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#.S*exXe**'*.IFort Hillfollow through. And, asthe Kegthan 50 years, noone“flt; efficiency than Kitty. Inasmuch as she lo1behind-the-scenes busibasketball, athletes anlt;ANY CAREER OCCUPATION. I assume, becomes a series of memories as time races on.favorites. She had a scoach John J ( Bobby) (The insignificant reflections last no longer than thewinter's snow Those with consequence, includingthe ones involving cherished friendships, never die.they, along with princip out together at Penn APort Hill The three oNestled in the treasury of thoughts making upfor me a personal Hall of Fame of friends is theaggregation until retin the team in the 1960s.name of Kathryn (Pafel) Wilson. Her death lastIn the late 1940sweek in the Cumberland Nursing Home mtensifedfor me the realization of how lucky I was to bewas a three-sport sti aluavs called him hvnumbered among her friends for so many years.of mischief in him,” sFor as long as I live. Fort Hill High Schoolhad a lot of good qualitwill remain svnonvmous with Kittv, the namequite a hoy.”hv which she was best known. I’ve had almostWhen Charley camas many dealings with her as I have had with the coaches at Fort Hill. 1 can recall none offootball coach followingafter having played othose dealings with her as having been un-championship grid te*pleasant.Maryland, she startedThat was out of IWhen she passed away, most of her friends breathed a sign of relief To them, it meant the end of her suffering They, like I. would rathertimerThe ‘ mischievousago also had a warm spc w as sure she w ould neveremember her for the pleasant and courteous car, especially if she delt;response to telephone calls to Fort Hill. It was always the same: “Fort Hill High School, Mrslife Lattimer, who alsoassured her otherwise.Wilson speaking!” Before her marriage to Simeon“I’ll teach you to lt;Wilson (he died three years ago), it was ‘‘Misslicense,” Charley, now tPafel speaking,promised And that's hlt;Even on days when she must not have felt up to ar. the tone of her voice was that of song Just tearing her answer the phone was like a breath of resh air.Kittv had what ammemorv when it camFort Hill and Pennabout H).00ft seniors fWhen you get down to the root of the meaning ofhalf-century tenure a;w —hp word “succeed,” you find it simply means toHere’s a typical teMidland Hands■13FirFort Cumberland Post 13's unblemished record in the Mountain District American Legion Junior Baseball League has gone by the boards Midland Post 169 put the first red ink on the Cumberland ledge yesterday at Donahue Field by taking a10-7 decision in the completion of a suspended game But then Post 13 roared back to take theregularly-scheduled game by a 12-6 score What turned out to he Cumberland's first defeat started almost a month ago in a game called after ten innings because of darkeness with the score knotted at 7-all When play resumed yesterday, a walk to Kirk Conners, two errors and a single by Mike Clawson produced the three runs (or the final margin inthe 12th. Dennis Shipe wa« the winning pitcher Terry Sullivan doublec twice and Reggie Lennox tripled for Cumberland in the suspended contest In the regular game Randy Edwards struck out 14 over eight innings and rapped two doubles to lead the way in the 12-6 Cum berland victory Marshall Wayland tripled and singled and John Findlay tripled,TSatinalueen Crystal FallsLast year’s national pitch, hit and run champion Crystal (Fields) Bartlett found out thatThere were no girl winners runnersup in any of the six acompeting with boys a year older can be tougher She finished third in the 13-year-old age group of the local competition yesterday at Beall High Stadium. FrostburggroupsRick Wolford took that 12-year-old division w'ith LaMar Hall second. The 11-year-old winner was Bill Iliff with John McKenzieCrystal, who gained a national reputation by beating the boys in the 12-year^ild divisionnational finals lastyear in Seattle’s King Dome, was moved up to the 13-year-old age group this year despite the fact she won't be 13 until August 23.the runnerupIn the 10-year-old groupDavid Whisner emerged the highpoint scorer with Brian Olinger second. Eric Koelker took thenine-year-old class with Charles Gulbronson second The eight-year-old winner was Timmy Nightengale with Rick Burley theIn a change of the cutoff date, participants whose birthday falls before October 15 must compete in that age group.Joe Chorpennmg was the winner in the 13-year-old group with a score of 479 and ToddHensley was a distant second with 341 Crvstal was third with 336.runnerup.The winner from each age group advances to the district level competition which will be held the weekend of July 26-27.The local contest was sponsored by Burger King and was conducted by the Frostburg and Cumberland recreation departments.
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Cumberland Sunday Times
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Sun, Jul 13, 1980
Page 46
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