Softball Season Opens Saturday With Two All Star Games
Softball opens this Saturday night at 7 90 featuring City and Church League all star games. Commissioners announce names tomorrow for City League teams Chapman's Eager Beavers Mountaineers Clarke County Esso Lucky Inn TACs American Viscose newcomers replacing Buckley Lages Republic Oil. Church League lineup includes EUB First Brethren Cork St Christian Burnt Factory Grace Bible Braddock St Methodist Montague Sunnyside. Market season May 16 at 7 pm with City League games Tuesday Thursday Saturday and Church League play on Monday Wednesday Friday. Season runs 14 weeks ending August 22 followed by playoffs. Diamond 2 is ready. future plans include new outfield fence and grandstand.
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R. HM. Hummer
Chapman's Eager Beavers
Mountaineers
Clarke County Esso
Lucky Inn
Tacs
American Viscose
Chapman’s
Buckley Lages
Republic Oil
Oilers
EUB
First Brethren
Cork St. Christian
Burnt Factory
Grace Bible
Braddock St. Methodist
Montague
Sunnyside
Leaders Hold Places in FH Tenpin Loop
Standings stayed steady in the Forest Hill Tenpin League at North Side on Friday with Valley Distributors Dale Grocery and Seabright's Market atop the table. Dot Smith led B and M with 168 425 as May Ramey posted 158 410, Peggy Jenkins headed Valley Distributors with 179 491, Hilma Lillis led Valley Chemical with 152 410, Alice Clemons paced Dales Grocery 163 409, Rose Miller 128 372, and Seabright's earned three points over National Homes as Margaret Seabright 162 399 defeated Mildred Kennedy 165 399.
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Forest Hill
North Side
Valley Distributors
Dale Grocery
Seabright
Dot Smith
May Ramey
Peggy Jenkins
Valley Chemical
Hilma Lillis
Alice Clemons
Dales Grocery
Ritter’s Variety Store
Rose Miller
Seabright’s
Margaret Seabright
Mildred Kennedy
Middleburg Man Dies in House Fire
Middleburg, AP report Thomas H. Lawrence about 60 died in a blaze that heavily damaged his home. Rescue squad found his body in an upstairs room where the fire began. cause was not determined. Lawrence lived alone and had worked as a mechanic and farm laborer in the area.
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Middleburg
Thomas H. Lawrence
Lawrence
Women in South Africa Threaten Hunger Strike
In Johannesburg under emergency regulations, women jailed with more than 1,700 people arrested since last month’s racial unrest threaten a hunger strike if released or formally charged before Friday. The state of emergency allows indefinite detention without charge.
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Johannesburg
South Africin
South Africa
Billy Short Emerges as Yankees Top Pitching Hope
Billy Short, 22, two months from the Army, starts for the Yankees against the Indians in a crucial series opener. In three starts he owns a 2.35 ERA with two wins and one loss, aided by coach Eddie Lopat's praise and reminders of his Richmond days.
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ED Corrigan
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
New York Yankees
Billy Short
Richmond
Short
Yanks
Cleveland Indians
Billy
Lopat
Kiwanis to Hear Handley Hi-Notes Musical Program
The Handley Hi-Notes directed by Gaylen Strance will perform at the Kiwanis Club luncheon tomorrow at 12 15 p.m. in the George Washington Hotel.
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Handley Hi-Notes
Gaylen Strance
Kiwanis Club
George Washington Hotel
Major League Leaders From The Associated Press
The report lists season leaders with players from multiple teams: pitchers Pascual and Bell for strikeouts. batters Mays Aaron Cur ry for batting. McCovey leads home runs with eight. Clemente and others top several other categories across runs hits and steals.
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Mays
San Francisco
Aaron
Milwaukee
Curry
Philadelphia
Skinner
Pittsburgh
McCovey
Clemente
Pinson
Cincinnati
T. Taylor
Chicago
McMillan
Boyer
St. Louis
Cincin
Steles
Friend
Class of junior evening star recognizes student leaders
Five students spoke on the courses offered. Sally Seabright spoke on Academic Language, Robbie Heltel on Academic Science, Sandra Fries on Stenographic, Terry Plank on General, and Glenn Rhodes on Commercial. John Merriner expressed gratitude for a very enjoyable program.
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Sally Seabright
Robbie Heltel
Sandra Fries
Terry Plank
Glenn Rhodes
Quarles
John Merriner
Booster Club Elects Officers at Handley
At a regular meeting last Monday the Handley Booster Club elected officers for 1960 61 Nancy Flickinger president MarshaFTretwell vice president and assistant editor of the Junior Evening Star Sandra Carpenter treasurer Nancy Bell editor of the Junior Evening Star will produce the paper weekly The Booster girls begin summer work soliciting advertisements for football programs.
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Handley
Booster Club
Nancy Flickinger
Marsha Fretwell
Junior Evening Star
Sandra Carpenter
Nancy Bell
Judy Wolfe Wins State Wildlife Essay Award
Judy Wolfe a Handley freshman won second place in the state for her wildlife essay. She will receive a certificate and 25 dollars as the prize. The Wildlife Essay Contest is held annually with many submissions from Virginia schools.
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Judy Wolfe
Handley
Virginia
Thi
Judy
Science Is Assembly Topic
An authentic rocket firing capped a G O Assembly led by Mr. Robert E. Keiper on May 4. He discussed the philosophy of destruction in modern warfare, the theory of gravity, rocket stages, and cosmic rays before a final countdown and blast off. The Pleiades, a Taurus star group of about 400, was also noted.
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G.O
Robert E. Keiper
Ronnie Boyd Sets Duckpin Marks In Church League Rolloff
Ronnie Boyd delivers season best scores 157 142 and 151 in a church league rolloff at Health Center Lanes earning a 450 Chevron from the National Duckpin Council. Congregational Christian defeats Golden Rule 1688 to 1676 led by Ed Triplett 139 125 and Sonny Crisman 142 for Golden Rule. Diane Webber posts season high 121 in American GAA Girls Bantam League as Cathy Covert earns Chevron with 115 in set.
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Ronnie Boyd
Congregational Christian Gueset
Artie Kiracore
Carl McKee
Boyd
National
Ed Triplett
Congregational
Sonny Crisman
el Keller
Diane Webber
Donna Dick
AJBC
Cathy Covert
Miss Covert
Jenifer Geiman
Bell Clothes
Clearbrook Grocery
Dessie Costello
Sally Jenkins
Glenda Carter
Sharon Sartelle
Sharon Armel
Ida Braitthwaite
Linda Klafehn
Beverly Parker
Kathy Eavis
Grba Dominates As Richmond Tops Rochester 2 1
Eli Grba pitched 36 innings with a 0.50 ERA as Richmond defeated Rochester 2 1. He allowed five hits, struck out eight, and posted three complete games with two shutouts while Deron Johnson and Jim Pisoni provided the decisive runs.
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Eli Grba
Richmond Hurler
Rochester
Buffalo
Columbus
Miami
Montreal
Havana
Toronto
Grba
Vees
Deron Johnson
Julio Gotay
Dave Ricketts
Jim Pisoni
Pisoni
Richmond
Translator Changes Russian At High Speed
Washington AP reports an Air Force developed translator can convert Russian to English at 35 words per second. Rep Overton Brooks says hearings on mechanical translation devices begin Wednesday with NSF, Harvard, NBS, CIA, Army and Air Force witnesses.
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Washington
Air Force
Overton Brooks
D-La
Brooks
House Science and Astronautics Committee
U.S
National Science Foundation
Harvard University
National Bureau of Standards
Central Intelligence Agency
Army
Johansson's Big Right Again Hones For Patterson Clash
Ingemar Johansson, training at a Catskill resort, sparred twice with Floyd Patterson rivals and showed a faster right hand. Coach Nils Blomberg uses a spinning ball drill as Johansson practices for the June 20 Polo Grounds rematch with Patterson.
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Catskill Mountain
Johansson
Floyd Patterson
Patterson
Artie Towne
New York
New York Polo Ground
Nils Blomberg
Czech Embassy Staff About Half Spies
A Czechoslovak military aide who defected told the House Un-American Activities Committee that the Czech embassy staff in Washington was about half spies. He testified that his official position was a cover for military operations in the United States and cited concerns over espionage amid a U2 incident.
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Washington
West
House
U.S
Soviet Union
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
Tisler
Czechoslovakia
Marie Sklodowska Curie Born in Warsaw in 1867
Marie Sklodowska Curie, later Madame Curie, was born in Warsaw Poland in 1867, the pioneer in radioactivity and discoverer of radium.
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Madame Marie Curie
Marie Sklodowska
Warsaw
Poland
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