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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1960

Page

5

Leon Methodist Bible School Ends Saturday

The Leon Methodist Church held its third annual vocation Bible school with 84 students and 26 teachers and helpers attended daily last week. Mrs. Warren Stewart directed. devotionals by Mrs. Everett Biffle. story by Mrs. Carrie Green. missionary study by Mrs. Gertrude Seines. Friday featured parents night and a Christian education movie. Crafts were led by Vernon Cadle Owen Corfee and W B Jiiden. A Saturday picnic at Bill's Lake drew about 125 attendees.

Point Pleasant The Leon Robert Hurley Vernon Cadle Owen Corfee W. B. Jiiden Bill’s Lake

Television Listings for WSAZ Huntington Monday Evening

The Messenger notes errors possible in listings for WSAZ NBC Huntington channel 3. Evening schedule includes 6:00 Music 6:15 Weather 6:30 News 6:45 NBC News 7:00 Huck Hound 7:30 Riverboat 8:30 Wells Fargo 9:00 Peter Gunn 9:30 Goodyear 10:00 Special 11:00 News 11:10 Weather 11:15 Jack Paar 1:00 Sign Off.

Wsaz-Tv NBC Chan Huntington Peter Gunn Jim Thacker Goodyear NBC News Jack Paar Wells-Fargo Columbus Coronado Wells Fargo Weathe

TV Previews Highlight 7:30 to 10 P.M. Lineup

Riverboat-Stern wheeler Captain Greg Holden helps a woman fight for her father’s diamond mine but they are trapped by a ruthless bandit. Tales of Wells Fargo follows an outlaw case as Agent Jim Hardie tests trust. Small Bouquet sends a reporter to Japan to solve a singer’s grave mystery. After Hours stars Plummer Howes and Keaton in a comedy of faux therapy and romance.

Greg Holden Darren McGavin Whitney Blake Wells Fargo Jim Hardie Hardie Alcoa Howard Duff Duff Japan Bibi Osterwald Miiko Taka Christopher Plummer Sally Ann Howes Buster Keaton Plummer Miss Howes

TV Schedule Fragments List Evening Lineup

A fragmentary television radio listing shows programs including Hiway Patrol Coke Time Dist Attorney Ted Mack Cannonball News Cheyenne TV Sports Bourbon Street Hour Glass McGraw Casey Jones Bronco Wyatt Earp Rifleman Colt 45 Alcoa President Staccato News Weather and more hours.

Hiway Patrol Ted Mack Cannonball Cheyenne TV Sports Bourbon St Tuesda Hiway Pat McGraw Casey Jones Bronco Wyatt Earpav Rifleman Alcoa Weathe

Television Schedule: Charleston to Paris and Cheyenne lineup

WCHS TV Channel 8 lists evening to late programs including San France at 9:30 and Pat Boone at 6:36. Ted Mack News 10:30 and weather segments follow. Evening features Broken Arrow Cheyenne Bourne St. Ben with late shows.

Wchs-Tv ABC Charleston San France Pat Boone Ted Mack John Daly Cheyenne Bour St. Ben

Television Schedule Digest Evening Lineup

Tuesday evening schedule lists comedy at 6:00, tightrope at 6:25, weather at 6:25, Red Skelton at 9:30, talk back at 6:30, Garry Moore at 10:00, Chet Long at 7:00, news at 11:00, Doug. Edw. at 7:15, Armchair PM at 11:15, Shotgun Sladt at 8:00, You Are Ther at 12:45, Dobie Gillis at 8:30.

Lor. Young Dr. Malone Playhouse Red Skelton Garry Moore Chet Long Doug Shotgun Sladt You Are Ther Dobie Gillis Danny Thoma Ann Southern Hennesey June Allyson Seasant the Texan Armchair Father Know Jule Rivlin Amos- Andy Steve Donava Peck

TV Listings for WHTN CBS Channel 13 Night Schedule

Channel 13 airings include News at six and eleven with weather updates. Evening lineup features Daniel Thomas and Amos and Andy with classic film and theater segments. Notable entries include June Allyson Kate Smith and Father Know Best at various late slots.

Whtn-Tv CBS Huntington Dan. Thomas Ann Sothern Jule Rivlin Hennesey Amos-Andy June Allyson Hiway Pat Kate Smith the Texan Theater Father Know

Gunsight confrontation and reunion on Western screens

At 7 30 p m Cheyenne Bodie faces an early Western protection racket gang in Decision at Gunsight. At 8 30 Bourbon St Beat a teen flees a fashionable girls school to seek her father, an underworld figure, as Cal Calhoun is tasked to locate them.

Cheyenne Cheyenne Bodie Gunsight Bourbon St Cal Calhoun

TV Tonight: Classic Shows and Guest Stars Highlight Schedule

A lineup features Sea Hunt with an underwater mission, Texan with a near hanging misunderstanding, Father Knows Best with Lloyd Nolan as a college coach, Danny Thomas Show with a St Bernard maternity ward, Ann Sothern Show with Katy O Connor courting an Alaskan widow, and Hennesey with a bonded author joining the Navy for a candid inside story.

Mike Nelson Bill Longley Lloyd Nolan Bud Anderson Bud Danny Thomas St. Bernard Williams Ann Sothern Katy O’connor New York Hennesey Peyton Place Navy Chick Hennesey

TV Movie Guide and Independence News

A TV schedule lists movies for Monday and Tuesday with titles and air times. A Paris dispatch notes four French Community members Niger, Dahomey, Upper Volta, and the Ivory Coast gaining full independence in early August.

Paris Niger Dahomey Upper Volta Ivory Coast

Vacation Pak Service Offers News While You Travel

The Messenger advertises a Vacation Pak that preserves two weeks of local sports and society news plus favorite comic characters. Call or tell your carrier to have newspapers saved and delivered in a neat package on return with no extra charge.

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Release and Rearrest Mark Weekend for Local Drunken, Fraud Charges

Freeman Bates, 23, Newport, Ky., released from Mason County jail after paying a drunk charge fine, returned Saturday night on a felony charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. Weekend arrests include Paul Hill, 23 Letart Route, for disorderly conduct and intoxication. William Young, 23 West Columbia, for drunk. Ralph Blessing, 23 Point Pleasant. Beauford Smith, 38 Leon, for drunk and disorderly conduct. Victor Taylor, 39 New Haven, charged with driving while intoxicated. Charles Bates, 59 Point Pleasant, arrested by city police on a drunk charge.

Point Pleasant Charles F. Bates Newport Mason County Bates Forrest Caste Mason Paul Wayne Hill Letart William Young West Columbia Ralph Alonzo Blessing Beauford H. Smith Leon Victor Hill Taylor New Haven Charles Bates

Point Pleasant Clinic Notes

John Lee of Gallipolis appears in discharge notes alongside Mrs. Jarvis Beard of South Side Miss Angela Schultz of Leon and Mrs. Sherman Gerlach of Leon listed as discharged.

John Lee Gallipolis Angela Schultz Leon Sherman Gerlach

Porters Entertain Trimble Board of Education

Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Porter of The Plains entertained the Trimble Board of Education and their wives at a dinner Saturday evening. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. John Mingus, Mr. and Mrs. John Mecum, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Barrett, Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Linscott, and Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Kloh.

Jacksonville T. C. Porter the Plains Trimble Board of Education John Mingus John Mecum Paul Barrett Rodney Linscott Clifton Kloh

Ice Cream Social Planned in Jacksonville Church

The Methodist Churches of Jacksonville and Trimble host an ice cream social at the Jacksonville Church on Thursday. Refreshments will be sold and serving begins at 4 30 p.m.

Jacksonville Methodist Trimble

Birthday Dinner Compliments Pair in Point Pleasant

Mrs. Robert Borrer of Point Pleasant and her brother Howard Sturgeon of Akron were honored with a birthday dinner Sunday hosted by their parents Mr. and Mrs. Orville Sturgeon of Barboursville. Attending were Ruth Ann and Eddie Sturgeon of Point Pleasant, David Winkler and children of Apple Grove, Robert Myers and son of Gallipolis, and Howard Sturgeon of Akron.

Point Pleasant Robert Borrer Howard Sturgeon Akron Orville Sturgeon Barboursville Rorrer Ruth Ann Eddie Sturgeon David Winkler Apple Grove Robert Myers Gallipolis

Summit Grange Plans July Fourth Float Event

N Marshfield reports the Summit Grange meeting led by Bernard Ward, donation to Magnetic Springs Foundation, and plans for a July 4 parade float from Ed Wagoner's home. Rebekah Lodge with Alma Rhouck as Noble Grand, thanks to Hazel Trout. Several local families are noted on visits and vacations in Illinois, Texas, and Indiana with relatives in Fort Worth and Lucerne.

Summit

Farm Safety Week Chair Named in West Virginia

Ken neth W. Shaffer, chairman of the West Virginia Farm and Home Safety Committee, announced that H. E. Edwards of Charleston is named state chairman for National Farm Safety Week activities July 24 to 30 Edwards, state supervisor of vocational agriculture, serves as vice-chairman. The week aims to reduce toll of farm accidents, suffering, and costs.

Point Pleasant Kenneth W. Shaffer West Virginia Farm and Home Safety Committee H. E. Edwards Charleston Edwards Shaffer

Notes on Visits and Army Training in West Columbia Area

Mr and Mrs Ben Pickens and daughter Martha Jane visited relatives including Sylvie and Laurence Coleman of Point Pleasant. Bill Cartwright remains in a Huntington hospital. Eunice Cartwright stayed with her uncle Pleasant. The Roush family visited Buckhannon, with Leonard Ronald Phillip and Brendin leaving for two weeks of Army training in Utah with two younger brothers.

West Columbia Ben Pickens Martha Jane Pickens Sylvie Coleman Laurence Coleman Point Pleasant Bill Cartwright Huntington Hospital Eunice Gay Cartwright Ben O. Roush Leonard Ronald Phillip Brendin Leiving Ben F. Roush Buckhannan Alburtis Young Richard Young Dick Young Charles Roush Ripley Utah

Glouster Residents Plan Lansing Visit and Family Gatherings

Glouster residents Mrs Cordan Whetstone and daughter Bessie travel from Jacksonville to Lansing Michigan for a three week visit visiting Mrs Whetstone's sisters Miss Tillie Boring and Mrs James Terrell and grandchildren Mr and Mrs Lloyd Price and Mr and Mrs Ovie Grandstaff. Louis Jewell and daughter Carol return from Defiance Findlay trip with car to Glouster. William Bratka visits his mother Julia Bratka in Jacksonville. Weekend guests Hettie Rambo hosts George Rambo from Cleveland. Richard Ferrell and D H Cameron Sr of Columbus visit Greens Run relatives. Sunday visits by Walter McCaskey in Jacksonville.

Cordan Whetstone Bessie Jacksonville Lansing Mich Carol Findlay William Bratka McConnelsville Bratka Julia

Mrs. Smith Rites Held at Baden Church

Funeral services for Mary Ann Smith 93 of Point Pleasant were held Monday at Baden Church. Survived by two daughters Katie Lines and Arilla Brown and a son James Smith, with 11 grandchildren and 10 great grand children. Burial followed in Baden Church Cemetery.

Point Pleasant Mary Ann Smith Baden Church

New Pastor in Pulpit at Main Street Church

Rev. John W. O Bryan Jr appointed pastor of the Church of Christ in Christian Union on Main St in Springfield Ohio He delivered his first sermon Sunday morning The former pastor Rev J P Keefer died this spring O Bryans family resides at 2306 Jefferson Ave

Point Pleasant John W. O'Bryan Jr Springfield Ohio Church of Christ In Christian Union J. P. Keefer Keefer Mr. O'Bryan Jefferson Ave

Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes Names and Residences List

Hospital notes list individuals and their towns including Jessie L. Thomas Leon Mrs. Charles Johnson Point Mrs. Oren Thomas Cottageville Mrs. John Schneers Point Mrs. Harold Petty Bidwell Mrs. Willard Fear and daughter New Haven Mrs. Dallas Young and son Point Pleasant Mrs. Thelma G. Ellis Vinton Leonard Baylor Addison Julia Hill Clifton Mrs. Charles Clark Point

Jessie L. Thomas Leon Charles Johnson Point Pleasant Oren Thomas Cottageville John Schneers Harold Petty Bidwell Willard Fear New Haven Dallas Young Thelma G. Ellis Vinton Leonard Baylor Addison Julia Hill Clifton Charles Clark

Two Damage Suits Filed Against Driver in 1959 Crash

In Point Pleasant, two damage suits were filed in the circuit clerk s office against Forrest B. Casto. Plaintiffs Mary L. Hill and R G Hill seek 1250 and 3750 dollars, respectively, over the December 5 1959 Clifton area vehicle collision in which Mrs Hill was a passenger. The case is set for the September term of Circuit Court.

Point Pleasant Circuit Clerks Office Forrest B. Casto Mary L. Hill R. G. Hill

Rail theft report at Arbuckle siding

New York Central Railroad officials reported to the sheriff's department Sunday evening that 500 gallons of gasoline and four truck loads of new railroad ties were stolen from a siding at Arbuckle.

Point Pleasant New York Central Sheriff's Department Arbuckle

Marriage License Issued in Point Pleasant Case

Leonard Ralph Smith 20 of Clifton and Beverly Sue Greer 16 of New Haven received a marriage license in Point Pleasant.

Point Pleasant Leonard Ralph Smith Clifton Beverly Sue Greer New Haven

Coal Miners Across State On Vacation

West Virginia coal mines shut for two weeks as 53 353 miners begin their annual vacation. The Department of Mines reports union and nonunion workers included. Union workers receive 200 dollars for a full two week vacation after one year’s employment, with a scaled rate of 16 67 dollars per month for partial years. Total vacation pay estimated at 10 million dollars.

Point Pleasant West Virginia Department of Mines

Society Holds Park Meeting in Glouster

The Bishopville Missionary Society held its June gathering at the park with 12 members and children present. Mrs. Florence Bulen led the business meeting, Mrs. Donald Easler led devotion, and Mrs. Edithe Canter presented a history of Fanny Crosby. A new member, Mrs. Londa Bosworth, joined and won the traveling prize from Miss Lena Davis. next meeting is July 28 at Mrs. Donald Fasler's home.

Prisoner Returns to Mason County Jail in New Haven

Bill Roush of New Haven, who walked away from Mason County jail as a trusty on June 10, returned Saturday in the same manner. He is serving a non support sentence of one year and has been imprisoned since last November.

Roush New Haven Mason County

Theater Entrance Is Site Of Accident On Route 33

Cars collided on U S Route 33 in front of the Mason Drive In Theater Saturday at 10 45 p m A L Flanagan 71 of Syracuse Ohio drove onto the highway when his car collided with a car driven by William Hendrix 48 The Hendrix car was owned by M E Blin of Milford No injuries were reported

Point Pleasant L. Flanagan Syracuse Ohio William Hendrix Hendrix M. E. Blin Middleport

Water Safety Classes Each Thursday at Shawnee Pool

Mason County Red Cross sponsors life saving and water safety classes at Shawnee City Pool Thursdays from 5 to 6 pm. Edwin Smith is instructor and Virgil Burris Jr. pool manager directs program. If enrollment grows, junior and senior courses will be offered.

Point Pleasant Shawnee City Mason County American Red Cross Edwin Smith Virgil Burris Jr

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