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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 05, 1943

Page

7

Four Games Scheduled in A Tournament at Ohio University

Tonight eight Southeastern Ohio teams meet in Ohio University gym for first round District Sectional Class A elimination. Athens faces Wellston at 6 pm with Lancaster meeting Pomeroy, Nelsonville playing Chillicothe, and Logan facing New Lexington at 9 pm.

Athens Wellston Pomeroy Lancaster Nelsonville Chillicothe P. m Logan N. Lexington Randy Guthrie Southeastern Ohio Ohio University Gymnasium Athens Bulldogs Wellston Rockets Bulldogs Rockets Bellamy Hutchinson Bob Hamm SOE Hamm Panther Gales Nelsonville Greyhounds Chillicothe Logan Chieftains New Lexington Chieftains

College and high school basketball scores from multiple games

A compiled list of scores from college and high school basketball games across several venues. Notable results include Georgetown over Syracuse in overtime, Duke beating Virginia Military Institute, and Oklahoma edging Oklahoma Aggies. High school tourney results feature Cincinnati area and Defiance and Youngstown brackets with multiple winners and margins.

Fleming Out For Season With Voluntary Retirement

Cleveland Indians first baseman Les Fleming, 27, has asked to be placed on the voluntary retired list for the season to work in a Beaumont Texas shipyard. Fleming is married with one child born last month and plans to return if called to service.

Cleveland Cleveland Indians Les Fleming Tribe Roger Peckinpaugh Fleming Beaumont Tex

Glouster Resident Receives Letter from Charleston Kin

Mrs. J H Hen shaw of Glouster reads a letter from Mrs. Sarah Dupler of Charleston W Va daughter Mrs Elizabeth McPheeters. Dupler formerly lived in Glouster widow of Thomas Dupler and mother of Harl Dupler who died in Detroit two months ago. She is nearly 93 and has been in declining health for three months due to advanced age.

Glouster J. H. Henshaw Sarah Dupler Elizabeth McPheeters Charleston W. Va

Cincy Stars Compete In Ohio Women’s Bowling Meet

Snook Veith Lumber Co of Cincinnati headlines the third session of the Ohio Women’s Bowling Tournament in Canton led by Katherine Burling and Elsie Flaig. Medrith Maxton of Dayton overtakes as all events leader, while Jerry McMorris tops the all events in Dayton. officials retain current officers.

Canton Snook-Veith Lumber Co Cincinnati Ohio Keglers Katherine Burling Elsie Flaig Dayton Pepsi-Colas Medrith Maxton Dayton Jerry McMorris Miss Maxton Maude Kirkpatrick Columbus Ruie Hinkey Sandusky Jo Mraz Cleveland Abbie Aston Akron Thelma Ketter Leone Cohen Toledo Carrie Slagle Salem Betty Shaffner Lima Ann Wood Alma Smith Springfield Ethel Thomas

Fritzie Zivic and Beau Jack Enter Big Ten Indoor Meet Return

Fritzie Zivic and Beau Jack, billed as the Tron Man, prepare for a Madison Square Garden return bout tonight as analysts debate the outcome. The Chicago Big Ten indoor meet features Herbert Matter, a versatile Illinois athlete praised as a premier all around competitor by coach Leo Johnson. Matter, 6-foot-2 and 155 pounds, competes in four events after switching from basketball to track, despite a bad thumb from a fall.

Fritzie Zivic Beau Jack Illinois New York Beau Jack Madison Square Garden Fritzie Fritz Zivics Georgia Jacobs Zivie Fritzeroo Mike Jacobs Chicago Herbert Matter Matter Leo Johnson Harold Osborne University of Illinois Johnson

Glouster Reports Wide Blackout Across District

Glouster officials say the blackout was about 98 percent complete with one Main St storage building left lit by error. Mayors Williams Underwood Brinkley and local leaders commend residents for cooperation and note 100 percent blackout in Timble and Jacksonville. Marcellite Rebekah Lodge meets Saturday at 7:30 pm at 10.C.F. Hall and asks members to bring a towel.

Glouster Thomas Williams Fred Heck Main St Williams Goldsberry Albert Zimmers S. S. Underwood Timble Underwood Brinkley Jacksonville C. G. Lunsford Marcellite Rebekah C.F. Hall

Phils bids, army worry, and coaching tales round New York

Fullerton roundup traces responses to the Phils bid for free agents including a boy with one eye pledging not to be drafted and an agent offering to boost Danny Litwhiler batting by banjo in the bleachers. It notes a Cleveland Plain Dealer jab and profiles coaches Windy Nicklaus and Frank Dixon amid college football and soccer donations and a Wayne University guard missing in North Africa.

NEW York Phils Danny Litwhiler Danny Cleveland Plain Dealer Hakoah A. C Meyer Levin Colin Kelly United States Joseph Szczygiel Wayne University North Africa George Sherman Wayne Joe

Church Services Announced For Glouster And Methodist

Rev C B Tigner lists Sun day Church of Christ events with Sunday School at 9 and worship at 10 including Communion and sermons titled Faithful and As Seen by the Pharisees Rev A G Winkle outlines Methodist schedule with Church School at 9 30 worship at 10 30 and 7 pm evening service offering Honor Roll dedication for armed service members Junior and Senior Leagues meet mid afternoon Special Lent services begin Wednesday at 7 30 and continue weekly inviting public to attend

Earl Johnson Winkle Margaret Dunlevy

Hollister School Guests Share Hong Kong Internment Tale

Hollister schools held two assemblies on March 2 featuring Miss Alta Myers of Elyria a returned missionary from Hong Kong. She described five months in a Hong Kong island internment camp the ship Gripsholm voyage home via South Africa and life in Chinese and Japanese wartime captivity.

Hollister Hollister School Alta Myers Elyria Hong Kong China United States Gripsholm Miss Myers South Africa Parent-Teachers’ Association

GLOUSTER A Card From Bob Talbert in Army

GLOUSTER A card from Bob Talbert Jacksonville says he was inducted into the Army weeks ago and is stationed at Camp Hood Texas He states he likes Texas His address is available by calling M M Bryson in Glouster CHAUNCEY Mr and Mrs Paul Tipton and daughter Joan Miss Vergene Palmer and Mrs Minnie Palmer visited Mr and Mrs Wesley Cottrill in Chillicothe to see the uncle and aunt of Mrs Palmer Mrs Cottrill is slowly recovering from a prior stroke.

Glouster Bob Talbert Jacksonville Camp Hood Texas Bob M. M. Bryson Chauncey Paul Tipton Joan Miss Vergene Palmer Minnie Palmer Chillicothe Wesley Cottrill Mrs. Palmer Cottrill

Rothwell Club Notes In Glouster Social Meeting

The Rothwell Club met with Mrs. M. M. Bryson. Members voted to donate to the Red Cross and Boy Scout drives. Mrs. Craft spoke on Athens history and early Athens newspapers. Mentions of local sites and the first Athens County Fair in 1851. Cards requested for Lawrence Masterson whose birthday is March 10. Residents employed in Ravenna Ordnance Plant and moves noted.

Berry Zenner General Grosvenor Violet Flats Athens County Leo Masterson Lawrence Johnny Andrews John Cotter St Williams Ravenna Ordnance Plant Thomas Whitlatch Pedicord House Madison St Alden Wells Farm Maplewood

Glouster Workers Attend Conference on War Bonds Drive

Glouster workers including Earl E. Williams Trim ble Johnson and M M Bryson attended a dinner of the Athens County Victory Fund Committee at Hotel Berry. Plans for the April government war bonds drive were discussed to encourage citizens to loan surplus cash to support the war effort and the boys serving overseas.

United States Williams

Culver Dies in Plane Crash in Kansas

Frank Culver, son of Cromwell Culver of Connorsville Pennsylvania, was killed in a Kansas airplane crash while serving as radio man on a bomber during a training flight across Nebraska. A guard of honor accompanied his body to the Culver home in Glouster. The Danford family from New Brunswick and Uniontown were noted in attendance as the well known Glouster residents mourn the loss.

Chauncey Church of God Announces Sunday Schedule

Chauncey Church of God will hold services Sunday starting 9 30 with Sunday School led by Stanley Norris and John Marshall as song leader. Preaching at 10 30 and 7 30 by Rev. Clarence Way. A Young People’s meeting is set for 6 15 p m. The teacher training class study has closed.

Chauncey Chauncey Church of God Stanley Norris John Marshall Clarence Way

Pre Easter Bible Day Draws Dover Parish Attendees

The Church of Christ announces a pre Easter Bible Day with a goal of 200 Bibles collected. Bible schools and services across Trimble Chauncey Greens Run Taylor Ridge and Millfield will feature sermons by G B Courtney and Glaze Thompson with night services at 7 30 Eastern War Time and a special Millfield session titled The Bible A Practical Book.

Chauncey Church of Christ Trimble

Plains Church Holds Sunday Services and Friday Prayer Event

The Plains Nazarene Church announces Sunday School at 9:30 led by Mrs. Carrie Channell with 10:45 service by Rev. Frank Noel on Holiness a Way of Life. Young People meet at 7 p.m. with Mrs. Florence Noel. Evening sermon at 7:30 on Sin. An all day prayer service with guest speakers and music Friday March 12 at 10:30 a.m. 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. All welcome including mothers of boys in service.

Chauncey The Plains Nazarene Church Carrie Channell Frank Noel Florence Noel

Mrs Simpkins Hosts Millfield Bridge Club

Mrs. Margaret Simpkins hosted her bridge club at her Millfield home with two tables in play. Awards went to Louise Nagle for high score and Eleanor Sharick for second. Members present included Elizabeth Willis Ruth Wade Christine Brown Helen Sanders Florence Howard and others.

Chauncey Margaret Simpkins Millfield Louise Nagle Eleanor Sharick Elizabeth Willis Ruth Wade Christine Brown Helen Sanders Florence Howard

Chauncey Briefs Residents and Local Illnesses

ChaunceyLeonard Northop of Zanesville visits for a few days receiving treatment from Dr W V Sprague and visits daughters Mrs Eugene Spurbeck and Mrs Howard Pennell. Miss Virginia Nagle Chauncey high school secretary has tonsillitis. Mr and Mrs Chester Sanders Millfield wintering at their son Fred Sanders Trimble Heights are ill, visited by Dr C N Sanders and Rev Gilbert Courtney. Mrs Bess Kranyik Cunningham Chauncey is in Columbus this week for hospital treatment.

Chauncey Lewis Northop Zanesville W. V. Sprague Eugene Spurbeck Howard Pennell Virginia Nagle Wayne Matthews Chauncey High School Chester Sanders Millfield Fred Sanders Trimble Heights C. N. Sanders Gilbert Courtney

High School Class Entertains Chauncey Church of Christ

Chauncey home on High Street hosted the Chauncey Church of Christ Sunday School class with 16 present and Mrs. Albert Jackson as teacher. Miss Jeanette Blackford presided. Washington's Birthday program featured a contest won by Russell Johnson. Refreshments and favors followed, with Nelle Agin, Naomi Savage and others on social and entertainment duties.

Chauncey Dwight Ferrer High St Chauncey Church of Christ Sunday School Albert Jackson Jeanette Blackford Russell Johnson Nellie Agin Ralph Brown, Jr

Chauncey Nurse Takes New Marietta Position

Chauncey nurse Chauncey Miss Vergene Palmer has accepted a post at the Marietta Osteopathic Hospital after nurse training at Mt. Vernon hospital sanatorium. She visited family here two weeks prior to reporting for duties in Marietta. She traveled with Mrs. Palmer and others. Theodore Kelzenburg has returned home from a Marietta hospital where he was receiving treatment accompanied by his wife and sister.

Chauncey Miss Vergene Palmer Minnie Palmer Mt. Vernon Hospital Sanatorium Marietta Osteopathic Hospital Marietta Palmer Janet Sue Stanley Paul Tipton Jon Joan Theodore Kelzenburg Marietta Hospital Flo Kelzenburg Florence Way

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