Evening star., 1953-05-17
$50 Boys and Parents
To Attend First Party
For Soupbox Entrants

Billy Lone, 13. of ISL Ritchie
avenue, Silver Spring, Md, has
to worry about two races. His
soapbox derby racer was stolen
several weeks ago and he is
racing to beat the entry dead
line in order to race in the
Washington Soapbox Derby, July
II.
Billy has to start from the
axles up. His other car was com
plete except for. paint when it
was stolen from his front porch.
Billy has only the wheels, axles
and steering gear for his next
car.
If mechanical know how
counts, Billy should be able to
beat the calendar. According to
his mother and father. Billy's
about as good a Junior mechanic
as ever came down the pike.
Dad Races Stock Cars.
Billy doesn't stop at gravity
power races. Any Saturday or
Sunday. he can be seen working
with his father on their stock
car racer, a white and black Ford
>Cupe. Billy accompanies his
father to most all the races as
pit crewman.
The stolen racer swallowed up
most of the money Billy had
saved from serving The Star and
another newspaper route. But
with school letting out pretty
soon, Billy thinks he can save
enough from other jobs to buy
material for the new one. It
will be the first Derby he's ever
driven and. according to Billy.
he's anxious to show his father
how the small-fry drive fast cars.
Billy registered for the Derby
with Williams Chevrolet at 1889
East-West highway, silver
Spring, Md. Like boys all over
the Metropolitan area, he is out
to win a free bicycle given by the
car dealers to one boy from each
leadership. Tho boy who wsizzes
down Pennsylvania avenue faster
than any other boy who signed
with his dealer gets a bike.
Dealers Give Parties.
Each year, the Chevrolet deal
ershipS give parties for the boys
who signed with them. The first
of such parties has been Sched-
uled for May % by Kenyon-Peck
Chevrolet, 1926 Wilson boulevard,
Arlington, Va. It will include
all the ice cream and lemonade
the boys can drink.
In addition, there will be a
showing of the film Where the
Son Shines" which shows how
a city and it's boys staged a
Soapbox Derby race. The film
is in color and lasts about 28
minutes.
Representative T. Broyhill, Re-
publican, of Virginia, will be
guest speaker as will 1t. Frank
Palmer of the Arlington police.
1t. Palmer will present tips on
safety. Nearly $50 boys and
their parents are expected.
Entrants are encouraged to
bring friends who have not yet
signed up. There are less than
two months to go until race day.
The Washington Soapbox
Derby is sponsored by The
Evening Star, the American
Legion and Chevrolet.
Recent RegiStrantS.
Some of the boys who regis
tered recently are:
Charles Sherman, 12404 Con-
necticut avenue, Silver Spring;
Mike Thieroff, 1900 Glenville
road, Silver Spring; Melvin
Liverett, 5400 Waneta road, Glen
Echo. Md; Charles Hoover, 1912
North Monroe street, Arlington:
Arthur Stevens. Rockville, Md;
Elwood Ey, 5412 Huntingdon
parkway, Bethesda. Md; Bill
Rogers. 1905 Kentbury drive,
Bethesda, Md.
Also David B. Keister, 890S
Mohawk lane, Bethesda; James
Hoffman, East Irving street.
Chevy Chase, Md; Charles
Smith, 1909 Rand place NE;
James Wall, IS Fifty third place
Sc; Stanley Carter, 1135 First