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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1960

Page

9

Gallia County Board Fails To Hire New Superintendent

Gallia County Board of Education adjourned without naming a successor to B Lewis Jones as county superintendent of schools. Six applications were considered including Evan H Evans, with no decision made. Other candidates listed included C H Withers Glendon O Evans Walter Rife Paul Ward and Doyle Freshcorn. The city board had offered Evans a contract though not signed. The group debated politics and job timing, with only routine bus driver certificates approved and the June meeting left to decide.

Gallipolis Gallia County Jones Merrill Bunce Evans Taylby Owens Bunce Mason County W. Va C. H. Withers Rio Grande College Glendon O. Evans Raccoon Walter Rife Cheshire- Kyger Kyger Creek Paul Ward Vinton Doyle Jack) Freshcorn City Board of Education Ralph Boster Gomer Richards Washington School

Television Schedule and Murder Motive Mystery Summary

The Messenger notes possible schedule errors while listing NBC channel 3 programs. On air time blocks feature Peter Gunn, Riverboat, Wells Fargo, and Peter Gunn episodes with guest stars. A separate item describes a death investigation in San Diego where a case appears non homicide but hints at a murder motive.

Coronado San Diego Dan Adams Rod Cameron Trapper’s Landing Ricardo Montalban U. S. Army Montalban Darrin McGavin Wells Fargo Jim Hardie Dale Robertson Larry Pennell Peter Gun Billy Gray Peter Gunn Craig Stevens Walter Slezak Siobhan McKenna Joseph N. Welch

Television Schedule Fragments for Tuesday Evening Lineup

A damaged OCR of a vintage TV guide lists show times and titles from 6:00 to 11:20 with entries for Hiway Patrol Night, Parac, Day in Court, Love That Be, Casey Jones, Wyatt Earp, The Rifleman, and multiple News and Sports blocks, reflecting a dense, era-specific schedule.

Hiway Patrol Parac Ted Mack Cannonball Cheyenne Bourbon St Susie Casper Caper Hiway Colt McGraw Alcoa Casey Jones Staccato Sugartoot Wyatt Earp TV Sports Rifleman

Television Schedule Listing for Charleston Monday Evening

Chan 8 in Charleston airs a mix of westerns and dramas including San Francisco Beat and Colt .45. News at 6:30 and 11:00 with weather updates, Ted Mack and Ted Daly segments, late shows, and sports and Western classics such as Sugarfoot Wyatt Earp and The Rifleman throughout the evening.

Wchs-Tv ABC Charleston San. Fran Parac Ted Mack John Daly Broken Arroy Cheyenne Bour St. Ben Alcoa Adams Eve John Daily Sugarfoot Wyatt Earp

Schedule highlights for a 1950s TV night

The lineup lists comedy at 6 00 and 9 00 tightrope at 9 00 weather segments at 6 25 and 11 10 Red Skelton appears at 9 30 Don Mack at 9 30 Garry Moore at 10 00 Chet Long at 7 00 Doug Edw at 7 15 juvenile Jude at 7 30 shotgun Slade at 8 00 Dobie Gillis at 8 30 You Are There at 12 45 Amchair PM at 11 15 News at 11 00 and weather at 11 10.

Red Skelton Don Mack Garry Moore Chet Long Doug Juvenile Jude Amchair Shotgun Slade You Are Ther Dobie Gillis Comedy Thea Danny Thoma Ann Southern Hennesey Chet Lon June Allyson Dou Armchair Father Know You Are Ther Guiding Light Univ. Hall Dee, Bride Ann Reider Flippo Srceh. Tomorr Jule Rivlin Amos- Andy Steve Cooked Kg. P. Elect Tell the Trtuth Theater Des, O'Keefe

TV Schedule Nighttime Soaps and Comical Romances On Air

A lineup of 7:30 to 10:30 p m listings features The Law Man False Identity In Paradise The Texan Father Knows Best Danny Thomas Ann Sothern Hennesey and A Summer's Ending. Shows mix western intrigue missing spouse bank robbers and light romance with stars Bodie Cal Calhoun Cooper Spain and Allyson Powell.

Dan, Thomas Ann Sothern Jule Rivlin Hennesey Amos Andy June Allyson Hiway Pat Kate Smith the Texan Theater Father Know Cheyenne Cheyenne Bodie Bourbon St Cal Calhoun Paradise Adam Troy Gladys Cooper Fay Spain Bill Longley Kathy Anderson Betty Danny Thomas Danny Williams Linda Kathy O’connor Bartley House Chick Hennesey Allyson Dick Powell

Evening TV Movie Guide Highlights Classic Films

TV guide lists a sequence of dramas and comedies for Monday and Tuesday including Bridal Suite Road Demon Top of the World Way Down East Romance of Rosy Ridge part 2 Fast and Loose Public Hero Number One Abbott and Costello in Hollywood Hell or Outlaws Night of No Chamber of Horrors with various start times across channels and hours.

Rosy Ridge Hollywood

Bidwell Man Arrested By City Police

Carl E. Myers, 21, of Bidwell, was arrested by Gallipolis police for driving with a suspended license after backing into Jimmy Adkins’s car at Second and Pine Streets. Adkins’s right door was damaged. Myers posted a $300 bond for Municipal Court today. Pearl Davis reported a minor accident on Cedar Street at 3:40 p m involving her car and a Brumfield vehicle. no charges filed.

Gallipolis Carl E. Myers Bidwell Second and Pine Sts Myers Jimmy Adkins Adkins Pearl Davis Portsmouth Road Cedar St James P. Brumfield

Judge issues show cause order against attorney in contempt case

Judge Thomas Mitchell of Jackson County Common Pleas Court issued an order to Galipolis attorney John A. Epling to appear May 28 and show cause why he should not be cited for contempt. Epling represented Jolene Westernberg in a money action against Olive Herrell, which was to be heard last Wednesday. neither Epling nor his client appeared.

Gallipolis Thomas Mitchell Jackson County Common Pleas Court Galipolis John A. Epling Epling Jolene Westernberg Olive Herrell

River Traffic and Dam Status on Kanawha and Ohio Rivers

River gauges at Gallipolis Montgomery and Kanawha Falls show rollers and crests near 17 to 17 percent levels with dams on the sill. Ohio River movable dams mostly up. detailed boat movements list numerous vessels passing Lock 13 to 33 with up and down readings and times across Kanawha and Gallipolis fleets.

Gallipolis Montgomery Kanawha Falls Hinton Pomeroy-Mason Point Pleasant Kanawha River Ohio River Pittsburgher Aztec Chandeleur Bob Benter L. F. Frieberger Forsythia Lehigh Advance Rocket Dixie Spirit Mr. Criss Gona Robert G West Gene C. Hutchinson

Six Year Old Sustains Basal Skull Fracture In Crash

Sammy Curtis Mitchell six year old son of Mr and Mrs Malcolm Mitchell of 839 Fourth Ave suffered a basal skull fracture Sunday afternoon when riding his bicycle into the street and was struck by a car near his home. Police say the incident occurred at 1 40 pm and the boy was first treated at Holzer Hospital then transferred by ambulance to St. Marys Hospital Huntington West Virginia. The driver was Kenneth C Williams 33 of 2134 Chatham Ave Gallipolis and was not held as witnesses said the boy rode into the car path.

Gallipolis Sammy Curtis Mitchell Malcolm Mitchell Fourth Ave Holzer Hospital St. Mary’s Hospital Huntington W. Va Kenneth C. Williams Chatham Ave

Pickup overturns injuring two near Middleport

Gallipolis patrol reports a pickup rolled over on Route 7 a mile south of Middleport injuring Delmar Halley of Cheshire Route 1 with a fractured rib and lightly injuring Charles Wise of Middleport. A broken tie rod caused the crash. Halley was treated at Meigs Memorial Clinic and released. Wise received bumps and abrasions but no treatment.

Gallipolis Route 7 Middleport

Tax Receipts Show Decline in Gallia County

In Gallia County, prepaid sales tax receipts for the week ending May 7 1960 fell 13.7 percent from the same week in 1959. Fiscal year totals since July 1 1959 are down 17 percent from the prior year. The week posted 3199.31 versus 3748.25 in 1959 and year to date receipts reach 188428.95 against 226834.27 the last year.

Gallipolis Gallia County

Holzer Hospital Notes Births and Admissions

A birth list from Holzer Hospital notes a daughter to Basil and wife in Kananga and two sons to John J. Queen in Crown City and George M. Vaugan in Henderson. Many admissions followed including Mrs Raymond C. Hawk, Jerry Cook, Trinia Ferrell, Jack Thomas, Mrs William Downie, Andrew Fitzpatrick, Hoadley Garlic, H Roush, Ayer Wehrli, Lester Evans, Mrs Pendleton, J Hutchinson, Edward Raines, Goodson, Joyce Schuster, Mrs Fe 79 W Morgan, Basil Hill, Virgil Miller, James R, and numerous other patients and relatives. blood usage recorded as 2 pints Saturday.

Basil Kananga John J. Queen Crown City George M. Vaugan Henderson Raymond C. Hawk Gallipolis Jerry L. Cook Northup Trinia E. Ferrell Syracuse Jack L. Thomas Middleport William B. Downie Andrew E. Fitzpatrick Radcliff J. Hutchinson Hamden Edward J. Raines Vinton Des Goodson Joyce E. Schuster Columbus W. Morgan Basil H.hill Addison Virgil L. L. Miller James B. R Sherman C. Withrow Clem W. Inboden Emma C. Hogsett Thomas J. Francis Kenneth H. Swain Paul W. Morgan Ronnie J. Bailes Cleo E. Green Gladis Legue Kate Shumate Leo Shaver Anne Bradbury Hector Steele James B. Hayes David E. Willoughby Scott L. Reed Robert G. Gilmore William R. Blanten and Son

Freak Mishap Hospitalizes James Rogers

Gallia Mind Holzer Hospital reports two child accident victims in good condition. James B. Rogers, 15 months, of 1401 Ohio Street Point Pleasant, burned when a coffee pot spilled on him. Joyce E. Shuster, 7, Columbus, bitten by a dog and with a thigh laceration at her grandmother Goldie Dobbins home.

Gallipolis Holzer Hospital James B. Rogers William C. Rogers Ohio St Point Pleasant Joyce E. Shuster Betty J. Shuster Columbus Goldie Dobbins

Bandstand at Kyger Creek concludes season plans

The Tri County Teen Canteen ends its Bandstand record hops on June 11 and resumes August 27. A Kyger Creek High School hop sponsored by the sophomore class is set for this Friday night. From August, Saturday events shift to the Mason Gallia Meigs area with outside appearances on other weeknights.

ty-Teen-Canteen Kyger Creek High School Mason- Gallia-Meigs Tri-County

Albert F Holden Maiden Voyage Newsboat Report

GALLIPOLIS The Albert F Holden, newly built Island Creek Fuel and Transportation towboat, passed here early Sunday on her maiden voyage heading north. She previously passed here last Wednesday afternoon towed by the I F Frieberger en route to Huntington West Virginia for a tow north.

Gallipolis Albert F. Holden New Island Creek Fuel and Transportation Company Holden I. F. Frieberger Huntington W. Va

Marriage License Application Filed in V'ed County

The Probate Court records show Saturday an application by John N. Martin aged 21 of Ewington and Wilma Carole Stover aged 23 of Gallipolis for a marriage license.

Gallipolis Gallia County John N. Martin Ewington Wilma Carole Stover

Two Scouts Chosen For Camp Arrowhead

Gallipolis rounds up two Boy Scout Troop 211 members Randy Fisher and Billy Hysell to attend the junior leaders camp June 19 to 24 at Camp Arrowhead Ona West Virginia.

Gallipolis Addison Camp Arrowhead Ona W. Va Randy Fisher Gordon Fisher Billy Hysell Harry T. Hysell

Brownie Girl Scouts Host Holiday Camp in Gallipolis

About 75 Brownie troops from Gallipolis enjoyed a Brownie Holiday at the Kiwanis Youth Camp. Seventh and eighth graders served as camp counselors for their first class requirements, leading scavenger hunts nature trails compass work storytelling songs games and a campfire.

Gallipolis Kiwanis TROOP Su Pullins Donna Phillips Ann Elliott Ann Morgan Rose Northup Carol Howe Marie Ford Cheryl Thomas Sandy Sutter Linda Mitchell Ross Fleming Harland Martin Nancy Lusk Jane Thomas Karen Williams Sally Lease Carolyn King Carol Grace Ann Darnbrough M’lou Warehime Tina Gabrielli Phyliss Howe George Grace Marcus J. Magnusson John Markley Lawrence Huber R. S. Lease Paul Haskins Ralph Burner Robert McKenzie George Davis Grace Earl Prose von Carruthers Thomas Price John Frazier

Promotions Listed For Hawk Patrol

Gallipolis Boy Scout Troop 211 Addison rehearsed close order drill for Memorial Day at Reynolds Cemetery. Scoutmaster Rev Marion T Williams announced Randy Fisher promoted to assistant senior patrol leader Luzon McQuaid promoted to patrol leader Hawk Patrol Roy Johnson promoted to patrol leader Cherokee Patrol A five mile hike is planned for next Saturday to cover second class requirements Greenbrier Camp planned for June 3 5 for patrol leaders and senior patrol leaders.

Gallipolis Addison Reynolds Cemetery Marion T. Williams Randy Fisher Luzon McQuaid Hawk Patrol Roy Johnson Greenbrier

Vermont Joins Union as Eleventh State in 1791

Vermont became the first new state admitted after the original thirteen in 1791, marking its entry into the United States and the expansion of the union.

Vermont U. S

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