Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 February 1950 — Page 27
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crackers in his. basement gave 18-year-old: Joel Dean Finegan of . Gary the interest in sciende which has resulted in his becoming a finalist in a nation-wide science. " talent search. __ Joel is the only Indiana school boy, to reach .the final round of competition for a $2800 college scholarship offered by Westinghouse Electric company. “The talent search is sponsored. by Westinghouse and the Science" Clubs of America, a Scripps-How-ard activity, Joel is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Finegan, Gary, and a senior in Horace Mann high school here. He will go to Washington Mar. 2 to 6 to compete with 39 other youths in the final round of the national contesgy Sneaked Up In addition, he will be one of some 20 selected-in Indiana to attend the Junior Scientists’ Assem- oat < \ bly in Indianapolis on Mar. 25. b . No bookworm, Joel says science : B 1B “sort of sneaked up” on him in ' oR Junior high school and his marks aren't always perfect. : Five years ago he placed second in a Gary soap box derby race, : “has-been & member of Horace Joel-Dean Finegan of Gary, “only Indiana finalist inthe $2800 Mann track and cross country "Westinghouse scholarship competition, is shown at the key of his teams and operates a “ham” radio amateur radio transmitter. station which He built himself, Plays Chess He also plays chess and is vice president of his school physics club. Girls? Well, “let's talk about | the contest.” Joel's father is employed in the! cold reduction department at Car-/ io 3, Burns to Death In Hammond Fire negie-Illinois’ Gary Tin mill. He! HAMMOND, Feb. 8 (UP)=—A mother, Thelma, suffered facial has “no particular interest in sci- 3.vear-old boy burned to death in burns . when she grabbed sixence,” his son says, and no other his parents trailer camp yester-| month-old Linda and carried her members of the immediate family day as his mother rescued his to safety. have had a scientific inclination.|younger sister. 4 A sister, Carol, 12, likes to] Edward ‘Graham Jr., died when Purdue “Group Forms watch him work, but that's Aout {Are engulfed the trailer home. His all. A brother, Don, now 23, w. Alumni Association Indianapolis graduates of Pur-
interested in art and is now "One Killed, 64 Injured | due University Division of Tech-
teacher at Murray State Teachers college in Kentucky. In Train Derailment nical = Institutes - organized an Wasn't Expecting Tt | SAUKVILLE, Wis, Feb. “3 Alumni Association at a meeting earned of his (UP)—One manwas killed and ast night—at—thePurdue-Marott good fortune this week, says he 64 persons injured when the Mil- Agricultural Center, “certainly wasn’t expecting it.”|waukee railroad's “Chippewa” Harry W. Clark, graduate of He was one of six Horace Mann jumped the rails and plowed half- the Industrial Technology Course, students to enter the competition. a-mile down the right-of-way was elected first president, The Last May he started work on here. new organization will givve a dinhis contest project—building a] Authorities said it was “Miracu- ner on Mar. 24 for Technical In-six-inch reflecting telescope. {lous” that the death toll was not stitute students who will be gradIt shouldn't have taken as long higher. ‘uated this spring.
as it did,” he says, “but I was write an essay describing how he kinda busy with some other built it, and included pictures of things.” . various parts and phases of conputlaug a telescope wasn't struction. ough, however, He also had to - Next he had to nass an exam-
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Firectackers Were Motivator - ination .at the home of his high school physics teacher, Miss Myra’ After that he just} ; waited, he says, . s He kept busy, though. There
“was' his “amateur broadcasting] station,” for instance. He's had
a “ham” license since Aug. 26, 1948, and holds thy call letters WIEXT.” P He built the set at home, using, —war- surplis ‘transmitters. Interest in radio “sort of sneaked up” on Joel, too. He's| just interested In why-things work the way they do. - A collection of fossils gathered) last summer in southern Indiana are in a box on his front porch,| indicating that physics isn't the! only -science of interest to him, Just An Idea Now | He plans to continue his studies in physics if he wins the
Westinghouse award. Probably”
at Purdue, he says, but that's “just an idea now.” Joel will have to compete with 39 other young men, all equally eager to win first prize, in the’ Washington finals. What does he think his chances are? HGosh, CT don't know.” THeFES a second prize of a $2000 scholarship, though. " These nights he has plenty to tell-other amateur radio operators in the Calumet area and else-
where, months old.
Hoosier Mother Bears
Five babies born within 33 months is the record of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bynum of Highland, Ind. Preparing for the trip home from Chicago's Lying-In - Hospital are (left to right) Mrs. Bynum, aided by Nurse Lorraine Anber holding newcomer Cecily and Nurse Darlyn Broin holding Cecily's twin brother, Nat; Collie, 33 months, and papa Joseph, holding twinge Paul and Lloyd, who are 22
Mrs, John A. Murphy, president. .
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Mo Mrs Murphy are: ' Zapp and Mrs. Joseph Dugan, vice | presidents; Mrs. George Hoffman,
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