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ItemID
acwh089
IDEntry
2739
Creator
Text - Albert Feldstein, photograph - City of Cumberland
Collection Location
Allegany County, Maryland
Coverage
Allegany County, Maryland
Body
Girls representing the City of Cumberland who have captured the National Marbles Championship, held each year in Wildwood, New Jersey for youths between the ages 8-14, include Patricia Kimmell in 1983, Amy Thompson in 1985, Lori Dickel (from Ridgeley, West Virginia) in 1987, Dawn Lancaster in 1991 and Katelynn Gaumer in 2024.
Amy Thompson, a 1991 Fort Hill High School graduate, later married. As Amy Yarbrough in 2002 and at the age of 29 she won the United States Marbles Championship, Women's Division.
The photograph is of Patricia Kimmell, 1983 National Girls Marbles Champion.
Notes
The photograph of Patricia Kimmell was provided by the City of Cumberland, Recreation Department