Embree bets 15 victories for Indians at spring camp
Cleveland Indians rookie pitcher Charles Red Embree, a 1941 Eastern League ace with a 1.69 ERA and 21 wins for Wilkes-Barre, predicts 15 wins this season. He sat out 1943, trained on a California farm, and will likely debut soon as veterans Kennedy Calvert and Hoving start in the meantime.
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NEW York
Charles
Embree
Cleveland Indians
Lafayette
Ind
Wilkes-Barre
Glendora Calif
Indians
California
West
Vern Kennedy
Paul Calvert
Joe Hoving
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati Reds
Manuel Jesus Ramos Garcia
Venezuela
Chucho Ramos
Bloomington
ST. Louis Cardinals
George Munger
Bud Byerly
al Jurisich
Browns
Chicago White Sox
Jimmy Dykes
Philadelphia
Seaman Jimmy, Jr
Ruth King
Ardmore
Pittsburgh Pirates
Frankie Frisch
Southpaw
Elwin (Preacher) Roe
Cardinals
Philadelphia Athletics
Lee Riley
Charley Ripple
Philadelphia A’s
Frank Juliano
Boston Red Sox
Clem Hausmann
Mike Ryba
New York Giants
Lakewood
N. J
Brooklyn Dodgers
Luis Olmo
Yankees
Trenton
Chicago Cubs
Paul Derringer
Detroit
Boston Braves
Jim Tobin
Billy Marshall
Hal Shacker
Yale
Angott Back in Form After Win in 10 Rounds
Washington Pa. boxer Sammy Angott declared he is ready to reclaim a fifth title after a decisive 10 round victory over Aaron Perry the 18 year old Washington Negro prospect breaking Perry's 16 bout win streak though Angott had just lost his lightweight crown to Juan Zurita of Mexico last month.
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Washington
Samuel Angott
Washington, Pa
Angott
National Boxing Association
Juan Zurita
Mexico
Aaron Perry
Pageant to feature Easter services at Jacksonville church
A pageant titled Early in the Morning will be presented at 6:30 AM during the Easter service at Jacksonville Methodist Church. Young church members perform with direction by Mrs. E. C. Shirkey and music led by Mrs. Wahneta Exenkamper. Younger children perform at the Sunday School hour.
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Glouster
Jacksonville Methodist Church
E. C. Shirkey
Wahneta Exenkamper
Ardleen Davis
Anna Rasp
Lucille Williams
Captalin Roberts
Duane
Ethel Shirkey
Corda Whetstone
Soldier in Hospital in Pomona California
Mrs. Goldie Hook of Glouster learns her son Pfe Floyd Hayden is in a hospital at Pomona California. She has another son Set Clyde Hayden at Thomasville Georgia and four stepsons in service Thomas Hook Camp Blanding Florida John Santa Cruz California Pearl Camp Shelby Mississippi and Mike with the Marines.
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Glouster
Goldie Hook
Pfe
Floyd Hayden
Pomona
Calif
Easter Program At Chauncey Church Sets Services
Easter services at the First Church of Christ Chauncey include a 7 a.m. service with a 20-member robed choir directed by Pearl Henry and Analee Vore, a 9:30 a.m. Sunday School, and a 10:30 a.m. Lord's Supper communion. The Friendship Class leads morning worship and invites public participation.
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Christ Church
Chauncey
Church of Christ
Pearl Henry
Analee Vore
Woman from Mansfield Undergoes Surgery After Illness
Mrs Mildred Singer of Mansfield underwent bowels surgery Sunday at Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens. Despite a serious condition she is recovering. Her husband Walter Singer arrived to be with her. She had come to Millfield Friday to serve as matron of honor at the wedding of cousin Amy Jo Sanders to Seaman Carl Moody. the ceremony was Sunday at Millfield Church of Christ. Mrs Anna Pearl Kozma was matron of honor. bride’s uncle John W Rood of Chillicothe gave her in marriage. The groom’s brother Dr C Nile Sanders attended. ANNOUNCE SERVICE CHANCEY weekly cottage prayer meeting Morristown Holiness Church will be Thursday 8 pm at Blaine Bullock home Bailey Run Ersel Bullock leader. GLOUSTER Past Matrons meeting postponed to Friday April 14 due to pre Easter services.
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Mildred Singer
Mansfield
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Walter Singer
Chauncey
Morristown
Holiness Church
Blaine Bullock
Bailey Run
Ersel Bullock
Revival to be held at Chauncey Methodist Church
Robert M. Phillips of Marion will lead a seven day revival at Chauncey Methodist Church starting Monday night. Evening services will include movie and sound pictures. Phillips has previously conducted services at The Plains and Trimble M E Churches under pastor Rev. Charles Palmer.
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Chauncey
Robert M. Phillips
Marion
Chauncey Methodist Church
Phillips
Plains
Trimble M. E
Charles Palmer
Sweeney son in Italy writes reassuring overseas letter
Chauncey and Mrs Charles Sweeney of Chauncey received a letter from their son Pvt Charles Sweeney who has arrived overseas and is in Italy. He said he is well and not to worry, adding he has a round trip ticket and will be seeing them.
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Chauncey
Charles P. Sweeney
Pvt
Charles Sweeney
Italy
Chauncey Women Visit Husband in Navy Training Course
Mrs Signa Crabtree and sister in law Mrs Grace Crabtree of Chauncey returned from Morehead Kentucky where they visited Fred Crabtree husband and Navy electrician mate student at State Training College in Morehead for course completion.
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Chauncey
Signa Crabtree
Grace Crabtree
Morehead
Fred Crabtree
State Training College
Chauncey Property Deals Reported to Pfc and Mrs Hawk
Two houses and lots on West Mound Street Chauncey owned by Mr and Mrs Charles Spearry were sold to Pfc and Mrs Delbert Hawk. The sale followed occupancy by Evelyn Patterson and kin and local families during a weekend visit to Chauncey. Baseball results list Philadelphia and Boston games with scores, plus Brooklyn and New York matchups.
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Chauncey
W. Mound St
Charles Spearry
Pfc
Delbert Hawk
Evelyn Spearry Patterson and
Everett
Marshal
Dailey Sapp
Glouster Scouts Tackle Juvenile Delinquency Talk
Glouster youth groups met with the Faithful Class of Jacksonville Methodist Church in Glouster. The Scouts of Troop 72 discussed juvenile delinquency and planned participation in an all township meeting at J-T High School. Five scouts seek Star Scout rankings as leaders discuss solutions.
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Glouster
J-T High School
W.S.C.S
Jacksonville
Methodist Church
Star Scout
Life Scout
Eagle Scout
Former Teacher Returns for Visit
Mrs. F. P. Clark of Indianapolis toured Glouster and Bishopville on Tuesday to visit friends and relatives. A former Glouster teacher, she joined her mother in Athens for an indefinite visit with son and daughter-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams. Her two sons serve in the military Ward in the air at Perrin Field Texas and Walden in the signal corps at Camp Crowder Missouri.
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Glouster
F. P. Clark
Indianapolis
Bishopville
Clark
Ward
Perrin Field
Texas
Walden
Signal Corps
Camp Crowder
Local residents visit relatives and travel notices
Mr. T. A. Noon spent several days this week in Buffalo on railroad business. Mrs. W. R. Drury visits her sister Miss Ves ta McCoy in Middleport. Miss Edith Summers of Columbus spent the weekend with her parents. Miss Evelyn Deal, a Dayton teacher, visited Jacksonville with her family. Mrs. T. R. Kinney could not travel due to her son's eye injury. Mrs. Webb Norris traveled to Columbus to spend two weeks with her grandson Merrill Norris.
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T. A. Noon
Buffalo
N. Y
W. R. Drury
Vesta McCoy
Middleport
Edith Summers
Columbus
Marshall Summers
Evelyn Deal
Dayton
John Deal
Jacksonville
Walden Deal
T. R. Kinney
Webb Norris
Merrill Norris
Service Men of Glouster Area Report Letters From War Front
Isabelle McCutcheon receives a letter written on Japanese land army stationery from Pfe Melvin O Frazee in New Guinea. Frazee, overseas two years, says a furlough home is expected soon. He is son of Mr and Mrs Earl Frazee, formerly of Jacksonville, now Columbus. Staff Sgt Walden C Deal ended his furlough and left for Van Nuys, California after a 14 day visit with his parents in Jacksonville.
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Francis Sabo
Derthick
South Carolina
Melvin Murphy
Fort Knox
Glouster
John Carter
Bernice Carter
Columbus
Keesler Field
Miss
Air Force
Millard Mundew
E. E. Mundew
Fort Benning
Fort Bragg
N. C
Fort Thomas
Cpl
Ralph Gatehell
Gatchel
Cpl. Gatchel
Fort Dix
N. J
Marie Dodson
Eugene F. Yeaman
Seabees
Navy
Camp Parks
Calif
John Deal
Jacksonville
Chauncey Forest Rose Rebekah Lodge Meeting Tonight
Chauncey Forest Rose Rebekah Lodge will meet at the K of P Building Thursday at 8 p.m. Members are urged to attend and discuss upcoming activities and plans.
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Chauncey — Forest Rose Rebekah Lodge
Chauncey
K. of P
Henry family welcomes daughter and visits in Detroit
Mr and Mrs John Henry of this city welcomed a daughter Thursday at White Cross Hospital. They traveled to Detroit Friday to visit son and daughter in law Ralph Henry and family and to see son Bob play his last basketball tournament game. Maurice Henry stayed as guest. Edythe Mae returned to Columbus while the Henrys returned to Gloucester Sunday evening.
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White Cross Hospital
John Henry
Edythe Mae
Columbus
Detroit
Ralph Henry
Bob
Mrs. Henry
Glouster
Colleges Trim Spring Sports As War Cuts Programs
Ohio colleges reduce spring athletic activity with many schools cutting programs. Seven Ohio Conference members plan baseball, four will field track teams, including Baldwin Wallace Case Deni son and Oberlin. Non conference schools Bowling Green Ohio Wesleyan and Miami intend both baseball and track. An all Ohio meet may be held at Delaware June 10 or 17 with several schools expected to enter. Akron may enter a few athletes.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State
George Daniel
Ohio Conference
Loop
Baldwin-Wallace
Capital
Denison
Oberlin
Otterbein
Toledo
Wittenberg
Case
Bowling Green
Ohio Wesleyan
Miami
Delaware
Daniel
Wll
Kenyon
Muskingum
Akron
J T School Activities Highlight Trimble Senior Honor and PTA Plans
Trimble J T School outlines include John Matyskella among the top 25 percent on the March 10 general scholarship test at Athens. PTA to meet April 17 with a Juvenile Delinquency theme. John L Boggs showed Life in the Big House. Rev. Phillips and Rev. Palmer presented sound movies. A new boys glee club forms and special numbers are planned for events. JT baseball schedule lists away and home games in April against Plains Chauncey Nelsonville.
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Trimble
J-T
John Matyskella
Athens
PTA
Chauncey Post Office Led By Bricker Family While Husband Serves
Mrs. Charlotte Bricker, Chauncey postmaster, visits her husband Denver Bricker stationed at Staten Island Tompsonville N Y. Assistant Mrs Elizabeth Willis and Bricker daughter Mary Carolyn run the post office in her absence.
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Chauncey
Charlotte Bricker
Denver Bricker
Staten Island
Tompsonville
N. Y
Elizabeth Willis
Sinkwich to train as apprentice seaman at U.S. Maritime Service
Frankie Sinkwich former Georgia All America halfback and last year’s Detroit Lions star heads to Sheepshead Bay New York to train as an apprentice seaman in the U S Maritime Service.
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Atlanta
Frankie Sinkwich
University of Georgia
Detroit
Sheepshead Bay
N. Y
U. S. Maritime Service
Power of attorney granted by London will to relative names
A man in London grants full power of attorney to a lengthy list of relatives including Ann Bertha Cecelia Diana Emily Fan ny Gertrude Hypatia Inez Jane ate Louisa Maude Nora Ophelis Quince Rebecca Starkey Teresa Ulysses Venus Winifred Xenophon Yetta Venus Pepper by his will.
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Ann Bertha Cecelia Diana Emily Fanny Gertrude Hypatia Inez
Janeate
Louisa Maude
Nora Ophelis Quince
Rebecca Starkey
Teresa Ulysses Venus Winifred Xenophon Yetta
Venus Pepper
London
Small town fans cherishing baseball despite farm system issues
Canton Illinois editor argues that small towns lose out as baseball shifts to major league farm systems. He cites the Illinois Missouri League decline, absentee ownership, and the need for working agreements guaranteeing minor league clubs against losses while staying within budgets.
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New York
Jimmie Murphy
Canton
Ill
Daily Ledger
Jimmie
Hick
Murphy
Leo Bondy
Giants
Ortiz Keeps Bantam Title in Unanimous 15-Round Win
Manuel Ortiz, the Imperial Valley farmer from El Centro, California, defended his bantamweight crown with a unanimous decision over Tony Olivera of Oakland in a 15 round title bout. It was Ortiz’ third win over Olivera, who previously defeated him in 1941. Ortiz won the title from Lou Salica in August 1942.
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Los Angeles
Manuel Ortiz
Imperial Valley
el Centro
Calif
Tony Olivera
Oakland
Ortiz
Olivera
Lou Salica
Galehouse to Coach Akron Falls Baseball Team
Denny Galehouse former Indians pitcher now with the St. Louis Browns will coach the Cuyahoga Falls High School mound corps when off duty from his defense job. The team is expected to develop strong hurlers this year under his guidance.
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Akron
Cuyahoga Falls
Denny Galehouse
Cleveland Indians
St. Louis Browns
Falls Mound Corps
Rajah Quits As Manager In Mex Lcop
Rogers Hornsby, the famed major league star, resigns as Vera Cruz manager in the Mexico Baseball League and plans to return to Fort Worth. He cites unmanageable travel costs and disorganization, despite Vera Cruz’s second place after a slow start and his two pitching wins as a pinch hitter.
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Rajah
Mexico City
Rogers Hornsby
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Fort Worth
Tex
Jorge Pasquel
Vera Cruz Club
Hornsby
Fred Sanders Manager at Court Street
Fred Sanders is listed as manager at Court Street with contact phone 548.
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Fred Sanders
Court St
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