Evening star., 1943-10-03
lust Between
Yourselves.
BY PHILIP H. LOVE
Editor, The Junior Star.

Shirley King has stepped into
Jeanne Barinott's place as The
Junior Stars official correspond
ent at Mckinley High School. She
was chosen for the job by her jour
nalism teacher, Robert d. Brinker
But, of course, there is nothing tc
keep unofficial" correspondents
girls and boys working on their
own-from giving her plenty OF
competition, Nothing, that is, ex-
cept the fact that Mr.. Brinker, who
has been selecting Techs j. S. cor
respondents for something like five
years, has never failed to pick a
winner.
Speaking of competition-at Gen.
tral High School, it promises to be
keener this year than ever before
The entire journalism class is to Be
given an opportunity to write for
the J. S.
There is also likely to be some hot
competition at Roosevelt High
School, where Shirley Turner'S
rating as No. l correspondent of the
J. S. is being threatened by three
new students. And Demetra Bacas
veteran j. S. correspondent al
Coolidge High School, had better
look to her Journalistic laurels, too
as couple of new pupils are out to
snatch them if they can.
X X X X
But competition just adds to the
fun of writing for the j. S. The
harder 1t is to capture one of those
prize checks, the bigger the 81 looks
X x
If you would like to be on the re-
ceiving end of some of the prize
money to be distributed this schoo,
year, drop in at The Junior Stal
Office tRoom 727, Star BWlding) the
next time you're downtown. III be
glad to tell you how you can give
Shirley King, Shirley Turner
Demetra Bacas, the Central jour
naliSm students and all the other
j. S. correspondents official and un-
official real contest for some OF
those thrilling pieces of paper that
say, Pay to the order of -"
Daisy WEIGH, 12-year-old invalid
whose peanut dolls have attracted
national attention, has developed
something new. Now it's dolls made
from walnuts, and they are even
more interesting than the ones she
makes from peanuts.
The Bradford (Pa) girl sent me
picture OF some Of her new crea
tions-as she explains. "a whole
family of mother. father and chill
dren.' Each doll consists of two
walnutS, one for the head and the
other for the body. The features are
painted on the nuts. and the clothes
are cut from crepe paper OF various
colorS.
DAISY. as readers Of this column
should recall, suffers from an eve
allment which sometimes makes il
impossible for her to see. She
writes:
Recently, I lost my very best
friend; my mother died August 5.
miss her SO much. She had beer
very i'll since June II. l took care
OF her all alone for two weeks and
three days; then they took her tc
a hospital. as l couldn't leave her
bed. l am almost alone now, but
l have many friends who are very
coed to me-
I work on my peanut and walnut
dolls little every day I'm not well
enough to work on them long at
time. Many of my dolls are III
Washington, as ] sell them to a dol,
club there. Many were exhibited II
Washington this past summer. too
Dalsy's dolls have helped to sup
port her and her widowed mother
for several years. She has Won
numerous prizes with them in eX-
hlbltions throughout the country
and also has sold them to collectors
IN Washington. New York and other
cities. A collection Of them is to be
exhibited soon, she says. by the His
torical Society of Atlanta, Ga.
Kathleen Faulconer and some OF
her friends are organizing a Prank
Slnatra fan club" Any one inter-
ested in joining may obtain lnfor-
nation by writing to Kathleen al
732 Thayer avenue, Silver Spring
Md.
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