Even Year Boost Could Crown Purdue Hoops Title
Purdue seeks to clinch at least a share of the Big Ten crown as Illinois, Northwestern, Wisconsin, and Ohio State chase positions. Indiana and Iowa face key games, with Purdue holding an eight win one loss league lead amid tight standings and late-season drama.
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Chicago
lIt
Purdue
Boilermakers
Iowa
Ohio State
Indiana
Hoosiers
Ward (Piggy) Lambert
Illinois
Northwestern
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Madison
Wis
Gene Englund
Bill Haarlow
Haarlow
England
Bill Hapac
Bucks
Don Carlson
Gopher
Bob Shepard
Dick Klein
Recent Bride Is Honored At Shower In Chauncey
Lois Ann Shafer hosted a miscellaneous shower at her Chauncey home for her cousin Elizabeth Spears Bailey wife of Dean Bailey. Guests included Roberta Simmers Doris Bryson Mary Harvey Isabel Courtney Lou Ferrer and others. The refreshment course was served as the group socialized.
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Chauncey
Lois Anner
Carl Shafer
Mound St
Elizabeth Spears
Walter Spears
Dean Bailey
Chauncey District Social and Personal Notes
Chauncey District Social and Personal items report Miss Alice and Ja Johnson visiting Dayton for a Church of Christ meeting. Jack Sanders stayed with grandparents in Millfield. Mrs. Alice Glancy and Pearl visit Columbus. Earl Johnson ill with influenza at Trimble. Mrs. Ella England visits Athens. Mrs. Pauline Jackson ill in Chauncey. Shackards move to High Street.
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Chauncey
Alice
Ja Johnson
Dan Johnson
Church of Christ
Santa Clara of Christ
Dayton
Jack Sanders
Concord
Millfield
Chester L. Sanders
Alice Glancy
Pearl
Orbiston
Columbus
Thompson
Earl Johnson
Trimble
Ella England
Athens
Naomi Finsterwald
Pauline Jackson
Lexington Ave
Shackard
High St
Shankard
Dr B B Backley Weekend Visit in Jacksonville
Chauncey Dr B B Backley on postgraduate study in Ann Arbor with Mrs Backley and children spent the weekend at their Jacksonville home. Sunday they were guests of Dr and Mrs C N Sanders in Millfield.
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Chauncey
B. B. Backley
Ann Arbor
Mich
Couple Taken By Ambulance To White Cross Hospital
Mr and Mrs James Mackie Sr of Millfield were taken by Warren ambulances to White Cross Hospital Columbus Sunday afternoon for treatment. He suffers a serious heart ailment and is in critical condition after a prior two week hospitalization. She has sciatic rheumatism in the left leg and diabetes. They were accompanied by Harley Russell and David Mackie.
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Chauncey
James Mackie
Millfield
Warren
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Mackie
Harley Russell
David Mackie
Mrs. Alice Glancy Celebrates Birthday
Orbiston resident Mrs. Alice Glancy turned 76 last Thursday February 22 with a family dinner hosted by her son-in law and daughter Mr and Mrs George W Thompson of Columbus. Attendees included cousins Mrs C L Hansen and Mrs Mary Hayes, sisters Mrs Kate Blackston and Mrs Maude Brown, daughters Mrs Mary Thompson and Mrs Eunice Searls and Miss Pearl Glancy, son-in-law G W Thompson, and grandchildren Rev Glaze Thompson Mrs Alice Thompson and Harry Thompson.
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Chauncey
Alice Glancy
Orbiston
George W. Thompson
Columbus
Thompson
Mary Hayes
Mr. Glancy
Kate Blackston
Maude Brown
Mary Thompson
Eunice Searls
Pearl Glancy
G. W. Thompson
Glaze Thompson
Alice Thompson
Harry Thompson
Bible Class To Meet At Mrs Burg Johnston Home
Mrs Burg Johnston of Converse will host the Loyal Woman's Bible Class of the Church of Christ Wednesday at 1 30 p m. Mrs Carl Shafer, class president, will lead the meeting and Mrs Floyd Nye will present the lesson. All women of the church are invited.
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Chauncey
Burg Johnston
Converse
Loyal Woman's Bible Class
Church of Christ
Carl Shafer
Floyd Nye
Church
Chauncey visit includes Sauer and Horn guests
Edward Sauer of Athens and Mr and Mrs William Horn of Salem were in Chauncey Friday as guests of Mr and Mrs F H Staffinger of Converse Street. Mrs Staffinger has been ill with influenza the past week.
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Chauncey Chauncey
Edward Sauer
Athens
William Horn
Salem
Chauncey Friday
F. H. Staffinger
Converse St
Staffinger
MecSpaden and Hogan Tied Lead at New Orleans Open
In the final round of the New Orleans Open, Harold McSpaden and Ben Hogan shared the lead at 214. Sam Snead and Lloyd Mangrum stood at 215, with a three-way tie for third including Marvin Stahl Craig Wood and Ralph Guldahl at 217.
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New Orleans
U.P
Harold
Jag) McSpaden
Boston
Mass
Ben Hogan
White Plains
N. Y
Sam Snead
Shawnee on-the-Delaware
Lloyd Mangrum
Marvin Stahl
Lansing
Mich
Craig Wood
Mamaroneck
Ralph Guldahl
McSpaden
Hogan
Snead
Mangrum
Jim McHale
Saranac
Odd Hazards Beat Dawson In Houston Golf Match
Hollywood amateur Johnny Dawson lost the 26th Houston invitation tournament final to Bob Riegal of Houston 7 and 5. Dawson’s tee shot rolled into Spanish moss on a large oak limb. he climbed out on the limb to play, a boy behind him set off a firecracker, yet he still parred the hole and conceded a birdie to Riegal.
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Houston
Tex
U.R
Johnny Dawson
Hollywood
Dawson
Riegal
Net Tourney Play Resumes at National Indoor Championship
The national indoor tennis championships resumed in New York as Bobby Riggs of Chicago, top amateur and No 1 seed, led the men alongside Don McNeill of Kenyon College, who won 6-0 6-1 over Les Hirschfield of New York and then 6-1 6-4 over William Pardoe. In the women’s division, Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan of Brookline seeded No 1 won 6-0 6-1 over Mrs. W. N. Hubbard Jr. of Stamford Conn. Six first-round byes join winners in action.
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New York
U.P
Bobby Riggs
Chicago
Don McNeill
Kenyon College
Les Hirschfield
William Pardoe
Sarah Palfrey Fabyan
Brookline
Mass
W. N. Hubbard, Jr
Stamford
Conn
Six Mines At Work In Chauncey District Reported
Six mines in the Chauncey district reported active work on Monday. The mines listed were No. 107 Poston No. 6 Chauncey No. 25 Carbon dale Coonville and Kimberly.
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Chauncey
Poston No. 6
No. 25
Carbondale
Coonville
Kimberly
Peace in Alabama as 1940 starts without major strikes
Montgomery report shows Alabama entered 1940 with no major industrial strikes and no serious labor disputes on official state records. A note adds a proverb comparing fox colors, indicating no direct relevance to the labor data.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
State Industrial Relations Department
Ohio Mermen Split Two Pennsylvania Meets
Ohio University swimming split a pair of meets in Pennsylvania. They lost to Washington and Jefferson 40 35 after the 400 yard relay, then defeated Grove City 38 28. Johnny Jones set a Grove City pool record in the 50 yard freestyle with 25.5 seconds.
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Ohio University
Pennsylvania
Washington and Jefferson
Bobcats
Ohio
Grove City
Johnny Jones
Jones
J. Jones
Ensiminger
Hill
W&j
Grether
Kramer
Tedrick
McWhorter
Dickens
McCoy
Watson
Loquer
McLennard
Zaworski
Dixon
Burtner
Carlson
Bowles
Tedlick
Zenn
Wildman
Griffith
Childs
Ellerman
Wilderman
Zarowski
Walsh
Kanauga Social Notes Update From Town Residents
Kanauga notes list W F Deem’s recovery in Holzer Hospital with sister Mrs Jennings assisting. Mrs A W Pullins returned from Columbus after visiting son-in-law Albert Spencer and daughter. Paul and Emmett Lambert of Dickinson W Va visited sister Mrs Troy Russell. Sunday School class 2 meet postponed due to weather and member absence. Paul Burns family of Portsmouth plans to move here. Mrs Dewey Jordan recovering from illness. Joe Litchfield visited Huntington. 49 tied Sunday School attendance due to bad weather. Epworth League met in the evening. A note on platinum use in steel industry appears.
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Kanauga
W. F. Deem
Holzer Hospital
Jennings
Pt. Pleasant
A. W. Pullins
Columbus
Albert Spencer
Paul
Emmett Lambert
Dickinson
W. Va
Troy Russell
Paul Burns
Portsmouth
Dewey Jordan
Joe Litchfield
Huntington
Epworth
Ee Ables
Wooster seeks back-to-back Ohio hoops titles in race
Wooster College, led by coach Mose Hole and a squad of sophomores and juniors, nears a guaranteed Ohio Conference and state wide crown after a 58 to 51 upset of Muskingum. Ohio U star Baumholtz scored 48 last week to extend scoring lead as Toledo and Ohio U vie for second.
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Columbus
Wooster College
Ohio
Case
Muskingum
Wooster
Oberlin
Toledo
Ohio U
Ohio State
Duquesne
Mose Hole
Buckeye
de Sales
Dayton
Bloomington
Bucks
Minnesota
Michigan
Miami
Ohio Wesleyan
Cincinnati
Western Michigan
Detroit
Washington & Jefferson
Frank Baumholtz
Bob Gerber
Baumholtz
Gerber
Chester Ladies Aid quilting at Mrs Bell home
Chester Lays Aid Society of the Chester M E Church met for an all day quilting at Mrs T K Bells home with a potluck lunch. Members and guests listed include E R Hayes J S Bailey B R Smith Ward Hayes J F Brown Henry Beaver Buel Ridenour Vern Cleland Marion Wood and others. Ethel Holter Parkersburg visited ill aunt Mrs Ward Kimes.
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Chester — Ladies Aid Society
Chester M. E. Church
T. K. Bell
E. R. Hayes
J. S. Bailey
B. R. Smith
Ward Hayes
J. F. Brown
Henry Beaver
Buel Ridenour
Vern Cleland
T. K
Ward Kimes
Vocational Agriculture Rooms
Ed White
Long Bottom
Howard Knight
Harry Lodwick
Carl Biddle
Racine
Edgar L Silver Adorns 45 Year Old Suit for Birthday Call
In Lawrence Massachusetts 85 year old Edgar L Silver marks birthdays by dressing in a blue suit from 45 years ago and a 60 year old top hat to visit friends each year.
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Lawrence
Mass
Edgar L. Silver
Bowling title drought ends in state meet
In Mansfield Ohio the state women’s bowling tournament saw champions dethroned as Rose Zerneckel and Hazel Richtchany of Canton led in Class A doubles, while Estelle Roesner and Ruth Sauer of Columbus were likely successors in Class A doubles. The event closed with top teams advancing and defending champs missing top five slots. In a separate matter, Judge C H Huston sentenced James Collins, 53, to one to three years in the Ohio penitentiary for parole violation.
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W. L. Pet
Ave. Wooster
Ohio
Toled
Columbus
WU P
Qreus
Muskingum
de Sales
Xr. Grande
Findlay
Rose Zerneckel
Hazel Richtchany
Ards
Canton
Ohio State
Holbrook
Wittenb
Cedarville
Westeyn
W. Reserve
Estelle Roesner
Ruth Sauer
North
Loomed
Suc J
Carroll
Wilming
Kent State
Ashland
Lora
Dora McMillen
Cincinnati
Yester xAkron
Gase
AIG
Defiance
Hiram
Oberlin
Xavier
Kenyon
Riverview
Ann Ranft
Dayton
Cleveland
Heidelberg
Marietta
Richards
Wal
Bluffton
Millie Klier
Chirop
Mansfield, CO
Common Pleas Court
C. H. Huston
James Collins
Columbus Boy Shatters Two Rifle Records At Meet
Fred Gierhart Jr., 18, of Columbus, sets national junior and senior rifle records by hitting 200 of 200 plus 32 tens in the prone position at the Midwest small bore meet in Fort Hayes. The event draws 252 shooters with multiple records broken across the week end. Dorothea Kelly of Akron ties the national 589 of 600 to win three position all around. Edith Hancock, 17, Akron, wins junior championship with 281 of 300.
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Columbus
U.P
Fred Gierhart Jr
Gierhart
Fort Hayes
Dorothea Kelly
Akron
Sam Bond
New
Philadelphia
Edith Hancock
Dodgers Consider Flying Major League Schedule to Save Costs
Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Larry McPhail plans to switch from train travel to air travel for all road games this season. He is negotiating with TWA to rent a Boeing stratoliner to carry the entire team, or two Douglas sleepers until then, arguing that air travel would shorten schedules, reduce hotel costs, and cut player fatigue.
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Los Angeles
Larry McPhail
Brooklyn Dodgers
TWA
Dodgers
Sonja Henie
Detroit Red Wings
New York
Pittsburgh Panthers
Seattle
McPhail
Poet Lloyd Haberly Prints Verse on Old Widener Press
Cambridge, Mass. Lloyd Haberly, a poet and guest at Harvard, used a 150 year old hand printing press in Widener Library to produce his annual volume of lyric poetry.
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Cambridge
Mass
Lloyd Haberly
Harvard University
Widener Library
Thief Steals Tub From Castilo Di Marco Shed
In Revere Massachusetts a thief broke into Castillo Di Marco's tool shed and vanished a bathtub a rake and several dollars. Police have not determined motive or suspect details.
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Revere
Mass
Castillo di Marco
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