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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1939
Page
7
The National League table tightens with six clubs contending for the runner up spot behind the Reds who lead by 7 1/2 games. Giants fall from second to fourth while Cubs move to second and Cardinals rise to third as Dodgers slip to fifth and Bees sit seventh.
Annual home coming of Zion Church in Lower Plains to be held Sunday July 23 an all day event with a noon basket dinner. The Chil dren's Day program is scheduled for Sunday night and a quarterly Free Will Baptist meeting occurs Saturday July 22 with ministers from other churches in attendance.
An outbuilding furnished for living quarters at Martin Barstow’s Mill Street home in Chauncey burned Tuesday morning. Fire Chief reported the blaze gained headway before the Chauncey Fire Department could contain it. No cause yet.
The Millfield Church of Christ observed a Monday night service largely attended led by Rev. Edward Lewis. Gordon Mingus joined the church as the group sang under pianist Mrs. Lucille Sanders and a business meeting followed with class and organizational reports, then a social hour with sandwiches cookies and iced tea.
Daily Vacation Bible School exercises proceed with Church Night on Thursday July 20 at 6 p m. The program features games such as horseshoes and softball, followed by the commencement and refreshments. Hazel Raber of Trimble leads the event with Taylor Ridge Church helpers. Public invited.
Chauncey residents report family relocations and visits. Jennie Webb and children moved from the Robinson property on Jacobs Ave to a farm on Athens Route 5. Lawrence Shields and son Charles Francis hosted a Sunday visit with his mother Nettie Shields in Lower Plains. Lauretta Hanna from Lancaster stayed with her mother Mabel Saffel in Chauncey. William Sisson and daughter Lorena Mae with Virginia McQuaid returned from a week at Indian Lake. Elizabeth Robinett and Myrtle Matheny cared for the Sisson home and store during their absence.
Mrs Viola Sanders will host the Needle Club semi monthly meeting this evening for club members.
Chauncey softball team invites interest from any teams seeking games. Written by Wilbert Love of Chauncey calls for scheduling around the upcoming season.
National Cincinnati 12, Boston 3. St. Louis 5, New York 3. Chicago 4, Brooklyn 2. Philadelphia 8, Pittsburgh 3. American New York 9, St. Louis 0. New York 4, St. Louis 3. Boston 13, Chicago 10. Chicago 8, Boston 5. Washington 10, Detroit 2. Cleveland 6 3. Association No games scheduled. New York at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Cleveland. Washington at Detroit, Boston at Chicago. Chicago at Boston. PreeUrgece at New York. Columbus at St. Paul. Toledo at Minneapolis. Indianapolis at Milwaukee, Louisville at Kansas City.
Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Dodgers split their 10 meetings this season with 45 runs by Brooklyn and 43 by Cincinnati. Paul Derringer earned his 12th win as the Reds beat Boston 12 3, while Frank McCormick had three hits including his 15th homer.
Mrs. Glennie St Clair hosted Mr. and Mrs. Edda Smith and daughter Norma Jean of Columbus over the weekend. The Zion Church in Junction City held a Sunday service with Rev. John Linear assisted by Rev. Leslie Halsey. Zion Mission Church homecoming set for August 13 with a noon lunch on church grounds. Mr. and Mrs. G E Coen hosted his sister and brother-in-law Dean Dunlavy and daughters from Springfield. Junior Buck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Buck, is ill. Revival attendees from here included Mr. and Mrs. Dale Perry Mrs Eva Mohler Mr. and Mrs. Aldo Barnhill and Donna Jewell. Mrs. Elsie Jewell of Detroit visited Mr. and Mrs. C L Goldsby. In Vallejo California, astronomer Prof T J J Lee explained a two-moon sighting as atmospheric polarization from storms.
CHICAGO UP The flag at White Sox Park was lowered as mourning for J Louis Comiskey 54 owner and president who directed the White Sox for eight years. He died yesterday at Eagle River Wisconsin and his body was sent to Chicago for burial. He rebuilt the team after the 1920 Black Sox scandal and bought Jimmy Dykes Al Simmons and Mule Haas for 150000. He started a farm system and promoted night baseball with lights at Chicago venues.
Columbus reports an early football injury as Dwight Craig aged 14 fractures his right arm in a sandlot game blamed on mild weather.
Twenty five Athens Country Club members head to Columbus Thursday afternoon to face Brookside Country Club in a team match. Athens recently defeated Brookside at home. Remaining second round matches in the directors prize tournament should be completed by Sunday. Women members played a blind bogey tournament today.
Brattleboro Vermont agent F M Webber of the Central Vermont Railway devised a dandelion eradicator using a vacuum cleaner with an extra long cord. He collects fluffy seeds that would become new blossoms and burns them to prevent regrowth.
The text lists answers to questions on baseball put outs when hit by a batted ball Notre Dame 1989 football schedule and Auction Pinochle meld rules plus a prompt to mail questions to the Sports Service Bureau at The Athens Messenger with return postage.
The Cleveland Indians defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 6 to 3 in a night game before 9 032 fans. Pitcher Johnny Allen was knocked out in the fourth, but rookie Joe Dobson saved the day with four and two thirds innings of three hit relief for his third win. Roy Weatherly led with three hits and a triple while Ken Keltner and Ben Chapman contributed key hits. Mel Harder slated to pitch Thursday.
A note lists four Glouster boys who joined the Civilian Conservation Corps and are traveling to camps in Montana. The piece also covers local club meetings and social events including a garden club gathering, a seventh birthday party for Jo Ann Kempton, and plans for a Church of Christ youth swimming party and picnic.
Miss Mona Jean McDonald visits her father Glen McDonald in Cleveland. Norma McAllister travels to Columbus for a week with relatives. J. H. Henshaw and Mrs. Kline visit Utica. Kline stays with the Bricker family. John Francis and Gary Stephenson visit Columbus and Glouster connections. Mrs. Hughes and son Gary visit Medina for two weeks with E. J. Gee. Dr. and Mrs. H. G. Gibson host Jack Phillips and Andrew Phillips of Springfield for Tuesday guests.
Letters from four Glouster boys say all four left for Montana camps two weeks after enlistment. Robert Carter is en route, Walter Faine arrived in Superior Montana on Thursday July 13. Ambrose Leach joins Faine, Glenford Matthews in Darby Montana, the camp eleven miles from Darby. Franklin Yerian also heads to Montana.
In Kansas City a star lineup from seven American Association clubs will face league leaders the Blues tonight after rain caused a postponement. Officials promise lineup and ceremonies remain unchanged despite weather delays.
Guides to Oneida County fishing and hunting areas are supplied by the WPA. Information booths are staffed in Suring Lakewood and Manning under arrangements between county and WPA officials.
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