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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1961

Page

11

Gallia County Junior Fair Opens Amid Mud and Rain

Despite heavy rain, Gallia County opened its junior fair in Gallipolis with 4000 to 6000 attendees. Miss Gallia County 1965 Carol Ann Martin crowned, and new Merchants Display Building dedicated by Ohio Agriculture Director Robert H. Terhune. Featured bands, twirlers, majorettes, and Kiwanis Kids Day events highlighted the lively opening night. one hog died of heat exhaustion.

Gallipolis Gallia County Carol Ann Martin Ohio Robert H. Terhune Jack Walker Jimmy Saunders Mercerville Terhune Warren Bobh

Tavern fight leads to disorderly conduct charges in Gallipolis

Police say a tavern brawl formed the basis for disorderly conduct charges against Marvin Rudd 28 and Richard Clark 33 of Gallipolis. Rudd posted 25 dollars bond and was released for a Saturday Municipal Court hearing, while Clark remained in jail with no bond.

Gallipolis Marvin Rudd Chatham Ave Richard Herman Clark Mill Creek St

Television schedules misprint lists varied programs

The page presents a dense, unedited roster of TV listings with bold color codes and multiple show times across days. It includes NBC News Weather Tonight segments and a mix of dramas, comedies, and Westerns such as Ghost Stories Groucho and Father, plus many other titles with inconsistent spacing and incomplete names.

Groucho NBC News Jim Backus Masterson Back Father Jack Paar

Evening Radio Schedule Fragment

Portable listing shows a dense radio schedule with times and programs including Real McCoys Bud Starcher Gale Storm Rin Tin Tin and Sunset Strip. Readers see multiple shows across genres such as news, music, comedy and drama with several gaps and unclear lines.

Bud Starcher Gale Storm Love Bob Camouflage

TV Preview Schedule Highlights Nightline Dramas

At 7 p m Sea Hunt features Mike Nelson discovering a satellite in space and a strange fish on the sea floor. 7 30 p m Outlaws presents a meek teacher planning a scheme to impress his fiancee. 9 30 p m Great Ghost Tales shows a man seeing his name on a tombstone in August Heat. 10 30 p m Two Faces West presents Fallen Gun with a gunfighter coming to Gunnison to avenge a friend's death.

Mike Nelson Jimmy New York West Gunnison Rick January

Prime Time TV lineup with dramas and a CBS report

The schedule lists Donna Reed at 8 p m followed by Real McCoys Bal dy at 8 30 p m My Three Sons at 9 p m Unteachables at 9 30 p m Frontier Justice premieres hosted by Ralph Bellamy Danny Thomas stars in Thread of Respect Nick Adams featured Suspicion at 9 p m with a bank robbery plot and Doom sday co starring Dan Duryea CBS airs Britain Blood Sweat and Tears Plus 20 Years with Eric Sevareid as narrator detailing industrial England island stronghold and the Commonwealth

Frontier Justice Ralph Bellamy Danny Thomas Nick Adams FBI Dan Duryea Robert Middleton CBS Britain Great Britain Eric Sevareid England Island Commonwealth

TV Guide Listing for Friday Night Movie Schedule

Channel 4 Fugitive Lovers at 5 p.m. starts the lineup followed by It Started In Paradise at 0:20 p.m. Channel 1 presents I'm No Angel at 11:15. Channel 3 offers Hig Excellency at 1:15 p.m. and Longest Time at 5:08 p.m. Channel 12 shows When's Your Shindey at 12 p.m. I Wonder Who's Kissing airs at 3:00 p.m. Channel 13 features Golden Earrings at 11:15 p.m.

Amos Andy Frontier Lucy Srch. Tomor Riley Doug i M Squad Univ. Hall Weather Dins Sertet Ann Reider II Tomor Guid Channel Paradise Hig Excellency Binete Mah

Carol Ann Martin Crowned Queen of Gallia Junior Fair

Carol Ann Martin 17, daughter of Ralph and 913 Second Ave Gallipolis, won the Miss Gallia County title Wednesday night and will compete in the queen of queens contest at the Ohio State Fair. She plans to study nursing and is the pageant’s youngest runner up was 16. Judges included Norma Lee and Dean Sturm.

Richard A. Lakin Gallia County Agricultural Society Odie O’donnell Wendell Evans Clyde Walker Wendell Roush Robert Ball Arthur Elliott Waldo Brown Maurice Bane Gil Beard Jimmie Evans C. (Mac) McGinness Frank Mills Carrol H Casey) McKenzie Maurice Forgey Dean Sturm Jack Walker Carol Ann Martin Gallipolis Gallia County John R. Heiskell Ralph Martin Second Ave Gallia Academy High School Carol Ann

Kiwanians Hear Terhune On Ohio Farm Products

Gallipolis Kiwanis hears Ohio Agriculture Director Robert H. Terhune urge purchase of state farm products. He highlights nine percent in farming and 35 percent in processing, cites Bob Evans Sausages as growth, and notes agriculture as Ohio’s largest industry. Delegates to the Kiwanis convention are chosen for Oct in Columbus, with family night planned Aug 28 at Kiwanis Youth Camp.

Gallipolis Gallipolis Kiwanis Club Tye Robert H. Terhune Ohio Terhune Bob Evans J. Sherman Porter D. C. Taber John L Bud) Preston Dale C. Gilkey L. Claude Miller Ohio Kiwanis Neil House Columbus Dean Eisel Paul E. Watson Carodus Elliott Kiwanis

Auto Dealer Sales Dip in July in Gallia County

July dealer activity in Gallia County shows total sales at 235, down from 244 in June. New cars fell to 50 from 63, while new trucks rose to 11 from 6. Used cars rose to 155, and used trucks held at 15 compared with 16 in June. three new and one used trailer sales were recorded. The clerk of courts Marjorie Rinehart notes most categories fell vs last year, with titles issued at 728, including 231 lien notations and 191 liens cancelled.

Gallipolis Galia Marjorie Rinehart Clerk of Courts

Births at Holzer Hospital List Local Families

A long list of newborns announced from Holzer Hospital featuring families in Gallipolis, West Columbia, Point Pleasant, Henderson, Ironton, Bidwell, Wellston, Crown City, and nearby areas. Names include Elliott, Moore, Russell, Hoover, Morgan, Mink, Wheatley, Archbold, Harmon, McCoy, Hall, Hacker, Hartley, Reese, Hill, Willis, Browning, Johnson, Fuller, Willig, and Ross. Bleed used Wednesday 3 pints.

John C. Morgan Pomeroy John D. Mink Gallipolis Thurman R. Wheatley Wellston C. William Archbold Stanley W. Swain Crown City Julian A. Reese Buffalo Ray V. Hill Relief Clayton T. Willis Ironton Ronald J. Browning Pomsroy Elizabeth C. Johnson Jackson William Henry Fuller Scottown Joseph S. Willig Pedro Robert L. Ross

Woman Pleads DUI After Two Gallipolis Accidents

Leeta Bush, 43, of Gallipolis, Ohio, caused two minor accidents within blocks on Wednesday. She struck Mike Hardway’s car on Third Avenue and later hit a U.S. government vehicle on Second Avenue. Police charged her with operating under the influence. she was released in the afternoon with no court date listed.

Gallipolis Leeta Bush Smithers St Third Ave Court St Mike Hardway United States Charles W. Smith D. Paul Davies Second Ave State St

Auto Recovered By Ohio Highway Patrol

Gallipolis post reports a 1950 auto abandoned along a highway after a 5 10 p m call. The vehicle was retrieved by patrol crews late Wednesday afternoon.

Gallipolis Ohio Highway Patrol

Divorce plaintiff Clark ordered to pay fees in Gallia case

Gallia Common Pleas Judge Robert M Betz ruled Wednesday that Harry G Clark of Gallipolis, plaintiff in a divorce case, must pay costs to H W and W P Cher in the matter.

Gallipolis Common Pleas Robert M. Betz Harry G. Clark H. W W. P. Cher

Oxygen Use Rises in Steel Making Over Ten Years

Steelways of the American Iron and Institute notes oxygen consumption per ton of steel climbed from 127 cubic feet to 550 cubic feet over the last decade.

Steelways The American Iron and Institute

Patrol Reports July Traffic Toll and Police Measures

State Highway Patrols July report shows 40 accidents with 13 injured and 1 killed. The deceased, Clifford S. Mooney, 23, of Northup, died from a July 15 one car crash near state route 218 four miles south of Rt. 7, Gallia County's third traffic fatality of 1961. Patrols logged 150 arrests and 483 warnings over 831 patrolling hours. Gallipolis post handled 1465 calls and 240 post visitors in July.

Gallipolis Gallia Meigs

Youth Faces Patrol Charge After Wreck

A 17 year old, Lloyd E. Danner of 13 Pine St., Gallipolis, escaped injury in a one car crash on O. J. White Road two miles north of Route 160 at 12 10 p m Wednesday. He is charged by the State Highway Patrol with speed in excess of road conditions. His Juvenile Court hearing is set for Aug 26. The wreck began on a steep grade and gravel loss of control caused the car to cross into a ditch and fence, then down a steep embankment into a creek washout. Damage was moderate.

Gallipolis O. J. White Route 160 Lloyd E. Danner Pine St Danner Lawrence Green Bidwell

Fairland Bandsmen Win Junior Fair Festival

Fairland High School musicians won the Gallia County Junior Fair band festival with Point Pleasant High School taking second. Director Richard Burns received the trophy for Lawrence County youngsters while James Andrews earned the second place trophy for Mason County youths. Point Pleasant swept three other trophies among twirlers Susie Call Judy Noble and the majorette line. Rutland High School and Gallia Academy contributed as participants.

Gallipolis Fairland High School Gallia County Point Pleasant’s Richard Burns Lawrence County James Andrews Mason County Point Pleasant High School Susie Call Judy Noble

Rain Measured In Fairfield By Weather Observer

Edwin R. Pete McCormick, U S weather bureau observer at Fairfield, reported a total 24 hour rainfall of 1.2 inches up to 6 p m Wednesday with 0.94 inches of that amount falling on Tuesday night.

Gallipolis Edwin R Pete) McCormick U. S. Weather Bureau Fairfield McCormick

Driver Is Found Guilty In Gallipolis Trial

Sammy P. Plants, 30, of 12 Edgemont Drive Gallipolis, found guilty by first jury in the new Municipal Court Room on a State Highway Patrol charge. Foreman Bill Wellman led the jury. sentencing deferred by Judge William H. Jones until Saturday after a June 15 accident damaged Joe Bill Melton’s parked car.

Gallipolis New Sammy P. Plants Edgemont Drive Bill Wellman William H. Jones Joe Bill Melton

Couple Held as Material Witnesses in Columbus Case

Sheriffs deputies arrested Lew Benjamin Swisher and Mary Elizabeth Swisher of Vinton Route 1 as material witnesses in a Columbus Police Department prosecution. Swisher, 29, and his wife, 25, were taken into custody Wednesday.

Gallipolis Oscar Baird Vinton

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