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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1961
Page
9
Juvenile Judge John W. Howell fined Pat E. Roberts 16, Bidwell, five dollars and costs for no operator's license, with costs suspended for the offense. William Fraley, 17, Bidwell, was lectured on a charge of failing to register a motor vehicle and released. Both were arrested by the state highway patrol.
Gallia County patrol said two semi trailers were heavily damaged in a rear end crash on Route 3 about four miles east of Thurman at 11 15 am Sunday. Neither truck needed towing and no injuries or charges were reported.
The Messenger notes it is not responsible for errors in TV listings when stations fail to provide corrected schedules. Boldface marks color programs.
A fragmented listing outlines daytime and evening programs with times and shows such as NBC News Weather The Price Is Right Petticoat Lane and various serials and cartoons. It includes repeats like Asked for It Jim Thacker Today Hitchcock Laramie and The Tonight Show style entries across multiple hours.
The listing shows a sequence of program times and titles across NBC News, films, game shows, and weather segments. Entries include Sea Hunt, Velvet, The Price Is Right, Jack Paar, Beachcomber, Laramie, Hitchcock, and Dick Powell with intermittent news and weather updates.
A cluttered listing shows a dense schedule with time blocks and program titles including Hiway Patrol News Expedition Weather Dr. Brothers Cinderella Cinderella and other shows. The list mixes daytime and late night fare across genres and appears to be a partial timetable from a local outlet.
A fragmented TV grid shows programs from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM including M Squad Surfside News Weather and Bandstand. The schedule lists New Breed M Squad Whirlybirds and Bugs Bunny among other titles with multiple News Weather and Movie entries.
A partial daily lineup lists theater blocks, weather updates, news programs and various segments from 6:00 to 12:45 with programs such as Hennesey Andy Griffin and CBS News. Details include times and titles with several unreadable items and missing program names.
A concise listing of television programming across the day including Huntington 4 00 News at 4 00 and CBS News at 10 30 plus special shows such as Danny Thom at 9 00 and Coronado at 7 00. Weather segments appear at 6 15 and 11 10.
Channel 4 Madame Curie Part I 5:00 p.m. Channel 8 What No Beer 11:20 p.m. Channel 10 Rangers of Fortune 11:20 p.m. Channel 13 Kiss the Boys Goodbye 11:15 p.m. Tuesday Channel 3 No Time For Comedy 1:15 p.m. Golden Fleecing 9:00 a.m. Madame Curie Part II 5:00 p.m. Channel 2 Tarnished Angel 9:00 a.m. Shipmates 11:20 p.m. When Gangland Strikes 9:30 a.m. Surrender 11:20 p.m. Channel 19 Hail the Conquering Hero 11:15 p.m.
In Gallipolis the First United Presbyterian Church voted 84 to 28 to call the Rev Charles Arthur Scott of Lexington Kentucky, pending Scioto Presbytery approval. Scott did not accept Sunday night. Moderator Rev Tom Foster presided as the congregational meeting followed by worship.
A series of birth announcements lists new sons and daughters born to families in Ironton Point Pleasant Gallipolis Middleport and nearby areas. Recipients include Kenneth R. Hixon James K. Shinn Maggie A. Mills and many others with spouses and residence details.
Gallia County Sheriff’s Department arrested Jake Noble 31 Kaylong West Virginia and Earl E Martin 24 Gallipolis for disturbing the peace at an upriver tavern early Sunday. Each posted $25 bond for appearance in Municipal Court Monday.
Mrs. Chester A Patterson, 55, of Gallipolis Route 2, was admitted to Holzer Hospital at 6 55 p m Sunday with a fractured left elbow after a fall at her home. Her condition is listed as good.
Instructions describe shaping meringue swirls on a pie top. If the meringue proves very smooth after spreading, create decorative swirls using the back of a spoon for a polished finish.
Gallipolis Ohio reports Mrs Lincia Pearl Beckett 67 Thurman Route 1 died at 2 30 Sunday afternoon in her kitchen. Husband Samuel Curtis Beckett survives. Cause believed heart attack. Family includes son Fred William Beckett in the Army at Fort Knox and daughters Mrs Edward Lynch Mrs Jack Lawless and Mrs Wendell Cooper. Three sisters also survive. Funeral arrangements by Steve Thomas funeral home Thurman.
Gallia County shows 286 total unemployment claimants this week up from 219 a year ago with 52 initial and 234 continued claims. Meigs County reports 287 total claimants, just one more than Gallia and one less than the 288 a year ago, with 43 initial and 244 continuing claims.
The canal and river system shows gauge readings across Gallipolis Greenup and Kanawha Falls with rollers crest readings and dam statuses all roller dams on the sill. Movable dams on the Huntington District of the Ohio River are up while river boats pass at various locks with multiple crews recording down or up movements throughout the day.
Gallia County's sixth traffic fatality of the year occurred at 6 30 am Sunday as 13 year old Roy Lynn Green of Vinton Route 2 died at Holzer Hospital from injuries from a Route 35 crash near the Gallia County Junior Fairground. Funeral set for 2 pm Tuesday at Mt Zion Church with burial Swan Creek Cemetery.
Lewis Isom Parrish 78 of Vinton Route 1 died at 6 15 p m Saturday in Holzer Hospital after a five day stay He was born in Grayson County Va son of the late William Nelson and Sara Catharine Hagga Parrish Surviving are a sister Mrs Etta Morgan of Lower Riv er Road a wife Dolly Kate White and a daughter Mrs Adeline Smith of Dayton He was a member of Koontz Chapel Church Funeral held 2 p m Tuesday at the Vernon McCoy funeral home in Vinton Rev Garrett of Jackson officiating Burial in Pine Grove Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home Monday evening and Tuesday until the hour of the service
Glouster Mothers Club meets Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. at Mrs Bonnie Oskey home with Mrs Joyce Johnson co host. UMW of A Auxiliary gathers Tuesday 7 30 p.m. at Glouster Eagles Hall to plan convention. Pythian Sisters meet Wednesday 7 30 p.m. at Glouster K of P Hall. Past Chiefs Club gathers Thursday 7 30 p.m. at Mrs Hazel Lunsford home. Loyal Order of Moose meets Wednesday 7 30 p.m. at Moose Hall. PTO at Jacksonville Grade School Wednesday 1 p.m. Trimble Township Home Demonstration meets Wednesday 1 30 p.m. at Mrs Sidney T Russell Broad St. Theme Charm Inner Beauty Outer Self Apparent Self.
Mrs Rose W Roberts 70 former Glouster resident died unexpectedly Monday at her Zanesville home where she had lived 18 years. Born in Monday Hocking County she was daughter of Michael and Margaret Moody Welch. Surviving four sons Andrew Bremen Col Gail Roberts Guam Neil Independence OH Robert Piqua two daughters Kathleen Zanesville Eloise Kellam Allentown OH fourteen grandchildren a brother Leo Welch Columbus two sisters Mrs Archie Maxwell New Lexington and Mrs William Shaw Kingston NY two half brothers Vincent Welch Morrocco and Paul Welch Orlando Fla four half sisters Mrs Earl Glei Winter Haven Fla Mrs Helen Doss Athens and Mrs Phillip Smith Columbus and Mrs Charles Frazee Columbus. Her husband and a daughter preceded her in death. Norbert W Johnston funeral home handling arrangements.
Nora Sayers 88 died Sunday at her daughter’s home in Jacksonville where she had lived 16 years. Born in Athens County she was the daughter of Kellion and Katharine Easler. Survived by two sons Walter Trimble Route 1 and Allen Amesville, two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 2 p.m. Hooper Ridge Church of Christ. Burial Hooper Ridge Cemetery. Norbert W Johnston Glouster funeral home is in charge.
State Liquor Law Enforcement Agents and city police boarded the river excursion boat Susan A at the foot of White Ave early Sunday morning and arrested John S. Foster and James R. Haskins of Gallipolis for illegal liquor sales. About a dozen bottles and 25 cases of beer were seized. Both men posted $150 bonds to appear in Municipal Court next Friday.
A six year old boy named Malcolm Myers ran into a car on Eastern Ave near Gallia St at 5 42 p m Sunday suffering a scalp contusion. He was taken to Holzer Hospital by City Patrolman Paul North after x rays and release. The south bound car was driven by Fred L Huffman of Gallipolis. No charges filed. A separate hit and run reported between 8 a m and 4 30 p m Friday damaged Herbert G Slone s car at 718 Second Ave with an unknown vehicle leaving damage to the left rear fender and tail light.
In Portsmouth Legion Hall Senator J Sherman Porter honored Dale Coder linotype operator and his brothers before about 200 attendees. Coder leads the Ohio Typographical Conference of the International Typographical Union which held its state convention in Portsmouth. Delegate Faye Coder now works for the Cincinnati Enquirer. Porter praised them and their late brother Eldon Onnie Coder as artists in the trade.
Gallia County Health Department nurses staffed the weekly free immunization clinic on Saturday. They gave 44 polio 37 DPT 16 tetravax 76 smallpox and 9 diphtheria-tetanus injections to residents.
The Plains area hosts Gilbert Huston and daughters Barbara Linda and Carol along with Sadie Huston and Mary Ellen Tribey of Dayton. Merritt Wilson and Barbara Ann of Caribou Maine visit Mrs Sylvia Safronko for a month. Thelma Lawson and Mrs C C Patrick of The Plains join The Zeiglers and their children Doug and Debora for Thursday visits.
Gallipolis police arrested Robert E. Jenkins, 55, on a charge of driving while intoxicated Saturday night. Jenkins posted a $500 bond Sunday morning to appear in Municipal Court Friday.
Grace Hargrove aged 65, wife of L C Hargrove of Bidwell, died at Foster Hospital at 12 45 p m Sunday after admission at noon. Vernon McCoy Funeral Home of Vinton will announce arrangements.
Glouster Mr and Mrs Thomas Jewell Mr and Mrs Ben Vaughn and Miss Phyllis Milligan attended a hair dressers convention in Lancaster. New styles and colorings were showcased. A top ten stylist from Vienna highlighted European trends.
Mr and Mrs Jeff Morrison and family joined the Sheplers in Millersburg Ohio for the wedding of Bonnie Lee Shepler a former Ohio University student Other weekend visitors included Mr and Mrs Robert McClelland and their three children of Columbus with their mothers Mrs Elsie Whaley and Mrs Eva McClelland Clarence Whaley of Painesville stayed with his mother Mrs Bernice Whaley Mr and Mrs Phil Davis of San Fernando Calif Mrs Johnny Crawford of Selmar Calif and Mrs Lena Gross of Van Nuys Calif visiting their sisters families Mr and Mrs Alfred Morris and Mr and Mrs Hugh Cunningham Also guests of Mr and Mrs Morris were Mr and Mrs Alfred Morris Jr and son of Bremen and Mr and Mrs Bill Colley of Buckeye Lake Weekend guests of Mr and Mrs William Zimmer included their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs A J Zimmerman Akron Mr and Mrs Robert Evans and three children of Columbus and Mr and Mrs Robert Kinney of Worthington who visited the Zimmers and then spent time at the Kinney cottage at Vicksville on Burr Oak Lake Mrs Edward Moore Paul and Elaine visited Buckeye Lake to see Mrs Moore's sister Mrs Ray Fulton on Sunday.
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