Newspaper Evidence
It is apparent that my father played for two local baseball teams after graduating from Westerly High School in 1935. During high school, my father ran track and cross country and played baseball. This is the kind of evidence you can find in high school yearbooks. He also helped support his family after his parents died in 1934 and 1937 by working in the local dye mill called Bradford Dye. These newspaper clipping from the Westerly Sun newspaper for June of 1938 helped prove where he was that year. Teams were sponsored by local business who most likely bought the uniforms and the equipment. This put ancestors and relatives in a particular year and helps add evidence to their life story.
Westerly Hilltops at Hilltop Park
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| Westerly Sun, 13 Jun 1938, courtesy of Barbara Fallon, August 2018 |
Broadfoot, Third Base
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| Westerly Sun, 13 Jun 1938, courtesy of Barbara Fallon, August 2018 |
Bradford Dyers ( as "Tommy" Broadfoot)
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| Westerly Sun, 17 Jun 1938, courtesy of Barbara Fallon, 9 Aug 2018 |
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