1947 RAYBESTOS GIRLS ALL-STARS

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L-R, top row- Manager Bernie Kaplan, Marge Wargo, Lorraine Meehan, Betty Smith, Joan Wallace, Tina Basso, Helen Yakubisin, trainer Harold Schlacter bottom row- Annette Verespy, Midge Milowski, Mary Primavera, Millie Elias, Kitty Oslavsky, Fran Pruzinsky, Irene Kelemen The Raybestos Girls All-Stars were organized by William S. Simpson, General Manager of the Raybestos Division. It was a company-sponsored team. Bernie Kaplan was named the first manager of the team. The All-Stars were defeated in one of the most controversial games in Connecticut Amateur Softball Association history by the Norwalk, CT, Rosebuds by a score of 22-21 in the quarter-finals. From the fourth inning on, the game was played in a steady downpour. The 1947 team was led by all-star pitcher Mary Primavera and Kitty Oslavsky. Members of the first team to play under the Raybestos banner were: Annette Verespy, Midge Milowski, Primavera, Millie Elias, Oslavsky, Fran Pruzinski, Irene Keleman, Marge Wargo, Lorraine Meehan, Betty Smith, Joan Wallace, Tina Basso and Helen Yakubisin. Harold Schlacter was the team trainer. L-R, top row- Manager Bernie Kaplan, trainer Harold Schlacter middle row- Vera Puzzio?, Lorraine “Chic” Meehan, Millie Elias, Betty Smith, Virginia "Pete" Peterson, Irene Kelemen bottom row- Annette Verespy, Mary Primavera, Midge Milowski, Mary Attardo Mary Primavera 20th Anniversary of 1947 Team "Bill Simpson Night", 1966 Tentative names, Left to Right- Irene (Keleman) Kyer, Shirley Dubee?, Ann Edmondson, Betty (Smith) Mackey, Annette (Verespy) Kalafus, Frances Pruzinsky, Edith Barney?, Catherine Oslavsky?, Lorraine Meehan, Mildred Elias, Manager Bernie Kaplan Please email brakettes@optonline.net with corrections and/or confirmations.