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In Local Service Organizations
Legion Auxiliary
National Leader
Plans Visitation
Mrs. Leon Bristol of Syracuse, Ν
Y., national vice president of the
Eastern Division, American Legion
Auxiliary, will make her official
visitation to the District of Colum
bia Department next Saturday in
the Department of Commerce tadl
torium at 8 pm.
Units are requested to have their
colors present for this mass meet
ing. Color-bearers are to report to
the department colorrbearer, Miss
Allie Belle Wright, in the lobby of
the auditorium at 7:30 pan.
Watson B. Miller, Federal Secur
ity administrator, will be the princi
pal speaker at the combined child
welfare and Pan-American study
program to be conducted by the
Sergt. Jasper Unit at the American
Legion Club tomorrow evening.
He will be introduced by Mrs.
Louise Goodacre, unit child welfare
chairman. Mrs. Lucille McMeel,
chairman of the Pan-American
study for the unit, will introduce
Senor Liborio Cuellar, an Industrial
economist of Colombia, who will also
speak.
At the same time, Department
President Mrs. Lillian M. Judd and
her staff will pay an official visit to
the unit. Mrs. Ola D. Lee, president,
will preside.
The unit will celebrate its 21st an
niversary with a dinner-dance on
Wednesday at 7 pjn. at the Burling
ton Hotel. —
The department president will
make other visitations this week to
the following units : Capital Transit,
Legion Club, Tuesday; James Reese
Europe, 1314 Vermont avenue N.W.,
Wednesday; Police and Pire Unit at
Legion CJub, Friday.
Mrs. Pearl Heagerty, district di
rector of the auxiliary's Hospital
Visitors Corpe, has completed ar
rangements for a one-day indoc
trination course in this work at
Mount Alto Hospital on Tuesday
from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. All
auxiliary members are requested to
report to the Recreation Building
ior registration at 9 a.m.
Dr. Charles M. Griffith, superin
tendent of Mount Alto Hospital, will
introduce the following speakers
and instructors: Dr. V. M. Iovine,
chief surgeon: Dr. T. J. Pekin, clin
ical director; Dr. T. M. Brown, chief
of internal medicine: Dr. W. T.
Kauffman, chief of neuro-psychol
ogy; Mrs. M. A. Galbally, chief
nurse; Mrs. J. R. Johnson, chief of
rehabilitation; Mrs. O. P. Scruggs,
chief librarian; Miss Agnes Brophy,
senior recreational aide, and Mr.
M. R. Brownlee, chief of special
services.
Those taking the course will be
presented with a certificate and pin
from National Auxiliary after com
pleting 50 hours of volunteer hos
pital work.
A shorter course will be held at
the hospital from 7 to 9 p.m. April
17.
Miss Clara Campbell. Pan Amer
ican Sti^iy chairman of Department
of Agriculture Unit, will present a
program featuring a general quiz
on Colombia, South America, at the
meeting Tuesday night at the Ra
leigh Hotel. Mrs. Grace S. Can
way, president, will preside.
Plans will be made for the pur
chase of a bed for the new Chil
dren's Hospital.
Pan American and child welfare
programs will be featured at the
meeting of the James E. Walker
Unit on Friday night at the Phyllis
Wheatley Annex, 1719 Thirteenth
street N.W. Mrs. Fairfax Lomack
—ill —-J ^
Mrs. Hattie Moten, child welfare
chairman, has arranged a pew rally
for next Sunday at the Salem Bap
tist Church. Ν between Eighth and
Ninth streets N.W., to raise funds
for the purchase of a bed for Chil
dren's Hospital.
Capital Transit Unit will cele
brate its sixth anniversary Tuesday
evening at the Legion Clubhouse.
Mrs. Irene Taylor will preside.
Police and Fire Unit will sponsor
a bingo party for the patients at
Mount Alto Hospital on April 18.
Meetings this week:
Monday—Commerce Unit, Room
1851, Commerce Building, 8 p.m.
Tuesday—Braille groups of Mc
Alexander and Police and Fire Units
at Legion Clubhouse, 7:30 p.m.; Lin
coln Unit, home of Mrs. Edna Sher
rill, 3000 Connecticut avenue N.W.,
8 p.m.; Agriculture Unit, Raleigh
Hotel, 8 p.m.: Capital Transit Unit
visitation, Legion Club, 8 p.m.
Wednesday—James Reese Europe
Unit, -1314 Vermont avenue N.W.,
8 p.m.
Friday—Police and Fire Unit. Le
gion Club, 8 p.m.: James E. Walter
Unit, 1719 Thirteenth street N.W.,
8 p.m.; General Accounting Office
Unit, Legion Club, 8 p.m.; Cooley
McCullough Unit rehabilitation
party, Mount Alto Hospital, 7 pjn.
AVC to Hold Forum
Chapter No. 1 of AVC will hold a
public forum at 8 p.m. Tuesday in
the Department or Interior Auditor
ium on "Veterans in Government
Service." The speakers will be Rep
resentative Edward H. Rees and
Everett W. Reimer, director, ΟΡΑ
personnel. The Entertainment Com
mittee announces a bimonthly series
of duplicate bridge tournaments. The
first of these will be held at 8 p.m.
Thursday at Pierce Hall, Siv -»nth
and Harvard streets N.W.
The Executive Committee of the
Greater Washington Area Council
will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at
808 Seventeenth street N.W.
Chapter No. 14 elected: Herman
Gruber, chairman; Irving Ruben -
stein, vice-chairman; Meyer Samols,
secretary-treasurer ; Leo Freeman,
publicity chairman, and Samuel
Gorlitz, delegate to the Greater
Washington Area Council.
Meetings this week: Monday
Chapter No. 14, 1320 Saratoga ave
nue, Ν. E., 8 pjn. Tuesday—Chap
ter No. 4, Petworth Library, 8 pjn.
Wednesday—Chapter No. 3, Phyllis
Wheatley, 8 pjn. Thursday—Chap
ter No. 2, 3425 A street S.E., 8:30
p.m. Friday—Chapter No. 12. Con- ;
press Heights School. 8 p.m.; Chap
ter No. 341. 2125 Ε street N.W.,
8 p.m.
Gold Star Mothers
Grace Darling Chapter, American
Gold Star Mothers, will meet at
8 pjn. Wednesday at the New Co
lonial Hotel with Mrs. Gertrude Mc
Brown presiding. Those interested
In membership, call Mrs. McBrown,
GL. 0986, in jjie evening.
paw i
MRS. LEON BRISTOL,
National Vice President,
Eastern Division, American
Legion Auxiliary.
American Legion
Honors J. C. Chase;
Other Activities
»
John C. Chase, past post command
er and membership officer of the
Washington Police and Fire Post,
District of Columbia Department,
the American Legion, will be pre
sented with the American Legion
Medal of Merit for his outstanding
activities for the Legion over a long
period of years by Department
Comdr. Guy C. Nadeau at the meet
ing of the post next Wednesday eve
ning at the Legion Club.
Fifty new members will be In
ducted Into membership In the
Capital Transit Post next Tuesday
evening at the Legion Club by the
poet ritual team under the direction
of A. L. Mathias.
Twenty-five members of the post
have joined, the National Extension
Institute and will hold a class ses
sion tomorrow evening, April 7, at
the Central Bus Auditorium, with
A. G. Neu as Instructor.
The National Guard of Honor will
participate in the Army Day parade
tomorrow under the command ol
Capt. James A. Clarke. William P,
Bray is the Legion Army Day officer,
Charles Kohen, department en
tertainment chairman, announces
the booking of the mixed choir of
40 voices representing the Carrol]
Post of Passaic, N. J·, for concerts
to be given in the recreation hall
of the Red Cross at Walter Reed
Hospital next Saturday at 7 p.m.
and at Bethesda Naval Hospital on
Sunday at 2 p.m.
A reception will be extended by
the choir by the Department of the
District of Columbia at the Legion
Club following their appearaoce at
Walter Reed on Saturday evening,
ί»
At the meeting of the Kenneth H.
Nash Post, to be held at the club
house, 209 Pennsylvania avenue S.E.,
next Wednesday evening, plans for
the 25th anniversary celebration of
the post to take place at St. Francis
Xavier Hall. 2700 Ο street S.E., at 8
p.m., April 18, will be announced.
Comdr. William H. Talbott re
; quests all members of the post with
25 years or more of consecutive
I service in the Legion, to write him
at 1900 Τ street S.E., or call LI. 8139.
Plans are now in progress to pre
sent all eligible members of the
Government Printing Office Post
with five or more years of Legion
service with special membership
cards at the meeting at the Legion
Club next Friday evening.
Ben Nacht, manager of the post
baseball team, requests all ball
players to report to him in order
that their names may be placed on
the roster of players.
Since the first of this year the
ritual team of the Forty and Eight,
under the direction of Grand Chef
de Train Gerald Lawlor, has induct
ed over 1,500 new members into
more than 25 posts of the Depart
ment of the District of Columbia.
Members of the team Include: Dr.
Luther W. Gray, James A. Clarke,
Guy Dodson, Bernard Mead, Thomas
Milne, Henry Heine, Gail T. Judd,
Samuel Crump, Francis Miller, Mar
tin Dyer, Raymond Queenin, Lucas
Goldwyn, David Kisliuk, Robert
Stewart and Porter Bush.
A meeting of the Department
Veterans' Preference Committee will
take place at the Legion Club next
Thursday evening, with the depart
ment chairman, C. F. Dawson, pre
siding.
With only six weeks remaining
before the national membership
aerial roundup takes place, Depart
ment Membership Officer Ray W.
Zwinglas is asking for a total of
20,000 members by that time. This
will be an increase of 3,000 over
the present 17,000 membership en
rolled with nine posts having
equaled or exceeded their last year's
membership to date.
The departmerft commander an
nounces that a permanent charter
has been issued to the Thad Dulin
Post and temporary charters have
been granted to the new Port Totten
and War Department Posts.
Meetings this week:
Monday—Civil Service, Stephen
P. McGraorty Post: national guard
of honor, Legion Club; Department
of Commerce Post, Department of
Commerce.
Tuesday—Capital Transit, Hallo
ron-Murray Posts, Legion Club.
James Reese Europe Post, 1314 Ver
mont avenue N.W. George E. Kil
leen Post, 3204 M street N.W.
Wednesday—Department of La
bor, U. G. McAlexander and Police
and Pire Posts, Legion Club; Barry
Post, St. Aloysius Hall; Nash Pœt,
209 Pennsylvania avenue S.E.; Po
tomac Post, Palaisaides Fleldhouse;
Thad Dulin Post, Burlington Hotel.
Thursday—Forty and Eight, Le
gion Club; James E. Walker Post,
Twelfth Street YMCA; Port Totten
Post, the Ship; Fort Dupont Post,
Minnesota avenue and M streets
SX
Friday—Government Printing Of
fice and Department of Agriculture
Posts, Legion Club.
Saturday—G e ο r g e Washington
Post, Legion Club.
Daughters of America
Triumph Council, Thursday, offi
cial visit of State Councilor F. M.
Carson.
Mount Vernoa Council-Jr. O. U.
A M. invites members to an enter
tainment 9 p.m., April 18, North
east llanqto Temple.
VfW Department
To Induct New
A. P. Dewey Post
A new unit to be known as A.
Peter Dewey Poet No. 8288 will be
inducted into the District of Colum
bia Department, Veterans of Foreign
Wars of the United States on the
night of April 16. It will be the
29th unit of the local department.
The ceremonies will be held in
the Chantilly room of the Hamilton
Hotel. Department Com dr. Charles
M. O'Malley will officiate. The new
members will be given the obligation
by the degree team from Front Lint
Post.
The post is named after Lt. Col.
Albert Peter Dewey, war correspond
ent who fought with the Polish
Army before the United States en
tered the war and later served as an
OSS officer. He was the son of
former Representative Charles S.
Dewey. His widow, Mrs. Nancy Wel
ler Dewey, and daughter Nancy
live at 3125 Ο street N.W.
The new post will be presented
with their colors by a member of
the Dewey family.
Pentagon Post met Tuesday eve
ning at the Gold Chevron Club, with
Junior Vice Comdr. William Vassill
presiding in the absence of Comdr.
Charles M. Blackmon.
The following officers were elected
for the coming year: Commander,
Brig. Gen. Charles C. Drake; senior
vice commander, William Vassil;
Junior vice commander, Robert A.
Gabriel; quartermaster, Glenn I.
Bickham; post advocate, Charles
Primoff; chaplain, William H.
Meyers; surgeon, Sam Augustino,
and three-year trustee, Charles M.
Blackmon.
Comdr. Sidney Snider presided
over Follow Me-Defense Post held
at the club house at 1809 Rhode
Island avenue N.E.
The following officers were elected:
Commander, Edgar F. Simas; senior
vice commander, Garrett C. Rush;
Junior vice commander, James McL.
Dawson; chaplain, John W. Thomp
son; quartermaster, Pliny L. Haislip;
poet advocate, A. P. Kostrzewskl;
surgeon, James S. Forbes, and
trustees, three years, Sidney Snider;
two years, Robert C. Carroll; one
year, Roy E. Barbourl.
Council members are Frank Drake,
sr., and Harold A. Mayer. Installa
tion will be held at the club house
Wednesday evening.
Washington Post at its last meet
ing elected the following officers;
Commander, Charles M. carpenter;
senior vice commander, Kendall
Barrett; junior vice commander,
Hiram L. Lawrence; chaplain, Ben
Reed; quartermaster, Milton Stein :
man; post advocate, Julian J. Joyce;
surgeon, William Gatlin; three-year
trustee, Martin A. Bryant.
The Installation will be held April
28, at Pythian Temple, when new
pictures of the national home will
be shown.
Charles E. Weickhardt, naval
service officer of national headquar
ters, V. F. W., will install officers of
Admiral Peary Ship at 8 p.m. Tues
day at the Hamilton Hotel.
They are: Captain, Ralph W.
West; executive officer, James E.
Thompson; navigator, George E.
Wyckoff; paymaster, Percy Temple
ton: surgeon, L. C. Wade; chaplain.
L. L. Petiprin, and trustee, Harold
P. Matters.
Auxiliaries.
National Capital Auxiliary elected
the followintr officers: President.
Mary Coberth; senior vice president,
Iller Flores; junior vice president,
Lena Roux; treasurer, Edith Heiser;
chaplain, Catherine Lawson; con
ductress, Faythe Gordon; guard,
Myrtle Roeetta; secretary, Ethel
Orme; three-year trustee, Ola
Webb; one-year trustee, Mildred
Carter; patriotic instructor, Annie
Sweeney; flag bearer, Hattie Boggs;
banner bearer, Katie Elwell; color
bearers, Mildred Shanan, Eddie
Watts, Josie Stanford, Margaret
Watson; assistant conductress, Aud
rey Valasco; assistant guard, Ina
Salvador; historian, Hazel Tutor;
musician, Beulah Waller.
Equality Walter Reed Auxiliary '
will sponsor an entertainment in the!
Recreation Hall at Mount Alto Hos
pital at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Potomac Auxiliary will have joint
installation of officers with the post
at 8 pjn. Saturday at the Knights
of Columbus Hall 920 Tenth street
N.W.
Meetings this week: Monday—De
partment, Northeast Masonic Tem
ple. Thursday—Treasury Unit, 1319
Κ street N.W. Friday—Equality
Walter Reed Unit, 713 D street N.W.
OES Activities
In Local Chapters
Special notices:
Lebanon Chapter—Tuesday, re
ception for Mrs. Mary Weimer,
associate matron, and E. W. Sham
leffer, associate patron. Thursday,
star points with Mrs. Marguerite
Wimmer.
LaFayette Lodge Chapter—Wed
nesday, initiation and honoring
March and April birthdays, ν
Warren G. Harding Chapter
Tuesday, initiation.
Naomi Chapter—Wednesday, en
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14, with Mrs. Williams.
Federal Chapter—Thursday, en
tertainment.
Chevy Chase, Chapter—Wednes
day, line officers' night. Tuesday,
Home Board with |£rs. Grace Die
i trick. Saturday, night of games,
:with Mrs. Hazel Leef.
Bethany Chapter—Thursday, Star
; Points with Mrs. Elsie Schwier.
I Friday, Endowment Committee j
evening of games with Mrs. Estelle
I Cation. Saturday, rummage sale,
2103 Nichols avenue S.E.
Martha Chapter—Tuesday, Tem
ple Board with Mrs. Irene David
son. Thursday and Friday, rum
mage sale, 2103 Nichols avenue S.E.
Contact Robert Cheves, LI. 0756.
Fidelity Chapter—Tuesday. Home
Board luncheon with Mrs. Thelma
Nichols.
Harmony Chapter — Thursday,
line officers' night. Monday, Home
Board with Edna Myers.
Congress Lodge Chapter—Mon
day. initiation.
Hope Chapter—Wednesday, Eas
ter program.
Brookland Chapter — Wednesday,
East Gate Chapter and Ruth Chap
ter, Hyattsville, guests. Friday,
Ways and Means card party with
Mrs. Minnie Neil.
Friendship Chapter—Tuesday, fol
lowing the meeting. Masons and
their wives will be entertained.
Wednesday, Home Board, 1:30 p.m..
Masonic and Eastern Star Home.
William F. Hunt Chapter—Satur
day, 6:30 p.m., annual banquet,
past matrone and patrons, Bright
wood Methodist Church.
Anacostia Student Is Proud
Of Her 81 Assorted Pitchers
Martha Duval with part of her collection.
_—Junior Star Photo.
Priti Contribution
By Martha Duval, 15
Anacostia High School
When I was 8 years old, my grandmother gave me a minute pitcher
which had belonged to my great-grandmother. Because of my interest
in this pitcher, as well as in the shape, size and color of other small
drinking vessels that I saw, I quickly became engrossed by the hobby of
assembling pitchers. My friends, hearing about my collection, soon
began to send me many additional specimens.
Win a Cash Prize
Writing, Drawing
For Junior Star
If you are not more than 18, or
have not yet finished high school,
you are eligible to write or draw for
The Junior Star. As many as five
cash prizes of $1 are awarded for the
best contributions published each
week, and writers of stories, which,
in the opinion of the editor, are of
sufficient merit, are issued cards
identifying them as Junior Star re
porters. Here are the rules:
1. All contributions must be oricloal
C. Stories, articles, poems, etc., must be
written on one side of paper; ii typewrit
ten they must be double spaced. Drawings
must be in black ink or black crayon on
white paper and must be mailed flat, not
rolled or folded.
3. Name, age, address, telephone number
and school of the contributor must be in
the upper left-hand corner of writen con
tributions and on the back of drawings.
4. The editor's choice of winners is final
and he reserves the right to publish any
contribution in whatever form he thinks
best, regardless of whether It is awarded
a prize. He may also withhold prizes
awarded for contributions found not to be
original.
Checks for contributions awarded
prizes today will be mailed this week.
Address your contributions to The
Junior Star, 727 Star Building, 1101
Pennsylvania avenue N.W., Wash
ington 4, D. C.
Cathedral Pupil Tells
Of Friend Who Has
Variety of Talents
Prize Contribution
By Anne Lockwood, 13
National Cathedral School
X UUW UHU wi λλλ
size from & one-drop container to
the largest, which holds eight
ounces. They are manufactured
from various materials, including
wood, copper, glaes, porcelain, clay,
and Haviland china. Some of them
cost very little to make, but a few
are Quite expensive. One of my
favorites was produced by a glass
blower at the New York World's
Pair while I stood by, giving him in
structions concerning its appearance
and general outlines.
In my collection are pitchers
from many different States, as well
as from Mexico, Canada, South
America, Japan, France, Germany
and Italy. Among the most beau
! tiful pitchere from foreign coup
tries is one from Italy, which is a
reproduction of the decorative con
tainers originally used in ancient
Pompeii.
My accumulation is carefully pre
served in a closed cabinet designed
to permit demonstration without
the attendant disaster of breakage.
Aa you can well imagine, my cabinet
and its precious contents are my
proudest possessions.
Eastern Journalists
Attend High School
Press Convention
Prize Contribution
By Mozelle Bigelow, 17
Eastern High School
Attending Columbia University's
23d annual Scholastic Press Associa
tion convention were Ifl lournnlisin
v-riic w my ucou inrrxiua, ivxaiy uuu
King, is blessed with the following
talents: Skating, swimming, draw
ing and playing the piano. Although
she has never _
taken ballet, she
cute little dances JjPPP^^SBt
she passed the
(unior life-saving Κ"""1, Ά J
test and now, at n. J ^Èm
swimmer sndK '
Washington Pig- Jj ■
ure Skating Club
and made SUCh Mary Leu.
progress that In the last carnival,
"Skating Is Fun," she did a solo.
The other day Mary Lou sat down
at my desk, and, referring to a por
trait of "Baby Stuart," picked up a
pen and sketched a remarkable like
ness of the picture in about five
minutes.
Last, but not least, she has many
possibilities where the piano Is con
cerned. Mary Lou plays "Minuet,"
'Ellen Dance" and "Polish Dance"
almost flawlessly and she Is working
on the "Minuet Waltz."
Keyhole Eyes.
The long-nosed tree snake of the
East Indies has eyes with pupils
shaped like keyholes. This species
lias the sharpest sight found in
snakes.
Navy Song
"Anchors Aweigh," battle song of
the Navy, was composed by Band
master Charles A. Zimmerman In
1906. It first was sung at an Army
Navy football game In 1907.
students from Eastern High School
and our faculty adviser, Dr. Regis
L. Boyle. Leaving immediately after
school on a Wednesday, we arrived
in New York in time to tour the
NBC television studio, at Rockefeller
Center and see part of "Mr. District
Attorney" being broadcast. Our
program also called for the Supper
Club, featuring Perry Como, who
had Just returned from a vacation
in Florida.
Thursday morning, we went sight
seeing and ate in an automat before
going to Columbia for the confer
ence. Friday also was spent at the
university.
Many newspapermen gave talks,
in addition to clinics and panel
discussions. John McCrary brought
his wife, Jinx Falkenberg, for a press
conference. Concluding the con
vention Saturday was a banquet
luncheon for the delegates in the
Astor Hotel.
We had been fortunate enough
to obtain tickets for "Oklahoma!"
and "Lady Windemere'e Fan." After
the latter, we were standing in front
of the theater, deciding what to do
next, when some had the brainstorm
of seeing Cornelia Otis Skinner, the
leading lady.
We crowded around the stage
door, and almost immediately she
walked down the steps to the ramp
whiph led to the street. She was
quite gracious and said she would
answer any questions we wanted
to ask—at which time not one of
us could think of a single question.
The convention was interesting,
a minimum of mishaps occurred,
and Sunday night 16 tired but hap
py Journalists parted to tell their
families and friends of their ex
periences.
Just Between
Ourselves...
——By Philip H. Low
Every section of the country, I
suppose, has Its own peculiar ways
of celebrating the various holidays.
In Baltimore, for example, the
most popular Easter sport is—or
was, when I was a boy—"picking
eggs." In the 16 years I have been
in Washington, however, I've never
met any one other than former resi
dents of Baltimore who had heard
of the custom. In fact, even in other
parts of Maryland, I*vç never come
across anybody familiar with "pick
ing."
Boys and girls here and in some
other cities like to roll eggs. I dont
know how things are in Baltimore
now, but in my boyhood, egg-rolling
was simply something the news
papers said was done on the White
House lawn. And since we had no
White House lawn, we just skipped
the rolling and stuck to our picking.
Picking started two or three weeks
before Easter. Undyed raw eggs
were used, and, of course, the
grocers did a huge business.
You begged an egg from your
mother, or, if she didn't have any
to spare, you bought one. The
grocer kept his eggs in ah open
crate, and you had the privilege of
testing their hardness by tapping
them against your teeth. When you
found an egg you thought sufficient
ly tough at both ends, you were
ready to "go out picking."
You roamed the neighborhood,
veDine. ''Who's eotta eee?" Even
tually, somebody would answer, "I
gotta egg!"
When the two of you had come
together, you said, "Show me some
thing." Your opponent held out his
egg, grasped in such a way as to
expose as little as possible of its
larger end. You tapped the butt of
your egg against his until one or
the other cracked. It was, let's say,
your egg that won this first round.
* * * *
Then you held your egg so the
other fellow could test his point
against yours. Again, you won. The
other egg was yours to keep.
As a courtesy to a defeated op
ponent, you permitted him to "try"
your egg against his teeth. Then
he would go home, or to the store,
In quest of an egg tough enough to
crack yours.
You might win or lose many eggs,
but no matter how you fared, you'd
have a lot of fun. Your winnings,
if any, were, of course, given to your
mother for use in the kitchen; irf
return, she gave you uncracked eggs
with which to continue your picking.
In every neighborhood, there was
at least one dishonest boy who "doc
tored" eggs in the hope of increasing
their hardness. One method was to
cover the point and butt with rosin;
another was to remove a small por
tion of the shell, drain the egg, fill
the shell with plaster-of-perls, then
replace the piece that had been
taken off. Both methods were easily
detected, however, and the chaps
who tried them usually wound up
wishing they hadn't.
Easter Sunday was, of course, the
big day for picking. Every boy—
and some of the girls, too—stuffed
his pockets with the dyed eggs from
his basket and toured the neighbor
hood, shouting, "Who's gotta egg?"
* * * *
At my house, we still pick eggs on
Easter. Last year, I wound up with
an empty basket, but today I'm
going to do better. I'm positively
going to stop picking when I get
down to three eggs.
Timothy the Turtle
Pris* Contribution
By Cynthia Nancy Friis, 7
Farlington Elementary School
Once upon a time there was a
little turtle named Timothy. He
lived in a stream near the woods.
When winter came he dug down in
the mud. When spring came he met
a great big bullfrog.
The great big bullfrog had 10
baby tadpoles. Timothy caught
some flies and tossed them to the
tadpoles.
Then he saw a small floating log
in the stream. He stayed on the
log until it reached the bank. He
went into the woods and crawled
under a big green leaf.
When he awoke it was late spring.
He was very hungry. He had no
food. Two little frogs came and
saw that he was hungry, so they
gave him some fliee. They knew it
was Timothy because he had a black
tail.
They gave him some food be
cause he gave them some food when
they were tadpoles.
It's Easter
Prise Contribution
# By Judy Solomon, 16
Calvin Coolidge High School
I wonder why I feel so gay :
No worries on my mind today,
No towel or locker fees to pay—
Oh, that's right—it's Easter!
I have no homework left to do.
No great long tests to hurry through,
No reason now to feel so blue
Just because It's Easter!
I've slaved in school throughout the
year.
Each day I'd something*,new to fear.
But now 111 send up one' great
cheer
Yea! Hurrah for Easter!
Guide to New Books
For Young Readers
Porpy, by Betty Hogan Ryan
(Ziff-Davis: $1.25>—Porpy is a
skunk which lives in a big tree. His
daily adventures are amusing.
The Monkey With a Notion, by
Glenn O. Blough (Holt: $2)—Snick,
a monkey living in a pet shop,
causes many mysterious things to
nappen. Hie mysteries are finally
solved by Tandy Kipp, Snick's
friend, and the town constable.
4Safety Circus' Talks
By Dick Mansfield
Inspector .pick Mansfield, direc
tor of The Star's school safety
program and former chief of detec
tives, is giving a "Safety Circus"
series of chalk talks to pupils of
elementary and junior and senior
high schools. The program is spon
sored by The Junior Star, in co
operation with school authorities of
the District and nearby Maryland
and Virginia.
Schools at which Inspector Mans
field will give cartoon talks this
week are:
Chevy Chase Elementary, Thurs
day, 11 ajn.: Somerset. 1:30 pjn.;
Woottelde, Friday, 11 ajn.
Tips on Starting a New Lawn
Organic Matter Must Be Put Into Soil ;
Legumes and Grass Mixtures
(Second of a Series J
By Ted C. Mourer
Assistant Chief Agronomy Division, and Conservation Servie·
A good soil contains organic mat
ter, which is partially decayed vege
tation. If your basement was exca
vated and the material scattered
over all or part of your lot the soil
lacks organic matter now. Tour
problem is to get it there. You can
do this in a number of different
ways. You can buy manure from
stables that will be anything from
today's accumulation to old, well
rotted manure. This latter is what
you want.
Well-rotted manure has gone
through a heat and moet of the
weed seeds fed in the hay and used
as bedding have decayed. You
don't want to Introduce any more
weed seed than you already have
in the soil. In addition, if weeds
are in the manure they have an
ideal place to germinate and grow
vigorously.
Then there is sewerage sludge. If
it is available at a reasonable cost
per ton you can use it for organic
matter. Dont forget you are after
organic matter to put into the soil.
What you want is the most organic
matter for the least money. We can
supply the other plant food from
other materials.
There is still another source of
organic matter, namely a crop of
iegumes or a mixture of grasses,
small grains and legumes that you
can raise, yourself. You may find
this more to your liking than any
other method.
You or your wife have worked
the lime into the soil. That's good
so far. »
Λ Clover seea irofram.
The middlev>f April Is approach
ing. You have some grass spotted
around. The lime is on and you find
the best way to get organic matter
is to grow your own. Let's buy 1
pound of crimson clover seed for
each 100 square feet of lawn surface
we are going to work. Then buy
inoculation for crimson clover. You
will probably have to take a half
bushel size which is enough for 30
pounds of seed or 3,000 square feet.
If your lawn runs over 3,000 square
feet buy the bushel size and follow
the directions on the can. Be sure
to check the date so you will know
the inoculant is not too old. All
legumes need this inoculation by the
bacteria that live on the roots. They
form the nodules that can take the
nitrogen from the air.
You have the seed and the inocu
lation. The lime is worked into the
soil. It has rained or snowed since
you did that job. Good! Now let's
scatter the seed evenly and work
it Into the soil with a rake (garden
or potato). The seed should be out
of sight when you get through. If
it looks like rain or the weatherman
predicts rain in & day or tow, wait.
If the prospects of rain are several
days or a week away, you had better
water it down to get the soil close
around the seed. Then, in about
three or four days, begin to look for
seedlings coming up out of the
ground.
Don't forget this is not a lawn
grass, but a means of adding much
needed organic matter to the soil.
This is April and the crimson clover
will mature in May or June.
Fertilizer Speeds Growth.
The amount of organic matter you
produce will depend, of course, on
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crimson clover makes. So, let's think
about fertiliser. It will be easiest
to buy a mixed complete fertilizer
this year. A complete fertilizer
contains nitrogen, phosphoric acid,
and potest for legumes and grasses
so let's shop around for a mixed
fertilizer of the proportion of a 40
10-6, 3t9-6, 5-10-5 or some similar
formula. You will need 10 pounds
per 100 square feet of lawn surface.
Scatter it evenly over your lawn
after the crimson clover Is up about
one inch in height. Try to do this
when the clover is dry. Even then
it is best to turn the sprinkler loose
and wash all the fertilizer off the
plants and onto the soil. Now you
are on your way to grow that organic
matter you need in your soil plus
a good supply of nitrogen that will
be collected from the air and stored
in the nodules on the roots.
As we said before, this is not a
lawn you are not going to have
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have to supply your only beauty for
this summer, at least till August or
September.
After the clover blooms and makes
seed you can hack it off with a lawn
mower or hand sickle. Your wife will
probably insist that It be cut down.
It doesn't look well, but remember
you are building for the future.
Don't take that top growth off just
because it looks ragged. That is
the organic matter. Then, too, it
has smothered out some annual
weeds that have been or would be
bothering you by producing seed
again this year.
Arbor Day Rites v »
Set for Thursday
Ceremonies marking the diamond
Jubilee of Arbor Day—« tree-grow
ing observance started 75 years ago
by Julius Sterling Morton, a Ne
braska farmer who served as Secre
tary of Agriculture—will be held
here Thursday.
Senator Butler, Republican, of
Nebraska will take part in cere
monies on the Capitol grounds,
where a tree from the Norton arbo
retum near Chicago will be planted.
Mrs. Dwight Davis, widow of the
former Secretary of War and a
granddaughter of the Arbor Day
founder, is expected to take part in
the ceremonies.
Soon after taking up his quarter
section Nebraska homestead in 1854,
young Morton launched a campaign
to interest other Nebraska farmers
in planting trees on the Western
prairies. "Our seedling forests," he
said, "will nurse great timbers from
which will come sills and joists to
build the homes of thousands of new
Nebraskans." »
Arbor Day observance» first held
by many States on April 10, later
was changed by Nebraska and a
number of States to April 22, the
birthday of the founder.
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