Browns Open 1948 Season Tied To Injuries
Cleveland faces the Los Angeles Dons in the opener with about 55 000 fans expected at Lakefront Stadium. Coach Paul Brown says many players are hurt including Otto Graham Marion Motley Lavelli and Lahr with replacements ready Ollie Cline starts at fullback in place of Motley as ten new Browns join the squad.
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Cleveland
Lakefront Stadium
Paul Brown
Los Angeles Dons
Dons
Jimmy Phelan
Browns
Herman Wedemeyer
St. Mary's
Brown
Toledo
Baltimore
Otto Graham
Marion Motley
Cliff Lewis
Tommy Colella
Mac Speedie
Dante Lavelli
Warren Lahr
Ollie Cline
Ohio State
Motley
Cline
Torch Races On Saturday At Torch Speedway
Torch speedway hosts its weekly Saturday midget auto program with 7 30 p m time trials. Shorty Drexel’s 18 8 second mark remains unbroken amid trials. The card features an Australian Pursuit race and returns Jim Tom Harry Comstock Gene Comstock and John Campbell with last week’s winners in action.
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TORCH
Torch Speedway
Shorty Drexel
Cleveland
Jim Tom
Athens
Harry Commstock
Chesapeake
Gene
Ironton
John Campbell
Gallipolis
Boxing results from New York Waterbury and Brooklyn bouts
Tommy Bell beat Doug Ratford in New York. Willie Pep stopped Johnny Dell in Waterbury in eight. Joey Carbido outpointed Joey Belfiore in Brooklyn.
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Associated Press
New York
Tommy Bell
Youngstown
Doug Ratford
Brooklyn
Waterbury
Conn
Willie Pep
Hartford
Bowling Season Opens Friday in Athens
The Athens bowling season starts Friday at 7 p.m. Tommy Thomas of Sportland Recreation announced evening openings until league play begins. The McBee League starts Sept. 18 with other leagues a week later, plus a city bowling association meeting Thursday at 7:50 p.m. with rule changes and officer elections.
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Athens
Tommy” Thomas
Sportland Recreation
Norman Engh
Eddy McBride
Track Records Seen Broken At Beulah Park Opener
Beulah Park opens a 36 day fall meet with high hopes for new track marks. A stronger lineup and fast track favor multiple records, led by South Dakota’s 1 10 8 5 for six furlongs and 1 43 3 5 for a mile and a sixteenth. New arrivals include J R Burnett Allen Long W J McClure W J Marlman and W V Long arriving from Detroit.
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Columbus
Beulah Park
Beulah
Detroit
Ohio
Grove City
Kentucky
Florida
South Dakota
Grove City Course
J. R. Burnett
Allen Long
W. J. McClure
W. J. Marlman
W. V. Long
New Ohio college league planned with Defiance Ashland Findlay
Defiance College official Charles D. Beard said a new Ohio athletic conference may form after a Marion meeting later this month. Schools eyed include Defiance Ashland Findlay Cedarville Bluffton and Rio Grande with Ashland leading the effort. First competition would be track next spring with football basketball and baseball to follow.
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Defiance
Ohio College Athletic
Marion
Charles D. Beard
Defiance College
Ashland
Findlay
Cedarville
Bluffton
Rio Grande
Beard
Lima plans third annual football olympiad slate
The Lima Junior Chamber of Commerce announced eight teams will compete in the third annual football olympiad on September 10 at Lima Stadium. Football exhibitions followed with results: Philadelphia 37 Detroit 35 and Washington 21 Los Angeles 10.
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Lima
Lima Junior Chamber of Commerce
Philadelphia
Detroit
Washington
Los Angeles
Point Pleasant to raise garbage fee to 75 cents
City Council at a Wednesday meeting approved a 25 cent increase, boosting the garbage collection rate to 75 cents to fund civic improvements. Planned work includes 110 white enamel street signs, Harmon Park landscaping with a baseball field and playground, and a $1000 budget add-on.
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Point Pleasant
Chamber of Commerce
Layman’s League
Harmon Park
Achitect
Robert H. Ferguson
Parks and Playground Committee
Parkersburg
Morgantown
Charleston
Gallipolis
Pomeroy
Watterson Last Rites To Be Sunday
The body of Pfc. James W. Watterson arrives after noon at Apple Grove home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. John E. Watterson. Died from wounds in Leyte Philippines on November 16 1944. Full military honors at Moore's Chapel Ashton at 2 p.m. Sunday officiated by Rev. C. G. Billups.
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Point Pleasant
James W. Watterson
John E. Watterson
Apple Grove
Pfc
Watterson
Leyte
Philippines
Hannan High School
Marietta Manufacturing Co
John William
George
Dale
Richard E. Cook
Huntington
Sue Casey
William Sharp
Ashton
J. F. Watterson
Moore's Chapel
C. G. Billups
School Bus and Truck Crash Near Point Pleasant
A school bus carrying twenty five children collided with a half ton truck on Greer Road two miles off Ripley Road at 1 20 p m The bus was driven by Arthur Bradbury Burdette and the truck owned by Appalachian Electric Power Co was driven by Raleigh Russell Roush A child received a slight nose injury in the mishap Trooper R C Dilley reported the road was obscured by underbrush No other injuries or arrests were noted in a separate minor collision Wednesday evening involving Marvin T Griffin and John Smith at a driveway in Kananga.
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Point Pleasant
Greer Road
Ripley Road
Arthur Bradbury Burdette
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Raleigh Russell Roush
R. C. Dilley
Marvin T. Griffin
Kananga
John Smith
Jackson Ave
Hoyt Jiiden
School Count Being Made in Mason County
A census of Mason County pupils from birth to 20 years is being conducted by Mason County Schools teachers with house to house visits Thursday and Friday afternoons. The five year census checks accuracy and updates births after the census, aiding school planning and noting any pupil handicaps through closer teacher parent contact.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
O. M. Rice
Evidence Seen In Divorce Action
Divorce proceedings between Lt. H. A. Blankenship and Marion Louise Blankenship continued with attorneys signaling additional evidence to be presented later in the week. The couple moved to Point Pleasant two years ago when he became commanding officer at the local U S Naval storehouse. She resides at Lock Eleven and he is stationed in the Pacific.
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Point Pleasant
William H. Bardin
H. A. Blankenship
Marion Louise Blankenship
U. S. Naval
Lock Eleven
Pacific
Two Lakin Escapees Nabbed in Pt Pleasant
Police at Pt Pleasant captured two of five Lakin State Industrial School escapees near 14th and Viand. One youth fled. the other surrendered after Kayser and Yost intervened. The captured boy was jailed and the pair were returned to the school on Thursday.
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Lakin
Pt. Pleasant
Point Pleasant
T. F. Yost
R. A. Kayser
Lakin State Industrial School
14Th and
Viand
Kayser
Yost
Vacationers Return From Myrtle Beach After Hurricane Alert
Mrs Hoyt Jiden and Jack Fall with their daughter in law visited Myrtle Beach, S C, before returning home Tuesday night. They cut short their resort stay due to a tropical hurricane warning. Mr and Mrs Fall reside in Steubenville Ohio and will spend the remainder of their vacation at home. Bryson Lowe and Dana Wright, on river leave, are visiting their families in Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Bryson Lowe
Dana Wright
Woman Taken to Holzer Hospital in Apple Grove
Mrs. Van Dale Wallace of Apple Grove was taken to Holzer Hospital Wednesday at 3 am in the Chapman ambulance after several days of illness worsened suddenly.
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Point Pleasant
Vandale Wallace
Apple Grove
Holzer Hospital
Chapman
Veteran 29 Dies in Coal Mine Accident
John Allan Roberts 29 of Ewing Street was killed at Sunny Hill Coal Co mine when he slipped and fell into a conveyor at 2 30 p m He was a World War II veteran with 18 months in the Pacific area and a member of the Shawnee Methodist Church Surviving are his wife Wanda five children two sisters and a military funeral is tentatively planned for Sunday.
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New Straitsville
John Allan Roberts
Ewing St
Sunny Hill
Lillian Bush
New Lexington
Anne Bush
Junction City
McDermitt Rites Today in Point Pleasant
Mary Frances McDermitt 65 died Thursday at a son’s home in North Point Pleasant. Born July 25, 1883 in Mason County to Marvin and Lynn Layne, widow of Cera E. McDermitt. Survivors: sons Eugene and Carl. two grandchildren. stepchildren Charles McDermitt, Clara Rice, Minnie Roberts, Tillie Nobles. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday at Chapman funeral home.
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Point Pleasant
Mary Frances McDermitt
North Point Pleasant
McDermitt
Mason County
Marvin
Lynn Edward Layne
Cera E. McDermitt
Eugene McDermitt
Carl McDermitt
South Solon
Ohio
Charles McDermitt
Flint Mich
Clara Rice
Sandusky
Minnie Roberts
Columbus
Tillie Nobles
Chapman Funeral Home
Odis Burris
Howell School Event Marks 50th Anniversary in Cooper District
A 50th anniversary celebration at Howell School in Cooper District Mason County is planned to start at 11 a.m. Saturday. Former teachers pupils and patrons are invited. A basket dinner is set for 12:30 to 1 p.m. Families bring food while a local committee provides refreshments. An informal program of brief talks will follow with old-time string music by Oscar Weigand Horton Thornton and Morgan Roush. John G. Aten, the first teacher, supplied some refreshments.
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Point Pleasant
Howell
Cooper District
Mason County
Oscar Weigand
Horton Thornton
Morgan Roush
John G. Aten
Point Clinic Notes Admits Two for Pneumonia and Surgery
Point Pleasant report lists Mrs. Fritz Wartenburg of Jericho Road admitted with pneumonia and Mrs. Reed Sturgeon of this place admitted for surgery. Mrs. Arlin Hall of Viand Street, a medical patient, was discharged.
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Point Pleasant
Point Clinic
Fritz Wartenburg
Jericho Road
Reed Sturgeon
Arlin Hall
Viand St
Markets Cincinnati Produce Cincinnati
Poultry prices for heavy fowls and broilers listed by weight class. Butter prices for wholesale prints and butterfat shown. Potatoes quoted at 2.65 to 4.35 per unit.
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Cincinnati
Hog and cattle prices mixed in Cincinnati market report
U S Dept. of Agriculture notes salable hogs 1 500 with barrows and gilts up 50 75 cents from Thursday and sows 50 higher. Beef cattle steady to strong with steers holding weight and cows mostly common or medium quality. Vealers slow with good and choice calves 29 00 to 91 00 per hundredweight, culls down to 5 00.
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Cincinnati
U. S. Dept
Local Classifieds Include Rugs Dresses and Auctioneer Ad
A jumble of notices lists Harold Goddard as auctioneer with a Bartlett Ohio phone number and a sales pitch It also advertises Wool Rugs and throws from Corner Home Furnishings near the courthouse plus a reward for a lost red dress and anklets in brown sack The notice asks Joe A Vice to return home or write to P Z in Buchtel Ohio It promotes a skin disease remedy and mentions Athens Pharmacy with a home contact line
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Harold Goddard
Bartlett
Athens
Joe A. Vice
Joe
P. Z
Buchtel, Ohio
Dial
Washington St
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Gabriel's Used Cars
Union St
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C. A. Daugherty
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Athens Buick Co
F. B. Bean
Guysville
Wm. McDaniel
Buchtel
Chevrolet (Ltd
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B. F. Goodrich
Athens Motor Sales
DeSoto
Plymouth Sales & Service
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N. Shafer St
Buck's Auto
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Hudson Motor Cars
Shell
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Texaco Products
Algeo Motor
Marman
White's
E. Carpenter St
Crosley
Park Place
Wringer
Cheshire
Roselle Burdue Mossman
Esther Lambert
Sgt. Dallas Willing
Modern Appliance Co
Richland
G. F
Dow Pincelli
Frigidaire
Young's Electric
Court St. Dial
Schwartz
Maplewood Drive
Central Ave
Meyers Water Systems
Rowland Plumbing
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State St
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Sewell's
Albany
Bill
Carpenter Street
Cal’ Paul Fiske
Logans
Bare
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W. O. Rose
William P. MacDonald
Southern Ohio Trading Post
J. Williams
the Plains
Athens Furniture Shops
Lancaster St
Cabinet Hardware
Strawn Plumbing CO
F. C. Stone
E. State Street
Gilbert Hooper
Wilburt
Weber Heating Company
Farm Bureau Auto
J. Clyde Edmondson Res
J. House Res
D. M. Goddard
Huffman
Huffman Transportation Service
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Colo
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Marinello System
Town St
Call
Don, Young
Earl Hallie Day
Salem Center
Oklahoma
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Ranger
Farm Bureau Co-Op
Kurtz St
Higgins Feed Store
Roseland Willie
Don Mansfield
Lott Bricker
Co. E. Schuster
C and Son
NEW Philco Radio
Mill Street
Stan
Athens, Ohio
Geo. W
Ford Tractor Sales
Ford Tractors
Dearborn Implements
Sander
Wheaton’s
Messenger Press
Winchester
Antu
E. State St
H.P. Neptune
Prem
the Messenger
Ralph Porter
Athens R. D
Bassett Ridge
Robert Hedges
Cash Ridge
Clark's Chapel Church
Sande
Breidin
Ridon Gaul
Chester
J. ML Gillette
James Trout
Guernsey
Hugo Schrappe
Chauncey
A. J. Foster
Point Rock
New Hampshires
White Rocks
Barred Rocks
S.C
Athens Chick Hatchery
Athens Fertilizer
Janes & Sons
Logan
Logan Fertilizer
E, G. Buchsieb, Inc
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