Beagles topple Western Kentucky as Falcons surge past unbeaten foes
Bowling Green's fast breaking Falcons toppled Western Kentucky 75 to 64 in Columbus. Bee Gees guard Gene Dudley scored 10 straight on the fast break while Odis Sears led Western Kentucky with 19 points. Xavier improved to 6-2, and Ball State suffered a 55-39 setback to Navier. Howie Schueller led Musketeers with 17 points in a 29-13 first half surge.
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Bowling Green
Falcons
Kentuck
Bee-Gees
Ohio Collegians
Navier
Ball State
Indiana
Akron
Connecticut
Toledo
Rockets
Cornell
Glass City
Western Reserve
Cleveland
Western Kentucky
Gene Dudley
Kentuckians
West Virginia
Charles Share
Bee- Gees
Odis Sears
Xavier
Howie Schueller
Malice Mullen
Musketeers
Schueller
High School and College Basketball Results Recap
AP reports scores across divisions with Lima St Rose beating Lima St Johns 47 29 Canton Central Catholic 51 over Springfield Central Catholic 37 Bowling Green defeats Western Kentucky 75 64 Xavier 55 39 Ball State Akron 60 48. City College of New York tops Santa Clara 56 47 UCLA 66 64 in OT Duquesne 56 over Quantico Marines Yale 60 Northwestern 50 Iowa State 53 Michigan 51 DePaul 84 over Morningside 34 Michigan State 53 Harvard 47 OT Oregon 66 61 Kansas 61 Marshall West Virginia vs Santa Barbara canceled California 60 Oregon State 55 All College Tournament Oklahoma City Baylor 36 Wyoming 29 Alabama 45 Rice 42 Oklahoma A M 46 Hamline 30 Invitation Fort Worth Texas A M 45 LSU 44 Southern Methodist 65 Hardin Simmons 57
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Canton Central Catholic
Springfield
Central Catholic
Ohio College
Bowling Green
Western Kentucky
Xavier
Ball State
Akron
Connecticut
City College of New York
Santa Clara
UCLA
Long Island U
Duquesne
Quantico Marines
Yale
Northwestern
Iowa State
Michigan
DePaul
Morningside
Sioux City
Michigan State
Harvard
Oklahoma City
Baylor
Wyoming
Alabama
Rice
Oklahoma A & M
Hamline
Lions Deal Talks Collapse in Detroit Football Bid
Detroit Lions owner Fred Mandel and a group of local businessmen formed the Detroit Football Co to seek a spot in the All America Conference after negotiations to sell the Lions fell apart amid financial discord. Both sides said they were too far apart.
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Detroit
Fred Mantlel
Detroit Lions
The
Detroit Football Co
Mandel
Lions
Walcott Top Heavyweight Contender in NBAA ratings
The National Boxing Association for the first time in nearly two years names Jersey Joe Walcott as No 1 threat to Joe Louis. Other heavyweights in honorable mention include Olle Tandberg Elmer Ray Joe Baksi and Joe Maxim.
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Washington
National Boxing Association
Joe Louis
NBAA
Joe Walcott
NBA
Olle Tandberg
Elmer Ray
Joe Baksi
Joe Maxim
Irish Break Records Attendance Mark Sets Season Milestone
Notre Dame's undefeated 1947 football team drew 571,527 spectators, breaking the Irish season attendance record from 1929. Four home games attracted 228,171 fans, surpassing the 218,000 all-time high set in 1946.
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South Bend
Ind
Notre Dame
Beau Jack Defines Win In Providence Bout
In Providence Beau Jack from Atlanta won a ten round decision over Billy Kearns of Hartford. The bout lasted ten rounds and featured Jack securing the points over Kearns.
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Providence
R.I
Beau Jack
Atlanta
Billy Kearns
Hartford
Boston
Tippy Larkin
Garfield
N.J
Pete Manchio
Brooklyn
Births and Discharges at Point Clinic
Point Pleasant notes report a son named Henry Burke weighing seven pounds eleven ounces born Friday at the Point Clinic to Mr and Mrs William Pinnell of Ravenswood. Miss Georgianna Rayburn, a surgical patient, was discharged on Monday and sent home.
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Point Pleasant
Henry Burke
Point Clinic
William Pinnell
Ravenswood
Georgianna Rayburn
Ohio University 1947 golf and track squads post middling seasons
Ohio University golf and track teams finished 1947 with mediocre records. Golfers under Kermit Blosser split eight duals and tied Kenyon while finishing third in the MAC scramble behind Wayne and Butler. Dick Flackenzier led the squad. Cindermen under Roy Pille won their first meet 70-48 over Western Reserve, then lost to Bowling Green. Roy Johnston anchored a 62-60 relay win over Cincinnati with Pat Groeniger strong in earlier events. In Detroit MAC meet OU finished third behind Wayne and Butler. Bill Hillyard won the pole vault and Ed Mazzocco the 2 mile. The final dual beat Ohio Wesleyan 65-62 at Delaware. Harry Cox ran dashes. Quentin Briesford of Wesleyan won the mile and half mile. All-Ohio meet in Shelby saw OU fifth behind Baldwin Wallace.
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Ohio University
Kermit Blosser
Kenyon
Xavier
Roy Pille
Western Reserve
Harry Cox
Fred Schleicher
Bobcats
Bowling Green
Roy Johnston
Cincinnati
Pat Groeniger
Ohio
Groeniger
Detroit
Quentin Briesford
Wesleyan
Shelby Stadium
Delaware
Cats
Baldwin Wallace
Harrison Dillard
Miami
Hillyard
Jim Whitaker
Grid Chart Appears From Athens Messenger Page
Southeast listing shows initials for schools and teams such as South Methodist Kansas Texas Tech William Mary Georgia Mississippi Eastern Stars Catowba ll Hawaii San Diego North Texas College of Pacific West Chester So California Penn State Georgia Tech Miami Arkansas Maryland Texas Christian Western Stars Marshall Redlands Hard Simmons Wichita Nevada Missouri Valley.
Football Contest Rules and Entry Details
The Messenger invites entries for a New Year football contest with a ten dollar prize for the most correct picks. One coupon per person. ties may share up to five prizes. Submit at The Messenger sports desk before noon December 31. entries published daily through December 30.
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Messenger Sports Desk
Chappins Injures Leg In Butte
Michigan star Bott Chappuis strained a thigh muscle during Rose Bowl practice raising doubt about his availability for the New Year’s Day game against Southern California. If sidelined, Gene Derricotte and Walt Teninga would carry additional duty as Crisler monitors his status and clinics plan two more Rose Bowl sessions.
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Pasadena
Calif
Michigan
Bott Chappins
Fritz Crisler
Crisler
Jim Hunt
Toledo
Brookside Park
USC Trojans
Chappuis
Gene Derricotte
Defiance
Ohio
Walt Teninga
Chicago
Wolverines
Jeff Cravath
Trojans
Santa Barbara
Mrs. Ella Bates Rites Set After Sudden Illness
Funeral services are planned Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the Presbyterian Church for Mrs. Ella M. Bates 68 who died Monday at Holzer Hospital of a heart attack. Burial will be in Lone Oak Cemetery. She was born in Gallipolis Ferry and was survived by her daughter Mrs. Freda Holley and sister Mrs. Alice Thomas. husband Charles Bates died in 1928.
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Point Pleasant
Presbyterian Church
Ella M. Bates
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis Ferry
Joe
Rhoda Deigh
Charles Bates
Freda Holley
Alice Thomas
Columbus
Holley
Bank Switches Calendar From Water to Air
Citizens National Bank in Point Pleasant adopts a 1948 calendar showing the first air flight in the United States a balloon ascent by a Frenchman in Philadelphia on Jan 9 1793 President George Washington among witnesses and labeled The Birth of American Aviation. The bank previously featured marine scenes such as steamboats or river waters on calendars.
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Point Pleasant
Citizens National Bank
United States
Philadelphia
George Washington
Betty Burdette Returns to Charleston After Holidays
Miss Betty Burdette visits Charleston from holidays with her aunt Mrs. Eunice Beller of 412 Twenty-First St. Weekend guests at 2107 Mt. Vernon Ave include Mrs. Mabel Shoop, Mrs. Harry Deval, Mrs. Dan Hamill, and Mrs. H. E. Shoop of Marietta. James Eshenaur plans to leave for Mt. Pleasant Iowa to resume studies at Iowa Wesleyan College after a holiday stop with Dr. and Mrs. R. W. Eshenaur of Jefferson Blvd.
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Betty Burdette
Charleston
Eunice Beller
Twenty-First St
C. W. Gafken
Mt. Vernon Ave
Gafken
Mabel Shoop
Harry Deval
Dan Hamill
H. E. Shoop
Marietta
Mail Carrier Off Duty in Point Pleasant
William Yeager city mail carrier in the downtown business district has been off duty since Christmas because of illness. John Dower is the substitute carrier.
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Point Pleasant
William Yeager
John Dower
Food Handlers Conference Planned in Mason County
R O Criss reports Mason County health officials announce compulsory food handling conferences under state rules. Two 1 hour sessions daily over two days will be held in Point Pleasant and Mason City with W W Marshall directing at Morgantown Public Health Training Center.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Mason City
W. W. Marshall
West Virginia Public Health Training Center
Morgantown
Spencer Clendenin Residents Are Visitors
Mrs Lula Simmons of Spencer and Mrs Cora Davies of Clendenin are visiting their sister in law Mrs Homer Stump on Ohio River Road while their brother recovers in Charleston Hospital after surgery. The Stumps recently bought a home near the West Virginia Ordnance Works plant area once used as staff housing. Mr Stump, a former Clendenin resident and retired businessman, is improving.
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Point Pleasant
Lula Simmons
Spencer
Cora Davies
Clendenin
Inlaw
Homer Stump
Ohio River Road
Charleston
Stumps
West Virginia
Yeager Resident Named Beauty Shop Manager
Yeager West Virginia resident Mrs. Edna Lee has been engaged to manage the Dodde Graham Beauty Shoppe in the Bus Terminal Building for an indefinite period. The manager elect will take over soon after January 1 and will be a temporary assignment while Mrs. Foran pursues other work for several months. Mrs. Lee is the sister of Mrs. Richard H. Melrose and is visiting Mrs. Melrose.
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Point Pleasant
Doddee Graham Foran
Edna Lee
Yeager
W. Va
Dodde Graham
Season's lowest temperature hits 16 at Point Pleasant
Monday morning recorded a 16 degree low in Point Pleasant making it the coldest spell of the season. U S Weather Observer E C Winger noted shore ice forming along the Ohio River extending several feet into the stream.
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Point Pleasant
U. S
E. C. Winger
Ohio River
Agricultural programs invite farmer applications in Pleasants
The Mason County Agricultural Adjustment Association announces it is accepting farmer applications for 1948 allotments of lime, phosphate, potash and for contour strip cropping and mowing of pastures.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Agricultural Adjustment Association
Hope Co Expands Leases Near Leon Area
Guy Burdette of Leon said Hope Natural Gas Co holds a large block of leases around Leon while rivals have begun leasing farms not previously held by Hope. Hope has paid rents for about 20 years. The Mt Alto Flat area near Columbian Carbon Co opens a new field about nine miles from Leon.
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Point Pleasant
Guy Burdette
Leon
Messenger
The
Hope Natural Gas Co
Hope the
Hope Co
Burdette
Mt. Alto-Flat
DAR Chapter Meets Priday at The Mansion House
DAR Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter will meet Friday afternoon in The Mansion House. Regent Eunice Beller chairs a 2 30 directors gathering and a 3 o clock social. Rev Robert Finlay Thomas of Christ Episcopal Church will speak and vocal selections will be performed by Mrs Howard Proffitt. Hostesses include Mrs J J Dower and others.
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Point Pleasant
Charles Lewis
Dar
Mansion House
Eunice Beller
Clyde Tallman
Robert Finlay Thomas
Christ Episcopal Church
Howard Proffitt
J. J. Dower
Howard Price
Edward Ohlinger
L. C. Somerville
Edward Biddle
C. O. Durfee
W. H. Vaught
Chester A. Roush
Harold Sayre
C. O. Weissenburger
Durst Rites Held Monday
Durst 74 died Saturday night at his Mt. Alto home after three weeks illness. Funeral services were Monday at the Presbyterian Church in Cologne District with burial in the church cemetery. A lifelong farmer, he was a Jackson County native. Surviving are five sons and four daughters. Several relatives attended from Mt. Alto and nearby towns.
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Point Pleasant
William Durst
Mt. Alto
Presbyterian Church
Ripley Road
Cologne
Church
Mr. Durst
Jackson County
Iva Ridenour
K. F. Ridenour
Flat Rock
Early
Wally Durst
Rodney Durst
Akron
Roe Durst
Toronto
Ohio
Bernard Durst
Niles Ohio
Marie Click
Fay Lyons
Alberta Taylor
Geneva Kemena
T. L. Morrison
Dencil Wedge
Paul Wedge
Lester Bethel
London
Bessie Herrenkohl
Walter and Bell Ridenour
Huntington
Elizabeth Gerlach
Letart
2 Month Old Charge Results in $5 Fine in Point Pleasant
Bill Hughes of Gallipolis Ferry was charged with intoxication and arrested by State Trooper Coyner and Constable Morrison. He pleaded guilty and was fined $5 plus costs. The complaint was filed two months ago, Hughes says he has since joined the Army.
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Point Pleasant
Bill Hughes
Gallipolis Ferry
H. D. Coyner
Toral Morrison
Hughes
Disturbance of Worship Charged in Mason County Case
Carl Matheny of Leon pleaded guilty to disturbing public worship at Harvey Chapel Methodist Church before a local magistrate. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined 25 dollars plus costs. Andrew A. Biffle filed the complaint after hearing of a warrant issued for Matheny. The legislature recently allowed magistrate trials for such cases, a first in Mason County.
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Point Pleasant
Carl Matheny
Leon
Harvey Chapel Methodist Church
Andrew A. Biffle
Matheny
Mason County
Miss Ella Johnson Dies at Home in Union Community
Miss Ella Johnson 60 died Sunday at her Union Community home after a long illness. She was daughter of James and Sarah Johnson and survived by six sisters and three brothers. Funeral services precede burial Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Union EUB Church with Rev. Wilbur Wray officiating. She was a member of the EUB Church.
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Point Pleasant
Ella Johnson
Union Community
James
Sarah Johnson
Emma
Anna Johnson
Addie Taylor
Cora van Meter
Lily Blazer
Union
Edna Weaver
Mason City
Willie Johnson
Letart
Henry Johnson
New Haven
Edgar Johnson
Broad Run
Union Eub Church
Wilbur Wray
Miss Johnson
EUB Church
Woman's Club Dance Benefits New Home Plan
POINT PLEASANT The Senior Woman's Club dance in the American Legion Hall Friday night drew about 75 couples. Funds support the club's planned new home. Gill and Shadle Orchestra of Charleston provided music. Committee on arrangements included Mrs. J. D. Swords and others.
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Point Pleasant
American Legion Hall
Gill and Shadle
Charleston
J. D. Swords
Milton L. Miller
Gail Faires
L. W. Getty
O. L. Easley
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