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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1961
Page
13
One of the largest turnouts in years, 268 peers attended the Jackson Production Credit Association meeting at Southwestern High School gym. They celebrated the association becoming farmer owned with Vernon A. McNair serving as secretary.
Gallia County doctors W. Lewis Brown and Joseph W. Cavallaro were among 18 physicians cited for service to the Boy Scout program during summer camp activities of the Tri State area council. They managed the health lodge at Camp Arrowhead each Sunday during the season and checked campers. The passage notes the PCA becoming the 471st national farmer owned association in the U S and Puerto Rico with loans and reserves detailed. Members heard speeches from E R King and Glenn J Volimar. Four candidates ran for director: Smalley, Lewis, Murphy, and McAllister. Ballots from regional meetings will be tabulated after Meigs County event.
The page outlines a Thursday television slate with programs such as Sea Hunt Dr Kildare Hazel Sing Along and News and Weather segments plus late shows including Twilight Zone Route 66 and Rawhide. Schedule blocks list network news and entertainment lineup with times varying by station.
Prime time lineup lists NBC News at 10:30 and 11:15 Sports show and weather segments with Viewpoint Show Time and Detectives. Regular host slots include Frank McGee and Jack Paar with Dinah Shore in late night and morning news updates.
A scrambled listing shows programs and times such as Hiway Patrol Untouchables News News Weather Donna Reed Dr Brothers Real McCoys Movie Cinderella Morning Shows Flintstones Beverly Hills etc. The fragmentary guide hints at a mixed broadcast lineup with news, sports, weather, and classic series.
The listing outlines a dense TV schedule with multiple time blocks for theater screenings, news, weather, and sports. Notable items include 6:00 Theater, 10:00 CBS Reports, 7:30 Rawhide, 8:00 Movie, 10:00 Twilight Zone, and 11:20 Movie along with sports segments and cross-program notes.
The review notes Chalk's Lot strengthens the series and praises Bruce Yarnell for channeling Ralph Taeger. A Sunday schedule highlights NBCs 7:30 and 8:30 p m premieres with Bob Cummings and Real McCoys. The piece also covers Where We Stand War Or Peace and river traffic updates across Ohio and Kanawha rivers.
Friday schedule features films and shows across channels including Take Me Out to the Ball Channel 4 Off The Record Channel 6 Born To Dance Channel 6 The Damned Don't Cry Channel 10 Angels Sing Channel 10 Five Graves To Cairo Channel 13 Who Done It Channel 3 Death On The Diamond Channel 9 Experiment Alcatraz Channel 5 Beginning Of The End Channel 11 Two In Revolt Channel 9 The Philadelphia Story Channel 11 Scandal Inc Channel 9 Jubilee Trail Channel 11.
Gallia County deputy sheriff Ivan Fife transported two men to the Ohio Penitentiary to begin sentences for forgery and non support. Joseph Caldwell, 28, Gallipolis Route 1, received 1 to 20 years for forgery and 1 to 3 years for non support. Ray Shaver, 25, Cleveland, former Gallia resident, got 1 to 3 years for non support. A deputy was to pick up Henry Wisecarver and William Schell for non support and probation violation respectively.
Work crews from Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. cut power in east Gallipolis for about 45 minutes on Wednesday, with citywide brief outages around 10 15 a.m. The area extended from Jenkins Concrete Products Co. to the corporate limit.
Washington reports Communist guerrilla raids in South Vietnam have escalated into full conflict, with about 1500 persons killed monthly. The State Department cites the surge as a major war development and a serious U.S. concern.
Osey D. Myers, 22, Northup Route 1, bound over to the grand jury on a non support charge under 500 dollars bond after pleading guilty in Gallia County Municipal Court. Others: Charles Blankenship charged with driving while intoxicated pleaded innocent. Judge Jones fined Cox and Blankenship for infractions. Snedegar forfeited bond for passing on the right. four city cases reported. Howard Barwood Burns Stevens cited or fined for disorderly conduct or intoxication.
The U S Route 35 Association held a dinner meeting at the Lafayette Hotel in Gallipolis to talk about a bypass from the Silver Bridge at Kananga to Route 160 near the patrol post. Ohio highways officials have not funded it yet but preliminary planning is underway. President Bill Hattle led the 12 attendees, with six from Gallipolis.
Gallipolis Kiwanis Club chose Dale C. Gilkey as president last night. He will take office January 3, succeeding John L. Preston. New officers include Carodus F.E. Elliott as first vice president and John S. Rodgers as second vice president, with a full board of directors listed.
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