Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-04-22
| lust Between
Ourselves
by PhiHb II. Lone

by Philip II. Love -
Among the letters that came to
the Overseas Edition Of The Star
last week was one from a soldier
who is looking forward to q reunion
with his schoolmates at Western
High.
Pfc. Douglas Brandon grew up in
Virginia, in Falls Church and Ar
lington. He delivered The Star in
Falls Church from 1898 to 1910,
when he moved to Arlington. Now
the overseas Edition Of that same
paper--a weekly SPACE tabloid-is
being delivered to him in Italy by
the Army Postal Service.
Il certainly do enjoy It," he wrote.
1T helps to add honey touch to
my foxhole."
A February, 1913. graduate Of
Western. Pic. Brandon asked that
this message be passed along:
ITO all fellow Westerners-Ill see
you at Western when this mess is
over"
Former students Of other local
high schools who have been heard
from recently include:
Pvt. John Koback Of Calvin
Coolidge, now in France; Pfc. Fred
die Powell, Roosevelt, In France;
Seaman Second Class Bob Won
Gunten, Westinghouse and West
ern, Southwest Pacific, and Pvt. Will
liam E. Tyler. Gonzaga, care of Post
master, San Francisco.
Another letter from overseas was
accompanied by piece of invasion
money used by the japanese In the
Philippines. It was from Pvt. Willis
F. Carter, who said of the souvenir:
1T isn't worth the paper it's print
ed on. It's just something the Japs
used while they were here. The bill
was taken of Jap captain. He Is
good Jap now He is dead"
Pvt. Carter, like all the other
Washington boys overseas, would
give anything for a glimpse OF his
home towns familiar sights-the
Capitol, White House, Monument,
Pennsylvania avenue, etc.
THAT monument will be a grand
and welcome sight when I get back
and see it from miles away" he
wrote. Each mile, it will get larger
until I am touching 1t with my hand.
And I hope that isn't too long"
Everybody here is hoping the same
thing, soldier.
Cartooning is the hobby-and
also the future career-of Marvin
Pepper, 10, OF Paul Junior High
School.
TITS lot Of fun doing cartoons"
he said in a letter to the Junior
Star, but there is a little work. in
it, as you have to think what your
characters are going to say, what
position you're going to put them
in, and how you're going to make it
sound funny when you've finished
with the strip
Marvin recently completed two
comic strips. Jerry" and Super
worm" He is studying at the Cor
coran School of Art. Maybe later"
he wrote, "I1l take a job on The
Stars cartoon staff (hint- hin)."
Shirley Turner, j. S. correspond
ent at Roosevelt High School for
several years, is continuing with
her writing at the University of
Miami, where she is rounding out
her freshman year. She is Miami
correspondent for an Atlantic City
newspaper and university CORE
spondent for a New York magazine
This summer, she hopes. she will
work as reporter on the Atlantic
City paper.
IT certainly miss writing for The
Junior Star" Shirley said in a re-
cent letter. 1T seems like ages since
my last article was in"
Junior Jottings - Coolidge High
Schools classes in personality de-
velopment, taught by Mrs. Isabel
Chappell, were asked to criticize a
manuscript entitled Skill in Sports
Pays Dividends" prepared for the
Federal Security Agency by Miss
Dorothy La Sale. i. .. Joseph Waters,
jr., seventh-grade pupil at St. Ga
briefs School, was Is on Friday
the 18th. Christine De Armon,
Mckinley High School student.
whose song, Don't Say Good-by,"
was presented at a Tech assembly
last spring, has written another
tune. MY Dream Girl" is the new