Evening star., 1939-05-28
Soap Box Racer
Starts Last Lap
OF lis Tour
Return Engagement
In Montgomery
Storts Tomorrow
BY ROBERT A. ERWIN.

Norman Rocca's championship
Soap Box Derby racer of 1898 will
start tomorrow on the last lap
Of its metropolitan area high school
exhibition tour, one of the features
Of the campaign preceding this
years Derby which will be held
July 3.
A return engagement in Mont
somery County, Nd, arranged at
the request Of school authorities,
Is on tomorrow's schedule. On We'd
nesday the exhibition will swing
into the Prince Georges County,
Nd. suburban area where a large
entry list already has been rolled
up for the Derby.
Derby news and views will be
presented over Station WMAL this
week in radio broadcasts tomorrow,
Wednesday and Friday, all at the
same hour-4:45 pm.
Bal. Brown to Speak.
The speaker tomorrow will be
Maj. Ernest w. Brown. superin-
tendent of police, founder of the
Police Boys Club and member of
the General Committee on Arrange
ments for the Derby. Five boys
who plan to compete in the race
will be interviewed by Announcer
RAYMOND Michael
This weeks exhibition, which will
give additional hundreds Of boys
Of Derby age 90 to Is inclusive)
a chance to see last years winning
racer and to fire questions at Derby
officials. follows:
Tomorrow-9 to 10 am.-Glen
Echo Cabin John Junior High
School, Glen Echo.
10:45 to 1880 am-Sherwood
High School, Sandy Spring.
Wednesday-9 to 10 am.-Oxon
Hill High.
10:45 to 11:30 am.-Maryland
Park High. Seat Pleasant.
Noon to l pm.-Bladensburg
High.
Friday-s to 10 am.-Mount
Rainier High.
The Prince Georges County swing
will be concluded, and the tour as
well, on Monday, June 5, with
visits at Hyattsville High from $50
TO 11:30 am. and Greenbelt High
from noon to 1:30 pm.
Increases Itinerary.
William C. Feddeman, director Of
Industrial arts in Montgomery
County schools, was so pleased with
the reception boys gave the ex-
hibition last week that he asked
Glen Echo-Cabin John and Sher-
wood High Schools be added to
the itinerary.
One Of the hosts for the Prince
Georges County tour will be Elmer
K. Zeller, county vocational director
of industrial teaching.
Thus far, almost 400 boys have
signed up for the 1899 Soap Box
Derby. The big entry list is due in
large measure to the cooperation
of every school system and every
woodshop teacher and supervisor in
the Washington area.
Boys who will be quizzed on their
Derby activities at tomorrow's broad
cast are Herbert Orent, 13, of 829
Quincy street NV; Fred Powell, 434
Manor place NV. and George
Gerais, IA, of 1884 Allison street
NV, all from Mcfarland Junior
High School, and Robert Diehl, Is,
of $500 Suitland road Sc, and
Charles Fowler, IS, of 1887 w street
B.E., Anacostia Junior High students.
Hamilton to Speak.
Assistant Derby Director Zeb T.
Hamilton, in charge Of engineering
arrangements for the Derby, will
speak on Wednesdays broadcast, and
Scout Executive Linn G. Drake, a
sponsor of the Derby. on Friday,
Derby Director o. c. Holleran an
nounced.
Hugh Armstrong, assistant District
Scout commissioner, will continue
his travels with the exhibition tour
this week.
The site for this years Soap Box
Derby will be announced later.
Meanwhile, hundreds of boys are
planning and building their own
coaster racers in school Shops. in
their own back yards, workshops and
Easements and at boys clubs.
While the entry list will be open
Tor about three more weeks, boys
interested are urged to enter the
event now and have enough time to
build = good and fast car for the
Derby.
Rules for registration and other
Derby information will be found
elsewhere on this page under the
caption Soap Box Derby Rules"
.tWatch The Star for Derby News.)
Will 4 s-A T.