Mid American Conference race heats up with key matchups
The MAC title chase broadens to five teams this weekend as Ohio University sits atop after a 26 0 win over Toledo. Toledo visits Western Reserve while Bowling Green goes to Miami with Kent joining next week. Standings count All Games for Marshall despite few league games.
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Ohio University
Toledo
Western Reserve
Bowling Green
Miami
Kent
Ohio
Western Michigan
Marshall
Ohio University Bobcats 1953 Football Schedule Preview
The 1953 Ohio University Bobcats open after a bye week with a road trip to Harvard on October 3. The slate includes games at Toledo, Western Reserve, Kent State Homecoming, Miami, Western Michigan, Morris Harvey, Bowling Green, and Marshall with additional rivalry at Bowlin Green and a Marshall matchup.
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Ohio University
Bobcats
Cambridge
Mass
The
Crimson
Harvard
Toledo
Western
Bowling Green
Marshall
Sponge Grip To Be Built For Furillo
The Brooklyn Dodgers consider a sponge rubber grip and special bat for Carl Furillo after a left-hand finger fracture from a Polo Grounds incident. Furillo, NL batting leader, may miss action if the gadget cannot be used. Casey Stengel opposes gadgets and Ford Frick could rule on any grip if developed.
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New York
Brooklyn Dodgers
Carl Furillo
Furillo
Polo Grounds
Dodger Brain Trust
Casey Stengel
Yankees
Stengel
Ford Frick
Dodgers
First PTA Meeting Opens School Year with Potluck
The Plains PTA held its first meeting of the school year on September 15 with a pot luck social before the business session led by president G. R. Shafer. Vocal music teacher Ross directed group singing as officers were announced: Helen Kittle, vice president. Jean Wallace, secretary. Dick Shumaker, treasurer. Weekend visitors included the Ulichneys from Barberton and Athens residents. The day also noted enrollments and local hospital and reunion events surrounding area families.
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the Plains
PTA
G. R. Shafer
Ross
Helen Kittle
Jean Wallace
Dick Shumaker
Andrew Ulichney
Barberton
John Ulichney
Mike Vessalo
Paul Ulichney
Athens
Warren Graham
Ge Fred Lester
Charleston
W. A
Joe Haines
Dayton
Herbert Wilson
Tommy Marcinko
David Wilson
Coulter
Meek
Grace Thompson
Shirley Tinkham
Ohio University
Wilford Hammond
Mount St. Mary
Frank Levacy
Dixie Kirkendall
Leo Sanborn
Salem Baptist Church skips sermon next Sunday
Salem Baptist Church will not hold preaching services next Sunday while Sunday school proceeds at 10 a.m. with Herman Wood as superintendent. The Central Baptist Association meeting plans are under preparation by Dr. Don P. Hawkins and vice moderators Finley Davis and M. A. Lowks at Salem Church.
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Clyde Price
Athens
Ed Gates
Cadmus
Ernie Golf
Tom Wood
Holzer Hospital
Galf
OSU Poised for Indiana Clash with Locked Defenses
Ohio State Coach Woody Hayes reports the defense has improved while the offense faltered in yesterday’s practice. Johnny Borton of Alliance won the kicking job over Bob Joslin and Bud Bond, as Jerry Harkrader shifts to fullback after recovering from a knee injury, complicating the starting assignment.
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Hayes
Johnny Borton
Alliance
Bob Joslin
Bud Bond
Jerry Harkrader
Middletown
OSU
Gallipolis Personal Notices From Ohio Town
Gallipolis society notes list Brooks of River planning a trip to East Troy Wisconsin to visit daughter Mrs Robert Benjamin. Marjorie White returns to Columbus after weekend with parents and will move to Tarpon Springs Florida October 3. White is a graduate of Gallia Academy high school and Western College for Women and is a rare female radio sales rep in the state capital. Mr and Mrs Gilbert Bush depart on Nirvana III for New Martinsville to attend a regatta with daughter Alice Jean Huntington nurse joining later. Mrs Leo Bean and daughter and granddaughter visit Zanesville to see Mrs Bean's sisters. Dorothy da in Gallipolis.
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Gilbert P. Bush
New Martinsville
Alice Jean
Huntington
Leo C. Bean
Mac) McGinness
Pat
Zanesville
Funeral held for Euclid James former Milwaukee engineer
Funeral services were held at the James home for Euclid James 88 of Milwaukee who died Monday in a Milwaukee hospital. Rev J H Ludlow led the service with prayers by Rev F H Chapman. Burial was in the Old Cemetery. James was a civil engineer for many years and a former Vinton County teacher later Milwaukee city engineer for 25 years before retirement.
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James
Vinton County
Milwaukee
Gallia County Clerk Records Marriage License Application
Dan C. Black 25 a Gallipolis grocery clerk and M Charlene Robinson 22 a Gallipolis clerk filed in Gallia County Probate Court for a marriage license. Black is the son of D H and Mary Erwin Black and Robinson the daughter of Frank and Mamie Niday Robinson.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Dan C. Black
M. Charlene Robinson
D. H. and
Mary Erwin Black
Frank and
Mamie Niday Robinson
Duke QBs Worth Lutz and Jerry Barger Face Off as Cousins
Duke University quarterbacks Worth Lutz and Jerry Barger, fighting for the starting job, are cousins in the Blue Devil backfield.
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Duke University
Worth Lutz
Jerry Barger
Blue Devil
Gallipolis Club Names Girl of Mondl and Honors Women of the Week
Carol Fowler of Gallipolis was named girl of the month by the Gallipolis Business and Professional Women's Club, with Dr. Ella G. Lupton chosen as woman of the week for women’s week October 11 to 17. The club also endorsed a library levy and discussed a district meeting in Ironton with Marjorie Rinehart to be the delegate.
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Gallipolis
Caroll Fowler
Marshal Fowler
Third Ave
Gallipolis Business and Professional Women's Club
Ella G. Lupton
Lupton
Ironton
Marjorie Rinehart
Gallia County
Island View Inn
Goldin Ward
Akron Bride Weds Gallia Pastor Son In Grace Church
Bonnie Jean Bradley daughter of Akron residents wed Donald G. Niswander son of the Gallipolis area pastor at First Methodist Church Akron. The ceremony featured candlelight satin and yellow white floral arrangements with Rev. Richard Gay officiating. The couple plans a New England Quebec Ontario trip and will reside in Akron.
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Gallipolis
Bonnie Jean Bradley
Lester M. Bradley
Akron
Donald G. Niswander
First Methodist Church
Paul M. Niswander
Grace Methodist Church
Nelsonville
Niswander
M. S. Harvey
Richard Gay
Delaware
H. E. Freeman
Stanley Niswander
Beryl Bradley
Marilyn Niswander
Barbara Benedict
Glen Falls
N. Y
Martha Hibbert
Toledo
Marian Wenger
West Liberty
W. Va
David Casto
Warren
Darrell Gerig
Wayne
Dick Wertz
Cleveland
Joe Robertson
U. S. Air Force
Gordon Lees
Kent
Marilyn Reigal
Canton
Ellie Bryenton
Wintermute
Covent High School
Oh'e Wesleyan University
Pini Beta Kappa
Mortar Board
Alpha Chi Omega
Pi Eta Epsilon
YWCA
Ohio Wesleyan University
OWU
Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity
Gallipolis Board Cuts Kindergarten Enrollment in Split Vote
In Gallipolis the Board of Education, by a 3 to 2 vote, ordered reducing kindergarten enrollment from 76 to 60 and to move surplus first graders into other spaces. The move followed acrimony over use of the board room for first grade teachers and involved appointing Superintendent Higgins and Principal Boggs to find space for surplus pupils and hire another first grade teacher.
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Gallipolis
Nty
Edwin FE. Higgins
Washington
Marshal D. Boggs
Higgins
Marie
J. Gordon Gibert
M. T. Epling
Robert M. Richards
Board of Education
Higgins and Boggs
Gallia County Commissioners Discuss Road Plans
Gallia County commissioners spent Monday afternoon in the board room discussing roads with no action taken. They authorized on a trial basis the installation of four electric valves and two thermostats in the Common Pleas courtroom. President Harry M. Wilcox presided with Commissioners Thomas E. Daniels and James Boggs attending along with County Auditor Charles E. Bodimer.
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Gallipolis
Board of
Gallia County Commissioners
Charles E. Bodimer
Common Pleas
Harry M. Wilcox
Thomas E. Daniels
James Boggs
Bodimer
Births and admissions at Holzer Hospital notes
Holzer Hospital records list newborns for families in West Columbia Crown City New Haven Bladen and Addison among others. Admitted patients include Goldie Galbraith Jackson surgical John B M Fulk Crooksville medical Charlies Gustin Wellston medical and many more across Gallipolis Columbus Racine Wellston Ironton and surrounding areas.
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Mel Clark
West Columbia
Richard Slone
Crown City
Nelson Roush
New Haven
John L. Waugh
Bladen
Goldie Galbraith
Jackson
Surgical
John BM. Fulk
Crooksville
Charlies Gustin
Wellston
Kenneth K. Kimes
Hartford
James H. Ball
John E. Anderson, Jr
Lucy Bowen
Gallipolis
David J. Swann
Oak Hill
George L. Smith
Columbus
Henry Sherman, Jr
Ironton
Coxey W. Westlake
Centerville
Charles L. McGuire
Patriot
Robert Corvin
William S. Parsons
Middleport
Betty Jane Finnicum
Addison
Toby Ann White
Ronnie Walters
Albany
Kay Schaffstall
Ray Hayman
Racine
Robert Maurice Evans
Herman Litteral
Ashland
Raymond Brewer
Billy Joe Eggers
Vinton
Carl Drummond
George Waugh
Northup
Adam Neal
Eleanor Kay Schneider
Syracuse
Wilbur Brunton
Earl Randolph
Harold Smith
Columbus Medical
Owen Osler
Claude V. Petty
Carl Knapp
John L. Brown
Beverly Mercer
Leone Porter
Carlos Boyer
Ernest G. Knopp
Point Pleasant
Bookkeeper Named at Gallipolis Firm
John A. Epling has succeeded Mrs. Robert P. Henke as bookkeeper of the M. T. Epling Co. Mrs. Henke served more than 10 years in the office.
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Gallipolis
John A. Epling
Robert P. Henke
M. T. Epling Co
Henke
Red Cross Executive Committee to Meet in Gallipolis
The Red Cross Executive Committee will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the K of P Building in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Red Cross
K of P
Three Fined Ten Dollars and Costs in Gallipolis
Gallipolis reports three men fined ten dollars and costs by municipal or acting officials. Thur man C. Cornute 34 of Proctorville and Robert E. Beach 32 of New Haven were fined by Municipal Judge William H. Jones. Carson Woodell 21 of Hun was fined by Acting Mayor Loral coat of Crown City. Billy G. McCulty 18 of Bidwell cited for passing on a yellow line at Gallipolis Municipal Court.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Post
Stateway Patrol
Thurman C. Cornute
Proctorville
Robert E. Beach
New Haven
William H. Jones
Carson Woodell
Hun
Loral
Crown City
Billy G. McCulty
Bidwell
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Gage
Woody Hayes
Ohio State Buckeye
Indiana
Zaleski
H. L. Atkinson
Ida Lemly
Merrill Atkinson
Logan
Sarah McHenry
Richard Gardner
Jacksonville
Prattsville
Jacob
Charles Brooks
Thomas Taylor III
Thomas Taylor
Mary Delle Wilson
Curtis Wilson
Putney
Frederick L. Thomas
McArthur
Edna Hawk
Ethel Tripp
Jess Payton
Harry Payton
Wilbur Peyton
Samson Afb
N.Y
Adam Tom
New Marshfield
Gertie Queen
Aay, Deane
Near Creola
James McKibben
Carol Fowler
Mondl
Dorothy Raymond
Lola Mae Sutter
Dorothy Rowe
Gallia Academy High School
Ford Foundation
Canada
Mexico
United States
B and PW
Ruth M. Richards
Margaret D. Carter
Freda Wood
Effie Hillyard
Donald Niswander
Ting “No
Maurice Bane
H. B. Thomas
Richards
Galliaemy High School
Frank Hill
Washington School
Elza McCoy
State Department of Education
Gailk County
Eaek
H. D. Lyons
Louis Lamb
Vernon Kazee
Forrest Zinn
Howard Figley
Lynn Crump
Roscoe McKinney
Ed Jones
Fred Schilling
Jack Lee Woodall
John Fultz
John Arthur
Boyd Bateman
Joe Brim
Jean Teaford
David Burt
Eli Hix
Eula Bel Thornton
Jack Waugh
L. C. Cooper
John Cating
Herman Lovett
Clarence Hall
Diane Grimm
Orville Dillinger
Eugene Harmon
Chester Hill
James Gray
Richard Taylor
Goldie Russell
Frank Oemisch
Trilby Osler
Frank Booth
Clarence Wamsley
Ernest Tucker
Mack Madden
Lee Dauber
Burdell Black
Thomas Baker
Garnet Scites
E. W. Smith
Wallace Laney
Carroll Norris
Darrell Ours
Golden Newsome
James Smith
James Hale
Dann
Taber
J. G. Dameron
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