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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1958
Page
5
New York humorist Jack Benny writes a guest column on money and practical ways to avoid paying restaurant checks. He cautions against impulsive spending and offers tongue in cheek tactics to dodge payment, while insisting he is not cheap and dislikes ostentation.
WSAZ television lineup shows Evening entries from 6:15 pm to 11:15 pm including sports news and popular game shows. Key programs include Hawkeye Price Is Right Restless Gun Wells Fargo Twenty One Goodyear Thirteen Suspicion and NBC News with late night weather.
In New York and Hollywood experts preview prime time options. NBC offers The Restless Gun and Tales of Wells Fargo plus Goodyear Theatre and Suspicion and Danny Thomas. CBS features Studio One late in the evening with The Man Who Wanted A Funeral.
Radio lineup lists 6:00 Hop Cassidy to 10:30 Pat. Munsel with news at 8:55 and 6:55. Highlights include Science Fict at 7:00 and Cowboys at 7:30. Cartoon Korn at 11:30 and Wyatt Earp at 8:30.
A dense listing of daily television programming with times and program titles shows a busy lineup including The Early Show, Talent Scouts, News, various soap operas, game shows, weather, and late night slots featuring hosts such as Dan Thomas Garry Moore and Bob Hope style entries.
A fragmented list of TV and radio programs with start times and titles including Annie Oakley, Robin Hood, News, Garry Moore, You Rate, Weather, Popeye, Amos and Andy, Red Skelton, and Wyatt Earp, mixed with unrelated entries and misformatted times. The readable items show daily broadcasts across multiple channels with varied show titles and host names.
A dense schedule of classic films and TV movies airing across stations. Notable titles include The Genius, A Stranger in Town, Moonsoon, Disobedient, Flight from Glory, Sky Dragon, Yankee Fakir, Wicked City, Always a Bride, Navy Blues, Four Jills in a Jeep, Dulcy, Cowboy and Senorita, Action in Arabia, The Man Who Loved Redheads, The Youngest Profession, Daisy Kenyon, and Melba. Listings include actors and stations such as WCHS, WLW-C, WBNS, WHTN, WSAZ, WTVN, WLWC, WBNS.
Answers include Andrew Jackson at Buena Vista, British General Howe or Clinton in New York capture, Nathanael Greene for southern strategy, General Winfield Scott at Vera Cruz, Francis Marion as The Swamp Fox, Burgoyne defeated by American planning, and George Thomas nicknamed The Rock of Chickamauga. Pope did command Union forces in the Shenandoah and the Vicksburg area debates. Parsifal is Wagner’s late opera about the Holy Grail quest.
A registered polled shorthorn steer owned by Fred Beaman of Thurman valued at 1000 was struck and killed on Route 35 near the Gallia Jackson County line late Sunday night. Robert W. Ramey of Rio Grande reported the accident to the Gallipolis post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Heavy damage occurred to the car.
Kyger James Clark and wife and daughters from California visit his parents Link Clark and relatives. Homer Thatcher and son from Hollydale California spend a day with sister-in-law Earl Snyder and family. Thatcher nearing ten years Navy service. Others include Wood Bradbury families visiting Bradbury home. Leslie Hawley and family at Bradburys. Thaxton vacationing in western states. Vollmer families with Carl Weimann. Donald Newell group with Charley Tipton. Illinois trip with Newell's sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wagner and family spent the weekend with Mrs. E. C. Berry and Teddy of Eno. Mrs. Vernon Stone visited Mrs. J. M. Walters. Mrs. Mac Gee and Bobby visit Mrs. Gee's daughter Mrs. George Fossett in Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Stevens were visited by several relatives including Don Grant, Mike, Nellie Kraus, and others.
Harold W. Wetherholt of 409 First Ave former owner and publisher of the Gallipolis Daily Tribune was admitted to Holzer Hospital early Monday suffering from a possible heart attack. His condition was not available.
Gallipolis Deputy Sheriff James Saunders said 21 year old James Hale of Locust Street returned home Sunday. Hale had been reported missing June 15 to Portsmouth police and Gallia County sheriff by his wife after a Cincinnati sighting of his car and a tip from the State Highway Patrol that the vehicle was in downtown Cincinnati. He told officers he had been in St Louis seeking work.
Gallia Meigs line collision injures three people including Lawrence Shinn 34 Cottageville W Va and James Ward 26 Pom eroy. Ward would be arrested for driving while under the influence after release. Several other weekend crashes cause moderate to heavy damage across routes 7 33 160 and 35 with multiple injuries.
Village residents report weekend visits and travels among families on Africa Road Turkey Run Road and nearby areas. Neva Clark junt with Rupe family. multiple relatives from Columbus West Virginia Pennsylvania Ohio visit or travel. attendance at Kennedy Chapel funeral. extended stays with the Beck Francis Sisson and Stewart households.
Mrs. Jesse E. Johnston widow of Arty Hollis C. Johnston died at 6 15 Saturday in Athens after years of ill health. Born in Gallipolis she worked with Arthur Miller Insurance and Real Estate Co and held county courthouse offices. Survived by three step children and sister Cabelle Walker. Services were at St. Peter's Episcopal Church conducted by Rev Albert Chappelear with burial at Mound Hill cemetery.
Donald Daugherty 39 of Columbus is bound over to the grand jury after a preliminary hearing in Gallia County. Bond set at 10 000 with possible raise under advisement. Evidence from O Dell Lumber Co witnesses and arresting officers supported by two police officers. Executor notice follows probate actions in Athens County with four month claims period.
The Director of Public Service Safety of Athens Ohio calls for sealed bids by June 30 1958 for 6000 feet of six inch cast iron pipe. Each bid must list all bidders and include a 10 percent bond or certified check. Bids may be rejected. Franz Woodworth Director. Date 6 16 2 otw.
The City of Athens Ohio invites sealed bids for Waterworks Improvements Contract E a concrete reinforced iron removal and zeolite water softening plant addition. Plans may be seen at City Hall Burgess Niple Columbus and obtained for 30 dollars nonrefundable. Bid deadline July 17 1958 at noon. Proposals must be on official forms with 10 percent bid bond or certified check.
Probate Court of Athens County sells three tracts in Alexander Township as part of the Bolen estate. Tract details include 14.15 acres, 22.87 acres after a partial exception, and smaller parcels totaling about 1.83 acres. Appraised at 1500 dollars. bid must be at least two-thirds of that. Sale July 2 1958 at 1 30 PM on Pleasant Hill Road Bates Church area. Terms require 10 dollars cash at bid acceptance and balance on deed delivery. C KE Berry administrator with B Gall as counsel.
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