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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1961

Page

7

Girl Injured In Bicycle Car Crash Near Nelsonville

Margaret Wood 13 suffered a fractured left leg after riding out of a driveway onto Laurel Run Road and into the right front fender of a car driven by John L. Kern 55. Deputy Dietzel said the driveway view was obscured by shrubbery. Kern was not held. The incident occurred one mile south of Route 33 and the girl was admitted to Mt. St. Mary Hospital.

Logan Nelsonville Mt. St. Mary Hospital Margaret Wood Clarence Wood Paul Dietzel John L. Kern Kern Dietzel

Organ Iz Circle 2 WSCS Plans Meeting at Church

An organizational meeting of Circle 2 Carlin-Whitmore WSCS will be held in the First Methodist Church social rooms at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday to discuss plans for the coming year.

Nelsonville Circle 2 Carlin-Whitmore WSCS First Methodist Church

Spouses Charged By Their Wives

Two Hocking County men were arraigned on assault and battery charges. Charles Mourn of Murray City pleaded guilty and paid a 25 dollar fine plus costs and a five day jail term suspended by Judge Vaughn Collins. Ernest Hutchison of Logan Route 3 also pleaded guilty with a ten day jail sentence suspended.

Logan Hocking County Charles Mourn Murray City Yvonne Vaughn Collins Ernest Hutchison Starr Judy Walter Dicken New Marshfield Clarence Nihiser Route 328 Charles W. Cornell Racine Dicken Cornell

Television Listings Include News and Drama Fixtures

The Messenger warns listings may be inaccurate when stations fail to update schedules. Tuesday features Asked for It Hitchcock Jim Thacker Thriller Weather Summer Ice and more with News NBC News Paar Wagon Train across 6:00 to 11:15 slots. Wednesday shows News, Angel, Weather, Secret, Amos Andy, Steel Hour, Malibu Run and Danger Man in late slots.

Hitchcock Jim Thacker Thriller News NBC News Weather Jim Backus Paar Laramie Perry Como Peter-Mary Jack Paar Amos Andy Hiway Patrol Jamie Ore Weath Price Right Circle Chet Long Doug Univ. Hall CBS News Miss Brooks Amos-Andy Ann Reider Srch Tomor Flippo

TV Schedule Fragment With Classic Program Lineup

A garbled broadcast listing shows a dense sequence of shows and times including News Weather Lone Ranger Cinderella Hawaii Patrol Naked City Yog Bears Hong Kong Pony Express and several others with overlapping entries and possible repeats. The fragment reads like a station schedule from a bygone era with programs spanning cartoons westerns news and movies.

Hiwai Patrol Hawaii Eye Naked City Pony Express Hong Kong

TV Schedule Snapshot with Daytime and Evening Lineup

A dense list of shows and times including theater blocks Weather segments news and various programs across a broadcast day. Notable items include Tom Ewell Weather Red Skelton Kennedy and Malibu Run among others with multiple time slots and alternating themes.

Theater Tom Ewell Red Skelton Air Power Garry Moore Chet Long Doug Pres Kennedy Amchair M Squad Adventure Dobie Gillis

TV previews p m thriller presents Pi geons From Hell

Two vacationing brothers spend a night on a Southern plantation inhabited by evil spirits. Bran don DeWilde David Whorf Boris Karloff hosts. Also Summer On Ice 1961 hosts Peter Lawford with Kirby Stone Four Peggy Lee and Ice Capers of 61 from Los Angeles Sports Arena.

Hell Brandon DeWilde David Whorf Boris Karloff Peter Lawford Kirby Stone Peggy Lee Los Angeles

Classic TV lineup notes staged plots and guest roles

A prime time slate lists Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck in rabbit disguise followed by The Rifleman Wyatt Earp Stagecoach West Law and Mr Jones and Alcoa Presents The Villa. Shows feature a mix of crime pursuit romantic danger and corporate intrigue with guest stars.

Hiway Pat Stagecoach Alcoa McGraw Law Jones Rescue Riffeman Wyatt Earp Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck Lucas McCain Killer Wyatt Holliday Clanton Gang Sheriff Behan Stagecoach West The Guardian Angels Luke Mr. Jones Sam Jaffe

8 p.m. M Squad and Silk and Delores Fay rob a jewelry store

The segment recounts a jewelry store robbery tied to an apparent six or seven occurrence near daily incidents over 28 days, with Frank Ballinger suggesting an organized ring may be behind the crimes.

Bert Silk Delores Fay Frank Ballinger Dobie Gillis Zelda Gilroy Red Skelton Vivian Vance Red Clara Appleby

TV Guide Listings for Tuesday and Wednesday

Channel by channel schedule shows Magnificent Fraud at 11:15 p.m. Channel 13 airs Tarzan's Desert Mystery at 7 p.m. Dragon's Gold also at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday features The Firefly at 9 a.m. Emma at 5 p.m. It's A Great Life at 9:30 a.m. Hazard and Top of the World both at 11:15 p.m. on Channel 4.

Nelsonville Rainbow Girls elect new officers at Masonic Temple

Nelsonville Assembly of the Order of Rainbow for Girls met at the Masonic Temple with worthy advisor Jackie Wilson officiating. Officers elected include Phyllis Hartley as worthy advisor Beverly Crombie as associate worthy advisor Tanya Reynolds as Charity Sharon Gillilan as Hope and Peggy O Neil as Faith. Installation for the new officers is set for June 7 at 7 p.m. with formal attire requested.

Nelsonville Assembly of the Order of Rainbow For Masonic Temple Jackie Wilson Phyllis Hartley Beverly Crombie Charity Tanya Reynolds Hope Sharon Gillilan Faith Peggy O'Neil

Logan Calendar June 6 Evening Meetings

Ladies Bible Class at Union Furnace EUB Church at 7 30 p m hosted by Mrs John McVey with program by Mrs C B Bennington Marion Grange degree team practices at the grange hall at 7 30 p m all members urged to attend.

Union Furnace Eub Church John McVey C. B. Bennington Marion Grange Grange Hall

Mount St Mary Hospital Notes Discharges And Names

List of patients at Mount St Mary Hospital with patients including Mrs Kathryn Beerman Master Jimmy Guess and others in Nelsonville Logan Athens and surrounding routes. Several discharges noted including Mrs William Palmer and son and Mrs George Owen and son.

Jimmy Guess Nelsonville Fauna Matheny Murray City Florence Ackers Logan Jennie Stevens Buchtel Hattie Tivner Corning Mary Rawlings Belle Smith Athens William Palmer George Owen Hemlock Andy Acker Hildreth Reeves Nancy Smith Garnet Poling William Goodin Zaleski

Gold en Rule Class Plans Meeting at Harper Street

Nelsonville church group to meet at 7 30 p m Thursday at the home of Mrs Ralph Trough Harper Street with Mrs Clifford Brown Mrs Gilbert Whitmore and Miss Edna Hall as assistant hostesses. Mrs C D Duncan in charge of the program and Mrs Clyde Evans will be devotional.

Nelsonville First Methodist Church Ralph Trough Harper St Clifford Brown Gilbert Whitmore Edna Hall C. D. Duncan Clyde Evans

Local Man Taken to Hospital After Heart Attack

Logan Lewis M. Graham of 598 N. Spring St. was rushed to Hocking Valley Hospital early Monday after a heart attack at home. Police assisted with oxygen via inhalator at 1:25 a.m. He was already recovering from a prior heart attack on February 10.

Logan Lewis M. Graham Spring St Hocking Valley Hospital Graham

Life saving classes planned at Nelsonville pool

Nelsonville will offer life saving classes at the municipal swimming pool starting at 6 30 p m on Thursday announced by Tom McManus chief instructor The program aims to teach essential water safety and rescue skills to residents.

Nelsonville Tom McManus

Five Unions Plan Heart Defibrillator Purchase

Five local unions join forces to fund Mount St. Mary Hospital’s purchase of a Birtcher Corp. defibrillator. George Talbot of IBEW Local 1466 leads a pledge to raise funds through member donations, with Floyd Barber and Robert Irwin accompanying, and additional union heads pledging support.

Nelsonville Mount St. Mary Hospital George Talbot Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co Talbot IBEW Floyd Barber Robert Irwin Sylvania Electric Products Corp

Child Hurt in Tumble From Car Near Dorr Run Bridge

Four year old Janet Hartshorn suffered scalp lacerations and abrasions when a car door flew open and she tumbled into Route 33 traffic west of the Dorr Run bridge. Lancaster police chief Max Valkinburg aided, the girl was taken to Mount St Mary Hospital then to Children's Hospital Columbus for convulsions. condition listed as very satisfactory.

Nelsonville Max Valkinburg Valkinburg Dorr Run Bridge Henry Stephenson Ward Sohio Service Children’s Hospital Columbus Janet Hartshorn Melvin Hartshorn Fifth St Lancaster P.B

Logan Girl Wins Carnegie Foundation Fellowship

Gretchen Ott a Miami University junior from Logan receives a Carnegie Foundation Fellowship to study in Mexico this summer. Daughter of Mr and Mrs W E Ott she majors in Spanish and will spend the season at the University of Guadalajara under auspices of Arizona California and Stanford universities before returning to Miami for her senior year.

Logan Gretchen Ott Miami University Carnegie Foundation Mexico W. E. Ott Warner Avenue Miami Raymond L. Moloney College of Arts & Science Miss Ott University of Guadalajara Arizona California Stanford University

Car Hits Embankment After Tie Rod Breaks Near Nelsonville

Ross Lauderback, 22, of Nelsonville Route 1, escaped injury when a tie rod broke at about 7 am Sunday causing his car to veer 300 feet north of High Street on Mason City Hill. The vehicle struck the bank, pierced the radiator, tore motor mounts, and bent the frame. No investigation was conducted.

Nelsonville Ross Lauderback High St Mason City Lauderback

Deputies Search Route 56 For Escaped Prisoner

Sheriff Paul Hartman says John W. Anderson 26 fled London Prison Farm and was last seen headed toward Nelsonville in a brother’s car. He is described as short with brown hair blue eyes wearing a blue shirt and green herringbone trousers.

Logan Nelsonville London Paul Hartman John W. Anderson

Two Girls Lost Four Hours Near Lake Logan Reunited

Two Columbus girls who wandered from the state boat docks at Lake Logan were found after about four hours. They had walked roughly three miles northwest and were located at the home of Mrs. Paul Shaw on Route 180. Mrs. Shaw notified the sheriff’s department and Deputy John Jenkins joined the parents at the Shaw residence around 9 p.m.

Logan Columbus Lake Logan Paul Shaw

Injured Nelsonville Resident Sent To Hospital After Fall

Paul Williams, former Nelsonville resident now living in The Plains, fell at his home Thursday evening and was admitted to Mount St. Mary Hospital for a broken rib and a broken left heel. He is listed in room 312.

Nelsonville Paul Williams the Plains Mount St. Mary Hospital

Return From Visit Nelsonville

Mr and Mrs Roy Snackenberg 87 Fayette St returned home Sunday night after a month visit with their son in law and daughter Major and Mrs John M Nolan and family at Fort Bragg S C

Nelsonville Roy Snackenberg Fayette St Major John M. Nolan Fort Bragg S. C

Tom Tigner Honored With Party At Church

A surprise birthday party was held at the First Presbyterian Church in Nelsonville in honor of Tom Tigner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Tigner Sr. Attendees included Sunday School class members, teacher Tom McMannis, and other guests. Games, refreshments, and short tributes followed.

Nelsonville First Presbyterian Church Tom Tigner Poplar St Tom McMannis Tigner Janet Wolfe Alice Herrold Kay Evans Sandra Crihfield Henry Sprouse Marion Simon

VFW Auxiliary to Meet at Nelsonville Post

The Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Post 3467 Nelsonville will gather Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the post home on Riverside Drive. Birthdays for Mrs. Betty Jean Midkiff Mrs. Marie Glenn and Mrs. Blanche DeLong will be observed. A pot luck lunch will follow.

VFW Nelsonville Riverside Dr Betty Jean Midkiff Marie Glenn Blanche DeLong

Circle 4 of Methodist Church organizes in Nelsonville

Circle 4 of the Methodist Church led by Marie Barton will meet Tuesday at 259 Eliza beth St. It is an organizational meeting to plan the coming year. Hostess Ida Duskey will assist.

Nelsonville Circle 4 The Methodist Church Marie Barton Elizabeth St Ida Duskey

Huddy Husband In Hospital After Surgery Start

James E. Jimmy Huddy of 696 Poplar Street entered University Hospital Columbus Saturday for surgery with Mrs. Huddy accompanying him.

Nelsonville James E Jimmy) Huddy Poplar St University Hospital, Columbus Huddy

Chauncey Man Fined in Nelsonville Court

Chauncey Depew pleaded guilty in Mayor Earl Hilleary's Nelsonville court to quarreling and fighting and intoxication. He was fined $10 and costs on each count.

Chauncey Nelsonville Webster A. Depew Earl Hilleary

Scouts Meet Monday in Nelsonville Little House

Girl Scout Troop 9 meets Monday at noon in the Scout Little House with leader Violet Hollenbaugh and assistant Janet Wolfe.

Nelsonville Girl Scout Scout Little House Violet Hollenbaugh Janet Wolfe

G G Moler Dies At 50 In Columbus Hospital

Gilbert George Moler 50 of 551 Hibbs Road Lockbourne died Monday morning in Grant Hospital Columbus after an extended illness. He was born in Nelsonville to Charles and Dora Moler and lived in Columbus area recently. An auto mechanic, he ran a repair shop on Second Street and belonged to the Evangelical United Brethren Church and Knights of Pythias in Nelsonville. Surviving are his wife Mary a daughter Sally Elizabeth a son Larry Lee and nephew Charles Moler Swanton. Services set for 1 p.m. Thursday at Warren funeral home with burial at Hebardville Cemetery.

Nelsonville Gilbert George Moler Hibbs Rd Lockbourne Grant Hospital Columbus Mr. Moler Charles Dora Wingo Moler Moler Second S&t Evangelical United Brethren Church Knights of Pythias Lodge Mary Sally Elizabeth Larry Lee Charles Moler Swanton Warren Funeral Home Hebardville Cemetery

Birthday Dinner At York Grange Observed

Nelsonville York Grange held a semi annual birthday dinner with about 35 members attending. Edward Howard presided over the business meeting where six membership applications were reviewed. Betty Cagg Marjorie Cagg and Mildred Wolfe led the committee. A bake sale is planned for Friday at 9 a.m. in front of Hotel Dew, with June 15 set for a bread baking contest and an embroidery pillow case contest.

Nelsonville York Grange Betty Cagg Marjorie Cagg Mildred Wolfe Edward Howard

Picnic Friday Nelsonville Cosmo Club at Johnny Appleseed Park

The Cosmo politan Club hosts a picnic at 6 P M Friday at Johnny Appleseed Park on Route 33 west of Nelsonville. Members and guests are invited to join for food and socializing at the community event.

Nelsonville Cosmopolitan Club Johnny Appleseed Park Route 33

Local Residents Listed for Medical Procedures

Mrs. Carl McGomery of Logan Route 4 undergoes surgery. T. J. O'Donnell of Logan Route 3 requires medical care. James E. Thompson of Laurelville is also listed for medical treatment.

Carl McGomery Logan T. J. O'Donnell James E. Thompson Laurelville

Tobacco's role in American livelihoods estimated

An estimated 17 million Americans depend on tobacco products for all or part of their livelihood, highlighting tobacco farming and related industries as a major employment sector.

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