Evening star., 1939-04-26

Meriick Boys Club
To Be Represented
In Soap Box Derby

!" SV~P DVA USsUI
Material for Racers
Needed, Says Director;
RoIIy Is Held
When the final roll is called for
the Washington Soap Box Derby
this summer. the names of several
members of the Merrick Boys Club
will be there.
Four boys who belong to the club
built derby racers last year but did
not get into the competition be-
cause they failed to register before
the official entry list was closed.
This year they are taking no
chances. and the club. which is a
branch of the Christ Child Society.
will be well represented when the
derby Is run early in July.
The Merrick boys held q Soap
Box Derby rally In the club GYM
nasium Monday night and heard q
derby talk by Hugh Armstrong, as
sistant District Scout commissioner
and member of the Sea Scout Coun-
Gil, who is taking an active part in
the pre-derby campaign.
Contributions in Order.
eve have woodshop here in
which the boys may work on their
soap box racing cars" said Thomas
Garrity. director of the club, but
lot of the boys need material and
would appreciate contributions"
Thus far. two boys at the club,
Charles Leannarda, IA, of 9O9 c
street NE, and Lee Fletcher, is,
of 3l2 Tennessee avenue NE. have
decided to get into the derby. Lee
was one of those who made his own
racer last July but failed to regis
ter.
In addition to Mr.. Garrity, John
ChludenSki, club athletic director,
is helping with the derby program.
Mr.. Chludenski was graduated from
Catholic University in 1898. He
played tackle ON the C. U. football
team.
Mr.. Armstrong announced, mean
while. that Troop 10, Boy Scouts of
America. meeting at the Ninth
Street Christian Church. Ninth and
D streets NE, had voted $40 to be
devoted to building several racers
which the troop will enter in the
derby.
Must Pledge Safe Driving.
The Soap Box Derby is sponsored
by The American Legion and The
Star and is open to boys 10 to is
years old, inclusive, and living in the
Washington area. Registration for
the event is being conducted by
Chevrolet dealers in Washington,
nearby Maryland and Virginia. The
dealers give to each boy a COPY of
the 1899 rules for building derby
coaster car. Boys who enter must
be accompanied by parent or
guardian and both must sign the
application for membership in the
All American Soap Box Derby and
the Safety Pledge for safe driving
of Derby racers. .
Day by day, the list of derby can
didates is growing substantially, and
scores Of boys already are at work
making their own racers. In school
and boys club workshops and in
their own homes.
Today's new entries included Ma
rion Harris, IL, of 1857 U street
Sc. AnacoStia Junior High School
student. and Roger Thomas, Is, Of
l25 Thomas street NV, Shaw
Junior High, who won their first
heats in last years derby, and three
boys entered as unit by Second
Division Post No. % of the Ameri-
can Legion. of which w. E. Turell
Is commander. They are Billy
league, IA, of 1903 F street NE,
Eliot Junior High: Lewis McCrae,
jr., 13, of 1484 Chaplin street NV,
Powell Junior High. and Edmund
Fritz, II, of 3155 North Twentieth
street, Arlington, Va, James Mon
roe School,
Others Register.
Others who have registered are:
Bobby Norton IL, of 421 Turner
street, Chevy Chase, Md, Leland
Junior High.
Joe Tolson, Is, R. F. D. 1, Silver
Spring, Md. Sherwood School.
Richard GaWler, II, of 1912 Falk-
land drive, Silver Spring, Nd,
Woodside School
Jack Harvey, IA, of Oil Concord
avenue NV, Paul Junior High.
Ray Boswell, IA, of 9l5 Concord
avenue NV, Nativity School.
Earl Hudson Biegel, II, of 1888
Pennsylvania avenue Sc, Buchan-
an School,
Daniel r. Thompson, II, of Route
2. Anacostia, D. c., Oxon Hill, Md,
Birney School.
Robert H. Diehl, IA, of 1920 Suit
land road Sc, Anacostia Junior
High.
Philip Bacas, 13, of 1926 P street
Sc, Anacostia Junior High.
Alvin Brown, IA, of 17l4 Four
teenth street Sc, Anacostia Junior
High.
Robert B. Swales, II, Berwyn,
Mr., Beltsville School,
Eugene Sayles, IA, of 148 Thomas
street NV, Shaw Junior High.
Roger Thomas, Is, of 125 Thomas
street NV, Shaw Junior High.
Kenn Simpson, IL, of 125 Thomas
street NV, Shaw Junior High.