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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 21, 1962

Page

12

Strip Mining Talk Set for Rio Grande College

Alva T. Grover and Merrill Weed announce a joint OSPE session on the future of strip mine land at Rio Grande College, with Irving I. Dickman as speaker. Dickman will summarize findings from a strip mining tour of Scipio Two and tours by 20 state agencies, inviting county commissioners and forest rangers from Southeastern Ohio to attend.

Gallipolis Alva T. Grover Ohio Surveyors Functional Group Ohio Society of Professional Engineers Merrill Weed Ospe Board of Trustees Rio Grande College Irving I. Dickman Dickman Division of Reclamation Ohio Department of Natural Resources Harrisonville Scipio Ohio Valley Hocking Valley OSPE Alphus R. Christensen Grover Ohio Forest Rangers

Le tart Falls PTA Ice Cream Social Planned

The Le tart Falls PTA hosts a homemade ice cream social at the school on Saturday from 4 to 8 p.m. Community members are invited to attend and support PTA activities.

Letart Falls PTA

Television Listings Jam With Sporadic Primes Across Networks

TV guide style listing shows WSAZ NBC Huntington with scattered programs from 6 to 12, detailing titles such as Death Valley Shari Lewis Mr D A Sunset Strip and Movie blocks. Channel 4 WLW NBC Columbus and other stations present additional schedules including Tonight Charlie and sports and news segments.

Wsaz-Tv NBC Channel 3 Huntington Charlie Jim Thacker Jack Paar NBC News Death Valley Detectives Huntington Mr. Wizard Calvin Bermuda Low. Welk Christophers Cor Church Faith Lighthouse Superman Howard Smith Columbus Daily Word Jack Paor Farm RFD Stooges Golt Pip the Piper Shaun Lewis King Leonards Fury Sam Benedict Magic Midway Joey Bishop Daddy

TV Previews for Tonight on Channels 3 4

At 8 30 Robert Taylors Detectives Crossed Wires features convicts released from Leavenworth plotting to murder Korean court martial defendants. 9 30 Don’t Call Me Charlie premiere follows Judson McKay Iowa vet in Army Paris with Linda Lawson and John Hubbard. 10 Jack Paar Show debuts weekly talk music guests with Jose Melis as musical director.

Robert Taylor Leavenworth Charlie Judson McKay Josh Peine Iowa Paris Linda Lawson Pat Perry John Hubbard Col A. Charles Barker Jack Paar Jose Melis

TV Tonight Highlights Join Bedrock Quarry Plan Across Channels

Prime time listings show The Flintstones Fred talks to his boss about hiring unemployed Barney at Bedrock Quarry and Gravel. 77 Sunset Strip features Flight from Escondido with a hijack on a returning Latin American assignment. The Organizer Part II advances senate probe clashes. Route 66 pits Ted Stiles against a jealous fisherman. Fair Exchange debuts as TV’s first hour long comedy about exchanged teenage daughters between London and New York.

The Flintstones Fred Barney Bedrock Quarry and Gravel Company Sunset Strip Escondido Jeff Marino Vaclavic Senate Skale Ted Stiles London New York

TV Schedule Fragment From WCHS CBS Channel 8 9 1960s

A dense OCR listing details daily Sunday schedules for multiple programs across stations WCHS CBS and WBNS CBS. It lists time blocks for news, movies, cartoons, sports, editorials, and various shows with occasional program titles and host names.

TV Guide listing of Friday channels and films

The page lists film times for channels four through thirteen including Gunga Din Port at 15 00, Her Highness and the Bellboy at 1 10, Battle Hell at 11 30, Sea of Gross at 11 20, War of the Wildcats at 11 20, Remember the Night at 11 20, Sottonen Prefer Blondes at 9 00, The Crooked Web at 11 20, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes at 9 00, 3 10 To Yuma at 11 35, Broadway Hostess at Noon, The Devil is A Woman at 3 00, The Secret of Convict Luke listed too.

Yuma Convict Luke

Adult Scouters Begin Outdoor Training in Gallia County

Adult scouters in the Mason Gallia Meigs District started a three day outdoor training program at Camp Chester Meigs County. Knox Dye of Point Pleasant runs the course as 14 district committee members meet at Kgger Creek High School. About 200 boys from three counties will attend the Oct 12 13 14 camporee at Camp Chester with a pioneering theme.

Gallipolis Mason-Gallia-Meigs Camp Chester Meigs County M-G-M J. Emmett Morrison Kgger Creek High School V. Knox Dye Point Pleasant Morrison Carl Dilcher Don Mears Tri-State Bob Siler Marietta Camp Arrowhead

Library hosts second fall and winter children's program

Gallia County District Library holds its second session with 28 children registered from last week. Story hours for kindergarten to second grade at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., French classes for grades three to eight at 10:39 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., and a music club at 2:30 p.m. are directed by Miss Peggy Cook Miss Sandra Hood leads French and music with assistant Miss Diana Parsons. Call 446-0642 to join.

Gallipolis Gallia County Peggy Cook Sandra Hood Diana Parsons Lennie Ronnie Fletcher Nanci Layne Nina Perry Joannie Ford Jamie Wellman Kathy Carlson Susan

Hunting Accident Involving Mrs Petty In Wellston Area

Mrs Hul bert H Petty, 63, of Wellston Route 3, was admitted to Holzer Hospital at 10 15 a m Thursday with a shotgun wound to the right upper leg. The injury occurred during a hunting incident with a gun discharge reported by the hospital. She is listed in satisfactory condition.

Gallipolis Hulbert H. Petty Wellston Holzer Hospital

Patrolman Inspects Buses At Salisbury

State Highway Patrolman David L. Proffitt inspected 53 Meigs County buses, finding 11 unsatisfactory. At Salisbury School 11 buses yielded six satisfactory and five unsatisfactory. other districts showed mixed results. Re inspections set for Friday with a final 9 a.m. check at Bedford School.

Gallipolis David L. Proffitt Salisbury School Meigs County Salisbury Middleport Pomeroy Bedford School

Gallia 4-H Saddle Club Plans Coke Stand for Trail Ride

Twenty members met in the milk marketing administrator’s building in Gallipolis to view an American Quarter Horse Association film on showmanship horsemanship and colt training. Susan Boster presided in Robin Evans’ absence as the club voted to operate a coke stand for the Ohio Quarter Horse Association trail ride at the Bob Evans farm in Rio Grande.

Gallipolis Gallia County 4-H Third and State American Quarterhorse Association Robin Evans Susan Boster Ohio Quarterhorse Association Bob Evans Rio Grande

Meigs County Land Transfers and Birthday Note

Meigs County transfers list Bessie Bentz Bollman to Mary Bentz for one acre in Salisbury Two. Pearl Betz, deceased, transfers certificate to Robert E. Betz in Salem Two. Mrs N R Rothgeb of Cheshire observes her 84th birthday anniversary Saturday with a planned card shower. she has been confined to home by illness in recent months.

Bessie Bentz Bollman Mary Bentz Salisbury Pearl Betz Robert E. Betz Salem Middleport N. R. Rothgeb Cheshire

Gallia Catholics Plan County-Wide Census

Gallia County Catholics will conduct a two week census from Sept 23 to Oct 7 by volunteers from St. Louis Church to count Catholics and invite participation. An open house is set for Oct 7 at 3 p.m. followed by an information forum starting Oct 8 at 7 p.m.

Gallipolis Gallia County St. Louis Church St. Louis

Washington Safety Patrol Boys Listed

Washington Elementary School reduced noon patrols from 18 to 12 with five minutes of afternoon duty at key intersections. All patrol members are sixth graders. Names include Barry Had dix James Henry David Johnson Gary Lyons Gregory Smith and others from multiple rooms under Principal Evan H. Evans.

Gallipolis Washington Elementary Evan H. Evans Evans Third Ave Locust St State St Fourth Ave Washington School Barry Haddix James Henry David Johnson Gary Lyons Gregory Smith Jessie R. Hunter Gregory Fletcher Mary Gibeaut Tom Brandeberry Millard Cassiday James Mullins Steve Snowden Jackie Johnson Charles Saunders Eva Mae Harrington Robert Casey Betty Kyger

Washington Elementary School conducts second drill of week

Gallia County report notes Washington Elementary performed its second fire drill of the week with Fire Marshal C H Stephen observing. Superintendent I J Miller says all city schools have had at least one drill this month. Washington buildings posted two minute eight second and one minute seventeen second evacuations. Gallia Academy High School’s 1000 plus students evacuated in one minute fifty seconds. Miller stresses teachers must retake roll to account for all students. Fire drills are a monthly requirement.

Gallipolis Washington Elementary School C. H. Stephenson Glouster I. J. Miller Washington Gallia Academy High School

Patrol Documents Two Vehicle Crashes in Gallia County

State Highway Patrol charged two northbound drivers after a 7:30 a.m. collision at the Routes 160 and 325 junction in Vinton. William T. Mitchell, 33, and William T. Simmons, 25, faced separate charges. neither driver was seriously hurt. A second 7:55 a.m. crash on Route 248 near the Chester golf course caused medium damage with no injuries. Mrs. L. L. Sheets announced a Democratic women’s meeting at the Farmers Hotel Tuesday to plan the 1662 campaign.

Gallipolis State Highway Patrol Vinton William T. Mitchell Bidwell William T. Simmons Simmons Mitchell Chester Meigs County Helen Johnson Braeham W. Va Clarence C. Wolfe L. L. Sheets Lower River Road Farmers Hotel

Lock Repair Holds Back Barges at Gallipolis Dam

Barges on both sides of the Gallipolis Roller Dam near Eureka are held by ongoing River lock repairs now in their fourth day. The river lock 110 feet wide by 600 feet long needs gate work, forcing use of the smaller land lock 110 by 360 feet. Repairs to the land lock finished last week. river lock work may last four to six more days. The repair boat Robert G. West assists by moving vessels from the chamber.

Gallipolis Eureka Robert G. West U.S. Corps of Engineers

Student Nurses to Hold Car Wash in Gallipolis

The Holzer Hospital School of Nursing Student Nurses Association will run a car wash at Jim's Ashland Service First and Sycamore from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. next Saturday. A dollar admission with 1.25 for cars with white sidewall tires. Kay Chorpenning chairs. Tami Fitzpatrick is association president.

Gallipolis Jim Ashland First Sycamore Student Nurses Association Holzer Hospital School of Nursing Kay Chorpenning Marietta Tami Fitzpatrick Jackson

Osbornes Honored On 25th Wedding Anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Osborne were honored at home in Long Bottom on their 25th anniversary. Family organized the event with children Edward Doherty Belpre Ronaleen Tommy and Martin Osborne assisting. Friends relatives and neighbors attended with gifts including 10 silver dollars from a local Sunday School class.

Long Bottom Ronald Osborne Edward Doherty Belpre Ronaleen Tommy Martin Osborne Ronaleen Osborne Ella Hannum Thurman Babcock Osborne Franklin E. Doherty Monte F. Humphrey Robert Coleman Ella K

Holzer Hospital News and Local Admissions

Julia Trotter, a 1962 Gallia Academy graduate, enrolled as a freshman at David Lipscomb College Nashville. Hospital notes list admissions and discharges for numerous patients including Shirley Ann Henry and John Henry Rune on intoxication and disturbing the peace charges in Gallia County.

Gallipolis Julia Trotter Gallia Academy High School David Lipscomb College Nashville Tenn John Trotter Fourth Ave Gallia County

River Traffic and Dam Conditions Update

Canal and river traffic data show multiple locks and dams on Kanawha and Ohio rivers. Listings include boat names with current statuses, such as up, down, or moving, along with times and dam details across Huntington District and northern routes.

Poster Contest Promotes Lions Light Bulb Sale

Washington Elementary School sixth graders may enter the Gallipolis Lions Club poster contest for the sixth annual light bulb sale. Theme is Light for Light. Prizes total 15 dollars with awards from 1 to 5 dollars. Judging at 1 p.m. Oct. 17 by J Sherman Porter Dwight C Wetherholt and Dick Thomas. Posters become Lions Club property and will be displayed in downtown Gallipolis.

Gallipolis Washington Gallipolis Lions Club Lions Lions Club J. Sherman Porter Dwight C. Wetherholt Dick Thomas

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