Rotary Hears Prof Collins Talk on UN in Gallipolis
Dr. Ernest M. Collins of Ohio University spoke to the Rotary Club at the Farmer's Hotel on the fifth anniversary of the United Nations. He praised UN progress in education health and agriculture while urging patience and a broader focus on peace alongside production. He highlighted UN actions in Korea and conflicts in the Arab Israel India Pakistan and Indonesia as preventing larger wars and urged continued US engagement without relying on dollars alone.
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Gallipolis
United Nations Organization
Ernest M. Collins
Ohio University
Rotary Club
Farmer's Hotel
Collins
United Nations
World Organization For Peace
San Francisco
Israel
India
Pakistan
Indonesia
World For Peace
Food and Agricultural Committee
World Health Organization
Security Council
Korea
South Korea
United States
Russia
Rotary
Truman Morris
George Ely
International Affairs Committee
Clyde Mitchell
Moran Objects to Cheesecake Publicity in Tennis Show
Gertrude Moran complains about cheesecake promotion around Gussie Moran led tour, arguing for a plain tennis match instead. Promoter Riggs plans a spectacle with Ermine entry, while Moran defends modest attire and a serious six month tour with Pau Line Bett Addie and other stars.
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New York
Gertrude Moran
Gussie Moran
Lace Panties
Gertrude
Santa Monica
Calif
Robert Riggs
Madison Square
Pauline Bett Addie
Big Jack Kramer
Pancho Segura
U.S
Riggs
Luke Appling Considered as Memphis Farm Club Manager
Chicago White Sox veteran Luke Appling, 41, was offered the Memphis Southern Association managerial post by vice president Chuck Comiskey. The long‑time shortstop, holder of two AL batting titles and an endurance record for games at short, may leave playing to manage the Sox affiliated team. He was a player coach last season, shifting from shortstop as Chico Carrasquel rose.
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Chicago
Luke Appling
White Sox
Sox
Memphis
Appling
Chuck Comiskey
Comiskey
Luke
Chico Carrasquel
Frank Lane
al Todd
Western Girds for Bearcats
Western Michigan College hosts Cincinnati in a key MAC showdown as Cincinnati and Miami Ohio lead the league. Bearcats’ Joe Benzinger and Gene Rossi pace a strong offense, while Western must sharpen pass defense and improve its aerial game to disrupt Cincinnati’s ground and air attack.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Western Michigan
Broncos
University of Cincinnati
Miami
Ohio U
Cincinnati
Bearcats
Sid Gilman
Bearcat
Joe Benzinger
Gene Rossi
Dick Jarvis
Jim Kelly
Jarvis
Kelly
John Gill
Ford Accepted for Army Duty with Yankees Pitcher
New York Yankees rookie pitcher Edward Ford is accepted for Army duty after a delayed medical review. He completed a physical on October 10 and will be called about 21 days after his draft board receives formal notification.
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NEW York
Edward
Whitey) Ford
New York Yankees
Ford
Mexico
Miami Coaches Diagram End In Front For Stronger 1950
Miami coach Andy Gustafson outlines a new line diagram to improve the ground game by pulling guards behind the right tackle and using right end Tom Jelley to seal the edge. He notes 1950 faces tougher opposition and highlights returning stars Jelley Fieler Hackett DelBello and MacDonald along with Frank Smith. Next feature previews Texas A M Aggie Trap.
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NEA
Andy Gustafson
Miami
Fla
Coral Gables
Tom Jelley
Jelley
Frank Smith
Ralph Fieler
Jack Hackett
Jack DelBello
Dave MacDonald
Hurricane
Point Pleasant High School Gym Project Gets Preliminary OK
Point Pleasant High School gym project received temporary approval from the Mason County Board of Education in a special session. The plan includes four classrooms and a 1400 seat gym, with total cost around 125000 and materials at 26850.
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Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant High School
Mason County Board of Education
State Department
C. H. Withers
Robert Adkins
Man Campfield Free From Prison At Last
Campfield recalls a life straddling crime and custody beginning with a burglary in youth. He discusses a Lawrence County case tied to a false arrest fear, a criminal charge, and his return to prison after appeals. Born July 13 1915 in Lancaster he grew up in Vinton and studied electrical engineering at a Detroit institute.
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Lawrence County
Campfield
Lancaster
Vinton
Detroit Technical Institute
Newell Returns to Point Pleasant Blacks Squad
Point Pleasant Ohio Valley team travels to Spencer Friday night with quarterback Robert Newell back in starting duty after knee injury. Coach Bob Adkins praised Jackie Durst Bob Hawkes and Roger Lee for strong play in a 31 20 loss to Vinson, game at 7 30 p m.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Robert Newell
Bob Adkins
Spencer
Newell
Huntington Vinson
Adkins
Vinson
Jackie Durst
Bob Hawkes
Roger Lee
Durst
Lee
Hawkes
Vinson Boys
College Gridder's Wife Gets Divorce
In Common Pleas Court Judge Joseph H. Silbert grants divorce to Mrs Janet Reiber 20 former wife of a Baldwin Wallace College football player. She testifies the gridder beat her and neglected their infant daughter Linda Louise. The court awards custody to Linda with seven fifty a week support. Ken Reiber absent from the suit.
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Cleveland
Joseph H. Silbert
Janet Reiber
Baldwin-Wallace
Common Pleas Court
Linda Louise
East Cleveland
Ken Reiber
Berea
11000 Pheasants Killed in Two-Day Shoot
POINT PELEE Ont two day hunt ends with over 11000 pheasants killed by about 1000 hunters. Two injuries and one death reported. Arthur Schreck of Galion Ohio and John Strickler of Welch West Virginia were pellet victims. Elbert Strickler of Landisville West Virginia died of a heart attack during the event.
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Point Pelee
Ont
Lake Erie
Canada
United States
Arthur Schreck
Galion
John W. Strickler
Welch
W. Va
Strickler
Elbert Strickler
Landgregg
Forrest Grigg The Browns Heaviest Player On Roster
Forrest Grigg weighs 280 pounds and plays defensive tackle for the Cleveland Browns, making him the heaviest player on the team.
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Forrest Grigg
Cleveland Browns
Browns Memoir Ties 1948 Debut to 14 Alumni
The Cleveland Browns highlight 14 players who were part of the original 1948 Browns team, connecting today’s roster to the franchise’s founding era and honoring veterans from the early days of the club.
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Cleveland Browns
Browns
Porches Collapse Hurt Child At Point Pleasant Bell Ringing
Hubert Roush, 12, suffered a broken right leg in three places when a porch under construction collapsed during a Holzer Hospital fundraiser at Grace Methodist Church. 35 youngsters crowded the porch. several others suffered sprains and bloody noses as the incident sent guests into a basement.
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Point Pleasant
Hubert Roush
Elnore Birchfield
Henderson
William Birchfield
Roush
Ed Roush
First St
Holzer Hospital
Edna Gettles
Point Clinic
Armistice Day Dinner Planned by American Legion Auxiliary
Pt. Pleasant notes show Mrs. D. G. Wilfong presiding at a Monday meeting. Armistice plans include a dinner at the American Legion building Navy 11 at 6 30 p m. District conference for Nov 8 at New Haven unit requires precontact by Oct 30. Attendees listed include Mrs. Wilfong and ten others.
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D. G. Wilfong
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
Navy
New Haven
Wilfong
Stanley Waldie
Chester Roush
Bridge Club Dinner At Colonial Inn In Jackson Ohio
Mrs. Robert Harper hosted her Viand Street bridge club at the Colonial Inn in Jackson Ohio Monday at 7 30 p m Members included Mrs A J Moore Mrs J D Sword Mrs Milton Miller Mrs N A Park Mrs Don D Smith Mrs Harold Somerville and Miss Hildreth Armstrong High score fell to Mrs Moore with Mrs Sword in second place.
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Robert Harper
Viand St
Colonial Inn
Jackson
Ohio
A. J. Moore
J. D. Sword
Milton Miller
N. A. Park
Don D. Smith
Harold Somerville
Hildreth Armstrong
Moore
Sword
Carpenters Auxiliary Plans Halloween Party and Bake Sale
Mrs. Wirt Robbins hosted the Carpenters Auxiliary meeting at 813 Main St with Mrs. L. W. Holley presiding. They scheduled a Halloween party for Oct 30 at Main St hall and announced a bake sale Saturday at Point Service Store starting 9 a.m. Refreshments were served by the hostess and her daughter to members including Mrs. Holley and several others.
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Holley
Miles Downing
Clarence Cheesebrew
Guy Mintuym
Albert Belcher
Gotten Hall
Virgie Stewart
4-H Achievement Day Banquet Set for Nov 1
1-H Achievement Day to be held at 4-H camp on the south side of the Kanawha River. The event starts at 7 p.m. with I. B. Boggs, Boys State 4-H leader from Morgantown, as speaker. Awards will honor yearly 4-H projects.
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Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
I. B. Boggs
Morgantown
Holzer Hospital Notes Births and Discharges
Birth notices list Mrs. Al G. Smith Northup and Martha Jean Canter Oak Hill among newborns at Holzer Hospital. Discharge slate includes Mrs Joe Saltsman and several others while admissions feature Mrs John Kriebel Wellston and Miss Louise R Pickens Kerr Ohio. Local names appear with towns Pomeroy Gallipolis Wellston and Oak Hill.
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Holzer Hospital
al G. Smith
Northup
John Kriebel
Wellston
Claude Reeves
Bidwell
Donald Reuter
Pomeroy
Gene Rice
Middleport
Dan Lewis
Eureka
Jack Shirley
Pleasant
Kenneth Hartley
Paul Richard Conley
Gallipolis
Pauline McMillen
Louise R. Pickens
Kerr
Martha Jean Canter
Oak Hill
Edward R. King
McArthur
Edward Miles
Cheshire
Non Support Charged Man Freed on Bond in Gallia Sheriff Report
Gallipolis sheriff reports Claude Woodie of Lawrence County was taken into custody on a non support warrant and released on a 300 dollar bond.
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Gallipolis
George Ehman
Claude Woodie
Lawrence County
Browns Feature First Team Roster From 1946
The Cleveland Browns NFL squad lists a full lineup with players at every position except halfback for their first team of 1946.
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Cleveland Browns
Ion
Sunday Guests At Beaver Home In Leon
Sunday visitors included Mrs Pearl Stallnaker sister of Mrs Beaver from Nitro and Angus Robbins an employee of the steamer Seaball staying with his parents Mr and Mrs Wirt Robbins at 813 Main Street.
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Grant Beaver
Leon
UN Flag Making Effort Extends Across Mason County
Kenneth Bragg of the local extension office outlined United Nations flag making efforts on UN Day. Seventeen flag making kits were issued to 4-H clubs, garden and women’s clubs and other groups with plans to place flags in schools churches and communities to raise awareness of the UN flag.
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Point Pleasant
Kenneth Bragg
Agriculture Extension Office
Extension Service
United Nations
National Citizenship Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mason County
Great Kanawha O. R. Y
Tip Topper
Sunnyside Warhawk
Tip Top Pointers
Jericho Braves
Happy- Go-Lucky
Hartford Merrymaker
Hop Two It
All American
Oak Grove Corn Cobblers
North Mason A. F R. Y
New Haven Garden Club
Holzers Welcome Fourth Child at Holzer Hospital
Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Holzer Jr. became the parents of their fourth child, a daughter born Tuesday at 7:26 p.m. at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis. The infant weighed 6 pounds 15% ounces and has not been named yet. The Holzer children are two girls and two boys.
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Gallipolis
Charles E. Holzer, Jr
Holzer Hospital
Holzer
36 Men Sent To Charleston For Physical Examinations
Selective Service Board from Mason and Putnam Counties sent 36 men to Charleston on Tuesday for their physical examinations. Named include Leonard Francis Null, Leonard McCallister, Dewey Philip Thacker, William Lee Biffle, James Holley Boice and others. The group comprises local residents facing the draft screening process.
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Point Pleasant
James William Clark
Jessie Austin Henson
Carl Otis Long
James Ivan Levine
John Patrick Gatens
Earl Holley Jr
Stanton Ezekial “Urdette
Albert Zane Parkins
Vernon Lee Turley
Clabert Ellis Gillispie
Donald Dennis Doss
Eugene Marshall Smith
Billy Joe McGhee
Earnest Roach
Elton Rufus Burford
Gwinn
Richard Brown
Eugene Brake
Howard Lee Crawford
Knights of Pythias Confer Esquire Ranks at Meeting
Knights of Pythias conferred Esquire ranks on Carl Wiers and John Sturgeon at a Monday night hall meeting in Point Pleasant. Out of town attendees included Fred Hunker John Cronan Jack Cowie Claude Swan F W Biffle Cloyd Barnette Charley Stone Sammy Miller and Phil Thomas from Leon and Gallipolis Middleport.
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Point Pleasant
Knights of Pythias
Esquire
Carl Wiers
John Sturgeon
Fred Hunker
John Cronan
Jack Cowie
Middleport
Claude Swan
F. W. Biffle
Gallipolis
Cloyd Barnette
Charley Stone
Sammy Miller
Phil Thomas
Leon
Rotary Halloween Dance At Moose Hall In Point Pleasant
Ladies night at the Rotary Club meeting features a Halloween dinner dance at Moose Hall with Avie Lake and his orchestra providing music. Door prizes, costumes optional, according to program chairman John McNeill.
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Point Pleasant
Rotary Club
Moose Hall
Avie Lake
John McNeill
Mrs Neville to enter Cleveland Clinic for hand treatment
Mrs John Neville of 505 Second St will travel to Cleveland Ohio this Sunday to enter the Cleveland Clinic for treatment of her injured left hand. She cut the first two fingers while working on the steamer Treadwins on June 9 while attempting to open a can of milk with a meat cleaver and has not improved with treatment.
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Point Pleasant
John Neville
Second St
Cleveland
PTA Council Elects Roush As President
Walden Roush principal of Ordnance School was chosen president of the Mason County PTA Council at the organization meeting held Tuesday night at Ordnance School. Other officers include Mrs. Co G Jones as vice president, Mrs. Harry Snead as secretary, and Mrs. Leola Cubbage as treasurer. About 30 members attended from New Haven Mason Ordnance Central North Point Pleasant Roosevelt and Henderson PTAs. The next meeting is set for the fourth Tuesday in November at Mason Grade School.
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Point Pleasant
Walden Roush
Ordnance School
Mason County
PTA Council
Ruth Watson
PTA
Co. G. Jones
Harry Snead
Leola Cubbage
New Haven
Mason
Ordnance
Central
North Point Pleasant
Roosevelt
Henderson
Mason Grade
River Traffic at Gal lipolis and Kanawha Locks Reported
Canal traffic details list vessels at Gal lipolis locks with up and down movements across the day. Kanawha River entries show Sennet Tom D D. Zubie Merrill and others moving up or down with gauge readings and fall at Ka nawha Falls, plus a note on Red River of the North slope.
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Gallipolis
Talbot
Turley
Craig
Dixie
Louisiana
Bruce
Kenna
Kanawha
Sennet
Tom D
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