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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1959

Page

8

1600 Youesters Turn Out For Arrival Of Santa Claus

Sixteen hundred Gallipolis kids greeted Santa Claus in a parade and City Park as lights came on for the first time in the park. The event featured local bands, majorettes, and a candy handout by Santa and Ernie McKinney, with police escort and a Cold ride for Santa. The celebration opens the fourth annual Shop-A-Rama with extended store hours through Christmas Week.

Gallipolis Santa Claus John Epling Santa Ernie McKinney Sant Paul North Kgger Creek Sue Lemley Judy Fife Third and Court Third Ave Locust Second and State Oi Saint Nick North Gallia Bob Chafin Anna Mae George Janice Chick Judy Erwin Luascille Young Dottie McCorley Claudette Mason Blue Devil Band Gallia Academy Ted Avner Frank Gibert Lynda Rees Elberta Fraley Gwen Evans Sue Dailey Donna Cornwell Charlene Evans Gallipolis Retail Merchants Association City Park Oca

Two Gallia Academy Seniors to Take DAR Test

Two Gallia Academy High School senior girls will take the Daughters of the American Revolution citizenship test on Wednesday. Ruth Gillingham, guidance director, will administer the examinations. Carolyn McDaniel and Lynda Rees are the two students scheduled to take the test, daughters of local residents Eugene N. McDaniel and Floyd Rees.

DAR Gallipolis Gallia Academy Ruth Gillingham Carolyn McDaniel Eugene N. McDaniel First Ave Lynda Rees Floyd Rees Garfield Ave

Television Schedule Notes and Nightly Lineups

The Messenger lists nonresponsive program listings with boldface for Color Prgramme and long daily grids. It shows stations offering 6:00 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 blocks across days with programs like The Price Is Right Wagon Train Perry Como This Is Your Life and Love Lucy among others.

Perry Como State Trooper

TV Schedule Fragment From Old Broadcast Day

A scrambled schedule fragment lists time slots for weather news sports and various programs. Entries include weather at 6:25 and 11:10, NBC News 645, sports 40, film or mystery titles, and daily shows like Today, Truth or Conse, and The Thin Man among scattered program names.

Cent Today Katie Doonan Hunt Steamboat Bill Fibber McGee Jim Thacker Arthur Murray Phil Silvers NBC News Cannonball Laramie Jack Paar Patrol Dr Maione

Evening Radio Schedule Highlights

A dense listing shows time slots and show titles including Jeffs Callie Phillip Marlow McGraw Alcoa Pres Casey Jones Bearer of news and late shows and the day’s lineup across music games and programs. Notable entries include Wyatt Earp News Restless Gun Casper Capers Science Fiction and Love That Beb with multiple time blocks throughout the day.

Jeff's Callie Phillip Marlow McGraw Alcoa Casey Jones Bronco Wyatt Earp Riffeman Phelar Susie Gale Storm

TV Schedule Fragments and Time Slot List

A scrambled TV timetable fragment lists shows and times from morning to late evening. Programs include News Weather Movie The Brothers Restless Gun Hawaiian Eye Gale Storm and multiple talk and game formats amid confusion in the legible entries.

Evening Radio Schedule Fragment

Readable portions list a midweek radio lineup with Comedy Theatre Weather segments and various host names including Chet Long Doug Maw Laneup Highway Patt Deeky and Garry Moore. The schedule notes early morning and late night blocks plus a Circus Theatre program and news at midnight and previews for the next day.

Don Mack Chet Long Doug Maw Do the Gus Doug Edw Laneup

TV Preview Highlights Color Comedy and Western Lineup

TV listings summarize evening schedule featuring Red Buttons Jeannie Carson and Jack Carson in Something Special at 0 p.m. plus Lock Up with Macdonald Carey. Wyatt Earp Rifleman Philip Marlowe Alcoa Presents Shotgun Slade Red Skeleton and guests fill the 8 to 10:30 p.m. block with dramas and comedy sketches.

Red Buttons Jeannie Carson Jack Carson Lonely Hearts Agency Macdonald Carey Steven Lloyd Wyatt Earp Tombstone Benson Lucas McCain North Fork Micah Torrance Philip Marlowe Alcoa Shotgun Slade Scott Brady Red Reed Tuesday Weld

TV Guide highlights for Tuesday and Wednesday listings

Tuesday’s slate features Ghost Comes Home with Frank Morgan and Billie Burke at 6 pm followed by The Invisible Man with Claude Rains and Gloria Stuart at 11:15 pm and Dante’s Inferno starring Spencer Tracy and Claire Treורor at 11:35 pm. Wednesday includes House of Menace at 9 am, Love You Again with Myrna Loy and William Powell at 9 pm, Yaqui Drums at 9 am, The Blue Veil with Jane Wyman and Charles Laughton at 12:35 pm, As The Earth Turns with Donald Woods and Dorothy Patterson at 1:15 pm, Boston Blackie’s Rendezvous with Chester Morris at 1:30 pm, The Birthday Present with Pony Britton and Sylvia Sims at 1:30 pm, and Gateway with Don Ameche and Arlene Dahl at 1:30 pm.

Frank Morgan Billie Burke Claude Rains Gloria Stuart Spencer ‘Tracy Claire Tresor Brenda DeBanzie Donald Houston House of Menace Bastathbone Aline McMahon Myrna Loy William Powell Yaqui Rod Cameron J. Carrol Naish Jane Wyman Charles Laughten Donald Woods Dorothy Paterson Boston Blackie Chester’ Morris Wits Pony Britton Sylvia Sims Don Ameche Arieen Whalen

Davis and Ward Families Make Social Moves in Local Communities

Kyeer Mr and Mrs Clyde Davis and family moved into the Douglas Durst property on Stingy Creek after a recent purchase by Davis. Mrs Maxine Matthews visited her parents Mr and Mrs Wilford Taylor at Coshoc ton. Mrs Taylor is recovering from surgery. Mrs Ada Ward and Mrs Wendell Bradbury visited Mr and Mrs Junior Ward at Wellston for a day.

Clyde Davis Douglas Durst Stingy Creek Davis Maxine Matthews Mrs. Wilford Taylor Coshocton Mrs. Taylor Ada Ward Wendell Bradbury Mrs Junior Ward Wellston

Patrol Makes Blood Run For Holzer

Gallipolis State Highway Patrol post listed blood run details and driver license exam results. An emergency at Holzer Hospital required extra blood with a shipment from Huntington Regional Blood Center routed via Chesapeake and South Point Post 44 to Holzer. Weather reduced Monday driving license exam applicants. Ivan B. Davis tested eight, five failed. In Gallia County Court Judge Sid Vance fined William Grow 19 for speeding and Lewis Milstead 28 for parking on the highway.

Gallipolis Gallia County Court Sid Vance William&. Grow Jackson Lewis R. Milstead Gallipolis-Waterloo

Senior Girls Take Test in Home Economics

Forty five Gallia Academy High School senior girls took part Tuesday in the Betty Crocker test part of the Search for Tomorrow's Homemaker science series. The 50 minute 150 question exam covered child care marketing life insurance and home life with an essay portion. Mrs Ruth Gillingham directed testing and Mrs Aldeth Robinson sponsored the event. The nationwide program sees its largest local turnout, with the winner receiving a pin and a path to state and national honors including a $1500 college scholarship.

Gallipolis Gallia Academy Hig School Betty Crocker Ruth Gillingham Aldeth Robinson

Local Visits Highlight Weekend in Ohio Communities

Leland Siders of Proctorville joined his parents Mr and Mrs J A Siders for Friday. Marvin Swain with his children from Middleport spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Harry Swain. Betty Johnson visited Mr and Mrs Roy Gillilan in Chester with family. Maxine Price and Elsie Roush were in Gallipolis on Monday. Esther Price of Great Bend visited Mrs Okey Paynter.

Portland Leland Siders Proctorville J. A. Siders Marvin Swain Middleport Harry Swain Betty Johnson Roy Gillilan Chester Maxine Price Elsie Roush Gallipolis Esther Price Great Bend Okey Paynter

Tiptoes Trio Get Offer Of Contract

The Tiptoes from Gallia County have a contract offer after high school graduation. They sang on the Landmark Jam Boree on WEWS TV in Cleveland and may join Gene Carroll and Conway Tweedy as managers with schooling in Cleveland and New York. The trio Gladys Johnson and Janice and Joyce Saunders, with their parents, were in Cleveland for the show and were invited to sing again next Saturday at an industrial banquet. They will decide Tuesday.

Gallipolis Tiptoes Gallia County Wews-Tv Cleveland Gene Carroll Conway Tweedy New York Gladys Johnson Janice Joyce Saunders Woodrow B. Saunders Near Centenary

Open River yields record runs for towboats to Gallipolis

American Barge Lines vessel Jefferson sped from Montgomery Dam to Eureka roller dam and on to Gallipolis Sunday into Monday, averaging over eight miles per hour with 10 loaded and 3 empty barges. Two other towboats Louisiana and Lunga Point followed the same Open River advantage.

Gallipolis American Barge Lines Jefferson Pittsburgh Montgomery Dam Eureka Louisiana Mississippi Valley Large Line Ohio Barge Line Lunga Point Defense Plan Corporation DPC

Gallia Soil Conservation Banquet Plans Are Made

Gallia Soil Conservation District board finalizes banquet details with Rev. Russell H. Hoy headlining at 7 30 pm in the Farmers Hotel. Awards to local high school vocational departments, affiliate memberships handed out, 125 reservations with likely 150+, and a new meeting night set for the first Monday monthly.

Gallipolis Gallia Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors Maurice Forgey Russell H. Hoy Canal Lewisville Farmers Hotel Lawrence L. Holliday Kgger Creek Southwestern Gallia Academy Wayne Robert W. Cobb Ferris Call Forgey Wayne Russell Dan Notter Lawrence Holliday Merril Carter Bill Smith Paul Evans Conservation Aid Cobb

Bloodmobile Visits Set at Grace Methodist Church

Gallia County Red Cross announces Thursday Bloodmobile stop at Grace Methodist Church from noon to 6 pm. Nancy Plymale notes last visit produced 196 donors and urges continued support to keep local blood supplies free of charge. State patrol cooperation aids rapid transfers from Huntington to Holzer and other hospitals.

Gallipolis Grace Methodist Church Nancy Plymale Gallia County American Red Cross Holzer Hospital Pleasant Valley Hospital New Hospital Red Cross Red Cross Office Irene Coker

New Coat Comes Alive To A Kyveer Resident

Mrs. Marvin Rupe of Kyger deals with a strange home event when a mink trapped in a steel device was found in her basement. A visitor named Mrs. Stanley Rupe assisted, and the account ends with an unfinished note about Robert Fish.

Kyveer

Births and hospital admissions in Holzer notes

Holzer Hospital notes list births with names of parents in multiple area towns and a long roster of admitted and discharged individuals. The entry mentions births for Herdman, McMurray, Bright and others, plus numerous admissions and dismissals across Gallipolis, Wellston, Pomeroy, and nearby communities.

Senator Porter at Jackson dinner flags TB progress and grants

Senator J Sherman Porter recounted his 3 1/2 year battle with tuberculosis during the Jackson High School cafeteria dinner of the Jackson County Tuberculosis and Health Association. He credited Christmas Seals funding for progress. About 100 attended with 10 student nurses from Jackson County as special guests and a $150 three year scholarship awarded to Holzer School of Nursing students.

Gallipolis J. Sherman Porter Jackson High School Jackson County Tuberculosis and Health Association Jackson Fred Rice Jackson County Holzer School of Nursing Sherry Kay Fitzpatrick

Tests Planned This Week At Gallia High

Gallia Academy High School in Gallipolis schedules three days of examinations for its 600 plus students this Wednesday Thursday and Friday. Freshman English tests are set for Wednesday with Sophomore Junior and Senior English on Thursday. Other subjects will be tested at teachers discretion during the period. Assistant to the director is Mrs Testing.

Gallipolis Gallia Academy High School Joe Ross Ruth Gillingham

Child Injured In Gallipolis Dinner Incident

Theresa Rocchi two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Remo Rocchi Gallipolis Route 1 fell while reaching for food injuring the left side of her nose near the eye. She was treated and released after six stitches at Holzer Clinic. William G Nedell 20 Tonawanda N Y faced Municipal Court on two charges driving left of center and no operator license with bonds set at ten dollars each.

Gallipolis Theresa R. Rocchi Remo Rocchi Holzer Clinic William G Nedell Tonawanda N.Y

Pvt Barcus Home From Korean Duty

Pvt Ralph Barcus son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Barcus Lower River Road home for Christmas after 13 and a half months in Korea He entered the Army May 6 1958 trained at Fort Knox and Fort Gordon and was stationed at Bup Yong ASCOM unit He will report to Fort Carson January 4 1960.

Gallipolis Pic Ralph Barcus Clarence Barcus Lower River Rd Korea Barcus Army Fort Knox Fort Gordon Bup Yong ASCOM Fort Carson Colo

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