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June 30, 2013
July 4, 1952
State 15K Championship @ Thomaston on July 4th
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July 4th State 15K Championship @ Thomaston
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July 22, 1950
22 July 1950 Maine AAU Marathon in Presque Isle
In January 1949, Henry H. Franklin of the Maine Amateur Athletic Union recruited Maine running legend Ed Shepard of Gorham to promote distance running in Maine. Ed was appointed to the AAU Long Distance Running national committee, and was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Maine AAU. Ed was instrumental in staging the Maine AAU Marathon in Presque Isle on July 22, 1950, the state’s first full 26.2-mile race, as well as numerous other road races, including the Thomaston 15K, which he won three years in a row. Here he is shown with members of the Maine Amateur Athletics Union Outstanding Athlete of 1950 Committee. Photo courtesy of Ron Shepard.
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July 4, 1950
1950 Thomaston July 4th ~ State Championship 15K Race
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courtesy of Butl12
Buxton, York, Maine, USA
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June 3, 1950
3 June 1950 Rumford 3 Miler
FYI
When Richard B. Dow was born on August 27, 1930, in Livermore Falls, Maine, his father, Francis, was 42 and his mother, Ruth, was 38. He married on July 25, 1953, in Maine. He died on March 7, 2002, in Kennebunk, Maine, at the age of 71, and was buried in his hometown.
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May 30, 1950
April 19, 1940
19 April 1940 Portland Boys & Girls Club Patriots Day Race
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