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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 1940

Page

10

Ohio High School Athletic Association Likely to Ban Season Games

Columbus report says the Ohio High School Athletic Association may ban all position sports next fall. The board meets Saturday to consider a referendum among 149 member schools. Reasons include season length class time loss and overemphasis on sports, with fear of bowl project proliferation and the Buckeye Bowl.

Ohio High Hoor Athletic Association Conene Columbus Ate Ohio Florida Indiana Ih.s.a Ohio Stadium

Meigs County Cage Quintets Will Be Busy

Meigs County basketball teams schedule a busy weekend with several Friday games across Pomeroy Racine Rutland and Tuppers Plains. Racine ranked after Dec 22 win at Gallipolis meets Chauncey on Saturday while Rutland faces Middleport then McArthur. Harrisonville has an open date.

Pomeroy Meigs County Harrisonville Pomeroy Panthers Pt. Peasant Racine Tornado Doposters Middleport Ravenswood Racine Boys Chauncey Racine Tuppers Plains Chester

Star Sewing Circle entertains at Straitsville

Star Sewing Circle met at the home of Mrs. Florence Huston in Straitsville with nineteen members present. Birthday celebrations honored Mrs. Huston, Mrs. Jacob Hoodlet, and Mrs. Florence Hayes while gifts were exchanged.

New Straitsville Star Sewing Circle Florence Huston Huston Jacob Hoodlet Florence Hayes Jack Hammond Logan Anna Gaver Clarence Matheny Charles Waldie Nelsonville Henry Nye Columbus Claude Osborne Virginia Covington Pete Hatem Yellow Springs Mary Hatem John Gill John Jr Ellen Tolliver Lena Blankenship Wayne, W. Va Ben Spicer

Langsville Personal and Social Notices

Langsville social notes list visits and family travels including Raymond Mitchell of Huntington visiting the Wilcox family and Flora Chase hosting relatives in Cincinnati. Other entries mention trips to Cincinnati Milton and Wellston with updates on illness and a note that 50 000 western Canada children attend Sunday School by correspondence.

Langsville Raymond Mitchell Huntington W. Va Warren Wilcox Flora Chase Cincinnati Henry Chase Martha Harmon Hubert Musser Roseville John Musser Arthur Musser Pomeroy R. F. C William Musser Ferry Chase Marvin Jeffers Laurel Cliff Lewis En Dorothy Ledlie E. Entsminger Millard Grimm Remo Western Canada

Itinerant Narrowly Escapes Fiery Death Near Vinton

Charles Anderson a 43 year old African American itinerant traveling to Roanoke Va. escaped death when a fire he built spread to his blanket and suitcase and burned them. He is jailed in Gallia County until outfitted by charitable persons.

Gallipolis Roanoke Charles Anderson Vinton

Sassafras Leaves Present In Three Distinct Forms

The article notes Sassafras trees exhibit three distinct leaf forms, and all three forms may appear on a single twig, illustrating notable leaf variation within a single plant.

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