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St. Petersburg Times
Evening Independent
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MAURICE RIVENBARK
JAN 15 1984
LEMBREE, ALBERT A., 82, of Gulfport, died Friday (Feb. 12, 1988) at Cape Cod (Mass.) Hospital of Lou Gehrig's disease. Born in France, he moved to Needham, Mass., in 1920, where he worked for the Francois Lembree & Son Wool Co. for 50 years. He formed the Pequossette United States Power Squadron in Watertown, Mass. A winter resident of Gulfport since 1971, he was a member of the Gulfport Boomerangs softball tea, where he was a pitcher until 1987. He wrote a column for the Gulfport Gabber. Survivors include [his wife, Catherine, son, John Albert, Rhode Island, two]
Kids and Kubs and Gulfport Boomerang softball players line up for a tip of the hat before taking to the field. At left, Boomerang pitcher Albert Lembree, 78, concentrates on the plate before winding up for the pitch. JAN 19 1984
By SHARON WALDRON
St. Petersburg Times Correspondent
To the Gulfport Boomerangs and the Kids and Kubs softball players, it's not whether you win or lose that matters, but the fact that you can still play the game.
Last Saturday, Hoyt field in Gulfport was graced with gutsy men 70 years old or older, who proved once again that they can still swing a bat and run the bases with all the energy of little leaguers.
The senior members of the Gulfport Boomerangs, aged 70 or older, played against St. Petersburg's famous Kids and Kubs, aged 75 or older, to raise money for the Gulfport Little League - ages 6 to 18.
The Boomerang players are 55 or older, but only the senior members played against the Kids and Kubs.
"Being able to play softball at 72 is a great feeling," said Ed Herminghaus, who has played for the Boomerangs for nine years. "This is the most wonderful thing that happened to any of us, all of us. This (field) is where we bring our aches and pains and just play ball. TheLanguage
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