High School Roundup Sparks Regional Basketball Action
A sweeping high school round of boys basketball lists wins for Chauncey-Dover over Murray City Delphos St. Johns, Decatur Catholic, and many others including Glenford, Union Furnace, Circleville, London, and Zanesville. Pro totals include college and pro results from Dayton to San Jose.
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Chauncey-Dover
Murray City
Delphos St. Johns
Decatur Cath
Toledo Scott
van Wert
Philo
Roseville
Circleville
Westerville
Bexley
Urbana
Worthington
Ashville
Grove City
Bloomingsburg
Dayton Wright
Faton
Dayton Fairmont
Springfield Cath
Hillsboro
Williamsburg
Col. Central
Lancaster
Dublin
West Jefferson
Canal Winchester
Col. Rosary
Romans H and J-T suffer fourth league defeat
Rome Canton Romans push past Jacksonville Trimble 50 31 to stop J T four game win streak. Good fellow Barnhart and J McIntorf combined for 40 points while Larry Morrison 17 before ankle injury. Cominsky knee injury in second period diminished J T scoring chances. Six Rome fouls, leads by quarters 15 10 25 17 38 24. J T reserves won 22 points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Rome-Canaan
Cagers
Jacksonville-Trimble
J-T
Goodfellow, Barnhart
J. McMcIntorf
Romans
Larry Morrison
Andy Cominsky
Rome
Denison Announces 1951 Football Schedule
Denison University lists eight football games for 1951 under Athletic Director Walter Livingston. The slate opens September 29 at Granville versus Washington and Jefferson, then Otterbein, Wooster Homecoming, Ohio Wesleyan, Muskingum, Wittenberg, Oberlin, and concludes November 17 at Case.
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Granville
Denison University
Case Institute of Cleveland
Capital University
Walter J. Livingston
Washington and Jefferson
Case
Ohio
Otterbein
Wooster
Ohio Wesleyan
Muskingum
Wittenberg
Oberlin
Tonight's College and Pro Basketball Matchups Listed
The schedule includes Racine at Chester Harrisonville at Cheshire and Mid American games with Coro College at Western Reserve Youngstown tourney teams Mt. Union Geneva Muskingum and Youngstown. Also Ithaca at Army Indiana State at Brigham Young Baylor at California Marquette at Detroit N Texas State at Drake Seton Hall at Fordham and more. Eugene Desautels catching for Cleveland set a 14 inning record with no chances in 1942.
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Bethel
Kan
Bluffton
Maryland
W. Reserve
Evansville
Mainer
Bradley
UCLA
St. Louis
Wisconsin
Houston
Texas A&m
Holy Cross
Oklahoma
Okla
ARM
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Valparaiso
Stanford
Baylor
Columbia
Tulane
Duquesne
Wake Forest
Alabama
Auburn
Southern Meth
Mississippi Southern
Rutgers
Boston College
Racine
Chester
Harrisonville
Cheshire
Coro
College
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Mt. Union
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Muskingum
Ithaca
Army
Indiana St
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Marquette
Detroit
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Drake
Seton Hall
Fordham
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Mississippi
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N. Car. State
Davidson
Quantico
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Purdue
Northwestern
Rice
Canisius
Scranton
Temple
Syracuse
Corpus Christi
TCU
Pitt
Washington
Geo
West Virginia
Eugene Desautels
Cleveland
College Grid Crowds Drop 3 Percent in 1950 Attendance
A 1950 Associated Press survey shows college football crowds down 3.5 percent from 1949, with 89 schools and 448 home games averaging 26 678 spectators. Michigan led with 501 522 in six games, while Ohio State, California, Stanford and USC also reported notable totals amid weather and television impacts.
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Associated Press
East
Midwest
Southwest
West
Notre Dame
Michigan
Wolverines
Ohio State
California
Stanford
Southern California
Oklahoma Receives O D Memorial Trophy As Nationals
Oklahoma's football team earned the Rev J Hugh O’Donnell Memorial Trophy honoring them as national champions. Notre Dame coach Frank Leahy and AP sports editor Ted Smits praised the Sooners at a 350-person banquet, noting Oklahoma’s 31 game win streak and Sugar Bowl bid against Kentucky on January 1.
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Oklahoma
Associated Press
Michigan
Notre Dame
Smits
Empire
Bishop Berkeley
Pacific Coast
Leahy
Bud Wilkinson
Kentucky
Enos Slaughter Sued for Divorce
Enos Slaughter of the St. Louis Cardinals was sued for divorce by his wife Mary Kathryn Slaughter. She alleged indignities amounting to cruelty including quarrelsome behavior nagging threats of violence and a state of fear and anxiety.
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ST. Louis
Enos Slaughter
St. Louis Cardinals
Mary Kathryn Slaughter
Christmas Social Notes From FOE Auxiliary and Leon Club
The Pt Pleasant FOE Auxiliary held a Christmas party for members and families at the FOE Hall with attendees including Mr. and Mrs. Jack Caldwell and many others. The Leon Homemakers Farm Women’s Club met at the Leon lodge hall for a pot luck dinner and a program led by president Mrs. Milton Burdett, featuring devotionals by Mrs. George Rairden and a presentation of the “Christmas Story” by Miss Irene Sayre, followed by a gift to home demonstration agent Mrs. Ruth Ann Hogsett.
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FOE Auxiliary
FOE
Jack Caldwell
Jim Allen
Leo Choquette
Steve Siikas
Edna Edwards
Dewey Kay
Jerry Smith
Gladys Smith
Anna Doolittle
Eunice Johnson
Ethel Carr
Pauline Bright
Betty Jane VanMeter
Carolyn Childs
Evalee Frye
Doris McMillin
Leon Homemakers Farm Women’s Club
Leon Lodge
Milton Burdett
George Rairden
Irene Sayre
Ruth Ann Hogsett
E. S. Rairden
Phil Thomas
Allen Thomas
Herman Shinn
Ray Crookham
Homer Graham
Leonard Cash
Sherman Graham
Dennis Hill
John Rairden
Charles Burdett
Robert Errette
Dayton Shinn
Granville Smith
Guy Burdett
Dencil Cossin
Gus Douglas, Sr
Gus Douglas, Jr
P. A. Sayre
Perry Sayre
James Morgan
Oscar Sayre
Everett Bissell
Pat Wilson
Joyce Cossin
Lillian Graham
Ruth Harmon
Ruth Hill
Janice Cossin
Rebecca Shinn
Barbara Shinn
Barbara Jiiden
June Sayre
Mary Agnes Sayre
Kathryn Beaver
Natalie Stewart
Nancy Rairden
Homer Church
Jimmy Cossin
Wayne Graham
Bill Cossin
4-H Club Elects New Officers at Roosevelt School
The American Leader's 4-H Club met Monday evening at Roosevelt School. President Charles Everett Stephenson presided as Virginia Austin was elected vice-president and Nancy Love treasurer. Members reported $5 in mistletoe sales and refreshments were served to a list of members and guests.
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Roosevelt School
Charles Everett Stephenson
Virginia Austin
Nancy Love
Virgil Rice
Harold Edwards
Lucy Rice
Mary Beth Plants
Opal Love
Mary Ann Love
Eileen Plants
Betty Plants
Bobby Stephenson
Vonda
Martha Rice
Charles Stephenson
Kenneth Bragg
Mary Kay Stephenson
Cornell Fowler
Lambdi Chi Omega Plans Christmas Party and Gift Baskets
The Lambdi Chi Omega sorority gathered Monday at the Moose Home for a Christmas party with games and a reading of the Christmas Story by Mrs. Dan Nickell. Christmas baskets organized by Mrs. J. W. Burdett, Mrs. William Johnson, and Mrs. C. L. Head will be given to Ida Stanley to distribute to needy families after gifts are exchanged. Refreshments followed for attendees including Mrs. John Clay Hutchinson and others.
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Lambdi Chi Omega
Moose Home
Dan Nickell
J. W. Burdett
William Johnson
C. L. Head
Ida Stanley
John Clay Hutchinson
Woodrow Kapp
Wadear Thabet
Franklin Martin
J. W
Firemen Show To Be Friday At Point Pleasant
A cartoon show sponsored by the Point Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department is set for Friday afternoon at the State and Park theaters. Admission is one can of food for needy baskets. Mason County School Superintendent Robert H. Ferguson announced schools will dismiss at noon so students may attend. buses run again at 3 p.m.
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Point Pleasant
Volunteer Firemen To Discuss Yule Plans
Fire Chief Vernon Miller says Point Pleasant Fire Department members will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the fire station to finalize plans for their Christmas activities.
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Point Pleasant
Vernon Miller
4-H Meeting Set For Thursday Night In Point Pleasant
Prospective younger 4-Hers in the Point Pleasant area will meet Thursday December 21 at 7 30 p m in the Junior High School Home Economics building to discuss activities and participation.
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Point Pleasant
Fire crews respond to overheated furnace in Norton home
Firemen from the volunteer department rushed to the Norton residence on Viand Street Tuesday afternoon. They reported steam pouring from the house caused by an overheated furnace and found no damage.
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Point Pleasant
Norton
Viand St
Birth Announced and Local Arrest Report
Birth in Point Pleasant announces Mrs. Leo Whittington of 1003 First St. with a son. Stanford Dunn of Vinton was arrested Monday night for intoxication and released on bond to the mayor after a night in jail.
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Leo Whittington
First St
Point Pleasant
Stanford Dunn
Vinton
Holzer Hospital Receives Surgery and Stroke Victims
Charles White of Park Dr underwent surgery Wednesday morning at Holzer Hospital. Ellsworth Ord of Gallipolis Ferry, who had a stroke Sunday evening at his brother John Ord’s home, was admitted to Holzer Hospital Monday evening and listed in critical condition by a family member on Tuesday.
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Charles White
Park
Holzer Hospital
Ellsworth Ord
Gallipolis
Ferry
John Ord
Toymaker operetta closes Point Pleasant junior high season
Final performance of The Toymaker by Point Pleasant Junior High School featured a cast of students led by director Mrs. Helen Somerville. Evening shows ran Thursday and Friday with a matinee planned as part of pre Christmas entertainment for the school.
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Point Pleasant
Shortage of Teachers Dominates Mason County Meeting
Mason County Classroom Teachers Association met Monday in Point Pleasant High School library to discuss the ongoing teacher shortage. Mrs. Garrett Green spoke on professionalism and future teachers, noting recruitment must rebound like WWII-era efforts. Legislative chairman Mrs. Elaine Rouse outlined plans for the January legislative session. The program featured readings and music, with the next meeting set for January 15 at North Point Pleasant Grade School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County Classroom Teachers Association
Point Pleasant High School
Garrett Green
Green
Elaine Rouse
Association
Lavenia Jackson
the Littlest Angel
Marilyn Easley
Bach
Mary Jo Carrick
North Point Pleasant
Contributions Collected for Christmas Treats Program
Contributions for Point Pleasant fire department’s Christmas Eve treats for the children program are being collected this week. Fire Chief Vernon Miller invites donations via department members or at the city building. People can call 110, 411, 84, or 481 for a member to collect at homes or businesses. Sirens on Christmas Eve will signal Santa Claus’s arrival and the event should not be mistaken for a fire warning.
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Point Pleasant
Vernon Miller
Santa Claus
Miller
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