Pauline Betz Seen as Likely Next US Women's Tennis Champion
NEA Service reports Pauline Betz, 21, touted as the likely successor to Alice Marble for the national women's singles title at Forest Hills starting August 29. Betz, from Los Angeles and Rollins College student, is praised for power serves, backhand, and aggressive baseline play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auline Betz
Alice Marble
Eleanor Tennant
Pach
Pauline Maytz
Forest Hills
Miss Betz
Miss Marble
Dorothy May Bundy
Brookline
Rollins College
Florida
South America
Pauline
Miss Bundy
Miss Tennant
Los Angeles
Alice
Tennant
Griffith Park
Dayton
Pauline Betz
Corning Social Notes Highlight Local Club Fun
Corning notes report T N T Club games with prize won by Lorena Spence and refreshments for Mildred Muson Elsie Exenkemper Fern gan Lorena Spence and Mrs Blower. Also events include American Legion Auxiliary meeting plans Pre Easter services at First Methodist and alumni meeting setup May 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
E. C. Hardin
Hardin
Delcie Spence
Edna Dunlap
English Study Seen as Prime Leisure in Japan
The article notes that many Japanese households view learning English speech and writing as the clearest pastime during their limited leisure time. It highlights a cultural emphasis on language study as a notable activity for citizens.
Breezing With Briez By Eddie Briez
A scattered column notes Cubs curfew exemptions for Dizzy Dean and shifts in time zones aiding Igin Tech football. It mentions Broadway gossip, Ty Cobb in Augusta for the Masters, Billy Conn turning down an MGM offer, and Johnny Allen’s Indians pen nant comments. C. L. Poss Parsons ordered to sea level for health reasons amid sports news and light notes from Cullman to Pittsburgh.
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Eddie Brietz
New York
Cubs
Dizzy Dean
Atlanta
Alexander
Igin Tech
van Mungo
Brooks
Stein
Ty Cobb
Augusta
Billy Conn
M-G-M
Joe Louis
C. L
Poss) Parsons
Denver Post
T ‘Est
Post
Bill Huie
Collier's
Charlie Chaplin
Cullman
Ala
Abe Simon
Jim Thompson
Pittsburgh
Mike Jacobs
Mad Russian rivals and rough men in sport gossip
A jumble of sports notes and sensational chitchat recalls rough players and bold moves. Digest covers Dykes grit at sea, Dahgreff club ambitions, Billy Herman trade talk, Rollins tennis, Belmont Derby prep, Altrock injury fears, and Louisville football turnout.
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Babe Dahlgreff
Boston
Bees
Dixie
Jing Baddock
Billy Herman
Dodgers
Rollins College
Char Downs
Belmont Park
Jamaica
Sporting News
Nick Altrock
Washington
Doreas News Notes Update on Local Residents
Doreas News Notes lists residents visiting relatives and traveling for work. Names include Avis Gilmore in New Haven, Edith Wolfe, Harold Beegle, Clifford Beez, and Ralph, with trips to Cleveland and Great Lakes region for employment. Mrs Ward F day hosted gatherings. Edith Wolfe’s family and Eileen Shields are mentioned with relatives in Lear and Racine.
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Bradford
Avis
New Haven
Ward
Gilmore
Por
Marry Wolfe
Edith E
Otis
Harold Beegle
Thelen
Wellington Parks
Rhbert Wolfe
Edith Wolfe Spentwyig
Eileen Shields
Lear
Theiss
Ralph
Racine
Charles
Chauncey District Social and Personal Notes
Chauncey District social and personal items list visits and weekends across Chauncey Lewisburg Murray City Fisher Station Nelsonville Mansfield and Albany. Families including Wallace Koenig Bradfield Gabriel MeHarg Mattison Swartz Sanders Stout are mentioned with relatives and travel.
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Chauncey
Luther Wallace
Lewisburg
W.va
Elizabeth Koenig
Murray City
Koenig
Isabel Bradfield
Lillian Horner
Lowell
Fisher Station
Ollie Gabriel
Lower Plains
Reds Beat Phillies as Lombardi Homers in Grapefruit Win
In Florida spring action Ernie Lombardi hit a 375 foot homer and drove in three as the Reds beat the Phillies 6 to 4. Pitcher Whitey Moore allowed one hit through four innings. Joe Beggs finished with two scoreless frames.
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Reds
Boston Red Sox
Ernie Lombardi
Philadelphia
Bib Schnoz
Phillies
John Hutchings
Nick Etten
Danny Litwhile
Hutchings
Philly
Whitey Moore
Philadelphians
Joe Beggs
Ben Warren
Dale Jones
The Plains School Notes Banquet and Senior Test Plans
The Plains Junior-Senior banquet at The Plains High School on March 27 featured pirate decor and music by Jerry Davies. Speeches by staff and students, a self government program by freshmen, and a Senior Scholarship Test at Athens Junior High were noted, with future PJA entertainment and Band Boosters cake donations coordinated by Mrs. Gabriel.
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Plains
the Plains High School
Jerry Davies
Bannow
Maccombs
Bill Evans
Ray McGraner
W. E. Dicken
Herman Humphrey
Irene Lucas
Lola Fae Colley
Betty Bumgardner
Betty Hill
Chlorus Burton
Evelyn Pidcock
Ruth Bickley
Tila Slater
Ellen Manda
Wade Howard
Wilda Platt
Georgia Michael
Florence Osborne
Vada Bricker
Athens Junior High School
Marjorie Welch
Wilford Hanning
Wvyora Stauffer
Elizabeth Alichney
Humphrey
Plains P.J.A
Dale Wharton
Ralph Gabriel
Athens
P.T.A
Denzil Gabriel
Gabriel
Toledo picks co-captains for 1941-42 basketball team
Two juniors named as co-captains of the Toledo University basketball squad for 1941-42 are Bob Gerber a star center from Akron and Bayt Quinn a guard from Fort Wayne Indiana.
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Toledo
Toledo University
Bob Gerber
Akron
Bayt Quinn
Fort Wayne
Ind
Freddie Pope in Dutch With Ring Solons
Freddie Pope a top six national bantamweight, fights pending action from the Columbus Boxing Commission after a Louisville bout. He beat Jue Yee Kong in Louisville to extend his pro win streak to 37. Pope, 21, was national amateur bantamweight champion before turning pro.
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Columbus
Freddie Pope
Alfred Ballin
Columbus Boxing Commission
Louisville
Commission
Pope
Cleveland Brown
Dayton
Jue Yee Kong
San Francisco
Kong
Mothers Bible Class Holds Surprise Birthday Meeting at Webb Home
Due to a revival service there is no April Plains class meeting at Zion Church Lower Plains. Instead the Mothers Bible Class met Saturday night at Hazel Webb’s home to celebrate her birthday with gifts cakes and ice cream. Officers were reelected: Hazel Luman president Imogene Calendine vice president Louise Potts secretary Grace Burchfield press Emma Hawk treasurer with Emma Barstow assistant. One new member Bree Pidcock joined. Present were Grace Burchfield Hazel Luman Louise Potts Dessie Sickles Mabel Swartz Dorothy Gabriel Imogene Calendine Frieda Shields Adrian Moore Sybil Dicken Emma Barstow Ollie Gabriel Bessie Moore Emma Hawk Ercel Pidcock Florence Hysell Lena Webb Frances Coen Donna Jean Evelyn Maxine Webb and Hazel Webb. May meeting to be at Hazel Luman’s home.
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Chauncey
Zion Church
Lower Plains
Mothers Bible
Hazel Webb
Dessie Sickles
Webb
Hazel Lyman
Louise Potts
Hazel Luman
Imogene Calendine
Florence Hysell
Lena Webb
Frances Coen
Donna Jean
Evelyn Maxine Webb
Greens Run Church Board to Meet Tonight at 6
The Official Board of the Greens Run Church of Christ will assemble this evening at 6 o'clock inside the church. An historical note recalls a railroad laid across the frozen Lake Baikal in Siberia during the Russian Japanese war.
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Chauncey
Greens Run Church of Christ
Lake Baikal
Siberia
Dover farewell party honors selectee Clarence Hunter
A Chauncey farewell dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs Pearl Hunter Sugar Creek honored Clarence Ebon Hunter the selectee who left for Ft Hayes Monday morning. Also present were numerous relatives friends and community members from Chauncey Lancaster Athens Sugar Creek and Nelsonville.
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Chauncey
Pearl Hunter
Sugar Creek
Clarence Ebon Hunter
Ft. Hayes
Fred W. Hunter
Hollis Tippie
Carolyn Kay
James Robinson
Lancaster
Robert Hunter
Thomas Young
Ernest
Charles Johnson
Samuel Hartley
Athens
R. D
Milton Cooksey
Milton, Jr
Fay Kollister
Else
Jennie Bennett
Bala Chiki
William Hunter
James Hunter
Nelsonville
Clarence E. Hunter
Deweese Suffered Stroke in Mansfield
Mrs Irene Gabriel Deweese daughter of Mrs Frances Gabriel Lower Plains is in serious condition after a stroke at her Mansfield home. Her mother traveled to Mansfield Sunday to be with her, accompanied by her grandson Alfred Gabriel and Mrs Flora Grant of Lower Plains.
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Lizzie Barber
Harry
Nelsonville
F. M. Me‘Harg
Lower Plains
Walter Mattison
Mansfield
Denzil Gabriel
Fannie Mattison
Cris Swartz
Canaanville
Walter Sanders
Ted
Lof Albany
Clifford Sanders
Columbus
Millfield
C. L. Stout
Chauncey
Irene Gabriel Deweese
Frances Gabriel
Family trio's southern trip includes Fort Benning and St Petersburg
Erle Bridgewater and son Dow of Chauncey along with Virginia Mc Quade of Athens returned Sunday from Fort Benning Georgia and St Petersburg Florida. They visited Lt Erle Bridgewater Jr at Fort Benning and called on Mrs Bridgewater's relatives in St Petersburg. On return they stopped at St Augustine Cherokee Indian Reservation in North Carolina and drove through the Smoky Mountains.
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Chauncey
Erle Bridgewater
Dow
Virginia McQuade
Athens
Fort Benning
St. Petersburg
Fla
Georgia
Sarah Leyshon
Marion Butts
St. Augustine
Cherokee Indian Reservation
N. C
Smoky Mountains
Sunday School Attendance At Millfield Church Sees 56
The Millfield Church of Christ reports 56 attendees at Sunday School Sunday morning. Pastor Rev. Glaze Thompson preached after the Bible School and plans are in place to boost attendance on the next Sunday service.
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Chauncey
Millfield
Church of Christ
Glaze Thompson
Little Guns For Masters Meet Crown
Lawson Little arrives at Augusta for the Masters with five years as a pro and a string of major amateur titles. He won the 1936 Masters switch from amateur status, later claiming the 1940 National Open and a 62 at the Texas Open, plus wins in Canadian and San Francisco match plays. At Augusta he aims to finally break through after tying for third in 1935 and 1937.
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Augusta
Lawson Little
Little
U. S
Byron Nelson
Cam Puget
California
Cleveland
San Francisco
Boxing Roundup Outpoints and Stoppages Across Cities
In Chicago Ossie Harris 156 pounds defeats Nate Bolden 160 in a Chicago bout. Washington Kid Cocoa 147 beats Andre Jesserun 153 in New Haven. Detroit Andy Moregan 156 faces Jackie Taylor in Detroit. Pittsburgh Harry Bobo 203 stops Paul Hartnck 194 in Minneapolis. Cincinnati Ezzard Charles 164 defeats Joe Sutka 161 in Detroit. Lancaster Ken Overlin 165 middleweight champion outpoints Harvey Massey 1624 in Brooklyn.
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Chicago
Ossie
Bulldog
Ezzard Charles
Cincinnati
Joe Sutka
Detroit
Lancaster
Ken Overlin
New York
Harvey Massey
Brooklyn
Exhibition Baseball Scores Tie and Wins Across Cities
Summary of exhibition games with multiple results including Cincinnati over Philadelphia 6 to 4, Cleveland over New York Brooklyn 5 to 8 in 11 innings, St Louis over Columbus with 8 to 7, Boston beating Rochester 2 to 0, and New York defeating San Antonio 16 to 4 among others.
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Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Cleveland
New York
Brooklyn
Dallas
Detroit
St. Louis
Columbus
Boston
Rochester
San Antonio
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Corning Social Notes
Women's Society of Christian Service
The
Vernon Hardy
Mr. and
Tom Hardy
Washington, D. C
Gorning
Rge Ferguson
Julia Fern
Marguerite
Anna Mae
E Pettigrew
Hugh Itigrew
American Legion Auxiliary
Maxie Hale
Vaughn Hale
Robert Spence
Sol Henry
Willard Post
Glouster Rt. 2
Roberta Cannon
Mary Jane Spence
Loretta Passen
Winnie Roof
Betty Mason
June Fitch
Rheba Alfman
Wilda Schlingerman
Annarose Dunlap
Elizabeth Love
Ohio U
Lenora Young
Betty Lamb
Brietz
Gordon Cobbledick
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Johnny Allen
Indians
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Yankees
Red Sox
Busy Man’s Newspaper
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Dyk
University of Louisv
Bill Jurges
Jurces
Doreas
Chauncey District
Athens Messenger
Messenger Sports
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Dothan
Cincinnati Reds
Havana
Decatur
Cleveland Indians
Lou Boudreau
Valdosta
Roger Peckinpaugh
New York Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
Frankie Frisch
Frisch
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Hollywood
Calif
Jimmy Dykes
Chicago White Sox
Benny McCoy
Philadelphia Athletics
Connie Mack
Sox
Harry Rosenthal
Mike Kreevich
the Plains School Notes
Ring Solons
Athens City
Jeutter Oo Co
Redington
Smith
Cokonougher
McBride
Wilson “Snee
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Kyle & Clifford
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Blind
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Burns
Ohio
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Mitchell
Charley Gehringer
Gehringer
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Dover
Clarence Hunter
Jack Carson
Skarron
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