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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1950
Page
9
A schematic by Bill Glassford details Nebraska Football’s fast sweep tactic with Gerald Ferguson at fullback. The diagram explains players numbered one through eleven blocking and executing the sequence, culminating in a pitch to Ferguson and a central drive by the backfield.
Michigan seeks to end Army’s 22 game unbeaten run in the matchup at Yankee Stadium. Bennie Oosterbaan cautions players against getting too hyped despite last year’s 21-7 upset by Army. He stresses balanced prep and focus on a Big Ten chase after the game.
Western Michigan College Broncos travel to Oxford to face Miami University's explosive unit in the Mid American Conference opener. Miami is 1-1 and faster with depth, while WMU works to fix pass defense and disrupt the Redskins aerial attack after a solid showing against Central Michigan.
Louise Waugh, an employee of the county clerk’s office, set the all time women’s bowling record at the 22nd Street center with 253 in a private match Sunday night surpassing Erma Wright’s 247 from 1949. She competes in a mixed Anchor Billiards Aggravators league and subbed for Warenburg’s Insurance with the center’s traveling team on Sundays. The Warenburg team has won all 15 of its matches with Waugh bowling nine times.
South Plainfield NJ trainer Blake announces Alemite the pacing stallion will retire to stud at Leo C. MacNamara’s farm in Indianapolis. The six year old once held six track records and two world records. Blake presides over harness racing’s grand circuit. A Maumee Grand Circuit meet opening night was postponed due to rain.
The AP weekly college football poll shows Army back atop the rankings after Notre Dame falls to 10th. SMU, Oklahoma, and Texas challenge Army's lead with key showdowns upcoming in Dallas and the Cotton Bowl. Michigan and Ohio State are noted outside the top tier.
Forty evergreen shrubs will be obtained from the state nursery at Le Sage Tuesday afternoon and planted around the Ordnance School building this week. Principal Walden Roush stated the project is supervised by the Ordnance PTA landscape committee led by Mrs. Otis Rainey with vocational agriculture students helping. Plants include cedars arbor vitae Chinese and American and Norway spruce. The same committee planted 50 60 shrubs of mulberry spruce and forsythia in fall 1949.
Only Phil Cavarretta and Andy Pafko remain with the Chicago Cubs from the 1945 pennant winning team. Cavarretta and Pafko are the last surviving members still with the club, reflecting on that era.
The record notes that only Francis Ouimet Bob Jones and Johnny Goodman have captured the U S Open championship as amateurs.
The record shows twenty five percent of the races at Hialeah Park last winter were decided by the photo finish camera.
Jockey Johnny Longden has a trotter in training at Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury New York. The report notes a promising start for the horse as workouts continue under Longden’s oversight.
Western Michigan College cross country opens Saturday at Wheaton College in Wheaton Illinois. Coach Maus fears late workouts may cost early meets while Russel Gabier looks stronger after breaking course records last season. Other possibles include Epskamp Austin Mollen and Husband with Alman Selner likely out due to flu. The team aims to challenge for the Mid American Conference title after losing it to Miami University last year.
The St. Monica's Guild of Christ Episcopal Church will gather this evening at 7 30 in the church parish house with Mrs. Elsa Vaugnit presiding.
Mrs J S Blank and Mrs Jay Keister will be hostesses to the Wohela Farm Woman's Club on Wednesday at 1 30 p m for the afternoon session and program.
The Upland Farm Woman's Club will meet at the home of Mrs. M. J. Lilly on Thursday at 1 30 p.m. Members are to gather for the afternoon event.
Mrs. R. C. Hall is ill at home on Main Street. The Gilmours and daughters Shirley and Vivian visited the Freemans in Ironton Ohio. Mayes Bradshaw families stayed with the O Connors in Columbus. Bowie family dined with Grover Hite in St. Albans. Kirby Holloway of Los Angeles is visiting. Eva Nolins moved from Nitro to Huntington for medical care.
North Point Pleasant Grade School expands curriculum with a dictionary course for fourth to sixth graders. Thirty five dictionaries are shared among the three grades while daily lessons focus on usage and pronunciation via diacritical marks. Principal Chester Bartram notes the program is unique locally. Also reported is the hot lunch kitchen under construction to serve 250 students cafeteria style, slated to begin in early November, funded by the school. Delegate L W Holley from Point Pleasant Central Labor Union attended a major convention in Parkersburg.
Point Pleasant Chapter 7 of the Royal Arch Masons meets tonight at 7 30 with High Priest O O Hanes. A sea lion can routinely eat 20 pounds of fish daily yet survive long fasts on its fat reserves.
Mason County voters rush to register on final day as the Republican headquarters opens at 623 Viand St. and the county clerk’s office handles surging registrations. State AG Marland had extended the deadline. Democratic headquarters will open later this week. Bartow Jones notes upcoming rally itineraries and staff contact lists for voters. Hubert S. Ellis posters are distributed to promote the state senate candidate.
Point Pleasant teams up with Huntington as Odd Fellows and Masons hold state conventions this week. Rev M K Shif ler departs Wednesday with Columbus Blount for lodge meetings and memorial services, while West Virginia Grand Lodge sessions run Wednesday and Thursday with Point Pleasant representatives Joe Barr O H Hanes H L Staats Norman Foss Monroe Chase and William Burdette attending.
Cpl. Joseph E.F. Woodall, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Woodall of 525 Mason Place, is reported in fair condition in a Japan hospital after a shrapnel wound in Korea on Sept. 23. He joined the Regular Army in spring 1949 as a radio technician, later serving with the Third Army maneuvers in Puerto Rico before transfer to the 24th Infantry Division in Japan in June 1950.
Mason County dairy and farming develop from 1770s land grants to a billion dollar industry. The Employment Review highlights dairy herd improvements, co op sales, and women running farms. Notable holdings include Mount Vernon Old Town Ralph Lee and Lewis Hereford farms with extensive cattle programs and investments.
Edgar William Kidwell 89 died at his son Franklin Kidwell’s home in Point Pleasant Route 1 after a six hour stroke. A Mason County farmer, he was born there and married to Eva Van Sickle. Survived by five sons Franklin Thomas E Samuel Levi Garland two daughters Thelma White Elizabeth O'Dell two brothers and 27 grandchildren 17 great grandchildren. Funeral at Mt Zion EUB Church Wednesday 1 30 p.m. Rev Donald Lockhart. Burial in church cemetery. Crow funeral home invited.
Point Clinic notes admissions for Mrs Moten Stanley Point Pleasant surgical Oct 7 Mrs H James Johnson Point Pleasant surgical Oct 7 Mrs Vance Rees Gallipolis surgical Oct 9 Births include a son William Albert Jr to William Albert Barker Gallipolis Ferry Oct 8 fourth child and a daughter Christina Elizabeth to Walter Jones Point Pleasant Route 1 at clinic Oct 8 Release records list Mrs Robert Betz and infant Linda Sue
Beale School site location discussed at a brief Mason County Board of Education meeting. Three members Otis Young Howard Schultz and C G Jones requested Prosecuting Attorney J G F Johnson to pursue condemnation of adjoining property and to halt any construction on that property except by the board of education. Absent were board President John M Sayre and Mrs Donald Smith.
John C. Thomas age 22 and Lucille V. Rollins age 21 of Leon secured marriage licenses on September 30. Leon and Lucille are listed as the parties in the official record.
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