at
Washington-Lee High School until
a few months ago. Then he was
called for examination by his draft
board and quit school to prepare
for his induction. He was rejected
because of his eyes. however.
The new semester at WI. had
already started" he explains, so I
decided to get a job and finish my
schooling at night"
Ashton has been interested in
drawing since he was about g., At
Thomas jefferson Junior High
School he drew cartoons for. the
student newspaper. the Jeffersonian,
and at Washington-Lee he was car
toonist for Crossed Sabres. In 1941
he won prize in a poster contest
conducted by the Arlington Com
munity Chest. " .-g.
ct plan to enter the Corcoran
School of Art" he says. Some
day I'll be a professional cartoonist
and then, maybe, I'll be able to go
to all the places in my scrapbooks. u
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Well, how are you coming along
with your collections of old silk and
nylon hosiery? .sea. = >, .-
AS announced here last Sunday,
the District Salvage Committee is
offering prizes totaling $50 to the
boys and girls who turn in the most
hosiery on Saturday, June 5, at room
412 Albee Building, Fifteenth and
G streets NV. If you have not yet
begun your collecting. or if your
effort is tagging, get busy today
right now. You will not only stand
a good chance at a worth while
prize, but-and this is important
you'll be helping your country to
win the war.
The prizes are SIS, $40 and S5, all
in War savings stamps, to be award
ed by the committee. And the re-
suits, so far as your Uncle Sam is
concerned, will be more powder bags
and other needed war materials.
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Bernie Miller, battling center of
Roosevelt High Schools 1912 foot
ball team, is now in the Navy as a
radioman, second class. Sam De
Shazo, one of last years basket ball
ers, is in the Army. And Howard
Blafkin, Al graduate, is with the
Army Air Forces in England.
Other Roosevelt men at war, ac-
cording to post card just received
from correspondent at the school,
are: Carl Sturges, football and
baseball player, Army; Tom Robert
son, baseball and basket ball, Army
Air Forces; George Robertson, base
ball and basket ball, Navy; Dick
Koester, three-letter man, all-high,
anti-aircraft, Army; Lennie Eiker,,
baseball, Army; Frank Redinger,
baseball and basket ball, Army.
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Barbara Hauter, j. S. correspond
ent at Woodrow Wilson High School,
has made Delta Rho Gamma Soror-
ity.