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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1938
Page
9
Ohio University's Bobcats close their season and coach Don Peden travels long miles to speak at football gatherings. He endures a grueling schedule of day work driving hundreds of miles and returning after dawn to prepare for the next morning, with visible signs of strain from sleepless nights.
Ohio University's Frank Baumholtz, a sophomore from Midvale, has opened his collegiate career with 106 points in five games, averaging over 21 per game. He has 40 field goals and 26 free throws as Beanie Berens’s early pace is contrasted with Baumholtz’s rapid start. The Bobcats seek to carry the hot streak to Washington against George Washington.
Duke football arrives for the Rose Bowl amid novelty lace panty banner sent to the Duke team. The piece describes the odd emblem and mocks USC as Duke aims to upset the Trojans in Pasadena.
A reader asks about the meaning of Annie Oakley in yacht racing and recalls a 90 plus yard Notre Dame run by Jack Elder in the 1929 Army game. Red Rolfe’s birth is listed as October 17, 1908 in Pena Cook New Hampshire.
Don faced a long car trip to a West Virginia high school banquet and back to Athens to reach the office next day. He arrived to find the venue dark and the banquet held a week earlier, with the organizer already departed for Egypt.
Wisconsin and Iowa enter the season short of experience with only a few returnees. Wisconsin relies on speed, defense, and height to compensate for limited Big Ten play. Iowa brings five lettermen and hopes to improve while integrating sophomores and new reserves.
In Seattle, the University of Washington edged Ohio State 43 to 41 after erasing a first-half deficit. Captain Jimmy Hull led OSU with 16 points, while Roy Williamson paced the Huskies with 14. Free-throw struggles hurt the Bucks as they hit nine of 19 from the line.
Gallia County politics will see no board changes until 1940 when two Democrat members Clary and Lawless must be replaced. The four member board includes two Republicans Wollborn and Walter and two Democrats Clary and Lawless with Mrs. Helen Russell as clerk. A public meeting at the courthouse in Pomeroy Tuesday will outline plans for an excursion to Governor Bricker’s inaugural on Monday Jan 9. F A Powelson in Columbus and D O Taber finalize travel details with local reservations due by Jan 2. Enthusiasm runs high in Gallipolis Pomeroy and Middleport for marching musical groups in the trip.
Gallipolis theater manager Fred Wheeler will present a free picture show for all city and county children Monday at 1 30 p m as his annual Christmas observance. Mrs Vallie Wright was granted a divorce from Maurice Wright and restored to her maiden name Hal Snashaed on grounds of gross neglect.
Boy Scouts and all interested in membership are called to meet Wednesday night in the high school auditorium by Scoutmaster R. McCormick.
A large crew works on a new roof for the Murphy Building on City Park Square after a fire weeks ago. No rehabilitation plans for the second and third floors are announced. The Murphy chain store owns the property and no responsibility statement has been issued yet.
Gallia sheriff says fewer than six will dine at the county jail on Christmas Eve with pork chops potatoes cranberry sauce and doughnuts. At the Children's Home and County Home, chicken dinners are planned with abundant gifts and a tree. Each resident will receive clothing gifts and sweets from civic groups.
Christmas program Saturday night at Sandfork Baptist Church features Prelude by Julia Belle Sherwin and a play The Lost Church by the Missionary Society. Mrs. Carl Cheatwood reads scripture as the Junior Choir performs and candy and fruit are served to close. Prices at Huntington tobacco market hovered around 18.50 per hundred.
Gallipolis Chambersburg Village will gain a wider two mile concrete state highway with sidewalks. The project requires rights of way and many demolitions as hillside homes near the river may be razed. Retaining walls will support fill sections and the plan aims to avoid hillside cuts. Fife notes strong resident support and plans await department approval early next year.
Gallipolis notes cover Pembroke Club Yuletide gathering with Loren Thomas reading Henry Van Dyke's The Other Wise Man at Mrs. E. E. Higgins home. Dessert served after gift exchange with club president F. W. Shane pouring. An anniversary for Cline Gerlach noted with guests bringing gifts. Riverside Study Club met to discuss Africa with papers by Conklin Donally Barlow Priestley and dessert follows.
The Ohio Bell Telephone Company office force held its annual Christmas party Monday at Island View Inn starting with a three course dinner. Attendees included J. P. Martin, several Mrs. and Misses, and Mrs. Elizabeth Comer. The evening continued with games and gift exchanges at the office building club rooms. HAL BRIDGE CLUB Mrs. Russell Smith hosted her bridge club Friday with three tables in play and gifts exchanged. Ruth Maddy earned high score.
Mr and Mrs Frank Leaper hosted a dinner party Sunday with guests including Mr and Mrs George Groves of Reynoldsburg Mrs John Jay of Columbus Mrs Mary Wetherholt and daughters Beulah and Eleanor Chester Leaper son Jim and daughter Peggy.
Gallipolis High School reports a 1938 football season surplus of $310.99. Total receipts are $2,280.06, plus beginning balance $160.11, totaling $2,440.17. Expenditures amounted to $2,129.18, and all bills are paid, per principal Carl C. Byers.
Mrs Lola Shenefield 63 wife of C E D Shenefield Bowlesville died Wednesday after a long illness. Funeral services set for Saturday at 1 30 in Salem Community Church by Rev J L Stephenson of Bidwell. Surviving children include John H Roger Emma Christine and Mrs Gladys Knotts of the home area Mrs Iva Mc Coy Marion Carl Shenefield L R Shenefield and Langsville residents.
About 95 indigent students received expressions of thanks from school officials and Rotary Club volunteers at a free pre Christmas dinner at Washington School. It was a joyful noon event with donors and children sharing holiday spirit.
New York owner Col Jacob Ruppert of the Yankees announced plans to allow radio broadcasts of all Yankee games next season from his bed in a bid to cheer hospitalized fans. Sponsors are expected to pay about $100,000. The Giants and Dodgers will broadcast for the first time as well.
December licenses issued in Gallia County total 27 nearing June record. Notable licenses include Willard Coy 21 and Genevieve Brown 21 of Jackson, Robert McCarty 24 and Ruth Richardson 21 of Ashton, Thurman McGuire 20 and Mary Adams 18 of Merserville.
Scores of persons attended the Christmas program at Rio Grande High School last night. The event drew broad community participation and showcased student performances.
Wesleyan announces 1939 grid with Alma College De Pauw Case and Youngstown as new foes. Tentative Nov 25 home game with Marshall may be canceled as Buckeye Conference dissolution allows changes. Schedule lists Sept 23 Alma home Sept 29 Youngstown night Oct 7 De Pauw home Oct 14 at Ohio Oct 21 Case home Oct 28 at Miami Nov 4 at Western Reserve Nov 11 at Centre Nov 25 Marshall home tentative Nov 30 at Dayton.
A roundup of scores from multiple college games including Washington 43 over Ohio State 41 and Washington & Lee 48 over Xavier 38. Other notable results feature Toledo 89 over Central State Teachers 87, Michigan 42 over Cornell 27, Notre Dame 48 over Northwestern 30, and Oregon 58 over Canisius 41 with numerous high school lines and local teams listed in the tail.
Eustace Daniels, treated for tularemia in Huntington at a U S Veterans Hospital, will return to his Thivener home in time for Christmas, after several weeks of care.
Gale Mayo, severely cut in a fight a week earlier with Thomas Guthrie, was discharged from Holzer Hospital and returned home to Buck Ridge on Thursday.
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