Evening star., 1944-12-10
! Just Between
Ourselves
By PHILIP II. Lope !,

Donald Walkers railroad cross-
ing" sign looked like the real thing,
all right, and he was very pleased
with 1t. He spent hours making
1t, and now, at last, It was ready to
be set up In his back yard at 6526
Fifth street NV.
stop, Look, Listen" the sign
warned, and that was just what the
7-year-old Whittier School second
grader wanted his father to do.
He'll see 1t when he comes home
from work." Donald said, "and he'll
play trains with me-and that's
really funp
But It's fun, too, to make things,
and Donald has had-and is still
having-his fair share. He became
interested in woodwork about year
ago, after reading a magazine article
on the subject. The picture at the
right will give you some idea of
what Donald has been doing with
his spare time, but there's more to it
than that. He has made croquet
wickets, bookends, whatnot shelves
and-best of all, he thinks-lapel
pins for his mother, Mrs. Orville
Walker, and hts l3-year-old sister
jeanne.
Donald does his work In the base
ment Of his home, mostly with tools
borrowed from his father. When he
isn't busy in. the cellar, he's canvass
ing the neighborhood with his wa
gon, rounding up paper for the
Salvage for Victory" campaign. His
collections average about 81 pounds
every two weeks, he said.
Friendship House, 6l9 D street
Sc, has asked me to ask you
If you have any toys that are in
pretty good condition, and that you
can get along without, please
please-play Santa Claus with them.
That is to say, please turn them over
to the settlement house, which will
distribute them to the 200 or more
children whose only Christmas will
be what 1t gets through Friendship.
Toys especially desired by Friend
ship House are bicycles, building
blocks, construction sets, dolls and
roller skates. But, of course, any
toys likely to appeal to boys and
girls up to Is about are acceptable
**
A recent issue of The Junior
Star carried a prize story by Jean
He'll of Rockville, Md, about how
she and her sisters Kathleen anc
Connie have made hobby of thar.
monizing." Now comes this letter
from Jean:
Il am writing to thank you fol
our prize and picture. It was rea,
good. The principal put it on the
bulletin board at school. Kathleen
has started hobby of collecting
the pictures OF Junior Star win
ners. She would like to exchange
snapshots with some of them.
We are still keeping up our sing.
ing. Uncle Bud Ward an
nounced on the radio that Connie
is the youngest alto singer in the
world. (She's So We had three
more records made. We are still
singing on WMAL. At school, we
are busy getting ready for a War
Bond rally"
Junior jottings: Louis Battistone
4l27 River road NV, collects re-
cordings by Spike Jones, the King
OF Corn" says note from Harvey
Whitten, IA. Alice Deal Junior High
School. Louis favorites, according
to Harvey, are "Hotcha Cornia, /"
Come Josephine, in My Flying
Machine" BLACK Magic" and Lie
bestraum." And if any one has
BLACK Magic" or "Liebestraum" and
wants to get rid Of it, says Harvey
Louis is his man Barbara Joan
Mayer, II, another Deal pupil, broad
cast an original poem. Buy Bond
for Baby" on a recent WMAL pro-
gram Shirley Turner, former
Roosevelt High School correspond
ent Of the Junior Star, now attend.
ing the University Of Miami, post
cards: "It's real nice here. There
are students from all over the United
States and from several South
American countries. I like it fine
Course, it's a long way from the
District of Columbia. Hope the
Junior Star is getting along fine
The recent Overseas Edition of The
Star was swell" It is, 1t wa-and
thanks. .... ~