Gallia grid squads start 11 man practice sessions
Gallia area reports 11 man grid drills as Rio Grande Blue Men begin with 19 candidates under coach John C. Wickline while Cheshire’s Bobcats stage a brief first scrimmage. Newcomers include Jimmy Phillips and Bert Crothis, with other players listed and practice set for six oclock daily.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande High School
John C. Wickline
Cheshire
H. J
Jack) Duncan
Rio
Sunday Messenger
Jimmy Phillips
Oak Hill High School
Bert Crothis
Bert
Bill
Fred Beman
Wickline
Duncan
Gerald Rupe
Junior Little
Expert Fly and Plug Fishing Advice for Northern Michigan
An expert answers a reader on fly and plug fishing in northern Michigan. He notes success with streamer flies near weed edges and deep spots, recommends weedless spoons with pork, and suggests bass pike and smallmouth can be caught on artificial lures with the right spots and technique. He praises experimentation despite bait fishing often being easier and invites updates on the reader’s results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Tripp reunion and social notes from Hamden region
Hamden social notes list visits and gatherings among residents from Middletown Columbus Circleville Mansfield Cleveland and more. The 31st annual Tripp reunion at Sheldno Grove drew seventy five relatives. various families attended WCTU meeting and a large garden club flower show at Hamden Methodist Church with 161 entries.
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Robert Gerty
Columbus
Henry Gerty
Kathryn Bagley
John Jolly
Luther Harsough
Pearl Clemens
McArthur
Ovid Murdock
Cleveland
Emma Murdock
Minnie Gibson
Robert Phillips
Edward Mather
Beryl Gibson
Blacklick
William Fee
Circleville
Autye Baker
Chillicothe
Tire
Mansfield
Ralph Ratcliff
Howard Weyand
B. P. McManus
Patty
Frank Saylor
Harold Frazee
Denver
Colo
Glen Blevins
Carrie Biffle
Martha Jane
Carl Bishop
John Bishop
Dundas
Vera Famer
Daisy
Newton Boyer
Richmond
Ind
Frank Claar
Holzer Hospital
William Haynes
E. R. Haynes
Charles Saltz
John Bobo
Richard Stiver
Dayton
Harry McNutt
Lee McNutt
Springfield
Charlies Salts
Leo Harper
Bridgeport
Harper
Bethel Grove
Centralia
Ill
Hamden
Wellston
Ralph Matteson
Leland Matteson
Tripp
Sheldno Grove
Everett Webb
Ben Scott
D. M. Bryson
Vinton County
WCTU
Grace Jones
Grace Jones, McArthur the Town'n Country Garden Club
Ham
Local social notes from Lott ridge and surrounding communities
Mrs Laurie Allen Akron hosted guests from Lott ridge area while the Allen family hosted and visited relatives and friends. Several couples and families from Columbus McKeesport Parkersburg Buckeye Lake and Columbus areas were listed as recent dinner guests and visitors to homes of L H Allen Ralph Allen and other locals. The notes highlight neighborhood hospitality and intercity visits.
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Lottridge
Laurie Allen Akron
L. H. Allen
Allen
John Archer
Naomi
Russell Archer
Joyce
Jimmy
Carrie Gaine
Frank Chapman
Earl Walsh
Celina
William Leiber
Mckeesport
Murl Jackson
Columbus
Harry Summerfield
David
A. B. Vandal
Clarence Warner
John Chevelier
Blake Weaver
L. A. Townsend
L. A. Marshall
Parkersburg
Ralph Allen
Oleta Weaver
Howard Chapman
Coolville
Otis Wade Allen
Mr. Allen
W. A. Barnhill
Aubrey Baily
Buckeye Lake
Gaylord Cook
Janet Brown
John Westfall
Westfall
Leon Cottrill
Kerr Kerr A 3 C Bur Nett e telephoned wife from Tucson
Local notes report Kerr Kerr A 3 C Bur Net te telephoned his wife from Tucson where he is stationed. Pvt John Swain, at Fort Eustis, visited his wife. Miss Norma J Sewell from Springfield visited her friend Mrs Charles R Burnette. John Dartt died at Mountain State Hospital Charleston leaving a wife and eight children. Several Kerr residents attended a Lake Alma picnic. 4 H Club members and advisers held a picnic at Lake Alma. Mr and Mrs A G Brannon celebrated 81st birthday at Homer Brannon's home. Mrs G Skidmore improving after hip fracture.
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Paul Sewell
Kemper Hollow
John Dartt
Mountain State Hospital
Charleston
Cora L. Runions
Kerr
D. S. Williams
Hazel
Evergreen Methodist Church
Charles Burnette
Lucille Voreh
Bidwell
Hilltop Helpers 4-H Club
Lake Alma
Elmer Boggs
Leo King
A. G. Brannon
Brannon
Homer Brannon
Rio Grande
G. Skidmore
Ruth McEwen dies of polio in Denver after son’s death
Mrs. Ruth McEwen, 37, died Saturday in Denver from polio, the same disease that claimed her son Danny, 5, three days earlier. The two deaths link a family tragedy the Hillsboro area reports as polio reaches Denver.
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Hillsboro
Ohio
Ruth McEwen
Denver
Danny
Greatest Thrill Tells Purdue Coach Holcomb Story
Purdue football coach Stu Holcomb recalls the 1949 upset of Minnesota 13 to 7 in Minneapolis. He describes his team overcoming a winless streak, the victory parade in Lafayette, and his wife Betty calling with news of the celebration. He cites Red Sanders on the primacy of winning.
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Purdues
Stu Holcomb
Purdue
Lafayette
Ind
Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota
Ohio State
Betty
Holcombs
Red Sanders
Farmers vote to extend government wheat controls
New Lexington Perry County farmers favored continuing government wheat controls. The Somerset Production and Marketing office reported results from about 179 eligible voters with 61 in favor and 49 against.
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New Lexington
Perry County
Somerset Reports
Local residents visit kin across Perry County
A long list of Perry County residents travel to visit relatives and attend events in Newark, Mt. Zion, New Lexington, Columbus, and Jacksonville. Several attend funerals, while others report relatives visiting Dayton, Carbondale, or Detroit. A 68 voter count and a school term note also appear amid community notices.
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Thomas Taylor
Robert Davenport
Bobby Jo
Jacksonville
Daisy Thompson
John Shelton
Robert Sands
Shawnee
Frank Williams
Walter Klimiski
Dayton
John Swaim
Harry Kasp
Mae McNamis
John Wein
Eunice Sanborn
William Donoghue
Detroit
Grace Donoghue
Bid Volmer
James
McConnelevilie
Combined Bible school ends with party at Upper Flats
The TLatheran Rural Churches held a successful first combined Bible school ending with a party. About 65 children enrolled and five teachers participated. Several visitors and locals, including Eimer Roush and Judy Roush, Mrs. William Rovd, and others from Detroit, Mason, Charleston, and Cleveland, were seen visiting relatives and planning reunions in the area.
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Eimer Roush
Judy Roush
William Rovd
Steubenville
Roush
Rocksprings Faimrounds
Walter Bush
Detroit
Mich
PF. Roush
Iven Bush
Mason
Why Were the Old Bridges Covered
A feature on Ohio’s historic covered bridges explains their purpose to protect timber from rain and snow, their era’s engineering, and the shift to steel and concrete. It notes styles from pin type to truss and arch, mentions Athens County examples, and recalls long spans, costs, and late 19th to early 20th century construction.
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C. H. Harris
Ohio
Creole
McArthur
Hocking
Beaumont
Coolville
Athens
Ledi
Trimble
Bern
Dover
Athens County
Brushy Fork
Raccoon Creek
Creola
Route 75
Legal notices in Athens County divorces filed
Dianna Kay of 1135 Weaet 4th Street Mesa Arizona is named in a divorce petition filed July 1 1953 by Frank Ray in the Court of Common Pleas Athens County Ohio alleging gross neglect and adultery with a hearing set after September 14 1953. Sidney F Carpenter of Chicago Illinois filed August 21 1953 for divorce from Maude J Carpenter with cause nov 20513 claiming wilful absence and gross neglect with answer due October 10 1953.
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Willian Pindergast
Court of Common Pitas
Athens County
Ohio
Hasel Maidox Pendergast
Joel B. Draper
Forrest P. Cottrell
Virginia Street
Hareston
W. Va
Lucilie M. Cottrell
Court of Common Pleas
Lucille M. Cottrell
Foster KB. Cornwell
Dianna Kay
Weaet
4Th
Mesa
State of
Arizona
Frank Ray
Maude J. Carpenter
East Glen Street
Chicago
Ilinois
Sidney ¥. Carpenter
Sidney F. Carpenter
Foster EB. Cornwell
Harmon Chappel
D. O. Chappel
D. H. Moore
Athene
Athena County
Bird &G . Rowland
Senator
Hia
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Gallia
Joe Brown
Rupe
Arthur Davidson
Bobcats
Raymond Baldwin
Mercerville
Baldwin
Wildcat
Charles Ratliff
Pirates
Bidwell-Porter High School
By AL McClane
Jonelle
Toni
Lydia Shaeffer
Flushing
Long Island
Lydia
Mother
Tonette
Aonette
Polio
New Lexington News
Murray City
Trols
Somerset
Carolyn Ann Pletcher
Dana C. Pletcher
Ohio University
Burley Run
Guy Brown Grove
Charles Cross
Arthur Sullivan Rendville
L. P. Fuman
Sullivan
Rendville
Elizabeth Higgins
Sayre
J. Pullman
Russell Embrey
Ohio State Bar Association
John C. Furguson
Max Underwood
Robert M. Strode
Crooksville
Elmer Ensminger
The
Knight Pottery
Joseph Guest
Far Saxton
James Brannon
Jack Alexander
Edward Adkins
John Hardy
Mr Ensminger
Doctors Hospital
Carl J. Sylvester
Memoriam
Alice Moore
Denim Hobby Jeans
Mac's Thrifty Shop
N. Court Street
Harold Goddard
Bartlett
Donald T. Moore
McKee Drug CO
Clifford & Baker
DeSoto
Plymouth
Young's
Court St
Paul Fiske
Congress
Uhlman’s
Cincinnate Livestock
Cincinnati
USDA
U.S
Rowland & Rowland Attorneys
Cranbrook
Johnny Jones Motors
Platt's Shell
Hudson Sales & Service
Albany
Edward Speer
FORD
New International
Gail Watkins Equipment? CO
State St
Finscott
Pontiac
Nelsonville
Thomas Yost
Euclide
Athens Junk CO
Athens Auto Parts
Carpenter & Lancaster Sts
Dial
Athens Junk Company
North Shafer Street
Auto Service
BROWN
N. Court ST
KRAFT
Landis Gulf Services
Parker Tire Shop
Call
Chauncey
G. F. Pineelii
Decker
Wolfe Hardware
Chesser Farm Supply
McKinley Ave
Union St
O Rose
Singer Sewing Center
McClain Welding Service
Moore Ave
Mahaffey Motor Service
Monte Davis
W. Carpenter
Johnson and West
Depot St
Whizzer Motors
Residence Insurance
D. M. Goddard
Baker & Stauffer
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