Evening Star Newspaper, June 2, 1940, Page 25

Brotherly Love fo Get Acid Test in 1940 Soap Box Derby At Least Six Sets Of Fraternal Rivals To Be in Big Race Brotherly love is going to get the acid test at Washington's 1940 Soap | Box Derby. | Family loyalties are likely to be | strained, too, in six Washington homes, because the registration yes- terday of Melvin and Richard Free- bairn and James and Lindy Pettit brought the brother acts for the 1940 Derby to a total of six. But the greatest strain will be at the Rodill home at 1502 Thirty-third street N.W.. where there are three potential Derby winners—Arthur, 12; Edward, 13, and Marcelino, jr., 15 Other pairs of brothers listed on Derby rolls are James W., 12, and Joseph R. Bordas, jr., 14, Algonquin street, Berwyn, Md.; Joseph M., 15, and Richard A. Fagins, 13, 4418 Gault place NE. and Charles, 13, and Richard Walter, 15, 6523 Sev- | enth place N.W. Melvin, 12, and Richard Freebairn, 11, live at 2743 McKinley street N.W., and James, 11, and Lindy Pettit, 12, live at 2524 K street N.W. | To Build in Club Workshop. | Arthur Rodill is a newcomer to THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE 2, 1940— PART ONE. —Star Staff Photo. BROTHER ACT—The three Rodill brothers are working together on the planning of their Soap Box Derby racers, but it will be every boy for himself on Derby Day, July 13. Left to right, they are Marcelino, jr., 15; Edward, 13, and Arthur, 12, all members of the Georgetown Boys’ Club, where they and other members will build their coaster cars for the big race. Derby races, while Marcelino and | Eddie are veterans of the 1939 your home und sigv application | race course with a car that has brothers are |blanks and a safety pledge. Derby. The Rodill You | passed inspection will receive a steel members of the Georgetown Boys'| Will be given a rule book there. Be | racing driver's helmet and a racing | Club, and they plan to build their | Sure to have one of you: parents sign | shirt bearing the Soap Box Derby | Derby racers in the club workshop | th along with other members Boys at the club Friday night saw | 13 a preview of a Soap Box Derby | S0 e application and safety pledge. “The 1940 Derby wili be held July | . That's almost six weeks away— you still have plenty of time to sound-motion picture film showing | build a racer that will give you one scenes from the 1939 national and | of international finals at Akron, Ohio. | tie best times of your life.” Mr. Hamilton said a full list of | ‘The film arrived at Derby headquar- Prizes to be offered would be an- ters at The Evening Star Friday hounced this week afternoon and was sent to the club for its first showing. It is planned to show the film at | other boys' clubs and meeting places throughout the District in the next few weeks prior to the running of the race. A schedule of | performances will be announced in | the columns of The Star. Zeb T. Hamilton, Derby director, meanwhile, announced that the ex- hibition tour of Carl Cederstrand's 1939 championship racer would be continued this week At Gordon and Hine Tomorrow. Tomorrow the racer will be taken to Gordon Junior High. where it will be shown on the recreation field from 12 o'clock until 1:10 pm. In the afternoon from 2:45 until 3:30 o'clock it will be on display at the recreation field of Hine Junior High. The next stop will be at Wash- ington-Lee Junior High School. in Arlington, Va.. Tuesday during the noon lunch period. when it" will be on the auditorium stage from 12:20 until 12:50 p.m. Boys at Garnet-Patterson Junior High in the District will see the racer in the school woodshop on Wednes- day from 12:30 until 1 pm At noon Thursday the speedy white car will be shown to boys at Shaw Junior High School on t' ¢ stage of the auditorium from i. oclock until 12:20 p.m In the afternoon the car will be taken to Claude N. Swanson Junior High School. Arlington, Va It will be exhibited on the auditorium stage from 2:45 until 3:15 p.m. Age Limits Are 11 to 15. The Soap Box Derby is open to boys living in Washington and vi- cinity who are between 11 and 15 vears old Coaster cars, accord- ing to the 1940 rules, are to be built and raced by bov entrants and may not cost more than $10 each. “To register, Mr. Hamilton said, “go to the Chevrolet dealer nearest — Every boy who shows up at the Soap Box Derby Rules The 1940 Soap Box Derby, | | sponsored for the third year by | | The Star and the American | | Legion, will be held July 13 for boys living in Washington and In nearby Maryland and Vir- ginia. The Derby is a race for boy-built coaster cars, which must be constructed within a cBst limit of $10. The winner will represent Washington at the national finals at Akron Ohio, 1n August. These rules are your guide for the third WASHINGTON SOAP BOX DERBY: 1. Eligibility —The Derby is open to boys of Washington and vicinity between 11 and 15 years old. A boy having his 16th birthday anniversary on the day of the race, or before, is not eligible. A boy who does NOT have his 11th birthday anniversary until after the day of the race is not eligible. Members of the immediate family of employes of The Star, the Chevrolet Motor Co., deal- ers or employes of dealers will not be permitted to race. 2. How to enter—Sign your entry blanks and safety pledge and get vour rule book at the salesroom - of the Chevrolet dezler nearest your home There are dealers in Wash- ington, Alexandria and Arling- ton. Va. and Silver Spring. Hyattsville and Bethesda, Md You must be accompanied by one of your parents or your guardian, who also must sign the entry blanks and safety pledge. (Read The Star for Derby News.) | WHEN YOU BUY A = MATTIRESS YOU'RE SURE OF FOR KEEPS SPRING-AIR MODEL 20 MATTRESS and 80X SPRING $29.50 each Deft hands have tailored for you the smartest line of mattresses in Spring-Air's history. Coverings —all American made —are finer, more luxurious than ever, with choice of* just the right colors. Styling is at its best. And for that extra satisfaction, L knowledge that in buying a Spring-Air Mattress you are getting the last word in downright comfort — with an iron-clad construc- | N.W! emblem. } In addition, there will be medals, | cups, sports equipment, radios and other awards for winners. The Washington champion, of course, will receive a large silver trophy, ad- dition to his other prizes, and a trip to the national finals at Akron at the expense of The Star. Other new entrants on the Soap Box Derby rolls are: Maurice Harri- son Clark, 13, 1019 Hamlin street | N.E.; Charles Holt, 12, 3423 M street | ;. Lewis Jamison, 13, 2930 Thirty-third place N'W.; John King, 13, 1218 Twenty-ninth street N.W., and Storey Peterson, 13, 4845 V street N.W. | (Watch The Star for Derby News.) | D. C. Census Manager Praised at Luncheon Garnett R. Brown. area manager for the 1940 census in Washington, was praised by his associates yes- terday at a luncheon at the office cafeteria, First and M streets N.E. Gerald Ryan, assistant to the census director, commended Mr. Brown, saying the enumeration here was one of the most difficult jobs in the ccuntry. Mr. Ryan presented to the guest of horor a letter of appreciation on behalf of the office staff and field | supervisors, together with a gift, an enlarged photograph of Mr. Brown himself. EXCESSIVE DRINKING is a disease The Greenhill Institute is the only private institution in Wash- ington devoted exclusively to the treatment and correction’ of CHRONIC ALCOHOLISM Write or Call for Free Booklet GREENHILL INSTITUTE 3145 16th St. N.W. Phone Day or Night—CO. 4754 Strictly Private Controlled Operated and Supervisce by Licensed Physictans MATTRESSES AND BOX SPRINCS ere is the [P-T. A, to Install Heads Washington Catholic Library Is Planned For Early Fall Donations of $1,200 And Books Already Have Been Made Establishment of the Washington Catholic Library, a lending library and reading room for use of the public, is planned for early fall— probably September—by a group of local Catholic leaders headed by Mrs. W. Edward Gannon, chair- man of the newly formed Library Committee. The project, inaugurated by Mrs. Gannon, has received cordial en- thusiasm and patronage, officials said, and cash donations amounting to $1,200 have been received in the last two weeks. In addition, nu- merous books from private Catholic libraries throughout the city have been offered. Committee members declared the | library would be the first of its| kind in the Capital, and its shelves are expected to display more than pamphlets when opened. Leaders Strong in Support. Archbishop Michael J. Curley, to | whom the matter was first suggest- ed, was generous in his enthusiasm | | and support, as were all members | | of the hierarchy approached about tentative plans. Other leaders who indorsed the librsry.pmposal were Bishop John Mrs. R. A. St. George will install | McNamara, Bishop Joseph M. Cor- the new officers at a meeting of the | rigan and Msgr. Patrick J. Mc- | Corniick, rector and vice rector, re- | e N = Robert Teacher Association, Arlington, Va., | spectively, of Catholic University; | E. Lee School at 8 p.m. Wednesday. | Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen, who con- tributed a complete set of his works, and Msgr. Henry, donor of a large collection of popular Apologetics in English. The committee plans to operate the new Catholic Library on the same full-time schedule of the Pub- lic Library. Besides Catholic maga- zines an extensive pamphlet departe ment will be maintained, thus giv- ing patrons a thorough assortment of Catholic publications. Book Campaign to*Begin. Parish representatives will soon begin a campaign to collect books. Officials indicated that the library’s volumes would be restricted to those by Catholic authors only or other writers who give to their subject a thorough Catholic treatment. Committee members, in addition to,Mrs. Gannon, include Mrs. Fred- erick Altemus, Mrs. Alexander Sharp, Leo A. Rover, Dr. Henry J. Crosson, John A. Reilly and the Rev. Atlee F. X. Devereux, S. J. The Rev. Wilfred Parsons, S. J., regent of the graduate school at Georgetown University, and the Rev. F. A. Mullin, custodian of the li- brary at Catholic University, will advice committee members on books. Election of officers will be held at a meeting this week. Frencil Fifth Column - | 3,000 books, Catholic magazines and | Cqrries Machine Guns By the Associated Press. 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