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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1961
Page
6
TV listings for WSAZ Huntington NBC Channel 3 feature a full evening lineup from 6:00 PM to 11:15 PM with news, weather, talk shows, variety programs, movies, and sports. The Messenger notes it is not responsible for errors when stations fail to provide corrected schedules.
TV previews spotlight Circus Krone trapeze star Pierre Alizee in Wilhelmshaven and a 40 000 dollar find on a bank job in A Piece of Tomorrow. Rodgers musical special features stars, with Here and Now segments from Omaha and veterans themes. Also listed are Rawhide Route 66 Father of the Bride Twilight Zone and Eyewitness broadcasts with Cronkite anchoring.
Friday evening listing for WLW C NBC Columbus shows include 6:25 edition 6:45 NBC News 7:00 Viewpoint 7:30 Show Time 8:30 Detectives 9:30 Bell Hour 11:00 News 11:10 Weather 11:15 Sports 11:26 Jack Paar 1:00 News with Frank McGee at 10:30 and 11:00.
Station lineup shows 6:00 Hiway Patrol and 9:00 77 Sunset Str, 6:25 News, 10:00 Target, 6:30 7 League Boo, 11:00 News. 7:00 Everglades and 11:10 Sports, 7:30 Diamond, 11:15 Weather, 8:00 Hathaways, 11:20 Dr. Brothers, 8:30 Flintstones, 11:23 Moving.
A fragmented listing shows a dense timetable of shows and times such as 6:00 M Squad 8:30 Flintstones 6:30 News 9:00 77 Sunset Str. Weather 10:00 and other entries like 11:15 Sports 8:00 Hathaways 11:20 Movie and 11:10 Scoreboard.
TV schedule lists WHTN CBS channels with programs across day including News at 6 11 PM Twilight Zone EyeWitness and film and classic shows like Gunsmoke Lassie Dennis and Ed Sullivan plus NFL Football and public affairs segments across prime time News 11:00 PM
Channel selections feature Bataan Part II at 5 05 p m on Channel 6 Tropic Zone at 11 25 p m Channel 8 What Next Corporal Hargrove 11 20 p m Channel 106 0 8 8 11 20 p m Saturday Halls of Montezuma 9 00 p m A Star Is Born 11 15 p m Channel 4 Halls of Montezuma 9 00 p m For Me and My Gal 12 15 p m Today We Live 11 15 p m and 10 Chba Wells Fargo 11 15 p m Virginia 11 10 p m Sunday Sunset Pass 10 45 a m My Forbidden Past 11 p m Hagen Girl 11 15 p m Woman of the Year 11 10 p m Channel 10 Curly Top Noon Channel 13 The Crusader 11 15 p m
The 1961 Veterans Day event in Logan includes a 7:30 p.m. parade along Main Street with bands from Logan, Union Furnace, Glouster, Laurelville and others. A memorial service is set for 11 a.m. at Worthington Park, led by Rev. D. S. Dunkle.
Logan-Ralph Poston of Logan Route 3 has been elected president of the Hocking County Farm Bureau Federation. The Green Two farmer was chosen by the board at its November meeting. Other officers include Mrs. Robert Holloway as vice president Carol Primmer secretary-treasurer and Mrs. Don Ruff assistant secretary. Mrs. Robert Thrush named chairman of the women’s committee. Blake Gerber regional supervisor spoke. two new board members Everett Mowrey and Paul Hahn were recognized.
Recent visitors to the Lyke home on N Spring Street include Charles Lyke’s son and daughter-in-law from Conneaut and a trip to Haydenville to see Mrs Lyke’s mother Gertrude Achauer. Ruth Phillips hosted relatives from Providence Rhode Island, Philadelphia and Ohio. Linda Shaw marked her sixteenth birthday with family dinner. guests included Cleveland relatives M Kelemen and Janice Kelemen and Hinckley resident Chan Drake. Lawrence Webb hosted guests from Columbus and Ohio University with Ed Lecrone remaining for an extended visit.
The Athens County Antique Auto Association elected Dale Channel as president Don Morman as vice president Mrs Larry Flowers as secretary treasurer and Mrs Don Morman as news reporter at a recent meeting The next meeting is set for 7 p m November 17 at 697 Edward St home of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Tyo
Walter Lee Johnston Jr and Jeri Lynn Pickett were left off the list of candidates for Prince and Princess at the Poston Elementary Fall Festival to be held Friday evening.
Hospital notes list patients and addresses including Mrs T H Goodlve Logan Roy B Haynes Laurelville Route 2 Mrs Floyd Nimon Logan Mrs Mel Shover McArthur Mrs Clarence Smith Creole Route 1 and dismissals of Mrs Fred Mohler Logan Route 3 and daughter Mrs Charles Slack Logan and daughter and Fred P Graham Logan.
The Ohio State Emblem Club Association met November 5 at the Elks Club in Logan with 150 members and guests in attendance. Representatives from Ath ens Fostoria Willard Ashland Tiffin Lorain Fremont Kent Galion joined state and national officers including Mrs. E. W. Jackson and Mrs. John Weaver. A buffet supper followed as officials and club members participated.
Logan residents receive payments totaling 191 for sheep losses and injuries from dogs. William Mowrey and Charles Rauber get 45 and 80 respectively, plus 14.20 in witness fees. An easement for highway work from Hector and Edith Phelps was received. A Nov. 20 date is set to review the West St water and sewer survey.
Log an combined choirs from First Methodist Church will present a vesper concert Sunday at 3 p m led by Richard Farmer with youth and junior choirs under Mrs Richard Farmer Sponsored by the Womens Society of Christian Service A similar concert was held at Nelsonville Methodist Church last Sunday Public is invited to attend
Local Union 3905 of the United Mine Workers will hold a meeting at 1 30 p m Saturday in the council chamber of City Hall according to Wesley Hawk the local secretary.
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3467 plans Veterans Day ceremonies in Nelsonville with a parade from Riverside Drive led by the drum corps firing squad and cadet corps. At 11 am a wreath laying at Unknown Soldier market includes volleys and taps. Rev. Walter Shafer delivers the main address with new cadet corps and veterans of the Spanish American War and World War I riding in convertibles. Brief ceremonies on the river bridge will honor Navy dead before rites on Public Square.
Calendar listings for Logan include DAR meeting at Mrs. Clarence Allen's home with speaker Rev. Carl Plummer and dessert. Bloodmobile at First United Presbyterian 10 am to 4 pm. Cosmopolitan Club 7:30 pm hostess Mrs. Charles Epstein. Webb Summit Farm Bureau advisory council Thanksgiving supper. Laurel Valley Grange installation and potluck. Scotts Creek Social Club 8 pm with Ohio's Future discussion. Dale Smith sale lunch by Marion Grange. Mt. Pleasant Sunday School hayride at Carl Horn's. Vesper Concert at First Methodist 3 pm with choirs led by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Farmer.
Nelsonville public library shelves a diverse batch of new titles for Monday release. Authors include Saligner with Franny and Zooey Hobson with The Lattimer Legend Nye with Not Grass Alone Head with Always In August Ford with What Every Bachelor Knows Douglas with My Wilderness East to Katahdin Sanderson with Abominable Snowmen Cronin with The Judas Tree Roberts with Fire In the Ice Erskine with The Woman at Belguard o Deaf Dumb and Blonde Morton with How to Help Your Child in Reading Writing and Arithmetic Caldwell with A Prologue to Love Hoffenberg with Sow Not in Anger Nizer with My Life in Court Chase with The Carthaginian Rose Lindop with The Way to the Lantern Scherer with Sinclair Lewis An American Life Love with The Will Rogers Book Dabrochua with Chronicle of a Crime The Larry Lord Motherwell Story
West Hocking district approves salary schedule increase effective January 1, boosting each teacher by $100 annually to meet state minimums. substitute pay rises to $15 daily. Laurelville district adopts 1962 budget of $229,182.23 and joins the Scio to Valley Conference with nearby schools.
Logan Goodhope Homemakers Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. Ronnie Walker’s home with Ariel Arzuaga from Uruguay as a special guest. Leaders Mrs. Drenning and Mrs. Walker discussed broiler meals and a short business meeting followed by plans for November with Mrs. Ervin Couch to lead a food buying discussion.
American Legion auxiliary will meet on Armistice Day Saturday at 7 30 p m in the Legion Hall. Initiation of officers will take place and refreshments will be served.
Nelsonville prepares as Aerie 391 welcomes 27 Eagles lodges for the Southeastern Ohio Zone Conference. Registration starts 10 a.m. Saturday with meetings for Eagles and Ladies Auxiliaries across two days. State President Ludwig Hoge speaks Saturday. Grand Secretary William Watson speaks Sunday. Meals and dances planned.
Everett Mowrey of Laurel Two wins the 1961 Hocking County corn growing contest judged by the Extension Agronomy Committee. His field yielded 156 bushels per acre from 19 900 plants per acre, followed by Carl Risch 147 and Earl DeLong 143. Top ten list and moisture adjusted results noted. names to be engraved on a bank plaque.
Mount St. Mary Hospital reports births for Leroy Six and Emmett Olbers families among several admissions including David Christian, Mrs. Margaret Christian, and Ruth Topsail. A list of new patients spans Carbon Hill to Nelsonville with multiple residences and one newborn.
Esther Class of Queen Esther held its election at the November gathering hosted by Mrs. Agnes Pendergrass on Poplar Street. Officers named were Helen Hartley president Nellie Haynes vice president Ruth Higgins secretary and Jane Heintzelman treasurer.
The Laurel Run Friendly Neighbors Club met November 2 at Mrs. Juanita Wolfe’s home to work on American Cancer Society articles. Annie Todd elected president with Mary Sparks as vice president and Norma Harden secretary treasurer.
At 4 10 p m Saturday Veterans Day the Forty and Eight train and boxcar from Jackson American Legion Post will reach Nelsonville on its way to Department Headquarters Columbus. The train with a crew of District 8 officers is rounding up memberships district wide to hit a November 11 quota. Post Commander Paul Barrows and Glenford Dugan Post 229 Legionnaires will greet the train at the Legion War Memorial Building as police escort the procession through town.
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