Evening star., 1939-06-06
Junior High Boys
Predominant in New
Derby Entries
Roundup Week Is
Designated by Director
HoIIerun

Junior high schools in Washing
ton contributed heavily to new en-
tries today for Washington's sec
ond annual Soap Box Derby which
will be run July 8 under sponsor
ship of The Star and the American
Legion.
This week has been designated by
Derby Director o. c. Holleran as
Roundup Week" All persons and
organizations taking part in the
Derby have been asked to round up
boys from 10 to Is years old, in
elusive, who are eligible for and
interested in the Derby. including
a few score youths already build
ing coaster cars without having
registered.
The entry list for the event will
close on Saturday, June IT. Boys
who want to make their own racers
and seek the Washington cham
pionship and other laurels and prizes
still have plenty of time in which
to do the work.
Hine Junior High, where several
boys already are working on Derby
racers under direction of Shop
Teacher Walter Krehbiel. came in
today with four new Derby candl-
dates.
Other Schools Heard From.
Among other schools heard from
were Gordon Junior High, where
H. S. Harbour and r. A. White are
woodshop teachers: Powell, where
a large Derby class is directed by
John Williams, manual arts in
structor; Mcfarland. where E. L.
Cooney and R. c. Hartley are the
shop teachers, and Curtis and Ia
koma Park Elementary Schools
In addition there were number
of new Derby championship seekers
from Washington graded and pa
rochial schools and the suburban
area.
The list follows:
Hine Junior High: Gordon Pal
matter, IA, of 1912 Eighth street
Sc; Howard Tull, 13, of 1409 E
street Sc: Charles Wolcott, Is, of
1908 Eighth street Sc. and Consol
McGinty, IA, of 12 Seventh street
Sc.
Gordon: Herbert Mccall, Is, of
1920 Calvert street NV: Edgar r.
Scherich, jr. r. of 1916 Benton
street NV. and Marcelino H. Ro-
dill, jr, IA, of 1902 Thirty-third
street NV
Powell: Raymond Butler. IA, of
1888 Thirtv-first street NV. and
Alfred Robinson, IL, of 1929 Euclid
street NV.
Curtis School: Joseph C. Watson,
IA. of 1918 Twentt-ninth street NV.
and James Sonnabend, 13, of 5729
Sherrier place NV
Thomas jefferson Junior High:
Robert Floyd. II, of 1925 South Mel
son street, Arlington, Va.
Takoma Park School: James Nc
Donald. II. of l9 Elm avenue, and
Larry Frost, Is, of 309 Orchard ave-
nue. Takoma Park. Md.
MacFarland: Henry L. Bowie, jr..
IL, of 447 Delafield place NV.
Other New Entries.
Other new Derby entries are Joe
Bradshaw, 13, of 1408 A street Sc,
Holy Comforter School; Bart J.
Finn, II, Greenbelt, Md, Greenbelt
Elementary School, and William A.
Chapman, IA. Forest Glen road,
Kensington, Md. Kensington School.
The brown and gold racing car
Norman Rocca. 15-year-old Ana
costa Junior High youth. made and
drove to victory in the first WASH
ington Derby in 1888. made the last
stand of its exhibition tour yester-
day with stops at Hyattsville and
Greenbelt High Schools in Prince
Georges County, Md
Several hundred boys saw the
racer at Hvattsville and cross
questioned Hugh Armstrong, as
sistant District Scout commissioner,
on various points about the Derby.
Ralph Angel at Hyattsville and
Chester Wurl at Greenbelt were host
shop teachers for the tour.
The first of new series of Derby