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Evening star., 1945-12-02
10th Anniversary
OF VFW Auxiliary

The 26th anniversary OF National
Capital Unit, Veterans of Foreign
Wars Auxiliary, was observed Friday
night, with Mrs. Beulah Weller pre-
siding.
Mrs. Edith Hiser, hospital chair
man, announced q Christmas visit
will be made December 13 to the
women's ward at Mount Alto Hos
pital.
Miss Selma Shesser and Miss Doris
Olsen were obligated by Miss Hen
rietta Hinrichsen, president Of Pen
tagon Auxiliary, at the last meeting.
Mrs. Roberts Fawcett, past de-
|partment president, presented flag
Ito the auxiliary.
Arrangements were made for a
Christmas party on December 18,
when members OF the post will be
guests.
The Firecrackers Cootiette Club,
with Chief Grayback Mrs. Ruebie
Heironimus presiding, made plans
for q nursery shower In February
for the benefit Of the National Home
Nursery Of the vFW In Eaton Rapids,
Mich. A hospital party for the
patients of Mount Alto will be held
in December. A Christmas party
will be held after the regular meet
ing in December.
Meetings this week are: Sunday,
Government Printing Once Auxil-
liary, 7l3 D street NV; Monday, De-
lpartment, Northeast Masonic Tenn
lple; Tuesday, All-American Aux
iliary, 1919 K street NV; Wednes-
day, Police and Fire Auxiliary, 7l3
ID street NV: Naval Gun Factory,
2401 Minnesota avenue S.E.
Evening star., 1945-12-02

South of China is Siam, which
now contains close to $4,000, 900
people. Much of the land is a
jungle, but here and there you find
a village with a few hundred in
habitants. The natives have skins
of olive color-darker than those
of the Chinese, but lighter than the
Burmese, who live to the west OF
Siam.
For time this country was known
as Highland. A few months ago
however, an announcement was
made that the old name of Siam
would be used again.
The people of Siam sometimes
travel on the backs Of elephants
More than 1000 tame elephants
were kept in Siam before the recent
Pacific war. The big beasts breal
new pathways through the jungle
and carry heavy loads. "A full.
grown elephant can manage a loac
Of 1900 pounds. With such a bur.
den it travels from sunrise to sunset
at the rate of 4 miles an hour.
The driver sits above the ele.
plants head. When wealthy foil
rake q ride, they let the driver d,
the work of guiding while they 81
in the 'howdah," q seat which
usually is covered to shield tn,
riders from the hot rays of the sun
It is placed on the elephants back
For hundreds of years the Siames
haua 1ooLad ~, u,hifa olart,an%s a
holy animals. II we may believ
Evening star., 1945-12-02
Autumn in New England

brick path, Frankie handed me a
rake. We raked the brown leaves
into piles, and Kitty, the baby,
jumped into them.
That night, Dad and Frankie
drove out into the country while
Nom and I did the dishes. They
came back with q Jug OF cider and
q bag of big apples. I washed Kitty's
face and hands, which were streaked
from the dirt Of the bonfires Frankie
and I had made. We all sat around
in the kitchen, drinking cider and
eating the apples and some dough-
nuts my mother had made that aft
ernoon. When the street lights had
been. on for hours, and the little
brass clock in the dining room
chimed eight times, frankie dimmed
the lights because Dad had built q
fire in the big fireplace for us to
pop corn over. The popcorn was hot
and salty, but good.
There's something about remem-
bering - remembering how quiet
streets looked when dressed in red
and yellow halloween costumes; re-
membering how it felt to rub a
horse-chestnut across my cheek;
remembering the cracking bonfires
that lit up the inky blackness of
night-that gives me q feeling of
peace and gladness that I never felt
while living those autumns.
Evening star., 1945-12-02
Uncle Rays Corner

an old record, a war was fought be-
tween Siam and a nearby country
about the ownership of such an
elephant.
A white elephant was captured
about Is years ago in the northern
jungle of Siam. To make it easy
for this elephant to walk to the
nearest river, q pathway was cut
through the jungle. A floating
home, matched with flowers, was
provided. Gold mating covered the
floor and scarlet curtains decorated
the windows. Jasmine scented
water was used for his bath and he
was fed rice cakes and sugar cane.
Acrobats, dancers and musicians
were hired to entertain the elephant
whenever he rested during his
journey to the royal stables.
The homes of the Siamese are
commonly built of wood-often OF
bamboo. The roofs are thatched
with palm leaves.
You would be interested to ses
a marriage in Siam. The feastine
lasts for two or three days. Some
times Buddhist priest comes to say
prayers and sprinkle holy water or
the couple, but the wedding does moi
require priest.
Bangkok, the capital Of the king.
dom, is q pleasant city, with well.
built houses and paved streets
Both sides Of the river at Bangkol
are lined with hoNeboats Wher,
families live the year around.
Evening star., 1945-12-02
Win a Cash Prise
flirting, Drawing
For Junior Star

If you are not more than 1s, or
have not yet finished high school,
you are eligible to write or draw for
The Junior Star. AS many as five
cash prizes Of 81 are awarded for
the best contributions published
each week, and writer's Of stories
which, in the opinion of the editor,
are of sufncient merit are issued
cards identifying them as Junior
Star reporters. Here are the rules:
|. All contributions must be original.
2. Stories, articles, poems, etc, must be
written on one side of paper; II type
written they must be double spaced. Draw
ines must be in black ink or crayon on
white paper and must be mailed nat. not
3. Name, age, address. telephone num-
ber and school Of the contributor must be
in the upper left-hand corner of written
contributions and on the back Of drawings.
4. The editors choice of winners is
hnal and he reserves the right to publish
any contribution in whatever form he
thinks best. REGARDLESS Of whether 1t Is
awarded . prize. He may also withhold
prizes awarded for contributions found not
to be original.
8. No contributions will bs returned.
Checks for contributions awarded
prizes today will be mailed this
week. Address your contributions to:
Junior Star Editor, 727 Star Build
ing. 1101 Pennsylvania avenue NV.
Washington. D. C..
Evening star., 1945-12-02
Meetings this week are:
Mrs. Carol Mortenson
Heads 8 and 40

Delegates of the District Salon,
Eight and Forty, returned from the
national convention at Chicago last
week and reported the election of
Mrs. Carol Mortenson of Ord, Nebr.,
as the new national chapeau.
Mrs. Helen K. Ware received the
cash award for being the first men,
bership chairman to reach the
membership quota in the Eastern
Division. A child welfare trophy
was awarded District of Columbia
Salon for its outstanding program
in child welfare, under the direc-
ton OF Mrs. Eva B. Carrico.
Mrs. Mary B. Corwin Of this city
was appointed national organizer.
Members have assembled 100000
Christmas tuberculosis seals for
mailing, and will have charge of
the booth at the Benjamin Franklin
Post Office, December 4 through 81
from 9 am. to 9 pm. Mrs. Ann
Zaruba. in charge, requests vol
unteers to telephone her for assign
ments, Michigan 1888.
The Goth annual birthday dinner
Of the salon will be held December
9th at the Annapolis Hotel. Res
ervations must be in by December
S with Mrs. Margaret Carroll
Woodley 6542; Mrs. Helen K. Ware
Dupont 0l98, or Mrs. Lillian Judd
Lincoln 6610,
Evening star., 1945-12-02
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By Edith Runk, Is,

Because, after you've moved away
from town, you usually remember
a lot of things that seemed unim-
portant when you were there, 1t
doesn't seem strange that should
remember how New England Is In
autumn.
In September, I always shopped
for winter clothes, bought . new
pair of oxfords, and talked about
the summer with my special friends.
However, in October I began to see
and hear the familiar autumn. Our
house was a big, brown, old-fash-
ioned one with wide porch and a
brick walk leading to the sidewalk.
The garden was in the back, and
there was q croquet set under the
trees that shaded the brick walk.
One day, while walking home from
school, I noticed the big maple trees
by the church had turned red and
yellow. kicked the piles OF fallen
leaves lazily. When I passed Mrs.
Mahr's yard, saw that the horse
chestnuts were just about to fall.
Every October, my big brother,
frankie, and I had a race to see
who could collect the most nuts.
frankie usually won. When I
opened our gate and walked up the
Evening star., 1945-12-02
Guide to New Books
For Young Readers

Stephen Foster Songs for Boys and
Girls, selected and edited by Ella
Herbert Bartlett, arrangements by
Mario Agnolucci, illustrations by
Stephen J. Voorhies (Whittlesey
$2)-The daughter of Victor Herbert
has chosen IA of Fosters songs of
particular interest to young folks.
A good selection.
Blackboard Fun, by Victor Perard
Pitman) Simple instructions in
blackboard drawing, which, the
artist contends, is helpful in other
art work.
Old Grumpy Porcupine, by Blanche
Ashley Ambrose (Hebberd: 81 -
Human stories Of creatures of the
forest. with illustrations by Madge
Harding. Little folks should like it.
Evening star., 1945-12-02

would entertain q teacher or any
baffled. This is something I think /,
They should learn to be at ease wi
and boys.
I am taking q course in home
economics, and am finding it help
full in every way. I not only learn
to cook; I also learn to entertain.
The girls in my class give a lunch
con or dinner twice a week, to which
we invite one or two teachers. We
have host and hostess, Just as If
We were In a real home, and we
really act the part.
I know what a great many Of
you are saying: What in the world
would we talk about?"
If you would stop and analyze
your teachers for a moment, you
would find you have a great deal
in common. You can discuss books,
moving pictures, hike you are
planning, parties and q great many
other things. Don't tell me it
doesn't work because I know it does.
I have tried it.
There is an old saying that goes,
The highest honor you can pay
a person is to serve him a good meal
and serve 1t WE'LL"
This is a good way to start a
good reputation. After all, when
a meal is to be served, wouldn't
you like for people to ask your
advice? 1t really makes you feel
good.
Why not learn about your teach
ers? Why not try it, teen-agers?
Evening star., 1945-12-02
Bridge
By Frank B. Lord

Final scores in the hrSt half OF
the team Of four series Of the Fed
eral Bridge League will be deter
mined by results of the game Tues
day evening. The various four
somes then will engage in q three
game playoff to decide sectional
winners, with the first playof1
scheduled for December IL.
The weekly meeting on Decen-
Der 18 will be given over to the mas
ter point pair game which is usually
held on the last Tuesday in the
month. It is being advanced a week
so that it won't fall on Christmas,
the one day Of the year when the
Federal members do not play bridge,
at least in their league. However,
there will be q pair game on New
Year Day, which will be open to all
players, whether or not they are
members of the league.
The second playoff game will
occur on January 8 and the final
one on January Is. Immediately
before the last game the league will
hold its annual meeting for election
Of of1icers and other business.
Tho second half of the series of
team games win start January q
and continue for 10 weeks. Then
there will be another sectional series
Of playoff games and a master
match, between the leaders of the
two half series, for the leagues q
grand trophy-the Luther G. Stew
art Cup, presented by the Federal
Union.
The prizes In the coming playof1
games will be: Section A, first, $22;
second, $12; third, Sc. Section B.
first, $40: second. $40; third, S.
Section G, first, $40; second, $40;
third, IS. Section D, first. $18: sec.
ond, So; no third prize.
Contests In the different sections
are very close. Only .004 of a point
divides the Victory team from the
Cascades in the first section. In the
second section. the Army has an ad-
vantage Of .002 over the Jeeps and
the Greyhounds, while in the third
section the Splashers have a margin
OF .004 above the Fighters.
The following is the present
standing of the several teams:
Evening star., 1945-12-02
|Cootie Pup Tent
Officers Seated;
|VFW Activities

Past Supreme Seam Squirrel Frank
Topash, Military Order of the
Coolies, Veterans OF Foreign Wars,
installed officers Of r. N. T. Pup
Tent Friday evening as follows:
Commander. Edward T. Spedden;
senior vice commander, James
Hatch; Junior vice commander
Leland G. Warnock; chaplain, John
s. Macaboy; surgeon, lie Roy Cor
bin; quartermaster, Jack Holiday:
Judge advocate, Frank Topash: his
torian, Jay Coulter; trustee, Pscar
Kreamer.
Fourth District Council Member
Charles B. Jennings, Department
Comdr. Frank Topash, Department
Quartermaster Edward T. Spedden
and Department Contact Officer L.
H. Neville Thompson will attend
the National Council Of Admins
tration session at Kansas City, Mo,
this week.
Potomac Post celebrated its 22d
anniversary at the Embassy Club
with dance and buffet luncheon.
The Goth anniversary OF Front
Line Post was celebrated Monday
night at 713 D street NV. Mem
bers of the auxiliary were in charge
Of the arrangements.
At a short business session Comdr
Clyde w. KERN gave the obligation
to Paul Hover, Paul B. Story, Alfred
J. Farley, George Gravec, Milton J
Dupering, Simon Book, Herbert L
Byrd, Harry o. Wigle, Gerald E
Wigle, Alvin L. Bowles, Willard S
Hart, Homer w. Corso, Charles P
Perry, Ralph C. Kirby, Irving Shen.
ker, Harold L. Reed, Vinton w
Dove, James F. Moore, Donald r
Acton, Robert J. Hibbs, Alvin Eskin
Tommie A. Derr, Ardean J. Hover
John P. Jenkins, Samuel c. Long
Charles w. Haselden, John w. Mil.
Ter, John J. Sheaffer, Gaylord G
Borland, Fred E. Kendall, Walter J
Potter and Charles A. Brown.
Meetings the week are:
Monday-Council Of Administra.
ton, District Building.
Tuesday-Military Order Of tht
Cootie, 713 D street NV.
Wednesday-H. L. Edmonds Post
1919 K street NV; U. s. Naval Cur
Factory Post, 1910 Good Hope roae
Sc.
Thursday-Equality Walter Reec
Post, 7l3 D street NV.
Friday - National Capitol Post
1910 x street w
Evening star., 1945-12-02
Cold Night Draws
High School Students
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By Marearet Retfew, II,

1astcAA A1ltu oSlOU4.
COED Night" brings several hun
dred high school boys and girls to
a dance at the YWCA or YMCA the
first and third Fridays Of every
month. Sponsored by the Girl Re-
serves of the YWCA and the boys
of the YMCA, the affair
provides three hours of entertain
ment from $3.50 until 1880 o'clock.
There is ping-pong, sometimes
swimming, dancing to an orchestra
and refreshments.
Very often there is a special event.
There was a Hobo Hop" for which
every one wore his oldest clothes.
The Halloween dance was called the
Harvest Hop" and boys and girls
came in dungarees and plaid shirts.
Evening star., 1945-12-02
Safety Circus Talks
By Dick Mansfield

Inspector Dick Mansfield, director
Of The Stars school safety program
and former chief Of detectives, is
giving q Safety Circus" series of
chalk talks to pupils OF elementary
and junior and senior high schools.
The program is sponsored by The
Junior Star in cooperation with
school authorities Of the District and
nearby Maryland and Virginia. This
weeks schedule:
Monday, Bethesda; Tuesday, Chevy
Chase; Wednesday, Clara Barton;
Thursday. Somerset: Friday. Brad
ley.
Evening star., 1945-12-02
Gods Tokens
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By Florence Krnm, is,

BY Florence KrHm, rs,
Takoma Academy.
White clouds sailing way up high
On the blue sea Of the sky;
Warm breeze blowing from the south
Brings rain to earth's hungry mouth
Sunshine fitting through the trees
Making shadows on the leaves;
Soft rain falling down below
Causes pretty flowers to grow.
On the meadows of green grass
Dew still sparkles like cut glass;
All these tokens from above
Speak of Gods unfailing love.
Evening star., 1945-12-02
Royal Arcanum

A joint meeting of all local coun-
ellis will be held December 18th at
419 Seventh street NV. in conjunc-
ton with the meeting Of Municipal
and District Councils to honor the
past grand regents of this jurisdic-
ton headed by their senior mem
ber. Edwin A. Mess. A class initia-
ton will be held.
Oriental. Kismet and Capital
Councils will meet at 7 Fourth street
NE. December l4th and also De-
cember 28th when Municipal and
District Councils will visit as their
regular meeting scheduled for De-
cember 25th Is Cancelled.
Evening star., 1945-12-02
lust Between
Ourselves
BY Philip II. Love

Young musicians at Eastern High
School are learning to make orches-
tral arrangements of their favorite
pieces.
They're members Of a special class
conducted by the schools music
teacher, Paul D. Gable, and they
meet every day to study the history,
appearance, use and range OF the
various symphonic instruments. On
Fridays they devote the period to
study Of one of the great symphonies.
The purpose of the course-the
only one of its kind in the local high
schools-is to train the boys and
girls to write orchestral parts for all
instruments. To complete it each
pupil must orchestrate at least one
composition.
Some of the arrangements worked
out as part of the course are used
by the school orchestra and others
by the choral group. In recent weeks,
for instance, the singers have been
practicing the "Hallelujah Chorus"
from Handsrs Messiah" orches-
trated by Doris Miller, member Of
the class And an arrangement of
Bach's "Fugue" by John Eccleston,
another class member, will be fea-
tured during next June's graduation
exercises.
Other members Of the group are
Audrey Duley, Dale Crowley, Bobby
Berdous, Estelle Deutsch, Don May,
Charles Miller, Richard Tritle, Jerry
Wells, Fred Begun, Lloyd Bray,
Thomas Hartman and George Has
call. The last four play in orchestras
outside the school, Fred being a
drummer, Lloyd a saxophonist and
Thomas and George trumpeters.
A big thrill in the life of Corpl.
Joe Smith, st. Johns College (high
SCHOOL, cadet, was meeting 1t. Col
James S. P. Devereux, famous COM
mander of the Wake Island Marines.
The meeting took place at the
Wardman Park Hotel and Joe had
his picture taken with the colonel.
Speaking OF St. Johns, The Junior
Stars correspondent there, Cesar
Augusta Caceres, has been named
editor of the school newspaper, the
Sabre.
Among Woodrow Wilson High
School students making names for
themselves as members of the
Washington Figure-Skating Club
are Red Baimbridge, senior dance
champion; Carolyn Hendricks, ju-
nior dance champion; Ruth Parkin-
son, senior girls dance champion;
Janet Monsman, Nancy Burquist
and Nancy Miller. The group meets
regularly at the Chevy Chase Ice
Palace.
Miss Maude English, who taught
English at Central High for 13 years,
will be memorialized in the school
library. Her brother, Harry English,
bequeathed $1,000 to the library for
the purchase of books to honor her
memory.
Junior jottings: Millie Metcalf,
IL, Silver Spring intermediate
School, has a collection of puzzles
dating from 1907, all clipped from
The Star and mounted on cardboard.
They were a hobby of her grand
father, who died recently. :. Toby
Wood, IT, whose scientific expert
ments we're the subject of an article
in The Junior Star several weeks
ago, addressed a recent meeting of
Anacostia High Schools Science
Club. Field hockey, introduced
at Montgomery Blair High School
this year, has become the favorite
sport of the girls gym classes.
Anne Beck, Eastern, is in her second
year as member of the Washing
ton Choral Society.
Evening star., 1945-12-02

The National Press Clubs dupli-
cate game will be played in the club
lounge on Thursday evening. VIM
ners In the last event there were
DR.. A. r. O'Donnell and ]. C. Atchi-
son, first; Mrs. Jean Henry and Mrs.
Mildred Linderman. second, and J.
p. Snyder ana Mrs. Ida Terrant,
third.
In the Sunday night game at
South Cathedral Mansions, the
north and south tops were Mrs. w.
A. Poissant and Mrs. James M.
Lazard, first; Mrs. Katherine Fenton
and Mrs. Terrant. second, and Mrs.
M. r. Reddy and Mrs. Sybil New
lands, third. East and west tops
were Miss Miriam Holmes and
Francis Drake, first; Mrs. Linder-
man and Mrs. Teresa Pastel, sec
ond, and Clarence Fisher and
Harry Reynolds, third.
Because of the illness of william
E. McKenney, executive secretary
of the American Contract Bridge
League, the organizations national
tournament in Atlantic City this
wek will be in the charge of Mr.. and
Mrs. william Cheeks. Mr.. McKen-
ney, who has been in Miami, desig-
mated Mr.. Cheeks to act in his stead
several days ago.
Grand slam bids were reported
bid and made last week by Mrs.
Florence Stein, at both the Bellevue
Hotel and the Federal Bridge
League; Mrs. Ruth Mortimer, at the
Federal Bridge League, and Miss
Paris Keener at the Federal Bridge
League.
George Kathan, president of the
Federal Bridge League, and Mrs.
Bernard Rossan have been listed as
national masters in the ratings of
the American Contract Bridge
League which requires a total of 80
master points or more. New mas
tiers requiring only 10 master points
are Mrs. Alma Byrne, Leo Kerchen-
baum, Mrs. Ruth Richards and J.
D. Boyd of Arlington.
Evening star., 1945-12-02
Home Ec' Pupils at Amacostia
Entertain Teachers at Meals
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By Elizabeth Coz, II

entertaining
one isn't doing job
that asked
would entertain they would
bafed This something think
They should learn
Evening star., 1945-12-02
1tanPs

Bv James Waldo FasOcet
The design for the Texas state
hood stamp, commemorating the
Tooth anniversary Of the admission
of Texas to the Union, has been
criticized because allegedly 'liber-
ties have been taken with the
Evening star., 1945-12-02
Christmas Seals
Will Be Sold by
Legion Auxiliary

Members OF the American Legion
Auxiliary will sell TB Christmas
Seals at booths at the Hecht Co.,
Woodward e. Lothrop, Post Office
branches and the Woodbridge Lang
don Branch Of the Hamilton Ma
tional Bank, December 4 to %.
The auxiliary will open the Gift
Shop at Mount Alto Hospital on the
afternoon of December IL and at
st. Elizabeth's Hospital December
Is and IA. Auxiliary members are
requested to serve from 3 to 7 pm
The Gifts for Yanks Who Gave
campaign started last week with
Mrs. Pearl Heagerty, department
president; Miss Mabel F. Staur. Mrs.
Margaret E. Carroll and Mrs.
Frances Cassidy representing the
auxiliary. The drive will continue
until December Is. The following
day auxiliary members will begin
wrapping the gifts at American Le-
gion Headquarters.
At the Department Executive
meeting last Monday night, out
going National Executive Commit
teewoman, Mrs. Gertrude s. Pierce
presented ribbon and badge of Of
flee to Miss Mabel F. Staub.
Mrs. Pierce was presented cor
sage and informed that gold 25-
year membership pin would be given
her the latter part of December.
Mrs. Thelma Healy, membership
chairman, announced an award OF
IS will be given the first unit over
100 and under 100 that obtains the
greatest number of new members
between now and January is.
Agriculture unit was given $40 fol
being the first to have 100 per cent
paid-up membership.
Fort DUPONT Unit is sponsoring 9
benefit minstrel show at the st
Francis Xavier High School, Twen-
ty-eighth and Minnesota avenue
Sc, at 8 pm. tomorrow.
On Friday, at $3.50 pm, Depart
ment of Agriculture Unit will have
benefit dinner and party at the
Fairfax Hotel.
Mrs. Virginia I. Moore was in
stalled as president of Commerce
Unit at joint installation of post
and unit officers.
Other officers installed by the
department president and her staff
were as follows: Mrs. Ellen Harlow
first vice president; Mrs. Annie L
Whalen, second vice president
Mrs. Dora Speer. chaplain; Mrs
Josephyn McCurley, sergeant al
arms; Mrs. Lillian Greene, historian
Mrs. Helen Barry, treasurer; Mrs
Anne L. Whalen, secretary; Miss
Marion T. Wynne and Mrs. Anne
Lorraine Kaiser, color bearers.
Meetings this week are:
! Monday-Sergeant Jasper ane
Vincent Costello Units, Legion clut
house; Department of Commerce
Unit, Commerce building. Tuesday
Department of Agriculture Uni
and Department Braille Committee
Legion club house: For Dupont Unit
club house, Minnesota avenue and N
street Sc. Wednesday-Kennetf
Nash Unit, Washington Hotel; Cool.
ley-McCullough Unit, Legion clut
house; George E. Killeen Unit, 3204
M street NV; Second Division Unit
Colonial Hotel. Friday - Victory
Unit Legion club house