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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1958
Page
7
Local listings outline a full slate on WSAZ TV with sports shows and news segments Friday evening. Saturday features marathons of children programs, talk shows, game shows, feature films, and late-night news blocks across multiple time slots.
A dense list shows a day's radio lineup with programs across blocks from 6:30 to 11:15 and beyond. It includes news, sports, cartoons, dramas, sports, weather, religious shows, and educational features with varied time slots and sequence.
Local channel 6 listings show a packed Friday lineup from early evening to late night. Programs include Porky’s Piych Int Album and Mickey Spillane at 9 30, Rin Tin Tin and Jim Bowie in prime spots, News at 11 00, and sports and variety shows through midnight across multiple time slots.
A dense grid of daily broadcasting times and programs from 6:00 to 11:00 PM, detailing shows like Bingo News This Is Music Sports and Late Show along with movie and variety slots. Programs include Theatre Mystery Cavalcade Saddle Spur Jim Bowie Jubilee USA and Rex Wheeler-Law hour, with Weather updates and late-night entries.
A dense list of television programs and times showing a daily schedule from 6:00 to 11:30 with varied shows such as Explorer, Phil Silvers, Amos and Andy, Gunsmoke, Lassie, Perry Mason, Ed Sullivan, and The $64,000 Question. Includes cartoons, news, weather, and live performances across multiple time blocks.
The file lists WHTN CBS channel 13 programs including Jules Aivin at 6 15, Phil Silvers at 9 00, News at 6 30 and 11 00, Undercurrent 10 00, State Trooper 7 00, Perry Mason 7 30, Gunsmoke 10 00, Bible Time 1 00, Ed Sullivan 8 00, Hitchcock 9 30, and Theater 13 segments through 11 15 with various sports and religious shows.
The Messenger disclaims responsibility for errors in television program listings when stations fail to provide corrected schedules. Bold face type marks color programs in the listings.
TV experts preview Friday's top shows in New York and Hollywood. Highlights include Trackdown with Hoby Gilman on CBS at 8 p.m. and High Green Wall starring Joseph Cotton and Thomas Gomez at 8:30 p.m. Also CBS carries The Town That Slept With the Lights On at 9:30 p.m. and The Waiting House at 10 p.m. NBC features Paper Saints at 8:30 p.m. and Friday Night Fights at 9 p.m. with M-Squad at 9:30 and The Thin Man at 10:30.
Prime time schedule shows Born to Sing at 5 pm with Virginia Weidler and Ray McDonald. Dust Off Broadway airs at 5 pm featuring Phil Silvers and Lloyd Nolan. The Howards of Virginia at 11 10 pm stars Cary Grant and Martha Scott. Fighting Father Dunn at 11 15 pm features Pat O’Brien and Joe Sawyer. Three Little Girls in Blue at 11 15 pm with Celeste Holm and Vivian Blaine. Homestretch at 11 15 pm stars Cornel Wilde and Maureen O’Hara.
The marquee lists showings at noon through late night featuring James Cagney Olivia DeHavilland Bogart and Stanwyck in a dense lineup. Titles include Frisco Kid The Great Garrick Night Key Purple Heart Tortilla Flat and Stage Door among others with times and leading stars.
New York Charles Van Doren dislikes being called a personality after his NBC TV contract and success on Twenty One where he earned 129000 dollars. He says he teaches writes and appears on television in various capacities.
Albany society items list birthdays and visits among Poston Pancake and Throckmorton families with relatives from Ohio Maryland Virginia and Colorado. Also notes Ronda Russell teaching plans in Parma and Van Doren regular NBC duties plus a Tokyo news stint and upcoming Letters to Mother anthology.
Lou and Junior Howard returned home after visiting with sister and family Mr and Mrs Jim Massie of Detroit. Ambers Vaugh an of Logan West Virginia were weekend guests of Laur ence Vaughn. Charles Hern visited Milton Musgrave in Kitts Hill Ohio. Willard Reese family Marilyn Herman Reese and children Tommy Rosalea attended the State Fair. Ralph Rife visited over the weekend with his family here.
George Reardean, 60, was jailed for 30 days and fined 313 dollars after Mayor Bryan Jenkinson charged him under a state law prohibiting endurance marathons. Reardean had conducted a personal drinking marathon to prove he could outdrink the Russians, resulting in a legal restraint and a court appearance.
Kathryn Philson returns to Auburn Alabama after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Fred Philson and relatives. Numerous weekend visits include Lee Jackson Linda and Mary Alice Nease with Donna Hilldare. Various families from Weirton Dayton Columbus Akron Parkersburg Plans Bashan Road and Atlanta are mentioned in community greetings and anniversary celebrations.
The Vile Lighthouse in Ireland was erected by Alexander Mitchell about 113 years ago. Mitchell was an engineer by trade and was blind when the project began.
Hollywood scouts say losing beauty contest entrants like Evy Norlund can lead to movie contracts. Columbia Pictures signed Evy after watching her as Miss Denmark and compared her to Brigitte Bardot, noting a shift toward foreign star appeal and starlet potential beyond Monroe Kelly archetypes.
Mrs Clayton Morris and her children from Columbus visit the D W Morris home while Mrs Morris is in the hospital. Ricky Kerring visits his grandmother Mrs Erma Nelson and family. Mr and Mrs G B Radekin and George Radekin Jr attend the wedding of Ann Webb and William Sheppard at Newark. Ann Webb is Worley Webb’s daughter and the late Martha Webb.
Seven Ohio mayors including Anthony Celebrezze of Cleveland Leo Berg of Akron Frank Kryzan of Youngstown Maynard Sensenbrenner of Columbus Charles Babcock of Canton J Grant Keys of Elyria and John Jaworski of Lorain named to the Democratic State Advisory Committee as William L Coleman announces the panel to aid the campaign for Michael V DiSalle's governor bid and other ticket races.
Mrs Henry Heff kin hosted the Millfield Needle Club gathering with Mrs Elizabeth Robinett presiding. Eight members attended as Olive Brookins received dues and refreshments were served.
Chauncey Personals recounts family trips to Florida and Buckeye Lake. Ohio State Fair attendance noted with Mrs. Court ney ferrying daughter Mrs Hall to Cincinnati. Local museum visit and band activity at the fair referenced along with multiple visitors to Mrs Elizabeth Ferrell.
The notice lists speakers Chauncey Church of Christ parish members Courtney Zug and Smith at Greens Run Taylor Ridge Trimble and Millfield venues with 9 30 and 10 30 start times. Local Methodist Holiness Pilgrim and Church of God congregations provide Sunday school worship prayer meeting times across Chauncey Millfield and surrounding areas.
Martha Class of the Millfield Christian Church held an all day quilting session and covered dish dinner on Wednesday with six CHAUNCEY members in attendance.
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