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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1958

Page

11

New Fire Telephones Are Explained To Fire Fighters

Gallipolis volunteers were briefed on the new dial telephone system for fire calls by Richard C. Roderick of Ohio Bell. The system uses four shared phones and a secret override to relay fire locations, with sirens sounding for in city hydrant areas and extra phones at police HQ to reach outlying volunteers.

Gallipolis Richard C. Roderick Ohio Bell Roderick J. Hector Steele James Northup City Hall Ens Bell Experimental Laboratories National Fire Underwriters Association Democratic House Washington George Rhodes Pennsylvania Lee Metcalf Montana George McGovern South Dakota Frank Thompson, Jr New Jersey Rules

County Home Residents Given Christmas Party

Gallia County Home for the aged and infirm hosted a Christmas party organized by the Gallipolis Junior Women's Club with help from local merchants. Fifteen residents received gifts, a short program featured a reading by Mrs. Thomas Helms and carols by sixth grade students, and corsages plus tobacco were given to residents. Co chairs included Mrs. Walter Price and Mrs. Gene Cobb with additional committee members listed.

Gallipolis Gallia County Thomas Helms Ann Elliott Brenda King Carol Eddy Annette Hana Andrea Cremeens Karen Robinson Robert Lang Ruth Springhill Dairy A&p Krogers Evans Grocery Co Johnson's Third Ave Dale’s Gilkey’s Queen Bee Evans Steak House Knights Dept Style Center Bernadines LaFayette Christi Ann Butler Drug Gillingham Drug Darnbrough’s G. C. Murphy Co Carl's Shoe Center Brumfield

Public protested bank sign in Muskegon

Public protests in Muskegon Michigan forced a bank to remove a sign reading There is no Santa Claus Work earn save The incident highlighted local tensions between holiday cheer and working life.

Muskegon, Mich Santa Claus

Fund Drive Kickoff Set for Dec 29 in Gallipolis

The annual March of Dimes kickoff dinner is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday December 29 at Ty e s Restaurant in Gallipolis. Clarence E Thompson chapter chair announces state executive R A Dauber will speak along with local leaders R A Bob Dennison and Kenneth Ward. A 20 minute film on the foundation aims and polio rehabilitation will be shown.

Gallipolis Tye Clarence E. Thompson Gallia County The National Foundation R. A. Dauber Thompson R. A Bob) Dennison Kenneth Ward Grange

TV Tonight Highlights From NBC CBS and ABC Schedule

NBC offers Ellery Queen M Squad and The Thin Man with Nick and Nora in prime time. CBS features Jackie Gleason and Phil Silvers shows along with Schlitz Playhouse and a Bodley lineup. ABC presents Man With a Camera Sunset Strip and a wealth of classic films and cartoons.

Mike Ainslee NBC M Squad Ballinger Lee Marvin Nora Charles Phyllis Kirk Peter Lawford Nick Charles Pat McMurty Tacoma Wash Nino Valdes Havana Cuba Madison Square Garden Jackie Gleason Jackie CBS Phil Silvers Bilko Sgt. Bilko Keenan Wynn Donald Cook

Sunday broadcasting schedule and featured programs list

A dense listings page shows daily programs including Santa Claus at 9:00, News at 9:30 and 11:00, Thin Man at 9:30, Howdy-Doodie and Jack Paar hour blocks, Ellery Queen, Gunfights, Weather, sports like basketball, and late-night shows with Perry Como, Steve Canyon, Loretta Young, and Clark Gable in various time slots across Sunday.

Wsaz-Tv NBC Chan Huntington Hammond Tm M Squad Jim Thacker NBC News Dr. Hudson Jack Paar Ellery Queen Namar Ruff & Reddy Perry Come Steve Canyon Brains Brown Thin Man Vutdoor Giulde RFC Cols Shir Cadie Taber Loretta Young Gid Cohen Holiday Heilo Clark Gable

TV Guide Saturday Movie lineup with classic features

Schedule lists multiple film showings from 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. including Murder In The Fleet Flight For Freedom Polo Joe Jane Eyre Wake Up and Dream Looking Glass House Saddle Pals Stage To Chino Torehy Plays With Dyna with actors such as Robert Taylor Jean Parker Rosa Lind Russell Fred MacMurray Joan Fontaine Orson Welles June Haver John Payne Ida Lupino Gene Autry Virginia Vale and George O’Brien across several time slots.

Robert Taylor Jean Parker Rosalind Russell Fred MacMurray Polo Joe Joe E. Brown Carol Hughes Jane Eyre Joan Fontaine Orson Welles Margaret O'Brien June Haver John Payne Looking Glass House Ida Lupina Gene Autry Chino Virginia Vale George ‘O'Brien Torehy Dyna

Messy TV Schedule Highlights Bold Color Programs

The Messenger lists a scattered program lineup with boldface items marking Color Programs and numerous time slots for films news and shows. The text notes possible errors when stations fail to provide corrected schedules and includes entries such as Buccaneers Annie Wakley Sunset Step Nightbeat Movie Dick Clark Sunny Showboat Lawrance Welk and various others with uncertain timings.

TV Schedule Fragments and Late Show Lineup

A fragmented listing shows a dense broadcast schedule with times and program titles from various days. It includes news, weather, sports, variety shows, and special features such as wrestling and college programming.

Television Schedule for WBNS Columbus 1960 Lineup

The listing shows WBNS TV channel 10 Columbus schedule with 6:25 weather 9:30 news segments and a long lineup including Explorer and Phi slivers at 6:25, Pers to Pers 7:15, News 11:00, various programs like Perry Mason Ballads and Gunsmoke, and late night shows ending at 6:00 Roy Rogers with a broad mix of dramas comedies and sports across the day.

Dick Clark Uncle al Jeff's Collie Laddie Spurs Law Welk Mike Hamm Wbns-Tv CBS Columbus Explorer Sky King D Edwards Lucy Capt. Kangar Perry Mason Heckle-Jeckie Oh Susannah Carl Carous Cinderella Boots Ladd Hitchcock Mrs. Theat Amos Andy Christophers Miss Brooks Bach Camera Whtn-Tv Huntington Phil Silvers Jules Rivlin Schlitz Plyhs Our Gang Jack Gleason

TV Schedule Fragments From WHTN CBS Channel 13 Guide

A dense OCR of a station roster lists programs by time, channel and show title. Notable items include News Tonight Gilligan lineup Comedy and Dramas like Perry Mason Gunsmoke Lassie and Hitchcock with late night church and music blocks, plus theater and cartoon segments.

Gallipolis Church Schedules Faithful Week Across Town

A roundup of service times across Gallipolis churches lists First Baptist led by Howard G Young with Sunday school at 9 30 a m and morning worship at 10 30 a m. First United Presbyterian led by Rev Simyon H Stebbins with Sunday school 9 50 a m and sermon God’s Greatest Gift. St Peter’s Episcopal with Holy Communion 8 a m and morning prayer at 10 30 a m. Grace Methodist noting Christmas season events including MYF meetings and caroling. St Louis Catholic notes Mass times and weekday masses. Assembly of Good and other local congregations outline schedules for worship, Bible study, youth activities, and holiday services.

First Baptist Howard G. Young First United Presbyterian Simyon H. Stebbins St. Peter’s Episcopal Albert S. Chappelear, III Holy Communion Episcopal Young Bration of the Holy Communion Grace Methodist Warren H. Wilson Jesus Commission On Missions St. Louis Adolph Golubieski GS Chapel Assembly of Good Robert Howard First Church of God Garfield Ave Hershel McDonough Young Peoples Meeting Pearl Elliott Triedstone Baptist D. L. Latham BYPU Mennonite Church Vinton Paul Stoltzfus Community Church of God Laurel Run Earl Miller Youth Fellowship Calvary Baptist Rio Grande Luther Tracy Church of the Nazarene Vernon C. Shafer Poplar Ridge Simpson Chapel Methodist W. L. Nofcier Bidwell Church of God Mr . Satterfield

Coal Trucks Meet Head on in Gallia County

Two coal trucks collided on a curve at 1 p.m. on Williams Creek Road 10.3 miles west of Route 218 in Lawrence County. Drivers Leslie D. Freeman and Gerald J. Baird were uninjured. Freeman cited for excessive speed under road conditions.

Gallipolis State Highway Patrol Williams Creek Lawrence County Leslie D. Freeman Proctorville Gerald J. Baird Freeman Baird Gallia County

Holzer Hospital Notes Dense Births And Admits

A list of births at Holzer Hospital including a daughter to Charlies E Plants of Gallipolis and several sons to families in Harrisonville Point Pleasant Middleport and Bidwell. Admitted patients include Bryan K MecKinnis Wellston Route 2 and multiple named residents. Discharges list numerous individuals and a note of four pints of blood used Thursday.

Charlies E Plants Gallipolis Norman W. Woods Harrisonville John K. van Sickle Point Pleasant Edward Whitt Oak Hill Raymond L. Walburn Middleport Bryan K. MecKinnis Wellston Janeis Harrison Virgil Jordan James B. Harreld Michael D. Houck Carla Yvonne Boggs Bidwell James S. Mullins Jackson Susan Boyer Hamden Harry A. Boston James E. Johnson Mason Jeff D. Kennedy Huntington Wilbur Marcum Marion F. Shields Blake M. Nicewander Charles E. Plants

Salisbury Housewife Fined After Carolers Vandalism

In Salisbury England a housewife who did not reward a group of child carolers faced damages after the children kicked two holes in her front door and ripped up the garden during the doorstep performance.

Salisbury England

Eightyearold Gallia dancer to perform on Hal Murphy show

Richard Earl Queen eight-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Earl Queen of 451 Hedgewood Dr scheduled for a repeat performance Friday at 5 pm on Hal Murphy s Dance Party WHTN Channel 13 He aims to dance as a career and has shown notable showmanship since debuting at the Gallia County Youth Exposition He has appeared on Channel 13 at local events and will crown the Snow Queen at the Canteen s White Christmas Ball He is an honor roll student at Washington Elementary School Cub Pack 203 and Grace Methodist Church member involved in science chemistry and rock collecting

Gallipolis Richard Earl Queen Earl Queen Hedgewood Dr Hal Murphy Whtn-Tv Channel 13 Leo V. Savage Queen Savage Cheshire Gallia County Gallia County Farm Bureau Point Pleasant

Pritchett Dies At 75 In Gallipolis

Earl Stanley Pritchett 75 of 47 Locust St Gallipolis died early Thursday in Holzer Hospital after seven years of failing health. Born December 6 1883 in Gallipolis he was married December 5 1913 to Margaret Manifold who survives. He leaves two nieces Mrs Gus Frye and Mrs Eugene Spears. A cabinet maker by trade he lived in Newark and Cleveland before returning to Gallipolis two years ago. Services at St Peters Episcopal Church Saturday at 2 pm with burial in Mound Hill Cemetery. calling hours at Clarence J Waugh Funeral Home Friday afternoon and until service time.

Gallipolis Earl Stanley Pritchett Locust St Holzer Hospital Mr. Pritchett Peter B Mary Clark Pritchett Newark Ohio Margaret Manifold Gus Frye Eugene Spears Pritchett Halle Brothers Cleveland St. Peter's Episcopal Church Albert S. Chappelear Mound Hill Cemetery Clarence J. Waugh

Willie M Farmer 67 Dies in Holzer Hospital

Willie M Farmer, age 67, of Hamden, died at 7 45 p m Thursday night at Holzer Hospital, where he had been a patient ten days. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Wrightsel Funeral Home of McArthur.

Gallipolis Willie M Farmer Hamden Holzer Hospital Wrightsel Funeral Home McArthur

Christmas Concert Draws 300 at Gallia Academy High

Ned DeJournett's A Cappella Choir and Madrigales staged a December Christmas concert in the Gallia Academy High School auditorium. About 300 attendees heard Handel's Hallelujah Chorus from The Messiah and several carols, with solos by Martha Mossman Mike Heil Sandra Hood and Eddie Roark. Ruth Ann Fowler accompanied and Santa Rusty Bruniardi joined with a conversational pose.

Gallipolis Gallia Academy High School Ned DeJournett Sandra Hood Eddie Roark Ann Magnussen Karen Parks Winter Wonderland Martha Mossman Mike Heil DeJournett Ruth Ann Fowler Rusty Bruniardi Santa Claus

Farm Bureau Leaders Hear Porter Speak in Jackson

State Senator elect J Sherman Porter of Gallipolis addressed Farm Bureau leaders from Adams Pike Scioto Jackson Gallia and Meigs at a Colonial Inn luncheon in Jackson He compared the Democratic platform with 1959 Ohio Farm Bureau policies and found similarities on topics from agriculture to labor Regional supervisor Ivan Cooper organized the event and noted the districts lack of a Farm Bureau in Lawrence and Vinton counties.

Jackson Farm Bureau J. Sherman Jim) Porter Gallipolis Democratic Party Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Porter Colonial Inn Ivan Cooper Southern Adams Pike Scioto Gallia Meigs Lawrence Vinton

Mrs Fannie Swick Dies at 90 in Holzer Hospital

Mrs. Fannie Graves Swick, 90, of Ewington, died Thursday night at Holzer Hospital after a stay since November 11. Survived by husband John Swick and daughter Mrs. Harry Snyder of Ewington. Vernon McCoy funeral home of Vinton will announce details Friday.

Fannie Swick Gallipolis Fannie Graves Swick Ewington Holzer Hospital John Swick Harry Snyder Vernon McCoy Vinton

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