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national 3OO-meter medley swim at Des
Moines, after placing second in the lOO-yard
free style, and finishing neck and neck with
her promising teammate, Doris Soltysiak, in
the 400 meter.
Where is this Olneyville?" everybody
asks. And what kind of Boys Club is it
that wins so many titles? They must have a
lot of swell equipment, and a bunch of good
coaches"
OLNEYvuLE isn't city-it isn't even
town. It's just oongested mill community in
Providence. Rhode Island. And as for equip
ment - well, they have one little undersi1ed
sxty-foot pool, which national champion
once referred to as mere 'footbath." And
they have one swimming coach, who used to
be janitor of the Club! The pool is housed in
tiny brick building, hemmed in by tenement
houses, and has for its embryonic champion
ship material host of children whose parents
work in the mills.
There used to be lot of capshooting in
Olneyville fifteen years ago, and lot of
broken windows and pilfering; also plenty of
harassed grocers and businessmen. Olney-
vile was, in short, a hotbed of delinquency -
but that was before social-minded citizens
got together and organized the Olneyville
Boys Club. Chester Braman. owner of the
largest mill in town, gave the pool. and other
leading citizens, seeing the need, helped to
defray the cost of a building.
They sent to Worcester and got young
fellow to head the Club. Tommy Tisdell was
only twenty two then. but he had grown up in
a Boys Club and knew what they were cap
able of doing His friends warned him that
he was going into tough spot" but he
went just the same.
Il didn't find the kids any tougher than
anywhere else," he says. They'd taken the
old swimming hole and the vacant lots away
from the kids. and they had no place to play
that was the only trouble"
The Boys Club soon remedied that. and in
a few months word went around from one
gang to another that the Boys Club was an
Evening star., 1940-02-11

EouR years ago in Tokyo. after the Ameri-
can Swimming Team had wrested the
. international swimming crown from
Japan. one of the Npponese hosts approached
an American coach and asked, Where is
Oineyville in America? It must be great
athletic center, but we do not find it on the
map"
The coach rubbed his chin. ''Darned if
know somewhere in New England think.
The japanese was nonplused. But nearly
one-quarter of your team three of the
thirteen members - are from Oineyvi1le.
Surely it must be noted swimming club"
They asked the same question in Warsaw,
Poland, six years ago when the seventeen
yem-old Matt Chrostowski. of Olneyville,
defeated, single-handed, the entire Polish
swimming team at the Polish Oympics; and
again in Berlin at the Olympics. when Johnny
Higgins, also seventeen, swan the breast
stroke a. they had never seen it swum before;
and again IN Tel Aviv. Palestine, when youth
full Doris Kelman won race after race at the
Jewish Oiympics."
For ten yearS now. they have been asking
this question IN swimming circles, as entries
from this obscure little club continue to widen
their horizon and plunge On to capture inter-
national and national swimming honofs. In
the past ten years the Olneyville Boys Club.
together with its women's auxiliary. has won
more than a dozen national titles, and more
than five hundred regional titles, besides con-
tributing to the 1896 Olympic Swimming
Team and sending its swimmers to the four
corners of the earth to garner new honors
each year.
They can't tell you the precise number of
titles their club members have won, because
long ago they lost count of them. 1T would
take bookkeeper to keep track of them" a
club official explained, ''the titles come in 80
thick and fast. Doris alone will probably have
won twenty or thirty meets before the sea-
sons over"
Doris is Doris Brennan, the eighteen-year-
old swimming star from the Olneyville Club
who started the fall season by winning the
Evening star., 1940-02-11

interesting place to play. Nobody tried to
preach" to you there, and the boss. Tommy
Tisdell, was right guy" Boys started
coming voluntarily to the Club. and the red
pins on the delinquency maps in the social
service Office grew sparser and sparser.
After few months a mill owner came to
Tisdell and gave him check for 500 for the
Club. I've saved this much already on
broken windows" he said.
A little corner grocer, who had wrung his
hands in CONSERVATION short while before
when he heard the Boys Club was going to be
built on his street, came in and offered to post
direction sign on the side of his store. 1T
used to be awful" he said. and thought it
was going to be worse But now the boys don't
bother me at all.
Maybe they're too tired when they're
going home," Tisdell said quietly. I'VE give
them lot of basketball and swimming when
they come here"
About that time another character entered
the little drama. Nineteen year old Joe Wate-
mough wanted job. He was nice young
fellow, knew a bit about swimming and liked
to box pretty well, until he broke his wrist
The mill where be had been working was shut
down - and, well. he had way with boys,
Watemough did. So Tisdel gave. him job.
Not much of a one - doing janitor work and
being general handy man; but Joe was glad
to get it.
1t wasn't long before the swimming instruc-
tor resigned to take another job. and Joe
substituted for while: he did so well that he
got the job permanently, because he not only
got results - he had feeling" for boys.
Watemough had learned to swim in the
murky Woonasquatucket River that winds
its scummy way through dozen mill yards;
and he had read books on swimming - many
books. But he stood very much in awe of the
great swimming coaches who trained big
college swimming teams. After a while, he
summoned courage enough to enter some of
his boys in New England meet. They won
couple of first places. and Joe's confidence
started to soar
Evening star., 1940-02-11

Reports from the Club started to trichle
into the Office of the New England Athletic
Union, and the eyebrows of J. Frank Facey.
head of that organization, arci,ed in dis
belief. They can't swim that fast, he said.
But few weeks later he was cheering his
head off as the bunch of fifteen and sixteen
year-old striplings from the Olneyville Boys
Club swan nip and tuck with the powerful
New York Athletic Club swimming team.
coming within hairsbreadth of winning the
meet.
AL that is history now, and gone is the feel
ing of difidence from Joe Watemough, because
his boys have met the best and have beaten
most of them. Yale. Harvard, Bowdoin and
Springfield are just few of the collegiate
swimming teams that have faced these adoles-
cent boys, and most of them have suffered
defeat at their hands.
Joe is modest about it. The swimming is
just incidental" he says; the important
thing is we're getting the boys off the streets
and teaching them to be good sports" And
he practices his theories too, for he uses his
swimming lessons as lever to pry the boys
away from bad habits.
If he finds that boy is smoking or keep
ing late hours, he says nothing; instead. he
matches the boy against strong swimmer
and he continues to do it for days, until
the hapless much-beaten swimmer breaks
down and says, Guess I've been smoking too
much, Joe."
Joe will nod. Maybe so - let's cut it for
(Continvsd on poss 13)
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1n @rnturtant

ARMS, CARRY 3. In memory Of our
loving, devoted daustter end sister. CARRY
sso sdss asSsasfs H. hi' 1875 SIS
Gone but not forgotten.
Called from this world for peace and
Called by God. who knoweth best;
Dear to my memory you will remain
on''' IN niaesr MoTHEk Tf %fsf %Nb asa5o sRoorHER
BEALL. WILBUR n. To the beloved
WWsnsTH WsR q ny afir son and our brother
II. 1854. ~ ~ "S' ''0 FAMILY.
BJoRKLAND. MATILDA. A tribute of
y n ns%0'y, 81 er5 Hfs .Ra sRd
9ssTs .so into od.y the rS.ry sTsa,
Some day We hope to meet you
Some day we know not when:
HER In Lo1iSG ffy :nf h6ssaNb SssseE l5nd kNur AND
fsTH2k. fgFHRREE AND eRANpsoN GgSREtA oWAII HARRY
GRTNAGE. EMMA F. In sad but loving
mos sf our kSfl3vsf wife vho .pd %
parted this life fifteen years ago today,
February /. 1925.
Today recalls memory
Cf loved one laid to rest.
And those who think of her today
Are the ones who loved her best.
Your CHEEKY ways. your smiling face.
Are a pleasure to recall:
You had friendly word for each
And died beloved BY all
In our hearts your memory fingers.
There is not a day. dear wife and mother.
That we do not think Of you
LOVING HUSBAND AND CHILDREN =
JONES. MARY G. In sad but loving
remembrance Of my devoted mother MARY
g. JONES. who departed this life six years
ago today. February IL. 1884.
Peaceful be thy sleep dear mother,
1t is sweet to breathe thy name.
In life l loved you dearly,
In death do the same
HER LOVING DAUGHTER, ELLA .
Evening star., 1940-02-11
Capt. H. {. honeywell,
Noted Ba|ioonisf,
Dies in Texas
Won National Races
In 1912, 1916 and 1920
And Was Second J Times
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Feb. 10
Capt. Harry E. Honeywell. 6S, in.
ternationally known American bal
loonist, died today. Capt. Honeywell,
q Spanish American War veteran
won the national balloon races Of
1912, 1916 and 1920 and placed second
in seven other competitions. He was
an honorary Army captain.
During the World War the vet
eran balloonist organized and COM
manded the first aeronautic section
in the Missouri National Guard,
training more than 400 balloon OBJ
servers.
In the international race from
Stuttgart, Germany, in 1912, his bal
loon covered 1850 miles and came
to earth near Moscow, Russia.
Was at Battle of Manila.
Capt. Honeywell traced his in
terest in aeronautics to his boyhood
in Cleveland. where he was born
September 10. 1871.
He left school at IA to learn the
printing trade In his fathers Office,
but he spent many leisure hours
dreaming how he might float
through the sky, free as a cloud.
His early experiments in aero
nautics, principally with models of
flying machines" rather than bal
looms, were cut short by an attack
of lead poisoning which resulted in
pneumonia. For the benefit of his
health he was sent to the Rocky
Mountains, but not content with
seeing this much of the world, he
continued on west to San Francisco
and joined the Navy as a musician.
He was with Dewey at the battle
Of Manila and later achieved an
other of his ambitions the
globe-aboard Dewey's flagship, the
Olympia.
First Ascension in 1905.
At the close of the Spanish Amer
ican War he made his homA in st.
Louis. taking up the study Of aero
nautics with French army officer.
Gene Godet. Here, in 1905, after
operating captive gas bag at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, he
made his first ascension in a free
balloon.
Later he made almost 600 more,
covering a total distance he esti-
mated would have taken him more
than around the world at the
Equator.
When Lindbergh flew the Atlantic.
Capt. Honeywell, despite his intense
interest in flying, had never been up
IN an airplane. Later, however, he
made several flights in heavier
than-air craft and liked the expert
ence.
Evening star., 1940-02-11
GarnH nf ThankH

DEsKINS. JESSIE FLEET. The family
OF the late JESSIE FLEET DE6KINS wisf,
to thank the pastors of the Mount zion
Mount Zion and the many friends for ot Their II
beautiful horal contributions and other
expressions. of sympathy during their
MRS. BLOSSOM FLEET, STANLEY
DESKINS AND FAMILY.
GREEN. CARRIE H. Gratefully acknowl-
edgine with deepest appreciation the many
loving acts and expressions Of sympathy
durins the long illness and at the passing
REBECcA r. LocKLEY.
HALL. LAURA CARTER. 1 wish to
gratefully acknowledge with deepest ap-
flowers and other expressions Of sympathy
ns s. ni5i hxJhA sne eAk 4 Rf 9i;iPs OF
SAMUEL HALL.
HARRIS, ANNIE. We wish to gratefully
acknowledge the floral offerings and ex-
pressions of sympathy from our many
friends at the loss of our mother, ANNIE
ELIZA BROOKS AND ANNA ROBERTS.
HARRIS, JAMES GARFIELD. The family
OF the late JAMES GARFIELD HARRIS
wish to thank their many friends for their
kndnesses, flowers and expressions OF
sympathy.
- RAINES. 10 John ALERT. The family Of
thank the American Legion. Columbia Aid,
relatives and friends for their kindness
dg,Tins our heresvement hS Thch rxM YES sTste
TUCKER. FANNIE LEE. We wish to
1he G RsstG N Man antss Jezre sfs'Sa
many friends for their kindness end
nos:l as@sB:hY FASNE F. Lee as'i9 devoted
Evening star., 1940-02-11
QuoIIs FuneroI Rites
Will Be Tomorrow

Col. Guy L. Qualls, Medical Corps,
U. s. A., who died Friday at Fort
Benning, Ga, will be buried tomor-
row in Arlington National Gene
terry with full military honors after
services at IL am. in Fort Myer
Chapel.
Col. Qualls was on duty at Walter
Reed Hospital from 1922 to 1925 and
was a graduate of the Army Med
ical School, class of 1912. A native
Of Illinois, he accepted a commits
sion In the Medical Reserve In 1911
after graduation from st. Louis
University. A year later he was
commissioned in the Regular Army
During the World War he served
as lieutenant colonel with the Med
ical Corps overseas. He had been
stationed at Fort Benning since
1885.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Ella B. Qualls, and two sons, Guy
L. Qualls, jr., and Francis Qualls.
Evening star., 1940-02-11
Window CIosinq
Nets Profit for
College Boys
~ the Associa ated Press.

~ the A30oC1ate0 pfeaes
POULTNEY, VI. Feb. 10.-Does
the business Of closing your bed
room windows get you down these
chill mornings?
Sophomore Dick Brown has taken
over this work and worry for male
students at Green Mountain State
Teachers College.
For q dime q week he bustles into
the rooms Of his clients shortly after
S am. daily and slams down the
windows.
So prosperous is the business that
the Brown Understanding Serv-
ice" has taken on a publicity man,
Sophomore Bob Elliott, whose work
is devising such quips as when icy
blasts howl through your room,
either side Of your bed is the wrong
side to get out Of; or you can't
help but start the day OF on the
wrong foot If both feet are frozen"
Evening star., 1940-02-11
In mrmnrtant

LUCKETT. ELIZABETH. In loving mem.
9Ty 9Ty,,1r 81 r, our darling mother. ELIZABETH
today, February II, 1898.
She always learned to watch for us.
In summer By the eate
Her thoughts were all so full Of us,
She never could forget.
And so think that where she Is
She must be watching yet.
Waiting till we come home to her.
-, Anxious II we are ate;
Watching from heavens window.
Leaning from heayHinRlk HRkk eaifL Children.
MCINTOSH, GEORGE w. In loving re-
GEORGE w. Ffo ssso1 %ho passed 'ssss away
one year ago February 10. 1899.
Short and sudden was the call
When you were taken from us all.
Xnar 1nd wn,ie n.rSrs you lie IN mn peaceful sleep
Keep him. Jesus. in Thy keeping,
Till we reach the shining shore,
Then, o Master. let US have him
70 HoSse ,STs snS WIFE fhsrs Asb S eHI6REn sstGIS
of y x: NAgRa MHUBE EvHpYs Ep svas %sR
sesr sso today February IhS'eH Il. 1855 ssa' one
have not forsotten you. nor do intend.
think OF you always and will to the
Gene, and foreotten BY some you may be,
6ut dear to my memory you ever will be.
Mere and more ecch day miss you;
But they little know the sorrow
HER LovSG ~ SnH RUsshNb x asn5t '2nsfafe HosaFr
MILLER.
JAMES OFFUTT who passed away four
years ago February. 1886
Loving and kind in all their ways,
Sincere and true in heart and mind
''A' e'''f5 DEVorh5 s1c1 h2'f FHM1IY. an Ieaiho
PITCHER. GEORGE w. Sacred and
snd % .T 0q5 1aa .nd
February II. 1921.
His going brought great sadness TO our
hearts,
And we can never cease to mourn tn.
The yesrs. that we were biest with his
love and companionship
VIII remain with US always a cherished
HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN.
ROCK. MRS: LENEY }. In ycur charity
Yor ths ooss sno Of the soul o. Ms
ruary II. 1898.
loving thousht. true and tender.
Just to show. dear. we still remember:
Sweet to remember you. who once vas
And who. though absent is iust as dear.
HUSBAND AND SON. .
SCHERRER. RICHARD L. In loving re.
membranCe Of our dear brother and uncle
RICHARD L. SCHERRER, who passed away
one year ago today. February IL. 1850.
SISTER feai k2f1s su' Sscaf2sss sSs af2ss0in HELEN AND
ETHEL. -
WALKER. SARAH ANN. In sad but low
SARAH ANN WALKER who departed this
NE twelve years ago today. February IL,
HER LOVING GRANDDAUGHTER, IRENE.
AND SON. CHARLES.
WTNGFIELD. TYSBIA. In loving mem
ory Of our dear mother: .TYSBIA WING
FIELD. who departed this life one year
aso today. February II. 1889.
tn: vacant chair which never can be
Tha. keeps the memory in our sad
Sweetly. tender. fond and true
There's not day. dear mother that We
YOUR LOVING CHILDREN.
ZENABLE. MAMIE JACKSON In loving
MA1s a51ssecksoNo fs and na sss. as
parted this life two years EGO, February
II. 1888
Today with sadness fiiine our hearts.
Why. oh WHY. did We have to part?
Inen came the answer. soft and sweet:
We Will meet again At Jesus feet -
DEVOTED 8 AND. SISTE S
BROTHER
Evening star., 1940-02-11
Judge Who Bucked
Long Machine Dies
By the Associated Press

6y Vie Ab8uCI3Veu TTeBB.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 10.-For-
mer Criminal Judge Alexander G..
ODonnell, who bucked the Huey
Long political machine and forced
an investigation Of the 1882 Louis
lana general election, died today
after lengthy illness.
More than 500 persons were in
dicted as result Of the investiga-
tion and three were convicted before
a Long-controlled Legislature passed
q law wiping out the charges.
Judge O'Donnell was defeated in
1885 by Judge George P. Platt, who
had administration backing.
Evening star., 1940-02-11
Frank R. Jeffrey
Dies in Seattle

Frank Runner jeffrey Of Seattle,
Wash. secretary to the late Senator
Jones of Washington, and a student
at George Washington University
from 1910 to 1914, died in Seattle
yesterday, according to word re-
ceived here. Mr.. Jeffrey was a for
mer United States attorney for the
eastern district of Washington.
Evening star., 1940-02-11

Washingtonians can enjoy
the convenience Of Home
Delivery service-and save
money. simply by making .
telephone cali. Call Ma
tional 5000. give your name
and address and the service
you desire. Consult the rates
and services 70 ths right.
Evening star., 1940-02-11
Letter to Get 100 Yards
Trovels 1000 Miles 4
~ the Associated Press.

~ the ASbOclete0 ftee8.
PULLMAN, WASH, Feb, 10.-Only
100 yards separated the sender and
addressee but 1t took q letter 10
days and about 1000 miles to get
from the office Of s. l.. Ashlock,
journalism department head, to Fred
G. Rounds, superintendent Of build.
ings at Washington State College.
Mr.. Ashlock wrote q note to Mr..
Rounds and put 1t in the college
mail, addressed Administration
ILL.," meaning Room Ill, Adminis-
trative Building. Ten days later
the letter was returned, marked
mo such post onnce, February 1,
Chicago ILL.,"
Postal clerks had read the ad.
dress Administration, ILL.,"
Evening star., 1940-02-11

MONTHLY RATES
CITY AND SUBURBS
Efsetivs Jssssyy I. 1910
The Evening and
Sunday Star---- 75c per month
The Evening Star 4sc per month
Night Final, and
Sunday STAR S5c per month
Night Final Star 60c per month
Glacier County chief., 1940-02-23
M0ral..Sing Loudly

One Helena woman has prob.
ably decided to leave her bath.
room door unlocked in the future
and to depend on loud singing to
insure privacy while she is in the
tub. The lads finished bath one
day last week, and then found
she could not unlock the door
Trying harder. she broke the key
10 the lock. Screams from a Sc
cond story window finally brought
police, but Lo, milady could not
escape down the ladder they
brought because she had only her
unmentionables with her at the
bath. The police finally broke in
the bathroom door and covered
eyes while the erstwhile prisoner
fitted to her dressing room.
Glacier County chief., 1940-02-23
Political Kettle
Begins to Bubble

Montana's political pot. stand
ing over cold ashes since Novem-
Der of 1888, was bubbling again
last week. with four contestants
for public Office already filed in
the Office of the secretary of state
and out corraling votes in prepar.
alton for the July l6 primary,
The name of Senator B. K d..
Wheeler topped the list.
Although he has filed for re-
election. his supporters are
working to get him the demo-
cratic nomination for the presi-
dency. Charles Hauswirth,
Butte mayor. was down in black
and white for the Republican
nomination for the governorship
and Arthur F. Lamey of Havre
is out for the Democratic nomin-
alton for the same office.
Two Missoula men had filed for
congress from the first district
Mike Mansfield and Washington
J. Nc Cormick. 1t is not known
whether Mansfield, democratic
aspirant, would be required to
resign his teachers position at
the state university before cam
paigning. Mccormick. a repub-
llcan. is an attorney.
Glacier County chief., 1940-02-23

Havre Chamber of Commerce, he
has been leader in the advance
ment and extension of irrigation
projects in North Montana and be-
cause of his early ranch background
in the Bears Paw mountains he has
followed the welfare of the live
stock and farming industries close
ly. He is past president of the
Havre Rotary Club and also a part
governor of the Montana district of
Rotary A member of the Montana
Bar since 1914, Lamey is an imme-
diate past president of the state bar
association. In 1887 he was chair
man of the committee which draft
ed Montana's social security, unem-
ployment and public welfare sta
tutes, adopted by the legislative ses-
sion of that year.
Fraternally Lamey is an Elk, a
member of the Knights of Column
bus and the American Legion, hav-
ing served as department comman-
der of the Legion and three years as
a member of the national Ameri-
caniZation committee. In addition
to the active practice of law in
Havre, Lamey organized the Havre
Building & Loan Association and
has been its president since 1929. He
is also vice president and men,
Der of the board of directors of the
Montana National Bank in Havre.
Lamey's American Legion con-
nection comes as the result of
service at home and in France with
the United States Marine Corps
Enlisting as private in 1917 he
was later selected for the Marine
Officers Training School at Guam
tico, Va, and emerged as first lieu
tenant, serving in France as an in
,elligence officer until the end OF
the war.
Lamey's education was acquired
in the rural schools of the Bear
Paw mountains, the Havre public
schools. and the University of Mi
chigan law school He served two
terms as public administrator Of
Hill county and two terms as county
attorney He has been a member
of the state democratic central COM
mittee from Hill county and at pre-.
sent is chairman of the state or
eaniZatiOn,
Glacier County chief., 1940-02-23

Every road has two safe driving
speeds. one in the day time: slow
err one at night.