The Portsmouth Herald from Portsmouth, New Hampshire • Page 12

Sweeps to Beat Odds Powers Hopes Drawing Will Start on Sept. 2 By RAY BRIGHTON What are the odds against you winning any kind of a prize In the Xew Hampshire Sweepstakes? The answer is relatively easy to come by: About a thousand to one. How do we arrive'at that? The easiest way to answer tha' is to explain the mechanics the Sweepstakes, and the easi- I est way to do that is start at th. 1 beginning. I Currently the State of Nev.

Hampshire is selling Sweep- stakes tickets at each of it; liquor stores and at the twc major racetracks, Hinsdale and Rockingham. When the purchaser pays his money, he writes his name' on a form that appears in the 1 machine. That form is the actual ticket. The receipt, or stub, the buyer carries away with him is not a ticket, as has already been ruled by the- attorney general of M-ine, Frank Hancock of York. '1 he state naturally hopes that millions of these tickets will be sold in the next few months, and has set a deadline of Aug.

29 as the last day of sale. sales close, the bank that has custody of all the tickets will go through the process of separating them. At present they are being held in long strips, chronologically numbered. Once separated they will be ready for the drawing. Edward J.

Powers. Sweepstakes director, is hopeful that Second Christian KITTERY The Rev. John H. Miller will speak on the subject "What Filled Churches on Easter Sunday Proves" at the I a.m. worship services in the Second Christian Congregational Church tomorrow.

The adult choir will sing an anthem under the direction of Miss Mildred Gerry, organist, and Stephen Hosmer and Robert Cray will assist the pastor as acolytes. Mrs. Alvah Blaney will he in charge of the nursery during worship services. Church school will convene at 9:::0 a.m. with classes for all age groups.

W. Stanley Cole, superintendent, will be in charge i)t worship in the junior and in- te'-mediate departments. Mrs. Sylvia West will be In charge of the primary and be- mers' departments. Teachers In this department are asked to meet early tomorrow morning di In he drawing will begin on Sept.

at Rockingham Park, which is be the scene of the Sweep- race on Sept. 12. The tickets, each with the of its purchaser, will be lumped into huge drums in lots valued at approximately $1 mil- 'ion. If, for example, as Powers is willing to wager will happen, the state sells $8 million worth of tickets, then the entire lot will be divided Into parcels of $1 million each. How does that produce a winner? A little more explanation is necessary, and so let's leave the $6 milion worth of tickets in their six drums for a moment and turn to another aspect of the Sweepstakes.

As soon as horse owners throughout the country learned that Rockingham Park was planning a Dig race with a prize of $125,000 to the winning horse, nominations for the event began to pour into Salem. At the present writing, more than 330 horses have been nominated for the event. That will make quite a crowded race you say. Of course it would, and no one expects that more than 20 or so of those horses will ever show up at Rockingham on Sept. 12, but they have been nominated and the fees posted.

And the name of each horse nominated even If he has already fallen and broken a leg will be printed on a ticket. If only $1 million worth of tickets are sold, then the 330 names of horses will be placed in a smaller drum beside the one containing the tickets bought by the public. Should $6 million be sold, then a small drum containing the names of the horses will be placed beside each million-dollar lot of tickets. On the day the drawing starts, a girl, perhaps It will lie Miss Mew Hampshire, will reach into the larger drum and draw out a sweep tickets, then she will turn to the smaller drum and draw the name of a horse. That ticket holder that horse are coupled together for whatever fortune may bring.

Miss New Hampshire, or her to arrange transportation to the assistant will repeat that proc- rvurth Congregational Church ess until the last horse Is drawn, ll: hiMi in 1 ttvVianct Ulaf nfll'Mr-lt- school In Portsmouth where they v.ill be guests of the religious director and will observe classroom a i methods using United Church materials. The adult Bible class will meet nl 10 a.m. in the church parlor i Clifton R. Harding as in- The youth choir will rehearse 4:30 p.m. in the vestry.

The junior and intermediate Fellowship will meet ill p.m. for worship, led by Miss Patty Seward and Miss Sandra Goodwill, and a discussion of "What does it mean to lii' a follower of the living Christ?" A memorial of brass offering plates has been purchased for the church and will be presented on Mothers' Day. Junior Groups Meet Tonight KITTERY The junior an Intermediate Pilgrim Fellowship of the Second Christian Church will sponsor an evening of social fellowship tonight from 7 to 10 o'clock in the Pepperrell Room. Grade 6, 7, and 8 youngsters from the First Congregational Church in Kittcry Point and the Second Mclhudist Church in Kittery have been Invited to attend. The bounds of Strawberry Bank were established in 1843.

which will exhaust that particular pool. If ticket sales reach $6 million there will be six pools and the drawings will be repeated until all the pools are exhausted, which may take two or three days. How are the winners of the various prizes determined? Anyone whose name is paired with that of a horse that actually runs In the race Is assured of winning several thousand dollars. The person holding a ticket on the winning horse receives top money and so on down the order of finish in the race. Lesser prizes are In store for those who drew horses that failed to start.

Now back to the beginning. How do we figure a thousand to one on winning a prize? ROUND AND ROUND THEY GO Sweepstakes Director Edward J- Powers mil not use anything as antiquated as shown above for the Sweepstakw drawing, but the principle Is still as It was when this woodcut was printed in the New Hampshire Gazette 160 year. ago. The namei of horses in one drum and the tickets In another, that It how It Sweeps Money Urged for Specifics tickets, which is about as close as the commission can come to $1 million in money value. So, if 330 horses are already In a sweeps worth $6 million approximately 2,000 prizes will be awarded.

Now the only problem is to have your ticket near the top when the girl reaches into make the drawing. And that is a poser because the tickets are going to gel a tlumuigh shuffling each time around. MANCHESTER (AP) The few Hampshire Council for Setter Schools urged today that ommunities use their sweep- takes money for specific school mprovements, and not just to educe the tax load. Municipal Court A Pease airman won't be driv- ng a car in New Hampshire for K) days, because he failed to tell rfuncipal Court Judge Thomas 1. Flynn the "whole truth and othing but the truth" yester- ay.

Here's what happened: Last Friday in court. Airman Carl B. Baker, 24, of 92 3ass pleaded guilty to driv- ng a car with expired Iowa lates, but Baker's sergeant told court at the time that Baker ad received "misinformation" rom Air Police at Pease on vhen he should get new plates. Judge Flynn last week decided continue the case and check vith the Air Force to see if 'ease is giving its men straight ope about their automobile reg- strations. Well, the judge didn't hear rom the Air Force, but during he week he learned that Air- nan Baker has been tagged not nee, but three times for driv- ng with an expired plate.

The judge chastised the air- nan for not telling the court Ms fact, and said the airman nust have been well aware of vhat he was doing in violating le law. "You were tagged once nd then twice more insisted pon driving, 1 Judge Flynn aid. The judge also said he had 'heard nothing from the Air "Vjree" on the case, and con- luded, "They are apparently ot interested." But, he told Baker, "You're ust as guilty as they (the Air are." The actual sentence against Jaker was continued and he was laced on probation for 90 days, vith the condition being he shall ot operate a motor vehicle in ew Hampshire during that eriod. Two complaints against Bruce i. Wakefield, 21 of Kennebunk- ort, were dismissed by the udge, because the warrants vere made out In the name of 'Bryce" Wakefield.

One charge vas speeding and the other oper- iting a car without a license. Continued until May 11 was a i conduct charge igainst Conrad R. Couture, 19, Somersworth. William A. Hathaway of Rye vas fined $15 after pleading juilty to a solid line violation Vlarch 3 on Route 1.

John Bruno, 28, of 59 Bow St. vas fined $5 on an overnight larking charge on Bow Street. Slipcovers Upholstering Custom Drapery Work Lcssoni by Appointment HAZEL EMERY Kltlery, MilM Phono Llilod The council's bulletin said the sweepstakes can result in better schools only if the money supplements regular school budget to finance desired improvements. Said the bulletin: "If the sweepstake! money Is used to keep our schools in their present overcrowded, understaffed, underpaid and ill- equipped condition, while the tax rates are reduced, then we think the stated purpose of the law ii being thwarted." The council called on Interested citizens, school boards, parent teacher groups, and other educational organizations to get behind a drive to see that "the money can be well used next year." State officials, Including Education Commissioner Paul Farnum, have notified school districts that in order to spend a revenue for schools, the budgets must Include specific i i to be financed by the expected receipt of the funds. Unless i is done, the sweeps money to be distributed next Dec.

15 will be used to reduce the tax rate and not to increase spending on the schools. The council said most school districts have done nothing, so the money will go to reduce taxes. In a talk before a student group at the University of New Hampshire Thursday, Gov. John W. King said the matter Is up to the cities and towns to decide.

"It might be," he said, "that New Castle Miss Wendy Kimball, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Kimball, has returned to Northfield School for Girls in Northfield, Mass. She was on the honor roll for the first semester.

Mr. and Mrs. William Page and daughter, Virginia, recently vacationed in Nassau. Mrs. Ernest F.

Robinson was hostess recently at her home to the DAR. Mrs. Joseph Boylston of Portsmouth Ave. is convalescing at her home from a brief illness. wH ome cities ana nave at the present a completely a a educational sys- em.

But I would Imagine that vast majority ot our communities are in need of im- irovements in their educational ilants, and I anticipate that base communities will insist on sing sweepstakes funds to elect these improvements." Tin governor also congratu- ated the UNH students for gong "on record in favor of our weepstakes, despite the fact that the town of Durham voted against It" in the March 10 lo- al option referendum. Elenore Freedman of Bedford, executive secretary of the Council for Better Schools, has urged aat sweepstakei revenue be used to finance certain flexible terns that would improve school systems like more Kwkj for the library, or more equipment for laboratories or ymnasiums. "If only half expected comes In," she said, 'then the school only buys half he books, but that's better than no books." ACCESSORIES AUTO PARTS SPEED EQUIPMENT ARROW AUTO SUPPLY aso STATI muir Til. Notice TOWN OF GREENLAND Tht lobctmin will In In Hillr ofllci it HM Srnnlimf Contril School TiN fctock In tnt ivmfclt on April If, 1M4 10 reolvt InnntorlM ind for vtltnn ixompttoni to heir ill rtgirdlng tlulr IIIBllltY to 74.10) 9. NIWTON WIIKI JOHN R.

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