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Jessen's weekly., 1956-08-23

5RdlIlSl GGIdll, l6dill cOIIlpOSGu LII top sluggers from Fort Richardson and Elmendorf AFB. for the crown
 In the championship tilt Denali's brilliant hurler, John Haynes. threw ssneat one-hitter to shut-out the local stars. Besides his sterling mound performance Haynes had perfect day at the plate belting out , double and two singles in three times at bat.
 The winners picked up one run in the first inning and then went m to clinch the championship with three-run rally in the third
 At the conclusion of the three day meet an All-Tourney team was se- 'ected with Fairbanksans Bill Bettis md Richard Gahan getting the nod
 Nitric Speaks to VISA
 The Panama Valley Sportsmen's Association held their monthly meeting last Tuesday Featured speaker was Dr. Claus Nitric, pres dent of the Wilderness Society yho has recently returned from a TWO month expedition in the Brooks sange. Dr. Nitric told the group of lis many experiences during his expedition and expressed hope that he Brooks Range would be with irawn as a wilderness area
 August F. the VISA Rifle and 1'istoi club held a turkey shoot at he Mark Acres shooting range at H-mile on the Steese Highway Be sween three and four hundred crack saarksmen fired at targets rang tng from water filled balloons to mall discs and before the eompe- ition was over approximately three tozen turkeys had been given away
 The next big event on the Associ- .tion's agenda is a moose barbecue md turkey shoot to be held some inc in October.
 Johnson Sweeps Stock Races
 Jarrin Jack Johnson made eiean sweep of Sundays stock car aces at the Rendezvous Speedway. he steady pilot wheeled the K md l. Dfstributer's sleek number 57 round the quarter-mile dirt oval 0 rack up wins in the Fast Heat. Australian Pursuit. and the action lacked Main Event.
 Besides these three prize winning performances, Johnson placed sec md behind Vern Fowler in the
 rophy Dash. Don Ramsey was the .nly other winner of the afternoon :aining top honors in the Slow Heat.
 Taking the checkered flag behind lohnson in the Main Event were Tern Fowler and Chuck Hopper
 Another thrilling racing card is n tap next Sunday according to speedway officials.
 Civilians Take Pony Crown
 The civilian stars of the pony .eague sparkled for three straight .ins to ice the playoff champion hip between the civilian and mill tary all stars of the league
 After dropping the first game of he post season playoff to the mil- .tary, the civilians outgunned their opponents to take the best three of i've game series. 3-1.
 A fifth game was played and was Yon by the military but this exhi- iition contest did not count toward he playoff championship
 Pigskin Previews
 With baseball activity slowly ;rinding to a halt it's time to focus some attention toward the local 1 sridirons and the pigskin sport
 The four top military football ,quads in the Fairbanks area. the .add Army Rangers. Ladd Flyers, sielson Outlaws. and the Eielson Army Warriors have been prep ing for their season openers this | since the middle of July. | The hard hitting but inexperi- need Rangers will travel aernSs tha
Jessen's weekly., 1956-08-23

August i8: Charles L. John. a. laborer. and Mary Madeline Crow, Is, student
Jessen's weekly., 1956-08-23

A proud, husing group of Little League All Stars from Fairbanks baed their into the finals of the All Alaskan
 Little League Championship Anchorage before being knocked off by tough Denali 40 the championship game.
 After bankng Palmer 80 their and then rolling the Eelson All Stars 7l Fairbanks pited
Evening star., 1956-03-30

l00o6 interIoek knit Orion,
long-sIeeve eoot or pullover
styles in q choice of colors.
Sizes 36 TO 46.
Evening star., 1956-03-30

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Evening star., 1956-03-30

Handsome royons, fine, easy
wosh cottons in mony ottroc-
tive solid colors or potterns.
Sizes S to x-l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-21

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-24
California Firm Finds
oil Well in Costa Rico

Los ANGELES. Feb. "a. R
Union Oil of California has
after three inconclusive tests
finally struck oil In its 3-million.
acre exploratory concession II
Cost RIGA. it announced yester.
day.
It's fourth test well in the Cen,
trail American country has foune
substantial thickness Of oil-sat,
|urated limestone at about 5.4Ol
feet, the firm said. The vel
yielding gas and high grayit,
oil on several formation tests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-24
Head Of Virginia Bankers
Likes Work in Country

gets as much pleasure out Of
telling about the success of some
lof his customers as he does about
the success of his bank.
For. after all. 1t Is one and the
same thing. Successful customers
make q successful bank.
There was the time" Mr.,
Cooley said. when a man In
the community came in for help,
@Tht was back in the early
sos. and times were pretty hard
This man was q tenant farmer
who wanted to buy his own place,
II knew his background. and we
here at the bank went along with
him.
"He had hardly any cash, SO
we let him have the money to
purchase the farm, and then we
advanced the cash for q dairy
barn and q herd.
sit wasn't q mistake. either.
That man today owns several
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-24

1.-THE Bankers Conference Com.
lmittee. which conducts q bank
ling seminar for students at thu
University Of Virginia.
In his home town. Mr.. Coole,
has served on the Round Hill
Town Council. and asa member
of the Board Of Stewards Of thl
Round Hill Methodist Church
He is q past master of ths
Thompson Masonic Lodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cooley. who Il
the former Muriel Hinkle Of Ste.
phens City. Va. live In q com,
Portable white. house on Rount
Hills main street. VI
The Cooleys have three daugh,
tiers. Mrs. William d. Pomeroy
whose husband Is a Marine Corps
major at Camp Lejeune, N. C..
Miss Nancy L. Cooley, employee
with a Washington law firm. anc
Mrs. Robert B. Potts of Stat,
College. Pa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-24
BY JAMES BIRcHFIELD
star Staff Correspondent

ROUND HILL, Va. Feb. "a
The president Of the Virgins
Bankers Association enjoys be-
ing at the head Of a country
bank.
Herbert H. Cooley. vice presi-
dent and cashier Of the Round
Hill National Bank. likes to look
out over the Northern Virginia
countryside and watch 1t bloom
He likes to watch. as he puts
it. the efforts Of his labor come
back to him.
Mr.. Cooley has been with the
Round Hill bank for nearly 2s
years, and has seen its resources
grow from $S77.000 to more thar
So million.
Visits Customers
He likes to visit with the
people he has helped, and he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-24

You can't vote in the Dis
trict II you don't register. Now
Is the time to qualify. Regis
tration headquarters on ground
floor Of the District Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-24
farms, and ! expect he's worth
close to half q Million

farms, and ] expect he's worth
close to half q million
Pays on Debt IN s Years
And there was another story
this time Of o farmer who had
a chance to buy for q good price
the farm on which he had been
working.
J The bank let him have the
money, advised him ON his
financing. and In i've years the
whole debt was paid on.
Mr.. Cooley feels that q man
has to have q touch Of the land
about him to be good country
banker.
when q man comes in for q
loan on 9 farm or on cattle" he
said. you've got to know farms
and you've got to know cattle.
@And. what Is more, you've got
ito like the country and like to
see 1t prosper"
Started In Valley
Mr.. Cooley started his bank
ing career In Q country bank
the Middletown State Bank.
down in the Valley Of Virginia.
With the exception Of several
years with . Pittsburgh bank. he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-24

has been Q country banker eyei
since.
After returning to Virginia
from Pennsylvania, Mr.. Cooley
became associated with the Mar
shall National Bank as assistant
cashier. and In June, 1927. he
came to Round Fill.
He has risen through the
ranks at the Round Hill bank,
as he has in the Virginia Bank
ers Association.
Before becoming president Of
the State organization last June,
he had served as q member OF
the ORGANIZATIONS board Of d.
rectors and as chairman Of
several Of its committees.
At present he Is a member
of the American Bankers Asso-
citation subcommittee on taxa
ton, which Is making a study
of taxation affecting banks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-24
Headed Committees

He has served as chairman Of
the State associations commit
tees on agriculture and Federal
Legislation, and Of Group 8 of the
association. which comprises the
Northern Virginia counties.
He also has served as head Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-24

He likes to visit with the
people he has helped, and he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-26
Mrs. Maud Jordan,
Treasury Retiree

Mrs. Llewellyn Jordan. 70, re.
tired Treasury Department EN-.
ploye and widow Of the co-authol
of the Civil Service Retirement
Act Of 1920. died Friday in Port
Arthur, Tex.
A former Takoma Park (Md.)
resident, Mrs. Jordan was EN-.
ployed in the Treasury Depart.
ment from 1898 to 1910. She
was superintendent Of the Check
Assortment Section, in the Ac-
counting Division of the Treas.
urer's office when she retired
During the rs years she was
section head, she supervised the
assortment of 600 million can
celed Federal checks into proper
numerical sequence.
Mrs. Jordan was the former
Maud C. Smith, a native OF
Memphis, Tenn. Her father
Richard s. Smith, was a Con-
federate soldier. Her husband
DR.. Jordan, a prominent civic
leader here. was active in Demo
cratic Party activities. He held
degrees in medicine. law and
dentistry and worked for the
Treasury Department. He died
in 1898.
Mrs. Jordan is survived by her
brother, T. r. Smith of Port
Arthur. She was buried in Beau
mont, Tex.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-26
Patient, 100, Dies
After Undergoing
Major Operation

NEW YORK. Sept. 26 Dr.
Max Geffner, believed to be tn.
Oldest person ever to undergo
major surgery. died today. H.
was 100.
Mr.. Geffner, a retired bed,
spring manufacturer, underwent
an operation al Beth Israel Hos.
pital Monday for an intestine
obstruction.
During the operation his hear
failed. Doctors restored the
heartbeat by opening his chest
and using massage and electric
current on the heart. Mn. Geff-
ner had been in a coma since
the operation.
His granddaughter, DR.. Max
well Marder. who is attached to
Beth Israel Hospital, said the de-
lcision to operate was based on
the fact that Mr.. Geffner was in
unusually good condition for his
age.
He was 6-foot-6 and weighed
24O pounds in his prime. DR.
Marder had given Mr.. Geffner a
three out Of ten" chance to come
through the operation success
fully,
Mr.. Geffner. a native Of Aus
tria, came to the United States ir
1905. He lived with his 83-year-
old wife, Yetta.
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Samuel Prince, 81.
Veteran Agent in
Insurance Field

Samuel Prince, 81, retired in.
surance agent, died yesterday
after a stroke while on vacation
in Miami Beach. He lived Al
5415 Fourth street NV.
Mr.. Prince was born in London
and came TO the United State,
when he was s.
Mr.. Prince was first with tn,
Peoples Life Insurance Co, anC
later he was an agent for thu
Home Beneficial life Insurance
Co., for 20 years. retiring in 1854
He was a member Of Betl
Sholoin Congregation and tn,
Friendship Lodge.
Survivors are his widow. thu
former Esther Chaser whom h,
married In 1915; two daughters
Mrs. Shirley Aaronson, 1884,
North Capitol street and Mrs
Dorothy Rosenberg. $500 Chill
lum place NV: a brother, Harry
51l0 Ninth street NV: three sis
tiers, Mrs. Fay Poll, 6161 First
street NE; Mrs. Ida Camp. New
York; Mrs. Sally Fields, Wash
ington and three grandchildren.
Services will be held at IL am
Sunday at Danzansky's funeral
home, 1901 Fourteenth street
NV. Burial will be in Beth
Sholom Cemetery. The family
requests that any tokens o.
sympathy be in the form of con
tributions to Beth Sholr m Tai
mud Torah, Eighth a. 4 Shep,
herd streets NV.
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Wayne M. Weishoor Dies
Aviation Troining Aide

Wayne NJ. Weishaar, secretary
treasurer Of the Aeronautical
Training Society and a former
newspapefman, died yesterday
at Emergency Hospital shortly
after suffering a cerebral hem
orrhage at his Office, Ills Seven
tenth street NV. He would
have been so on, october 10.
Mr.. Weishaar lived on Dulany
drive, Mclean, Va.
A reporter who covered the
Lindbergh baby kidnapping case
in New Jersey Mr.. Weishaar
worked on the case while serving
as aviation writer for the New
York Herald Tribune from 1929
to 1885. He was city editor OF
the Des Moines tIowa) Register
in the 1920s.
Early in his newspaper career,
Mr.. Weishaar was a reporter on
the Des Moines News, the Des
Moines Evening Tribune and the
Associated Press in Des Moines.
In Film Industry
Mr. Weishaar was a writer
and in the public relations office
Of Warner Brothers Studio in
Los Angeles in 1910. Afterwards
he was a free lance writer and
in 1943 he became a writer for
the Aircraft War Production
Council in Los Angeles.
Mr.. Weishaar was information
director Of the Aeronautical
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-26

I he was in the anti-aireraft ar
tillery. q .Af
Mr.. Weishaar was born In
Rhodes, Iowa. He was gradu-
ated from Drake University and
also attended Drake University
Law School and Columbia Uni
versity.
Survivors are his widow. Inis;
a son, Sumner Wayne Weishaar,
and his mother, Mrs. Ernest
Weishaar, all Of the home ad-
dress.
Services will be held at II
am. Friday at Gawler's funeral
home, 1855 Pennsylvania avenue
NV. Burial will be in Ma
tional Memorial Cemetery, Fall:
Church.
Mr.. Weishaar was a member OF
the National Press Club, Nationa
Aviation Club, Aviation Writer.
Association and the Masons. He
was co-author Of the book, 'Mer
Without Money"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-26
Mrs. 5. |. Rucker Dies,
1855 Virqiniu Mother

MONETA, Va. Sept. 26 (P1.-
Mrs. S. L Rucker, 81, virginia
Mother of 1856" died yesterday
in a Roanoke hospital.
Mrs. Rucker. an her life a Bed
ford County resident. saw IL of
her IS children graduated from
college. She took over the task
Of feeding, clothing and educat-
ing her large family after the
death of her husband. Dr.. s. L.
Rucker, in 1881.
Her six sons include two who
are physicians, one a pharmacist,
two dentists and one a chemist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-26
Deer Is UnweIcome

HELENA. Mont. (P.-A young
deer paid a visit to Montana's
capital city but he wasn't very
well received. Three policemen
and a game warden chased the
animal out Of the city-for its
own protection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-26
Doc SWims 8 Miles

SCARSDALE. N. "a fox
terrier belonging to Mr.. and Mrs.
j. B. Carue Of Scarsdale, lost
from a cruiser in Long Island
Sound, was found swimming 8
miles away.
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Training Society for two years
and then in 1945 he was made
secretary-treasurer. The Aero
nautical Training Society rep
resents a large number Of flying
schools, including nine schools
which currently conduct all OF
the primary fight training for
the Air Force.
In 1858 Mr.. Weishaar was
secretary Of the Aero Club of
Washington. During World War
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-26
Hos Tuste for Mink

ELY. MINI. (P.-Some Min.
nesota fish have expensive tastes
Two mentioning fishermen each
caught a smallmouth bass
Cleaning the fish. they discovered
the bass had dined on mink
one weighing nearly a pound.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-26

what 10 an honest-to- goodness sample
eoot5 An honest to-goodness son1pie
coat is O coat thot each maker custom
toilors to the specific proportions Of his
trim showroom models He hondpicks
fabulous fobrics from exclusive looms,
specifies the most n1eticuioUs toitoring
and craftsmanship Thofs Why true
son1ple suits ore one-of-o-kind show
pieces. They're hard to findl
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FIGHT

Continued From Page CT
standout and had a place on the
1852 Olympic squad after win
ming the amateur welterweight
title the year before.
Anthony is one of the few cur
rent American leaders among
challengers for Archie Moore'S
interchangeable title with his
No. 7 position. Chuck Speiser OF
Michigan rates No. 3, and the
others in the first 10 are from
such way stations as Germany
Trinidad, France.
I Hinnant aims to take that
rating from him. The Wash
lington boy only recently has
gained any sort of recognition
having spent his first four years
as a pro fighting in preliminaries
and semiflnals. Andrews, whom
Inc stopped in eight rounds at
Miami Beach in March. was the
first fighter of consequence he
had met, and he followed that
by knocking out Willie Troy, an
other Washington boy and a
ranking middleweight, in seven
rounds in the same ring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-05
Cornell Primed for Upset
In Navy Game Tomorrow

sports publicity, explains. 1T has
been ever since their spring
practice was discontinued"
Irv Robertson. junior halfback
from Philadelphia. and Art b.
land, senior quarterback from
Lynn, Mass. both star trackmen.
are the top offensive threats
ICornell's touchdown against Col
gate was a l00-yard kickoff re-
turn by Robertson, with Boland
running as advance guard.
The Middies, too, will have a
different team starting. The
second string, or rather the for
mer second string, will get a
chance to show what it can do
in opening a game.
Coach Eddie Erdelatz, gen.
orally pleased with Nays 1914
victory over William and Mary
il last weeks opener, liked the
performance of the second team
better than that of the first.
Gus Prahalis. son of Greek i'm
migrants now living in Pennsyl-
vania, completed seven of IL
passes against the Indians and
won the No. l quarterback job
away from Tom Forrestal. How
ever, the switch was made team
for team, not on an individual
basis.
Other Navy backs starting to-
morrow will be Harry Hurst and
Chef Burchett at halfback and
Vince Monte at fullback.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-05
BY BILL FUCHS
Star Star Correspondent

ITHACA, N. Y, Oct. s.
George Lefty James. who has
been coaching Cornell for the
last 10 years, has his football
team thinking it can beat Navy
at least a two-touchdown IA
Ivorite, here tomorrow.
Kickoff will be at 2 pm
washington time). The game
will be broadcast in Washing
ton over Station WRC, Ray
Michael and Joe Croglan at the
mike
A crowd of more than 10000
is expected to file into pic
turesque Schoellkopf Field tt
See if the Big Red can improve
1t took a trouncing from Col
gate in its opener last Saturday
4 James, a tall, soft-spoken mar
who shoots golf in the low Dos
says he'll have an entirely diff
ferent looking team going against
Navy than the one that lost tc
Colgate. 34-6.
/ BY that James means he'll
have practically the same per-
sonnet, but they'll play much
better. And what injuries ham,
pered the team in its opener
have disappeared.
You have to remember that
this is a w-starting team
Ben Mintz, Cornells director of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-05
FORE AND AFT
By MALCOLM LAMBoRNE

IglaSs-bottom boats popular with
tourists. They were turning out
"a few outboards. too, but the
total of all types didn't exceed
20 units.
Then they started on a line of
IA, l6 ana 10 footers and the
rush was on. This year they
expect to turn out 600 outboards
and next year have production
plans for 1000. The only lirnita-
ton on their expansion is avail
ability of skilled carpenters who,
incidentally, are trained on the
job and soon become excellent
loat builders.
Materials and work are top
grade in these boats. You can't
cut corners and stay in business, -
says Pete Stamas, who learned
his design at home. too. And
that Immediately brought up the
question of construction stand
ards for Safety'S sake. mot only
that chimed in Bud Barnhart,
sales manager. but I think the
Government ought to have the
authority to stop a man from
going out in unsafe conditions
and dangerous waters
The House Merchant Marine
and Fisheries Committee might
be interested in hearing from
men like these When they resume
their boating hearings later this
year. They are worth listening
/ IN