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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1945
Page
4
Baseball’s tight pennant races heat up with five American League teams within reach of Detroit as Cleveland and New York surge. In the National League, Cubs and Cardinals race, while Cleveland, New York, Boston, and Brooklyn post key wins. Players like Reynolds, Gromek, Ruffing, and Newhouser notch victories as schedules compress toward season’s end.
Chicago Sports Association leader Harry Betz promotes a youth recreation program for ages 10 to 15 that trains via high school, pro players, and coaches such as Red Grange and Duke Slater. The eight week course selects 15 top youths per group to form a varsity with a regular schedule and exhibitions.
Nelsonville High football candidates are to report at the high school Saturday afternoon Sept 1 at 4 o clock. Coach Byron Eby newly named to head the athletic department for three years will meet and distribute uniforms. He will outline the season program and training rules. Practice likely starts at 1 PM on Labor Day Monday Sept 3.
Mrs Myrtie Wright of Adams Street recently celebrated a family birthday dinner at her home and received many gifts and sixty greeting cards amid her recovery from illness. Friends sent over two hundred get well cards during her illness. Mr and Mrs W J Miller of Wheeling are guests of Mr and Mrs E Washburn and family. Helen Powell Stage visits to see her parents Mr and Mrs W F Powell on Fayette Street. Gerard C Powell and family arrive from South America. Donald W Powell of Independence Kentucky and family also spent the weekend.
Laurel Cliff residents greet relatives and friends during a weekend gathering as Mr and Mrs Howard Arnold Yoledo host. many visitors from Portsmouth Columbus Buck Springs Akron and Steubenville share news. John Stahl on 30 day furlough visits with family. Mrs Helen Leifheit and daughters Doris and Thom Hart also noted.
The Lottridge column lists numerous guests and hosts across several days. Rev. and Mrs. DeVause Snyder and others visited Carrie Gainer and John Archer households. Families from Athens, Clarksburg, Baltimore, Cincinnati, and Point Pleasant joined in Sunday meals, suppers, and ice cream treats, with multiple cross-home visits and parlor social rounds noted through Friday.
Fourth annual reunion of Leonard and Margaret Albaugh descendants to be held at J. Alb. Barnes residence on Aug 26. Local residents cited include Miss Janice Pendelion’s visit to Columbus and Cpl. Clark Cline’s wartime service and homecoming details. Various Columbus and Sandusky relatives visiting, plus notes on local births, engagements, hospital and educational milestones.
John A Figgins has returned to McCloskey Hospital Temple Texas after a 60 day furlough with his sisters Mrs Betty Riley and Mrs Jane Keating. Alonzo Figgins Dayton and Paul Figgins Columbus visited during the leave. He is a Purple Heart recipient, with ETO Ribbon two battle stars, Combat Infantryman’s Badge and Presidential Unit Citation. Wessonville police orders prohibit children playing on Fort St Cemetery grass and official cooperation is sought. Night mining classes resume in Nel sonville with instructor A W Seabright. first class Friday Sept 7 at the high school. Mrs Sid Mallen broke her right wrist in City Market Saturday.
Funeral services were held at Salem Church for Rita Gay Thompson six month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson who died Friday morning. Burial followed at the nearby cemetery as the family grieves with five other children.
The Nelsonville city council announces its September regular meeting for Tuesday evening September 4 at 7 o clock. Labor Day closures will affect all local businesses.
Sgt John Brooks of the 106th Infantry Division arrives home for a 30 day leave with wife and two children and his father Mike Brooks before reporting to Camp Atterbury Indiana. James Burch 1c AEM spent seven days with his mother Hazel Burch after graduating from NATTC in Jacksonville and heads to Quonset Rhode Island for duty with CASU in the Atlantic.
Nelsonville residents of the Albany Community Garden Club sponsor a Garden Show on Thursday August 30 from 1 to 4 PM at Albany Methodist Church. Members meeting at 1 o'clock sharp at Mrs W L Warren 78 E Washington St to travel by car to A pany.
Urban Walters eight year old son of Mr and Mrs Frank Walters was shot in the eye with an arrow while playing with his brothers in Indiana. Huntington specialists report his eyesight will not be lost. Mrs Lyda Randolph was seriously injured when a towing machine wheeled on her as she untied a calf. She cannot walk. She is Urban Walters grandmother. Dor Ninerr of Lincoln visits Misses Eva and Mary Gay. Mrs Orpha Wooten recovering from call stone operation. J M Myers and finger injury. Cpl Daryl Shoemaker and Esther Saunders wedding at Ted Waller's home. Stacey Berry and Irene Kidder wed at Ashland Kentucky August 2. Mrs C E Sheets girlhood home sold by Mrs Mary F Wogan of Pomerany. property with gas wells and a 10 room house on Thomas Fork near Harrisonville Road 24 miles from Athens. Mrs Mildred Thompson to undergo third cancer operation. She is mother of three. her brother Eu’s notes.
In a double feature, Mike Garbark and Aaron Robinson powered the Yankees to a 3-2 win in the opener while Robinson blasted two homers and four RBIs in the nightcap 7-2. Allie Reynolds earned his 14th victory in the Indians opener 3-1 over the Tigers as Gromek scored the winning run in the ninth. Gene Moore homered on his 36th birthday to lift the Browns 3-2 over the White Sox in the opener. Byrnes drove in two with a triple in the nightcap for a 4-1 win. Dave Ferriss notched his 20th win as Red Sox split with the A’s, La Forest homer two. Jim Russell slugged a three-run homer in the Pirates win over the Reds, and Tommy Holmes and Anton Karl fueled a Braves-Phillies split with Holmes’ 26th homer and Karl’s four-scoreless innings in relief for a 4-3 win.
Avery Brundage, head of the American Olympic Committee and vice president of the international committee, told the Associated Press he does not favor German and Italian participation in the 1946 Olympic Games. He denied public statements claiming he supports their entry.
Three arraignments on information complaints were held in the court of Mayor Miles Howe on Saturday. All three pleaded guilty and were fined 35 with costs, as recorded in Nelsonville.
Columbus teams vie for a finals berth in the 1845 Ohio men's softball tournament in Columbus tonight. Unionists beat Columbus Bobbles 1-0 to reach the finals, with both Old Reliable and the Chevrolets facing one defeat in the double elimination format.
Byron Nelson dominated the Knoxville Open finishing 10 strokes ahead with a 276 total at Holston Hills. The American legend, already dominant with 15 major titles this year, said he would be satisfied only by winning the British Open, hoping to challenge the war‑delayed revival in 1946.
National league scores include Pittsburgh over Cincinnati 10 7 and 2 1 Boston over Philadelphia 6 5 Philadelphia 4 3 over Boston 3 St Louis 5 over Chicago 1 New York 6 over Brooklyn 2 American league action has St Louis 3 Chicago 2 10 innings and 4 1 New York 3 Washington 2 New York 7 Washington 1 Boston 4 Philadelphia 3 Cleveland 3 Detroit 1 Cleveland 5 Detroit 4 Association results Toledo 5 Columbus 3 Toledo 10 Columbus 1 Milwaukee 7 Kansas City 3 Milwaukee 6 Kansas City 3 Louisville 8 Indianapolis 6 Louisville 2 Indianapolis 0 Minneapolis 2 St Paul 0 St Paul 7 Minneapolis 6
The Indianapolis Indians trail Milwaukee by four games with two weeks left in the season. They dropped two games to Milwaukee 8-6 and 2-0 as Louisville moved closer to second place. Toledo beat Columbus 5-3 and 10-1, while Minneapolis and St Paul split their pair.
Berlin cracks under a mass exodus as 15 000 to 18 000 Germans daily stream from Danzig East Prussia Silesia and Poland plus refugees from Czechoslovakia. British estimates note the crush on rail transport and soup kitchens as civilians flee eastern areas.
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