Frick targets three Reds in All Star vote purge
Sports columnist argues Ford Frick overstepped by removing Cincinnati stars George Crowe Gus Bell and Wally Post from the National League All Star lineup and replacing them with Stan Musial Hank Aaron and Willie Mays citing press ballots and fan voting as unfairly overridden. The piece urges restoring fan choice for the July 9 game and questions the democratic integrity of the selection process.
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Ford Frick
Cincinnati
Frick
The
Messenger
Redlegs
Mr. Frick
George
Musial
St. Louis
Aaron
Milwaukee
Mays
New York
Redleg
Phillie Fans Stand Behind Robin Roberts
Philadelphia fans rallied to support pitcher Robin Roberts after a tough season. The Philadelphia Bulletin column by Earl and Anne Selby prompted readers to write in, yielding over 1,200 supportive messages in two days with no criticism of Roberts.
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Philadelphia
Phillies
Robin Roberts
Roberts
Whit Wyatt
Mayo Smith
Philadelphia Bulletin
Earl
Anne Selby
Robbie
Selbys
Baseball rule quiz on automatic out for turning to dugout
In a strikeout the batter is ruled out the moment he turns toward the dugout. The catcher may miss the ball, but the umpire’s call stands as an automatic out when the batter begins to leave.
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Robert Greco
City Recreation American Legion Lancaster Athens Battery Singles Doubles Triples
City recreation results list from American Legion event with teams Lancaster Athens and players V and H. Highlights include Glaze Simiele Kull Smith Coursey Biggers in battery, Miller Spangler Baughman Wallace Norris Wickerham across singles doubles and triples.
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Lancaster
Athens
Glaze
Simiele
Kull
Smith
Coursey
Biggers
Miller
Spangler
Baughman
Wallace
Norris
Wickerham
Glenford Dugan Post To Install Officers
Glenford Dugan Post 229 will install newly elected officers at 8 p.m. in Nelsonville during a joint American Legion and Legion Auxiliary meeting. Don Brady will be commander with William Rolls as first vice commander and Paul Barrows as second vice commander. Dallas Forbes is adjutant and Warren Robinette finances officer. Leroy Bennett sergeant at arms. Alec Blair, district commander of Jackson, will serve as installing officer.
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Nelsonville
American Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Glenford Dugan
Don Brady
William Rolls
Paul Barrows
Dallas Forbes
Warren Robinette
Leroy Bennett
Alec Blair
Jackson
Millican and Fellem Plead Guilty In Maywood Court
Nelsonville report says Murl Millican pleaded guilty to intoxication in Mayor Earl Hilleary s court on Sunday and paid 10 dollars plus costs. Ida Millican faced a disturbing the peace charge in the mayor s court, a posted 20 dollar cash bond was forfeited. John Fellem also pleaded guilty to intoxication in the mayor s court on Sunday, fined 10 dollars and costs. affidavit signed by Mrs Mary Fellem.
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Nelsonville
Maywood Byers
Murl Millican
Earl Hilleary
Byers
Ida Millican
John Fellem
Mary Fellem
Simpson Delivers as Yankees Rally to Beat Kansas City
Yesterday Harry Simpson pinch hit and doubled to drive in Gil McDougald and Joe Collins with the tying and winning runs in the eighth inning to lift the Yankees 2-1 over Kansas City in the first game of a Sunday doubleheader. Brooks Lawrence pitched six hitless innings in relief for Cincinnati as they beat Philadelphia 6-1 in the opener and then closed out the night with a 6-2 win aided by a four-run ninth.
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Harry Simpson
Yankees
Gil McDougald
Joe Collins
Kansas City
Brooks Lawrence
Hedlegs
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Flarry Anderson
Aiss
Sunnyhill Clinches First-Half Title With 12 1 Win
Sunnyhill defeated Amesville 12 to 1 to capture the first half championship of the Hocking Valley Association. The 16 hit attack featured John Hopstetter with four, Jenkins three, and Canter Snyder Pattown two each. Wid Canter allowed one hit through eight, fanning nine with one walk, before a late three-hit burst in the ninth.
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Sunnyhill
Amesville
Hocking Valley Association
Glouster
Plantsville
Logan
Buchtel
John Hopstetter
Jenkins
Canter
Snyder
Pattown
Wid Canter
Hopstetter
J G Hensley Dies at 65 in Huntington
Trimble resident James G. Hensley 65 died Saturday at St Mary Hospital Huntington after illness. Born in Catlettsburg Kentucky he moved to Trimble in 1950. Survived by wife six sons two daughters two brothers and six grandchildren. Services Tuesday at Free Will Baptist Church Catlettsburg with interment in Hensley Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Trimble
James G. Hensley
St. Mary Hospital
Huntington
Hensley
Catlettsburg
Walter
Edgar
Canton
Ohio
Wallace
Pensacola
Fla
Douglas
Robert
James
Ruth Hall
Kenova
W. Va
Audrey Bryan
Buchanan
Free Will Baptist Church
England Hill
Hensley Cemetery
Mount St. Mary Hospital Births and Admissions
A hospital notes list numerous admissions at Mount St. Mary Hospital including births for Dale C. Walker and Harold VanBiber families. Names, towns, and routes appear for patients admitted and dismissed, with residents from Logan Nelsonville Columbus Crooksville Athens andGlouster among others.
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Mount ST. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville Women Host Picnic at Mills Home
A large gathering of family and relatives enjoyed a picnic at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mills Sr. of Buchtel. Attendees included Ed and Mary Mills, Art Mills, Jim Saddler, and many others with grandchildren and relatives from Nelsonville, The Plains, and Athens visiting from Ohio University.
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Tom Mills
Buchtel
Ed Mills
Carbondale
Dale Chesser
Mary Chesser
Nelsonville
Art Mills
Wilbur Thompson
Donna Rife
George Saddler
Richard Luck
Charles Hedrick
Karen
Lancaster
Jim Saddler
Gary Chesser
Bill Chesser
Mills
Ohio Universty
Athens
Bernard Inman
the Plains
Marion
Greg
Miami Beach
Fla
Jane Dishong
Fred Lanning
Clyde
Freddie
Kelcie
John Altman
Happy Hollow
Francis Thompson
New York Family Visits Ohio Kin and Friends
Mr and Mrs Dean Myers and two children Eddie and Lillie from New York City arrived today to visit Mrs Myers mother Mrs Mabel Barnecut. They spent the past week with his mother in Beach City Ohio. Mr and Mrs H E Wilson of this city spent the end of the week at Waverly as guests of their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Richard Settle. Miss Dorothy Vorhes and Mrs Frank Jackson were Saturday guests of Mrs Floyd Hull Catherine Spencer at Zanesville.
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Dean Myers
Eddie
Lillie
New York City
Myers
Mabel Barnecut
Beach City
Ohio
H. E. Wilson
Waverly
Richard Settle
Dorothy Vorhes
Frank Jackson
Floyd Hull
Catherine Spencer
Zanesville
Stallions Sired Selima Winners at Laurel-Bateau
The horse Man O' War produced two Selima Stakes victors at Laurel-Bateau in 1927 and 1939 with War Beauty among the winners.
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Laurel — Bateau
Green Hills Scout Ranch Bought In Hocking County
Central Ohio Boy Scout Council completes purchase of 1126 acre Green Hills Stock Farm in Green Township for 25 000 to develop a wilderness camp for about 15 000 scouts. Land includes timber sites for four lakes and existing farm buildings with a water well.
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LOGAN
Hocking County
Central Ohio Boy Scout Council
Green Hills
A. W. Marion
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Ohio State Fairgrounds
Central
Ohio
Man Dies in Hay Field In Logan County
Delmar Boyd Blum 63 dies of coronary thrombosis while working in a hay field on the Homer Armstrong farm near Maysville. He lived at 314 North Orchard Street and left a wife Velma Robey Blum, a son Woodrow of Galion, three brothers, two sisters, seven grandchildren, and two stepchildren. Funeral services at St Matthew Church with burial in St John Lutheran Cemetery Laurel Township.
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Hocking County
Mr. Blum
Solomon
Matilda Cotterman Blum
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Order of the Macabees
Velma Robey Blum
Woodrow Blum
Galion
William Blum
Logan
Ford
Clarence Blum
Detroit
Maggie
Edna Blum
Clarence Robey
Betty Johnson
Leonard
Lions Club installs Bill Hoffman as president in Nelsonville
Bill Hoffman was inducted as the Nelsonville Lions Club president for the coming year joining officers Wade Brady Lowell Cole Paul Taylor James Pritchard C D Crawford and Max Hoskins with director nominees William Reese J M Hartley Winnie Howe and Hubert Stage The group highlighted past year efforts including eyeglass distributions light bulb fundraisers and city park improvements and noted attendance at the Ohio Lions Clubs convention in Columbus.
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Nelsonville
Bill Hoffman
Lions Club
Cloyce Martin
Athens
Lew McBride
Roy Parpart
The
Lions
Stowe
Ohio
Ohio University
Winnie Howe
Lowell Cole
James Pritchard
Ohio Lions Clubs
Neal House
Columbus
Hearing Set Today In Traffic Mishap
Nelsonville police investigated a traffic mishap on W Washington St near the Post Office about 10 p m Friday The report alleged Richard T McKnabb of New Straitsville pulled from a parking space into the line of traffic and collided with a car driven by Harold M Weed of Union Furnace McKnabb pleaded innocent to improper starting from a parked position and will be heard in Mayor Earl Hilleary s court Monday at 8 p m Fender damage to both vehicles was reported.
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Nelsonville
W. Washington St
Richard T. McKnabb
New Straitsville
Harold M. Weed
Union Furnace
McKnabb
Earl Hilleary
Thieves Enter Three Cantwell Cliffs Cabins
Three vacation cabins along Route 374 in Cantwell Cliffs were entered Friday night by unknown intruders. Food was stolen from all cabins, with vandalism at one owned by the Columbus Presbyterian church and another belonging to Carll Rotering of Columbus. Doors and windows were breached, and investigators Deputies Gerald Morrison and Dennis Wilkes looked into the case.
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Logan
Cantwell Cliffs
Hocking County
Columbus
Fourth of July Program Planned by Logan Boosters
Logan Boosters announce a varied Independence Day event at Logan High School on July 4. Activities include pony rides, a bean dinner, two baseball games featuring Logan and Jackson junior American League teams and the Logan Braves versus Vunderbar Dairy. A city fire truck ride for youngsters precedes pony rides, with soft drinks, confections, and a fireworks display at 8 30 p m. Proceeds fund LHS athletic equipment.
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Logan
Chieftain Boosters
Logan High School
Jackson
Logan Braves
Ohio Valley Baseball Association
Vunderbar Dairy and Confectionary
Columbus
LHS
Meyer Rites Conducted for Christopher W. Meyer
Graveside services were held at 2 30 p m Saturday for Christopher W Meyer 78 found dead Friday in an outbuilding at his Gibisonville home Death from a cerebral hemorrhage last Wednesday coroner Dr Owen F Yaw said He lived alone since his wife died in 1933 leaving a sister Mrs Callie Seesholtz Lancaster and three brothers John and Howard Meyer of Rockbridge Route 2 Services were led by Rev Thomas C Smallsteed Burial at St John Lutheran Church Cemetery.
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Logan
Christopher W. Meyer
Gibisonville
Owen F. Yaw
Meyer
Callie Seesholtz
Lancaster
John
Howard Meyer
Rockbridge
Thomas C. Smallsteed
St. John Lutheran Church
Rutgers Rowing Coach Chuck Logg Near Five Decades
Rutgers crew coach Chuck Logg has spent nearly 50 years in intercollegiate rowing, marking a long career with the university program and broader rowing circles.
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Chuck Logg
Rutgers
Two Logan Men Arraigned After Friday Arrests
Phillip Fortner 20 and Clyde Huffines 46 were arrested Friday for intoxication and disorderly conduct. They were arraigned Saturday before Mayor Francis Myers. Fortner received a fine of 80 dollars plus costs and 60 days in jail with 30 days suspended. Huffines was fined 20 dollars plus costs with a suspended 10 day jail term.
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Logan
Logan Star Route
Francis Myers
Phillip Fortner
Clyde Huffines
Haydenville Driver Fined After Traffic Mishap
Haydenville resident Benjamin C. Lanning pleaded guilty to unsafe operation after a crash with a tree near the west city limits and was fined 20 plus costs. Kenneth Keifer of Pad—City W Va faced similar charges from a three car incident and paid 15 plus costs after pleading guilty. Eldon Waldo Brooks posted 20 bond and forfeited it for unsafe operation. Merrill F. Dickerson forfeited a 15 bond for driving without a license.
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Nelsonville
Earl Hilleary
State Highway Patrol
Benjamin C. Lanning
Haydenville
Lanning
West End
Kenneth Keifer
Paden City
W. Va
Eldon Waldo Brooks
Merrill Francis Dickerson
New Plymouth
Hocking Valley Hospital Births and Procedures
Hocking Valley notes report a birth for Mr and Mrs Charles Moore Haydenville a daughter. Macil Farley East Lynn W V Route 1 medical. Mrs Jacob Hahn Logan surgery. Mrs Elmer Hand Logan. Mrs Howard Gault Youngstown.
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Charles Moore
Haydenville
Macil Farley
East Lynn
W. Va
Route 1
Jacob Hahn
Logan
Elmer Hand
Howard Gault
Youngstown
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Harold VanBibber
Levingston
Lennie Henry
William Lent
Ida Shockley
James Cline
Greencamp
Guy Heller
Crooksville
Lenore Jackson
Rendville
Rosie Bruce
Chauncey
Nettie Carlin
Betty Crabtree
Ralph Schall
Thomas Blackwell
Nellie G. Anderson
Jacksonville
Patricia Nye
Millfield
Mattie Dane
Ronald Marstiller
Betty Joy
William Sanborn
William F. Smith
Murray City
Thomas Schultz
George Young
Christina Rose
New Lexington
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James Moore
Arlee Jeffrey
Gore
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Harlan Smith
Ruth Allen
Annabelle Vore
Elizabeth Howell
Shawnee
Silas Dunlap
Philip DeVol
Charles Powell
Bessie Arbell
Polie Buday
Sarah McClellan
Glous
Violet Close
Hamden
Anna Mitchell
Blain Rice
New Marshfield
Nelsonville Women’s News
Hocking
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Meyer Rites
Hocking Valley Hospital
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