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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1958
Page
8
The Commerce Department states that the recession slump in sales and production has stopped. It marks the broadest government support to date that the downturn, which began in early 1957, has been arrested as both measures have steadied.
A 16-year-old Sand Run youth received a sentence to the Mansfield Men's Reformatory after pleading guilty to taking part in an auto theft spree in Athens Franklin and Hocking counties on June 19. He and a 17-year-old accomplice wrecked three vehicles and stole two trucks before being arrested in Liberty Indiana.
The page lists a dense set of TV programs with start times from 6:00 to 11:15 featuring shows like Wagon Train NBC News Price Is Right and Dragnet plus several unknowns and a few weather updates across the evening schedule.
A partial TV slate lists News 6:30 and 1:00 blocks, sports at 6:40 and 10:30, and programs including Wagon Train, Kraft Theater, 26 Men, and Office Detective with Weather updates. Names repeat across the day.
A readable list of a TV day’s programming with times and show names including News and various entertainment titles. Events span morning to late evening with multiple news slots and a range of children’s and classic programs.
A fragmented broadcast timetable lists various programs and times from morning to midnight. Entries include music segments, early shows, Doug Martin, American Band, record hop, Mr D A, Mickey Mouse, bingo sessions, Navy Log, sports and weather updates, confession program, Playhouse, Circus Boy, News, Weather, and Late Show.
A compact listing shows time slots for programs including Explorer Verdict Sky King Playhouse 90 Chet Long News Weather Badge 714 Sea Hunt and other segments. The sequence outlines evening to late night programming with featured hosts and shows.
A dense schedule lists NBC and local programs from 7:00 to 11:15 with shows like Sing Along, World Turns, Edge of Night, The Brighter Day and The Secret Storm. Notable slots include 7:00 Harbor Com and 9:30 Got A Secret, plus 11:00 News and 11:15 Theatre for Thursday.
Listings show films on WHTN WCHS WBNS and WSAZ with titles including Journey Into Fear Cluny Brown Count the Hours Immortal Sergeant Silver Dollar Swamp Water Personal Affair Million Dollar Baby Daytime Wife Foxes of Harrow Angel and the Bad Man Twist of Fate and The Man Who Wouldn’t Die with star casts and channel numbers.
Top programs include Isaac Logart versus Don Jordan in a 10 round welterweight bout at Hollywood Legion Stadium. ABC present Tombstone Territory Desert Survival and Wagon Train The Willy Moran Story. Other NBC and CBS offerings feature Kraft Mystery Theatre Next Door To Death It Could Be You and The Millionaire plus U S Steel Hour Hidden River with Farley Granger and Richard Kiley.
Health commissioner Dr H M Boocks urged patch or skin tests for all potential contacts of a six year old boy treated for possible tuberculosis. Closest contacts include Laurelville school classmates bus riders teachers and grandparents household residents. A clinic is set for Thursday at the courthouse and tests are supplied by the local tuberculosis association.
Charles Westenhaver 79 last direct descendant of Logan's first white settler Christian Westenhaver died at 1 a.m. Tuesday at 405 East Main Street after four years of health decline. He worked 41 years as a steel car repairman for Hocking Valley and C&O railroads. Survived by wife Bess McClure Westenhaver and half-sister Florence Parker Dahlby of St Paul. Services Thursday at 1 a.m. at Roberts Funeral Home with Dr. R B Wilson. burial Oak Grove Cemetery.
A Logan fire at Warren Henry's home on Walhending Ave damaged the garage roof and its contents and scorched a back porch. The blaze began when gasoline spilled and was ignited by a match dropped by Henry's 12 year old son Michael. Firefighters from four regulars and three volunteers contained the fire by 3 50 p.m.
Kenneth E. Beveridge, son of Oral and the late residents, is elected and installed as high priest of Marion Chapter 62 Royal Arch Masons. He was born in Carbondale and attended local schools before his family moved to Marion. Dinner guests included multiple families from Columbus Lancaster Newark Hamley Run and Galion.
The forenoon progress depends on effort. avoid non essentials as important issues loom. Socializing boosts new friendships while the birthday ahead signals payoff from current efforts in goals and finances. A October home or job change may occur. a loyal but emotional child is born today.
A sequence of social notes records visits and homecomings across several towns. Families from Columbus, Salena, Logan, Ironton, Amstead, and Pontiac hosted relatives and friends during weekend trips and vacations, with companions including air force members and Boy's State participants.
Mr Herbie Miller of Dayton grandson of Mr and Mrs Roy Russell spent a few days here. Mr and Mrs Edward Pennington of Charleston visited over the weekend with Mr and Mrs Jane Rollins.
New car sales in Hocking County rose about 17.7 percent in June from May. Thelma Keyes, clerk of courts, reports 62 new title certificates issued, up from 51. Titles include two house trailers. Total titles 594 with 237 resale, 159 used retail, 113 used casual, four conversions, eight replacements, 11 voids. Mortgages filed 274 and cancellations 237. Title receipts totaled 911.20 dollars, with 684.25 to county and 226.95 to the state.
Hulda D. Auker widow of Pearl Auker died Tuesday morning at 189 Friesner Ave. She was born in Gore and lived in Ore Ville before moving to Logan. Survived by three sons Nash John Fred. three daughters Juanita Dorothy Melissa. a brother Odis Thompson. three sisters Zerelda Waveline Bacil and others. 15 grandchildren. Funeral at Oreville EUB Church with Revs Clyde Hinton W H Mathias officiating. Burial Gore Cemetery.
Mrs Garnet Rus sells and Miss Thelma Denney vacation at Miss Denney s farm. Mrs Minnie Kemper visits daughter Mrs Sheets at Blue Lake for a few days last week. Mrs Darrell Reynolds and children have moved to their home in Columbus.
The Rockbridge Rockettes 4-H Club held its eighth meeting at Cantwell Cliffs with Audrey Lindsey presenting button hole technique and Charlotte Yantes demonstrating the blanket stitch. A club picnic followed and the next meeting is set for July 8 at Sharon Reeves home. Haydenville Narcoettes and advisor Mrs. Donald Hopstetter attended a Get-to-Gether at Johnny Appleseed Park on June 23 with a wiener roast. Nanci Devol and Karen Hutchinson won a cake in a bake contest. Eleven members and 19 guests were present. another gathering is planned for July 3 at Janice Jones Route 3 Logan.
Logan arrest reports say Roger D. Steinbrink 24 of Nelsonville Route 1 was arrested Monday on assault and battery. He pleaded guilty and received a $10 fine costs and a 10 day county jail sentence suspended on good behavior by Judge Vaughn Collins. Complaint filed by his wife Shirley.
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