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Top Wrestlers At W. Limestonei West Limestone High School is I the scene May 2 of two wrestling matches at 8:15 p. m. in the high school gym.Sponsored by the West Limestone High Schol, Nick Gulas ofElectM. G. (Lefty) SMITH4Circuit Court Cleric(Pd. Pol. Advt. By M. G. (Lefty) Smith)Nashville will serve as matchmaker.Gulas has signed and bringing to Lester for the second time,two of the nation’s top lady wrestlers and two top men TV stars.The first event will feature Miss Penny Banner, the blond beauty from St. Louis, Mo., a-gainst the fast, firey Carol Kowalski.Miss Banner participated in many sports while in high school among them, water skiing. She is also an expert at Judo, which she taught at the YMCA.Mrs. Kowalski, formerly Carol Carota, has a wealth of experience behind her. Some of these include diving, tumbling, weight lifting, baseball, track and the last two years have ben packedfull of profesional wrestling.For the men’s main event, and coming here for the first time, wil be one of the roughest and toughest mat stars, Frank (Tar-zan) Hewitt, to battle the ever popular Oklahoma star, Roy Welch.These two stars, in the pastfew months, have had one of thebittrerest feuds in the history ofwrestling, and when they met onMay 2, they will continue their feud.Advance tickets wil be sold by the sponsors and the price will be $1.25 at ringside, $1 for general admision and 50 cents for children under 12.BirthdaysApril 28—Mrs. Clara Young,
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Athens Alabama Courier
Athens, Alabama, US
Thu, Apr 26, 1956
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