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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1961

Page

10

Test Reveals Lake Burr Oak Yields Abundant Bass and Crappie

A 72 hour fishing test at Lake Burr Oak shows 2301 fish caught with bluegills making 69.8 percent, crappies 16.1 percent, largemouth bass 1.69 percent, and bullheads 9.47 percent. Notable anglers include Hanson B. Martin with 48 bass in three trips and Jack Trace with a five pound bass.

Vickrey Landing Russell Winikee Raphael Snowden Henry Stalling Frank Darling Alex Docie Jack Trace Glouster Ben Eppley Carl Hartman Bill Mingus Bill McClade Shawnee Frank McLaughlin Donald R. Dalton Nelsonville Lewis Balkenhof Corning Hanson B. Martin Athens

Evening TV Listings From WHTN and CBS Huntington

Television schedules list programs across channels with times from 6:00 to 13:00 including news, weather, sports, talk shows, westerns, dramas, and movies. Notable items include Bonanza Gunsmoke Route 66 Perry Mason and Twilight Zone along with local news and sports updates.

Whtn-Tv CBS Chan Huntington Lucy 20Th Cent Gospel Boys Dennis TFN Ed Sullivan Faith Jack Benny Rev. Gibbs Oral Roberts Ted Mack Jim Bowie Chet Long

Mackenzies Raiders and Mister Ed Air Tonight

TV previews list 5 30 Mackenzie’s Raiders in which Col Mackenzie frees a kidnapped daughter of a fellow Army Officer. 7 30 Mister Ed features Ed’s New Shoes with a handyman causing comic chaos after dousing a photographer. Lawless Years debuts a Legs Diamond storyline about a New York police detective in the 1920s.

Col. Mackenzie Legs Diamond N. Y

Daily TV Schedule with Notable Programs and Times

A dense listing shows broadcast times for a wide array of programs including Sunset Strip, Bold Venture, Robin, War shows, The Flintstones, Spts World, Trackdown, Sailor, Hi-Fi Club, Welk, News, Theater, Wrestling, OSS, Roaring 20s, Wonderbox, Sacred Heart, Walter Disney, Maverick, Lawman, Rebel, Jungle, Churchill, Eichmann, and other titles. The schedule interleaves half hour and hour blocks, indicating a full day of programming and late-night features.

Sacred Heart Raiders Christophers Walt Disney Professor Maverick Jack Sherick Lawman Pip Piper Churchill Eichmann

Evening TV Schedule Fragment Shows Packed Lineup

A dense OCR style list outlines a daily television schedule with numerous show titles and time slots. The fragment includes classics like Lassie Dennis Carter and Gunsmoke alongside news, weather, sports, cartoons, and movies across daytime and evening blocks.

TV Schedule Highlights Evening Programs and Guests

Listing of nightly broadcasts includes Silent Service with Thresher torpedo issues at 7 p m and a 10:30 p m Eyewitness to History segment with Walter Cronkite anchoring CBS News coverage of major stories. Other 7 to 10 p m shows feature comedies and dramas such as Harrigan and Son and 77 Sunset Strip with plot twists and guest stars.

George Haskell Harry Lorman Frank Ballinger Shelley Berman Archibald Beechcraft Archibald Walter Cronkite CBS News

TV Movie Guide Friday and Saturday Lineup

Channel 4 Deadline at Daw 1 a.m. Channel Horsepower 11:20 p.m. Invisible Star 12:20 p.m. Channel 8 Barberry Coast Gent 11:20 p.m. Channel 10 Summertime 11:15 p.m. Channel 13 Best of the Badmen 11:15 p.m. Saturday Devil Dogs of the Air 3 p.m. Edge of Darkness 11:15 p.m. Devil's Canyon 11:30 p.m. Channel 6 Cherokee Strip 8:30 a.m. King of the Lumberjacks 3 p.m. Red Light 11:15 p.m. Massacre 1 a.m. (nannel Texas Trail 9 a.m. Hidden Gold 9 a.m. If You Knew Susie 2 p.m. Ninotecha 11:10 p.m. All Quiet on the Western Front 11 p.m. Desert Fury 11 p.m.

Shaun Lewis King Leonore Bob Hope RFC Cols Stooges Susie

Rife Family Visit Mentioned Amid Illness and Death

Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Rife spent the weekend with his sister Mrs. Ella Larue near Washington Court House. Mrs. Larue is ill. The father of Mrs. Myrtle Simpkins died Friday in Huntington Hospital and was buried Sunday in West Virginia.

Marlin Rife Ella Larue Washington Court House

Glouster Library Adds Wide Range of New Selections

The Glouster Library announced new additions including Mark It and Strike It by Steve Allen The Cord of Steel by Thomas Costain The Child Buyer by John Hersey The Doomed Oasis by Hammond Innes Upon My Lips a Song by Kate Smith Roses in December by Francis Keyes Knute Rockne by Francis Wallice Mr Citizens by Harry S Truman Nightshade by Helen Topping Miller They Never Came Back by Allan Churchill Know Your Government by George E Ross Know Your Presidents and Their Wives by George E Ross I Swear and Vow by Olivier Many a Voyage by Louella Grace Erdman Family by Fannie Hurst Known But To God by Quentin Reynolds Evvie by Vera Caspar The Long White Cloud by Ray Mount Rogers Owls Do Not Cry by Janet Frame.

Glouster Steve Allen Thomas Costain John Hersey Oasis Hammond Innes Kate Smith Francis Parkinson Keyes Knute Rockne Francis Wallice Harry S. Truman Nightshade Helen Topping Miller Allan Churchill George E. Ross Olivier Louella Grace Erdman Fannie Hurst

Albany People Gatherings Highlight Regional Visits

Albany society notes list numerous weekend visits and guests. Families from Newark Athens Columbus Hamden and Charleston appear with multiple extended stays and hostings across the region.

Dorcas and Area Social Notes Highlight Local Visits

Mrs Roxie Cozart visited her sister Mrs Douglas Johnson as locals report Harold Beegle returning to Great Lakes work. Attendees at PTA events in Zanesville included Mrs Howard Johnson and Mrs Albert Wigal with Mothers singers chorus and Rosemary Salser coronation guests at Rio Grande College.

Dorcas Roxie Cozart Mrs Douglas Johnson Howard Johnson Albert Wigal PTA Zanesville Mothers’ Singers Chorus Rosemary Salser Rio Grande College Grover Salser Bob Birch Grover Salser Jr Helen Johnson

Grange To Meet Saturday At Grange Hall

Trimble Grange 1830 schedules meeting Saturday at the grange hall. Master Raymond Case urges all members to attend to plan outside painting and form Degree teams. A potluck lunch will be served. State Scholarship tests were held at Athens.

Glouster Trimble Grange Raymond Case Grange Athens

Two Tables Used in Euchre Club at Mrs. Whaley’s Home

The Euchre Club met at Mrs. Elsie Whaley’s home with two tables. High score went to Mrs. Freda Strohmeyer, followed by Mrs. Loretta McGlaughlin. low score to Mrs. Margaret Toth. Refreshments were served to several members including Mrs. Grace Zimmer and others.

Whaley Euchre Club Freda Strohmeyer Loretta McGlaughlin Margaret Toth Grace Zimmer Neal Morris Pauline Brunton Joan Price

Kiwanis and Auxiliary View Russia Trip Slides

Glouster Kiwanis Ladies Night featured a dinner at Hotel Gordon followed by a slide presentation at the American Legion Club rooms. Dr and Mrs Webb of Nelsonville showed films from a summer trip to Russia including Moscow and Leningrad scenes.

Glouster Kiwanis Gordon American Legion Club Mrs. Webb Nelsonville Kiwanis Club Ladies of the American Legion Auxiliary Russia Moscow Leningrad

Local Residents Return Home After Hospital Stay and Summer Visit

Alfred Morris from Locust Sr. has returned home from Mount St. Mary Hospital after treatment. Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Steele of Frostproof Florida come back for the summer to their New Plymouth Route home. They were guests of Mrs. Wade and family and her sister and brother in law Aaron Wade.

George Bailes Florida Alfred Morris, Locust Sr Mount St. Mary Hospital Hobart Steele Frostproof Fla New Plymouth Aaron Wade

Haile Selassie Traces Ancestry to Menlik I

The Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie is linked to Menelik I, traditionally seen as son of the Queen of Sheba, according to genealogical notes from the era.

Haile Selassie Menlik I Sheba

Airline Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events

Mary Love daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Love visited her grandparents in Chauncey over Friday and Saturday. Sunday dinner guests at the Harry Ross home included Mr and Mrs Otto Swartz of Shade and Mr and Mrs William Follrod of Athens. The Rev Joe B Maffett of Athens preached at Airline Church accompanied by Mrs Maffett and Mrs Cort of Carlton. Many locals paid respects at the William Lowery funeral in Mineral Holiness Church. Linda Ross and children visited the William Cheadle home at Carpenter Tuesday. Leon Woodrum returned to work at the Austin Powder Plant near McArthur after a vacation. Floyd Sams and three sons visited the D W Sams home at Stewart. James Jewell works at Zaleski on the railroad. Henry Swart and Darrell Ross were Athens visitors and constructing a new yard fence.

Mary Love Harry Love Willard Simonton Chauncey Harry Ross Otto Swartz Shade William Follrod Athens Joe B. Maffett Airline Church Floyd Sams

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