Evening star., 1948-04-18
| lust Between
Yourselves 80.
BY Philip H. Love-

Walking through a woods neal
their st. Marys County MD home
recently, two boys found a metal
and-plastic cover which somehow
had been lost from Navy airplane
Being a model airplane builder
and a would-be aeronautical en-
eineer, George Purcell, 13, persuaded
his brother Philip, IS, to help him
carry the thing home. The cover
was heavy and awkward to handle
but the boys eventually got 1t home
They deposited 1t on the back porch
stood around admiring it for a
while, and then, boylike, forgot 1t
George knew enough about
planes to know the cover had blown
off one of the jet-propelled fight
ers from the nearby Patuxent River
Naval Air station. The jets were
roaring over the Purcell farm be-
side the st. Marys River. near
Drayden, at all hours, day and
night. A new bubble" would be
installed on this particular plane,
and that would be that.
The boys went about their daily
routine, going to school. helping
their parents with the various farm
chores, catching oysters to sell at
Carroll Shehan's seafood wharf
across the creek.
Then, in the mysterious way In
which rumor spreads in rural Sec
tons, they learned that the cock
pit cover was Of value to the Navy
and q reward had been offered for
it's recovery. 1t was a new kind of
cover, they heard. and it was being
used experimentally on a new type
plane. The Navy wanted it back
for study to determine why it had
blown off and what had happened
to it as the result. The boys found
the rumors hard to believe, but just
to play safe, they decided to report
their find to the airbase.
They came home $25 richer.
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"It was about 10:30," writes
Charlotte A. Casgrain, 5000 South
Seventh street, Arlington, pupil
of Oyster School. "All the chill
dren were out for recess, except one
CT two. My sister was standing by
the class window when, all of a
sudden, smoke began pouring in the
window. The teacher hurried to
shut it, and said: Get your coats
and hats and 60 on out We ran
and got our things. Out we ran
After we got out, we discovered
it was a real fire. My sister and
I and another little girl started tc
cry. 1t wasn't a very big fire"
1t surely was exciting, though
wasn't it?
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Mildred Lee Reid, IL. Of willows
Md, reports that she has "a Won
derful pet" The Plum Point School
student continues:
HE is a little kitten without q
tail His colors are gray and white
His name is Mutt. He knows me
from any one else. When I talk tc
him, he climbs up in my lap and
goes to sleep. He likes for me tc
rub his head. When I enter the
lawn, he runs out to meet me
Whenever I haven't anything to do
I play with him. Oh, how won
derful it is to have a pet!"
II sire Is.
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Another girl with some unusua.
news to report is Ann Thomas, 9
of 2043 North Glebe road, Arling-
ton, who attends John Marshal!
School. She tells Of visit tc
Tijuana, Mexico, which, she says
was like an outdoor fair"
There were open stores with
sewing baskets, bread baskets, bare
foot sandals. large sombreros ano
beautiful pottery" she writes. "Ir
the street were peddlers selling
tocos. tortillas and hot tamales
THE streets are very narrow
straight and not very clean. Parts
of Mexico are very sleepy, but not
where I went.
II got four souvenirs, a little
plate and cup, small sombrero ano
q Mexican lady"