Evening star., 1947-05-18
| lust Between
Yourselves
Rx PhiIip 4. Love.

Barbara Mendels' prize-winnini
story OF her first days at Alice Dea
Junior High School was accom-
panied by q note offering this ex
PLANTATION Of how 1t came to b
written:
IT enjoy writing very much, ant
after I read The Junior Star
wanted to write something for II
4 couldn't think of q thing!
Zone day In English class, w
were told to write composition
lon anything. / noticed that lot
|of my classmates we're writing abou
true experiences and ] decided +
do the same. After writing m,
composition r realized it woult
be suitable for The Junior Star
It is q very true experience. beini
my very own"
Barbara hopes to become a news
paper reporter when she finishe
her education. Il know it will b,
a long time before ] realize my am
bition," she wrote, ''but submitting
things to The Junior Star Is q goot
start"
Right. And to make it an ever
better start, the j. S. is sending hel
q reporters card, in addition to ths
81 prize. -
Barbara neglected to say what
grade her composition earned ir
class. But so far as the J. s. Il
concerned 1t rates an A.
Another of today's prize winners
Henry Fankhauser, is an old-timel
among ]. S. correspondents, having
started, II I remember correctly
when he was II years old.
Recently, the Open Road fol
Boys magazine asked the j. s. te
recommend correspondents in the
washington area, and Henry was
among those suggested. In a letter
accompanying his article on Rock
Greek Park, Henry wrote:
'I want to thank you for recon-
mending me to Mr.. Bert Dale Of
the Open Road for Boys. He came
to see me and told me all about
writing for the magazine"
Henry already has sent his first
article for the magazine and Is
anxiously awaiting the editors de-
cision.
The ]. S., knowing Henry's work
from way back, isn't anxious a-tall
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Barbara Crabtree, 13, of 1924 Ninth
street NV, has more than 1000
postcards. Her collection includes
cards from Japan, Norway, France,
Alaska and at least two from each
of the States. She attends Paul
Junior High School.
Leola Thomas, Anacostia High
School senior, plans to swim in the
1948 Olympic games In London.
She holds more swimming cham
than you can shake stick
at. Jean Webster, Peggy Burgess,
Mary Ann Burgess and Dot Inglee,
all of Anacostia, have had poems
accepted for publication In the Ma
tional High School Poetry Anthology.
Mary Ellen Lewis, 12-year -old
member of Junior Girl Scout Troop
247, has earned II badges in the five
years she's been in scouting. =.
Holy Trinity High Schools play,
"Jessica's Journey" says a note from
Anne McAuliffe, II, of 3552 T street
NV, twas a great success"
Trinidad Fontanilla, girl from San
Juan, La Union, Philippine Islands,
and Lai-Hsing Wang, a boy from
China by way of London, are new
students at Eastern High School.
the piano Is one of the
favorite diversions of June Rein
hard, Mckinley High School. STAR
dust" and "I1l See You in My
Dreams" are the pieces she likes
best. >. Anne jackson, Dunbar High
sings in French, German
as well as in her native
American. She aims at being a con-
cert singer. Dolores Proctor, also
Of Dunbar, has a collection of coins
from Africa, Canada, China, Eng
land, Germany, Hawaii and Japan.