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PAGE SIXTEEN THE ECHO July, Raymond Clark Enters Derby EMMEH CLARK’S SON ENTRANT IN SOAP BOX DERBY Big Event To Be Held In Asheville Next Saturday, August 2 Indianapolis can have its famed Memorial Day races, but for hon- est-to-goodness skill and workman ship, the Soap Box Derby has it whipped by a mile. One of the entrants in the Ashe ville coasting event Saturday, Au gust 2, will be Raymond Clark, 15- year-old son of Emmett Clark of the Machine Shop. For weeks now he has been working on his grav ity-powered racer, working care fully by the rules all contestants must follow. The winner at Ashe ville will enter the finals at Akron, Ohio to compete for the first prize of a $2,000 college scholar ship, second prize of a Chevrolet Deluxe car and numerous other prizes. Like all entrants, Raymond has built his own motorless racer, watching carefully the cost and weight of his vehicle. The racer can not weigh more than 150 pounds and the combined weight of rider and car must not exceed 250 pounds. Raymond will hit the limit almost to the ounce as his raced weighs 120 pounds while he scales about 130. Rules also said that the body of the racer cannot cost more than $6.00. Raymond spent a little over $5.00 on his body, and a total of $17.24 on the entire car. The wheels and axles are standard in all the contesting cars. As Raymond rolls down the “speedway”, at Asheville, folks here will be pulling for him to roll fast enough to win the trip to Akron for the national champion ship. The five most common Amer ican surnames are Smith, Jones, Brown, Johnson, and Williams. WINNERS IN LAST (Continued From Page 12) be Sayles. This important game is scheduled for our field Saturday at 3:30 o’clock. Hazelwood comes here next Tuesday, July 29, to play off a rained-out contest. The league leaders have dropped only one game this season and Ecusta must be at peak strength for this battle. Other games during the coming month are as follows; August 2, Hazelwood, there. August 9, Champion, there. August 16, Beiacon, here. August 23, Enka, there. August 30, Martel, here. Our two wins recently came by one-run margins, showing that our men are fighting harder for those close games after having dropped three contests this season by one run. On Tuesday, July 15, Cham pion fell 4-3 in a contest cut short by rain and the strong Green Riv er team succumbed to us the fol lowing Saturday 9-8. Rick Orr was the chunker in both games, al though he was relieved in the Green River game by Grady Wil kie and “Hoss” Stamey. Inciden tally, it was Stamey’s blow that provided the winning run in the Champion victory. In other games during the month, we lost to Enka 9-3; to Beacon, 11- 3; to Martel, 6-4. TOURNAMENT TIME (Continued From Page 12) This past month was a good one for the softballers, whipping such teams as the Elks of Asheville and Firestone of Gastonia, in addition to bowling over competition in the Smoky Mountain and Transylvania leagues. Lone setback came from Canton on July 16 by a 15-3 count. Wins during the past week were registered over Rosman and the American Legion. India, with an area half that of the United States, has one-fifth of the world’s population. AUGUST MOVIE SCHEDULE August 7—RIDERS OF DESTINY John Wayne, Roger Tony GANGSTERS Robert Preston, Lois Andrews August 14—THE FRONTIERSMAN William Boyd August 21—SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY Maureen O’Hara, John Wayne August 28—ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE Alice Faye, Tyrone Power, A1 Jolson SOUTH TO KARANGA Dick Foran, Luli Deste BOOK CORNER By LUCILLE HEFFNER It is not wide reading but user ful reading that tends to excel lence. —Greek Proverb . Oh! You’ve met Mrs. Murphy? We are not speaking of the fa mous Mrs. Murphy of the ‘“Mrs. Murphy’s Chowder”—^but of Nata lie Anderson Scott’s novel THE STORY OF MRS. MURPHY. Crit ics are proclaiming it a master piece. It is the story of Jimmy Murphy—sometimes gay and dap per—sometimes brutal and vicious —his Mom always forgiving her son’s weaknesses. We meet Ed, the priest, who attempts to cover hu man frailties with a cloak of pa tience and faith. Then you meet Jimmy Murphy’s women: naive Sue; Kay, an artist; tempestuous Delores and the real Mrs. Murphy. It is a strange, yet vividly hu man novel. MRS. MURPHY will hold your reading attention with out fail. The fact that our neighbor Asheville has been proclaimed a bird sanctuary seems sufficient reason that we should be more conscious and appreciative of our native birds. A distinguished ornithologist and an outstanding young artist have combined to create for the layman the most complete and fully illustrated guide to the land birds of eastern North America ever published. This manual will enable every one who enjoys observing birds (no matter what the stage of his knowledge) to identify quickly and with accuracy the 275 species that inhabit this area. There is a full discussion of species points of identification, voice, range, nest ing and many other interesting facts. Ask to borrow from the Li brary AUDUBON BIRD GUIDE- EASTERN LAND BIRDS, by Rich ard H. Pough. You aren’t certain as to the prop er procedures for your wedding? We are happy to announce that President Notes (Continued From Pag® will exceed $600,000,000-tha^J lot of money going up in ® t In spite of this gloomy liP ill apiuc ui. 1,1110 t, .g there is one bright spot, u the fiscal year just ended, w® at Ecusta have not suffer® fire losses, for which we w feel a deep sense of for it is without doubt due wonderful cooperation ^ received from all our einp You have adhered strictly company’s policy by not sffl in prohibited areas, and W ways helped to eliminaj® causes of fire, for all of wn>^ ,.j are all deserving of a gre* of praise. May we all keep * good work. we have a copy of THE WBD BOOK by Jeanne Wright, a® erence book for your convei' and pleasure. ji Hundreds of questions ^ swered in regard to formal ^ ^ formal weddings, etiquette, tumes for attendants, the seau, the reception and a” " of wedding ceremonies. Consult THE WEDDING » ^ to solve problems of your friends. .u A number of Ecustans quired about pictures of ® til aircraft used in World ^ Now it can be told. A beau j illustrated volume telling tb® jj;! of those magnificent j? helped to win the war. ^ proud of our aircraft and though each year will brn“(j! proved models, those cleared the skies over and Japan will always be portant military heritage us. You must see and devot^ pages of OUR PLANES, by Reed Kiner'- and artist. try on Customer: Could I suit in the window? ,51 Clerk: We’d rather you’d dressing room. Facts On The Fourth I Hope tT HERE YOU ARE SON,THE lb488TH'^^ CUP/ y Ifc,488 CUPS OF ICE CREAW WERE SERVED AT THE 4TH, OF UULY PICNIC* n o .„*il / ALONG^vv,TH^l|f"'
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