Evening star., 1938-07-12
DERBY ENTRANTS
WILL TELL PLANS
Mrs. Elizabeth Peoples to
Take Part in Radio
Program.

Program.
Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peoples. director
Of the Community Center Depart
ment. will speak at $50 pm. today
In the second Of a new series Of radio
broadcasts telling Of Washington's
first Soap Box Derby. to be held July
%. The program. which will be heard
over Station WMAL, also will feature
an interview of two derby entrants,
Walter Bumgarner, IL, of 6136 Thrift
eth street NV, a student at Alice
Deal Junior High School. and Ray
Giovannoni, IL, OF 812 Rittenhouse
street, who studies at Whittier School.
Speakers on succeeding programs,
on each Of which two derby entrants
will be interviewed, will include Col.
Lemuel Bolles, chairman Of the Derby
Prize Committee; Traffic Director Will
liam A. Van Duzer, Col. L. c. Craw-
ford, member of the Derby Executive
Committee and chairman Of the
Board Of Trade Safety Committee,
and Walter johnson, former pitcher
for the Washington Nationals.
The program for tomorrow night,
which Is scheduled for Sis o'clock,
will be featured by talk by Col.
Bolles and interviews with Harley
Cope, II, son Of 1t. Comdr. H. F..
Cope of the Navy Yard, and Bob
Pierce, II, of 507 Third street Sc.
Approximately 400 Enter.
o. c. Holleran, derby director, who
outlined the plans for the derby on
the first of the 15-minute radio pro-
grams last night, revealed today that
, approximately 400 Washington boys
will compete for the title Of Soap Box
Derby champion of Washington on
July %. Registrations for the derby
closed Saturday night, and the last
rush Of applicants increased the total
number of entrants in the home
made coaster race to about 400. -
Many of the entrants already have
finished their racers, and to those
derby officials today offered the op-
portunity for a pre-inspection Of the
cars in order to make any necessary
corrections or additions. The inspec-
ton, which was voluntary on the
boys part, is not to be confused with
the compulsory inspection which will
be held shortly before the race.
Meanwhile, details of the plans for
conducting the race on derby day have
been worked out, and announcements
will be made soon concerning the To-
cation of the race course and the date
Of the compulsory inspection.
List Of Entrants.
The latest list Of derby entrants in
cludes James B. Sargent, IA, Vienna,
Va, Fairfax High School; John F.
McGrath, jr., Is, $40 Nevada ave-
nue., Woodrow Wilson High School;
Jack F. Reutmann, Is, 6601 Summit
avenue, Chevy Chase, Md, Blessed
Sacrament School; John D. Poole, IL.
National Park College, Forest Glen,
Md, Montgomery Hills Junior High
School; Morris Juncal, 13, 5115 Cathe-
dral avenue, Gordon Junior High
School; George O,Hagan, II, 2510 L
street NV, Kendall School; Norman
Wheeler, Is, 3527 Valley avenue,
Mount Rainier, Central High School;
James A. .McEnaney. u, II, 1899
Lincoln road NE, st. Martins School:
Anthony Bickel, 13, st. Joseph's Home
and School, Twenty-sixth and Otis
streets NE; Dino Mencarini, l3, 905
FIRST street NV, Langley Junior High
School; Mike Pappafotis, IL, 222 In
diana avenue NV, Gales School;
Richard Welch, 8, 1908 Second street
NE. st. Martins School; Bobbie Car
penter, 8. 615 Franklin street NE,
Brookland School; Raymond Bellman,
~, 1923 Lamont street NV, Bancroft
School, and Walter Johnston, 13, 1922
Hiatt place.
Everett Stanley, 13, 1917 Lamont
street NV; wentworth 'Dubendorf,
~, 1853 Columbia road NV, Powell
Junior High School; ROLAND Miller,
13, 1404 N. Hartford street, Arlington,
Washington-Lee High School; Whatley
Lemons, Is. Arlington Hall, Arlington,
Thomas Jefferson School; Donald
Hathaway, r., 600 Powhatan place,
Paul Junior High School; Bobby Bel
Ter. 13. 725 Kennedy street NV, Paul
Junior High School; Joseph Theirault,
3. 1902 River road, st. AIMS School;
Michael Theirault. IL, 1902 River
road, st. AIMS School; Patrick White
hurst. 10, Havenhurst, Doyle Landing,
Deale, Nd, Deale Public School;
Howard Spencer, II, 418 P street NV,
Shaw Junior High School; Charles r.
Chapman, 13, 2408 Second street NE,
Emory School; Joseph Lane, IL, 1913
Second street NE, Shaw Junior High
School; Lloyd H. johnson, II, 1l2 U
street NE, st. Martins School; Irwin
Carroll Thompson, 13, 1920 Morse
street NE, Eliot Junior High School;
Robert ]. Mcneil, Is. 1928 Queen street
NE, Eastern High School; James
Murphy, 13, 1114 Morse street NE.
Holy Name School; Walter E. Rogers,
jr., ~, 705 Fourth street NV, Ter
rell Junior High School; David Combs
Is, 602 Kennedy street NV, Paul
Junior High School; John Seaman, IL,
6l4 Kennedy street NV, Paul Junior
High School; William Currin, II, 10
K street NV, Blake School, and
James Pickering, IL, 63 K street NE.
Blake School.
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