Indiana Trips Iowa To Give OSU Big Ten Title
Ohio State clinches a fifth Western Conference basketball title after Indiana defeats Iowa 49 43 at Iowa City. OSU finished 10 2 in the Big Ten, Iowa 8 2, with Indiana’s win delivering the crown and potential NCAA bid.
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Vpi
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Ana
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Minnesota
Wildcats
Hoosiers
Lutherans Edge B Gees In Ohio State Race
The Lutherans of Wittenberg beat Bowling Green 50 to 34 in a non league game, boosting their season to 13 wins and 2 losses while BG stands at 25 and 4. Gene Fellemeth and Gus Shroyer were ejected after a late scuffle. Toledo lost 62 to 56 at Great Lakes Naval, Syi Goedde scoring 23 to lead, while Mel Riebe had 22 for the Bluejackets.
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Gene Fellemeth
Gus Shroyer
Toledo
Rockets
Great Lakes Naval Training
Renter
Syi Goedde
Spore
Bluejackets
Mel Riebe
Bulldog Norm Rouse A Fearsome Bulldog Leader On Court
Norm Rouse, center and captain of the Athens Bulldogs, led the 45 46 squad with stellar rebounding and 111 season points. The 17 year old senior missed Nelsonville with a sprained ankle and limited Logan the next game scoring only two points. Rouse’s rebounding and team leadership were decisive factors in early losses and in keeping the offense cohesive.
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Bulldogs
Athens
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Nelsonville
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Dover Blue Devils end season with strong record
Chauncey-Dover closed the basketball season by defeating Glouster in both varsity and reserve games. Varsity 40 25 and reserves 24 11. Chauncey-Dover varsity 7 wins in 17 games. reserves 8 wins in 13. Tournament at Logan High March 1 2 8 and 9. opponent not yet known.
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Glouster
Chauncey
Varsity
Rockbridge
Nelsonville
Murray City
Union Furnace
Shade
Oak Hill
Racine
Albany
Chauncey Bay
Red Cross Committee Meets Wednesday Night
CHAUNCEY The Dover Township Red Cross Committee will meet at seven o clock Wednesday night at the Chauncey High School announced by the chairman.
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Red Cross
Chauncey
Dover Township
Red Cross Committee
Chauncey High School
Chauncey District Social and Personal Update
Chauncey District reports Mrs Alpha Beckier, long ill, is improved and able to be up. Dwight Shumway and son Jerry Mausifield visited Chauncey with Emanuel Crabtree family on Mayr Avenue. Harry Love and daughter Sue returned to New Marshfield after visiting Willard and Mrs Simonton. Clarence E Sanders Millfield, ill last week, shows improvement. Robert Smith and daughter Sandra Cambridge and Alice Johnson Columbus visited Chauncey. William T Smart of Chauncey, seriously ill at May Avenue home, condition worsened Wednesday.
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Chauncey
Alpha Beckier
Hazel McCafferty
New Marshfield R.C
Love
Willard Simonton
Simonton
Clarence E. Sanders
Millfield
Robert Smith
Sandra
Cambridge
Alice Johnson
Columbus
Dan Johnson
William T. Smart
May Ave
Musical Program Given at County Home Chapel
Mrs. Ethel Rifey of Glouster presented a musical program at the County Home chapel Sunday afternoon for residents. Twelve girls aged 6 to 15 performed piano solos and songs while thirty people from Glouster and Jacksonville accompanied the group.
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Chauncey
Ethel Rifey
Glouster
Chapel
Jacksonville
Martha Ann Simonton Celebrates Birthday in Chauncey
Martha Ann Simonton, 13, daughter of Willard and Mrs. Simonton, superintendent and matron of the county home at Chauncey, marked her birthday with a daimer party Sunday. Guests included grandparents Sam Starkey, Carl Starkey, Harry Love and Sue, and other relatives.
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Martha Ann Simonton
Willard Simonton
Sam ‘Starkey
Carl Starkey
Nelson J Iville
Harry Love
Sue
New Marshfield B.C
Ena
Baseball Prospects Look Good at Ohio U
Ohio University opens the baseball season with Don Peden coaching and Bob Wren directing infield drills in the OU gym. Wren recently signed with the Toledo Mudhens and will attend spring training. The team plans a spring trip to Duke NC State North Carolina Wake Forest and features returnees Sparbis Horn Plura Ruszkowski Sayre Turk plus possible help from Burdette Traeger.
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Keystone
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Turk
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Hollister Defeats Meigs All Stars In Glouster Showdown
Hollister Independents topple Meigs All Stars 46 to 36 at Glouster High gym. Walters leads Hollister with 21 points while Mope Henry is held to 13 for Meigs. Forbes adds 15 as Hollister runs six straight wins, 22-21 at halftime.
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Rebekah Lodge Group Holds Monthly Meeting
GLOUSTER The Past Noble Grands Club of Nineveh Rebekah Lodge of Jacksonville met in Odd Fellows Hall in Jacksonville Tuesday evening February 19. Mrs. Mary Conaway president presided. Attending were Mrs. Conaway, Mrs. Robert Gumm, Mrs. Minnie Dust, Mrs. Lena Bratka, Mrs. Altha Dunley, Mrs. Martha Kioh, Phena Householder. The next meeting will be in March at the home of Miss Ida E B Davis in Jacksonville.
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Noble Grands Club
Nineveh
Rebekah Lodge
Jacksonville
Odd Fellows Hall
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Robert Gumm
Minnie Dust
Lena Bratka
Altha Dunley
Martha Kioh
Phena Householder
Ida EB. Davis
Fullerton's Roundup: US track outlook for 1948 Olympics
Fullerton notes a weak winter season for American track and field. Runners show little sparkle in 800 to 10,000 meters, while only sprints high jump shot put and pole vault look promising. Wartime service and Swedish stars aside, prewar giants may not be fast in 1948.
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New York
Sam
Sweden
Gunder Haegg
Arne Andersson
Under rated Harvard cited by coach Cleaning the Cuff
Doggie Julian Holy Cross cage coach says Harvard is the most under rated basketball team in the country. Rival third basemen in Detroit Tigers camp are Billy Hitchcock and Jim Outlaw from Auburn. Gene Sarazen turns 44 tomorrow after stunning 1922 Open and PGA double at age 20. At Hialeah concession stand overheard remark about bettors tipping nothing.
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Holy Cross
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Detroit Tigers
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Jim Outlaw
Auburn
Gene Sarazen
Hialeah
Trimble Memorial Group Adds Nine to Committee
GLOUSTER The Executive Committee of the Trimble Township Memorial Association met to plan a $4,000 monument and park fund drive. New finance committee members are C. O. Gibson, Thomas Brown, Herman Jones, Lawrence Colbert, Enlon Grubbs, Dr. W. D. Witham, Ernest Byers, Emmett Rogers, and C F. Danford. Existing members include C. L. Turner and others. The panel will shape the fundraising plan and present it to the full committee.
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C F. Guinther
Adda Blower
Frank Darling
Beatrice Vaughan
Albert Gordon
Carye Smith
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Gether
Wall
Rothwell Club
Edith Stiers Named Librarian at Chauncey Library
Mrs. Edith Stiers of Nelsonville will succeed Mrs. Grace Crabtree as librarian at Chauncey Library after Crabtree’s resignation. Stiers will be at the library Friday afternoon with hours to be announced later. Glouster Kiwanis Club meets at Gordon Hotel Tuesday evening at 6:30.
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Edith Stiers
Nelsonville
Old Age Pension Office
Grace Crabtree
Chauncey Library
Funeral of Congo Miner Held Today
Joseph Toth 51 of Congo died Saturday from a heart ailment while employed by Buckingham Coal Co. Born in Hungary, he came to the United States at age 10 and lived in Congo since. Survived by wife Elizabeth, 3 daughters, 5 sons, 2 brothers, 6 grandchildren. Funeral at Hungarian Reform Church Drakes. Rev Sziarto officiated. Interment New Lexington Cemetery.
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Eugene
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Steve
Alex
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Columbus
New Lexington Cemetery
James Koons Returns From Naval Service
James Koons arrived at his Trimble home Friday evening after discharge from the navy on Feb 18 at Great Lakes Ill. He spent 35 months in the navy with 29 months overseas including 20 months in the Atlantic and nine in the Pacific. His brother Paul Koons is also in the navy with enlistment through April 1947, now at Galveston Texas while his ship is repaired after bomb damage.
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Trimble
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Great Lakes
Atlantic
Pacific
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Iavy
Galveston
Texas
Edward Koons
OU Resumes Spring Grid Workouts
Chuck Burdette reports spring football practice at Ohio University resumes first since 1941 under coach Don C. Peden. about 100 candidates show interest as six hold letters from last season. initial session covered game rules and fundamentals while Peden aims to identify true football players for fall. Crane and graduate Frankie Szalay direct the group.
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Don C. Peden
Bobcat
Peden
Rosy
Kerns
Gene Ruszkowski
Joe Cardi
Earl Wartsler
Ralph Sayre
Bill Hartman
Crane
Frankie Szalay
Intramural Upsets Close High School Play
Athens High intramural games ended with upsets as Wooten’s team defeated undefeated lightweight John Luman 24 to 16. In heavies, Wendell Drake’s squad lost 40 to 32 to Westfall, final standings list Luman Wooten Oldfield Mathews for lightweights and Drake Snyder Westfall Biggins for heavies.
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Athens High
John Luman
Wooten
Wootens
Wendell Drake
Drake
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Hixenbaugh
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White
Bateman
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Hixenbaughs
Snyder
Wamsley
Glouster Social Notes and Local Engagements
Glouster Circle No. 2 WSCS met at Mrs Ed Kurtzman home with 24 members and two guests. Mrs T D McAfoose led devotionals, followed by business and holiday refreshments. A prize went to Mrs J H Elias. Ruth Glouster engagement announced between Ruth Phallips and Donald L Crites. Local notices feature numerous visits and family health updates in Glouster and surrounding towns.
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Canton McKinley halts Canton Township unbeaten run in tourney
Canton McKinley defeated Township High School 42 to 35 as tournament play opened in Ohio Class A. Waynesburg, another unbeaten team, beat Ravenna Township 53 to 24 in Northeastern Class B. Multiple undefeated squads face possible upsets before March 16 as district play begins.
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Louie Moore Leads Athens Bulldogs Scoring
Louie Moore, a 5 10 forward, emerged as the Athens Bulldogs top scorer with 195 points, playing in every game and never scoring below five. He tied Red Evans for a 19 point game against Nelsonville and poured in 14 in a 40 29 loss to Logan, finishing second behind Magte. Moore aims to coach after graduation.
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Red” Evans
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Mangrum Wins Pensacola Open in Playoff Over Hogan
Ray Mangrum of Los Angeles defeated Ben Hogan of Hershey in an 18 hole playoff to claim the Pensacola Open title. Mangrum carded a 68 while Hogan shot 69 and led by three after nine holes, but Mangrum surged back to win his first major since Tucson Open last year.
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Ray Mangrum
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St. Petersburg
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Thellanky Californian
OSU Athletic Department May Be Investigated
Columbus Ohio. The chance of a legislative inquiry into Ohio State University's Athletic Department emerged after Grant Murray proposed the retirement of Athletic Director L W St John following talks with Senator Virgil E Cramer. St John and new football coach Paul Bixler declined to comment.
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Rites for Betty McCoy and Glouster School Dance
Betty McCoy rites draw many mourners from Athens Cadiz Powhatan Point and Columbus as the Glouster Alumni plan a Friday 8 30 dance at the high school to raise funds for the May alumni banquet with Rex Konns orchestra providing music and seniors selling tickets for Betty Jane McCoy pictured with prominent local and out of town attendees from Steubenville Great Falls Montana and Murray City in attendance.
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Glouster High School Alumni Association
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Dis Los Athens
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Trimble
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Cadiz
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Blanche Bean
C. M. Ball
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Audrey Thompson
Athens
James McCoy
Great Falls
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Grace Hartman
Goldie Deffenbaugh
Powhatan Point
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Murray City
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Walter Allen
Mark Rothery
Lucille Rothery
Edith Schell
Maxine Hogue
Jean Hogue
Ike Rothery
Charlotte Cotter
Columbus
WSCS Meeting Will See Religious Movie
GLOUSTER WSCS will meet in the Methodist Church Thursday evening at 7 30. A sound movie Journey Into Faith will be shown. An invitation to attend is extended to the public. If the picture arouses interest, other religious pictures will be shown at future meetings.
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WSCS
St. Luke
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