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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 1944

Page

7

Two Hurlers Will Report Immediately

Spud Chandler and Ernie Bonham, star pitchers of the world champion Yankees, will rejoin the club before the season opens next week. Chandler won 20 and 4, Bonham 15 and 8, with military service questions lingering. Chandler may join tomorrow at Atlantic City or Plainfield, Bonham to report Thursday in New York. Other notes: Stan Spence and Joe Kuhel spark Senators on 15 hits. Ted Wilks joins Cardinals. Coscarart eyed third season. Tigers split up at Evansville. attendance drops in exhibition games.

NEW York Spud Chandler Ernie Bonham New York Yankees Bronx Bombers Chandler Bonham Joe McCarthy Cardinals Atlantic City Plainfield N. J Washington Senators Stan Spence Joe Kuhel Senators Bainbridge Naval Station St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Ted Wilks Cardinal Cards Browns Pittsburgh Pirates Ete Coscarart Leveland Indianapolis Coscarrt Escondido Calif Detroit Tigers Evansville Ind

Indians Plug Injuries Darken Spring Training Outlook

Cleveland manager Lou Boudreau warned of good injury luck, but trainer Lefty Weisman then treated three players. Cris Hockett damaged his shoulder, Mickey Rocco hurt a foot in Lafayette, and another teammate joined the inactive list as the Indians lost 6 to 0 to the Pirates. Joe Heving also feared a leg injury from a line drive. Max Butcher limited the Washington club to five hits in six innings before a rain stoppage.

Indianapolis Ind Lou Boudreau Cleveland Indians Tribe Lefty Weisman Cris Hockett Mickey Rocco Lafayette Indians Pittsburgh Pirates Joe Heving Max Butcher Redskins

Reds Return to Cincinnati Plan Workout on Weather Hazy Day

The Cincinnati Reds hoped for their first workout at Crosley Field today but forecasts clouded plans. After four weeks at Indiana University in Bloomington, four more exhibition games with the Cleveland Indians remain before opening day April 18, starting with Thursday at Richmond Indiana and Friday at Dayton, then two at home over the weekend.

Cincinnati Cinccinnati Reds Crosley Field Reds Bloomington Ind Indiana University Cleveland Indians Richmond Dayton

Daughertys Host Weekend Guests in Chauncey

Chauncey hosts weekend visiting party including Mr and Mrs Dee Daugherty and Ruth Ann Canton guests Mrs Carrie Higgins and Paul Higgins with Elwood Daugherty and children Robert Richard Carolyn Pauline Daugherty and rge Cee also present Ollie Fig ley of Columbus stayed as a guest. Carrie Higgins visited At kinson Higgins and Frances At kinson Higgins at Chauncey.

Chauncey Charles Daugherty Dee Daugherty Ruth Ann Carrie Higgins Paul Higgins Canton Elwood Daugherty Robert Richard Carolyn Pauline Daugherty Ollie Figley Columbus Daugherty

Chauncey Ladies Auxiliary to Meet and Plan District Convention

Chauncey Ladies Auxiliary of the United Mine Workers will meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the K P building. A luck supper will feature the social hour. President Mrs Bonnie Mullins will conduct the meeting. Plans will be made for local members to attend the District convention in Murray City on Thursday April 13 at 7:30 p.m.

Chauncey Chauncey Ladies Auxiliary The United Mine Workers K. of P Bonnie Mullins Murray City

Needle Club Meeting Rescheduled by Hostess Edith MacDaniel

Mrs Edith Mac Daniel will host the Millfield Needle Club Thursday night instead of Wednesday. The change shifts the regular meeting date for club members.

Chauncey Edith Mac- Daniel Millfield

Millfield Church Ladies Aid Society to Meet Friday

Chauncey reports the Ladies Aid Society of the Millfield Church of Christ will gather Friday night with Mrs. Daniel Fulton hosting at her Millfield home.

Chauncey—Ladies Aid Society The Millfield

Mrs Winnie Skinner Hosts Esther Class Night

Mrs Winnie Skinner of Jacobs Avenue will host the Esther Class of Chauncey M E Church at her home Wednesday night for the April business and social gathering.

Chauncey Winnie Skinner Jacobs Ave Esther Chauncey M. E. Church

Fullerton Roundup Flickers of Baseball and Boxing News

Opening day melee at Jamaica race track ends with police separating two fans. Tony Ordenana praised by proxies and critics for fielding, while Honus Wagner commented on a miscued grounder. Lou Nova faces multiple ring dates after Omaha show. Giants players End O’Neal Adams and Hubert Barker to build planes in Tulsa. Proxy Bill Streit announces May 27 national senior weight lifting championships and Mr America in Chattanooga for G I personnel.

New York Jamaica Race Track Lou Nova Des Moines Minneapolis Tulsa Kansas City Omaha O'Neal Adams Hubert Barker Football Giants Okla Luckman Bill Streit Southern A. A. U Chattanooga Tenn G. I

Millfield Miners Contribute to Dover Red Cross Drive

Millfield Miners Local members vote $2 per man to the Dover Red Cross, pushing Dover Township past its $2,000 goal. Four local unions in the county report combined gifts and district support, with volunteers and schools aiding the drive.

Chauncey Millfield No. 6 Dover Homer Johnson Madeline Rankin Thelma Ferrell Chauncey-Dover

Bridgewater Family Plans Move to The Plains

Chauncey residents Mr and Mrs Joe Bridgewater have sold their home on May Avenue to Mr and Mrs J Henry Locke. Locke property on Monroe Avenue goes to a Tippie sister. Mrs Jessie Tippie Johnson and family will occupy after the move. Bridgewaters, 13 years in the area, plan to settle near The Plains. Miss Ethel Mae Mulpas returns to employment at the State Office Building Columbus after four days with College Hill parents.

Chauncey Joe Bridgewater May Ave J. Henry Locke Lockes Monroe Ave Charles W. Tippie Jessie Tippie Johnson Bridgewaters Plains Ethel Mae Mulpas State Office Columbus Charles Mulipas College Hill

Weekend Guests Tie Chauncey Afield to Many Homes

Chauncey residents hosted relatives and friends from Columbus Jerseyville Millfield Bishopville and Carbon Hill over the week end. Visitors included James and Ray Duffee Ruth Cruikshank Luther Cruikshank DeWitt Walker Sharon Ann Walker Mae Maynard Paul Maynard Harold Blower and children Cora Webb Ores Swartz Jolene Gaston and others.

Thomas Hamilton Chauncey James Ray Duffee Ruth Cruikshank Columbus Luther Cruikshank W. Main St DeWitt Walker Sharon Ann Mae Maynard Paul Green's Run Lena Leake Harold Blower Millfield Thomas Blower Bishopville Cora Webb Jerseyville R. E. Grant Lower Plains Ores Swartz Athens Arthur Burchfield Marie Gaston Jolene Carbon Hill W. E. Dicken Florence Hysell

Church of Christ Sees Large Sunday Attendance

Five parish churches report total Sunday attendance 664 with nine new members. Chauncey leads with 227 present and six new members, Green Run 63, Trimble 152, Taylor Ridge 28, Millfield 72. Offerings total 254.51 across the five churches.

Chauncey — Church of Christ Trimble Greens Run Taylor Ridge Millfield Chauncey News

Slisher Returns Home After Hospital Stay

Chauncey Walter Slisher son of Mr and Mrs George Slisher was seriously injured at a Dayton defense plant last July. He has been confined at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton and was moved home by ambulance last week. He now resides in Lower Plains near the filling station and may receive visitors. he is married with two children.

Chauncey Walter Slisher George Slisher Chauncey Dayton Miami Valley Hospital Lower Plains

Clevelanders Dominate Early at AAU Boxing Nationals

The Mid west leads after day one at Boston Garden with 15 survivors among 32. Cleveland tops, placing six of seven into semifinals led by Rudy Molinaro and Joe D Amato, while Frank Cordy is eliminated.

Boston Midwest Boston Garden Cleveland East Frank Cordy Niles Ohio City Joe D’amato Warren, C Frank Muche Jack Darthard Kansas City Rudy Molinaro Joey Salcone Virgil Franklin Riverside Aanadarko Okla Ray Standifer Vance Bassler U. S. Navy Harvard University Sgt Eddie Sims USA Jack Thorne, Jr Newark N. J

Vaughn Hosts Easter Dinner Honoring Wolfe Couple

Glouster residents Mr. and Mrs. Harold Vaughn entertained at a dinner Sunday to honor Mr. and Mrs. John Wolfe of Trimble for their 47th wedding anniversary on April 7. Attending were the Wolfe couple, Mr. and Mrs. James Gibbs of Dayton, and the hosts.

Glouster Harold Vaughn John Wolfe Trimble James Gibbs Dayton

Zarley-Lemity wedding announced in Glouster area

Mr and Mrs Charles Zarley of Glouster announce the marriage of their daughter Maxine to Master Sgt Raymond E Lemity son of Mr and Mrs George Lemity of Crookaville The ceremony was held Wednesday April 5 at 10 am at the Church of Christ parsonage with Rev Wood B Cundiff officiating The bride wore a blue crepe street length dress with brown accessories Lemity is a York High School graduate class of 1937 and was employed by A P before enlisting He is stationed at Smoky Hill Army Air Field Salina Kansas returning to camp after a 15 day furlough

Charles Zarley Glouster Maxine Raymond E. Lemity George Lemity Crookaville Church of Christ Parsonage Wood B. Cundiff Corning High School York High School A & P Company Smoky Hill Army Air Field Salina Kansas

Veteran Cager Official Denounces New Rules in Basketball

Nick Kearns a veteran referee with over two decades on the court criticizes the National Basketball Committee changes. He cites the five fouls rule and goaltending clarifications as placing excessive burdens on officials and increasing fan hostility.

Cage Official Raps Chicago Nick Kearns National Basketball Committee Kearns Nick

Trimble Grangers Hear Talks by Six Members

Trimble Grange met with Mrs. Celia Boudinot presiding. Two new membership petitions and two reinstatements were discussed. The program featured lectures on the 1944 Fertilizer Program nitrogen use in 1944 crops strip farming and pasture fertilizer experiences, plus a potato cultivation talk and a presidents poem. The regular meeting time was changed to the second Saturday each month.

Glouster Trimble Grange Celia Boudinot R. H. Kasler Lewis Antle Allen Boudinot H. E. Jones R. H. Easler Allen Chadwell C. L. Eddy D. M. Sawyer

Glouster Area Sends Word on Missing War Hero

War Department reports Lieut. Harry Theophylus, son of former Glouster residents, missing in action over Germany. In local notes Thomas Micky Healy visits Fletcher General Hospital before returning to duty. Bob Lawson, on furlough, returns to Camp Clayborne Louisiana.

Harry Theophylus Glouster War Department Germany Thomas Micky) Healy Fletcher General Hospital Relord Healy Bob Lawson William Lawson Clayborne

Sunrise Service at Trimble Methodist Church

An Easter morning service began at 6 30 in Trimble Methodist Church with candles, Easter lilies and forsythia displays. A 12 person choir performed while Grace Sayre sang The Holy City and Arthur Lee Buell played Near the Cross.

Glouster Trimble Grace Sayre Holy City Arthur Lee Buell Cross

Illness Sends James L. Vaughn Jr to City Hospital

James L. Vaughn Jr of Glouster, son of the late James L. Vaughn Sr, became ill at his Warren home on April 3. He was taken to City Hospital by his physician after a prior February attack with the cause undetermined at that time.

Glouster James L. Vaughn Warren City Hospital

Paul Kelly Moves to Gatchel House in Nearby City

Paul Kelly relocates from West Carrollton to the John Gatchel residence in the area. He expects to be drafted into the Army in the near future.

Glouster Paul Kelly West Carrollton John Gatchel Paul

Baptist Society Plans Activities at Glouster Church

GLOUSTER Baptist Missionary Society met Sunday with Miss Beulah Morris presiding. Mrs. Gladys Viney read Scripture and Mrs. Morris led prayer. They planned regular Wednesday prayer meetings and a Mothers Day rally to benefit the society. Members will receive a "penny-a-meal" offering bank. The next meeting is May 4 at the church.

Glouster

Grooms Win Higher Pay At New York Track Strike Ends

After a groom wage protest at Jamaica race track the State Racing Commission approved a $100 purse increase per race up to 5000, plus $5 to grooms per horse led to paddock and $10 for a winner. Star of Padula won the first race with a 3 45 4 time as mutuels rose across seven races and a Monday crowd left disappointed.

New York Jamaica Race Track State Racing Commission C. F. Kohler

Galletta Leads North and South Medal as Bowles Trails

The 44th North and South amateur golf tournament opening round in Pinehurst, N C features Mal Galletta of St Albans N Y as medalist with a 72 while Richard Bowles Jr of the Valley Club Long Island shot 78. Other pairings show R A Stranahan Toledo O 76 against Stedman Tinker Columbus O 80.

Pinehurst N. C Mal Galletta St. Albans N. Y Richard Bowles, Jr A Valley Club Long Island Sme R. A. Stranahan Toledo Stedman Tinker Columbus

Nightly Bible Meeting Starts At Chauncey Church

Rev. Robert M. Phillips presides as Chauncey Methodist Church begins a seven day series with nightly services at 7 30 PM Each evening a Bible themed movie is shown and the public is invited to attend the sermons and screenings

Chauncey Robert M. Phillips Marion Chauncey Methodist Church

Bulldogs' Game Postponed to April 24 in Athens Lancaster

Athens Lancaster baseball game delayed due to wet grounds and moved to April 24. Return game set for April 28. Bulldogs seek their third win of the season and are slated to meet The Plains here Friday.

Lancaster Bulldogs the Plains

Preaching Tonight at Millfield Mission Church

Rev. Charles Hook leads a worship service at Millfield Mission Church on Wednesday night at 7 30.

Millfield Charles Hook Millfield Mission Church

Judson Plans Move to Elton Coffman Property

Ralph Judson of the Omar Company will relocate his family to the Elton Coffman property he recently purchased. He expects to be drafted or called into service soon.

Glouster Ralph Judson Omar Company Elton Coffman Mr. Judson

Shumways Move to Athens. Kleinmans to Occupy Lent Property

Mr and Mrs John Shumway plan to move from the Russell Lent property to Athens where he will manage a supermarket. Mr and Mrs B Kleinman will take over the Lent property.

Athens Glouster John Shumway Shumway 8. Kleinman

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