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Berg Signs with Graceville. Queen Mary Dies at 85
In 1953 Wayne Berg signed a contract with Graceville in the Florida Alabama League after two weeks of negotiations with the National Baseball Association. training starts April 1. Queen Mary, grandmother of today’s Queen Elizabeth, died at age 85, flags in Rivers were at half mast. Frances Thomas wed Douglas Loudon on March 14. Multiple birth announcements list several families from Rivers and area with March birthdates.
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Wayne Berg
Graceville
National Baseball Association
Roy
Lulu Berg
Rivers
Queen Mary
Queen Elizabeth
Frances Thomas
Douglas Loudon
Cpl
K. Sheardown
D. Baker
Frank Veenhaas
Jack Sepp
J. Stewart
L. Coleman
W. Graham
Oak River
Riverdale Hospital Board
Canadian Joint Air Training Centre
Army Manitoba
Mel Grasby
Rapid City
Lawrence Donald
Yugoslavia
Rivers Town Council
Rivers Legion
Legion
Ken Bellas
Frank Bollman
Hamiota Co-op
Moline
Rivers Local
Manitoba Metis Federation
Oo-Za-We-Kwun
Barbara Bayes
Laura Kemp
Debbie Dowhan
Margaret Pshyk
Randy Nelisher