Evening star., 1945-03-25
/ lust Between
Ourselves .
By Philip II. Love

By Philip II. Lope-
It's going to be a pretty good
Easter -.
You may not be able to get any
chocolate-coated eggs; you may
have trouble getting candy Of any
kind, and you may not have so many
dyed eggs -.
Your wardrobe may be somewhat
less elegant than in peacetime !.
You may be doing without q lot of
things you'd like to have
But, after all that has been said,
the fact remains that this is going
to be the best Easter most of us have
had in long time.
Remember Easter, 1912? We were
still reeling from the powerful blow
struck by the Japanese at Pearl
Harbor. Everywhere, our side was
having tough time. And Nessrs.
Hitler, Mussolini and TOTO (remem-
ber him?) appeared far from beaten.
Every Easter since then has been
at least q little better than the one
before. On the home front, things
have become increasingly difficult,
what with shortages of food, coal
and fuel oil, gasoline, transportation
facilities and other things taken for
granted In normal times. But even
the most serious Of such inconven-
fences seem insignificant in COM
parison with the most important
fact Of all-namely, that we're win
ming the war and that the end is
definitely In sight, even if not act
ually in hailing distance!
So it's going to be a pretty good
Easter, the best in a long time, and
The Junior Star hopes all its read
ers will enjoy it to the fullest. And
that ere another Easter rolls round,
the trying times through which we
have been living will be but mem
ory.
Something new has been added
at Anacostia High SCHOOL,
browsing room," where students
may read current magazines and
books in a cozy, homelike atmos-
phere. The room adjoins the school
library and is equipped with a mock
fireplace, easy chairs. settees and
reading tables.
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Woodrow Wilson High School is
about to break into one of the ma
tional picture magazines. A MEM
ber of the editorial staff of the
publication spent three days at the
Chevy Chase school early this
month, photographing various stu
dent activities. The pictures are
expected to be published in May,
along with photographs of similar
activities in high schools in five
other cities.
Another issue of the New Moon
has just come out-and, as its IA
year-old editor and publisher, Jim
Lemon, promised it would be, it's
bigger and better than ever" It's
up to II pages now, and new fea-
lures include a serviceman's column,
citizens association news, fiction,
poetry and comics. And judging by
the number of advertisements, Jim
must be getting rich.
Junior jottings: There's town
in North Carolina named Welcome.
q learned about 1t through George
Wesley Thomas, Anacostia High
School correspondent of the j. S.,
who told me of a visit to his 30
year-old grandmother there.)
And speaking of towns with odd
names, there's Hurry in st. Marys
County, Md, and a Dot and a Nora
in Virginia. Also a Sedan in West
Virginia and a Blackbird in Della
ware. And, in case you didn't
know, a Terra Gotta in D. c.
Mrs. Bertha Cheatley, who sent me
four old-fashioned tops few weeks
ago, has promised to keep me sup
piled with strings to make them
spin. For which, many thanks.
Don Rose, former editor Of the
Easterner now in the merchant
marine, paid $110 for a scent
chocolate bar in North Africa. "It's
the worst place I've ever been in, -
he says, after trips to Australia,
India and wherenot. Anacostia
has new 80-page handbook its
flrst-detailing courses, services and
activities, and containing a floor
plan of the building. Joann
Young has succeeded Cicely Daven-
port as editor of the Wilson Beacon.