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The Voice of St. Matthews, January 1, 1959: St. Matthews area restless in 1958The superior program will be for fast learners, who are either not qualified for the advanced course, or are not interested.The regular program will be for the average student.Years of preparation: The new program was adopted after years of study and experiment, and is tailored to give the individualstudent just as much education as he can absorb. Now the Board of Education is faced with the task of getting fullpublic approval and cooperation to make the plan work.* * *The library immediately won mass support here. St. Matthews for years had been served by a single, small inadequateroomon St. Matthews Avenue, - crammed to the ceiling with 5,200 volumes. There was no room for children to sit down.There were no basic reference works.In February, Mrs. Harriett Cowman, who had come here from Baltimore to make her home, called at The Voice office withsome facts and figures on libraries in general and the inadequacy of the St. Matthews library in particular.She persuaded Voice editor Emil M. Aun that he ought to help her do something about it so the first meeting was calledMarch 13 in The Voice office. Despite seven inches of snow, representatives of a dozen civic, fraternal, veterans, churchand mu-nicipal organizations showed up.Officers were named: The idea caught fire, and Mr. Aun representing the Voice and the St. Matthews Jaycees, was namedchairman; Price Webb, of the St. Matthews Lions, Vice chairman; Mrs. Cowman, representing the City of Windy Hills,secretary; and John L. Haney, of the St. Matthews Rotary, treasurer.A budget of $7,000 was drawn up for the first year’s operation, and the City of St. Matthews and the Louisville Free PublicLibrary pledged to meet it. The library would be open 30 hour a week and operated as a branch of the Louisville library.***St. Matthews businessman A. J. Eline came forward with an offer of a tract of ground behind the St. Matthews MethodistChurch. He further offered to match all funds raised, and asked only that the library be named after his son, Sidney, abomber pilot killed in action over Germany during World War II.His offer was accepted but was later modified. The Library Committee decided that while the ground offered was adequatefor the present, it would not meet future expansion needs.$34,000 was raised: Mr. Eline consented to give an additional piece of ground, making about an acre all told, and to limithis gift of money to $10,000.***A door-to-door drive for funds in June, headed by Mrs. John B. Henderson, yielded another $7,000. Additional gifts frombusinessmen, clubs, churches, fraternal and veterans organizations, and individuals brought the total raised to more than$26,000.Ground-breaking was held for the 70-by-30-foot brick building in October, and it was almost finished by the end of theyear. Meanwhile, the Library Committee learned that a work room would have to be added. This work room, plus furnitureand shelves, came to about $7,000.The St. Matthews Lions Club, which had already given $1,600, came forward again. The Lions voted to give an additional$7,500, making a total contribution of $9,100. By the end of the year, total contributions and pledges topped $34,000.A new 18-acre park: Notable advances were also made in recreation.An 18-acre park was secured for the Keeneland-Moorland area in November. Six acres were given by the State, and the restwas bought by the County for $15,000. In December, a park board of nine members was formed, representing the Cities,subdivisions, and clubs in the area interested in developing and maintaining the ground, in cooperation with the JeffersonCounty Playground and Recreation Board.The Recreation Board also cooperated in setting up a 10-week summer program of supervised recreation at Stivers School.A neighborhood committee was organized to raise money for capital improvements, and Dan O’Neill, headmaster at CatholicCountry Day School, was elected chairman. The playground was opened in June.A post office for Lyndon: Lyndon got a new post office, The new building, comprising 2,900 square feet, more than twicethe size of the old building, was opened in downtown Lyndon in August. James Tong, superintendent. supervised dedicationceremonies.* * *St. Matthews, meanwhile, was getting itchy for better post office facilities. The new superintendent, George Nestmann, wassaying as far back as February that the post office had outgrown its building at Breckenridge Lane and Willis Avenue.By the end of the year, there were many rumors, but no concrete news, as to when St. Matthews would get a bigger postoffice and where it would be located.At Waggener, big things were happening as winter approached. The Waggener High School Development Association wasformed to raise $50,000 to provide football, baseball and other athletic facilities on the school grounds.
The Voice of St. Matthews, January 1, 1959: St. Matthews area restless in 1958Claude F. Sexton was elected president; Woody Axton, vice president; and John Abbott, treasurer.Great sports year: The year 1958 saw St. Matthews come into its own in the field of sports. This was particularly true in,baseball, as St. Matthews teams won five championships and two State titles.***Little League began its sixth season here in May and it was obvious from the start that St. Matthews was in for a great year.A flood of boys 9 to 12 years old came for tryouts, and, after two major leagues of six teams each were formed, there wereenough boys left over to form two minor leagues of four team each.By the first of July, the Models had won the American League title for the second time in three years, and Ashbury Bermanhad the National League title sewed up.***In the American League, three records fell, as the Models won 14 games out of 15, and their star pitcher, Jim Helm, wonseven games without a loss. Bill Ransom, of the second place Thurston Cooke team, broke the league record for strikeouts,getting 108, against only 22 walks.Twelve-year-old Barney Neal copped practically every National League honor. The Ashbury Berman star pitched victorieswithout a defeat, and struck out 73 men to lead the league. He also led the league in hitting with a batting average of .538.His five home runs and six doubles also led the league.Win State title: In the post season tourney, the American All Stars, paced by Mike Graven’s seventh inning homer, won astirring last minute 9-8 victory over Algonquin in the finals of the Area Tournament.Launching the greatest sustained hitting attack in the history of St. Matthews Little League, the Americans pounded Glasgow16-5 and Fort Knox 9-0 to win the District title, and copped the State championship by defeating Paducah 6-2.* * *The Tigers sewed up the Babe Ruth League pennant July 1, when John Thompson pitched a one-hit, 3-0 victory over thesecond place Red Sox. Thompson then proceeded to pitch the St. Matthews Americans into the State tourney, as he beat theSt. Matthews Nationals 4-0 for the local title. The Americans lost out to Campbellsville in the State.Meanwhile, in the American Legion Leagues the St. Matthews Zachary Taylor team was on the rampage. The Reds defeatedOwensboro 10-3 to win the Western Sectional, and then, by virtue of Ronnie Barrow’s grand slam homer, beat Latonia7-3 for the State title.Take MABA title: And to round out St. Matthews greatest baseball season, the St. Matthews Merchants won their secondstraight Metropolitan Amateur Baseball Association title by beating the Police twice in the playoff, 17—13 and 13—1, atTrinity Field.Baseball is a secondary sport in high school, and it almost passed unnoticed, but back in May, the Trinity Shamrocks hadwon the 26th district baseball title by defeating Eastern High 3-2 in the finals.St. Matthews added to its sports laurels in August. That was when the new Plantation Swim Club coached by RalphWright, surprised everyone, including themselves, by the sensational 365-326 upset of Lakeside in the State A.A.U. OutdoorSwimming and Diving meet.Holy Spirit wins: St. Matthews’ prowess in sports had first showed itself in February when the Holy Spirit team with arecord of 10 wins without a loss, won the County Parochial League basketball championship.***Later in the month, the Eagles of Eastern High School won their second straight County basketball championship. TheEagles finished with a regular season’s record of 14 wins and four losses and in County play, seven wins in eight games.That gave the Eagles a two-year total of 31 victories and only five defeats excluding tournament play.***Waggener finished its first basketball season in March with a good record, 18-13. The St. Matthews Y.M.C.A. HighSchool All Stars won the Kentucky-Tennessee-North Carolina basketball tournament in Lexington in March.Waggener swim champs: In April, Waggener won the Class C. State Swimming championship at Lexington, and TrinityHigh won the Class B title. Also in April, the eastern track team won its 13th straight victory, a victory streak running overthree seasons. The following month the Eagle trackers took seven of events at Bellarmine College to win their secondstraight Regional title, and run their win streak to 15 without a loss.***The bowling season came to an end in May, and Clarke Painters won the Associated Club Bowling title at Landohr Alleys,finishing two games better that Eastwood. Top bowler for the year was Floyd Korb of Eastwood with a 184 average for 99games.Other season’s highlights:Pastime Boat Club won the River Road Invitational Swim meet in July.
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