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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1958
Page
9
A Nelsonville merchants meeting urged a city wide effort to fund Christmas decorations after 1000 dollars yearly costs. Donations were requested by November 10 to Tom Williams to avoid storage of decorations and fund a Nativity scene replacement. Stores will have extended hours Dec 19 to 24 except Wednesday.
Television schedule fragment shows WSAZ NBC channel listings in Huntington with numerous daily time slots from 6:00 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. including news, sports, dramas, westerns, and child programs. The page notes corrections may be needed when stations fail to update schedules.
A Friday and Sunday night broadcast list features Joan Crawford in When Ladies Meet and Stranger on the Road with a string of classic titles. Included are Androcles and the Lion, Night Freight, The Listener and Dark Hazard with stars like Joan Fontaine, Michael Wilding, Red Barry, Ida Lupine, and Boris Karloff. The schedule spans late night into early morning with G Men and They Die with Their Boots On among others.
A dense listing of broadcast times and show names runs through the day with entries for judges, variety acts, news, and music programs. Notable items include 6:00 Judge R Bean, 9:00 Uncommon Valor, 11:15 Hour of Stars, 12:45 OSU Football, and 7:30 Maverick, reflecting a mixed lineup across channels and stations.
A dense list of TV slots shows daily programming from 6:00 to 11:30 with various shows, hosts, and films listed. It includes news, sports, dramas, comedies, and late-night slots featuring personalities like Walt Disney, Dick Clark, Jack Benny, Ed Sullivan, and Billy Graham, though many entries are partial or garbled.
TV guide previews Walt Disney Presents Tex as John Slaughter with Tom Tryon at 8 p.m. ABC. Uncommon Valor Frozen Chosin at 9 p.m. ABC. 77 Sunset Strip The Casualty follows a return from the dead case at 9:30 p.m. ABC. Trackdown payroll robbery tale at 8 p.m. CBS. Lux Playhouse The Connoisseur with Renie and Rush at 9:30 p.m. CBS. The Lineup The Professional Guest Case at 10 p.m. CBS. M Squad Force of Habit with Lee Marvin at 9 p.m. NBC. Friday Night Fights Hogan Bassey vs Costa in NYC at 10 p.m. NBC.
A listing of multiple Nelsonville area churches with pastors, service times, Sunday school offerings, and midweek events. Included are Church of the Nazarene Langley, Wylie Chapel AME, Pentecostal and Pilgrim Holiness congregations, and surrounding communities such as Murray City and Dorr Run with noted ministers and weekly schedules.
The Friendly Class of the Church of Christ held a Halloween party in the church basement with about 19 attendees who received prizes and were served doughnuts and pop. A Halloween party at the Methodist Church was sponsored by the 30 Sunday school class. John Buckley visited Mr. and Mrs. Robert Canaday for dinner.
A 17 year old Logan youth, Richard Donahey, was admitted to Mount St Mary Hospital after a truck left Route 75 two miles south of Logan. He suffered a severe head injury. the crash was reported at 12 05 a m and remains under investigation. The pickup was demolished and another accident on Route 33 near Logan sent two more people to the hospital. Ralph Rheinscheid and Alfred Guerin were involved. Guerin was cited for following too closely.
Mrs. Harold D. Saxton announces the engagement of Marilyn Jane Saxton to Dr. Orel Huston Cagle son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Linton of Dayton. Marilyn is a State University graduate and staff dietitian at the Veterans Administration Center in Dayton. Dr. Cagle earned a BA and MD from the University of Tennessee and is with the Columbus Psychiatric Institute and Hospital. The wedding is set for January 11 at the First Methodist Church in Logan.
The Upper Room class of the Methodist Church hosted a masquerade party at the Heinlein cabin for its October social. After Halloween games, a short business meeting was led by class president Harold.
A hospital notes section lists births for Mr. and Mrs. Pitts Nelsonville a son. Mr. and Mrs. Kemper New Straitsville a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Sickles Logan a son. Mr. and Mrs. Procacci New Lexington a daughter. Admits include Cathy Beckett New Lexington Nancy Bigley New Straitsville Madeline Wagner Buchtel Donnie Altman Nelsonville Leta Dupler Nelsonville John Taylor Glouster Route 3 Harvey Carsey The Plains Edward Snyder New Straitsville Route 1 Elizabeth Love Glouster Route 1 Larry Nichols New Marshfield Route 1. discharges include Dewey Cales Rendville and twin daughters Robert Briley Carbon Hill Mary Warden New Carl Snyder Murray City Paul Dowler Athens Route 2 Ilene Brewer McArthur Route 2.
Nelsonville Troop 69 will sell sugar maples three to seven feet tall starting at 10 a m at the First Presbyterian Church yard. Oak tulip dogwood and red bud trees are shown and other wild trees can be ordered. Proceeds fund a church farm cabin near Union Furnace.
The sophomore class of Buchtel York High School sponsors a soup supper on Tuesday with meals served 4 to 6 30 p.m. in the school. Tickets are available from class members.
A weekly benefit party will start Monday at 8 p m in St Andrews Parish Hall Nelsonville inviting the public to attend for a community fundraising event.
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