Evening star., 1944-10-22
lust Between
Ourselves
By PHILIP II. Love

The twins who wrote the Twin
stories that appeared in the Junior
Star Of October / have been at 1t
again. Only this time they've been
writing twin letters to the j. s.
Penny and Patsy Ann Blackledge
Is, of 1907 Van Ness street NV.
won prizes of 81 each with stories
of their summer of fun at the Rock
Creek Day Camp. And in acknowl-
edgement of the checks both have
written thank you" notes that
struck me as being every bit as in
teresting as their stories. First
Penny, because her story was the
one you read first-if you read from
left to right, as most people do:
Thank you very much for sending
us prize. I didn't really expect
one.
II was very happy when saw my
picture in the paper, but at first ]
didn't recognize myself.
Il am going to ask mother to
divide my prize into four quarters.
I have budget bank that is divided
into slots for dog miscellaneous
and Christmas and I shall put a
quarter in each slot. I am going to
spend the other quarter, but don t
know what for"
But Patsy Ann has her spending
plans all worked out. She writes:
Thank you very much for the
check you sent me- I am saving my
money to buy cocker spaniel and
1 shall put my dollar in it.
Il was happy when I saw my pic
ture in the paper One of the girls
brought it (to Phoebe Hearst SCHOOL,
for news, and the teacher put 1t up
on the bulletin board, so now I feel
like pin-up girl"
At Woodrow Wilson High School
they've been asking, Us you ID or is
you amt our orphan?" And at long
last they hope they've got an an
SWer.
Last spring Wilson students held
a county fair" to raise funds for
the adoption" of a war orphan.
They raised the funds, all right, and
they were even assigned an or
phan-one Wyndham Thomas, a
British boy.
But, alas, 1t turned out that Wynd-
ham had been assigned to Wilson by
He really belonged to some
other school.
Well, now substitute has been
provided, in the person of Joseph
Smith, II, whose father was killed
in one of the many bombings of
Malta, and whose mother also is
dead. Wilson will contribute to
Joseph's support in every way pos
sible, and, of course, it's happy to
be foster father" again. But, re-
membering the Wyndham Thomas
experience, it's keeping its collective
fingers crossed.
Room l13 of Eastern High School,
formerly used by student typists, has
been dedicated as a memorial to
alumni who have died in the service
of their country. The room is being
redecorated and consideration Is
being given to plan to make up
memorial album of pictures of
former students in the services. In
stead of honoring the dead with
plaques, classes are being encour-
aged TO contribute various articles
of furniture.
Junior jottings: Laura Nicholson,
executive secretary of the War
Workers Council, 819 Sixteenth
street NV, is anxious to know if
any one in Washington collects an
tique buttons. Do you? If so. get in
touch with her through National
8l24 or 1906. Jeanne Bari
mott, long time j. S. correspondent
at Mckinley High School, post cards
from Jacksonville: I'm in Florida
for a month before returning to
Penn State on the 30th. It's very
warm here and I've been spending
most of my time swimming and get
ting a tan. Hope to see you before
to college" Me, took
cept that I'm not returning to COL
lege. Frances Lovejoy, Is.
Anacostia High School, spent week
in Atlantic City, visiting wounded
soldiers in England General Hos
spital, a combination of the former
Hotel Traymore, Haddon Hall and
another hospital. Seniors of
Holy Trinity High School had a lot
of fun recently at an initiation party
for freshmen. The event was both
unique and original" says a note
from Mary P. Cook, chairman of