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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1961
Page
5
Nelsonville’s annual Girl Scout Fund Drive begins this week with Troop 9 and Troop 3 mailings and troop visits to local businesses to seek donations. Leaders will train, troops reorganize, and new Brownie groups start as funds support the Scout Little House on Myers Street and ongoing program needs.
David Grigsby of 1110 Chestnut Street reported to local police Saturday that two hubcaps were stolen from his automobile and an inner tube damaged by forcible valve stem removal. He said the loss was discovered Saturday morning.
The Messenger notes errors may occur when stations fail to provide corrected schedules. The page lists various shows by time slot across channels including News Weather Dramas Soaps and Films with entries for NBC CBS and local programming.
The page lists a dense slate of daytime and evening broadcasts including NBC News Weather and sports segments, various dramas and talk shows, and multiple time slots such as 6:20 Home Edition 9 00 87 Precinct 6:45 NBC News 10:00 Thriller. The schedule also features Sea Hunt Jack Paar Beachcomber Laramie Hitchcock Dick Powell andCain's Hundred among others.
A fragmented listing shows daily time slots for news, weather, and entertainment programs from 6:00 at Hiway Patrol to 9:00 New Breed. Programs include Jingles, Spare Time, Cinderella, Bugs Bunny, Weather updates, and a court segment.
A listing of programs for the evening including M Squad Surfside News and Weather segments. Notable titles include Ben Casey Trackdown Cheyenne Rifleman News Series and specials with Bugs Bunny and Cal. & Col. Local schedule blocks suggest a typical broadcast lineup with multiple news and weather updates throughout the night.
Tonight offers a mix of premieres and previews across CBS ABC and NBC. Robert Young stars in Window on Main Street a semi anthology to introduce his hotel window narrator. The Rifleman Danny Thomas Andy Griffith Thriller and Ben Casey premieres offer action comedy and medical drama with strong character hooks.
A fragmented schedule lists films and times across channels 4 6 10 15 16 and 13 for Monday and Tuesday including His Brother's Wife The Working Man Dough Boys Bahama Passage The Fleet's In You Can't Get Away With Murder Bewitched Tale of Two Cities Part I Frisco Kid Tenth Ave Angel The Velvet Touch Where Do We Go From Here Laughing Boy Skylark with numerous late night airings and morning broadcasts.
Cincinnati dispatch reports the president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen pledges to preserve current employment and create new positions in response to recent railroad mergers.
Post 229 American Legion reminds members of a 7:45 p.m. meeting with District 8 Commander Leroy Kuntz as guest. 1962 renewals are being accepted. dues payable to officers Vice Commander George Blimes or Trustee Frank Keyes for receipts. Eligibility dates cover WWI 1917 1918, WWII 1941 1945, and Korea 1950 1953.
Local social round up lists residents and visitors in Columbus and surrounding towns. Helen Smith Anna Lillico Hazel Miller Nellie Dixon Florence Blankenship Jean Williams Minnie Strawn Mary Winefordner Margaret Sherrad Edna Litman Ethel Wade Lena Grandy Emma Frye Jean Marie noted in hospital. Michigan and Ohio links include Peter Lillico Erma Marie Mose George Aul and others. Activities include Star Club gathering Myrtle Wallace lunch MYF meeting and a six o clock potluck dinner at the Methodist Church.
Alvin Power of 299 Railroad Street pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in Mayor Earl Hilleary's court. He was fined $100 plus costs and sentenced to three days in the city jail. A bond of $20 posted by Howard Hill Jr. was forfeited after he was charged with allowing an unlicensed operator to drive.
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna B. Kautz, who died over the weekend in Orange Texas, will be held at 3 30 p m Tuesday at the Ewing funeral home. Burial will be in Beech Grove Cemetery.
At the Logan Nelsonville football game fans enjoyed halftime performances by both bands. The visiting band staged a Western theme with formations of a cowboy boot saddle and a covered wagon while playing Wagon Wheels and On the Navajo Trail.
Mrs Bea Adamson and Miss Barbara Adamson hosted Circle 1 WSCS at Clinton Street in Nelsonville for the September meeting of the First Methodist Church unit. Devotional led by Mrs Pearl Williams. program by Mrs Edith Howson with Mrs Betty Thompson and Mrs Oda Elliot assisting. Officers reported and year plans discussed. October gathering set at Mrs Elliot's home with Mrs Edith Figgins. Refreshments for 12 members.
Nelsonville Athentic Association will convene Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the high school. Reports on Football Appreciation Day will be presented. Parents of Little League players are urged to attend.
The Mount St Mary Hospital reports births to Leffler Courtney Aurand Drescher Graham Moore Burns Wachen schwanz Gill, plus many admissions including Mattie Christian Hester Neeley Burdette Williams Chandler McAfoos Hartley Ingram Love Thomas Six Kennard McVey Clay Huston Jones Roberts Starlike Lehman Zunzman Watts Craig Tolliver Emerick Marstiller Lemon Drescher Nelsonville Route 2 George Nelson and son and other local residents listed.
Circle 2 of the First Methodist Church met at W. W. Warren home on E Washington St with Mrs Mildred Carlin presiding. Devotional used Acts 2 1 4 led by Sylvia Matheny. Marjorie Stalder spoke on Contemporary Pentecost. Lois Oakley reported on a candlelight service and rummage sale. Treasurer Guess noted a demonstration party. Next meeting set for Oct 25 at Mrs Oakley s FE Columbus St with Lavine McDaniel devotions and Frances Stage program. Refreshments served to 16 members.
A pithy aphorism reflects on humanity's long history and suggests wisdom comes with age. It emphasizes restraint and better judgment with time.
Nelsonville Jacks Martin returns to California after a vacation spent with local friends and a party at the Elks Club. He visited Mount St. Mary Hospital and resumes entertainment work. An album with former Kay Kyser Orchestra members will be released by Capitol Records featuring classic Kyser hits.
Hemlock Grove residents hosted visitors including Perry Gale and Tressa Eastman with others from Ev erett and Otis Midkiff visiting on their way to Florida. Boy Scouts James Reese and Harold Smith camped at Goeglein's Grove. Hemlock Grove church to hold annual homecoming on Oct 8 with Doster preaching and a 2 p.m. musical program. Darrence Hess, Marine, is home on furlough from California.
New Yorks Benny Paret defeated Emile Griffith in a welterweight title bout in New York. In Genoa Mino Bozzano beat Alain Cherville after Cherville fractured a collar bone in the eighth round. Nagoya saw Kenji Yonen kura defeat Johnny Jamito in twelve rounds.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Patton and Mrs. James Cope returned from Cleveland where they attended the Knight of Pythian Grand Lodge and Pythian Sister Grand Temple sessions. Patton, a past grand chancellor of Ohio, was reelected grand trustee of the Sophia Tucker Pythian Sister Home at Medina.
Troop 66 Boy Scouts will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the Knights of Pythias Building Keith Butt a former member and assistant scoutmaster will show pictures and recount experiences in Germany He served as scoutmaster of a German troop and directed a camp attended by German Scouts and U S military children Senior Patrol Leader Tom Kelly invites guests and new members aged eleven or older to attend
Aldin C. Drewson transfers Lot 3358 in Athens to Ronald J. Baird. Jane Love sells part of Lot 26 in Athens County to William K R Love. Flossie G. Whitmore of Nelsonville transfers Lot 118 to Robert J. Shesky.
The WSCS of the First Methodist Church will meet at 7 30 p m Monday in the church social rooms Circle 4 Barton Jones will host Circle 3 Evans Wilson will present the program
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