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iEx-Powerboot Speedster
Races After Marlin Now

ident's Cup Regatta fans, for
his racing feats. is the owner
Of the marlin boat, Virese.
One of his favorite pastimes
come August is to get a barrel
Of chicken blood and innards
and catch sharks with cut up
bonito in the inlet and Syne-
puxent Bay.
The sharks are the Harmless:
variety that pose no menace to
bathers. One time, Reece said
he caught three off Josh Bunt-
ing's dock that totaled more
than LOO pounds.
For lazy people. Reece rec.
ommends a half-gallon jug. The
line is attached to the jug and
the whole thing tossed ovel
when a shark takes the bait,
The weight Of pulling the jug
up and down soon tires the
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trophy. The match is scheduled
for 6 pm. Thursday at East
Potomac.
$3.50
The Middle Atlantic Father
and Son championship recently
concluded at Edgemoor Is the
only tournament of its kind
played in this section. To help
the ranking committee, it was
decided that the losing teams
in the Semiflnal round should
play each other to decide the
No. 3 sectional ranking. John
Thompson and son, Tony. upset
the favored team of William
and Buddy Miller in a close
match to nail down the third
ranking spot.
4 4 \ 4
Betty Zimmerman has done
more for women's tennis in the
District than any other player.
For years Betty has accepted
the toughest Job of all-keep-
ing the records and ranking
the players at the end of the
season. In addition, she serves
on the Operations Committee
Of the Washington Area Tennis
Patrons. Betty is a better
player than she gives herself
credit for being. Last year
she won the women's doubles,
with Frances Barry, in the
Government Employees tourna-
ment. This week Betty and
Frances were ready to defend
their title but the event was
called off due to insufficient
entries.
Ruth Grogan and Barbara
Laney set a season marathon
record in their match in the
Government Employees tourna-
ment. They started playing at
2 pm. Three hours and 20
minutes later, Ruth staggered
of the court the winner. Score,
.OE6. 10-8. 10-8
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on batteries is too great. Fur
thermore, the automatic pilots
which have electric motors and
gear trains require mainten-
ance.
Kingsley described Weeks in
vention as a simple bellows ar
rangement powered by the en-
give vacuum. The bellows acti-
Yates airplane-type cables that
do the work. The only cleo
tricity is for the impulse from
compass to controls.
1.-THE Link trainer used by
flying schools was the basis OF
Weeks idea." Kingsley added
Twenty of the sets were made
on an experimental basis and
some are being tested on Coast
and Geodetic Survey vessels.
They are not yet on the market,
but a major manufacturer is
studying the feasibility of mar
keting them.
Second Season With Boat
This is the KingsIeys' second
season as owners of the Coro-
nary. It formerly belonged to
Ohio H. Williams. auto dealer
Arch and Pat installed a new
100 horsepower Chris Craft
that gives their boat plenty of
power.
The cruise is their longest.
Colonial Beach for three week
ends having been as far as they
have gone in the past.
Even with life preservers as
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the Coronary, 34-foot cruiser
owned by Arch and Pat Kings
ley of 1915 Melwood road. Be-
thesda. Corinthian members,
they have been mentioning
there after a cruise from
Washington in which the new
automatic pilot got its test.
They chose a route which
led them down the Potomac to
Smiths Creek. where they
spent one night. Hampton, Va,
and then UP the coast to Chin
colleague where they made an
other stop. In choosing the
ocean route, they Jared better
than some other Corinthian
boats making their annual
cruise to Ocean City.
Others Have Rough Going
The others went up the
Chesapeake and down the
Delaware where they had rough
going. The Willo. owned by
William G. Smith of $500 War;
wick place, Chevy Chase, had
a narrow escape. It's engine
failed of Chesapeake City and
the boat drifted into the path
Of a tanker. The big vessel
backed water but scraped the
Willo's rub rail severely.
AS a pilot for Capital Air
lines. Kingsley knows some
thing about automatic pilots.
1T worked like a charm" ne
said. Even my little boy
could steer the boat" With
the Kingsleys are their son
thinner, 4, and daughter
Peggy. 2.
The automatic pilot was in
vented by Charles M. Weeks,
70, of 625 New York avenue
NV, a retired manufacturer
of coin machines. During the
war he helped develop special
devices for the Navy at Sands
Point, N. Y.
The use of engine vacuum
instead of batteries for power
is his automatic pilots most
unusual feature.
Owner Of Several Boats
Weeks, now on a fishing trip
to Wisconsin, has owned several
boats and long ago recognized
the need for an automatic pilot
which didn't depend on a boats
batteries for power. Boatmen
today are adding more and
more acknowledgements gad-
gets to their craft and the drain
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Richardson cruiser, Colonel II.
is q new member Of West River
Yacht Club. His late father
owned the Coloneh I and was
an organizer and charter mem
Der Of the West River Club.
William. jr.. captured third
place in the navigation contest
at the Potomac River Power
SQuadron's rendezvous at
Smiths Greek. It was the first
contest he ever entered.
On the cruise were J. Roy
Crockett's Carolyn VI. which
carried Commodore and Mrs.
r. Wesley Shade and Mr.. and
Mrs. Harland Walter: Frank
Courtney's Madcap, Jim Hill
bert's Shamrock. Nelson Lyle's
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standard attire, two lively
youngsters can make life
aboard ship trying and Pat
finds them harder to watch
than the passengers she cared
for as an airline stewardess.
For that reason. there was some
talk that maybe they'd give up
boating for a summer cottage.
But Arch. who was nursing
a gashed leg from q fall be-
tween boat and dock. has been
a boatman since he was a boy
on Barnegat Bay. And they
both love the Coronary, so who
knows?
Recently two Army officers in
a l4-foot cupboard cruising the
lower bay and Potomac from
Fort Monroe, below Newport
News. to Fort Belvoir stopped
of at Colonial Beach Yacht
Club to seek accommodations.
Martin Lunsford, the opera
tor, explained that they were
overcrowded but when the men
said they would have to sleep
atop the gear packed in a little
boat, he relented. Sleeping
space was provided for them
in the clubhouse. Who were
they? One later identified him.
self as Mai. John Eisenhower,
son of the President. The other
was a friend he had cruised to
Fort Monroe to get.
Audrey Meadows of Tv fame
and her husband. Randolph
Rouse, also were recent. Colo
NAL Beach Yacht Club visitors.
They had a new propeller put
on their 18-foot speedboat,
which is berthed at Hunting
Towers Marina. Both excellent
water skiers, they may appear
in forthcoming Colonial Beach
shows.
4 4 \ \
The Cupboard Boating Club
Of Washington which meets at
8 pm. Thursday in the Barnes
and Kimel Auditorium, Arling-
ton. has added four new mem
bers: Conrad E. Brinckman,
ST., Of Alexandria; John s.
Wills Of Falls Church, Leslie B.
Crowley. jr., of Falls Church
and William E. Thomas of
Arlington.
X y \
William w. Chambers, IT..
owner of the double cabin
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shark and he is ready for cap
ture.
OF course. the more ambitious
can tire out Mr.. Shark from
a skiff and get a boat ride in
the process.
The Laytons, both Mr.. and
Mrs, set world records in pow
erboat racing before their re-
tirement in 1850. Their racing
life was hectic, Mrs. LAYTON
almost losing her life at Bush
River when her plywood boat
tipped and she was trapped
underneath.
Luckily, an aluminium boat
following close behind crashed
into her craft. shearing through
the hull. Mrs. Layton fioated
up through the wreckage, not
much harmed.
Layton, who raced 225s and
266s at various times, origi-
mated the ~" class cupboard
runabout. The 2 class, known
as the Y class in hydroplane
racing, uses a 48-cubic- inch
engine on a 9-foot hull.
Sold Engine to Hildebrand
| Earl Hildebrand Of Washing
ton turned to Y class racing
about 10 years ago when Lay
ton sold him his first engine
Starting the 2 and Y classes
was difficult. because the Amer
.can Power Boat Association
wouldn't sanction them until
Layton had at least 10 boats In
competition.
In l949. Layton set a z class
world record Of 40 miles per
hour at New Martinsville, w
Va. Later. his wife set a
straightaway record of S;
miles an hour. =
Reece suffered cracked ribs
and internal injuries in a l947
race at Miami when a new 22s
he had obtained from Guy
Lombardo hit another boat
that had just capsized, slid
over 1t much as a water skier
would take a Jump and hurtlec
through the air. It broke in
two when it landed, hurting
him into the water.
Involved Amusing Escapades
Layton never won a race ir
Washington. although he com.
peted here many times. He also
was involved in some amusing
escapades, one Of which shocked
officials at a Presidents Cur
regatta some years back.
Recess 225 was stored at the
Naval Air Station. Before the
race he discovered some pigeons
nearby and stored them in the
motor hatch. When the 5.
minute gun sounded, there wal
no Reece ready to race.
Hurry. hurry. you won't
make the race" an officiaI
shouted as he hove into view
Reece stopped ceremonies, liftec
OF the motor hood and re.
leased the pigeons.
There" he said. TITS the
first time the Presidents re-
gatta has been held UP BY
pigeons"
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Sea Pony II and Gerald Me.
wenhous' Gerrydoll.
=
ROD AND REEI-Thurman
p. Jefferson of Royal Oak, Nd,
had a wrestling match with a
big drum below Tilghman re-
Gently. He was catching hard
head but spot began to bite.
so he switched to a smaller
hook. Putting on q small strip
of cut spot he soon felt q heavy
pull. He was using q light rod
with l5-pound test line and it
took him 80 minutes to tire the
fish, a 60-pounder.
The Chesapeake Bay Out
door Writers will have an or
ganization meeting at 7:30 pm.
tomorrow in the National Press
Building.
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~ a staff Correspondent Of The stal


OCEAN CITY, Md, July is.
of the many colorful figures
in last weeks International
Light Tackle Tournament here
one Of the most colorful is Will
liam Reece Layton, ex-auto
dealer. powerboat racer and
fisherman extraordinary.
Reece. who strikingly resem-
bles Ernest Hemingway in his
younger years. didn't catch q
white marlin, although he
filled a vacancy on the team
representing the Imperial VAL
ley Anglers Club Of California,
But Reece has caught more
than 100 white and blue marlin
In his 20 summers here and
expects to take more.
The Baltimorean who is well
known to Washingtonians. par
ticularly Capital Power Boat
Association members and Pres
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YOUTH HOSTELS

TOMORROW
6:45 p.m.-Meet at Harvard street
entrance to Zoo for bike ride through
ROCK Greek Park led by Bill Seller.
THURSDAY
Swimming at Marie LindberRh's, 100
quincy place, Falls Church Meet at
Youth Hostels office at pm.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
Shenandoah stream exploring trip.
Make reservations by Thursday night.
Leave Youth Hostels ONCE at 8 am,
Saturday.
SUNDAY
Trip to Prince william National
Forest in Virginia. Leave Youth Hos
tells office at 1890 am.
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HIKING CLUBS
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
CENTER HIKING CLUB-Week end
at Fenwick Island Beach, north Of
Ocean City. Md.
SUNDAY
CAPITAL HIKING CLUB-Outine
at cacapon State Park. W. Va. led by
with leader at WA. 7-47S3 by noon
Saturday. Meet at 8 am. at 1924
K street NV. for chartered bus.
WANDERBIRDS HIKING CLUB-
Outing at Triton Beach. Md. Chartered
coach leaves Twelfth street and New
ervations with Alice Joyce. AID. 2-56O4.
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ScUTTLEBUTT:
Family Cruise Tests
New Automatic Pilot
BY CHARLES COvELL

An automatic pilot invented by 72-year-old
WaShiongtonian who thinks he has found better
way to steer boats by remote control has passed its
first test on privately owned cruiser.
Docked at the yacht club in Ocean CITY Md, is
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Verne H. Schnee, 50, con-
sulting metallurgist at the Ma
tional Academy of Sciences and
q former vice president Of the
University Of Oaklahoma, died
Sunday Of a heart attack in
George Washington University
Hospital.
Born in Cleveland. Mr.
Schnee was graduated from
Cornell University in 1920 and
returned there as an instruc-
tor in 1922 after a year as a
Welsbach Fellow with the Blu
reau Of Mines.
After some years in private
business in his field of metal
lurgy, he became assistant di-
rector Of the Batelle Memorial
Institute. then director Of the
University of Oklahoma Re-
search Institute. He became
vice president of the university
in 1910. Since 1919, he had
been director of the metals ad-
visory board of the National
Academy of Sciences.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs
Evelyn H. Schnee, 1922 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV: a daugh-
ter. Mrs. j. E. johnson. OF
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MAsTROROcCO. EMIIIO. In

MAsTROROcCO, EMILIO. In loving
m eriory OF my dear husband and our
father. EMILIO MAsTROROcCC who
departed this life nineteen years ago
tcday, september "A, 1858.
Asleep and at res.
, On that lovely green hill:
We are glad you are resting,
But our hearts miss you still.
HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN.
RANDOLPH. MARY =. In loving
memory Of our devoted sister and
aunt. MARY Z. RANDOLPH. who
gslsed awss two years ago tooaJ,
mother an 1 Grandmother, who / afsed
away January rs, 1881.
Fold them. o Father. in Thine arms.
And let item forever be q messenger
I Between eur human hearts and Thee.
L C.. RAE. ARTHUR AND LOUISE.
THOMAS, ELEANORA, AND SCOTT,
kMMA; .,s In loving n memory Of M ny
ELEANoRA THOMAS, who passed
away four years ago this month,
and my aunt. MRS. EMMA SCOTT.
who passed away eight years this
month.
The ones we loved have gone to rest,
T Their h,ta arn m, true hearts are S hi,;
Where earthly grief is FORGOTTEN.
Where pain shall pe no more.
DEVOTED FAMILY. ETHEL JOHN
Hs NN' E ENT4h COLEMAN ST.
WANDER. EssIE z; in loving mem
who left rs two years ago today,
September "a, 1855.
Two years have passed since that
sad day
When the one I loved was called
away.
But In my heart she liveth still
CHARLES X. XANDER.
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w. Harrison,
Firm Founder

William B. Harrison. IS. a
retired electrical contractor and
a third generation Washington
MAN. died Saturday Of q heart
attack at his home in Shady
side, Md.
Mr.. Harrison founded and
operated his own electrical con-
tracing business for 80 years
until his retirement in 1858.
During this time he patented
two electrical inventions, one
an automatic gate control for
railroad crossings. the second
device to detect gasoline fumes
on power boats.
A boating and fishing en-
thusiast. Mr.. Harrison designed
his own cruiser, the 50-foot
Halcyon.
Mr.. Harrison moved from
Washington to Hyattsville as a
young man, and was q resident
there for 40 years until he
moved to Shadyside when he
retired. He was chief Of the
Hyattsville Volunteer Fire De-
partment for Is years.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Florence Virginia Harrison; two
sons, Robert W., 1900 Russell
road. Avondale, and Kenneth
of Shadyside. and two daugh-
tiers, Miss Evelyn Harrison, 3l6
A street NE, and Mrs. j. Fred
erick Reed Of Hyattsville; seven
grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
Services were to be at 2 pm.
today in the Fort, Lincoln
Chapel. Burial will be in Fort
,incoln Cemetprv
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Darn nf Thanka

nERALD, PRESTON. Sr. The famils
OF the late PRESTON HERALD, Sr.
wish to express their thanks anc
appreciation to their many friends
for the cards. kilograms. flowers anc
other expressions Of kindness anc
sympathy expressed to them durinl
their bereavement.
EMMA L. HERALD AND FAMILY.
HUTCHINSON, DOROTHY Z. From
deep In our hearts we wish to thank
our many friends and relatives fol-
their kind expressions Of sympathy
shown to us in the recent death Of
ter tel. DoRoTHY & {. HUTecIHSiNsoH. who VIC
passed on to the Great Beyond on
HER GRIEF STRICKEN FAMILY,
BILL. MON, ODA, NORMAN
HAZEL AND JOAN.
We sometimes cannot understand
Why things like this are done,
But God has found q place for her
Beyond the setting sun.
Her CHEEKY voice no more wen hear
Until that wondrous day,
When God calls each and everyone
To walk the shining way.
know she'n meet US on the path
And take US by the hand:
She'll lead us gently on with her
To toin the heavenly band.
Yes, we'll see Dad and Dorothy,
And relatives and friends:
Then we'll remain together
in . life that never ends.
HAZEL MUSGROVE.
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Alfred l. Areo, 81,
Former Policemen.
Active in Musons

Alfred L. Argo, 81, a former
Metropolitan policeman and an
active Mason, died yesterday
in Garfield Hospital of a cir
culatory ailment.
Mr.. Argo, a native Of Nash
vile. Tenn. lived at CLIO Sligo
Mill road NE. He had been a
District resident since 1881 and
had served four years in the
Marine Corps before coming to
Washington.
Mr.. Argo was a veteran of IL
years on the Metropolitan
force where he served as a
patrolman in the Sd and 9Th
precincts and with the Traffic
Division. He resigned in 1916
to work as a repair shop fore
man for the Mosler Safe Co.
When he died he was employed
as a repairman by the District
Government.
Mr.. Argo was a member of the
Lebanon Lodge No. 4 of the
Masons. the Eureka Naval
Chapter No. 4 of the oval Arch
Masons and past commander
of the otomac Commandery No
3 of the knights Ternplar. He
was also Grand Tall Cedar OF
the Capitol Forest No. 104 Of
the Tall Cedars of Lebanon.
He is survived by his wife
Mrs. Virginia Argo. and his
mother. Mrs. Sarah Argo, Of
Nashville.
Funeral services will be al
1890 am. Thursday in the
Metropolitan Memorial Metho-
dist Church, New Mexico and
Nebraska avenues NV. Burial
will be in Arlington Cemetery
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Verne H. Schnee Dies,
Academy MetoIIurqist

Woodbury.. Conn.,. and his
mother, Mrs. Amy H. Schnee
Of Cleveland.
Two grandchildren also sur
vive.
Funeral services will be on
Thursday in Gawler's Chapel
1855 Pennsylvania avenue NV
The family has requested that
any tokens of sympathy be sent
to the Heart Fund.
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G. l. Hartford, 90,
A. & P. Chairman

MONTCLAIR. N. j., Sept. "a
R).-George Ludlum Hartford.
chairman Of the Board Of the
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea
Co.. died at his home here last
night at the age of 80.
Mr.. Hartford's father. the
late George Huntington Hart
ford, founded the Nations
largest grocery chain in 1859.
Mr.. Hartford became chair
man Of A6P in 1851. after the
death Of his brother. John
Hartford. who had held the
post until that time.
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Ann0uneems NJ 81
Services b. Chambers

In MRntnriaitl
BROWN. LLOYD r. In loving mem
DRY Of my dear husband. LLOYD r.
BROWN, who passed away six years
ago today, September "a. 1881.
! walk q separate road today,
And sorrow darkens all my way:
Although ] walk my road alone
Know tnat you are still my own.
want TO know the road you took.
And you can meet me part Of the
Then in 20 back with you.
YOUR LOVING WIPE. MYRTLE NJ
FORREST. LEE.
] walk q separate road today,
And sorrow darkens all my way:
Although ! walk my road alone.
i know that you are still my own.
/ want to know the road you took.
So ! can take IL, too,
way,
Then I'll 90 back with you,
YOUR LOVING WIPE. RUBY FOR
GAYLOR. ALICE n. In loving mem
DRY OF my dear mother. ALICE NJ.
OAYLOR. who departed this life
nine years aRo today, September "a.
1915.
Time takes away the edge Of grief.
But memories turn back every leaf.
ALICE.
HER. CORPL. THOMs. who left us
"a. 1874.
Thirteen years has passed since that
sad day.
The one We loved was called away.
God took him home-it was His will,
But In our hearts he liveth still.
Too good, too pure on earth to stay.
- SO early meant for Heaven;
We had no right to call him ours,
He was tust lent. not given.
LOVING MOTHER, BROTHER, SIS
TIERS. NEPHEW AND NIECE.
HOLMES. JAMES GETAWAY. A trib.
ute OF love and devotion 10 the
memory Of my grandfather. JAMES
OTTAWiY HOLMES. who passed
away tweniy-three years aso today,
september -. 1884.
The pains OF death are past,
Labor and sorrow cease.
And life's Ions warfare closed al
HIS soul Is found in peace
DEvoTED GRANDDAUGHTER.
JEFFERSON. LAFAYETTE AND ALICE.
When we bow our hearts IN reverent
tribute. We always recall the tender
ness, the strong faith and great love
OF our devoted parents. LAFAYETTE
and ALICE JEFFERSON. who passed
away thifty-one years. March 3, 1925,
and twenty-three years. September "a,
1884, respectively.
SAMUEL AND lola.
LIGHTFOOT, THOMAS J. In mem
DRY OF a dear brother. THOMAS ]
LIGHrFOOT, who passed away Sep
TENDER "a, 1888.
His kindness, devotion and memory
VIII remain with us forever.
LILLIAN AND ELSIE.
MARQUETTE. KATHERINE 2. In low
les memory OF my mother, KATH-
ERNIE Z. MARQUETTE. who died
nine years ago today, September "a,
Give her, o Lord, eternal rest,
And lct perpetual light shine upon
May she rest in peace.
Amen.
Anniversary mass. St. AIMS Church.
Arlington.
EVELYN NJ. DORSEY.
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With Regard to a
Card of Thanks

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The Stos meets o need which con
hardly be solved in any other woy
Not only Is u o gracious expression
Of gratitude to those who how sent
Horol tributes but also eouFteously
acknowledges the services and kind.
nesses Of the mony 10 whom o per-
sonel NOTE Of thonks eonnot cell Be
mailed o. whose Homes and I'D.
dresses ore not known insertion Of
o eard Of thonks moy be osranse5
BY telephone to The Stor, ST
$4,000.
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