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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1958
Page
11
NBC will televise college basketball nationally on Saturday afternoons as the game of the week, starting December 14. The broadcasts replace the pro basketball series that had been moved to Sundays.
Mrs. Culver Hill scored a hole in one on the 12th hole at Lubbock County Club. A moment later 15 year old Phil Hudson holed his tee shot on the same 175 yard par 3 hole.
Angles by Andy assesses Birdie Tebbetts and the Cincinnati Redlegs. Readers debate management, player value, and how Tebbetts compares to rivals as the team shores up a pennant bid.
The 500 Club met at Trimble home with Mrs. Esta Haskins as hostess and one guest Mrs. Ernest Williams. High scorer was Mrs. Ernest Williams, runner up Mrs. Earl Morris, third Mrs. Ed Ley. A salad course followed for those listed and others. Ex-ball players Haddix Jeffcoat Lawrence Purkey Schmidt Kellner Newcombe cited as expendable by other majors.
A fragmented list of TV programs with channels and time slots across Wednesday and Thursday evenings including News, Weather, Sports, and entertainment shows such as NBC News Boots Saddles Wagon Rain Father Knows Best Romper Room Katie Doonan Dough Re Mi Treasure Chest Price Is Right Truth-Course Tic Tac Daylight Kraft Theatre Could Be You News Movietime Today Is Ours These Roots Queen for Way Modern ROM Comedy Spinach Psychs Weather Union Pacific Tie Tae Do Bet Your Life Dragnet People Choice Buckskin Price Is Eight Music Bingo Jack Paar.
Wednesday slate highlights Sonny Liston versus Wayne Bethea at Chicago Stadium in a 10 round heavyweight bout. Also featured are Tombstone Territory The Outlaw's Bugle Kraft Mystery Theatre It Could Be You Johnson's Wax Theatre Circle Theatre plus Wagon Train and Circle Theatre crime drama offerings across networks ABC NBC CBS.
Thursday schedule shows news at 6 30 9 00 11 00 with entertainment including Wagon Train Father Knows Best Dragnet and You Bet Life plus game shows Price is Right Bingo Tic Tac Dough and People’s Choice among others.
The listing shows daily programs from 8:55 News to 5:30 Mickey Mouse with films and cartoons including Love of Life Romp Room Topper Casper Capers Cartoon Corn and Kartoon Kor along with News and Movie slots.
Channel 8 listings show a full evening lineup with news at 7:30 and 11:00, sports and weather segments, cartoons and dramas including Disneyland and Circus Boy, plus late night shows and a police confession segment. Key programs include Casey Jones, Navy Log, The Real McCoys, and The Late Show.
A dense listing of radio and TV programs with times and titles from 6:00 through 11:15 including Amos and Andy Chet Long D Edwards Troubl Father Beaver Cartoon Call Tom Gibba TV Ko garten Dotto World Turns Guiding Light Little Margie Susie House Party Big Payoff Verdict Yours Brighter Day Secret Storm Edge of Night Flippo Evening News Weather.
A garbled listing shows WHTN and Channel 13 programming with times for a variety of shows. Highlights include Hunti at 6 15, Jule Amin 6 45, Edwards 7 00, Harbor Com 7 30, Twilight The 8 00, Beaver Thursby 8 25, and Love of Man 10 00, plus News and Theater entries throughout the day.
A radio TV guide lists multiple film times and titles including Brigham Young Part I and Torpedo Boat with star casts such as Tyrone Power Linda Darnell Dean Jagger and Richard Arlen plus later entries like Cyrano de Bergerac with Jose Ferrer and Remember with Greer Garson.
Ashley Cooper, Wimbledon and Australian champion, lost 6-3 6-3 to John Cranston of San Marino California in the Eastern Grass Court Tennis Championships. Cranston, ranked 29th in the U S, advances as officials question Australian form on grass after a summer of hard courts. The loss fuels talk of a let-down among the Australian team.
Fourteen members attended the Kiwanis Club meeting at the Hotel Gordon with Norbert Johnston presiding. Johnston announced the Ohio Kiwanis District Golf Tournament to be held at Wildwood Golf Club Middletown on the last Thursday in August. A board meeting followed the dinner to conduct routine business. Arrangements were made for a traveling gavel to Malta McConnelsville Kiwanis Club next Monday.
GLOUSTER The Glouster Band Boosters sponsor a dance Saturday from 9 to 12 The Twilighters will furnish the music The event selects a queen for the Old Settler s Reunion Girls in Glouster in grades 9 to 12 are eligible to be a candidate Public is invited to attend.
Dwight Hartley caught a seven pound five and a half ounce bass at Lake Burr Oak on July 30, the largest on record from the lake. Other catches include Early Townley with a 3+ pound bass and 42 bluegills, Paul Oskey with a four pound bass, and Delmar Buffington near three pounds plus a 40 pound claim. Lake details and local hunting rules accompany the report, with weather and dock statistics across the week.
GLOUSTER Mr and Mrs W A Wintersteen of Green's Run hosted the Hopewell Methodist Choir on Sunday. The group visited Jacksonville Methodist Church where the choir is directed by Mrs. Howard Fridley and accompanied by Mrs. John McCollister. They later held a picnic at the Wintersteen home and enjoyed Lake Burr Oak swimming.
Florence Doughty 63 of 34 Braun Street died Monday after an extended illness at St Elizabeth Hospital in Dayton Funeral services were held today at 1 pm at Trimble Church of Christ with Rev Gilbert Courtney officiating Burial followed at Glouster cemetery She worked at Athens State Hospital for over 40 years and was assistant supervisor in the laundry She was a member of Trimble Church of Christ Survived by two sisters Mrs Mable McMorris Dayton and Mrs Ethel Barnett Pendleton Ore two brothers August Glouster and John St Petersburg Fla a niece and nephew Funeral home release noted the death was delayed in yesterday's edition by an accident
Mrs. Elizabeth Gordon was admitted to Mount St. Mary Hospital on Sunday as a medical patient arriving with Mr. and Mrs. Evan Morgan who accompanied her. Various weekend visitors joined the Gordon and Albert families, including relatives from Connelsville and Dayton, and extended family guests from Hartsgrove Ohio.
An official Glouster Methodist Church board meeting is scheduled for Thursday at 8 p.m. at the church. Crowland Ontario public kindergartens operate bilingual programs in English and French.
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