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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1960
Page
6
In Gallipolis Ohio a Wednesday rally drew over 1200 people, the largest turnout in over a decade, with 12 of 3 slate candidates present including the endorsed candidate. The event followed a potluck dinner hosted by the Republican Women's Club and featured remarks and prayer from Rev. Charles L. McKinney.
The page lists NBC channel 3 Huntington programs for Thursday and Friday including Platt & Scrug, Bach Festival, News, and Bat Masterson plus area weather and local ads. It also covers a county political rally with speeches by candidates like Harley Meyer and Gordon Gray, noting crowd size and endorsements.
A fragmented TV grid lists slots for weather news sports and entertainment. Programs include News NBC News Ernie Ford Phil Silvers Manhunt Bet Your Life and The Producers among others with time stamps from 6:25 to 1:00.
A dense listing shows a 39 cent local broadcast schedule with times and programs like Hiway Patrol Pat Boone Donna Reed The Real McCoys Ding Dong Life of Riley Cmon Play Day In Court Gale Storm Morning Show Walt Disney News Weather and attached movie or western entries. The article preserves station lineup rhythm and program interpolation for a bygone era.
A jumbled listing shows Charleston channel 8 daytime and evening lineups with programs such as Untouchables News Weather Sea Hunt Donna Reed Flight Steve Canyon Sports Restless Gun Love that Bol Rin Tin Tin and Walt Disney among others. The text mixes times show titles hosts and station notes in a fragmented OCR style.
WENS TV CBS channel 10 lists a mix of comedy westerns weather news and films through the evening. The lineup includes Thea Comedy Thea 6:00 and 9:00 Zane Grey 9:00 Weather 6:25 Jim Bowie 6:30 with late news at 11:00 and a 1:00 movie to close the night.
Radio listing shows a dense, scrambled daily schedule with programs like News Weather Theaters and soap operas. Entries include Betty Hutto Jule Rivan Amos Andy World Turns Love Lucy Secret Storm and Twilight Zone among many items with times and channel notes.
TV guide highlights channel slots for April 28 and 29 feature films including Unholy Partners Navy Wife Johnny Apollo Stage Mother Madness of the Heart How Green Was My Valley Jazz Ball and Captain John Smith and Pocahontas. A historical note states the Virgin Islands were bought by the United States from Denmark in 1917 for 25 million dollars.
Doris Green of Crown City files against Kenneth Green for dissolution of a common law marriage from September 1 1958. She cites gross neglect and extreme cruelty seeking alimony and custody of their minor child. Catherine Fish of Gallipolis sues Beman T Fish for gross neglect. Married June 23 1940 the couple has a minor child the plaintiff also seeks custody of.
Kenneth Sanders won the Gallipolis Chapter Future Farmers of America seed corn sales contest with 41 percent of bushels sold. Reggie Legg announced the results. Harland Pitchford and Pat Rake followed with 32 and 12 and a half bushels. Ten FFA members will attend the district meeting and banquet in Waterford Thursday night where district officers and awards will be presented.
Gallia County sheriff's department arrested Elijah Herman Davis 52 of Gallipolis Route 1 on an assault and battery warrant signed by Ervin Woodard. His case is set for Municipal Court on Friday.
Gallipolis Municipal Court convicted six defendants in one day as Judge William H. Jones fined Melvin Johnson for no operator's license and George Bright for dealer's plates misuse. Larry Smith had costs suspended for no license, Carl Beane fined for disregarding a stop sign. Bonds forfeited: Richard Kizer for no license and Wendell Gomez for failure to stop.
Gallia County health nurses report 1465 Salk polio shots given at weekly free clinics since January with 1654 by this time last year. They have also administered 335 DPT injections so far in 1960.
A Gallia County GOP rally will be at 7 30 p m Friday at Crown City School led by Fred Beman the Republican executive chairman. All are welcome to attend in the lead up to the upcoming primary.
Mrs Martha Blazer of Post 4464 VFW named Mrs Geneva Lanthorn as chairman of the annual Buddy Poppy sale set for Saturday May 7. Thirty one students from Washington Elementary will help, with Mrs Stanley King and Mrs Myrtle Queen named to the Poppy Sale Committee. The auxiliary also discussed a dance May 6 at the VFW Hall and a May 25 family picnic for past members and families.
Gallia Academy High School Tri-Hi-Y selects Charlene Evans as president for 1960 61 with Dottie McMahon as vice president Sandy Lee as secretary Robette Dexter as treasurer and Donna Cornwell as chaplain. Plans include district Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y meeting at Oak Hill on May 2 and a picnic where new officers will be installed.
Ballot printing foul-up forced postponement of student council elections at Gallia Academy High School. Candidates listed include Dick Roderick for president with Charlene Evans as campaign manager and Bill Thomas for vice president, alongside Dave Porter and Darrell Nobert ticket with Debbie Darnbrough and Becky Tawney as managers respectively.
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