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Medal to Commemorate Peak Marathon on SaleA medal commemorating the 13th annual Pikes Peak Marathon which ended last Sunday has been issued by the financial businesses of the Pikes Peak area. The medal will be on sale here during rodeo week for one dollar at the banks and savings and loan associations and at the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo gate and ticket center on Pikes Peak Avenue and Tejon Street.
The collectors coin is finished in a new golden bronze in 1 5-16 inch diameter and 14-guage size. The striking of the coin is spearhead by Col. Broun Mayall; Edward C. Rochette, acting director of the American Numismatic Association; Bill Smartt and Bill Henderson. Banks and saving and loan associations of this area have contributed to the production of the medal, including: Academy Boulevard Bank, Jim Kliever, president; American Heritage Bank and Trust Co., Henry Gerber, president; Bank of Fountain Valley, Don Hammer, president; Bank of Manitou, F.C. Aurand, president; Central Colorado Bank, Mike Yalich, vice-president; Colorado Commercial Bank, Robert E. Trego, vice-president; Colorado Springs National Bank, Col. Broun Mayall public relations; Exchange National Bank, Kay Fresychlag, public relations; First National Bank, Joel Webb, Chairman of the Board; Northern National Bank, Norman M. Postles, president; Pike Peak National Bank, Bill Henderson, president; Western National Bank, Willis F. Fischer, president; and the Fountain National Bank, Roy I. Gordon, president. Central Mortgage and Investment Co., Fred Walker, president; First Federal Savings and Loan Association, Don Nienhuser, president; First Industrial Bank of Colorado Springs, R. L. McDowell, president; Columbia Savings and Loan Association, Art McCorry, manager; Midland Federal Savings and Loan Association, Jack D. Mick, manager; Rocky Mountain Industrial Bank, C. E. Katlin, vice-president; Security Savings and Loan, Arleigh Moore, president; Silver State Savings and Loan, Arthur W. Barr, manager; Western Federal Savings and Loan, Jerry Bills, manager; and Western Industrial Bank Lavar Ruckert, vice-president. |