Evening star., 1944-01-16
Just Between
Ourselves
BY PHILIP II. Love,
Editor. The Junior star.

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Some disabled soldier at Walter
Reed Hospital owes thanks to the
Junior Red Cross workers OF Green
leaf School.
For that matter, soldiers, sailors
and marines everywhere, disabled or
not, owe thanks to the Junior Red
Cross-but that Is another story.
The present story Is concerned
only with the fact that the Walter
Reed patient, whoever he may be, is
wrapped in a warm afghan made byl
Greenleaf's industrious Red Cross
erS. 1t is one Of the biggest afghans
ever made. according to the District
Red Cross-7 feet long by 5 feet
wide-and it's also one OF the most
beautiful.
Many hands devoted many hours Of
painstaking labor to the making of |
this afghan. It was presented last
Tuesday to the chairman Of the
knitting division of the District Red
Cross, Mrs. H. G. McCarty, at O.
Parent Teacher Association meeting
in Sal. Bowen School, and was sent |
Immediately to Walter Reed. The
presentation was made by two H.
year-old Greenleaf pupils, Barbara |
Davis, 1410 Third street SW., and
Betty Dodson, 482 street S.W.
Every Greenleafer who had a hand
in the making of this fine afghan
certainly deServes-and Is hereby
given-a pat or two or three on the
back.
But, of course, Greenleaf is not the
only school that is aiding the Red
Cross. Every school, public and
private, Is working for the Red Cross
in one way or another. In 1943,
just by way of example, Junior Red
Cross workers in schools throughout
the country, in addition to many
other activities, provided 1000
Christmas decoration kits for use in
military and naval posts and hos
pitfalls overseas.
During March the Red Cross will
raise its 1914 War Fund. The goal
will be 5000 600, 900, part OF which
will be used to support the work of
the Junior Red Cross. Begin now
to save your pennies, nickels, dimes
and dollars so you will be able to
make contribution for which some
fighting man-at Walter Reed or on
the far flung battle fronts-will owe
you thanks.
Cicely Davenport, author of to-
days prize winning poem, Com
plant" is member of the repor-
torial staff of the Woodrow Wilson
High School Beacon. She was one
Of her newspapers delegates to the
recent high school journalism con-
ference at Wilson Teachers College
and was mentioned in this column
at that time. In a letter accom-
panying her contribution. Cicely
said: This poem was hastily jotted
down, and I don't think much of
it myself, so I'll understand if you
don't want to use it." But Cicely
was much too modest, as the line,
Prize Contribution" above her
poem proves.
Another of today's prize winners,
Paula Simonds, has several hobbies
besides the one mentioned in her
article. She also collects butterflies,
Indian arrowheads and bottles of
perfume. Her butterflies already
have been written up" in The
Junior Star, but nothing ever has
been printed about her 100 perfume
bottles and Is arrowheads. I think
she should tell us all about those
collections, too.
William D. Commins, Junior Star
correspondent at St. Anthony's
School, recently won a ring worth
$500 for contribution to the
"Keepsakes" radio program. His
Keepsake" was poem entitled
With Ring" A note from his
mother, Mrs. Marie C. Commins,
says, "The program was beautiful,
and the song to match the poem was
I Love You Truly" William is in
the eighth grade at st. Anthony's.
His father is professor of psychology
at Catholic University.
Drawing animal pictures is the IA
vorite pastime of Jack Sanborn
Reeder, 7, third-grade pupil of Lor-
ton Wa) School, Art comes nat
ural," as the saying is, for Jack, as
his father designs houses as hobby,
and he has an uncle who is an
artist.
Charles Collingwood, foreign cor
respondent of the Columbia Broad
casting System, was "one of the
most interesting speakers to visit
Roosevelt High School this semes-
ter" reports Shirley Turner. She
promises to write an article about
his speech for the ]. S.
We'll Prepared
Plump gir. Ito hfeguard What
shall I do? My chin is getting all
sunburned?"
Lifeguard: What do you care?