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HOCKEY SCORES
BY the Associated Press
Sea 0 Erin Puts Hosty House
Ahead of BeIuir in WINNINGS

Don Brumfleld. covered the 51a
furlongs in l:033s. equalling the
best time Of the meeting for the
distance.
The favored Card Trick. rid
den by Willie Hartack, finished
third. Hartack, who resumed
riding yesterday after brief
vacation at his home in Charles
Town. w. Va, had only one
other mount. finishing fourth on
Black Widow in the sixth race.
Meanwhile. at Santa Anita.
Eddie Arcaro turned in a riding
triple that included Upper, win
ner of the $18.400 La Centinela
Stakes. 1t was the third victory
for Upper, a 2-year-old fllly in
three starts.
The veteran Arcaro also won
on Social Climber In the third
race and Tall Tree in the fourth.
All his winning mounts are
owned by the Llangollen Farm.
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Pep Cut Over Eye
In Outpointing AreI

MIAMI BEACH. Fla, Dec. 20
(P.-Willie Pep polished of an
other hungry" youngster last
night, but the old master of the
featherweights didn't emerge
from his battle with Andy Arel
without Jumps.
1t took four stitches to close
a cash over Willie's left eye and
Pep said the wound probably
would keep him out of action
about month.
He was a good. tough kid"
Pep said after he had scored a
unanimous decision over Arel,
the ambitious, 22-year-old south
paw from Messena. N. Y. Hell
beat a lot Of guys"
Pep, a Stool favorite, was
given 99-91 margin by Referee
Eddie Coachman. Judge Eddie
Thai voted 1t 1898 and Judge
Gus jacobson 1892.
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Maryland Wrestler
Quickest Winner
In Wilkes Tourney

WILKES-BARRE. Pa, Dec.
40 (P.-A 10-second fall by
Gerry Ogurkis Of the University
of Maryland was the quickest
result yesterday during the pre-
liminary matches Of the an
nual open wrestling tournament
ut Wilkes College.
Ogurkis pinned Ray Smith OF
Oneida IN. " State Teachers
College in that sudden l47-pound
bout. Another was the 29-sec-
ond fall scored by Tom Carr,
Wilkes Barre YMCA, over
Bernie Skamer of East Strouds-
burg (Pa.) State Teachers Col
lege.
Defending champion Michi-
gan, Pittsburgh and Lehigh were
tied in the team scoring going
into today's semifinal and final
matches.
The three teams were tied with
II points each after yesterdays
preliminaries whitfield the field
of 293 to 40. The points were
computed on the number Of falls
by each team, but Pittsburgh had
the most wrestlers in the ANAL
round with five.
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Two-GirI Team
Gives Walter Reed
Title in ~ Event

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. q
(SpeciaD. - The Walter Reed
Swim Club left this city with
another girls team champion.
ship last night. following the ex-
Iploits Of just two of its stars In
the third annual YMCA invi.
rational meet.
Amy Adams. Is, and Brenda
Dietz. Is. scored 10 points be.
tween them to defeat i've Other
Igirls teams, most Of them larger
in number Of competitors.
Walter Reeds only entry ir
the boys events, Jerry Yurow
also did well. He won the go.
yard freestyle event and swan
second to Bruce Lundy of Phila.
delphia in the 80-yard individual
medley, both in the 14-and.
under age bracket.
Miss Adams won both Of hel
I14-and-under events-the so.
yard freestyle and 80-yard med.
ley relay. Miss Dietz was second
to Philadelphia's Dolly Hill ir
the 100-yard freestyle and secont
to Betsy Schumacher. also oil
Philadelphia. in the 220-yarc
freestyle.
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Report Of Signing
AT South Carolina
Denied by Giese

MIAMI, Dec. % F1.--ASslst-
ant Coach Warren Giese Of
Maryland said yesterday an As
ISOLATED Press report that he had
signed q contract to be head
football coach Of South Carolina
Is absolutely untrue"
"Any decision as to my coach
ing future win not be made until
after the Orange Bowl game. "
Giese reiterated.
Giese made 1t clear. however.
that it is not simply a matter Of
waiting until after the game to
announce acceptance of the
South Carolina job. He indicated
he has not yet made UP his mind.
Rex Enright still is head coach
Of South Carolina, although 1t is
known he has been looking for
q successor. Rex would devote
full time to his Job as athletic
director.
The same sources which re-
ported Giese had signed at South
Carolina for $4,000 q year also
said Head Coach Jim Tatum of
Maryland had accepted q To-
year contract at North Carolina.
Tatum also denied this again.
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BY the Associated Press

Hasty House Farm, owned by
Mr.. and Mrs. Allie Reuben Of
Toledo, Ohio. became the Ma
tons leading money-winning
stable Of 1855 when Sea o Erin
earned $1,000 by finishing sec
ond to top-weighted Due de
Fer in the feature race at
Tropical Park yesterday.
Sea o Erin moved Hasty House
ahead Of the Belair Stud. owned
by the late William Woodward.
jr.. pushing its total to 1891 $40.
This is only 1884 more than the
1891 ,425 accumulated by Bel
air, largely due to the efforts Of
Nashua. ....
Due de Fer, carrying 1874
pounds. was in the pace all the
way. and had just enough left
TO stave of Sea o Erin In the
stretch, winning by a half
length. Duo de Fer, ridden w
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Bid of Million
Giants
Turned Down

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 30 up.
Commissioner Bert Bell Of the
National Football League says
the owners of the New York
Giants have turned down a
million dollar offer for their
franchise.
Bell said yesterday he had
made the offer on behalf of a
group Of men, whom he refused
to identify. to Tim Mara and his
sons. Wellington and Jack. own
ers of the Giants.
The Giants. although a losing
proposition in recent years. have
the leagues largest population
area from which to draw crowds
plus potentially large television
revenues. In addition, the club
appears to be on the way up.
Tim Mara bought the Giants
franchise in 1925 for $4,000.
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Cotton Bowl Opponents
Both Hungry for Victory

DALLAS, Dec. 20 tR.-The
Cotton Bowl teams - Texas
Christian and Mississippi-are
rated even enough that the ques-
ton of which will win may sim
|mer down to which Is hungriest
for q bowl victory.
Texas Christian has the long
lest famine-the last time the
Horned Frogs won q bowl game
was 1889 when they beat Carne-
gle Tech. 1877, in the Sugar
Bowl. Mississippi's last victory
was over this same Texas Christ
ian in the now defunct Delta
Bowl in 1913.
But Mississippi never has won
10 major bowl game and it has
appeared in three in the past
20 years. Coach Johnny Vaught
Iof Mississippi has coached the
team In Its last two appear
Iances- -both in the Sugar Bowl.
There is still another angle to
this Cotton Bowl. It matches
champions Of two conferences
|TCU of the Southwest and Mis-
Isissippi Of the Southeastern
Over the years representatives
|of the two conferences have
played eight times in the Cotton
Bowl and the Southeastern has
won four times. the Southwest
three and there has been one tie.
So. it's up to Texas Christian
Ito pull the Southwest even.
TCU will enter the game q
touchdown favorite but 1t isn't
said very positively. The teams
have similar records-9-1-and
they both beat the only mutual
opponent, Arkansas. Extensively
they rate about the same. with
Texas Christian dominating on
the ground but Mississippi APP
|parently quite superior in the air.
While Coach Abe Martin Of
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Deucons' Star TuckIe
Siuns With AIouettes

ROCKY MOUNT, N. c., Dec.
20 (R.-Bob Bartholomew. OUT
standing tackle at Wake Forest
for four years. viii play pro foot
bali next year with the Montreal
Alouettes.
Bartholomew announced his
plans yesterday after returning
from Miami. He conferred there
with Peahead Walker. former
Wake Forest coach who now
directs the Alouettes.
Several former Wake Forest
players will be teammates OF
Bartholomew at Montreal, in
GLIDING Tackle Jim Station, End
Red O'Quinn and Guard Ray
Cicia.
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Texas Christian Is noted Tor
frankly predicting . victory II
he thinks it's forthcoming, he
has SHE'D away from 1t this time.
merely saying he thinks 1t viii
he o great ball game with q lot
of scoring"
Coach Vaught also Is making ne
predictions as to which team
will win but he said grimly ut
Oxford yesterday. after most
satisfactory practice session, that
we're coming up there to play"
Both teams wind up home
practice this afternoon. Missis-
sippi viii fly here tomorrow and
Texas Christian will come by bus
from Fort Worth. Both teams
have scheduled workouts during
the afternoon.
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Touchdown Club
To Honor Welsh

George Welsh. Nays ALL
America quarterback. has been
chosen by the Touchdown Club
as the areas outstanding college
player Of the year. He will re-
ceive the Robert B. Smith Me-
mortal Trophy at the clubs 2lst
annual dinner January z at the
Statler Hotel.
Welsh. who was voted the out
standing player In the North
South game last Monday when
he led the South to q DOT victory
with his passing. will be pre-
sented the trophy by his coach,
Eddie Erdelatz,
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TrimbIe Signed
BY Cunudiun Club

HAMILTON. Ontario. Dec. 20
|R.-The Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Iof the Big Four Football League
announced today they had signed
Jim Trimble, former coach of the
Philadelphia Eagles, as coach for
the 1856 season.
Terms of the contract. signed
last night in New York, were
not made public. 1t was re-
ported the contract runs for one
year at a figure between $4,000
and $4,000.
Trimble, fired from the Eagles
two weeks after a losing. season,
replaces Carl Voyles, who led the
Tiger-Cats for six years. Voyles
left to take q real estate job with
Ia Toronto financier,
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Dell Sparkles
As Landon Five
Defeats Alumni

There Is the suspicion out at
|Landon School that Don Dell
may have temporarily shaken
the tennis out Of his system and
Is prepared for the serious part
Of the basketball season. !.
The former National Boys
Tennis champion scored 1s
points last night during 67-2e
victory over the Landon alumni
Although the grads used Il
players and obviously were not
anxious to give the varsity 4
close game. Dell's performance
stood out.
The result evened the Bears
record at IA. Opening defeats
at the hands of DeMatha and
Georgetown Prep were attribut.
able in part to Dell's unpre-
Iparedness. according to Coach
Ed Barton.
A scoring star. for two years,
DEN this year was having trouble
conditioning his strong right
arm needed for tennis to the
different work needed in basket
ball.
Another alumni game sched-
uled last night-at Bladensburg
High--was postponed indefinitely
because Of lack Of heat, water
and electricity in the school
gymnasium. A new building is
being constructed at Bladensburg
and the utilities were discon-
nected in the gym in order to
hook up the new units.
The high school schedule:
Alumni at MONTGOMERY Blair, 1880.
TOMORROW
Alumni at ct. Johns, 8.
Alumni ut Friends. 3:15.
Alumni at Parker-Gray, TAD.
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Gonzales, SECURE
Take Net Matches

CHARLESTON. w. Va, Dec.
20 (P.-The cross country tennis
tour stopped here long enough
last night for Pancho Gonzales
and Pancho Segura to give Tony
Trabert and Rex Hartwig sound
beatings in both singles and
doubles
Gonzales tipped through Ira.
bert, go, Ga, In just Is minutes
for his seventh victory in 10 out
ings against the former anna
teur champion.
Segura had harder time, but
whipped Hartwig, the onetime
Australian amateur. lie.
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Auburn, Vandy
Settle Down 10
Final Workouts

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Dec. 20
R.-The football squads Of
Auburn and Vanderbilt. neither
Of which arrived here until yes
terday, have just two more days
to prepare for their meeting in
the Gator Bowl Saturday and.
judging from the remarks of
their coaches. the opponents
probably will not waste any more
time.
Art Guepe. whose Vanderbilt
team posted a 7-3 record before
being invited to its first bowl.
put the Commodores through a
workout here yesterday even
though some Of the players did
not arrive until late at night.
Vandy's players came directly to
jacksonville from their homes.
I'VE look awfully ragged:
there's q lot Of work to. be DONE"
Guepe commented after the
practice.
Ralph Jordan, coaching his
third straight Gator Bowl team
In fve years at Auburn, seemed
more at ease but not necessarily
more impressed with his squad.
They don't look very sharp"
he said after a short practice
yesterday. ''but then they never
do after a layoff."
Both squads took vacations
during the Christmas holidays.
The weather was cold and
windy yesterday and it kept Au-I
burns fine fullback. Joe Chill
dress, out of uniform during the
practice. Childress has a cold
and he worked only briefly in
sweat clothes yesterday.
Quarterback Don Orr is the
only ailing Vanderbilt player.
excepting Tackle Jim Linville,
who contracted flu and didn't
make the trip. Orr dislocated
his right elbow in the finale with
Tennessee and Guepe is working
with Tommy Harkins. a jack
of-all-trades back, as an insur-
ance signal-caller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-29

BY way of catching up on
bronze medal games: Archie
Ferguson. in the Campbell Open,
shot 197 with a five-strike wind
up. missing a gold medal by
three pins. Earl Pemberton of
the Weco Club League started
with four straight strikes for
a game Of 1876. Tossing two
double-headers. Donald Rollins
Of the Fort Davis Mixed League
Tailed 1871. Harry Clark Of the
Naval Gun Factory League, with
a fiat six in the first frame.
marked the remainder Of the
way for 176. All this at Fort
Davis.
1t seems that too little was re-
ported on the 2,009 set rolled by
Curles Movers in the District
Major League at the Anacostia
Spillway. A season record for the
Washington area, 1t contained
games of $40, TOO and $50, good
for a sweep over Rex En-
craving Co.
In the first. Nick Campanella
opened with four strikes. He
drew q split in the NTH frame.
then struck again. His score
was 169.
In the second game. six con-
secutive bowlers drew the ST or
5-l0 split and four Of them
spared. Rocco Nocera for Rex
Engraving and Pete Santora,
Guy Andes and Danny Pessagno,
in succession, for Curles.
In rolling 1909, Curles topped
the leagues previous high of
2.001. shot by Chevy Chase Chev-
rolet, also at the Spillway. The
previous week. an hour or so
after the Movers registered TAG
for high game, Chevy Chase beat
it with 758. But for this, the
Movers would have every season
record in the league except in
individual average. Pessagno's
202 is the best game and his 476
the leading set.
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CYO CHRISTMAS
TOURNAMENT
JUNI0R BOYS

JUNIOR BOYS
Our Lady of Lourdes, SO; Blessed
Sacred Heart, AZ; ST. Thomas 20.
Holy Trinity. 35; st. Martins, 20.
81. AIMS, Al; ct. James (Falli
Mount Calvary, SO; 81. Anthony's, "a
Campus, 20; ct. Ambrose, Is.
st. Gabriel's, -: S.. Jerome's IL.
st. Michaeps. 3S; 81. James. rs.
Our Lady Of Lourdes, 81; st, AIMS. rs,
st John the Baptist, So; Holy Trim
'iikTERMEDIATE cmLs--sEMIFNALs
Eourdes, 81.
81. AIMS, so; st. Michaers. 20.
JUNIOR GIRLS
Our Lady OF Lourdes, IL; o.. Mar
ct. Michaels, 10; o.. Gabriers, o.
g. Jerome,s. 3: Holy Trinity. 4.
st. AIMS, az; Blessed Sacrament. -.
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'Furmun Adds CoIoniols
To 1856 Football Slate

GREENVIILE, s. c.. Dec. 20
(R.-Head Coach Homer Hobbs
today announced a 10-game
schedule for his Furman Univer-
sity football team In 1856.
Added to the schedule were
George Washington and West
Virginia. replacing Army and
North Carolina State.
The schedule:
September 20. Georse washington
October 9, at Auburn; ID, Wohord:
20, Newberry; 81. The Citadel.
November 3, South Carolina: 10. g
Florida State; II. At West Virsinia; "a
December 1, at Clemson.
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BOWLING

ing time will be 7:30 instead Of
7 as originally planned.
The men win IRE again at Z
pm. tomorrow night at Bethesda
Forty Alleys.
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BOYS CLUB
TOURNEY

u4.and .Under--seninnaD
Northeast Kiwanis, 20; Miller Fur
niture. FL.
i7-snd. Unaer)
Mount Rainier, So: Eastern Ma
rines, IS.
] Mount Rainier, "a; Beth'da DruiHk 90.
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Among the eliminated were
Gerry Stair. Guy Andres and
Bob Lockhart. all highly rated
before the firing began.
The women will shoot their
third round tonight at the King
Pin with 80 in the field. Start
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-29

The survivors:
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DR.. Ostrower, Optometrist,
Native of Poland, Dies at SIS

DR.. Meyer Ostrower. IS, Wash
Iington optometrist who came
here as a boy from his native
Poland, died yesterday at his
home, $500 Woodley road NV,
Iof a heart condition.
DR.. Ostrower was born in War
saw and came to Washington to
live with relatives when he was
a boy. He went to school here
and afterwards was an optome-
trist with Charles Schwartz
ijewelry store on Seventh street
NV. About Is years ago. he went
into business for himself. He
was an optometrist at 816 Fiji
tenth street NV.
In 1910, DR.. Ostrower was
united in Washington with his
brother. Alexander, whom he
hadn't seen in 20 years. His
brother had stayed behind in
Poland when DR.. Ostrower came
to the United States. When
Hitler invaded Poland. Mr.. Os-
trower fed.
An Army veteran Of World
War I. DR.. Ostrower was a mem
of B'nai Israel Synagogue, the
Amity Club. Jewish War Vet
Grams, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Optometric Society and Com
lpers Masonic Lodge.
Besides his brother, 1872
Poplar lane NV, he is survived
by his widow. Jean: a son. Paul.
Arlington, Va; two DAUGHTERS.
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Miss Jone Nash, IS,
Hospital Director

STOCKBRDGE, Mass, Aug. 8
P.-Miss Jane Evans Nash, IS,
director Of the Church Home
and Hospital in Baltimore. died
yesterday while vacationing here.
Miss Nash, who took up her
duties in Baltimore in October,
1852, was credited with organiz-
ing the Church Home and Hospi-
tai under new standards of hos
pital management and develop
ing the efficient nurses training
program.
A native Of Utah, she was
graduated from Bellevue Hospi-
tai in New York and spent some
time in settlement work in New
York Slum areas.
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DEATHS REPORTED
~. - ~ Tx..1&h Naaar&v, .mkl
rfom d. C. Health Department.


Carl Anderson. "a. 1920 Connecticut ave.
william Folk. 7s. Linsboro, Md.
Annie Nevin. Sc; st. Petersburg, Fla.
Arthur Bready. 55, Kensington. Nd.
Catherine Pitts, 40, l415 Montague st.
NV.
Catherine johnson. ~. 1899 18th st.
Susie winsheld. So. III Hickman st. Sc.
Infant Settles, 1872 A st. s.w.
Rose L. Boiseau. ~, 1920 18th st. NV.
James H. Mullen, rs. 6l6 Powhatan pl.
Lily Golden. rs, sc5 Kennedy st. ne.
Nicoio coiantonio. 81. 81 x st. NV.
Mabel E. Drew. 66, $500 Woodley I'd.
Irene waverly, so, eeos Seth st. NV.
Va HHs onuf Ri 1890 g. a fa st ST.
Elsie Card, AZ. 2515 woodley I'd. NV.
Luther W. Pridgen, tr., 43. 1897 L st.
Oscar Nelson. 81, Seattle. Wash.
Paige Z. Quice, 3, Rockville, Nd.
JacaLeline Jennings. infant, Alexandria.
Nancy. M Atwood, So, 1915 T st. nv.
Lucinda W. Lyles, S. % Quincy pl Le
William Layman. "a. 1905 Kansas ave.
csT5i. Bowie. Il 4 800 800, Marion ct.
Fred Hall. 70, 1853 4th st. S.w.
Walter Young. SO. 239 c st. sw.
Arnold H. Maloney, ST., 81. 1908 Perry
Alfred /; Thomas, 81. II Q st. NV.
Joseph c. Harris, "a. Washington.
Thomas +. Pollard, IA. 42S Ridge I'd.
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Dorothy Holden,
Utility EmpIoye

Miss Dorothy Paxton Holden,
So. Of 1928 Forty-second place,
Hyattsville, Md. died yesterday
in Prince Georges Hospital after
"a short illness.
A graduate of Western High
hool, Miss Holden lived
throughout her life in the area
For the past 10 years, she was
employed by the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission
She was the daughter of the late
John G. Holden and Gertrude
Paxton Holden.
Miss Holden is survived by a
brother. Paxton Holden Of the
above address.
Funeral services will be held
at $50 am. tomorrow in
Gasche's funeral home, Hystts-
vile. Burial will be in Rock
Greek Cemetery,
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p. and the Very Rev. Gilbert
Hartke, o. p.
Also the Rev. Francis ]. Des.
mond, st. Edmunds Church,
Rehoboth Beach, Del; the Rev.
Francis Lucey, s. j., regent Of
Georgetown University Law
School: the Rev. Francis Law, s.
j.; the Rev. John Tracy Ellis Of
Catholic University; the Rev.
Charles D. German, pastor Of st.
Margaret's Church; the Rev. Carl
F. Hess Of Our Lady Of Lourdes
Church; the Rev. Jerome A.
Miller Of st. Johns; the Rev.
Joseph Mundell of Sacred Heart
Church; the Rev. Charles E.
Cornell. jr., Of st. Mary's
Church; the Rev. Joseph B.
Coyne of st. Gabriers Church:
the Rev. Patrick j. Maggie Of st.
Patrick's Church; the Rev. James
H. Brooks. pastor Of Our Lady
Queen Of Peace Church, and the
Rev. William c. Teepe Of the
Blessed Sacrament.
Pallbearers were to be William
e. Furey, Judge Matthew F. Nc
CURE Of the U. 8. District Court
for the District of Columbia,
John ]. Carmody. John c. Hard
ing, Joseph 8. Monaghan. Paul
v. B. Heiss. Donald Phelan and
Roy Knott.
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Mrs. Mary Curron Rites Today
AT Most Blessed Sacrament

Requiem Mass for Mrs. Mary
Agnes Curran, mother of Judge
Edward M. Curran Of the United
States District Court for the
District Of Columbia, were held
at $50 am. today in the Shrine
of the Most Blessed Sacrament
Church.
Mrs. Curran, 81, who died
Saturday at Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital. lived with her
son at 6607 Western avenue NV.
The mass was sung by the Rev.
e. Carl Lyon. assistant pastor Of
the church. Burial was to be in
Mount Olivet Cemetery.
The following churchmen were
invited to be on the altar during
the services:
The Most Rev. John M. Nc
Namara, auxiliary bishop of
Washington; Msgr. William j.
Mcdonald, vice rector Of Catho-
lie University; Msgr. Joseph M.
Moran, pastor Of st. Thomas
Church; the Very Rev. John s.
Spence. pastor Of st. Johns
Catholic Church; Msgr. James E.
Cowhig, pastor of st. Jerome's
Church; the Very Rev. Arthur A.
|OLeary, s. j.. former president
|of Georgetown University: the
Very Rev. H. Ignatius Smith, O.
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6. 7. Cunningham.
Ex-GoIf Official

ST. SIMONS ISLAND. Ca,
Aug. 9 R.-George Thomas
Cunningham, So. long active in
golfing circles, died yesterday.
A former superintendent of
the Pine Valley IN. j. Golf
Club, he served for several years
as executive secretary of the
greens section of the United
States Golf Association. He was
Ia native Of Massillon, Ohio.
Mr.. Cunningham was a stu
dent at Princeton University in
Ia class taught by President
Woodrow Wilson.
He moved here in 1851 from
Washington, where he had
worked for the Treasury De-
Ipartment.
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Capt. Dan Parker,
SEQ Rescue Hero

LONDON, Aug. 8 GA fall
aboard the tug Turmoil yester-
day took the life of Capt. Dan
Parker, 63-year-old skipper who
tried to save the American
freighter Flying Enterprise in
1852.
Capt. Parker and the Turmoil
battled the stormy Atlantic five
days in an effort to tow the Fly
ing Enterprise to port. When the
ship finally went down off the
coast of Ireland. the Turmoil
rescued her captain. Kurt Carl
sen, who had refused to leave
his ship.
Capt. Parker fell from a lad
der as he was climbing to the
bridge. He died before doctors
could reach the Turmoil in the
English Channel. The accident
occurred near Dover, the tug
home port.