Evening star., 1945-05-20
lust Between
Ourselves
BY Phiiib II. Love,

by Philip Fl. Love, -
The Arlington Chamber Of Com
merce will be glad to learn that a
brand-new business enterprise has
been set up in its bailiwick. I
It's the B.. G B. Stamp Co., 814
North Harrison street, Messrs. Rob-
ert Buzzell and Jimmy Biller, pro-
prietors. And, the partners report,
their volume of business Is .tncreas-
Ing rapidly.
The new firms ofiice and show
room are in the basement of Rob-
ert's home. Customers enter through
the garage. !
I'VE have q long display counter
against the wall, featuring penny
packets Of stamps for small fry and
other assortments at various prices" I"
says 12-year-old Robert who Is in
the eighth grade at Claude Swan
son Junior High School.
At the front of the showroom is
glass-topped table, on which you
will find a variety Of stamps, coins
and foreign bills. And there's q
magnifying glass handy to make
it easy for you to examine things
carefully before you buy them.
A cabinet at the rear Of the room
contains supplies of various kinds,
a file of customers, present and
prospective, and money box. The
last, Robert explains, "is empty, be-
cause we have kept investing our
profits In new stamps and flrst-day
covers as fast as they were issued"
One other item in the showroom
Is, Robert suspects, as much Of an
attraction as the merchandise.
That's the company mascot, white
mouse named Oscar. But he isn't
for sale.
Coolidge High Schools Nancy
Harrison is "pinup queen" of Au-
gusta Military Academy, Defiance,
Va. She was crowned at a dance
held in her honor during a three
day visit to the school, All her ex-
penses were paid by the academy s
Bayonet and Cotillion Clubs, and
she led the dance and reviewed the
cadets in dress parade. "It's the
most wonderful thing that's ever
happened to me-" she says.
Eastern High Schools student
newspaper, the Easterner, has wor
an "all-American' rating, the high.
est awarded by the National Schol-
astic Association, in a Nation-w
competition. The publication alst
earned a rating Of superior" fol
originality and coverage of the wal
effort. Betty Lou Mann is editor II
chief, and Shirley Tatelman man.
aging editor. The faculty adviser
is DR.. Regis L. Boyle, journalism
teacher.
An original poem, Strange
Words" by Graham Adams, jr., 191!
Nineteenth street NV, has beer
accepted for publication in the ma.
tional High School Anthology.
Graham, a senior at the Peddit
School, Hightstown, N. j., is editol
of the student paper, the News.
Speaking of poems, "Elf's Pond,
which won a prize for Centra
High Schools June Sickes in {
recent issue of The Junior Star
brought a fan letter from an Arm,
officer, who said he liked it so wei
he had placed it in his scrapbook
Il was so thrilled at hearing from
some one who read my poem I jus
had to let you know, too," Jun,
writes. Il think I'll keep his lettel
always"
Junior jottings: A spirit I like
to meet up with is shown by Pats,
Lee Preston, Hamilton, Va, In thL
note. which accompanied a con.
tribution to The Junior Star: "I
this doesn't get published I won
feel bad about it. I had the fur
of writing it," Patsy won a priz'
last June and, she says, Dough
War Stamps with the dollar"
Anacostia High School has 20 nev
clubs, the most popular being tn
table tennis group organized b,
Tommy Nolan. The JUNO
Red Cross is continuing its til
salvage campaign through tn
summer.