Evening star., 1939-06-17

Soap Box Derby's .
Book Of Entrants
To Close Tonight
Only Few More Hours
Remain to Get In
Applications

Tonight is the last chance to
enter Washington's second Soap
Box Derby.
No more entries will be accepted
after tonight, when the lists in
The Evening Star American Legion
sponsored coaster race will be
closed.
Late-comers, however, still have
a few hours this evening to get
their applications in. Here's the
way to do it. Go to your nearest
Chevrolet dealer In Washington,
Alexandria or Clarendon, Va; or
Silver Spring and Hyattsville, Md.
There you can get application
blanks and safety pledges.
If an application is received to-
night, 1t still will be included in
the official registration Of boys to
race their homemade miniature
cars down the sloping Derby course
on July 8.
Entries Piling In.
Meanwhile, last-minute entries
continued to pile in today, and
indications were that more than
twice as many boys would be en-
tered this year as last year.
Sound motion pictures of the
1888 National Soap Box Derby,
which were taken at Akron, Ohio,
and other films will feature a
program Of entertainment to be
offered by the Addison Chevrolet
Co., 1437 Irving street NV, at 8
pm. Tuesday, June 20.
Mystlni, magician and escape art
list, also will be featured on the
program.
]. R. Pop" Reilly, Woodworking
instructor at Langley Junior Hign
School, told about the boys building
racers at his school, over radio
station WMAL last night in one
OF the series of broadcasts on the
Derby.
Announcer Raymond Michael in
terviewed Mr.. Reilly and Hugh
Armstrong, assistant District Scout
commissioner, on the program,
which also featured entertainment
by William Shanahan, 10, pianist,
and Florence Lyman, 13, dramatic
soprano, from the National Chill
drens Frolic programs.
Seven Stuart Entrants.
OF the Is new entries recorded
today, seven are students at Stuart
Junior High School. They are Ray
mond CLANCY. 13, 656 Sixth street
NE; Freddie Seaton. Ia, SIG C
street NE; Joseph Di Carlo, IA. 1892
Morse street NE; Bernard Hollis,
II. 7l2 I street NE; Raymond Pen
noyer. II, and William Pennoyer.
IA, both of 8l3 Seventh street NE,
and Albert Di Giulian, Is, 325 G
street NE.
Other entries include James Free
man. 13. 224 North Columbus street,
Alexandria, Va: M. M. Glasgow,
jr., II. 202 North Columbus street,
Alexandria, Va. and Billy Martin,
II, 220 North Columbus street, Alex
andria. Va, all of Jefferson School;
Robert Yeatman. IL, 3113 North
Pershirg drive, Arlington, Va, Henry
Clay School; Lester F. Wilson, IA,
1915 North Hartford street. Arling-
ton. Va. and Burton Canham, Is.
1926 North Wayne street, Arlington.
Va, both of Washington and Lee
High School; William C. Graves. IL.
2304 Second street NE. St. Mar
tins School; Louis Courembis, Is,
1889 Newton street NV, Mckinley
High School; Harvey J. Poole, jr,
II, 81 Maryland avenue, Hyattsville,
Md. Hyattsville Elementary School:
Paul D. Malkie, 13, 106 Garfield
avenue, Hyattsville, Md. Hyattsville
High School; Paul Rollins, ID, 1924
E street Sc. Buchanan School;
Aubrey Grethe, 13, Glen Echo
Heights. Md, Thomas jefferson
Junior High; Bill Kerper, 10, 37o7
Eighteenth street NE, Taft Junior
High School; Joseph Urciolo. 49,
700 Irving street NV. Mcfarland
Junior High School; Charles Hud-
son, Is, Hillside, Md, Maryland
Park High School; William Martyr,
IA, 211 Thirteenth street NE, Eliot
Junior High School, and Merritt
Ogle Chance, II, Is, Brookville, Md,
and George Garry, II, Derwood, Md,
both of Sherwood High School.