Evening star., 1938-06-09
jELLEFF TO ACT
ON DERBY GROUP
Boys Club Head to Serve on
Executive Committee for
Soap Box Race.

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Frank r. Jelleff. prominent mer-
chant and president of the Boys
Club of Washington, has agreed to
serve as member of the Executive
Committee for The Star American
Legion Soap Box Derby, O. C. Hol-
leran. derby director. announced to-
day.
The committee is headed by Com
missioner George e. Allen as chair
man and includes more than 20 mem
bers outstanding in public, civic and
business life here.
Mr.. Jelleff has long been known
for his work among the boys of WASH
tpgton, and the club which he heads
is supporting the derby in every way
and encouraging its members to en-
ter the race for boys of the Washing
ton metropolitan area to be held late
in July.
Mr.. Holleran also announced that
Col. Lemuel L. Bolles, first national
adjutant Of the American Legion,
one of its founders and now an as
sociate member of the Board of Vet
Grams Appeals, has been named
chairman of the Awards Committee
for the derby.
Radio Talk Tomorrow.
Col. Bolles replaces Capt. Watson
Miller. national rehabilitation officer
Of the Legion, who is unable to serve
because of the pressure of other du-
ties at this time. Other members
of the committee are Maj. Gen. Amos
Fries, U. S. A., retired, Brig. Gen.
Albert L. Cox, commanding general
of the District National Guard; Will
, liam Rogers, Edward Stohlman and
Robert Owens, Chevrolet dealers.
The Grand Voiture of the Forty
and Eight is the latest Legion group
to vote to defray expenses of an
orphan boy in building a derby
racer. and its members are now seek
ing an orphan of World War vet
eran as their prospective entry.
Mr.. Holleran will inaugurate the
Soap Box Derby radio program to-
morrow with 15-minute talk to the
public in general and to boys in par
ticular over Station WMAL at 6:4s
pm.
He will be followed on the air Sat-
urday by Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle,
president of the District Board of
Education and member of the Derby
Executive Committee. Mrs. Doyle will
speak over Station WRC at $50 pm
Radio Speaker Announced.
J. Fred johnson, past national vice
commander of the American Legion
and senior attorney in the Federal
Communications Commission, will
talk in behalf of the derby over WRC
next Tuesday at GAS pm.
Other radio speakers for the Wash
tngton race of the All-American Soap
Box Derby will be announced later.
Registrations for the derby are
being accepted by Chevrolet motor
car dealers in the Washington metro
politan area. Boys who wish to enter
should be accompanied to the dealer
by parent or guardian. The dealers
are furnishing entrance blanks and
safety pledges which both the boy and
his parent or guardian must sign and
the 1888 official rule book giving rules
and regulations for building coaster
racer that will qualify for the WASH
ington race.
The entry list is growing daily and
scores of boys are already at work, at
home and in school, Y M. c. A. and
boys club workshops building their
racing cars.
Champion to Go to Akron.
There will be scores of fine prizes
for derby racers, and the Washington
champion will be sent to Akron, Ohio,
to represent the Nations Capital in
the national and international soap
box finals. The national champion
gets the best and biggest prize of all
"a four-year state university schol-.
arship.
The latest derby entrants include:
J. Schwartz, IL, of 208 Eighth street
S.W.: Theodore Carter, IA, of 1927
Eighth street NV, Terrell Junior
High: Edwin J. Uhthoff, 10, of 70 v
street NV, Longfellow School; Roger
Thomas, 49, Of 125 Thomas street
NV. Shaw Junior High; Carl Philo,
IL, Of 10 8 street NV, Langley Junior
High, and John Berry, 10, of 4I3
Evarts street NE, Gonzaga School.
George s. Rosson, II, of 1908 North
Herndon street; Edward Follin, 10, of
1893 North Edgewood street; Gordon
Renner, IL, of 1416 North Vernon,
street. Va; Walter Mccarthy, 10, of
1911 North Lincoln street, and Robert
Stewart, IL, of 1916 North Edgewood
street, all of Arlington, Va.
Teddie Stadel, IL, Silver Spring,