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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-12-24

Saturday at 200 p. m. by the Rev.
Mack Gore and the Rev. Ansel
Smith. Burial was in the Graham
Cemetery.
He is survived by two sons,
Tillman Fipps of Tabor City, Ralph
Fipps and Robert Fipps of route
l, Loris; two daughters, Mrs. Lou
Fowler of route /, Loris, and Mrs.
Minnie Fowler of Tabor City.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-12-24

and poems"
This year, the article points out,
the communist propagandists may
be in a dilemma, since the Stain
myStique appears 10 have SubSid-
ed considerably since SiS death"
1t states that emphasis is likely
TO be shifted to New Years Eve,
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-12-24
Manassa Fipps
Laid To Rest

Manassa Fipps, II, farmer of
route l, Loris died suddenly
Thursday at 700 p. m. at the home
OF his daughter, Mrs. Ped Fowler.
Funeral rites were held from the
Dogwood Hill Baptist Church,
where he was a charter member,
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-12-24

S JS"s
If Christmas
does not mean
rist, if
Christmas does
not mean God
amongst m en-,
then we are
n a wing the
I e a S t without
the fe S al,
decorating the
town for a vic
tory which ne
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-04-24
Mrs. Nick Simmons
Given Surprise On
Her Birthdoy

If you should see Mrs. Nick
Simmons, ST., $50 Carroll Ave.
with a broad smile these days,
there is a very good reason for
her happiness, On Thursday, April
16, her daughter, Mrs. Thelrna
Rollen, $50 w. Central Ave. gave
a surprise birthday party in honor
of her mother at her home.
Mrs. Simmons was unaware
that anything unusual would hap
pen when she left home Thursday,
supposedly for a drive and stop
ped off at her daughters home.
AS she entered the living room.
she was greeted by a number Of
friends and relatives singing,
Happy Birthday To You" She
was so overcome with emotion
that for a moment she was
speechless. After gaining her COM
posture. she was invited in to the
dining room to view the beauti-
fully decorated table. As she
stood admiring It, her picture was
taken unexpectedly. Then the
many lovely gifts were presented
and admired.
A lunch was served by the hos
tess.
Guests who enjoyed the affair
with the honoree were: Rev. and
Mrs. B. J. Fizer, Rev. and Mrs.
L. Berry and family; Mr.. Nick
Simmons ST.; the Mines. Mae Nc
Carly, Juanita Barge and family,
Orene Matthews and son, Alonzo
Smedley; the Misses Thelma
Rice, Ernestine smedley. Virginia
smedley. Helen Simmons; Cliff
ford and Ruth Ann Simmons;
Messrs. Nick Simmons Jr., and
Mr.. Richard Bradford of Akron,
Ohio.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-04-24

Ave s., ana Mrs Mgtle Potter
Ssis Fourth Ave. arrived "a ihe
city FOR 3 visit with BIS aunis oil
April ia and was the house guest
o. Mrs Brown. MI Churchl left
Tor his home a wednesday April
2a
10 Attend Drake Roiays me
Misses Daisy Davis. klary Kate
Breedlove. kathryn Bailey Gloria
and shirley Brown. Mrs Harriet
shannon the Messfa vernon
Meyers Donald Gates Keith
Ewing Lawrence shannon. Dansid
williams. Joe Ray and Bruce wii.
hams win leave the city Friday
today, April "a, for Ds Molnes
Ia where they win attend Dgske
University relays The Misses Dav-
a. Breedioye and Mira shannon
win Be- guests AZ tha home 81
shirley and Gloria Brown
Hostess; Mrs MAJ Marshall,
$500 Elliot ave. was ore 81 enc
hostessea for the Mary Plcldord
Bond Rally Party held IN THURS
day April 81. 81 the Radlaou
hotel ballroom
CoteFie Clubs The c0sere club
a. ils regular meefine held "a
sunday Aprli IL, al the home 81
Mrs lillian Craaver 1924 oaldand
Ave entertained husbands ana
fnenda at dinner. witch "a an an
nual event Games were piayed ano
e social evenlnE was enjoyed 81
oll The next meeting WIN 81 with
Mrs Lucille rnlman iiSl rtglnf
Ave NJ, sunday May lo
Visit alothnri Mr and A6fN. PAT
mer s Jacits0n. Sos Fourth Ave
S. iefl Wednesday April ~. for
Omaha Nebf where they spent
the wesls nd a. the guest 81 their
mother. Mrs Nan whitehall
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SOCIAL cLUB TO
LEARN THE sAAABA

En- Harrington, director Of the
Arthur Murray Dance Studio. win
be guest instructor for the regu-
lar monthly meeting Of the Young
Adult Social Dance club Of Halle
Q. Brown House. The meeting
date is Saturday, April IS, 1858,
at 8 p. m. at Halle Q. Brown
House.
Anyone over eighteen is invited
to join the club and take advant-
age of the instruction, but he is
required to have a membership in
the Halle @, Brown House. Mem
berships may be secured on Sat
urday at the meeting.
Betty Lou Brown, president of
the group, urges members and
friends to arrive pomptly at s p.
m, as instruction begins at that
time.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-04-24


days with her daughter Marian
Hoard. a65S Fourth Ave. s., who
rs a nurse ct Swedish Hospital.
Mrs. Wilson was 4he recipient Of
many social courtesies while IN
the city
+. @. Maids ana aIatrons; Mrs
Harold c. Combs, s61e Fourth
Ave. s. win Be hostess 70 the
Twin city Maids and Marona
Bridge club on saturday April
70, At $50 p. m
Out OF Hospital, Mr.. Fred
Murphy sTtt Firth Ave s., re-
turned home from Fairview hoa-
pltai on Monday, April 20 and Is
much improved, but Is stili con-
fined 70 bis home
Morocco Club, The Morocco
club win hod q social meeting Il
the home d Mr. and Mrs. Al.
owens. 257A Hardwood Ave, ST.
Paul, on Saturday, April 81 Mr..
and Mrs Ray Thompson are new
members welcomed into the club.
on Furloughs Private ne Ken.
meth Anderson q spending part
Of his furiough as he house guest
az Mr.. and Mrs c. Rooney and
daughter. Frances. s52l Smelling
Ave. Private Anderson In the
nanco Of Miss Murlel Rooney and
the son uf Mr.. and Mrs, Virgil
Anderson Of Sioux FANS, s. u
vista Father Mr. and Mrs
Richard Carr and family, 60s
Eighth Ave NJ, were dinner
guests Of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs Edward Carr Or Isanu
Mimi. "a sunday April 40.
Birthday Celcbfaieds Mrs Ho,
ward Smiths birthday il April
I2t, but on Saturday. April Is, ahs
invited IN a few friends "a hell
her celebrate Canasta and bridge
were played followed BY dsllc-
ious lunch
Mrs Smith received many
useful and beautiful gifts among
them shrubs and plants for hel
flower garden Those helping hol
celebrate were Mmea Allie WIN.
son, Lucille McAdams. Grac,
Workout, Helen Romses, Dian,
Turner Joyce Neal. Enestins
nanforth, Moliie Randall and
Leora Manthey
N.A.A.C.P. Committee Meeting
A committee meeting Of the Ma.
A.C.P. was held a. the home 81
Mrs. w. " Marshall. 3009 Elliol
Ave. on Monday, April 70. al which
time the monthly bulletin wal
prepared for mailing
Helpers Clubi Mrs Edward
Brown. 3T4O Fourth Avs s. viii
be hostess to the Helpers club 81
ST Peters A.M.E. church al theli
regular monthly meeting on sun.
day, April 26.
Visits AHnls: Nathan Churchill
Of Ann Arbor Mich. nephew o.
Mrs Edward Brown s74o Fourth
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-04-24
Nsgro Arehltsets Tralnsd

Hampton Institute in Virginia,
founded in 1868, is one Of the pri-
vate, accredited colleges and uni
versities aided by the United Ne
gro College Fund. In 1922 Il
started training architectural de-
signers and architectural engin-
eers to help meet Americas ever.
growing need for professionally
trained and skilled technicians, A
recent graduate was honored by
a Fulbright fellowship. the first
awarded a Negro architect, to en-
able him to continue his studies
at the University Of Paris, France.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-04-24

is bringing the devotional topic.
The public is invited.
Bill Defeated: Mr.. Nathaniel
Evans, 97s Iglehart Ave. acting
chairman Of the Volunteer Hous-
ing Committee reports that the
bill in the legislature which would
have stripped the st. Paul Hous-
ing and Re-development Authority
of its powers was defeated.
Matinee Bridge Club; Mrs. J..
d. Jones, 654 w. Central Ave,
was hostess the Matinee Bridge
Club at their regular meeting
which was held on Tuesday, April
p. A delicious lunch was served
by the hostess. Prizes were award
ed TO Mrs william Hanna, first;
Mrs, Manly Rhodes, second and
Mrs. Earl Brent, third. The next
meeting win be at the home OF
Mrs. James Kirk, ST., 937 st. An
thony Ave. on Tuesday. May 5.
Flying Needles Club; The Flying
Needles Club met at the home Of
Mrs. Eula Clemens, 400 Rondo
Ave-, on Monday April 10. Mrs.
Gladys MiIler's birthday was cele-
brated and gifts presented to her
by the club members. Mrs Glenn
ons made the birthday cake. The
next meeting viii be at the home
Of Mrs. Belle Graham. sos Rondo
Ave A lunch and a social hour
were enjoyed by all.
Adelphai Club: The Adelphai
Club win meet Tuesday evening,
April %, at the home Of Mrs.
Harriet Smith. 1920 Rondo Ave,
Mrs William Ridley viii give a
talk ON flower culture.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-04-24
Mrs. John Nancy
Home After Trip
To The Southland

AIRS John " Nancy, 1852 FIN
Ave. S. Is home again with q long
list o. renewed friendships after
a months trip through the south.
where she visited IN SheIbyViile,
Murfreesboro, Nashville and Tiilo-
holma. Tenn. and Louisville, Ky.
The first stop on her itinerary
was Nashville. her former home
town and her FIRST visit back after
an eight year absence she was
the house guest Of Miss one
Gain and was deliberately enter
tanned at breakfast, luncheons,
dinner and cocktail parties BY
her friends and relatives.
In TuIloholrna, Tenn, she was
the guest Of her brother and
sister and wife. Mr., and Mrs An
derson Buchanan and the recipe
lent Of many social courtesiea
during her stay
she also visited in shelbyvilie
and Murfreesboro, Tenn. where
she met many Old friends and
made new acquaintance.
on her return trip. Mrs. Nancy
stopped off In Louisville. KY and
was the guest Of Blrs. sally Boone
and was extended many social
oourtesies here also
Mrs. Nancy left the city March
n. and returned home On Monday
April 20 with much enthusiasm
and she reports that the old FASH
Toned southern hospitality stin ex-
lists in the cities she vissted
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Homei Mrs. o. c. Han. TT st.
Anthony Ave, returned home af-
ter fodr months Of mentioning in
Los Angeles, Pasadena, San Fran
cisco and Oakland. Calf. she was
greatly impressed with the beauty
and the sunny cline Of California.
Mrs Han met and visited with
many former Minnesotans and she
reports that they must have found
"the fountain Of youth" as every
one looks so wen.
Home On FuFIough; Airman SIC
Percy 9. Parker, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. A. B. Parker, SIS Fuller Ave,
arrived in the city April 10, on a
ten day flrlough from Lowry Air
Base in Denver, Colo, where he
has been taking radar training
Airman Percy has completed his
Studies and received his diploma
and now has been assigned to
Long Island, N. Y, where he win
begin his work as a radar me-
chanic.
Credjafawn Club: Mr. and Mrs.
William Gardner, 24sO lakewood
Ave, were host and hostess to the
regular meeting Of the Credja-
fawn Club on Tuesday, April 10.
Returns Home; Mr.. James L.
Taylor, 1854 Thomas Ave, return
ed home on Sunday, April 10 from
a visit with relatives and friends
in Birmingham, Ala. He is much
improved and Is wen on the road
to complete recovery.
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Twilight Social Club: The Twf-
light Social Club win hold their
regular monthly meeting at the
home Of Mrs. II. Moore, 1918 Ciin-
ton Ave. on Saturday, May Q. At
this meeting plans win be made
for their third anniversary dinner
scheduled for May %.
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JohBmla Baker AuNilinry
Gives Annual silver Teui
Larna craWd Allanda

49, -
on Sunday afternoon, April 10.
the Phyllis Wheatley Settlement
House was the scene OF . beauti-
fully appointed Tea when the
johnnie Baker Auxiliary Post 2si
q the American Legion gave ita
annual silver tea.
The table appointments, flowers
and napkins carried out thq$ pink
and white color scheme. Pouring
were Mines. Ida NJ. Burrell, Vera
Richardson, Louise True and Ruth
McQuerry.
Mrs Ida Burrell president,
gave a short talk and presented
her Officers, after which a musical
program followed Those particle
pating on the program were Rev.
w. L Battles and his gospel trio;
Mrs. Mildred Moore and her
junior choir from Zion Baptist
church; solos BY Jeanette Johns
son ana Mr.. william Cane. who
was accompanied BY Franklin
and Roosevelt McDuffle; plano
solos BY little Laurie Jones and
Ruth Ann Ross and Bert williams
and Mrs McDuffie presented her
Graham Temple choir IN songs
Hostesses were Mines Willie
Turnbaugh Marion Terry, Ruby
Bobo, Teresa Jones, Carolyn
Peery, Mae Marshall and Glorlne
Fassett.
Mrs Mae Stewart was Mis-
tress Of Ceremonies. Mrs Cleo
Hampton was chairman and Mrs.
Myrtle Banks was co-chairman.
A large crowd Of members and
friends attended this affair and
enjoyed the program and refreah-
ments.
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49, FIral Negro oonega

Alabnma's First Negro College
IN 1867, Tailadega College in
Talladega, Ala, was the first coll
lege open to Negroes in the state
Of Alabama, one Of the 81 col
legss and universities aided BY the
United Negro College Fund, TAI
ladega College started with four
teachers and lao pupils. Today II
Is a liberal arts college with q
student body Of wei over 900 and
faculty Of 80, In the past, many
Of it's graduates have held posi-
tions Of prominence in medicine,
social service and government.
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THERE'S NEW LIFE in those
= mismated or torn nylOn stock
ings you get from time 10 time.
New hobby converts them into
pretty, eolorful flowers and cor
sages which you can use % adorn
hats, gift packages and low vases
las shown IN photo. They're strix-
ing also rs boutonnieFes and as
adornments for hair, wrists,
dresses, jackets and coats.
Making the flowers Is easy, mex
pensive and full Of fun. AT you
need besides the old nylons are a
few boxes % color remover and an
fabric dye plus the usual tintexing
vessels, ordinary copper screening.
floral tape, scissors and corsage
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Social and Personal
& ST. PAUL &

Mayors Armed Forces Committee; The Mayors Armed
Forces Committee Monday April 90 and conducted
another Of their monthly going away parties draees
Mayor John +. Daubney gave brief talk
Prayer Band The Prayer Band will meet at Carter Chapel
CINE church Sunday, April 26 at p M Mrs n j. Hunter
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MINNEAPOLIS

Visit IA Dss Moines Mr. and Mrs William Walker 1888
Fifth Ave S. spent the week end g Des ones a the guests
their sister and sisterinaW Mrs. Frances al ard Mrs
Walkers nephew and bis wife Mr. and Mrs Everett NeWeomb
Kansas City Visitor Mrs Georgia Wilson Of Kansas City.
was one the spring visitors Minneapolis she snqhf
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Jimmy GrIffin's authOritive
sports column in this paper weekly
gives encouragement TO young
Negro athletes Of prep school
age.
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pins. Floral centers can Be eolored
eroehet cotton dipped Ia parahin.
The Tintex Home Economics Blu
reau has published Z free leahet Of
instructions. About 10000 900 Leaf
lets have already been Distributed,
many % churehwomen eager 70
make the flowers FOR sale At fund
raising baEaars and parties. others
20 hospital eonValescents and home
shut-ins. Some alert housewives
have even converted the hobby In
70 q money-making enterprise.
You can obtain one or more leaf
lets from the Tiutex bureau. b adj
dressing & At ls5 Fifth Ave, New
York ~, n. Y.
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Evening star., 1953-08-17
Rogers Downs Coss
After 7-Year Effort

Everything comes to him who
hustles while he waits"
Ted Rogers will buy that line,
written by Thomas A. Edison.
Rogers is a hustling tennis play
er and after waiting for more
than seven years victory over
his friend, Tim Coss, finally has
come to him.
Rogers beat Coss, 3-6, IS,
6-3, 3E6, Ga, at the Forehand
Club yesterday to win the Dis
trict mems singles title. CoSs
was seeded No. /. Rogers, 20
year-old student at Princeton
University, was ranked fifth.
Coss. 19-year-old Swarthmore
student, was strong favorite.
But Rogers, who had lost every
previous match with CosS. was
too tough yesterday with his
smashing drives and hustling
play.
Coss and Peter Dell meet Jim
Thackara and Don Leavens at
6 pm. today in mems doubles.
The winners face Barney Welsh
and Donald Dell at $50 pm.
tomorrow for the right to play
Fred Kovaleski and Stanley
Rumbaugh at $50 Wednesday
for the title.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Bunker Hill Post Nine
Near Regional Honors
By the Assoeioied Press

PARKERSBURG, w. Va, Aug.
17.-Bunker Hill Post of WASH
ington, D. c., can make short
work of it's quest for the regional
championship of the American
Legion Junior Baseball tourna-
ment when it plays it's third
game of the regional playoffs
here tomorrow.
The Capital champions, unde-
feated in two games so far, take
on the winner of today'S con-
test between Grantley Post of
Baltimore and Weirton, w. Va,
who have lost one game each
in this double-k e-knockout tourna-
ment.
Bunker Hill dealt Baltimore
its first loss, 9-5, and Weirton
eliminated Laurence Roberts
Post of Wilmington, Del, 10-1,
in yesterdays games.
Outf1elder Jerry O'Brien led
Bunker Hills 10-hit attack with
three safetieS in four times at
bat,
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Mclean Nine 10 PLAY
CoIoniaIs for Title

Mclean will play Colonial
Restaurant in a two-of- three
series for the Old Dominion
Baseball League championship,
but the playoffS will be held up
at least one week in order for
three rained-out games to be
played next Sunday.
Jake Garland's 3-run triple in
the eighth inning yesterday
broke an 8-8 tie with the Vir-
ginia White Sox and clinched
the second-half championship
for the Colonials. Brother Love
survived a seven-run outburst by
the White Sox in the second in
ming and pitched Shutout ball
the rest of the way.
Other Old Dominion games
resulted in Atchison & Keller
handing Mclean it's fifth loss of
the second round. 1911, and
Forrestville defeating Vienna,
100, behind Vernon MacMan-
amay's pitching.
The Springfield Virginians
kept their second-half record in
the Prince Georges League un-
blemished by defeating Sham
rock AC, 81, at Magruder Park
Boots PAMELA pitched a five
hitter for the winners. Three
errors by the Shamrocks in the
first inning permitted three un-
earned runs that proved enough
for victory as Tony Visconti
homered with none on base in
the eighth for the only score of
PAMELA.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Arlington Drivers NewHydro
Wins in Miles River REGATTA

Woody Rice, driving in the
second race of his life, won the
title for E service runabouts.
speeding over the smile course
on Long Haul Creek in an aver
age of As miles an hour. His
Bob-An-I roared home ahead of
boats driven by William Britton
of New Hyde Park, N. Y, and
John Wilson of Georgetown, Md.
who finished second and third
respectively.
Samuel du Pont captured the
other title, driving Nitrogen to
the Glass F service runabout
championship in 38.5 miles an
hour. Du Pont was high point
man in this class in 1852 but
failed to win the title.
A total of 104 boats started
yesterdays 10 events for inboard
power craft. Saturdays races
for outboard boats were entered
by 100 others. Three of the six
events on the Saturday program
were captured by Richard O'Dea
of Paterson, N. j., plotting
Yankee Rebel.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
BY the Associated Press

ESKILSTUNA, Sweden, Aug.
l7.-Mal Whitfield, the former
Air Force sergeant from Ohio
State who has been making a
hobby of collecting world track
records. today set his sights on
the 400-meter mark.
Il plan to shoot for it later
this week at Copenhagen" Whit
field said, land maybe I'll be
able to break it,"
He already has smashed five
marks this year-including the
1,000-meter standard yesterday
and nothing would please him
more than to win the Sullivan
Award at the end of the year.
I'D certainly like to win it"
Whitfield said. after all, no
member OF my race ever has won
it before and I would consider
it one of my greatest honors if
I became the first colored ath-
lete to take it,"
He was clocked in 2:20.8 for
the 1000 meters yesterday in
finishing far ahead of Reggie
Pearman of the New York Pio-
neer Club and Sweden's Sune
BroStroem, second and third, re-
Spectively.
The recognized world record
for the distance is 2:21.3, set by
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Special Dispateh to The s,or

ST. MICHAELS, Md, Aug. IT..
Joe Palmer of Arlington has
won his first race in his newly
acquired 266-cubic-inch hydro
plane. The veteran driver raced
in the 32d annual Miles River
Yacht Club Regatta, which
wound up here yesterday.
Palmer drove his Tommy Boy
to victory after Ed Aleksandro-
wicz of Baltimore dropped out
with a broken sponsor while in
the lead.
Young Joe Harmon of Wash
ington drove his Cannonball to a
third in the 135-cubic- Inch hydro
class, then moved up to the 266s
and placed third. His boat is
the ex-Tommy Boy, formerly
owned by Palmer.
Frank Kocsis of Silver Spring
took a third in the Pacific one
designs.
Two Wilmington CDel.) speed
sters were crowned national
champions in the windup of the
regatta.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Whitfield Attacks 4OORecord
After World Mark in 1000

Ole Aberg of Sweden last Oc-
tober. Stanislaw Jungwirth of
Czechoslovakia claims to have
run it in 2:21.2, but the record
never has been submitted to the
international Federation.
THAT was wonderful feel
ing" he said, "but I think 1
could have run it even faster if
I had more competition. Pear
man set good pace for the first
lap. but then he fell back and I
had to run the rest of the race
by myself"
He added that from now on,
he will concentrate on the 400
meters and $500 meters. In the
process of setting the 1,000-me-
ter record. Nal crossed the 400
meter mark in 49.9, just one
tenth of a second off George
Rhoden'S world mark. The listed
1,500-meter record is 3:43, held
jointly by Sweden's Gunder
Haegg and Lennart Strand.
Whitfield'S world records now
include the 500-yard indoor
(56.6), 600-yard indoor Q:09.5),
the 500-meter indoor U:O2.9),
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Potomac Sailors Win
Two Series in Finals
OF Oxford Regatta
Special Dispatch 10 The Stor

OXFORD, Md, Aug. IL
Washington area sailors scored
two firsts and two seconds in
the finals of the oxford regatta,
sponsored by Chesapeake Bay
and Tired Avon Yacht Clubs.
Series winners included Jack
For6yce in his Witch Woman,
Thistle class, and Len Penso in
Trinket, Penguin class. Both
are Potomac River Sailing Asso-
citation shippers.
Dave DUNCAN of Washington
and Gibson Island ended up in
second place in the Star class,
which was won by State Senator
Mason Shehan. Shehan, of
Easton, Md. nosed out Dunigan'S
Jade in yesterdays windup
event. Up to then Dunigan was
out IN front on points.
A second-place prize also went
to Bob Harwood of Potomac
River, sailing Jim Krug's jim
cap in the ThiStleS.
Other winners in the smaller
classes were Rogers Lows Fly
ing Low of Raritan IN. j. Yacht
Club. Comets; Dick Hollyday's
Pest of Tired Avon Y. c., OK
ford sailers.
Duke Adams log canoe divers
Gift. sailed by Buck Richardson,
won the Commodore's Cup for
the colorful bay canoes.
Big boat winners were Porter
Schutt's Egret of Gibson Island.
fleet and Class A; Tom Raby's
Desire. Tired Avon. Glass B;
Charlie STEMS High Flyer of
Gibson Island, Class C; Buzz
Whites Gale of Potapskut Sail
ing Association, racing division,
and David Frey's Saga, An
napolis, Delta Glass.
The big feet raced in light
and hukey airs which made for
very slow times.