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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 22, 1958

Page

12

Three Burglary Cases Investigated by Sheriff

Three break in entries were investigated Monday by the Hocking County sheriff. The Hocking Drive In Theater near Haydenville was broken into by chiseling a door and trimming a lock. cigars and candy machines were hit and about 35 dollars in coins were taken. The Five Mile Inn on Route 33 saw 123 packs of cigarets stolen from a vending machine. The Midway filling station at Route 180 and Route 33 was entered from Sunday night into Monday morning, with a rest room window pried and a box of spark plugs plus more than 3 dollars in nickels stolen. Deputies Wilkes and a BCI agent worked the cases.

Logan Hocking County Robert Rowland Dennis Wilkes Bureau of Criminal Investigation London Five Mile Inn Route 33 Wilkes BCI Midway Howard Goldsberry John Wells

Television Program Listings Note Schedule Errors

The Messenger cautions that errors may appear in schedules when stations fail to provide corrected listings. Bold entries mark color programs across sections Tuesday to Thursday with many time slots and program names listed.

Television Schedule Fragments Show Dense Night Lineup

A pasted schedule lists programs with times and titles from multiple days, featuring NBC News, News, Weather, Thea, and classic programs like Wagon Train, Father Knows Best, Myriad Westerns, dramas, movies, and cartoons, reflecting a busy old broadcast lineup.

Evening Radio Schedule with Diverse Show lineup

A skimpy listings page shows an eight to eleven PM slate featuring music mornings, DJs Doug Martin, Kevin, and band sets, plus events like Record Hop, Bingo, Mickey Mouse, Disneyland, News, and late night shows including Casey Jones and a baseball recap.

Martin Doug Martin Amer Mr. D. A Wild Bill Bingo Mickey Mouse Harriet

Television Schedule for WBNS Columbus Evening Lineup

WBNS TV Columbus 6:00 Explorer 9:00 Tell the Truth 6:30 Amos n Andy 9:30 Spotlight Ply 7:00 Chet Long 10:00 Bid n Buy 7:15 D Edwards 10:30 Hiway Patrat 7:30 Name Tune 11:00 News 8:00 Adams and Eve 11:10 Weather 8:30 Keep Talking 11:15 Arunch Then 8:00 Cartoon Call 12:30 Sreh Tomor 2 45 Tom Gleba 12:45 Guiding Light 9:00 Kindergarten 1:00 Little Margie 9:30 Slimnastics 1:30 World Turns 9 45 Ann Reider 2:00 Susie 10:00 Love or Mai 1:00 Godfrey 11 30 Dotto 12:00 Globetrotter 12:15 Weather 12:20 Farmtime fh. 2:30 House Party 00 Flippo y Evening 6:00 Explorer 8:30 Playhouse 6:30 Amos n Andy 9:00 Millionaire 7:00 Chet Long 9:30 Got 8 Secret 7:15 D Edwards 10:00 Circle Theat. 7:30 Troubl Father 11:00 News Weather 8:00 Beaver 11:15 Armed Thea

Keen Love Man Godfrey Dotto Sreh Tomor NBC News Cp Thea Kraft Theater Broken Arrow Frontier Wyatt Earp Jack Paar Wbns-Tv CBS Columbus Explorer Amos ‘N Andy Chet Long D. Edwards Hiway Patrat Adams & Eve Arunch Cartoon Call Sreh. Tomor Tom Gleba Guiding Light Slimnastics Ann Reider Susie Playhouse Millionaire Got D Eoowards Circle Theat Troubl Father News Weath Beaver Armed Thea

Television Guide for Huntington Channel 13 Listings

WHTN CBS channel 13 Huntington schedule shows 9:00 To Tell Truth 9:30 Playhouse 7:00 R Diamond 10:00 Bid n Buy 7:30 Name Tune 10:30 Silent Service 3:00 Adams Eve 11:00 News 11:15 Theater at 15 July with various programs and times listed.

Whtn-Tv CBS Huntington Jule Rivin

Television Preview of Top Tuesday Programs

TV critics spotlight Tuesday night lineup across NBC ABC and CBS with The Investigator Mystery Series Bob Cummings Show Sugarfoot Wyatt Earp Broken Arrow March of Medicine Spotlight Playhouse and Highway Patrol each offering dramatic action comedy and public affairs in prime time.

New York Hollywood Lonny Chapman Jeff Prior Howard St. John Lloyd Prior NBC Bob Cummings Bob Harvey Kind Donovan Ruthie Mary Lawrence Goldilocks Jack Carson Sugarfoot Tom “Sugarfoot” Brewster Johnnie Wentworth Johnnie Mercy Preston ABC Wyatt Earp Spotlight Playhouse Wally Cox Craig Stevens CBS Highway Patrol Dan Mathews

TV Guide Listings Take Over Evening Screenings

Television schedules list films and actors across stations WLW C WBNS WCHS WSAZ WITVN and WTVN with titles like She Went to the Races Swingshift Maisie Affair In Monte Carlo Vanessa Her Love Story Cowboy Serenade Lady at Midnight Ladies Love Dalgeer Three Strangers Guilty of Treason The Marx Brothers at the Circus Tom Dick and Harry Crazy House Stairway to Heaven featuring James Craig Ava Gardner and others across 5:00 pm to 11:16 pm slots.

James Craig Ava Gardner WLW Swingshift Maisie Ann Southern WCHS Monte Carlo Merle Oberon Richard Todd Leo Genn WBNS Vanessa Helen Hayes Robert Montgomery Wlw-C John Carroll Steffi Duna Dolores del Rio George Sanders WITVN Gene Autry Richard Denning Frances Rafferty WTVN Love Dalgeer Gilbert Roland Mona Barrie Sidney Greenstreet Geraldine Fitzgerald WSAZ Charles Bickford Bonita Granville Circus Tom, Dick and Harry Phil Silvers Ginger Rogers Burgess Meredith Crazy House Olsen and Johnson Stairway TO Heaven Kim Hunter David Niven Raymond Massey

Logan William F Hattes and Edna M Turner Notices

Logan William F Hattes 78, retired plumber, Lancaster, and Edna M Turner 56, at home, Laurelville.

Logan William F. Hattes Lancaster Edna M. Turner Laurelville

Navy Lt. Comdr. Rauch Jr. Promoted While Aboard USS Ber gall

Navy Lt. Comdr. Charles F. Rauch Jr. of Logan Route 2 has been promoted aboard the submarine USS Bergall while en route to Key West. He will depart the submarine for duty as an instructor at the Navy Nuclear Power School in New London. Rauch is a Logan High School and US Naval Academy graduate with a masters in mechanical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School. He and his wife Diana Wilcox, with their son Fritz, live near Gales Ferry Connecticut.

Budget hearing set by Athens County for 1959 fiscal plan

Notice that the County Budget for Athens County begins January 1 1959 is on file with the County Auditor. A public hearing will be held July 30 1958 at 10 00 A M in the Athens County Commissioners Office. J W Whaley Auditor. SHERIFFS SALE OF REAL ESTATE in Athens County is scheduled for August 8 1958 at 1 30 P M at the courthouse East door. Property described includes parts of Sections 26 and 25 in Waterloo Township appraised at 2500 with two thirds minimum bid. Terms cash. Filed notices include multiple parties in forthcoming probate and real estate actions.

Athens County E.S.T J. W. Whaley State of Ohio Farm Equipment Acceptance Corporation Walter FE. Graham Dorothy Graham J&l Athens Ohio Waterloo Ohio Company Robert Nelson Mineral Knox Theresa B. Hines Walter K. Graham Harold E. Shields O. Lavelle Vanity Bernice Newton Scherbing Delrose Road Pontiac Michigan Lois Newton Edwards Coleman Rosealie Newton Turnbull Case Lake Road Joseph Newton Phyllis Newton Youngs Crescent Point Drive Kenneth Newton Avery William ©. Rowland Joseph Adams State of Hollister John Seiler Joseph Adama

Route 4 Couple Attend Picnic at Hill Home

A Route 4 couple joined a family picnic July 13 on the lawn of Mr and Mrs Marion Hill in Hilliards. Attending were relatives and several couples from nearby towns including Os Taskala Taskala Pa and Lancaster. The Phillips family and other local residents shared dinner and conversation during the gathering.

Hill Home Ray Eura) Phillips Lancaster Tom Conley Connie Johnnie Columbus Richard Densmore Rome Stanley Phillips Ray Phillips

Rotarians Entertained By Young Vocalist In Logan

A Logan Rotary Club meeting featured a young vocalist Miss Becky Stuart daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Stuart of 620 N Mulberry St. She sang Kewpie Doll Witch Doctor and He s Got the Whole World in His Hand accompanied at the piano by her mother Judge Harley Meyer acted as program chairman substituting for Dr Albert Leonard and Leland Lutz of Lancaster attended as a visiting Rotarian.

Becky Stuart Kenneth Stuart N. Mulberry St Witch Doctor Harley Meyer Albert Leonard Leland Lutz of Lancaster

Hartf ord couples wed and community gatherings noted

Mrs Francis Margaret Johnson and Thomas Dickenson Harris wed at Mason parsonage July 12 at 730 pm with two attendants. Harris works for W Q Waters and Co Charleston and they plan Hartford home. The Wesley Class formed at Hartford Methodist Sunday school and will meet monthly. Johnson and family attend the Johnson picnic and reunion at New Haven Garden Club Park with many relatives from Hartford Columbus Louisiana and New Haven.

Hartford Francis Margaret Johnson Thomas Dickenson Harris Evangelical United Brethren Parsonage Mason Shirley Brown Minersville Thomas Johnson Miss Brown W. Q. Waters and Co Charleston Hartford Methodist Sunday School Church Earl Dean Knight George McKnight Betty Kelly J. H. Smith W. J. Kelling Fred Kelling Frank Kelling Elzanna Driscoll Annamae Elzanna Conrad Harry Robert Kelling Thomas Driscoll William Kelling All Columbus Garland Hay Louisiana N. B. Roush Clifford Roush Floyd Ray Fields Debra New Haven Orna Love Iechildren T. D. Harris Richard Johnson J. H Roush William D. Gibbs Orland Hesson Letart Charles Johnson

Rainy Weather Delays Harvests Hit Hocking County Wheat

Unseasonably wet weather grips Hocking County, delaying harvests for nearly three weeks. Rain fell 15 of 17 days since July 4, with fields unharvested and grain decay risk rising. Don Young, extension agent, notes much wheat and hay remain. corn areas damaged by water but tasseling in good drainage. Pastures stay green, winter hay may be short unless late clippings help. Farmers call this the soggiest summer in memory.

Logan Hocking County Don Young

Mrs Weeks Dies in Nelsonville at 71

Mrs Bessie Donaldson Weeks 71 died Tuesday at Mount St Mary Hospital Nelsonville after treatment for a heart ailment She was a Hocking County native daughter of the late Mr and Mrs John Donaldson She had lived with sister Mildred Lanning Murray City for two years with other siblings Lanning Stevens Dicken Horton and Lester Donaldson listed as survivors The body is at Johnson funeral home Nelsonville awaiting arrangements.

Bessie Donaldson Weeks Mount St. Mary Hospital Nelsonville Hocking County John Donaldson Mildred Lanning Murray City Sharonville Lanning Lillian Stevens Logan Gusta Dicken Crooksville Gertrude Horton Detroit Mich Lester Donaldson Johnson Funeral Home

Durable Black Serge Suit Lasts 52 Years

ATHENS Ark W P Keener of Bell's Chapel Ark purchased a black serge suit in November 1905 and wore it at his Christmas Day 1905 wedding. Now 52 years later and after several recessions he still wears the same suit and it remains in pretty good condition.

Athens Ark W. P. Keener Bell’s ‘Chapel Keener

Marion Grange Plans July Picnic At Grange Hall

Regular Marion Grange meeting led by Charles Bryant approves July 27 picnic at the grange hall. Members to meet July 24 at Syracuse Shade Cottage for a 6 pm picnic supper. Readings and songs noted, with 16 members in attendance and next meeting set for August 2.

Marion Grange Charles Bryant Grange Grange Hall Syracuse Shade Cottage Fanchion Mount Clara Phelps George Wolfe Walter Derr John Bownes Harry Mount Gilbert Helber Charles Blackston Jim Rutgers McGuffey

Women of Moose Meet at New Moose Home

Mrs. Berniece Nutter presided over the Women of Moose gathering at the new Moose home on E Front Street with eighteen members present. A letter from Nellie Begion invited Columbus Chapter 206 to attend the July 27 executive session in Columbus. Logan Chapter 997 may win the Moose Award of Achievement. Prizes in the social hour awarded to Inez Kerns, Margaret Henderson, and Opal Swick, donated by Linny Henry. The next regular meeting on August 7 will feature a potluck supper.

Berniece Nutter Women of Moose Moose E. Front St Nellie Begion Columbus Logan Chapter Logan Inez Kerns Margaret Henderson Opal Swick Linny Henry

Athens couple top Logan Bridge Club scores at Ohio Power

Mr and Mrs Alfred Carpenter of Athens led the Logan Bridge Club meeting in the Ohio Power auditorium with high scores. Second place went to Mrs Fred Carpenter and Mrs Byron Wolfe of Athens, while Mr and Mrs Edward Sharp of Nelsonville placed third in the master point game.

Alfred Carpenter Athens Logan Bridge Club Ohio Power Auditorium Fred Carpenter Byron Wolfe Edward Sharp Nelsonville

Gill Couple Celebrates Golden Wedding Anniversary

Mr and Mrs Leslie Simon Gill of New Straitsville Route 2 mark their 50th anniversary today. They have four children Clarence Burl Everett Furl and Floyd Carl all of Mt Pleasant Michigan Mrs Faye Stickhorn of Corning Route 1 and 13 grandchildren one deceased and five great grandchildren.

Leslie Simon Gill New Straitsville Clarence Burl Everett Furl Floyd Carl Mt. Pleasant Michh Faye Stickhorn Corning

Legion Auxiliary Delegates Attend Ohio Convention

Mrs. Irma Powers and Mrs. Ewald Schmitter attended the American Legion Auxiliary Department 38th Convention of Ohio as delegates from Logan Unit 78. The event concluded with election of state officers and delegates to the national convention in Chicago September 1-4. Friday’s sessions featured a dinner and awards for outstanding members and chapters. Mrs. Ellie Shepherd was installed as conductor by Mrs. Gladys Lehman at a D of A meeting.

Irma Powers Ewald Schmitter American Legion Auxiliary S Department Ohio Logan Unit 78 National Auxiliary Chicago Ellie Shepherd Gladys Lehman Chester Blake Coun

Hocking Valley Hospital Notes

List of patients admitted discharged and named residents in Logan and surrounding areas. Entries include twins daughters surgeries medical and dismissals mentioning Mr and Mrs Rollie Fisher Mrs Frederick Stiverson Jr Mrs James Collins and others with locations Logan Adelphi South Bloomingville Glouster.

Rollie Fisher Logan Frederick Stiverson, Jr Rockbridge James Collins Adelphi Phil A. Henderson Marisie Iles South Bloomingville Eugene Kinnison Glouster Robert Wildermuth E. B. VanAtta Attlee Inboden Robert Dye Dorothy —White

Bear Run Road Bridge Closed for Repair in Marion Township

Logan County to close the Bear Run Road bridge at the north end for three weeks to replace damaged wooden abutments. Concrete abutments and a new deck will be installed, per county engineer Albert Seabright.

LOGAN Bear Run Road Marion Township Albert Seabright

Men’s Green Thumbs Garden Club Forms in Staunton

Staunton Va nine reports the Men’s Green Thumbs Garden Club a strictly male group formed with Col Wilfred Webb of Staunton Military Academy as president. Members grow and cook vegetables and arrange flowers for monthly dinners. Wives attend as guests. The club will join the Federated Garden Clubs of Staunton and the state federation.

Staunton Green Thumbs Garden Club Wilfred Webb Staunton Military Academy Federated Garden Clubs of State Federation

Bible School program and homecoming events in Amesville

About 40 participants from kindergarten to adult age attended a Sunday Bible School program at the Presbyterian Church, followed by a prize display for families. Teachers listed include Jeannine Jago Calentine Wolfe Quinn Withem. A homecoming picnic dinner is set for July 27 at New England Church.

Presbyterian Church Bible School Jeannine Jago Carolyn Calentine Janet Wolfe Virginia Quinn Helen Withem New England Amesville Lara Pierce Charleston S. C Homer Morhead Robert Morehead Kathy David Janice Lancaster John Hartley Presbyterian Church Potluck Hartley Ireland

Classified Ad Dial 31242 Promises Local Reach

A condensed classified section advertises Messenger Classified Ad service dialing 31242 for broad local exposure. Also memorial note for a Sanford deceased dad dated July 22, 1954 and a pharmacy ad for Dexadiet weight loss tablets with pricing. Ray Yoho named as Fuller Brush dealer replacement in West Athens Nelsonville and The Plains with contact numbers.

Ray Yoho Richard Edwards Fuller Brush West Athens Nelsonville the Plains

Cincinnati livestock and produce prices fall in mixed activity

Eggs and poultry prices in Cincinnati area show varied consumer grades with large white and brown eggs at 40 42 and jumbo 38 41 cents per dozen. Potatoes sell 1.75 to 4.75. Slaughter cattle, hogs, and sheep trade modest with steers 26.00 26.50 per 100 pounds and hogs mostly 22.95 23.00 per 100 pounds for 200 225 pounds. Spring lambs steady to strong with common weights 19.00 20.50 per 100 pounds.

Cincinnati U.S U.S. A Cincinnati Livestock USDA

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