NEWS
By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun and Baltimore Sun reporter | January 31, 2011
Beatrice I. "Bea" Jefferson, a retired educator who taught in city public schools for more than two decades, died Jan. 24 of cardiac arrest at Sinai Hospital. She was 89. The daughter of a butcher and a homemaker, Beatrice Irene Knotts was one of eight children. She was born and raised in Wilmington, Del. After graduating in 1939 from Howard High School in Wilmington, Mrs. Jefferson earned a bachelor's degree in 1943 from what is now Morgan State University. Mrs. Jefferson worked for the Social Security Administration while earning her teacher's certification from what is now Coppin State University.
SPORTS
By Sandra McKee, The Baltimore Sun | December 17, 2010
Ellicott City's Beatrice Capra on Friday took the first step toward qualifying as a wild card for the Australian Open, putting her on the same road she took to the U.S. Open last summer, when she was the first Marylander to play in a Grand Slam main singles draw in more than 13 years. Capra won her first-round match Friday in a USTA eight-woman playoff in Atlanta, beating Shelby Rogers, 6-3, 6-2, in her first match since losing to Maria Sharapova in the third round in New York. "I'm so excited to be here," said Capra, 18, who attended McDonogh before moving to Florida three years ago to sharpen her focus on tennis.
SPORTS
By Sandra McKee, The Baltimore Sun | September 4, 2010
Ellicott City's Beatrice Capra has been coping with firsts all week and handling them: She won a wildcard entry into the U.S. Open to claim her first main-draw spot in a Grand Slam tournament and then breezed through her first two matches beating two women ranked inside the Top 100, including one inside the Top 20. But Saturday afternoon in the Open's third round a handful of firsts were just too many for the 18-year-old. Playing on Arthur Ashe Stadium's Center Court for the first time against No. 14 seed and past Open champion Maria Sharapova in winds of approximately 25 mph, Capra went down, 6-0, 6-0. It was Sharapova's first career shutout at a Grand Slam and it was the first double-0 score in the third round of the Open since 1984 when Martina Navratilova beat Jennifer Mundel, 6-0, 6-0. Still, Capra was smiling when she entered the post-match interview room.
NEWS
By Frederick N. Rasmussen | March 6, 2010
Beatrice A. "Bea" Checket, who had been head of activity programming at a Westminster retirement community and earlier had established the Women's Business Institute, died Feb. 25 from pancreatic cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care. She was 67. Beatrice Ann Noppenberger was born in Baltimore and raised in Federal Hill. She was a 1960 graduate of the Institute of Notre Dame and attended the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. She worked as a third-grade teacher at St. Matthew's Parochial School on Woodbourne Avenue and then joined Pratt & Whitney Aircraft in Hartford, Conn.
NEWS
November 19, 2009
On November 3, 2009 Beatrice M. Pettit A Memorial Service will be held at Govans Presbyterian Church on Saturday at 11:00 A.M. Interment private. Contributions may be made to Govans Presbyterian Church, 5824 York Road, Baltimore, MD 21212. Arrangements by Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc. www.ruckfuneralhomes.com.