Evening star., 1947-11-09
| lust Between
Yourselves ...
BY Philip H. Love-

TO the Ponce Boys od1lo, WAASo@
John Drissel, 8, of 4408 New Hamp-
shire avenue, third-grade pupil at
st. Gabriel's School. I'VE meet every
Tuesday night at the Municipal
Center. Maj. Brusiloff conducts us.
About so boys play instruments. !
am learning to play q clarinet. I
went to Camp Ernest Brown in July
with the band. We went swimming
and fishing. Once we went Grabbing.
We had canteen. We practtced four
hours every day on our instruments.
We had fun" =. "Sketching Is my
latest hobby" says Helen Van Do
rem, IS, of $500 Illinois avenue, 0
student at Roosevelt High School
"I got my start in 1t because OF .
bet I made friend Of mine. To
date I have autographed drawings
Of Cornell Wilde, Pat Knight and
Maureen O'Hara. I sent sketch to
Douglas Fairbanks several days ago.
- My latest picture is pen-and-
ink sketch of Cornell Wilde as Bruce
Carlton in Forever Amber 1t Is
to be printed on the cover Of the
Cornell Wilde Fan Club journal"
The Green Glover Club. accord
ing to its secretary, Norma Jean
Bumgarner, 8, of 6136 Thirtieth
street NV, Lafayette School. 1s
now taking orders for Christmas
cards, and the profits will be used
for some good cause" The club re-
Gently contributed $57.02 to Chill
dren's Hospital. Going to Ver-
mont from Washington" observes
Robert Wheeler, IL, forgetting to
state his address and school, rs Like
a geography lesson-first Maryland.
then Pennsylvania, then New Jer-
sey. and after that New York, and
then Vermont"
Report From the Road: 1--WE are
on our way at last-to Grandpa's
place on Lake Champlain." writes
the same Robert Wheeler quoted
above. my cousin Is with me. and
Nom and Dad. brought my Scout
canteen of cold water from hon&
1t saves time when you don't nave
to stop for Al drink so often. Also
I brought my compass, in case we
miss the road and are lost for .
while"
Report From Rockville, Md: II
wrote to you about three years ago
and told you about our trio" re-
minds Jean He'll, IL, Of Sherwood
School. Now we have a quartet,
Faye, Connie, Kathleen and myself.
Faye is our newcomer. She is 5 and
has been singing by herself since
she was 2. She has sung on the
radio and at the Home for the Aged.
Recently our quartet sang at q
church in Gaithersburg, Md.
We have made many recordings Of
our trio, and Faye has also made
recordings Of her singings, and 7
am very proud of her"
Report From Right Here: A re-
cent visitor to Washington was 0
IT. year old business executive,
James Vernon Morgan, president Of
Junior Crafts Products Co., Peoria,
ILL.,, who interviewed Attorney Gen.
eral Clark and the president Of the
United States Chamber OF Com
merce, Earl o. shreve. James, who
also is president Of the National As
sociation of Junior Achievement
Companies, Of which the Peoria
concern is a member, was told by
the Attorney General: THE coun-
try's future Is in the hands Of its
young people. The leadership and
understanding Of free enterprise de-
veloped by such groups as yours will
help to guide the country in future
years" The Junior achievement
movement is sponsored by business
and industrial concerns which es-
tablish high school students in busi-
nesses in which they handle all de-
tails.
Reports at Random: Miss M. l..
Europe composed the music for
Dunbar High Schools alma Ma
ter" song, and DR.. A. j. Cooper
thought up the words. IT like
long skirts because I am tall and
can wear thern," says Bette Ander-
son, Mckinley High School. But
feel sorry for the short girls" I.
Hockey and skiing are the favorite
sports of Miss Virginia Hawke, new
girls gymnasium instructor at