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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1959
Page
6
Logan police investigated a vandalism report from Ed Bryant at 597 Zanesville Ave. His car parked on Vine St. was badly damaged with three tires slashed and cuts to doors fenders top and trunk.
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 78 met at Mrs. Barton S Hall on W Front St with 15 members for a potluck dinner and business program. Attendees contributed to gifts for district president memorial monument and American Cancer Society El Salvador program by Lena Mock Child welfare report by Mrs Kalklosch May meeting hostesses Mrs Joe Campbell with civil defense program. Ewing Grange 2082 held regular session with several new degree recipients and plans for sewing baking contests and a May 11 plantings to improve the lawn Forty members enjoyed the potluck lunch.
The Messenger notes fault for program lists as stations may not supply corrected schedules. A dense color code transcript shows NBC Tokyo style lineups with grapevine times across Huntington Friday to Sunday featuring news, movies, sports, and variety shows. Entities include NBC News, Hawkeye, Perry Como, Howdy Doody, Fury, Colt shows, and multiple time slots.
A dense TV guide lists segments from early to late evening featuring Utah state trooper news, Westerns like Rin Tin Tin and Maverick, Walt Disney presentations, news briefs, and music/variety hours hosted by nations such as Sammy Kaye and Lawrence Welk. It includes channel stamps, show times, and program placeholders across multiple networks.
A dense timetable of old broadcasting segments lists multiple shows across day parts from early morning to late evening. It includes news, weather, cartoons, westerns, game shows, dramas, and variety programs featuring hosts and characters such as Sky King Gunsmoke Perry Mason Lassie and The Life of Riley.
Walt Disney Presents Poca the lion hunting dog faces misadventures in The Wet Back Hound at 8 on ABC. Stuart Bailey hunts for a missing girl in A Bargain in Tombs at 9:30 on ABC. M Squad 9 p.m. on NBC with a clue to a killer from The Terror Of Dark Streets. Don Jordan Virgil Akins fight at 10 p.m. NBC. Gene Kelly Special at 9:30 p.m. CBS color edition features Gene Kelly Liza Minnelli and Carl Sandburg.
A dense list of late night and prime time film slots featuring Abbott and Costello My Sister Eileen In Old Chicago Fashion The Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo and many more with stars such as Tyrone Power Rosalind Russell Bogart Hepburn Wayne Turner Davis and Rooney. The schedule runs from 11 p.m. to after midnight with multiple showings and stacked pairings across the evening.
Mrs Delbert Margaret Goff of Athens is recovering from surgery performed April 20 at Hocking Valley Hospital. Her room number is 27.
Eleven members of the Hein lein-Tenney Group of the Presbyterian Church met in Westminster House for an April session. Mrs. James West led the program on Pathways of God s Grace from the World Book of Great Religions. The group decided to hold an imaginary bazaar this year with time and service gifts instead of a real sale.
Logan April term grand jury enters a second day of deliberations after hearing 33 witnesses for 17 cases. Charges include manslaughter shooting with intent to wound grand larceny auto theft with jurors from Logan Laurelville Gore and nearby townships. The panel planned to inspect the county jail after deliberations.
The April 21 gathering elected officers during the business session led by president Mrs. Robert Mohler. New officers are Mrs. Gus Kallas as president, Mrs. Warner Lehman as vice president, and Mrs. Robert Blankenship as secretary treasurer. Plans were made for the May 19 spring party at Brandt's Mecca Room and program duties assigned to Mrs. Kallas and Mrs. Mohler.
Plans are set for Murray City High School 24th annual alumni banquet and dance on Saturday May 30. The banquet starts at 8 p.m. in the gym with hot ham dinner, followed by a dance from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the gym with The Twilighters providing music. Card invitations go out May 1. alumni not receiving them should mail address corrections to Forest Ayers Box 211. For class reunions contact Bob Dixon Box 206.
The Logan unit of Battery D 137th AAA Battalion Ohio National Guard will fire carbines and submachine guns for qualification this weekend. The group departs 7 a.m. Saturday in convoy to Zanesville, bivouacs overnight, and returns to Logan on Sunday.
The Great Barrier Reef in Australia spans about 1250 miles and is the planet’s largest coral ecosystem and formation. It highlights extensive biodiversity and tourism significance along the northeastern coastline.
Mr and Mrs Keith Hawk of Logan Route 1 welcomed a son. Admitted Minnie Hampton Enterprise medical William Hutchison Sr Logan medical Clyde Wilson Logan Route 1 medical Kathryn Ratcliff Ray Route 1 surgery. Discharged Mrs Franklin Browning Circleville Route 4 and daughter Mrs David Burgess Gore.
A listing of weekly worship times sermons and programs for multiple churches including St. Matthew Lutheran St. John Lutheran First EUB Church of Willard and other area congregations. Details cover Sunday schools worship services sermons Bible study youth groups and choir schedules with midweek activities and revival plans.
Logan officials arraigned two drivers and a third on Logan area charges. Robert L. Starner 25 of New Straitsville Route 1 paid ten dollars plus costs for failing to stop. Vincent C. Lechleidner 18 of Nelsonville paid twenty five dollars plus costs for speeding on Route 33. Ronnie Necht 23 of Circleville forfeited twenty dollar bond for fishing in Lake Logan without a license as charged by Marvin Nungester Hocking County game protector.
Logan Hocking County is well represented at the 13th annual banquet of the tri county Sheep and Lamb Improvement Committee held Wednesday night at the American Legion Home in Lancaster. Names include Paul Shaw Richard Mowrey James Skinner Noel North Walter North and others. Shaw Mowrey and Skinner are members of the tri county committee.
Army Air Defense Command invites enlistments with area choice. Recruits may select a metropolitan posting before signing and receive on the job training in guided missiles or electronics. April openings include major cities across the nation with two more areas added later in April.
Railroads report serviceable freight cars travel roughly 47 miles per day on average. This figure reflects ongoing utilization of rolling stock across major lines and interchange points.
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