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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1966
Page
6
A fragmented listing shows 1960s style network programming with News Weather ABC News and various shows. The schedule includes The Rifleman Laramie Gunsmoke and Westerns, plus sports like Cards Colts Football and project notes for News Tonight and local programming.
A dense slate lists morning to evening programs including The Jetsons Sergeant Preston Heckle and Jeckle and Fur a week of cartoons news shows and sports on NBC and local channels. Notable entries include The Beatles Flight of travel and various movie titles along with sports broadcasts and family programs.
The schedule lists Flipper and Ozzie and Harriet as daytime sketches, followed by Dream of Jeannie and Donna Reed. Prime time features Lawrence Welk and Secret Agent, with Gunsmoke, Hollywood Palace, Jackpot Days, and multiple Movie entries through late night News and Movie slots.
Students at Nelsonville High must report to the office of Principal J. K. Kinneer next week to review term schedules. Freshmen Monday through seniors Thursday are assigned specific days with morning and afternoon slots. Lunch prices stay at 30 cents per meal and 1.50 per week. adult lunches are 35 cents.
Nelsonville hosts Oldtimers Day with a 1966 Parade of the Hills festival featuring a Coker's Distributing vs Chillicothe Colts game at West End ball park. Registration starts at 1 pm, flag ceremony at 1 30, band by Nelsonville High, and honors to two veteran players precede an Oldtimers Dinner at 5 30 at the Eagles Hall.
Huntington listings showcase CBS NBC and ABC blocks for a full day. Programs include gospel singing reels, Rex Humberd presents shows, and several movie features across stations in Ohio West Virginia and nearby markets.
A schedule of Friday to Sunday cinema with showings at 7 p m 7:30 p m 11:30 p m and later featuring Alan Ladd James Dean Cesar Romero Vincent Price Robert Mitchum Orson Welles and multiple classic titles including East of Eden House of Wax Showdown of Soot Hill and Citizen Kane across theaters and times. The listings emphasize varied genres from mystery crime adventure to musical and drama with lineups across Saturday and Sunday day and night sessions.
Valley Lodge No. 169, Knights of Pythias, met at the Pythian Hall in Nelsonville. James Hollenbaugh reported on the Supreme Convention of the Junior Order in Indianapolis with Steve Wharton. Members visited Charles Howell at the Ohio Pythian Home in Springfield and a social gathering is planned for August 31 with no meeting next Wednesday.
In Nelsonville the parade platform was built with Raymond Raine and Jack Sowers supervising. High school boys moved sections into place. Nimble Thimbles 4-H Club will decorate the platform for the community queen coronation. Birth announced for Delano Wegener in Athens. Multiple admissions noted across Athens, Nelsonville, Glouster, and surrounding areas.
The Christian Church booth plans a tented stand at Hocking and Columbus Streets site of the former Miller Grocery. Ice cream sandwiches donuts pizza chips coffee and soft drinks will be sold with chicken on Thursday and Saturday evenings from 4 p m. A bake sale will occur on an announced afternoon. Tables and chairs will be provided. Church Day service and speaker details follow in the Public Square.
Nelsonville Athens defeated Buchtel Bees 11 to 5 at Buchtel. Tim Wagner had four hits in five at bats. Tentative schedules list a game at Murray City on Sunday.
WOUB Radio lists Friday 8:05 p.m. concert on stage featuring works by Strauss Moussorgsky Brahms and Ver ah and Saturday 12:30 p.m. Broadway's Best with sorted selections from Broadway shows.
The page lists film showings with titles such as The End of the Af fair and Sister Kenney. Debra Kerr and Rosa Lind are among the cast credits alongside Tyler Bob Steele and Dean Jagger in showtimes at 11:15 p.m. and 13:30 p.m.
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