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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1960
Page
5
Forty five volunteers and two trucks from the Gallipolis Fire Department fought a one acre grass and brush blaze at 12 10 p m Tuesday on the Charles Richards farm on Bob McCormick Road. It was the 18th run of the month and the 45th of the year for local firefighters.
City police report two convictions from a Tuesday Municipal Court session. Judge William H. Jones fined Howard D. MacOdrum, 62, of Salem, and Loren McClaskey, 47, of Gallipolis Route 2, each $10 and costs for intoxication.
Four Mason Gallia Meigs area men enlist in the Regular Army per M Sgt Paul Kabage, Park Central Hotel. The week’s inductees include Ernest Morrow and Larry Whitt from Point Pleasant, Shelton Zwill ing of Syracuse, and James Stewart of Middleport. Clay Smith, Point Pleasant, gains approval for a high school graduate program. Gregory McCarthy of New Haven to be sworn in Saturday at Ashland for eight weeks basic training at Fort Knox.
The Messenger warns it is not responsible for scheduling errors when stations lack corrected guides. Listings show Huntington and WLW C NBC Columbus segments with times for News Weather Sports and various era programs.
TV previews list 7 p m Tombstone Territory with Sheriff Hollister stopping a gunfight and a widow arrives. 7:30 p m Wagon Train Part I of Trial for Murder with Ward Bond and guests. 9 p m Perry Como with Margot Fonteyn and Sir Ralph Richardson. 7:30 p m Race for Space presents space race films. 8:30 p m Ozzie and Harriet Bad Day at Blueberry Rock. 9 p m Hawaiian Eye criminals evading storm surveillance. 10 p m Invitation To Paris jazz in Montmartre with Joe Basile and guests.
Gallia County Extension Advisory Committee elected Clyde Walker as chairman and Charles J. Carter as vice chairman with Blanche Miller as secretary treasurer. The group adopted its constitution and by laws with 15 of 18 members present.
WTVN television guide lists daily programming from early morning to late night including Hiway Patrol Hawaiian Eye Woody Wood Paris News Hour Glass and more with titles such as C mon Play Day in Court Gale Storm and U S Marshal. The lineup also features drama westerns musicals and news segments across the day.
A scrambled TV timetable lists programs and times for WCHS Charleston including news channels at 6:30 and 11:00, weather segments, sports, films, cartoons, and various shows such as John Daly, Gale Storm, Donna Reed, and Steve Canyon across morning to late evening slots.
Channel 10 listing shows comedy Thea at 9:00 p.m. I ve Got A Se at 9:30 plus Weather segments at 6:25 and 11:10. News at 11:00 follows Chet Long 7:00 Doug Edw 7:15 Arm Theat 7:30 Para Thea You Are Ther 12:45 and Millionaire at 9:00 cap the night.
Program blocks include News at 6 and 11, Weather, Millionaire, and Amos and Andy. Evening lineup features daytime staples and late night theatre with assorted local shows and a 10 PM news segment.
A Cochise County spree of robberies keeps Sheriff Morgan and his team on round-the-clock alert. Debra Paget stars as a gypsy fortune teller in The Millionaire whose occult insight falters when she encounters a wealthy Virginian.
Network schedule details for Wednesday April 27 and Thursday April 28 show times and titles including The Sun Comes Up Where There's Life Lease of Life That Night In Rio Roughly Speaking Outcast Lady Stage Mother Unholy Partners Scandal Street Navy Wife Johnny Apollo with various channel and time slots.
Mr and Mrs Carl Irwin hosted guests Mr and Mrs Francis Zaleski and their children Tom and Tony and Mrs Clyde Bobo of Columbus. Athens resident visited Mrs Gaston s father Theodore Webb. Miss Mary Alice Six from Columbus spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs John Six. Mr and Mrs Terry Tripp and daughter of Columbus visited relatives here.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Luther M. Beman of Thurman. The notes also list multiple admissions and discharges, with names including Mrs. Earl Stamper, Shirley Ann Landaker, Miss Ruth Roseberry, Edward G. Hilgenberg, and others. Blood used Tuesday amounts to pints.
River gauges report Gallipolis at 19.0 and 11.6 feet on crests, Kanawha Falls 1.85 rising, Ohio locks from Dam 30 up with several vessels advancing. List of boats passing Lock 14 through Lock 34 shows mixed up and down movements with numerous vessel names and times.
Seven of eight applicants passed written and driving tests given by Francis W. Newman state patrol examiner at the Gallipolis Municipal Building. Tests will be given again on Wednesday.
Gallia Academy High School Thespian Club staged The Man In The Bowler Hat at the Farmers Hotel for Gallipolis Rotary Club. Dick Haycraft watched the satire. cast included Jack Stage, Lynda Rees, Mary Miller, Claudia Miller, Ted Avner. Rotary planned a July boat regatta and a second American Wind Symphony appearance. Next event is Stag Night with Point Pleasant Rotary. Visiting Rotarians included James Mohr J Knox Dye Paul Petty Paul Gray.
The April meeting in Haydenville centered on Town and Country with Mrs. Wetherell leading devotionals and a panel discussion featuring Mrs. Wetherell, Mrs. Skiver, Mrs. Lehman, Mrs. McQuaid, and Mrs. Higgins. Officers elected include Mrs. Robert Lehman as president and Mrs. Skiver as vice president.
Dr. Carden A. Hillman pastor of Point Pleasant Trinity Methodist Church was guest speaker at Rio Grande College chapel. He cited Romans 15 28 and urged teachers to use their talents for the education of children. Hillman, born in Virginia, trained at Durham University and served as an Air Force chaplain in World War II.
A 16 year old Roseville youth was brought before Juvenile Judge D C Jenkins on auto theft charges and placed on probation. Police report the Rev Talmage Gregory car was taken Thursday night near the Crooksville church and found at his home the next morning. The youth admitted taking the car to Zanesville and earlier times, always returning it before church services.
North Gallia High School released its fifth six weeks honor roll. Freshmen Carolyn Coon Chestera Lee Nancy Logue Elizabeth Robie Emma Richards Doris Sheets. Sophomores Margaret Hannel Martha Hersman Susie Bush Nancy Bass Denver Logue J. B. King. Juniors Gloria Keesee Lionel Foreman Carol Black Scott Miller Billy Woldridge. Seniors Louise Caton Beth King Anna Mae George Doris Burke John Ralston.
Eva Thomas and David and Gladys Lines visited in Logan Thursday. In Asia it is estimated there is only one telephone for each 250 people.
The flowering dogwood is native exclusively to the United States with small populations in the southern regions of Canada, outlining its restricted geographic range.
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