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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1966

Page

10

Body Of Charleston Woman Recovered In Ohio River

An eight hour search for Gladys Yeager Smith 60 of Charleston ended at 2 am Sunday when her body was found in the Ohio River. Coroner Dr. Oliver C Eschenaur ruled drowning. Surviving are her husband Raymond H. Smith four sisters and a brother. Funeral Wednesday at 11 am Crow Hussell Funeral Home with burial in Suncrest Cemetery.

Charleston Ohio Point Pleasant Ohio River Gladys Yeager Smith Pennsylvania Ave Oliver C. Eschenaur Mason County George Johnson Edgar B Mary Frances Eads Yeager EUB Church Women’s Club Raymond H. Smith Charles Crow - Hussell Charles Frum Suncrest Cemetery

Movie Guide Tuesday Evening Listings

The schedule lists several films with times and stars. Lucile Ball and Desi Arnaz headline The Long Trailer at 9 pm. Ginger Rogers stars in Bloody Alley after The First Date Sales. Brigham Young with Tyrone Power follows at 1 20 pm. Young and Dangerous and Marry Me Again are also shown in the lineup.

Lucile Boil Desi Arnaz Ginger Rogers Cara John Oyne Laureen Boca Brigham Young Tyrone Power Linda Cornell Dean Jagger Young Lin Gentle Mark Damon Marry Me Again Robert Cummings Marie Wilson

Concert Stage and Forum Announced for Wednesday

The Cleveland Orchestra will perform works by Ibert Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff in a Wednesday morning concert. A health shortage issue titled Ax for Health is listed at 9 15 and a Georgetown Forum panel on The Social Meaning of Communications follows at 10 00. The Doctor.

Cleveland Orchestra Ibert Prokofiev Rachmaninoff Georgetown Forum

West Virginia TV guide shifts by one hour

Ohio viewers receive programs one hour earlier than listed. Huntington Charleston and Parkersburg stations operate on Eastern Daylight Saving Time, while Ohio stations remain on Eastern Standard Time.

Ohio West Virginia Huntington Charleston Parkersburg

Television Schedule Entry For Wednesday Daylight

The listing presents a dense, hour by hour TV lineup with games shows dramas cartoons news and movies from 5:55 AM to 8:00 PM On air are titles like Sunrise Seminar The Answer Today Show Captain Kangaroo News and Morning Star plus soap operas The Nurses Love Lucy and The Young Marrieds and westerns Cheyenne The Rifleman Trails West with regional updates and weather notes.

Television Schedule Highlights From Evening Lineup

Evening programs include The Rifleman and Have Gun Will Travel plus Cheyenne and The Virginian. News segments and regional reports accompany The Tonight Show and Movie features in a dense 1960s prime time lineup.

John Forsythe Cheyenne USA

Guide to Stations Listings Across Huntington Columbus and More

The notice lists television stations WSAZ NBC Huntington WLWC NBC Columbus WITV ABC Columbus WCHS CBS Charleston WBNS CBS Columbus WHTN ABC Huntington WIAP NBC ABC Parkersburg WHIZ NBC ABC Zanesville WOUB Ohio University Athens with a note that color programs are marked (C) and calls out that the Messenger is not responsible for listing errors. It ends with a proverb about a long time between drinks.

Wsaz-Tv NBC Huntington WLWC Columbus Witv- TV ABC Wchs TV CBS Charleston Wbns-Tv Whtn TV Wiap TV Parkersburg Whiz TV Zanesville Woub-Tv Ohio University Athens

Three Are Rescued in Blaze Point Pleasant

Point Pleasant volunteers saved three people in a house fire after responding to a 10:30 p.m. call on Tribble Road. They found an elderly woman in the living room and her husband in bed, with an unidentified youth also escaping. Damage was about $800 and investigators believed lightning caused the blaze. Fire crews then found power line workers from Appalachian Power Co. still at work nearby.

Virgil Scantlin Appalachian Power Co

Tradition Of Flags Continues In Leon Cemetery

A memorial Day flag decorating at Leon Cemetery honors Civil War Spanish American and World War I veterans. Grant Beaver started the custom in 1900 after noting several unflagged graves and his descendants including Carrie Beaver and American Legion Post 23 provided flags this year. Forty three graves were decorated up from thirty five previously.

Point Pleasant Grant Beaver Leon Kathryn Carrie Bea Vee George W. Beaver Mr. Beaver Douglas Beaver Florida American Legion Post Carrie Beaver

Boy Struck By Vehicle In Gallipolis

Six year old Gallipolis Route 2 boy is in satisfactory condition at Holzer Hospital after being struck by a car Sunday night. Roger D. Cox suffered a fractured collarbone and possible head injury when he darted into the path of James Preston's auto on Eastern Avenue. The driver was not charged. A Miller Funeral Home ambulance en route to the scene crashed after brakes failed, hitting a concrete wall.

Gallipolis

Graduates listed from Mason County at Marshall University

Mason County residents are among Marshall University graduates at the 129th commencement on campus. Magna cum laude honors went to Irene Beard Brand, a Point Pleasant native, now wife of Rod Brand, and Charles Logan Yarbrough, a former Point Pleasant resident. Several others from Point Pleasant and nearby areas earned degrees across colleges. The baccalaureate service featured Very Rev. William Francis Troy, S J, and the commencement address was delivered by Kentucky Governor Edward Thompson Breathitt.

Mason County Marshall University Point Pleasant Irene Beard Brand South Side Charles Logan Yarbrough Brand Rod Brand Teachers College Carolyn Sommer Costen Carolyn Hereford Maurice Mayes Henderson Elizabeth Wyce Seymour Philip William Hickman II Letart College of Arts and Sci Ence David Clifford Price Charles William Newton James Robert Rea Louis Joseph Sismondo New Haven Harry Bert Smith Gallipolis Janet Carolyn Hoffman Bernice Rucker Baisden Mary Baker Cal Geneva Ross Carter Marshall Alvin Duncan Clifton Opal Hill Oldaker Buffalo Wanda Saunders Willis Melville Brooke Withers William Francis Troy S. J Wheeling Lege Edward Thompson Breathitt Kentucky

Hospital Births and Family Announcements List

Holzer Hospital announces births and family notices for numerous individuals and spouses across Gallipolis Jackson Point Pleasant and other towns listing a daughter or son for each couple. Names include Leslie Cox Ronald Schoch J J McGuire Larry Sayre Samuel Will John Grounds Mary Sheets Desley Bentley Bessie Smith James Leonard Charles Vaughn Ira Bell Lee Winston Plancuff Daniel Euler Charles Hawk Robert Blackwood Dwaine Fain Carolyn Sanders Lucille Selbee Mary Vance Conrad Berkley Tommy Vanscoy Tena Bryant Roger Cox Paul Wedge Gordon Wooten Emerson Spires John Clendenin Harold Angel Edward Blake Wallie Bauer Peggy Beck Desley Bentley James Bright Sherry Connor Paul Edelmann Os car Fink Wilbert Goodrich Jacob Markle George Nance Michael Lee Neal Dene Odell Pickens Trowbridge Wood Reynolds Beat tie Dillon Chloe Fink Forest Fitzpatrick Orland Floyd Ramon Grim G S Hollingshead Harold Wilson Martin Alma Montgomery Nora Moore Lillian Napper Rosemary Radabaugh Earl Robinson Ellea Ross Slater Ralph Thomas Henry Vansickle John Warman Robert Warner Elmer White Jr.

Mary Sheets Dayton Desley Bentley McArthur Leslie Cox Gallipolis Bessie Smith Racine James Leonard Hogsett Charles Vaughn Pomeroy Ira Bell Lee South Side Winston Plancuff Jackson Daniel Euler Portland Charles J. Hawk Robert S. Blackwood Rutland Dwaine Fain Wellston Carolyn J. Sanders Crown City Lucille Selbee Wheelersburg Mary Vance Conrad Berkley Henderson Tommy E. Vanscoy Point Pleasant Tena Bryant Oak Hill Roger D. Cox Paul D. Wedge Gordon Wooten Emerson Spires Cheshire John B. Clendenin Harold E. Angel Gall Wallie Bauer Jr Peggy A. Beck James Bright Sherry Connor Paul Edelmann Oscar Fink Wilbert Goodrich Jacob Markle George A. Nance Michael Lee Neal Dene Odell Charles W Pickens Paul C. Trowbridge William H. Wood Rendle Reynolds Thomas Beattie Thomas G. Dillon Chloe Fink Forest Fitzpatrick Orland Floyd Ramon Grim G. Samuel Hollingshead Harold Wilson Martin, Jr Alma Montgomery Nora Moore Lillian Napper Rosemary Radabaugh Earl Robinson Ellea Ross James N. Slater Ralph Thomas Henry Vansickle John Warman Robert Warner Elmer White Jr

Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes OMITTED

Hospital notes list several residents to omit and dismissals including Mrs Hester Fruth Point Pleasant Mrs Dale Beam Point Pleasant Mrs Faye Halstead Point Pleasant Mrs Clifford Schools Point Pleasant Mrs Cletus Buck Leon Mrs Harold Ridenaur Leon William Carter Point Pleasant Herbert Harmon Jr Point Pleasant George McClintock Jr Point Pleasant Gordon Sebrell South Side Martha Mulford Cheshire Dismissed Mark Franklin Ashton Sylvia Dabney Ashton Junior Conrad Point Pleasant

Hester Fruth Point Pleasant Dale Beam Faye Halstead Clifford Schools Cletus Buck Leon Harold Ridenaur William Carter Herbert Harmon Jr George McClintock Jr Gordon Sebrell South Side Martha Mulford Cheshire Mark Franklin Ashton Sylvia Dabney Donald Waugh Junior Conrad

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