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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1955
Page
7
ABC official heads to address local bowlers on Wednesday at the city arena. The session will cover league plans and event calendars with attention to upcoming competitions and member participation. Community leaders and organizers expect questions on schedules and services.
Boo Russell of Pomeroy wins a special demolition race as part of a stock car program at Claybanks Speedway. The event features numerous drivers from nearby towns with Dick Hensel and Jerry Benson placing high in various heats and features. A meeting is announced for 7:30 p.m. detailing ABC affiliated city associations services and a new bowling film.
Night slate features Washington visiting Detroit and Baltimore traveling to Cleveland. Multiple teams jockey for position as final standings loom, with key matchups shaping the late season.
Loren B. Wallace, 88, died at the home of Mr and Mrs Parker Sheets in Wilkesville at 11 am Sunday after a fall six days earlier. survived by children and relatives.
About ninety seven boys and girls competed in the Better Fishing Rodeo, with participation from local youths and families. Contestants fished with jointed cane poles, prizes awarded including a hunting knife, and volunteers from the VFW assisted in organization.
The University of Toledo mourns the death of its athletic director and rector of physical education, who died Saturday. Connelly led the athletic department for 14 of his 29 years, served as a wartime physical fitness factor, and had a background as a basketball and baseball player before joining the university.
A Dayton Speedway race featured DAYTON UP JACK BOWS as the first three-time feature winner, edging Dick Arond of Dayton in a close finish at M Bowsher and Arnold at Betap. The back fins were Bob Daniels Dayton Don Brown Dayton and Johnny Wyner Columbus.
John W Scott, artist and musician, longtime figure in Bloubenville area, died after a career spanning painting scenery for theater and leading local orchestras. Survived by a son, three daughters, a brother, four grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren. funeral plans handled by Warren North funeral home.
As fall nears the airwaves fill with program launches. Medic returns on NBC with a dramatic tale of a teacher suffering melancholia and digestive disease, plus later episodes on issues like sterility and obesity. CBS opens Oct 4 with a new dramatic show featuring big names and fresh talent under producer Fred Coe.
Baseball leaders noted with Mantle and Kaline atop major categories while local notes report accident investigations at Dew Hotel and hospital admissions in Nelsonville. The Nelsonville traffic stop cites Paul F. Conire before Mayor Earl Hilty's court.
Nelsonville area death obituary for 96 year old Chauncey resident Green County born miner Antonio, with survivors including widow, sons Harold James and John and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Services held at funeral home with Rev. officiating, burial in Green Lawn Cemetery.
An erratic OCR fragment notes a boxer with a 13 22 record and a left hand KO capability, plus a 9 PM telecast, and a separate item about Nelsonville Rotary Club hearing Ronard Sudnek from Ohio University on student financial aid during a dining meeting.
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