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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 05, 1946

Page

7

Bee Gees Have Best Won-Lost Record in NIT Tourney

Ohio colleges dominate 1946 hoops standings as Bowling Green and Ohio State vie for national titles. The Bee Gees lead state in win percentage and will play at Madison Square Garden in the National Invitational Tournament, while Ohio State represents district four in the NIAA event. Baldwin Wallace, Akron, and Wittenberg also figure in close title races amid a dense Ohio Conference table.

Bee Gees New York Marrison Square Garden Ohio OT —— State National Intercollegiate Athletic Association Bowling Green Ohio State Akron Wittenberg Ohio Baldwin Wallace Zippers Zips Lutherans Johnny Chayers Baldwin-Wallace Baldwin- Wallace Capital Toledo Baldwin-Wal Ohio Univ iFindlay Otterbein Western R Mt. Union Oberlin Muskingum Miami Hiram Defiance Kent State Ashland Wesleyan Ohio Northern Cincinnati Wooster Cedarville Marietta Wilberforce John Carroll Rio Grande Heidelberg Dayton Xavier Bluffton Fenn Case Wilmington Denison Kenyon FENAL iHent State Wilmington A

Plenty of Upsets in Tourney

Columbus report notes a crowded state basketball path with 187 teams left in Ohio class A and B titles. Defending class B champs Northridge Strasburg Copley Waynesburg Attica New Knoxville remain, while Middletown and Canton McKinley press toward regional play as Port Clinton disrupts undefeated teams.

Columbus Ohio Cantor, Township Norwalk Chillicothe Canton Township Canton McKinley Portsmouth Port Clinton Middletown Hamilton Catholic Dayton Greenville Miamisburg Middies Osborn Catholic Dayton Dunbar Bellevue Northridge Strasburg Copley Waynesburg Attica New Knoxville Lykens Berlin Canton McHinley Massillon Laser Ashville Marion St. Mary Worthridge Columbiana Sandusky St. Mary

Free Methodists Begin Revival Services in Redtown

The Free Methodist Church at Redtown opened a series of old time revival services Monday evening March 4 at 7 00 led by Evangelist Rev J A Snyder of Columbus. Services will continue each evening until further notice.

Glouster Free Methodist Church Redtown J. A. Snyder Columbus

Rogers Memorial Sunday School Class Meeting at Church

The GLOUSTER-A Rogers Memorial Sunday School Class will meet Thursday at 7 30 in the Methodist Church. All current and former members are invited. A short program will be presented and refreshments served.

Glouster Rogers Memorial Methodist Church

Bowel Cleanser ERB-HELP Promises Quick Health Turnaround

An advertisement claims ERB HELP with 12 herbs thoroughly cleanses bowels and body, ending headaches pimples and rheumatic pains. It says users feel entirely different, with benefits to stomach gas liver and kidneys. Athens Pharmacy and Betts Cut Rate in Nelsonville sell it.

Athens Pharmacy Nelsonville Betts

Storts Tops Perry County League Scorers

Bob Storts of Little Moxahaia High School led Perry County League scoring with 317 points in league play and 166 in non league action for a 483 point season. The senior pivot uses a sharp hook shot to lead his team and attract college attention. He has been nominated for All Ohio and will receive a trophy for outscoring all league players.

Little Moxahaia High School Bob Storts Perry County Bob

Mrs Bailey Ill at Home Cared for by Sisters

Mrs Bailey seriously ill at her home being cared for by her sister Mrs Walter McDivitt and Mrs Albert Zimmer. Bailey works in Mutual Store shoe department. Needle Club to meet at Miss Ollie Brookins home in Millfield Wednesday night. United States waterfowl population rose from 27 million in 1934 to 120 million in spring 1943.

Bailey Ann Bailey Walter McDivitt Albert Zimmer Mutual Store Shoe Department Needle Club Chauncey Millfield Ollie Brookins United States

More Dough Boys Turned Away by Baseball Bosses

Major league camps opened with a holdout wave as at least 45 players remained unsigned including stars from Dodgers Cardinals Browns and Yankees plus players from every club except Red Sox and Reds The list names Dixie Walker Pete Reiser Marty Mazion Whitey Kurowski Vern Stephens Dick Siebert Frank Hayes Ernie Bonham and others across the NL and AL indicating a broad push for higher pay and free agent leverage.

Joe Reichler New York Associated Press Boston Red Sox Cincinnati Reds Brooklyn Dodgers Dodgers Dixie Walker Pete Reiser St. Louis Cardinals Marty Mazion Whitey Kurowski Browns Vern Stephens Dick Siebert Cleveland Frank Hayes New York Yankees Ernie Bonham

Mrs. Viola Howard Hosts Millfield Ladies Aid

Mrs Viola Howard hosted the monthly Ladies Aid Society of the Millfield Church of Christ in Millfield on Friday night.1 The meeting featured a business session led by president Hazel Earich, devotions by Mabel Smith, group singing, a mystery package prize to Mamie Chadwell, and a name contest won by Mabel Smith. Patty Howard played piano and Norma and Peggy Binns sang a duet. The April gathering will be at Mrs Earichs home. Refreshments were served.

Chauncey Viola Howard Millfield Ladies Aid Society Earich Celia Boudinot Hazel Earich Ella Byers Elizabeth Robinett Mabel Smith Goldie Corwin Marmle Chadwell Norma Binns Pegey Binns Patty Howard

Variety Show at Chauncey Dover High School

Chauncey Dover high school plans its annual variety show in the high school auditorium at 8 o clock Wednesday night. The music department presents a varied program with skits and both new and old song hits. A large audience is expected.

Chauncey Chauncey- Dover High School

Revival Services Begin at The Plains Church of the Nazarene

Revival services started Monday night in The Plains Church of the Nazarene led by pastor Rev J N Lakin with evangelist Rev Russell Bowman Columbus and the Dickerson sisters Logan in charge of music. Services begin nightly at 7 15 with Beulah Robinson of Chauncey seriously ill at home assisted by Hazel Kuhn and Lucille Glass. Mary Dew and Lizzie Harvey of Chauncey hosted a chicken dinner in Athens. Ladies Aid quilting at Chauncey Methodist Church set for Thursday with all members urged to attend.

Chauncey Plains Church of the Nazarene J. N. Lakin Russell Bowman Columbus Dickerson Sisters Logan Beulah Robinson Jacobs Ave Hazel Kuhn Amesville Lucille Glass Mary Dew Lizzie Harvey Wilma Kranyik Athens Ladies Aid Society Chauncey Methodist Church

Fellowship Supper at Trimble Methodist Church

Fellowship supper of Trimble Methodist Church will be held Wednesday night at the church. Members and friends are invited to attend and bring a dish. A worship service will follow and Pastor Rev. Charles Caffrey will outline revival plans starting Monday, March 11.

Chauncey Trimble

Loyal Women's Class Meets Wednesday at Chauncey

The Loyal Women's Class of the Church of Christ Chauncey will gather Wednesday at Mrs Inez Nyes High Street home. A noon dinner followed by a business meeting and program led by Mrs Martha Shafer is planned. Chauncey businessman L A Gooding remains seriously ill at home in Trimble after two months in a Columbus hospital.

Chauncey Loyal Women's Class Church of Christ Inez Nye High St. Pat Luck Martha Shafer L. A. Gooding Trimble Columbus Earl Johnson

Radio Highlights Loom Large As Hooper Tops Poll

New York radio scene shows Fibber McGee and Molly leading Hooper program poll with 30.4 percent, Hope at 29.8, Charlee McCarthy third, then Skelton and Radio Theater. NBC dominates the top ten with comedy. Burns and Allen and Jack Benny among early leaders. Chauncey opens marshal applications. broadcast listings mix with ceremonial notes and local events.

New York Fibber McGee and Molly Hooper Bob Hope Hope Charlee McCarthy Rei Skelton The Radio Theater Bing Crosby Jack Benny Screen Guild Fred Allen Jack Haley Guild NBC Bowes Burns and Allen

Hop to Probe Mex Loop Jumping

Fullerton surveys sports notes and obscure training camp memories from 1929 to 1930. He highlights Danville Illinois cardinal training, Syracuse Bradenton ties, and Marge Davis bowling runs. Mentions Spike Dixon free throw study, Argentina joining baseball congress program, Annapolis track and NCAA basketball trips.

Fullerton Spike Dixon Marquette U Spike Argentina National Baseball Congress Army Navy Annapolis Hank Thompson Delaware Harvard Wyndel Gray N.C.A

Chandler Says No Automatic Bans For Outlaw League Players

Commissioner Happy Chandler plans a broad review of Latin American baseball defections to the outlaw Mexican league. He says no rule automatically suspends players who compete against ineligible peers, and reinstatement decisions will be case by case after inquiries in Havana with Clark Griffith and Acosta. Players who left to play outlaw ball during wartime face no reinstatement chances.

Gayle Mexico Chandler Havana Clark Griffith Washington Senators Merito Acosta

Big Year Ahead for Minor League Baseball Leader Predicts banner season in American Association

President H. Roy Hamey forecast 1946 as a landmark year for the minors as he begins spring training visits. He will inspect teams in Florida and Texas, starting with Indianapolis in Deland and Kansas City at Lake Wales, then Louisville, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Columbus, Milwaukee, and Toledo at various sites.

Columbus H. Roy Hamey American Association Hamey Florida Indianapolis

More Solicitors Named for Trimble Red Cross Drive

Mrs. Lowell Burnell, chairman, adds six solicitors to Trimble Township efforts Mrs. Robert Morris Mrs. Loyal Morris Mrs. Glenn McDonald Mrs. Mary Robinson Mrs. Harold Hickman and Mrs. Lola Gillett. Supplies for the canvass are available at Dr Burnell's office corner High St and Republic Ave. Workers report the drive has begun and is progressing satisfactorily.

Service Men Visit Glouster Area Family Updates

Glouster area service men spend time with relatives. Sg t Foster Price just completed a three month furlough and has re enlisted for Panama duty with his wife and son Harry Lee. His father Andrew Price and brother John Price, recently discharged, will relocate to Boston. Robert Talbert, discharged from Indiantown Gap after three years in service, plans Otterbein pre medical study and summer with his mother in Jacksonville.

Glouster Foster Price Andrew Price Toledo Foster Harry Lee Panama John Price Boston Mass Edna McNabb Robert Talbert Jacksonville Indiantown Gap France Germany Bob Otterbein University Frank Talbert Jacksorsville

War Shrine Bids Requested for Ohio Memorial Forest

Bids are being received for a shrine in Ohio Memorial Forest near Ashland County to honor Ohioans who died in World War II. Mrs. L M Kinsey of Akron leads the project for the Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs and says the shrine will keep permanent serviceman records. Memorial acres cost 25 dollars each and will be marked on a map inside the shrine.

Cleveland Ohio Memorial Forest L. M. Kinsey Akron Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs Memorial Forest Ashland County

Missionary Society Meets Sunday Morning in Glouster

The Baptist Missionary Society met during the Sunday forenoon service with Mrs. Ethele Riley as president and Mrs. Ora Viney as pianist. Echoes from a Rendville sub district convention were shared by the president, and a devotional program led by Miss Bevla Morris featured hymns, Scripture, solos, duets and readings by society members. The next meeting set for March 21 at Mrs Rose Williams’s home. Revival at Nelsonville closes March 3 after starting earlier in March at Wesleyan Methodist Church.

Thomas Morris Jesus Betty Harding God Ethel Riley Helen Leach Christ Rose Williams Effie T. Brown

Stars Basket Happy After 145-72 Win

The Athens All-Stars routed Athens West Siders 145 to 72 as Wamsley led with 43 points and Schuler added 36. Green and Biggins contributed 18 and 17 for the losers, while Pedigo Strickland Carpenter and others filled gaps.

Athens All-Stars Basket-Happy Athens West Siders Wamsley Schuler Green Biggins Strickland Carpenter

Two Patients Taken To Marietta Hospital

GLOUSTER The C F Wallace ambulance took Paul Lee to Osteopathic Hospital in Marietta where X rays showed both bones of the wrist broken. On Sunday Mrs Ralph Neuman was taken to a Marietta hospital for treatment with pneumonia. Mrs Ann Bailey was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital in the John S Blower ambulance on Sunday with room 116. One Past Noble Grands Club of Marcellite Rebekah Lodge will meet in I C C F Hall Thursday at 7 30 with Mrs Ed Harry as hostess.

Glouster C. F. Wallace J Paul Lee Osteopathic Hospital Marietta Ralph Neuman Noble Grands Club Marcellite Rebekah Lodge 1.C.C.F. Hall Ed Harry

May Be Reds Top Hurler Howard Fox Looms for Grapefruit Opener

Howard Fox, Giants right hander noted as a Reds disappointment last season, emerged as the favorite to start against the Detroit Tigers in Cincinnati’s Grapefruit League opener. Intra-squad action, Fox led six hurlers with a solid three innings for the Lambs, while Ed Heusser, Clayton Lambert, John Hetki, Frank Dasso, and Earl Harist also pitched. The Wolves and Lambs combined for 12 hits and six errors as McKechnie recorded no comment on the team’s hitting woes.

Tampa Howard Fox Cincinnati Reds Bill McKechnie Detroit Tigers Redlegs Jimmy Wilson Wolves Hank Gowdy Lambs Fox Cincinnati Ivory-Hunters Bucky Walters Hill The Ed Heusser Clayton Lambert John Hetki Heusser Frank Dasso Earl Harist Gowdy McKechnie

Moneybags Hogan Leads Pros South in Open Victory

Ben Hogan led the touring pros down to Miami and Nassau for winter events and captured the St. Petersburg Open title with 269 over 72 holes earning 10 000. Sam Snead finished second at 274 and 1400 prize.

St, Petersburg Fla Ben Hogan Miami Nassau Hershey Sam Snead Hot Springs

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