Grissom to Start NL Opener for Reds Against Cubs
Cincinnati Reds announce Lee Grissom, a 2nd year pitcher, will start the opening NL contest of the season against the Chicago Cubs at Crosley Field. Manager Bill McKechnie fields three rookies Frank McCormick Dusty Cooke and Harry Craft along with veterans in the lineup as 32 500 fans are anticipated.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Lee Grissom
Cincinnati Reds
Chicago Cubs
Clay Bryant
Grissom
Gene Schott
Crosley Field
Bill McKechnie
Cubs
Frank McCormick
Dusty Cooke
Harry Craft
Redleg
Alex Kampouris
Billy Meyers
Lew Riggs
Ival Goodman
Virgil Davis
Reds
McKechnie
Skeet Expert To Be Here
Members of the Athens Skeet Club announce Carl Stevens of Remington Arms Co will visit the skeet ring on E State Street near the airport Thursday afternoon to demonstrate technique and offer free instruction. The club invites interested persons to attend the semi weekly shoots held Thursdays and Saturdays.
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Athens Skeet Club
Carl Stevens
Remington Arms Co
E. State St
Stevens
Sox Win and Vance Dodgers? No, Sox Win and Bagby Triumph
New York jumped to a 4 run lead but Boston rallied with 8 runs including homers by Chapman and Doerr. Bagby earned the win over Ruffing as Vance and McKain held late for Boston. Crrosetti Selkirk Cronin and Hig were noted in the errors and batters list.
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Vance
Bagby
New York
Boston
Crosett
Selkirk
Cronin
Hig
Hoag
Menrich
Foxx
Chapman
Cramer
Doerr
Gronin
Dickey
Dean Ends Cardinal Career With Bad Arm Pitch in Philly
New York based United Press reports Dizzy Dean pitched poorly in Philadelphia on August 26, 1937, after tense relations with St. Louis manager Frankie Frisch. Dean was sold to the Cubs days later, ending his Cardinals tenure.
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New York
Philadelphia
Dean
St. Louis Cardinals
Phillies
St. Louis
Pirates
Dizzy
Frankie Frisch
Mike Gonzales
Frisch
Cardinals
Frank
Harrison Family in Thivener Car Wreck
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Harrison of Gallipolis were treated at Holzer Hospital for injuries after their car skidded on a gravel road and overturned while traveling toward Thivener. Mrs. Harrison suffered a broken left arm and crushed finger. her husband sustained multiple head and face cuts.
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Gallipolis
J. E. Harrison
Holzer Hospital
Thivener
Peden Leads Bobcats To Marietta In Hitless Nonconference Clash
Ohio University baseball travels to Marietta for a Wednesday nonconference game against the Pioneers amid a 7-2 loss to Miami University. Coach Don Peden seeks improved hitting and may start Ralph Frey or Johnny Maiden as the rotation centers on Jurkovic Boeick.
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Miami University
Don Peden
Ohio University
Marietta
Pioneers
Bobcats
Dayton
Buckeye
Bobcat
Ralph Frey
Johnny Maiden
Peden
Miami
Roy Hoyman
Athens Rifle Club Meeting Heights Plans For 1938 Season
Athens Rifle Club invites all rifle enthusiasts to the annual meeting at The Messenger Building Wednesday at 7 30 p m to organize and develop the season. The Ed Donaldson farm range on Route 50N will be released with facilities for 50 meter 50 yard 100 yard and 200 yard rifle shooting a 25 yard pistol range and rifle testing sighting in benches.
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Athens Rifle & Pistol Club
Messenger
Ed Donaldson
Amesville
Baseball scores and today’s games recapped
Yesterday results include American League Boston 8 New York 4 and Washington 12 Philadelphia 8. American Association Toledo 16 Milwaukee 6 and Indianapolis 4 Minneapolis 3. Other games postponed due to rain. Today National League games scheduled.
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Boston
New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Toledo
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
National League Baseball: Washington Beats Philadelphia in 8-4 Game
Williams nails 8 hits? correction: Ferrell wins as Washington tops Philadelphia 8 to 4. Johnson, Finney, Hassan, Lodigiani, Wright, Myer drive in runs. Lewis and Bonura homer. Almada and Ledigiani double. Myer on base prowess. 29,000 in attendance.
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Williams
Philadelphia
Sesseee
Washington Coeveversees
tTravis
Peters
Barna
Johnson
Finney
Hassan
Lodigiani
Wright
Myer
Bonura
W. Ferrell
Lewis
Almada
Ledigiani
Ayes
Stone
R. Ferrell
Travis
Washington
Kelley
Smith
Ferrell
Former Big Leaguer Pitches for Logan Team
Logan enters the Central Ohio Baseball League season two weeks away with practice at the fairgrounds. Albert Leonard Jimmy Richardson and two other veterans from the American Legion team plus Walter Lefty Miller and Shannon Dean are being tested as hurlers for the Logan pitching staff.
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LOGAN
Central Ohio Baseball League
Fairgrounds
Albert Leonard
Jimmy Richardson
Fow Battery
American Legion
Walter
Lefty” Miller
Shannon Dean
Hurling Corps
Opening Day Fireworks Across Major Leagues
Echoes of hits and holdouts marked the grand opening as all 16 clubs played. The World Series champions Yankees were toppled by the Red Sox 8 to 4 in a rain shortened Boston game witnessed by about 10,000 fans.
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George Kirkley
New York
Dean Dollars
Yankees
Red Sox
Boston
Dizzy Dean joins Cubs promising calmer season ahead
In a veteran interview the former Gas House Gang star portraits a changed outlook with Chicago as he moves from the Cardinals. Washington beats Philadelphia 12-8 as Zeke Bonura leads a 16 hit attack and a rookie Jim Bagby Jr earns a win in his debut.
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Washington
Philadelphia Athletics
Roosevelt
Zeke Bonura
A's
White Sox
Senators
Wes Ferrell
Alooase
Yanks
Red Sox
Charley Ruffing
Roger Cramer
Jim Bagby, Jr
Cleveland
Joe DiMaggio
Jake Ruppert
Yankee
DiMaggio
Col. Ruppert
St. Louis
Browns
Beau Bell
Ed Barrow
P. K. Wrigley
Cubs
Cardinals
Dizzy” Dean
van Mungo
Brooklyn
Phillies
Bucky Walters
Claude Passeau
Bill Terry
Giants
Dean
Phils
Gallipolis Doctor Makes Hole in One at Local Course
Gallipolis reports Dr. David Beers of Holzer Hospital staff achieved a hole in one on the No. 4 hole Sunday from about 160 yards. The ball did not touch the green before dropping into the cup as witnesses watched.
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Gallipolis
David Beers
Holzer Hospital
Beers
Start Work on Gallipolis City Pool With Two Month Goal
Gallipolis begins preliminary work on a new $40 000 swimming pool on the high school grounds. About 40 WPA workers will be employed and project completion is hoped within two months. The 60 by 120 foot reinforced concrete pool will be on the Chickamauga Creek second bank.
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Gallipolis
Chickamauga Creek
Gallia County Delinquent Property Tax Certification Announced
Gallia County Treasurer E. E. Myers announces that on May 1 he will certify all three year delinquent taxable property to the County Prosecutor for collection. Myers notes several time payment options and invites inquiries to explain these plans to interested residents.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Myers
Myers
Two Shooting Victims Improve at Holzer Hospital
In Gallipolis McKinley Peck the 45 year old colored man who shot his former landlady Ada Green 48 then killed himself is reported improved. Peck has two bullets in his left lung and a damaged right lung from tuberculosis though he shows vitality. Prosecutor John Howell failed to obtain Peck’s antemortem statement as he cannot talk. Mrs Green’s condition improves steadily from abdominal and neck gunshot wounds.
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Gallipolis
McKinley Peck
Ada Green
Holzer Hospital
Peck
John Howell
Hold Welch Funeral Held for Local Painter Harry Welch
Funeral services for Harry Welch age 68 local painter long ill were held Monday afternoon by Rev. George Sagen. He leaves his wife Ella Welch and daughters Eva Watters of Columbus Ollie Burnett of Poplar Ridge and Freda Ratfield at home.
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Gallipolis
Harry Welch
George Sagen
Etta Welch
Beva Watters
Columbus
Ollie Burnett
Poplar Ridge
Freda
Ratfield
Barefoot Man Released After Lunacy Hearing in Gallipolis
George Randolph 36, found mentally competent after a lunacy hearing, was released from the county jail. He had allegedly lived in the woods in Guyan Township for 30 days to escape a possible arrest on non support charges. Randolph was returned to his Pt. Pleasant home by sister Melissa Williams who bought him a new suit. He objected to shoes saying it would be time to go barefoot. His wife reportedly remarried after their divorce. He refuses to reveal where he spent the open month, if indeed he did.
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Gallipolis
George Randolph
Guyan Township
Randolph
Pt. Pleasant
Melissa Williams
Catherine Jackson Dies At Patriot Age 80
Mrs Catherine Jackson aged 80 widow of Andrew Jackson died at her Patriot home over the weekend and was buried Sunday from Patriot M E Church.
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Gallipolis
Catherine Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Patriot
Patriot M. E. Church
Gatewood Sent Home After Surgery In Crown City
Perry C. Gatewood has been discharged from a local hospital and returned to his Crown City home following surgery for an aggravated stomach ulcer.
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Gallipolis
Perry C. Gatewood
Crown City
Ivan Fife treated for eye infection at Holzer Hospital
Gallia County report states Ivan Fife of Eu reka Dam employe is under care in Holzer Hospital after a foreign particle lodged in his eye and caused infection. Annual incident details not specified.
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Gallipolis
Ivan Fife
Eureka Dam Employe
Holzer Hospital
Social Security cares for 146 Gallia County children
Lor en Thomas describes Gallia County Social Security programs aiding 146 children in 47 families under federal, state, and county funding. The effort keeps youths in home care, reduces juvenile delinquency, and oversees blind relief with 29 recipients aged 18 to 65 receiving about 11.65 dollars monthly.
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Thomas
Gallia County
Board of County Commissioners
Minnie Ward Dies in Atlanta Widow of David A Ward
Mrs Minnie Bay Ward aged 59 widow of David A Ward died Monday in a hospital in Atlanta Ga She died June 17 1936 in Chester Pa burial there planned She and her husband were natives of Crown City Surviving sons are David Joseph Thomas Ward of Atlanta and John Ward of Buffalo N Y Brothers and sisters listed include Curtis Bay Lynden Wash Dr Harry Bay Cole Camp Mo John Bay New York Mrs Alice Sims Crown City Mrs Emma Ingels Oregon and Mrs Ed Blake Oklahoma
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Gallipolis
Minnie Bay Ward
David A. Ward
Thomas A. Bay
Atlanta
Viola Plymale
Ward
Chester
Crown City
David
Joseph
Thomas Ward
John Ward
Buffalo
N. Y
Curtis
Grange Plans Meet in Huntington April 23
Huntington Grange schedules its next meeting for Saturday night April 23 with Mrs. O E Painter as lecturer. The program includes opening song Grange Is Marching On roll call Our Trip to Washington readings and talks on neighborliness home life and a future trip to Washington.
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Gallipolis
Huntington Grange
O. E. Painter
Grange
Washington
Thelma Woodruff
Lena Fern Painter
Gallipolis Social Notes Cite Local Visits and Gatherings
Gallipolis society items note Charles E. Clark and Cassie Drummond hosting a Lafayette Hotel dinner after their Florida honeymoon. Attendees included Haskins Tanner Co. members and families, and guests from Columbus and Xenia. Additional notes cover Harriett Romaine visiting, Ruth Romaine Eastering with her mother, and various local social visits and college trips.
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Florida
Charles E. Clark
Cassie Drummond
Lafayette Hotel
Palm Room
Clark
Haskins-Tanner Co
James L. Haskins
V. A. Tanner
C. M Yeanger
Morris Haskins
Earl Saunders
Charlotte Hambrick
Lara Meal
Harriett Romaine
Columbus
Kerr
Porter
Ruth
Steve Davis
W. J. Davis
Xenia
Rachel
Maye
Lester White
Ella Lupton
Presbyterian Church
Clarence Booth
Neal Willey
Virgil Hixon
Charles Bowers
Joan
Toledo
H. H. Daugherty
Joseph Donnally
Jimmy James
Frances King
Cin
Barbours and Helen Cole Spend Easter in Columbus
Mr and Mrs Clark Barbour traveled to Columbus on Wednesday and were joined home by Mrs Barbour sister Miss Helen Cole of Cleveland who spent Easter with them.
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Cinnati
Susan Plymale
Gail Russell
Columbus
Oscar Russell
Emerson Evans
Arius Cook
Curtis Harrington
Thelma Davis
Gallipolis
Toledo
G. E. Davis
Helen Davies
Lehr Davies
Clark Barbour
Helen Cole
Cleveland
Maggie Glenn v Zeb V Swift real estate sale judgment
Judgment by default for Maggie Glenn against Zeb V Swift for 127.45. Court orders sheriff to sell the real estate in Huntington Township as part of the case.
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Gallipolis
Maggie Glenn
Zeb
Swift
Huntington Township
DeWitt Rebuilding After Fire Near Rodney
A. L. DeWitt, whose home near Rodney was destroyed by fire, is living in an outbuilding temporarily and plans to rebuild in the spring.
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Gallipolis
Rodney
A. L. DeWitt
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Dizzy) Dean
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Dizzy Dean
Chamber of Commerce Swimming Pool
WPA
Carl Allen
Athens
Charles Erdman
Beckley
W. Va
Hold Welch
Lane
Bury Mrs. Jackson
Social Security Administration
Loren Thomas
Minnie B. Ward
Atlanta, Ga
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Shoe Store
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