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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1960

Page

5

City adopts 1960 budget of 604,812 for Gallipolis

Gallia County commissioners approve the 1960 city budget totaling 604,812 dollars ending December 31. Chief items include police 54,650, fire 12,800, water works 54,000, sewer rental 153,550, parks and recreation 500, and maintenance across funds. City Manager Cotton notes rising retirement costs and bond interests, with water bonds not due until 1961.

Gallipolis Cotton Water Works Planning Board M&r

Gallia Academy to Host Career Talk by OVEC Engineer

Sam Scruggs of the Ohio Valley Electric Corp will speak at 3:30 p.m. Friday at Gallia Academy High School. The conference, second in a series organized by the guidance department under Mrs. Margaret Swann, will cover civil mining aviation mathematical mechanical and electrical engineering with more sessions planned.

Gallipolis Sam Scruggs Ohio Valley Electric Corp Gallia Academy High School Margaret Swann OVEC

Television Listings Messy Schedule Rivals List With Errors

TV listings are cluttered with bold color codes and scrambled times for stations and programs. Entries show NBC CBS and local shows including News Weather Weather and late night Lineup with titles like Wagon Train This Is Your and Take A Look.

Scruggs NBC News Bat Masterson Jack Paar Staccato

TV Tonight Highlights Western, War and Mystery Lineup

Prime time listings feature Tombstone Territory with Pat Conway and Rich ard Eastham at 7 p.m. Wagon Train with Ward Bond at 7:30 p.m. The Madie Brandt Story stars Jean Hagen. Perry Como Show at 9 p.m. Wichita Towns The Long Night airs at 10:30 p.m. Black Saddle at 7:30 p.m. Ozzie and Harriet at 8:30 p.m. Hawaiian Eye at 9 p.m. This Man Dawns crime thriller at 8:30 p.m. The Lineup Seven Sinners at 7:30 p.m. The Millionaire at 9 p.m.

Tombstone Territory Pat Conway Richard Eastham New York Tombstone Ward Bond Seth Adams Robert Horton Flint McCullough Jean Hagen Madie Brandt Perry Como Lena Horne Wagon Train Corbett Monica Perry Wichita Town Joel Jody McCrea Mike Dunbar Wichita Black Clay Culhane Secret Service Pres. Grant Latigo Mr. Simpson Ozzie Harriet Ozzie Harriet David Tom Lopaka Frank Dawson Whitney Ames

Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce votes on five board members

Ballots mailed to about 165 chamber members seek five of ten nominees for three year terms on the Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce board. Deadline is January 28. Re-elected candidates include Evans Bias Foster and Wetherholt. Other directors’ terms run to 1961 and 1962. Officers to be elected February 8.

Gallipolis Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce Chamber Thelma Elliott Elliott Marianne B. Campbell Car Bias Manning Wetherholt Emerson E. Evans Miles T. Epling Rex McCormick Wayne B. Foster Kenneth Morgan Keith Thomas Evans Bias Foster Wetherholt James B. Harreld Gilbert C. Beard Tim Evans C. (Mace) McGinness Richard C. Roderick Selwyn White

Official Urges Interest In Political Activity

In Zanesville the Ohio Bell Telephone Co. president Walter S. Sparling urged employees to engage in partisan political activity. He promised they'd be neither rewarded nor penalized for differing views. Five Gallipolis attendees named were Richard C. Roderick E Monroe Gatewood Ida M Durkee Marshall Canaday and State Sen J Sherman Porter.

Zanesville Gallipolis Zanesville Country Club Ohio Bell Telephone Co Walter S. Sparling Richard C. Roderick E. Monroe Gatewood Ida M. Durkee Marshall Canaday J. Sherman Porter

Canteen Fund Drive Under Way in Tri-County Area

Gallia County residents have contributed 67.03 dollars toward the Tri-County Teen-Canteen fund, with eight volunteers working three hours. The goal is 500 dollars for Mason Gallia Meigs area. Co-chairs are Earl McKinley and Ronald Evans. Contributions can be mailed to 451 Hedgewood Drive or called GI-6-2586.

Gallipolis Gallia County Tri-County Leo V. Savage Savage Mason-Gallia-Meigs Tricounty Hedgewood Drive

TV Guide Day by Day Movie Lineup

TV listings show a selection of films and times across January 20 and January 21, with titles including Opera or Stingaree Love Finds Andy Hardy Cherokees and many others scheduled in the morning and late evening slots.

Doug Martin Gale Storm People’s Choir Bob Andy Hardy

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