When Gary Saunders was born in 1935, in Calais, Washington, Maine, United States, his father, Guy Almon Saunders, was 41 and his mother, Verna Marie Grant, was 40.
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On March 25, 1937, textile workers from Auburn and Lewiston walked off their jobs to demand better working conditions, higher pay, shorter workweeks, and the right to union representation. Most of the strikers were of French-Canadian descent. The American Civil Liberties Union stated that "Maine is at least 100 years behind the time" when it came to labor laws. A 10% wage increase was offered, but refused. Governor Lewis Barrows eventually called in the Maine Army of the National Guard. The strike ended on June 29, 1937, and was considered a loss for the workers.
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English (Surrey and Kent): variant of Sander , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
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