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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1959
Page
5
Gallia County Red Cross Fund Drive to be launched this week with a house to house canvass led by Mrs. Marcus J. Magnussen. Volunteers will call at every home Thursday evening 6 30 to 7 30 PM, asking residents to leave porch lights on for welcome.
Television listings note errors in program lists when schedules lack corrections. The NBC channel 3 lineup covers Spinach Psychs, Weathercast, News, NBC News, and Westerns plus late shows. CBS channel 13 presents News and a mix including Father Knows, The Texan, Garry Moore, and Theater 13.
A listings snippet shows a dense broadcast grid with film and show titles across a day, including NBC News at 6:45 and 11:00, Decoy, Wells Fargo, Dragnet, George Burns, Bob Cummings, Californians, Bold Venture, and multiple news slots throughout.
A dense listing shows programs from 6:00 pm to 11:15 pm. Featured entries include African Pat, Dr LQ, Patti Page, Nightbeat, Liberace, Day in Court, Casper Capers, Peter Hayes, The Rifleman, Naked City, and The Mick Spillane among others.
A fragment lists programs from 6:00 PM to 11:25 PM including Western titles such as Sugarfoot Wyatt Earp Rifleman Colt .45 and How to Mar. Weather segments at 6:55 and 11:05. Sports at 11:10. Also notes Alcoa Presents at 10:00 and a late show wrap.
A list of broadcast times and show titles runs from 6:00 to 12:45 with programs like Explorer Weather Chet Long Sea Hunt The Texan World Turns Amos Andy Edge of Night Guiding Light and later Red Skelton Garry Moore and News updates followed by Tell the Truth and Tell the Truth style features. The schedule shows morning to late evening lineup with repeated anchors and guests across the day.
TV listings include Shirley Temple The Little Lame Prince at 7 30 on ABC and The Obeneuf Story at 9 30 on ABC detailing Lt James Obeneuf’s bomber mission. The Philadelphia Orchestra with Eugene Ormandy performs at 9 on Voice of Firestone. Desilu Playhouse stars Piper Laurie and James Macarthur in The Innocent Assassin at 9 30 on NBC. Described Irish rebellion scene drives The Innocent Assassin on CBS at 10.
Spin Married Bachelor Robert Young Ruth Hussey at 11 15 p m. Bordertine Fred MacMurray Claire Trevor at 11 15 p m. Missing Juror Janis Carter George Macready at 11 15 p m. That Other Woman Virginia Gilmore James Ellison at 12 45 a m. Bourbon Street Dick Powell at 10 p m.
The schedule lists morning show Port Yuma Part LI at 9 am followed by Bittersweet with Jeannette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, then Blackwell's Island Part II at 1:15 pm, Key To Murder with Lynn Dollar and J Zacherle at 3 pm, Private Nurse with Brenda Joyce and Robert Lowery at 11:15 pm, King of Burlesque with Alice Faye and Jack Oakie at 1:15 pm, Treasure of Fear with Barton McLain and Ann Savage at 11:15 pm, and To Whom It May Concern with David Niven at 12:45 am.
Gallia County health nurses at a weekly free clinic gave 123 Salk anti polio shots bringing yearly total to 1048. They also administered 15 DPT vaccines and five smallpox inoculations. Sixteen of the polio shots were boosters. Nurses Mrs Pearl Hatfield and Mrs Naomi Rose and clerk Mrs Madeline Rees ran the clinic.
City service crews replace worn guard rail on a curved section of Portsmouth Road near the radio station. Forty-seven new posts were installed along about 950 feet of rail. Two lengths of heavy cable will form a barrier along the steep embankment.
Gallia County released 1959 agricultural competition results led by Southwestern and Rio Grande. Charles Linville Silvers of Southwestern and Sam Williams of Rio Grande tied for top score with 114, followed by Gallia Academy’s Marlin K. Pitchford at 112 and Southwestern’s Doug Mayes at 107.
Gallia County Riding Club plans a May horse show to be held on Memorial Day weekend at Clay Elementary School with an exact date to be announced. A delegation led by chair Laura Wise will travel to Columbus to select trophies and ribbons. Bernice Fellure and Reba Cramer attend Ohio Valley Horseman Association meeting in Pomeroy.
The Huntington Beagle club met with Ohio Division of Wildlife officials to discuss a long range plan for propagating rabbits on Perry Township grounds. The project aims to create a natural habitat with soil testing grasses brush piles and cover to replenish Gallia County's rabbit supply. Local officials note the division offers advisory help only and that field trials will be held soon inviting Gallia Beaglers to visit the Perry Township site.
Dairymen are invited to an 8 p.m. meeting on the second floor of the Milk Marketing Building to hear C L Blackman of Ohio State University extension discuss Dairy Cattle Feeding. Attendees may bring a sample of their daily feed to discuss forage quality and grain programs. Blackman has advised dairy programs in South America and India.
River gauges report roller levels on the Kanawha and Ohio rivers with multiple dams down and boats listing various loadings. Included are détailed shaft readings at Gallipolis Marmet Huntington and Kanawha locks with numerous vessels up or down and times recorded across Lock 13 to Lock 28.
Gallia County Health Department conducts its monthly well baby clinic in the courthouse basement starting at 10 a m. Dr F W Shane county health commissioner leads the clinic with health nurses and a clerk. This is the third clinic in the series begun in January. Parents from Gallia County with infants or preschool children are eligible. Each child receives a physical exam immunizations weight and measurement. A continuous record of each infant's progress is kept by the health department.
Three Gallipolis girls ages 16 escape serious injury after a car driven by Judith Moore veers off Route 141 five miles west of town. Moore suffers forehead bruise and abrasions, passenger Betty Haskins sprained wrist, while Penny Fish is uninjured. Moore cited in Juvenile Court for driving left of center.
Five minor traffic accidents drew police attention on Saturday in Gallipolis. No injuries or arrests were reported. Notable runs included collisions at State Street and Second Avenue involving Gerald Rupe and Ada France, minor damage at Third Avenue and Vine Street, and other fender benders on State Court and Court Street. In Municipal Court Judge William H. Jones fined Albert G. Lee for reckless operation and Steelie Dray for intoxication.
Gallia County sheriff reports the arrest of Robert G. Finley 24 Pliny West Virginia for disturbing the peace. Finley posted 25 bond for a Monday county court appearance. Also arrested was Marland Isaac 41 of Vinton Route 2 held on an open charge after a family dispute. In Municipal Court Saturday Clyde J. Wibert 50 of Cheshire was fined 50 and costs for a bad check. two weeks to pay.
Birth announcements list a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Murray of Point Pleasant and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Grady of Pomeroy among others. Dismissals include Mrs. Clarence Morris and many others, with numerous named individuals and households.
The Rev. Paul Niswander of New Lexington officiated at the 1 p.m. Monday funeral for J. Lehr Davies 69 of 53 Spruce Street. Services were at Grace Methodist Church where Niswander formerly served as pastor. Burial followed at Mound Hill Cemetery.
Gallia County Agricultural Extension Service receives nine green and white 4-H welcome signs. Signs are heavy gauge metal with a large 4-H emblem and the text Gallia County 4H Clubs Welcome You. They will be placed on highway approaches to Gallia City.
Frederick L. Newdick of McArthur Ohio appointed Executor of the estate of William E. Eggleston deceased of New Marshfield Athens County Ohio Creditors must file claims within four months Dated February 25 1950 Harold J Rose Probate Judge County Bow
Minnie L Green of Athens Ohio is appointed Executrix of the estate of Darrell B Green deceased of Athens County Ohio. Creditors must file claims with the fiduciary within four months. Dated February 25 1959.
Notice reveals L G Worsell, doctor of Athens, Ohio, named executor of the estate of F ile Bickel Harley, deceased, of Athens City and County Ohio. Dated February 27, 1959, Harold J. Rose.
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