Evening star., 1943-04-04
What Washington Boys and Girls Are Doing Help Cross
Just
Between
Ourselves
BY PHILIP H. LOVE-
Editor, The Junior Star.

| lent work in the junior and senior
high schools. And if you find it as
interesting as I hope you will, you
can thank Robert D. Brinker, jour-
nalism teacher at Mckinley High
School, for he rounded up the va
rious stories and delivered them to
me. In fact, Mr.. Brinker delivered
many more stories than I know
what to do enough, I reckon,
to fill about three pages, instead of
just this one, and most of them
very good, indeed.
Inasmuch as the Red Cross Fund
campaign ends Wednesday, it seems
pointless to hold these surplus
stories for future publication. They
practically scream to be used, in one
way or another, right now-today.
And the only practical way I can
think of is simply to dash through
them, snatching a sentence or two
here and sentence or two there
until the bottom of the column has
been reached. If any one of them
remains after that, I can only say
I'm sorry, but Mr.. Brinker did his
| job too well.
Best of all the extra stories was
written by Norma Bennett on be-
half of Holy Trinity High and Grade
Schools. For surgical dressing work
at Walsh House, Norma reported,
Patricia Thomas, Joan Taylor,
Doris McIndoW, June Hall and Dor
othy Dunbar started the fashion of
wearing their fathers or brothers
white shirt as an apron" :. I'm
oneWeek drive recently almost
5000 was contributed by Roosevelt
High School students to the War
Fund" wrote Donald Wolpe, editor
of the Roosevelt Reporter. :. This
past Christmas we collected 1925
articles and gave them to the Home
for the Aged, Blue Plains" said
Basha Newman. Langley Junior
High School From September to
February the Junior Red Cross
storeroom at Langley was filled and
emptied many times" Elaine Cox
and Barbara Burnette interjected.
And Betty Anne Ralph added:
Since 1924 Langley has had 100
per cent membership in the JRC."
-. 1--WE at Mcfarland Junior High
School are proud of our JRC Or
ganization," Marie Hansen let it be
known. Every student is men,
ber Following our autumn cam
paign," she added. 1--WE mailed
check for $500 to the Red Cross, a
greater sum than was contributed
by any other Junior high school in
the District" The JRC is OBJ
tanning magnificent results from the
enthusiastic pupils of Sacred Heart
School," commented Vivian Evans
and Mildred Brown. Several of the
Sacred Heart Academy girls are TAX
ing canteen and nutrition courses"
i. Lending a helping hand to
others and learning how to prepare
for emergencies are the two greatest
aims" Charlotte Mahoney wrote of
the program at st. Cecilia's Acad-
emy.
"Hine Junior High School has
started drive for the war fund
and is aiming to contribute $780,"
said Carolyn D. Lange. I'VE have
a unique exhibit at Central High
School. Hines Supply Line to Uncle
Sam showing our varied activities"
Jefferson Junior High School
is contributing to the war effort
as much as possible" declared Mary
Bello At Nativity Commercial
School the emphasis has been on
the sale of War savings stamps.
1--WE believe half-f1lled stamp book
is like a half armed SOLDIER OBJ
served Mary Virginia Abel =.
1--WE did our best to cheer the sick
in the hospitals" reported La Verne
Colson, Eliot Junior High School.
:. TN the current drive" Barbara
Carlson reported from Paul Junior
High School, "the pupils have con-
tributed $125.50 and the teachers
S236" For Christmas wrote
Dorothy Reed and Mary Dickson,
Woodrow Wilson High School, 800
red and green stockings were made
and filled with useful articles for
sailors at Bethesda Naval Hospital
The Shamrock, official monthly
at st. Patrick's Academy, ran
column Ill its March issue explaining
the vital services rendered by the
Red Cross both at home and
abroad" Ann Donnelly observed.
Also in the March issue was an
imposing free-hand sketch of The
Greatest Mother in the World"
At Stuart Junior High School "the
aim of each grade is to buy three
jeeps for the Army" said Margaret
Hall. "We have collected 1923 and
expect many more contributions.
"We started the year with
a dance to raise money for the
war fund" recalled Beverly Dove,
Powell Junior High, land we have
completed hand-crocheted bedsize
afghan which took several years to
make" cat Christmas" wrote
Esther Price, Anacostia High School,
I'VE made crossword puzzles for
servicemen. We saved the puzzles
from newspapers and pasted them
on one side of piece of cardboard,
in the middle of which was pencil
with an eraser On the other side
we used scotch tape to paste greet
ing cards over the answers" i
During the war fund drive students
at Kramer Junior High School have
contributed generously" chorused
Hildegarde Sterling and Claire
Goheen. "A Red Cross table was
set up in the hall and smiling, en-
thusiastic girls received the money
which was brought in every hour of
the day" All JRC drives at
Eastern High School have been sue
cessful, Vera Weiskopf reported,
especially the Victory book cam
paign, which brought in over 200
volumes" I'm the classrooms
and in the clubs We are serving con-
stantly," said Camille Du Bose,
teacher at Gordon Junior High
School. Already our war fund has
more than doubled its goal of 500
and money is still being contrib
uted" Another teacher, Mrs.
F.. Novenger, Taft Junior High
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