Ohio High School Coaches Back Brown for Ohio State Post
The Ohio High School Coaches Association urged backing for Massillon’s Paul E. Brown as Ohio State head coach. President James H. Robinson sent letters to 500 coaches, alumni, editors and officials urging action, citing Brown’s record and advocating promotion of high school talent to Buckeye jobs.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Back Brown
Ohio State Post
Columbus
Ohio High School Coaches’ Association
Ohio State University
Paul E. Brown
Massillon
Brown
James H
Jim) Robinson
Canton Lehman High School
Buckeye
Francis Lehmidt
Robinson
L. W. St. John
Ohio State
St. John
Association
Bukeye University
Paul Brown
National Coaches Association
National Football Rules Committee
Aggies' Star Blocker Wouldn't Trade Places With Ball
College Station Tex. Jim Thomason the Aggies' star blocker carries the line for Fordham's Cotton Bowl bid. The third AP All America guard acknowledges blocking as his pride and credits Kimbrough's speed, while Vaughn touts Thomason as the greatest football player today.
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Aggies
College Station
Tex
Old Percheron
Texas Aggies
Jim Thomason
Fordham
Jarrin
John Kimbrough
Aggie
Jim
Associated Press
Tommie
Kimbrough
Thomason
Tommie Vaughn
Birth announced for Judith Karen Bing in Gallipolis
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bing announce the birth of a daughter on Saturday December 21 at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis. The baby is the Bings first child and has been named Judith Karen. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Smith Sr. and Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Bing.
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Middleport
Charles Bing
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Bings
Judith Karen
J. K. Smith
Sixth Ave
A. A. Bing
Cheshire
Year-Old Girl Dies At Apple Grove Home
Phyllis Jean Scarberry the year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs Averill Scarberry died Sunday at the family home in Apple Grove. Funeral services were held at two o'clock this afternoon at the Letart Methodist Church.
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Pomeroy
Phyllis Jean Scarberry
Averill Scarberry
Apple Grove
Letart Methodist Church
Brechtel Rites Held
Funeral services for Peter Brechtel, who died Wednesday evening at his Storys Run home, were held Sunday afternoon. Interment followed at Cheshire Grave Hill Cemetery.
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Middleport
Peter Brechtel
Storys Run
Cheshire Grave Hill Cemetery
Bradford Youth Rally Set for Bradford Church
The Youth Rally of the Churches of Christ Bradbury Bradford Dexter Rutland Circuit is scheduled Friday night December 27 at 7 30 at the Bradford Church. Rev. O W Williams of McArthur will be the speaker.
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Bradford
Churches of Christ of Bradbury
Racine Social And Personal Highlights From Wednesday
Racine High School Science Club met at the school for a business session led by president Miss Betty O Connor. Prizes were won by O Connor Holman Body and Wagner. consolation prizes by Roush Sayre Nease Wolfe. Entertainment and refreshments committees named. Also covered are Farm Bureau Council activities in Oak Grove, officer elections, and multiple local personal notes including hospital visits and a nose growth operation for Henry Bentz Jr.
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Racine—Science Club
Racine High School
Betty O’connor
Betty O'Connor
Jean Holman
Marjorie Body
Gayle Wagner
Bob Roush
Dean Sayre
Arthur Nease
Beryl Wolfe
Pauline Alexander
Mary Jean Watson
Marian Simpson
Ruth Spencer
Roy Spencer
Edmond Grueser
Clyde Cross
A. B. Cross
Clyde
Earl
Athens
Charles Theiss
Great Lakes
Mike Theiss
Clark Jiiden
Harold Wright J
Huntington
Jiiden
Wright
Paul Allison
Mattie Ross
Miss Ross
Ralph Ross
Camden Clark Hospital
Parklersburg
Sidney Carpenter
Thelma Torrence
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
Miss Torrence
Henry Bentz Jr
University Hospital
Columbus
Feller Voted Player of the Year by New York Writers
Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians, who led the American League with 27 wins and 261 strikeouts, was chosen by New York baseball writers as their Player of the Year. The 22-year-old Iowa native opened the season with a no hit no run game and led in ERA, appearances, and complete games. Greenberg was his rival for the honor, while Buck Walters received meritorious service recognition.
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Judson Bailey
New York
Robert Feller
New York Baseball Writers
Bob Quinn
Boston Bees
Feller
Cleveland Indians
New York Writers’ Award
Bill Terry
Lou Gehrig
Herb Pennock
Carl Hubbell
Dizzen Dean
Hank Greenberg
Tony Lazzeri
Joe Dimaggio
Jimmie Foxx
Buck
Coast Quintets Seek To Snap Hoosier String
Three West Coast teams visit Indiana to challenge the Hoosiers who wear the nation’s longest non conference winning streak at 28. Indiana faces California Berkeley UCLA and USC in successive games while Minnesota Illinois Iowa also play tonight with a crowded slate of results across the Big Ten.
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Chicago
Indiana University
Hoosiers
California
Berkeley
Southern California
U.C.L.A
Minnesota
Creighton
Illinois
Notre Dame
Iowa
Michigan State
Hawkeyes
Indiana
Stanford
Everett Dean
Boudreau Is Best Rookie in 1940
Louis Boudreau of the Cleveland Indians, a 23 year old rookie shortstop, led AL rookies in fielding and double plays, hit .295 with 101 RBIs, and appeared in 155 games. The Chicago Baseball Writers named him Rookie of the Year and will award the J Louis Comiskey memorial prize at their Jan 7 dinner.
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Chicago
Cleveland Indians
Louis Boudreau
Baseball Writers Association of America
J. Louis Comiskey
Vinton County Court Notes Swear In Set For Jan 6 1941
Six new Vinton County officials are to be sworn in Monday January 6 1941 with three re elected officers taking oath. New officials include Milo Scott as recorder Elvey C Frn as commissioner C G Harper as commissioner Delbert L Johnson as clerk of courts James W Darby as prosecuting attorney and O C Reed as representative. Re elec tions will keep Sheriff Earl Stuck Engineer J M Ogan and Coroner J E Strong. Probate Judge C O Chapman will succeed himself February 3 and Ronald Simms will replace Carl Smith as treasurer September 1. Holdover officers include Auditor Lawrence E Gill Judge A L Chatfield and Commissioner J W Gardner. Swearing in may occur all at once on January 6 by Judge Catfield. Clerk elect Johnson to begin duties December 23 with clerk Lewis assisting. Recorder elect Scott learning duties under Hazel Marstin.
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Johnson
Lewis
Scott
Hazel Marstin
Meat production and consumption in the Atlantic states
The north Atlantic states Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut New York New Jersey Rhode Island Delaware Maryland and Pennsylvania produce only one twenty fifth of the nation s meat yet consume one third of it, highlighting a regional disparity in supply and demand.
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North Atlantic States
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Delaware
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Tiger Hawk named in honor of Hank Greenberg in New York column
A collage of sports notes from New York and beyond mentions J J Mooney naming a yearling trotter Tiger Hawk for Hank Greenberg, Miami University seeking a football coach at a $10000 offer, Monte Pearson priced at 30000 by the Yankees, and various bowl and racing items. Other items include Rose Bowl plans, star forecasts, and a jestful poem about Old Nick Altrock.
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New York
J. J. Mooney
Detroit
Tiger Hawk
Hank Greenberg
Miami U
Florida
Hya
Yankees
Monte Pearson
Bill McKechnie
Everett
Mass
Strikes to Spare Third in Bowling Series
A guide on building a relaxed stance for bowling with Freddie Fischer as the reference. It covers grip, posture, and balance, suggesting 9 to 12 feet back from the foul line and three to five stride options. Practice at home, maintain rhythm, and finish with a balanced slide.
Chauncey Children To See Santa Tonight
In Chauncey, Lawrence Reeves will play Santa at 6 pm beside the Christmas tree on Sycamore Street near the Manual Training Building. The street will be closed 6 to 8 pm from Converse Street to Jacobs Avenue as 606 bags of candy are handed to children with tickets.
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Chauncey
Lawrence Reeves
Santa Claus
Sycamore St
Manual Training
Converse St
Jacobs Ave
W. D. Hines
Luther Cruikshank
J. Henry Lock
Clyde Bobo
Earl Fitzpatrick
Saul Border
Carl Shafer
Alva Karns
Herbert Wise
Burglars Fail To Secure Food at Chauncey School
Chauncey Lincoln School Building janitors found a forced basement door but the food storage room door withstood entry. Investigators report the same tool style used in prior thefts, with minor damage. nearly a ton of food was stored for noon meals. Authorities pledge renewed effort to catch culprits. a missing mimeograph duplicating machine from 1939 remains unrecovered.
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Chauncey
Lincoln
Jordan and
Johnston
Alva Karns
Match Bayless
Bud Day
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Chauncey Village
Dover Township
Fed
Chauncey District Socials and Family Visits
Chauncey residents host Christmas vacation visitors including William and Eunice May Watkins from Kimberlin Heights and Columbus. Erle and Don Bridgewater of Ohio State University spend holidays with Chauncey parents. James L. Ferguson visits from Charleston W Va. John Stanley ill with rheumatism. Mrs Nancy Smith ill at Bailey Run home. Gilbert Love moves to live with grandmother Mary Meinhart on Converse Street where she remains seriously ill.
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Chauncey
William Watkins
Johnson Bible College
Kimberlin Heights
Tenn
Eunice May Watkins
Columbus
Florence Watkins
May Ave. Erle Bridgewater, Jr
Ohio State University
Don Bridgewater
Erle Bridgewater
High St
James L. Ferguson
Charleston
W. Va
Chauncey Church of Christ
John Stanley
Floyd Stanley
Converse St
Nancy Smith
John Jackson
Bailey Run
Gilbert Love
Mill St
Mary Meinhart
Meinhart
Sweeney returns from Chicago after visit with ailing mother
Mrs Lillie Sweeney of Chauncey came back Saturday from Chicago where she spent two weeks at the bedside of her mother Mrs Corfield who suffered a paralytic stroke. The condition remains serious with no improvement and Mrs Sweeney plans to return to Chicago after Christmas.
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Chauncey
Lillie Sweeney
Chicago
Christmas Services Draw Large Crowds Across CHAUNCEY Parish
About 500 people attended all Church of Christ services. Total offerings reached 70.88 with Chauncey 20.96 and Greens Run 12.63 per capita. Millfield saw the biggest attendance rise in Bible School at 57, while Greens Run hosted a 22 voice youth choir. A Greens Run Christmas choir and Millfield candlelight service drew capacity crowds.
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Chauncey
Church of Christ
Trimble
Greens Run
Millfield
Bible School
Young People
Helen Fierbaugh
Taylor Ridge
Albany Club Christmas Party and New Community Aid
The Albany Two-in-One Club held its Christmas party at Mrs. Frank Radcliff's home on December 19 with officers and members renewing commitments. The group filled its twenty-member quota, adopted a needy family, and organized food clothing and toy donations distributed to seven families via the local school. A January meeting will be at Mrs. Clarence Morrison’s in Athens with Mrs. Vernon Canny leading.
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Albany
Albany Two-in
Frank Radcliff
C. L. Cunningham
Dana Williams
L. F. Miller
Guy Wingett
Paul Barnes
Vance Springer
Sam _ Scott
Vernon Canny
Emmett Wingett
Howard Ayler
Clarence Vorhees
Mary Neff
Don Young
Charles Shaver
Iris Cunningham
A. D. Cline
Howard Stanley
Simonton
Hoyt Haning
Lucille Wingett
Everett Elliot
Will Cline
Club
Clarence Morrison
Athens
Ayler
Holiday Intersections Spark Busy College Basketball Schedule
Christmas to New Year brings a dense intersessional slate led by top programs such as Long Island, St. John’s, NYU, Manhattan, Seton Hall, Villanova, La Salle, Temple, Baltimore, Duquesne, Pittsburgh and others. Key games feature Indiana, Iowa, Purdue, Kansas, Oklahoma, Rice, Stanford, USC, and Oregon State in a series of doubleheaders and invitational rounds across Philadelphia and New York, with additional showdowns in Columbus and St. Louis as teams chase early-season prominence.
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Ray Lapham
Walter Brown
Boston Garden
Louis
M'Coy
Buffalo
Sonja Honey
Nebraskas
Tempe
Ariz
Dixie Howell
Arizona State Bulldogs
Broadway
Zivic-Jenkins
Brooklyn Eagles
Zivic
Jenkins
New York Sun
Long Island
St. John’s
Brooklyn
New York University
Manhattan
Seton Hall
Villanova
la Salle
Temple
Baltimore
Duquesne
Pittsburgh
BIG Ten
Indiana
Iowa
Purdue
Big Six
Kansas
Iowa State
Missouri Valley
Oklahoma Aggies
Creighton
Southwest
Rice
Big Seven
Colorado
Pacific Coast
Stanford
California
Oregon State
Philadelphia
Oklahoma
William and Mary
Bradley Tech
Butler
Yale
Washington University
Illinois
Notre Dame
Rutgers-Brown
Michigan State
Minnesota-Creighton
Bradley
New York
Santa Clara
City College
Fordham
Minnesota
Illinois Temple
Colorado-St. Joseph's
Columbus
Princeton
Ohio State
Michigan
Cornell-Toledo
Indiana-U. C. A de
Snead Wins Havana Match in Cuba Showdown
Sam Snead, the West Virginia star, defeated Rufino Gonzalez with rounds of 69 and 68 for seven under par. The 36-hole match at Havana Country Club finished Snead five strokes ahead as the wagerholders, Thomas Shevlin and Thorvald Sanchez, watched.
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Havana
Sam Snead
West Virginia
Rufino Gonzalez
Cuba
Thomas Shevlin
New York
Thorvald Sanchez
Snead
Sanchez
Sammy
Class To Elect CHAUNCEY at Everyman's Bible Class Meeting
An important business meeting of Everyman's Bible Class of the Church of Christ will be held Friday night at 7 30 oclock in the home of class president Carl Shafer on Ellis Ave. Reports from the secretary and treasurer will be given and officers elected, followed by a social hour and refreshments run by the social committee Carl Gardner Denver Bricker and Guy Brookins.
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Chauncey
Church of Christ
Carl Shafer
Ellis Ave
Karl Gardner
Denver Bricker
Guy Brookins
Connie Mack Sees 1941 A's Pitching Challenge
Connie Mack, 78, says he does not expect a birthday present from the Athletics or a retirement. He believes the 1941 A's may disappoint again due to pitching, though he is satisfied with the roster except at shortstop. Mack will be saluted with a birthday luncheon and a gold lifetime pass.
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Philadelphia
Connie Mack
American League Athletics
Shibe Park
A's
Connie
Mr. Mack
Philadelphia Baseball Writers
Baseball Writers Association of America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Kenesaw Landis
Baseball
Ford Frick
William Harridge
Mack
Toledo Rockets Lead Ohio College Basketball Standings
The University of Toledo Rockets hold the top Buckeye basketball record with six wins and no defeats. Ohio University and Ohio Northern follow with four wins, while Mount Union Wooster and John Carroll trail with three, two, and one wins respectively. Ohio Northern and Kent State share the conference lead with three wins and no losses.
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Columbus
Ohio
University of Toledo Rockets
Buckeye
Alumni
Alfred Holbrook
Ohio State
Princeton
Michigan
Pittsburgh
Cornell
Toledo
Rockets
Ohio University
Ohio Northern
Mount Union
Wooster
John Carroll
Kent State
Christmas Party Held At Heath Church
Children at Heath Methodist Church Sunday School received candy in decorated boxes and many classes held gift exchanges. In the Young Boys Class money normally for presents was donated to the Red Cross for War Relief contributions.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
Red Cross
Ensign Lloyd Thomas Visits Parents For Holidays
Ensign Lloyd Thomas of the Naval Air Corps stationed aboard the USS Enterprise in San Diego California is home for the holidays with his parents Mr and Mrs Rice Thomas and family.
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Chauncey
Lloyd Thomas
Naval Air Corps
San Diego
Calif
Rice Thomas
Enterprise
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