Evening star., 1945-07-01
lust Between
Ourselves
BY Philip III. Love

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Norma Lee Cohen. Mcfarland
Junior High schooler who seems
to have the instincts OF reporter,
got to wondering recently how many
of her classmates were born outside
the United States. With her, to
wonder is to find out--which Is one
OF the characteristics OF the good
reporter. And what she found out
is, I think, rather interesting in
that 1t shows what cosmopolitan
city Washington has become.
Twenty three Macfarlanders, Nor
ma Lee learned, were born else
where than in the United States.
The score: From Austria, s.; Boz
Aivia. /; Canada, 8; / Igland, q;
France, 2: Germany. 4; Greece, /;
Haiti, 1; Italy. !: Iraq, l; Japan,
/; Palestine, 4; Poland, /; Puerto
Rico, /.
The student from Japan, Pamela
Alexander, is the granddaughter Of
a missionary. "She had spent eight
years of her life there" says Norma
Lee, when her father, observing
the preparations of the Japs for
the Pacific war, brought his family
to the United States That was in
May, l941, seven months before
Pearl Harbor.
Another Mcfarland pupil who
has been places, according to Phyllis
Fenster, schoolmate, is Bill Doug
las. He has visited 42 States and
likes New Mexico best of all. Two
things that he found curious" !"
Phyllis reports. 'were being served
black snake In Denver hotel and
seeing a 3-year-old newsboy in El
Paso." He has a collection of news
papers and tax tickets from every
State.
Beatrice Gussin, whose hobby of
interviewing movie stars has been
mentioned here before, has been at
1t again. This time, it was Andrea
King and Helmut Dantine with
whom she had chats. And she came
away with autographs and pictures
Of both.
The 15-year -old Roosevelt student
took advantage of the opportunity
to ask Dantine what he thought OF
teen-agers, and, she says, he an
swered: They're nice, intelligent
but aggressive"
interviewing the two stars was
"a wonderful experience" Beatrice
writes" I remember mostly Hell
NUT Dantine's nice manners and
nervousness" she continues. HE
has a strong hand that overshadows
mine. I remember Andrea Kings
soft smile, cordiality and soft, warm
hand as she shook mine"
Beatrice has more than 800 photo
graphs of movie stars, not counting
more than 100 duplicates. Half oi
the pictures are personally auto
graphed," she says, and she also has
about 20 letters from stars, includ.
ing Joan Crawford, Anne Gwynne
Lana Turner. Anne Baxter anc
Linda Darnell.
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David Aitken's story of the vir-
ginia beef cattle farm was sent ir
by his teacher, Miss Mary Alice Ank.
ers, with this note:
David, q seventh-grader next
year, is q keen and energetic lad
even though rheumatic fever has
curbed his activities for two years
Junior Jottings: The Jewish Com
munity Center Day Camp. for boys
and girls from 5 TO Is, opens its
fourth season tomorrow, to run until
August II. Detailed information as
to the activities may be obtained
from Mrs. Claire e. Ruebman, JCC
camp director, Dupon 6162.
Janet Hilferty, IA, Hyattsville High
School, after a week end in New
York, reports: Those rushing
crowds, screeching subway trains
and breath-taking skyscrapers are
too much for me-" Macfarland
students took a poll recently and
decided that the perfect boy" would
have the looks of Carl Fretts, the
personality of Donald Lynn, popu-
larity of Bob Laverine, clothes OF
Carl Fretts and scholastic ability
of Allan Milofsky." And for the
perfect girl" they would combine
Josephine Lees looks, Jean Meal
listers personality, Jean Stevenson's
popularity, Margery McIntyre's
clothes and Muriel Habel's scholas-
tic ability. Frances Brooke,
]. S. correspondent, has been pro-
NOTED to associate editor of the
Eastern High School student news
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