Milton Greyhounds rebound to top Point Pleasant 55 48
Milton Greyhounds remain undefeated at home beating Point Pleasant High 55 to 48 to improve to 16 3 while Point Pleasant falls to 16 4 with one regular season game left. Frank Capehart leads the Blacks with 20 points despite injuries and illness sidelining key guards for the upcoming tournament.
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Milton
W. Va
Greyhounds
Point Pleasant High
Point Pleasant
Big Blacks
Frank Capehart
Sonny Gerlach
Burly
Dick Jimison
Blacks
Nott
Gerlach
John Kline
Nitro
Tommy Fisher
Poca
Bob Adkins
Billy Bardin
Gardner
Capehart
Fowler
Porris Scumecodannt
Durst
Roberts
Foglesong
Milton G. F
TOURE
Class roundups spark heavy district results across Ohio and beyond
In Class A districts, Cincinnati teams led by Purcell and Hughes scored notable showings as Circleville and Crestline posted bids. Class B districts featured North Royalton and Mt. Gilead topping rivals while sectional results included Smithfield and Zanesville St. Thomas overtime thrills. Across college and pro card, college matchups saw Kent State and Baldwin Wallace win, with professional bouts and hockey scores highlighting the busy slate.
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Cinn. Hughes
Woodward
Circleville
Westerville
Columbus North
Central
Bexley
Marion
Youngstown Chaney
Canton Central
Youngstown Ursuline
Louisville
Canton Lehman
Lisbon
Port Clinton
Tiffin Calvert
Bellevue
Tiffin Columbian
Mingo
Wellsville
Mansfield
Crestline
Shelby
Galion
Toledo Central
Scott
Toledo Macomber
Devilbise
Toledo Woodward
Libbey
Lebanon
Wilmington
Gilmour Academy
Akron St. Marys
Cleve
St. Stanislaus
St. Boniface
Rickert Slides Into 3rd Only To Find Base Occupied
NEA Service tale by Marv Rickert recounts a 1946 Chicago Cubs game mishap at Wrigley Field. Rickert, Pittsburgh outfielder and 1948 World Series star, recalls sliding into third and meeting Phil Cavarretta on the bag. Manager Charley Grimm reacts as Ricky searches for his roomie Eddie Waitkus after the play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rickert
NEA Service
Marv Rickert
Pittsburgh
Braves
Chicago
Wrigley Field
Cubs
Citation
Bill Nicholson
Phil Cavarretta
Nick
Cavarretta
Charley Grimm
Blazes
Sports Mirror Today Highlights Poll Leader and Historical Notes
Kentucky led the AP weekly basketball poll with 531 points. Five years ago Arturo Godoy outpointed Larry Bouchard in ten rounds in his first comeback fight. Ten years ago Bill Posedel of the Boston Bees and Lee Handley of the Pittsburgh Pirates signed their contracts. Fifteen years ago Lou Ambers became the No. 1 challenger for Barney Ross lightweight title by outpointing Sammy Fuller.
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Kentucky
Associated Press Weekly
Arturo Godoy
Larry Bouchard
Bill Posedel
Boston Bees
Lee Handley
Pittsburgh Pirates
Lou Ambers
Barney Rose
Sammy Fuller
Section 25 Tourney Opens Friday in New Haven
The four team Class B Section 25 basketball tournament begins Friday at the Recreation Center. Wahama faces Walton at 7 p.m. with Ravenswood and Sissonville to follow. Friday winners meet Saturday for the championship final as Ravenswood is favored with one of the state's best B records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Wahama
Walton
Ravenswood
Sissonville
Charlie Share Sets Ohio Scoring Record
Bowling Green's Charlie Share extended the Ohio season scoring record last night by reaching 14 points in a 64 44 win over Oklahoma City University. Fritz Nagy of Akron had previously held the mark at 547 in the 1944 45 season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowling Green
Ohio
An Share
Falcons
Oklahoma City University
Fritz Nagy
Akron
Cleveland Leases Stadium for 25 Years
City council approved a 25 year lease of Cleveland Stadium to the Cleveland Indians. The 15 year base term includes a 10 year renewal option. Mayor Thomas A Burke and Ellis Ryan led the deal in a unanimous vote last night.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Stadium
Cleveland Indians
Solons
Thomas A. Burke
Ellis Ryan
Ogden Phipps Debuts Wintered Filly at Hialeah Farm
Ogden Phipps camps a striking two year-old filly, full sister to Busher and Mr. Busher, for winter conditioning at Hialeah under veteran trainer Jim Fitzsimmons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden Phipps
Busher
Mr. Busher
Hialeah
Jim Fitzsimmons
Perry county probate and court actions in stream of estates
Probate filings include guardianship accounts for Evelyn Smits and Edda Anderson, bond posts for Bonnie Wright estate, and final accounting for Caroline Weaver. Public sale order for Corning property, auto collision suit against Raymond Frame, and multiple divorce and alimony petitions dominate docket along with marriage licenses and several realty transfers in Perry county.
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New Lexington
M. S. Leckrone
Glenford
Evelyn Smits
Ann Householder
Bonnie Wright
William R. Weaver
James J. Weaver
Caroline L. Weaver
Fred Barnett
Corning
Rufus F. Dornbier
Edda Roberta Anderson
Rufus Dornbier
Elizabeth Genevieve Anderson
William Warren Ralston
Bearfield Township
Flossie V. Nelson Ralston
D. L. Stoneburner
Alf McClellen
Crooksville
Emma Jane Barbeann
Ll. F. Florence Slatzer
Harry Strawn
Community social notices and funeral services listed in Harrisonville
Home demonstration agent Mrs Geneva Nolan led an all day meeting at Grange Hall. Numerous households hosted dinners and visits with relatives including the Cotterill and Alkire families. The funeral of Mrs D F Dye was held at the Presbyterian Church with Rev Hegnauer officiating.
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Harrisonville
Geneva Nolan
Grange Hall
Don Cotterill
Raymond Cotterill
Olevia Cotterill
Paul
Edd Rickey
Felix Alkire
Mason City
Adda Bradfield
Bert and
Herb
Elsie Welch
L. P. Harmon
Pleasant
D. F. Dye
Presbyterian Church
Hegnauer
Marie Bolin
Columbus
B. E. Carl
Lillian Jewell
Eugene Atkins
Earl Atkins
Mary Diehl
Hollis Gotschall
W. A. Dye
Thomas Moore
Paul Paynter
Massillon
Clair Waggoner
Virgil Atkins
Myra Combs
Kenneth Welsh
Norman Will
Ray Wilson
John Duncan
Arthur McGee
Obert Markins
Leo Markins
Langsville
Alma Atkins
Leona Musser Returns Amid Heart Attack in Family
Mrs. Leona Musser left Columbus to return home after her father suffered a heart attack Wednesday night. The funeral for Lily Spires at the Baptist Church drew many relatives including the Musser and Spires families from Roseville Pomeroy Downington Gallipolis and Reedsville. Burial followed at Miles cemetery with Rev. R A Biddle presiding.
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Rutland
Leona Musser
Columbus
William Musser
Hubert Musser
Raymond Musser
Paul Spires
Roseville
Pomeroy
Arthur Musser
Downington
Fred Brown
Gallipolis
Burdell Black
Howard Howell
Danville
Giles Smith
C. L. Brogden
Elza Conkle
Carroll, O
Mr. Conkle
Lily Spires
O. Stansbury
Workers Briefed For Fund Drive
Point Pleasant Mason County Red Cross fund workers met for a dinner briefing as the drive opens. Miss Ruth Elwell spoke on dwindling national reserves and Mason County's increased quota of 4558. The effort covers Parkersburg to Maysville with Huntington set to house a planned blood bank.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Red Cross Fund
Ruth Elwell
Assis
Alexandria
Red Cross National Reserve
Mason County
Mason
Parkersburg
W. Va
Marietta
Ohio
Ohio River
Maysville
Charleston
National Red Cross Organization
Huntington
Robert Findlay Thomas
Cary Rayburn
E. S. Matheson
O. L. Easley
Gail Faires
S. O. Johnson
Grant Stanley
Grover Childress
Charles Jones
Landrum
Harry Dyer
R. F. Bryant
New Haven
A. B. Woodrum
Clifton
Betty Thomas
Elwell
Safety Patrol Arrangements Completed at Ordnance School
Final arrangements for a student safety patrol were set at Monday’s PTA meeting at the Ordnance School. Sponsored by the American Automobile Association and supported by Kiwanis and the school safety committees, patrol members will monitor four highway crossings starting today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
PTA
Ordnance School
American Automobile Association
Kiwanis Club
John Gerwig
Grover Childress
Hayden Lockhart, Jr
Howard Eads
William Crump
William Wilson
Marvin Dawson
Richard Bell
Junior Mayes
Denny Wedge
Ordnance
Country Club
25Th St
N. Park Drive
Victory Heights
State Road
English Court
Burdette
Sherwood Costen
D. R. Browning
Mildred Ball
Albert Stephens
Point Pleasant Seeks Tickets for Huntington East Game
Eight adults and 19 student tickets remained for Point Pleasant High’s sectional basketball clash with Huntington East. Coach Bob Adkins confirmed 27 seats of the 400 allocated for the March 10 game in Huntington remained available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant High
Huntington East
Bob Adkins
Huntington
Gerald Cheesebrew Finishes Kent Course
Point Pleasant residents Mr and Mrs John Cheesebrew announce their son Gerald has completed a six weeks course at the Davey Tree Surgery School in Kent Ohio. A 1946 Point Pleasant High School graduate he played two years with the Big Blacks grid team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
John Cheesebrew
Route 2
Gerald
Louisville
Davey Tree Surgery
Kent
Point Pleasant High School
Big Blacks
Nineteen Area Farmers Install Hay Dryers in Barns
Nineteen farmers across Mason and Jackson counties install hay dryers in their barns. Charles P. Roberts of Appalachian Electric Power Co notes 11 in Mason and eight in Jackson County adopted the equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason
Jackson County
Charles P. Roberts
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Railroad Man Net $10 Bond From County Jail
J P Smith paid a $10 bond and costs in police court and was released from the county jail after being charged with intoxication by Patrolman Ray McClure. Smith claimed to be a railroad man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
J. P. Smith
Ray McClure
Sayre Family Updates and Local Visits Highlight Ohio Valley
Mrs Earl Bob returns from Cow Run with H L Sayre driving to Columbus. Mrs Sayre visits uncles in Letart Falls funeral for Millard Sayre attended by Bob Owens and daughter Barbara in Columbus. Sayres and friends visit Parkersburg. Alec Wheeler buys a new tractor. Ohio Valley Grange hosts St Patrick Day program March 10. Bob Crow of Letart Falls to Virginia then back with chicken truck. Camilla Sayre visits Racine. Dean Sayre travels from North Carolina to Detroit. H L Sayre notes.
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H. L. Sayre
Columbus
Sayre
O. E. Sayre
Bob Owens
Barbara
Millard Sayre
Letart Falls
Charles Sayre
Olden Thaxton
Parkersburg
Alec Wheeler
Beryl Wolfe
Middleport
George Hayman
Dan
Roy Buck
Bob McKelvey
Ohio Valley Grange
George Sayre
Ernest Shuler
Bob Crow
Virginia
Camilla Sayre
Racine
Herb Sayre
Dave
Dean Sayre
North Carolina
Detroit
Chancery Suit Filed in Point Pleasant Over Real Estate
Dallas Donahue files a chancery suit in Point Pleasant seeking partition of real estate against Olga Donahue the case filed Tuesday details not disclosed in the brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Dallas Donahue
Olga Donahue
Sullivan-Gaskins Tie The Knot In County Clerk Office
Herbert Ervine Sullivan 21 of West Columbia and Nadia Jean Gaskins 19 of 2200 Washington Ave were issued a marriage license at the county clerk's office Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Herbert Ervine Sullivan
West Columbia
Nadia Jean Gaskins
Washington Ave
Pt Pleasant Women of the Moose set new meeting time
The Women of the Moose chapter moves to the first and third Tuesday of each month with the next gathering at 8 p.m. in the Ladies' Lounge Moose Hall. Ann Bailey Farm Woman's Club meets Tuesday at 1 30 p.m. at Mrs Lawrence Mattox home Charleston Rd with lesson leader Mrs G N Schultz.
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Women of the Moose
Moose Hall
Ann Bailey
Lawrence Mattox
Charleston Rd
G. N. Schultz
Roy Kincaid
Ripley Rd
Howard Foglesong
Charles Hogsett
Gay Caste
Virgil Plants
Pete Sommer
Donald Lockhart
Chas. Stephenson
Legion Auxiliary Holds Meeting Plans Bake Sale
The American Legion Auxiliary met at the Legion Building Monday evening with Mrs. Dallas Wilfong presiding. Nine membership applications were accepted and plans were made for a bake sale on March 25. Hostesses were Mrs. Paul F. Thomas and Mrs. Mary Hyre. Refreshments were served to a list of members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Dallas Wilfong
Paul F. Thomas
Mary Hyre
C. E. Dunn
T. F. Yost
A. E. Masters
Grover C. Hite
Fred Norris
Stanley Waldie
Wilma Sallaz
Illa hee Farm Woman's Club Hosts Mrs Stout Tonight
Mrs. C. P. Stout of Ben Lomond West Virginia will host the Illa hee Farm Woman's Club this evening at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Stout
Ben Lomond, W.va
Illahee Farm Woman's Club
Shower honors Miss Nadia Jean Gaskins at Windsor Court
Hostesses Mrs. Marvin Wartenburg and Mrs. Jack Caldwell with mother Mrs. W D Steele hosted a pound shower for Miss Nadia Jean Gaskins Monday night at Mrs. Wartenburg's Windsor Court home. Gaskins will wed Herbert Sullivan of West Columbia Sunday at Heights EUB Church with many relatives listed among guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Wartenburg
Jack Caldwell
W. D. Steele
Nadia Jean Gaskins
Point Pleasant Personal News Briefs
Mrs G E Mitchell of 2228 Mt Vernon Ave returned home after surgery at Holzer Hospital where she was a patient and teaches at Wahama High School. Substituting for her is Mrs William Woolfitt. Bobby Sayre of Marshall College spent the weekend with his mother Mrs R W Sayre at 2225 Jackson Ave. H W West Teays has returned home after visiting his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs H J Barr at 2227 Jackson Ave. Mr and Mrs C W Frgette of 185 Park Drive spent the weekend with her mother Mrs Paul Thaxon in Charleston. Carolyn Costen six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Sherwood Costen of Ohio River Road is ill with pneumonia. Charles Allen Kirker three year old son of Mr and Mrs Ed Kirker of Leon improved after being critically ill.
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G. E. Mitchell
Mt. Vernon Ave
Holzer Hospital
Mitchell
Wahama High School
William Woolfitt
Bobby Sayre
Marshall College
R. W. Sayre
Jackson Ave
H. W
H. J. Barr
C. W. Fr?gette
Ed Kirker
Leon
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