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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1960

Page

9

Nelsonville Honors Athletes Speaker Hess Praises Local Stars

Nelsonville High School athletes and about 125 fans heard Bill Hess of Ohio University speak at the All Sports Banquet. Hess praised the four year high school coaching period, urged college attendance, and noted local gaps in higher education while commending Nelsonville coaches and athletes.

Nelsonville Ohio University Hess John Ward Bill Hess First Christian Church Vince Costello Cleveland

Television Program Schedule Listing Messy OCR

A chaotic list of broadcast times and program names appears with bolded color labels and scattered punctuation. The page shows multiple daily blocks including 6:00 to 13:00 slots featuring shows such as The Price Is Right Wagon Train Rifleman and The Millionaire with various news and weather insertions.

Evening TV Schedule for Tuesday in San Francisco

At 6:00 the program starts in San Francisco with a 6:30 news segment and a 6:40 weather update. The night continues with news at 6:45 followed by The Honeymooners at 7:00 Sugarfoot at 7:30 Wyatt Earp at 8:30 and The Rifleman at 9:00.

San Fran Bet Sugarfoot Wyatt Earp San Fran. Ber John Daly Charley Weaver Ozze-Harriet

Evening radio schedule highlights

A listing of shows including 6:00 Comedy Thea and 9:30 Ive Got A See with 6:25 Weather and 11:00 News Weather. Programs feature Coche Co, Chet Long, Doug Edwards, Armchair Thea, Paramount Th, and You Are There in sequence.

Doug Martin Gale Storm Thea Circle Theatre Cochise Chet Long Doug Edw Armch Paramount Millionaire Don Mack Red Skelton Garry Moore Doug Judge Dobie Gillis

TV Preview: The Closed Set and Nightly Crime Dramas

TV listings note The Closed Set with Joan Fontaine Agnes Moorehead and John Ireland at 8 30 p m a rare TV appearance for Fontaine. At 9 30 p m Arthur Murray Party features Farley Granger Roddy McDowell and George DeWitt with Kathryn and Arthur Murray. M Squad at 10 tells of Lt Frank Ballinger pursuing two bank robbers after a safe cracker is killed. Lock Up at 10 30 centers on councilman Arrod Schilling under pressure to resign amid a blackmail plot and murder with MacDonald Carey star.

Joan Fontaine Agnes Moorehead John Ireland Miss Fontaine Arthur Murray Farley Granger Roddy McDowell George DeWitt Kathryn Merv Griffin Betty Ann Grove Lee Marvin Frank Ballinger Ballinger Arrod Schilling Schilling Herb Maris MacDonald Carey

TV Tonight Listings Spotlight Evening Westerns And Mysteries

At 7 30 Sugarfoot Brady Brewster trains Fernando amid a tough Barbury Coast crowd. Wyatt Earp at 8 30 faces murder as Ten Per Cent Ring runs The Arizona Lottery. The Rifleman at 9 features Mark McCain finding a killer clue but remaining silent. Philip Marlowe at 9 30 pursues a slayer in Time to Kill. Alcoa Presents at 10 shows a retired postman and waitress kissing trigger poltergeist activity in The Lovers.

Tom Sugarfoot Brewster Barbary Coast Fernando Wyatt Earp Mark McCain Philip Marlowe Alcoa

Shotgun Slade and Dobie Gillis on Tonight’s TV Schedule

8 p.m. Shotgun Slade features Scott Brady in Too Smart to Live set amid frontier turbulence. 8:30 p.m. Dobie Gillis shows Thalia Menninger enthrallment with magnetic power in The Power of Positive Thinking. 9 p.m. Tightrope! has Mike Connors joining a health club and boxing crooked bookies while pursuing a police officer killer in The Long Odds.

Shotgun Slade Scott Brady Dobie Gillis Thalia Menninger Mike Connors

TV Guide Highlights Varying Classic Movie Airings

The schedule lists multiple TV airings across times with titles such as Vice Squad This Land Is Mine The Fountain The Cat Creeps Dream Girl Caught In The Draft Horn Blows at Midnight Go Chase Yourself Village Tale Gold Is Where You Find Hell Below Gilded Lily Calcutta Ladies Man The Palm Beach Story with specific broadcast slots on February 16 1960

Calcutta Palm Beach

Elsie Holbert 81 Dies in Nelsonville Home

Mrs. Elsie Holbert age 81 died Sunday at her home on Stewart Route 1. Born August 29 1878 at Waterford she was daughter of the late James and Lavina McKee Johnson. Survived by husband John six daughters and five sons. Funeral Thursday 2:30 p.m. Kilvert Church of God Bishop W L Smith officiating. Burial Kilvert Cemetery. Friends may call Fawcett Stone Funeral Home.

Nelsonville Elsie Holbert Stewart Route 1 Waterford James Lavina McKee Johnson John Holbert Edith Harvey Stewart Rt Dorothy Flowers Ethel Thompson Chesterhill Elsie Moss Sharpsburg Betty Scott Columbus Linnie Holbert Zanesville Frank Junior Stewart John Daniel Andrew Kilvert Church of God W. L. Smith Kilvert Fawcett-Stone

Moores Host Class Meeting at Oakdale Church

The Sunbeam Class of Oakdale Church met Friday night at the home of Mr and Mrs Edward Moore. President Mrs Bernice Lowery led the business session after a hymn and the Lord's Prayer. Mrs Moore showed colored slides of church activities and refreshments were served to a group including Darewood Jewell Ernest Nott Norman Lowery Georgia Barnes Albert Love Harry Love and Sarah McClelland.

Nobles Hot Rod Club Meeting in K of P Hall

Nelsonville notice invites car enthusiasts to join the Nobles Hot Rod Club at a meeting in the K of P Hall today at 7 p.m.

Nelsonville Nobles Hot Rod Club

Benefit Games Cancelled in Nelsonville Weather

In Buchtel at St Patrick's Catholic Church the benefit games scheduled for today are cancelled because of extreme weather conditions.

Nelsonville St Patrick's Catholic Church Buchtel

Valley Lodge 169 to Meet in Pythian Hall

Regular gathering of Valley Lodge 169 Knights of Pythias is set for Wednesday at 7 30 p m in Pythian Hall. Chancellor Commander William Howe requests all officers and members attend as committee assignments for the first half of the year will be announced.

Nelsonville Valley Lodge Knights of Pythias Pythian Hall William Howe

Orpah Class Meet at Glouster Methodist Church

The Orpah Class of Glouster Methodist Church will meet Thursday at 7 30 p.m. at the home of Mrs Ralph Hines with Mrs Willis Blower as co hostess. Mrs Ansel Gamwell will lead the devotions. Entertainment will be led by Mrs Gilbert Bingman and Mrs William Stephenson.

Glouster Glouster Methodist Church Ralph Hines Willis Blower Ansel Gamwell Gilbert Bingman William Stephenson

Initiation Planned by American Legion Auxiliary

The American Legion Auxiliary will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Legion Hall for an initiation led by initiation officer Mrs Aree Marshall. Refreshments will be served.

Glouster American Legion Auxiliary the Legion Hall Aree Marshall

Boy Scout Troop 66 Meeting Tonight in Nelsonville

Boy Scout Troop 66 will meet at 7 30 p m today at the Knights of Pythias Building in Nelsonville. New members should bring their application cards and registration fees as advised by leaders.

Nelsonville Knights of Pythias

York Grange 2436 Teaches Third and Fourth Degree Practice

The York Grange 2436 third and fourth degree teams will hold practice on Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. in the grange hall.

Nelsonville York Grange 2436 Grange Hall

Club Meet Set for Glouster Township Home Demonstration

Trimble Township Home Demonstration Club will meet Thursday at 11 a.m. at the home of Mrs. Louis Jewell. Mrs. John Penrod and Mrs. Carl Antle, project leaders, will serve a broiler prepared meal at noon.

Glouster Trimble Township Louis Jewell John Penrod Carl Antle

New Haven Builds Toward Annexation Vote and Scout Banquet Notes

New Haven Town Council met to decide on annexing Layne Ohlinger Lone Hickory and adjacent lands with an election set for February 24. A 50th anniversary scout banquet for Troop 256 highlighted awards for many youths and a series of den and bobcat milestones.

New Haven Layne-Ohlinger Lone Hickory Wilbur Dickson Point Pleasant Meigs-Gallia-Mason John Best Alvin Somerville Gallipolis Know Dye Vernon Harrah William McFarland Bill Frey Mark Grinstead Denner Wolf Gold Arrow Point Larry Fery Billy Joe Roush Lynn Tennant Tommy Howard Mel Fry Phil Capehart Raymond McFarland Larry Carpenter Doug Staats Eddie Halstead David Lieving Bear Lion Randy Weaver Ray Sisk Jr Jerry Morgan Roger Harrah Gregg Gibbs Paul Sayre Mike Floyd Ronnie Floyd Billy Marshall Roger Roush

Danville News Briefs Honor Shower and Local Visits

Mrs. Daphine Lee was honored with a layette shower by Mrs. Loretha Wachen shwang with many attendees. Other items note PTA meeting attendance in Syracuse, local visits in Danville and Gallopolis, illness notes and upcoming surgery for Jack Crisp at Columbus Hospital.

Danville Daphine Lee Loretha Wachenshwang Lester Lathey Jack Crisp Andrew Myers James Crisp Sr Dennis Palmer Homel Denney Clyde Hampton Worthy Brigat Joe Swick Robert Grate John Tucker Alva Swick Lloyd Lee Don Wachenschwang Essie Vance Will Barrett Gladys Hoffman Columbus Hospital Minnie Swick Goldie Mitchell Morgan Center

E Brooks Dies Sunday in Marietta Memorial Hospital

Everett D. Brooks 59 of Chesterhill Rt. 1 died Sunday at Marietta Memorial Hospital. Born April 22, 1900 in Sharpsburg he was a retired coal miner. Survived by daughter Eva Fisher San Diego and sons Jack Zanesville Charles Malta Rt. 1. eight grandchildren. sister Iva Mills Zanesville. brother Albert Glouster Rt. 3. Service Wednesday 1:30 p.m. at Fawcett Stone Funeral Home. burial in ML Herman Cemetery.

Nelsonville Everett D. Brooks Chesterhill Marietta Memorial Hospital Sharpsburg Daniel Flora Roberts Brooks Eva Fisher San Diego California Jack Zanesville Charles Malta Iva Mills Albert Glouster Fawcett -Stone Funeral Home Max Donohue ML Herman Cemetery

Glouster Club and Local Meetings Schedule

The Rothwell Club meets Thursday at 2 p.m. at Mrs. Earl Morris’s home on Braun St with Mrs. Harold Wagner presenting. The Cub Scout Blue and Gold dinner is Thursday at Moose Hall at 6 p.m. Glouster Village Council convenes Thursday at 7 p.m. in the mayor's office. Trimble Township Jaycees meet Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the mayor's office.

Glouster Rothwell Club Earl Morrison Braun Harold Wagner Moose Hall Trimble Township

Weather Outlook for Ohto and West Virginia

Mostly cloudy with snow flurries likely in southern areas and little temperature change today. Tonight partly cloudy. Wednesday mostly cloudy and colder with light snow flurries in the north. Daytime high 25 to 40. Tonight low 28 to 25. West Virginia mostly cloudy with a high near 308 today and a chance of light snow in the far south this evening. Tonight not as cold, low 24 to 32, Wednesday partly cloudy and warmer but turning colder with snow flurries in the northwest by afternoon or night.

Ohto West Virginia

Mount St Mary Hospital Notes

Mount St Mary Hospital notes list births and admissions in the Athens Nelsonville Gore and surrounding areas. Names include Samuel Jasper and spouse with a son and Kenneth Burgess with a daughter. admissions include Miss Karen White and others. Dismissals note several families leaving the hospital with newborns and relatives. Blood usage records three units.

Samuel Jasper Athens Kenneth Burgess Gore Karen R. White Columbus Richard Guess Nelsonville Jane McCarty New Lexington Lynn E. Mohney Glen Mays Logan Cecil Tippie Glouster Dorothy Orndoff Orin Daft Zaleski Richard Bobo Jacksonville Tamara Dupler Carolyn Hoyd Bernard Bowers Robert Wachenschwanz Ernest Campbell Buchtel, and Son Alma Harris Shawnee Bruce Baird Edna van Sickle Donald Keeney Buchtel

Funeral Services For Mrs Landis Thursday

Funeral services for Mrs. Elvetta Landis aged 70 who died Monday will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Johnson funeral home with the Rev J A Long officiating. Burial is in Green Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home at any time.

Nelsonville Elvetta Landis Johnson Funeral Home J. A. Long Green Lawn

Nelsonville High choir invites town to sing Easter cantata

The Nelsonville High School choir invites townspeople to join in singing the Easter cantata. First rehearsal is Monday February 29 at 6 30 p m in the high school music room.

Nelsonville Nelsonville High School

Nelsonville Church Board Meeting Cancelled Tonight

The Furst Methodist Church board meeting in Nelsonville is cancelled until further notice due to weather, per pastor Dr. F. M. Wentz.

Nelsonville Furst Methodist Church F. M. Wentz

Free lunch event at Nelsonville Eagles Lodge

Nelsonville hosts a free lunch and refreshments on Thursday at 7 p m at the Eagles Lodge. All members are invited and asked to bring a prospective member. A ham door prize will be awarded.

Nelsonville

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