Elliott Hassle Roils NCAA Convention Coaching Talks
A heated dispute between the University of Washington and the University of Nebraska over Pete Elliott’s potential coaching role dominates the NCAA Swist convention wrapup. Nebraska’s Bill Orwig accuses Washington of unethical recruitment, while Washington’s George Briggs confirms Elliott was contacted amid broader coaching vacancy rumors.
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ST. Louise
University of Washington
University of Nebraska
Pete Elliott
Elliott
Bud Wilkinson
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Washington
Bill Orwig
Darrell Royal
University of Texas
Orwig
George Briggs
Briggs
California
Indiana
Southern California
Houston
Feeney-Bennett Post Cited For Americanism and Membership
Feeney-Bennett Post No. 128 American Legion was cited for Americanism and membership at the Winter Conference in Lancaster. Commander Roscoe Eife and service officer Don Roach reported on flag display, flag use, and dues deadlines. Membership stood at 181 as of February 1 with Lewis Long urging new members and paid dues.
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Middleport
Feeney- Bennett Post
American Legion
Don Roach
Lancaster
Gate Husett
Lewis Long
Feeney-Bennett Post
Roscoe Eife
Roach
Nazarene 1956 Gains Reported Increases Across Denomination
In Nazarene church reports from Nelsonville, the Church of the Nazarene shows 1956 gains across the board. The denomination added 109 churches and 8031 members, reaching 4435 churches and 287,866 members with per capita gifts at $129.94. Sunday school enrollment rose to 611,319 as missionary, junior and young people societies posted gains in members and income.
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Nelsonville
Church of the Nazarene
Langley Gullett
Nazarene
College Basketball Scores Roundup Across Matches
Bradley defeats Oklahoma A&M 60 to 49 and Ohio Northern beats Cedarville 88 to 64. Montanta edges New Mexico 68 to 50 while Maryland tops Duke 62 to 51 and Florida State loses to Virginia Tech 72 to 83.
Vinton County Tourney Slated at Wellston
The second straight year the Vinton County basketball tournament will be staged at Wellston High School Auditorium. Zaleski High School hosts with Kenneth Leach as manager. Drawings set for 10 a.m. Saturday Feb 9. The event runs Feb 20 22 and 23.
Randall Park Race Track Sold to Pennsylvania Group
A contract to sell Randall Park race track near Cleveland to Dan Parish's Pittsburgh group was signed today by Parish and Homer Marshman. The Randall board approved a $3.6 million sale to Parish and associates, with stockholders to vote on January 22.
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Randall
Cleveland
Randall Park Race Track
Pennsylvania
Dan Parish
Pittsburgh
Parish
Homer Marshman
Saul Silberman
Florida
Tropical Park Race Track
Ohio
Randall Board of Directors
Nine Name Netters To Play in Benefit Nine Name Netters
Nine top tennis figures will compete in five exhibition matches at the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York to raise funds for the Art Larsen benefit. Amateurs Lilly Talbert Vic Seixas Sammy Giammalva Dick Savitt and Budge Patty join professionals Don Budge Fred Perry Gussie Moran and Pauline Betz in the benefit events.
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New York
Seventh Regiment Armory
Art Larsen
Lilly Talbert
Vic Seixas
Sammy Giammalva
Dick Savitt
Budge Patty
Don Budge
Fred Perry
Gussie Moran
Pauline Betz
Dayton Overcomes Jitters for Easy Garden Win
Dayton, led by 6-foot-8 Jim Palmer, defeated St. Francis of Brooklyn 84 to 60 at Madison Square Garden. Palmer and 6-7 rival Al Innis each scored 22 points to share top honors. Earlier, Steubenville extended its home winning streak to 36 games with a 71 to 52 victory over Central State of Wilberforce.
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Dayton
Madison Square Garden
St. Francis
Brooklyn
Jim Palmer
al Innis
Steubenville
Central State
Middleport Rural Churches Weekly Services and Meetings
Local church listings for Middleport cover Canon Gard ner at Christ F. with Bible school 9 30 a m and worship 10 30 a m including an 11 sermon Being Near the Kingdom of God CE 6 p m annual congregational report and business meeting 7 p m prayer and Bible study Wednesday choir practice 8 p m Heath Methodist led by Rev Konbright has church school 9 30 a m morning worship 10 30 a m MYF 6 p m official board 7 30 p m WSCS Monday choir 7 p m Nazarene with Robert Styers church school 9 30 a m morning worship 10 30 sermon The Symbolic Ordinance Young People 6 45 p m evening service 7 30 p m prayer Wednesday 7 30 p m First Baptist Claremont E Hoyt church school 9 15 a m morning worship 10 15 a m sermon Finding Your Level in Life trustees meet after service Junior Senior High Baptist Youth Fellowships 6 p m evening service 7 30 p m midweek prayer 7 30 p m church council Friday leadership training 7 p m church First Presbyterian H Rup pel t church school 9 30 a m morning worship 10 30 Westminster Fellowship 6 p m Wednesday junior choir 7 30 p m senior choir 7
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Canon of Christ
Fred I. Gardner
Kingdom of God
Claude Ashley
Heath Methodist
R. C. Konbright
Church of the Nazarene
Robert Styers
First Baptist
Claremont E. Hoyt
Servants of God
Church Council
Church of Christ In Christian Union
Guy Sayre
First Presbyterian
H. E. Ruppelt
Westminster Fellowship
Kenneth Davis
Gerald Priser
John Coker
Acolyte Guild
J. A. Long
Pilgrim Holiness
FE. E. Leadingham
Robert Gastin
Murray City
United Brethren
Ray Mann
Mt. Zion
EUB
Adams St
Reorganized
Latter Day Saints
Jackson St
D. O. Norris
Zion League
Carbon Hill Methodist Circuit
Lewis E. Buell
Asa
John Lloyd Evans
Deanville Chapel
James Shumaker
Presbyterian Farm
Circle Four
Judge Upholds Boxing Guild Acquits Three Officers
Federal Judge James C. Connell acquitted the International Boxing Guild and its officers in an anti trust case. Charles Johnston of New York, IBG president. William Daly of New York, IBG general treasurer. and Albert W. Del Monte of Cleveland, president of the Boxing Guild of Ohio, were released.
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Cleveland
International Boxing Guild
James C. Connell
Charles Johnston
New York
IBG
William Daly
Albert W. del Monte
Boxing Guild of
Ohio
Nelsonville Elks Host Euchre Tournament
Nelsonville Elks and their guests are invited to a euchre tournament Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Lancaster Elks Lodge. Special entertainment for the ladies accompanies the event and a luncheon will be served. Local members are asked to register at the club.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Elks
Lancaster Elks Lodge
Wolfe Family Returns from Florida Vacation
Mr and Mrs Howard A Wolfe and daughter Debbie of Belpre formerly of Pomeroy returned home from a two week vacation in Florida. They spent time sightseeing and visiting relatives while traveling through ten southern states.
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Howard A. Wolfe
Debbie
Belpre
Pomeroy
Florida
Nelsonville Gardners’ kin hospitalized after incident
Nelsonville report states Harry Bum Gardner, brother of Don Gardner, is seriously ill in Room 18 at White Cross T Hospital. The local family is awaiting further medical updates.
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Nelsonville
Harry Bumgardner
Don Bumgardner
White Cross T Hospital
Popcorn Stand Aims to Benefit Polio Fund in Pomeroy
The Volunteer Fire Department plans a Saturday popcorn sale in front of Gloeckner's Cafe from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. to raise about 1000 for the Meigs Polio Foundation this year. Firemen from three wards will staff the event across four Saturdays, with Roy Kaspar highlighted for his longtime involvement.
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Pomeroy
Gloeckner
Meigs
Roy Kaspar
Lulu Courtney Visits Son in Brooklyn Over Holidays
Mrs. Lulu Courtney returned from Brooklyn New York where she visited her son Kenneth Courtney and family over the holidays.
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Nelsonville
Lulu Courtney
Brooklyn
New York
Kenneth Courtney
County Library Board Holds Annual Meeting
The Athens County library board organized for the year with Lloyd C. Gray named president, Warren Badger elected vice president, Verna Hand secretary treasurer, and J. K. Kinneer clerk. Meetings set for the third Wednesday each month. Staff re employed for another year at December meeting.
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Nelsonville
Athens County Library Board
Lloyd C. Gray
Warren Badger
Three Men Fined for Procuring Liquor for Minors
In Nelsonville, three men Murray Haskins Floyd Mechem and Sam O Nail were fined $200 and costs each by Mayor Earl Hilleary for procuring liquor for minors. Half the fine was suspended on the pledge that it would not recur. The penalties followed a teen age New Year party.
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Nelsonville
Guard Unit To March At Inauguration
West Virginia National Guard Sergeant Frank Triplett of the 3664th Ordnance Company will march in the inauguration for the new governor. The company has been cited for marching ability and designated as an honor company.
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Middleport
Frank Triplett
3664Th Ordnance Company
West Virginia National Guard
West Virginia
Fraedrich Re-Elected Nelsonville Board of Trade Chief
William Fraedrich was re-elected governor of the Nelsonville Board of Trade at the first meeting of the year. Delbert Kuhn was named vice governor and Richard Anderson secretary treasurer. The mayor outlined a year round youth recreation program and noted a civilian defense rescue truck storage arrangement at the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. grounds.
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Nelsonville
William Fraedrich
Nelsonville Board of Trade
Delbert Kuhn
Richard Anderson
Earl Hilleary
Friedrich
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Electric Company
Factory Rd
Ex-Resident Lenore Hamm Dies at 82 in Chillicothe
Lenore Barron Hamm 82 former Nelsonville resident died Thursday evening in Chillicothe. Widow of Henry Hamm born in Nelsonville daughter of Isaac and Mary Ann Barron. Survivors include nieces Mayme Fiegley and Lillian Ruble. Funeral Sunday at 2 p.m. Johnson funeral home with entombment at Green Lawn Mausoleum.
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Nelsonville
Lenore Barron Hamm
Chillicothe
Henry Hamm
Isaac
Mary Ann Barron
Walnut Street Methodist Church
Mayme Fiegley
Lillian Ruble
Johnson Funeral Home
John Lloyd Evans
F. M. Wentz
Green Lawn Cemetery
Mount St. Mary Hospital Notes List of Patients
The column lists patients and their locations including Christine Clark New Lexington Joe Wolf Nelsonville Mabel Simonton Nelsonville and others at Mount St Mary Hospital. Names cover Nelsonville Glouster Buchtel New Lexington Logan and surrounding areas with Route 1 mentions and family relations among listed patients.
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Christine Clark
New Lexington
Joe Wolf
Nelsonville
Mabel Simonton
Top Cemetery Position Goes to H M Cross
H M Cross was elected president of the cemetery trustees attending the meeting with Mayor C O Fisher Jean Lama and John Berry. A tentative 1957 budget of 5400 was approved with allocations for labor machinery maintenance and clerical work. The council plans fundraising and letter campaigns to support grave care and cemetery improvements across three cemeteries.
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Middleport
H. M. Cross
C. O. Fisher
Jean Lama
John Berry
Sexton
Cross
H. N. Swift
C. M. Hennesy
Truste Als
Fisher
Sexton John Berry
Social notes hostess details for church class gathering
Mrs Mary Figgins hosts the Loyal Workers class of First Methodist Church at 7 30 p m assisted by Mrs Bess Bland at 414 Chestnut St Mrs Adda Neikirk leads devotions and Mrs Margaret Riley the program
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Mary Figgins
Chestnut St
Bess Bland
First Methodist Church
Adda Neikirk
Margaret Riley
Nelsonville Church Dinners Seeks Rev Ogden Ludlow Guest
The Nelsonville Church of the Epiphany will host its monthly congregational dinner Monday at 6 p.m. in the church basement. A covered dish dinner will be served. Special guest Rev Ogden R Ludlow of Cincinnati recently ordained in the Episcopal Order of Deacons.
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Nelsonville
South Carolina Ratified Constitution in May Eighth State
South Carolina became the eighth state to join the Union by ratifying the Constitution on May 23, 1778, marking a pivotal step in the U.S. founding era.
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South Carolina
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