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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1958
Page
10
The Gallipolis City Commission authorized bidding on four sewerage disposal projects including a treatment plant and outfall to the Ohio River. Bids due Nov 1 1958, with bonds and deposits required, contracts to follow if awarded. Also approved brochure work, shed sale, city car purchase, and water meter program.
The page lists Wednesday and Thursday prime time programs with color notes and time slots. It names shows from Spinach Plychs through Kraft Theatre and The Millionaire with involved networks CBS NBC and ABC, plus sports and news segments.
A shuffled list of show times and titles spans morning to late evening. Programs range from Farmer Alf and Disneyland to News, Cartoon series, movies, and serials featuring Jack Paar Zorro and Real McCoys across multiple hours.
The timetable lists programs from 6:00 to 11:10 including District Atty Neutral Cor News Baseball Cor Disneyland Weather and Late Show. Notable entries include Frontier Doc Circus Boy Real McCoys Navy Log and Playhouse with varied time slots throughout the evening.
A dense list shows daily broadcasting slots from 6:30 to 11:15 featuring programs and host names such as Explorer, Jeffs Collie, Chet Long, Edwards, Beaver, Cartoon Call, Tim Gieba, TV Kindergarten, World Turns, Edge of Night, Sea Hunt, Playhouse, and News along with time stamps and occasional program notes.
A compact daily grid lists time slots for Jule Rivin Johnsons Twilight The Harbor Com Circle Theat Beaver Theatres and Playhouse 90 Sheriff Coch Sgt Preston with News broadcasts and theater showings across the evening from 6:15 to 11:15. Programs include Millionaire Got A Secret Verdict Yours and Twilight Theatres among others.
Wednesday listings show Lux ury Liner with Brent and Powell at 11:10 p.m. Wild Geese Calling stars Fonda and Bennett at 11:15 p.m. Primrose Path with Rogers and McCrea at 11:15 p.m. The Promoter with Guiness and Johns at 11:15 p.m. Dr Renaults Secret with Naish and Robert at 9:15 p.m. Let Us Be Gay at 9:00 a.m. Home on the Prairie with Autry at 10:00 a.m. Bullets or Ballots with Robinson and Blondell at 10:00 a.m. Gun Smugglers at 12:00. High Peril with Powell and Best at 1:00 p.m. Wild Geese Calling repeats at 1:15 p.m. My Reputation with Stanwyck at 2:30 p.m. The Irish in Us with Cagney and De Havillani at 5:00 p.m. Song of the Thin Man with Powell and Loy at 11:10 p.m. Trail Street with Ryan at 11:15 p.m. Lady of the Tropics with Taylor and Lamarr at 11:15 p.m. Cry of the City with Mature and Conte at 11:15 p.m. Twist of Fate with Rogers and Lom at 11:15 p.m.
Gallia County Ohio enrollment in the Gallipolis City School District totaled 2421 on opening day with Superintendent Marshall D. Boggs predicting a rise to about 2500. Attendance by school included Gallia Academy 632 Washington 954 Junior High 323 Kanauga 78 Green 285 Clay 149.
Jon W. Lynch 17 of Thurman Route 1 sustained abrasions and contusions after his car collided with Ogle D. Notter 68 of Ledta on Route 325 north of Route 141 at 11 10 a.m. Lynch was cited for left of center and treated at Holzer Hospital. Notter suffered a bruised hip.
Gallia County sets an October 30 execution date for Rell Blankenship age 42 once on trial for murder in the August 17 1957 jail break attempt at the Gallia County jail. He was convicted of first degree murder for slaying Lor en Gus Borden and injuring Arnold Franklin Cooper. The death warrant was mailed to Warden Alvis.
Gallia County library trustees ask Gallia Commissioners to place a 2 10 mill general property tax levy on the November ballot for five years to fund operating expenses. The move was approved at the Aug 26 trustees meeting, with Dr. W. Lewis Brown signing for the ill Harold Wetherholt. The commission will advise on the request while also addressing routine bills and an aid inquiry from a mother seeking school clothing via the county relief agency.
Police report a rear end collision at State and Second as Charlie Russell 24 failed to stop and hit Virginia Burke 36. Thirteen municipal cases docketed. Judge Janes fine and forfeiture actions include several intoxication speeding and DUl charges with multiple defendants.
A birth reported for Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Roush in West Columbia. Several admissions include Elmer Hess Jackson Route 2 Leland B. Terry Ewington George S. Markins Sr Radcliff and others. Discharges list Mrs. John Carpenter and several others with blood usage noted Tuesday 4 pints.
Earl Cromley of Bidwell dispelled a two week rumor he would retire from the Gallia County Board of Education after a light stroke. He says he is well and intends to remain a board member. A successor to Glen Powell from the Green Local district may be named at the Sept. 20 meeting.
Vinton Friendship Garden Club names committees and new president Mrs Helen Rece. Members include Thelma Barnes Ella Raynes Jane Poling Lillian Rece Marianne McCarley Verna George Nell Keeney Pearl Marcum Alice Whitley and others. Cheshire Wayside Garden Club installs officers and plans year ahead with meetings set at Middleport and other locations.
Mary and Naomi Circles of the First United Presbyterian Church in Gallipolis announce a rummage sale on Friday and Saturday September 5 and 6 in the vacant room at the corner of Third and Court. A bake sale will accompany the Saturday event.
Elmer Hess aged 64 of Jackson Route 2 was admitted to Holzer Hospital with a fractured left leg after a fall from a car. Rhonda Lee Anderson seven, daughter of Mrs. David Herdman, Middleport Route 1, sustained internal injuries from a bed post and was admitted. Audrey Kinzel eleven, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Kinzel Letart, injured when a Swing broke at New Haven Elementary and admitted with a fractured right arm.
Leland B Terry 57 of Ewington died at 4 30 p m Tuesday in Holzer Hospital after a hemorrhage at the base of the brain He had worked Monday at the Albany compressor station Tennessee Gas and Transmission Co He is survived by his widow Belle Palsley one daughter Patricia Ann a sister Opal Smith an aunt Miss Anne Cameron and a Masonic Lodge and American Legion Post member Tentative rites set for Friday at 2 p m with burial at Vinton Memorial Park Funeral arrangements by McCoy funeral home Vinton
John Wilson Cundiff 45 of Mason West Virginia died about 1 30 p m Tuesday in an ambulance en route to Holzer Hospital from Ewing funeral home Pomeroy Gallia County Coroner Dr Donald Warehime ruled natural causes coronary thrombosis He is survived by his widow Louise and seven children The Foglesong funeral home Mason holds the body and will announce last rites
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