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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1958

Page

8

Dangerous Toy Sends 19 Month Old To Stamford Hospital

A 19 month old boy received emergency care at Stamford Hospital after cutting his hand while playing with a knife.

Stamford, Conn Stamford Hospital

Traffic figures from new Hampton Roads tunnel opening

In Hampton Virginia the highway tunnel under Hampton Roads moved 789188 vehicles in its first five months of operation, generating revenues of 1158172 dollars.

Hampton Virginia Highway Hampton Roads

Gallipolis Man Suffers Injuries In One Car Crash

Gerald David Roush 22 of Gallipolis Route 1 was admitted to Holzer Hospital after a Millcreek Road crash into a utility pole. Driver Clarence H. Roush 25 was cited for reckless operation. passenger Jack L. Meek 24 sustained bruises. Police reported one Meigs County accident and two Municipal Court cases for others.

Gallipolis Gerald David Roush Holzer Hospital GSI Highway Patrol Roush Millcreek Road Route 35 Clarence H. Roush Dayton Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co Clarence Roush Jack L. Meek Meigs County Lawrence Triplett Portland Charles V. van Meter Triplett

Television Listings for WSAZ Huntington Schedule

Television program guide for WSAZ NBC channel 3 Huntington showing nightly lineups with shows such as Pine Fiddlers Dotto NBC News and Wagon Train across Tuesday Wednesday periods including Today Romper Room and These Roots along with weather and special segments.

Wsaz-Tv NBC Huntington Dotto B Cummings NBC News Jack Paar Katie Doonan Hunt

TV KEY PREVIEWS: Tuesday’s top programs listed

Screeners and critics highlight a slate of TV shows in New York and Hollywood. Highlights include Sugarfoot, Wyatt Earp, and Broken Arrow episodes on ABC and a lineup across CBS NBC with dramas, comedies, and a suspenseful Studio 57 installment featuring Charles Laughton and Heather Angel.

New York Hollywood Sugarfoot Lucy Barron Tom Brewster Dead Hills Wyatt Earp Morgan Dodge City ABC Broken Arrow Cochise Spotlight Playhouse Keefe Brasselle Jean Allison John Newland CBS Highway Patrol Dan Mathews Bob Cummings Bob Schultzy NBC The Foundling Matt Wayne Luis van Rooten Steve Wooten Studio 57 Charles Laughton Heather Angel Bombay

TV Schedule Montage for Columbus Day Evening

A listed lineup shows time slots for Columbus station programming with daytime repeats and primetime features including News, Today, The Wagon Train, Kraft Theater, and multiple game shows. The board annotates times from 6:00 PM through 9:00 PM with interspersed Weather and Sports updates.

NBC News Arth. Murray Kraft Theater

Television Schedule Broad Hints and Time Slots

The list shows a dense TV and movie schedule with show titles and start times. It includes news slots, entertainment features, cartoons, and film entries such as Murder is, Sugarfoot, Wyatt Earp, Jack Paar, Mickey Mouse, Disneyland, Ozzie and Harriet, Charlie Chan, The Falcon, and The Amazing Casper Capers across late afternoon to late night.

Col. Bleep Broken Arrow Frontier News Mreh. Medt Summer the Sugarfoot Wyatt Earp Jack Paar

Television Schedule for Charleston Channel 8 Highlights

Local broadcast guide lists daily programming from 6:00 PM to 11:10 PM. Highlights include bingo blocks, news at 6:30 and 11:00, and a mix of westerns, mysteries, cartoons, and sports throughout the evening.

D. Martin Doug Martin Amer Mr. D. A Wild Bill Bingo Mickey Mouse Harriet

TV Guide Schedule for WENS TV Channel 10

A dense list of 1950s era program times for WENS TV channel 10 shows including Explorer Tell the Truth Amos n Andy Spotlight Ply Chet Long Bid n Buy Name Tune News Weather Keep Talking Cartoon Call Guiding Light Kindergarten Little Margie Susie Love or Men House Party Big Payoff Godfrey Dotto Brighter Day Secret Storm Edge of Night Farmtime Millionaire Chet Long Gets Secret Circle Theater Troubles Father News Weather Beaver Armchair Theatre

Wens-Tv CBS Columbus Explorer Amos 'N Andy Chet Long D. Edwards Hiway Patra Name Tune Adams & Eve Arunch Srch Tomor Tom Gleba Guiding Light Ann Reider Susie Godfrey Dotto Flippo Playhouse Amos ‘N Andy Millionaire Circle Theat Troubl Father News Weath Beaver Armch Thea

Television Schedule Fragment From Evening Listings

Tuesday and Wednesday broadcasting grid listing shows and times across day parts. Names like Jule Rivlin R. Diamond Adams Eve Election Ret Defend Gretch Wadi Play Hunch Godfrey Dotto Love of Life Guiding Light To Tell Truth Playhouse Bid n Buy Theater World Turns Edge of Night Secret Storm Bright Day The Big Payoft Verdict Yours Movie Thornton etc.

Gretch Wadi Godfrey Dotto Love of Life Sreh Tomor Guiding Light Playhouse Wade

TV Guide: Evening Film Lineup By Channel

A dense TV guide page lists multiple film titles with castings and showtimes from 5:00 pm to 11:15 pm including The Brasher Doubloon Northwest Rangers While New York Sleeps Random Harvest Magnificent Doll Wetbacks Young Ideas Kentucky Tumbling Tumbling Weeds Cowboy From Brooklyn Adventure Island The Dough Girls Amazing Dr Clitter House Brigham Young Bachelor Mother Torpedo Boat Way Down East Devil's Canyon Cyrano de Bergerac with stars such as George Montgomery Nancy Guild Michael Whalen Jean Rogers Greer Garson Ronald Colman Ginger Rogers Burgess Meredith Lloyd Bridges Mary Astor Loretta Young Gene Autry Rory Calhoun Ann Sheridan Edward G Robinson Humphrey Bogart Claire Trevor Tyrone Power Linda Darnell Dean Jagger David Niven Ginger Rogers Henry Fonda Rochelle Hudson Spring Byington Andy Devine Jose Ferrer Mala Powers William Prince.

George Montgomery Nancy Guild Northwest Rangers Keenan Wynn William Lundigan New York Michael Whalen Jean Rogers Random Harvest Greer Garson Ronald Colman Ginger Rogers David Niven Burgess Meredith Lloyd Bridges Nancy Gates Barton McLane Mary Astor Herbert Marshall Kentucky Loretta Young Richard Greene Walter Brennan Gene Autry Brooklyn Dick Powell Pat O’brien Ann Sheridan Rory Calhoun Rhonda Fleming Jane Wyman DR. Clitterhouse Edward G. Robinson Humphrey Bogart Claire Trevor Brigham Young Tyrone Power Linda Darnell Dean Jagger Richard Arlen Jean Parker Henry Fonda Rochelle Hudson Spring Byington Andy Devine Devil's Canyon Virginia Mayo Dale Robertson Cyrano

River Traffic and Dam Conditions Report

River gauges show falling levels toward Gallipolis, with Dams along the Kanawha and Ohio rivers down. Vessel movements include several up and down locks from Lock 14 to Lock 35 and boats on the Kanawha and Gallipolis routes with mixed progress.

Gallipolis Montgomery Kanawha Falls Hinton Pomeroy-Mason Point Pleasant Kanawha River London Marmet Winfield Ohio River Bayou Billere John J. Rowe Robert W. Lea Alton Zephyr C. P. Wright Keeley Hardy L. Roberts J. S. Lewis Lelia C. Shearer C. B. Horner Henry Ogram Solvay Ernestine

Plans For Fall Term Discussed By Southwestern Board

Gallia County Southwestern Local District Board of Education met with all members present. Rehired Roy Moses as Centerville School teacher and hired Ruth Burnett as Southwestern High School lunch room cook. Heiners Bakery won the bid for baked goods. Discussed two new school buses with Tuy tubeless tires replacing original tires, and a later changeover. Quaker State rep offered gas and oil to fuel buses. no action. Authorized bids for fuel oil and tire checks for buses. Addressed water drainage at the new high school with architect George Walter to plan fixes.

Gallipolis Roy Moses Thurman Centerville Southwestern Local District Board of Education Ruth Burnett Trout Carroll Adams Quaker State Refining Co Southwestern High School Wendell Roush George Walter

Damage Is Only Minor In City's Lone Wreck

Gallipolis police reported one accident on Monday with minor damage to one vehicle. At 10 11 a m on Second Ave near the Dixon Beckett service station Earl Durham 32 of Gallipolis backed into a parking zone Raymond H Rife 60 Gallipolis Route 1 started to pull out and struck Durham but no injuries or charges resulted. In Municipal Court Judge William H Jones fined several for intoxication speeding and reckless operation and bond forfeitures were noted for several defendants.

Gallipolis Second Ave Dixon-Beckett Earl Durham Raymond H. Rife Durham Rife William H. Jones Harry B. Davis Patriot Lillian Brewer Millard Cragg Waterloo George E. Swanson John N. Anderson Parkersburg Chalmer Ferguson Point Pleasant Calvin Thomas Nitro W. Va Gilbert Bostic

Telemobile to Showcase Latest Phone Features at Gallia Exposition

The telemobile traveling display van from Ohio Bell will showcase new home and business telephone features at the Gallia County Youth Exposition August 6 through 9. Visitors can see color phones cordless switch boards speakerphones amplifiers and a historical display on telephone evolution. The unit can be converted for national emergency defense communications and could run a manual switchboard central office four position switchboard and teletypewriters. It will also visit eight other southern Ohio county fairs this summer.

Gallipolis Ohio Bell Telemobile Gallia County Richard C. Roderick Defense Communications Ohio

Kyger Creek Board Hires Teachers and Drivers

Kyger Creek Local Board hires three teachers Myla woods Sylvia Ann Robinson Shirley Sheets for next year. It also hires two bus drivers Merlin Matthews Bernard Moeller and substitute Joe Thompson and substitutes Gertrude Carman Louise Roush. Betsy Ross Bakery earns lunchroom baking contract and Valley Bell Dairy the milk contract. Board to advertise for fuel oil bids at Addaville School.

Gallipolis Kyger Creek Kgger Creek Sylvia Ann Robinson Myla Jane Woods Pomeroy Shirley Sheets Cheshire Gertrude Carman Louise Roush Rex Lemley Merlin Matthews Bernard Moeller Joe Thompson Betsy Ross Bakery Valley Bell Dairy Addaville

Birth Notices and Dismissals in Local Communities

A list of births announces a son for several couples including Mr. and Mrs. Patton Wellston and Mr. and Mrs. Hope Henderson, among others across Point Pleasant Gallipolis and Jackson. Dismissals include Mrs. Robert Straight and son and several others. Brood used Sunday and Monday quantities noted.

Joe Patton Wellston Kenneth Hope Henderson Arnold F. Cooper Porter Sherman Bonecutter Gallipolis R. Max Weethee Point Pleasant Arnold F. Bush Robert M. Hill Rutland Gordon F. Goble Grover L. Neal Beaver William F. Hawn Ravenswood J. E. Argabright Vinton Caro Six Jackson Curtis Rayburn Fred A. Starrick Harry K. Mills Leslie Jackson Fred C. Cox William Richardson Alvin Russell Cecil Kirby James Arms David Lee Elkins Kenneth Gardner Brood

Tennessee Teacher Leaves Gallia Academy English Post

George Stookie of Nashville has asked to be relieved from his assignment at Gallia Academy High School. His father died suddenly and he seeks employment nearer home to be close to his mother. The Gallipolis Board will hire a replacement and a girls physical education instructor at its August 12 meeting.

Gallipolis George Stookie Nashville Boggs

Thompson Neal wedding held at EUB Church Murray City

Miss Patricia Ann Thompson daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee Thompson and Mr Harold Ray Neal son of Mr and Mrs Charles Neal were wed July 26 at the EUB Church in Murray City. Rev Mann read the vows with sister Glenna Brennaan and Donald Rogi as attendants. A reception followed. The couple will reside in Willoughby.

New Straitsville Patricia Ann Thompson Lee Thompson Harold Ray Neal Charles Neal Murray City EUB Mann Glenna May Brennaan Donald Rogi Willoughby

Office Moves Across Gallia County in Short Span

Attorney William H. Sowers relocated his law offices from the Joe D. Miller Building on Locust Street to second floor space in the First National Bank Building. The Gallia County Board of Elections vacated the Miller Building and moved across the street to the Steve Clark Building in a lease by the Gallia County Commissioners for extra county offices. Gallipolis Typewriter Co. run by Shirley Smokey Stover moved to the Tabit Building at Third and Court, leaving the former Sowers space now vacated by Gallipolis TV and Radio Service on Third Avenue.

Gallipolis William H. Sowers Joe D. Miller Locust St First National Bank Miller Building Gallia County Board of Elections Election Board Steve Clark Gallia County Board of Commissioners Gallipolis Typewriter Co Shirley Smokey) Stover Tabit Third and Court Typewriter Company Sowers Gallipolis TV and Radio Third Ave

Remember the Ala mode on Madison menus

A Madison steakhouse menu lists the line Remember the Ala mode under the pie list, echoing a playful dessert pun tied to a steakhouse setting. The brief note appears as a quirky, local touch on the restaurant’s menu.

Madison Wis Texas Alamode

Honolulu Auto Dealer Promotes “Business is Good” Buttons

An auto dealership in Honolulu distributes lapel buttons reading “Business is Good” as an anti recession gesture. The move aims to boost shopper confidence and support local sales amid economic worries.

Honolulu

Gallia County considers fire protection upgrades and road plans

Gallia County commissioners authorize Hoover Fire Equipment Co to supply and service extinguishers for the courthouse jail county home children's home and highway shop at twenty dollars each. They inspect Harrison Two and four Guyan Two roads for township conversion and discuss exchanging Morgan Two roads. A used road grader is approved for purchase and the new county welfare department will be housed in Steve Clark building near the courthouse by January 1, 1959.

Gallijpolis Gallia County Board of Commissioners C. E. Hoover Hoover Fire Equipment Co Groveport Harrison Guyan Morgan Greenfield County Welfare Department Steve Clark

Raccoon Local Board seeks renewal of school operating levy

Gallipolis The Raccoon Local District Board of Education on Monday night passed a resolution asking for a renewal of the three mill operating levy. The levy will appear on the November ballot for district voters. The board also hired Mae Smeltzer as mathematics teacher and Edna Graham as lunchroom assistant. They approved lunch price increase to 30 cents, paid current bills, and accepted Skidmore Foster Coal Co. bid for coal.

Gallipolis Raccoon Skidmore-Foster Coal Co

Green Local District Seeks Merger With Gallipolis City Schools

Green Local Board of Education met in routine session and paid bills including teachers' salaries. They authorized bus repairs and reported readiness for the merger with Gallipolis City School District awaiting county board action on August 16.

Gallipolis Green Local District Board of Education James Thomson Green Local Gallipolis City County School Board

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