Cusack Bags Beach Ridge Class A Feature At Beech Ridge
Scarborough driver Ralph Cusack won the 25 lap Class A feature at Beech Ridge Speedway on Mother's Day, leading from lap five to beat George Welch and Dick Wolstenhulme before 2,500 fans. Buzzy Stack captured Class B after early restarts, with Ray Leach and Russ Nutting in pursuit. Novice feature went to Al Souliere as six of 21 starters finished in a crash filled race.
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West Scarborough
Ralph Cusack
Scarborough
Beech Ridge Speedway
Buzzy Stack
Portland
Cusack
George Welch
Dick Wolstenhulme
Stack
Ray Leach
Arundel
Russ Nutting
Limerick
al Souliere
Biddeford
Mert Towle
Yarmouth
Larry Tanguay
Welch
Ogunquit
Wolstenon Windham
Colts Sweep Derby Winners Set Record Margin
Randy Matson reflects on his growth and aim to reach 270 pounds as he faces the Giants. Four horses Old Rosebud Johnstown Whirlaway and Assault win the Kentucky Derby by eight lengths, the largest winning margin in the race.
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Old Rosebud
Johnsstown
Whirlaway
Assault
Don Cyr Captures Pony League Rolloff
Don Cyr won the Pony League handicap rolloff at Pastime lanes with 351 plus 36 pins. Gordon Michaud runner up with 345 plus 36 pins, others include R St Louis 342 D Paquette 336 and D Deschambeault 333. League ban planned for Tuesday May 18 at the Wonderbar.
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Pony League
Don Cyr
Gordon Michaud
R. St Louis
D. Paquette
D Deschambeault
R. Lamontagne
R. Tourigny
P Delcourt
Spring Fashion Show Promises Gowns From Shermies Shop
The Women's Association of the South Congregational Church announces a spring fashion show at church parlors Thursday at 8 p.m. Chairwoman Mrs Lawrence Perkins of Oak Street leads ticket sales. Models include Mrs Fordyce Perkins Jr and several Biddeford models. makeup by Mrs True Boothby.
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Women’s Association of the South Congregational Church
Lawrence Perkins
Oak Street
Robert Bryant
Shermie
Fordyce Perkins Jr
Robert Cook
Charles Cole
Owen Wentworth
Ralph Underwood
Marion Murray
June Bryant
Biddeford
JoAnne Michaud
Joan Landry
Jeannine Landry
Theresa Chretien
True Boothby
Perkins
St. Ann’s Episcopal Church
Elliot Cottage
Old Fort Avenue
George Elliot
Dean Emerson
Arundel Women’s Republican Club
Elks
Route 1
Saco
David Kennedy
Aninorty
Dorothy Doe
Goose Rocks Beach
Rainbow Assembly
Order of Rainbow
Masonic Temple
Assembly
Webber-Lefebvre
American Legion Auxiliary
Philip Fairfield
Kennebunkport
Gerald Crocker
Kennebunk
John G. Smith
Supreme Assembly
Walter Sherman
John S. Eckler
Aurora
Michael Tranci
Madonna
Donald Adams
E. Stanley Brown
Masters heartbreak as Venitori misses final rounds by nine
Open enamelin Ken Ven Ituri failed to reach the Masters final two rounds due to a circulatory ailment in his right hand. He carded 77 and 80 in the qualifying rounds, nine shots short of qualification.
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Open Enamelin
Ken Ven- Ituri
St Andre's Triumph in Tight Tri City Grammar League Win
St Andre's grammar school edged St Louis 4 3 in 9 innings at St Louis Alumni Field. Roger LaBranche scored the decisive run in the ninth after a hit batsman and a wide throw as Caouette worked 8 2 3 innings with 11 strikeouts for St Louis in a pitchers duel.
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St. Louis Junior High School
St. Andre's Grammar School
St. Louis Alumni Field
St. Andre’s
Roger LaBranche
St. Andre's
Alan Dutremble
Yogi Caouette
Dutremble
St. Louis
Caouette
Murphy
Guillerault
St. Andre
Gervais
Goulet
Boucher
Roy
LaBranche
Lavi
Bouffard
Beaulieu
Baseball Standings and Results Across Leagues
National League standings and weekend results show Los Angeles leading with 16 wins, Cincinnati 14, Houston 15. Sunday's scores include New York 4 Milwaukee 2 and Philadelphia 9 St. Louis 8 in 11 innings. American League lists Chicago 14 7, Minnesota 13 7, Los Angeles 15 9.
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L. Pet
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
Houston
Milwaukee
Chicago
San Fran
St. Louis
New York
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
San Francisco
W. L. Pet. G.B
Minnesota
Cleveland i
Baltimore
Detroit
Washington
Boston
Kansas City
Cleveland
End of Hitler Regime Marked by Surrender and Trials
Berlin reports the collapse of the Nazi state as Germany signs unconditional surrender on May 7 after Hitler’s death likely by suicide on April 30. Key leaders are tried or condemned in Nuremberg and by Allied authorities, with postwar justice ongoing two decades later.
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Reich
Hitler
Berlin
Eva Braun
Alfred Jodl
Armed Forces High Command
Germany
Grand Adm
Karl Doenitz
Nuernberg
Joseph Goebbels
Heinrich Himmler
Hermann Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Wilhelm Keitel
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Alfred Rosenberg
Hans Frank
Occupied
Poland
Wilhelm Frick
Julius Streicher
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Quisling
Holland
Fritz Sauckel
Jodl
Goering
International Tribunal
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Old Orchard Beach
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Charles Boucouvalas
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Cape Elizabeth
Paul Reay
Chris Antonakas
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Dick Garrett
Skip Hobson
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Woodwich
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Homer Drew
Drew
Wolstenhulme
del Stinson
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Ken Bornheimer
Leach
Nutting
Butch Richardson
Don Brown
Kezar
Brown
Marty Vachon
Lebanon
George Babb
Windham
Ron Hubbard
Pieckais
Towle
Lewis Tucker
Short Falls
John Gildard
Souliere
Tanguay
Saco River
Walnut Street
T. M. Armstrong
Deering Lumber
Insurance Service
Newman
Union Mutual Life Insurance CO
Life, Health, Annuities & Group
Randy Matson
Page
Matson
Schenley
Ee Ona
Omer
Henley
Scher
Schenley Distillers CO
N.Y.C
Faith Eckler
Marylyn’s_ Smithwheel Road
Halfway
Beach
Hubert Street
Emilia Lajeunesse
Noella Hobbins
Wentworth St
Laure Lebrecque
Ham-Nord
Canada
Lajeunesse
Rose Couture
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