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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1955

Page

13

Gallipolis and Point Pleasant tilt in wide ball spree

Point Pleasant thrashed by Pomeroy 9 4 after six errors in the sixth inning. Clinton Swisher homered to tie game. Denny Wedge took the loss as Pomeroy’s Stacey Arnold drove in three runs and Bob Wilson added three singles. Gallipolis rolled past Logan 6 2 with late runs, advancing toward the northern sectional finals.

Pleasant — Noacihy Jack Rogers Point Pleasant Pomeroy Harmon Park Big Blacks Denny Wedge Yellow Jacket Roger Hayden Lockhart Lockhart Stacey Arnold Blacks Arnold Bob Wilson Clinton Swisher Ohioans Buffalo Parkersburg Gallipolis Blue Devils Oint Pleasant Theiss Jenkins Hubbard Wedge Rog

Standings and schedule from National League baseball update

National League standings show Brooklyn leading with 11 wins and 5 losses, Pittsburgh and Milwaukee close behind. Schedules list games for Thursday and Friday with matchups including Brooklyn at Philadelphia, Chicago at Cincinnati, Milwaukee at St Louis, and more.

Cleveland Brooklyn Detroitee Stee Enys “Scheduerststurghat New York St Soem Rote Kerk Boston Antoni Baltimore Washington Rogovin Stone Phitedeln Phil Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee St. Louis

Buckeye Nine In Title Bid

Buckeye Nine seeks a title bid in the American Association standings after a Thursday slate with Toledo at Denver and Indianapolis at St Paul. Sunday schedules feature Charleston at Denver and Toledo at Omaha as teams vie for top spots amid 10 to 1 and 9 to 5 results.

Buckeye American Association Toledo Denver Indianapolis St. Paul Charleston Oma Louisville Minneapolis Omaha Denv

Logan social notes and club meet details from Logan

Logan social notes cover junior tourist book club meetings led by Mrs. La Price and Mrs. Allen with reviewer Mrs. Blume discussing Bride's Island by Margaret Bill Houston. Events include hostesses named, dessert plans at Brandt's, and attendance of 14 members and one guest. Also listed are Eastern Star dinner plans at Brandis restaurant, Chit Chat Club at Toronto and Rochester, Rockbridge Band Boosters, and various community notices including probate and church circle activities.

Marion Allen Frederick Blume Margaret Bill Houston Eugene Brown Mabel Prather W. Hunter St Weill Brandt's Order of the Eastern Star Masonic Temple Brandis Charles Achauer Walter. Bray Clarence Salts Wood Bowen E. Brown Club of Montreal Romane Toronto Rochester Ed Rittgerg E. Hunter Syracuse Montreal Buffalo Columbus Havana Richmond

Fragmented Scribbled Verse Is Reader’s Puzzle Clue

A garbled text fragment hints at puzzle like lines and scattered letters. It appears as a cipher or ransom of words with repeated sounds and stray syllables, challenging readers to decode meaning or context from a damaged page segment.

Baseball Leaders and Stat Totals From MLB Mix

A garbled 1950s era stats block lists batting, runs, and RBIs leader data for multiple teams. It names players such as Mueller New York Bruton Milwaukee Sun, Hodges ym Repulski St Louis Furillo rook ym Gillian Brooklyn Skowron Carrasquel Bauer Nieman Kuenn Lepeyo Wilson Triples Fox Minoso and Score with various team associations and missing context.

Mueller New York Bruton Milwaukee Brooklyn Hodges Repulski St. Louis Aaron Furillo Rook Gillian Skowron Carrasquel Chicago Bauer Nieman Vernon Washington Kuenn Detroit Cubles — Lepeio Boston Wilson Kansas City Fox Minoso York Chand

Williams Receives Most Improved Award at OSU Spring Practice

Ohio State University honors Williams, a sophomore on the track squad, with the spring practice most improved award. Coach Woody Hayes presented the honor last night at the Spring field ceremony.

GoLumpus Ohio State University Mis Springfield Woody Hayes Williams OSU

Local Church News Log features multiple congregations

Logan church notices list services and activities for EUB and affiliated churches. Entries cover Sunday schools at 9:30 am, worship at 10:30 am, youth groups, prayer meetings, and midweek fellowship across South Haydenville First Church of God, United Brethren, Nazarene, Trinity Lutheran, First Presbyterian, Berea Presbyterian, and other local denominations with pastors named including Orville Newton and A N Grueser.

Gore Oreville C.M. Bowman Haydenville First Methodist Stanley T. 3Enton Boy Scouts Martha Circle Ruth Circle United Brethren In Christ I.N. Burnworth Salt Creek Valley Pilgrim Holiness A. N. Grueser Pas Formor Angels of High Youth Fellowship Church of the Nazarene Roy Klingler NYPS John Trinity Lutheran Paul D. Holtzen First Presbyterian Eariehottke Fim Vail Schwenke Work Smith Wesminster Fellowship Berea “Presbyterian Union Furnace Bart F. Schottke Promise Mocking Valley Tabernacle EV. Baker

Logan Plans Acceleration Mass Polio Vaccination Schedule

Logan outlines morning vaccination times across multiple towns for a second round of anti polio campaign in schools. Phase two immunizations target pre school and kindergarten entrants with smallpox and DTP vaccines, mandated by the county health department and city schools.

Logan Am.shen Enterprise West Logan Motion Hocking County Laurelville Gibisonville Rockbridge and Health Bloomingville Green Seieges Furnace Ilesbor Murray City Declan Conbenes Iit Carton Hill, Gore Webb Faith Department Health Department South Bloom Ingville Rockbri West Logan Central St. John's East Gore Webb's Summit Green Union Furnace Nesboro Carbon Hill Lagan

Court levies judgment in Hocking County case

Logan authorities execute a judgment against property owned by Bernhardt in the Greendale Mines case. Mrs Sarah M Howdyshell, widow of Wesley Howdyshell, dies at 87 in Webb's Summit Athens County. Services set for 3 p.m. Saturday at Heinlein funeral home. burial Ebenezer Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters, six grandchildren, nine great grandchildren.

LOGAN Sr, Eps Hewnee Hocking County A. J. Waldron Sarah Howdyshell Wesley Greendale M. Howdyshell Wederals Co Bernhardt Maxville Noel North Charles Frasure Ethel Wohrle Mabel Strawn Perry County Heinlein R. D. Kitzmann Ebenezer Cemetery

Maxfield Cox Dies at Home in Enterprise

Logan native Maxfield H C Cox died at 3:15 p m Thursday at his home in Enterprise after a long illness He was the son of the late John Cox He survived by wife Gertrude one daughter Betty Cox of Columbus five stepchildren Eva Mae Stevens Rockbridge Route 1 West E David M Marjorie Kay and Shirley Ann Rtinghiser of the sisters Mrs Herb Pherce Lancaster and one half brother Clarence Cox Rockbridge Route 1 Funeral arrangements are complete but Leon ard Funeral Service is in charge

Herb Pherce Lancaster Clarence Cox Rockbridge Leonard

Logan selects pet suns tonesst technicians for tests

Acting at the mobile laboratory to be set up for the fairgrounds was announced. Mr Madge Stoughton and Mrs Charles Westenbarger will aid. Testing started today. Persons collecting milk samples from farms were briefed at a meeting at the extension office.

Logan Thursie Eecatrionanine Madge Stoughton Charles Westenbarger Tony

Alarm at Mill in Logan Fires by King Lumber Co lumber

Firemen answered a general alarm at 4:45 p.m. rear of Keynes Bros mill on East Front. Lumber stacks owned by King Lumber Co ignited though isolated from buildings. Cause unclear. sparks from nearby incinerator trash burning suspected. Assistant chiefs C. J. Hysell and Robert Courter directed operations.

Logan Keynes Bros King Lumber Co Ro King C. J. Hysell Robert Courter

County Commissioners Approve Routine Bills at Meeting

Hocking County commissioners approved payments from several funds including Auto-gasoline 1053.89, county 874.14, tuberculosis 880.70, Aid for Blind telephone 11.90, and Aid for Blind medical 850. Judge Rhea Bangert Brown’s expenses for the Ohio Association of Probate Judges spring meeting in Dayton on the 19th to 21st were approved with a probable cost of 90.

Schsan—Rotis Remmivers Ohio Assoc of Dayton Reedy

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