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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1959

Page

3

Sowards Acquitted Of Murder in Ohio case

Sowards found not guilty after jurors determined he reasonably believed he faced imminent danger when he shot McCombs. The verdict followed three days of testimony with students from Albany and Waterloo High Schools present, and a cross examination detailing events from the poker game to the shooting.

Bona McCombs American Democracy Albany High School Perry Munn Mildred Scott Democracy Waterloo High School New Marshfield Milton Cain Ohio University Sowards Joseph B. Vanity Jr Robert Auflick Nelsonville Walter Harkrader Rowland Robert Butts Vunity

Milk Marketing Future Outlined To Cooperatives

A meeting of the Hocking Valley Advisory Council and the Athens Milk Sales Cooperative directors explored the future of cooperative milk marketing. Dr. George Henning and Don Zehr led the discussion on mergers and member gains, noting small farm sales averages and ongoing cooperative planning in Athens County.

Hocking Henning

Funeral services for Charles H Hull

Charles H Hull 83 died Wednesday night at Meigs General Hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p m Saturday at Ewing funeral home with Rev Eugene Brown officiating. He is survived by four nephews James Hedrick of Troy Clarence Hedrick of Columbus Joseph Hedrick of Columbus and Ed Hedrick of Pomeroy. Burial will be in Mt Hermon Cemetery at Fiatwoods. Friends may call at the funeral home anytime.

Pomeroy Charles H. Hull Meigs General Hospital Ewing James Hedrick Troy Clarence Joseph Hedrick Columbus Ed Hedrick Eugene Brown Mt. Hermon Fiatwoods

Servicemen News From Ohio Area Figures In World War II Affairs

Pvt Roy F Clonch 22 son of William and Mrs Clonch Shade is fuel and electrical system repairman with an ordnance company in Germany After basic training at Ft Knox he was stationed at Aberdeen Proving Ground Two Athens County servicemen participated in annual command inspection of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Germany They are Sfc Ira D Crawford Coolville and Pic John A Cornwell Athens Both have spouses with them in Germany Crawford a platoon sergeant entered the army in 1943 and holds the Bronze Star Medal and Combat Infantryman Badge Cornwell entered January 1958 and serves as a radio operator in headquarters company His wife Roberta is with him in Germany Misner Donald E storekeeper third class son of Clinton Misner Albany Route 3 left Newport Rhode Island last month aboard the destroyer tender USS Yosemite for duty with the Navy's Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Cpl Carl Spears Athens Route 1 and Cpl George Walraven Stewart home after two years in the Marine Corps They enlisted together and spent both years in Alaska Japan Hawaii and the Philippines per Spears mother Mrs Freda Gibbs

Roy F. Clonch William A. Clonch Ordnance Germany Clonch Ft. Knox Aberdeen’ Proving Ground Athens County 11Th Armored Calvary Regiment Sfc Ira D. Crawford John Crawford Coolville Pic John A. Cornwell Arthur F. Cornwell Athens Crawford Georgia Cornwell Roberta Donald E. Misner Clifford Misner Albany Newport R. I Yosemite Navy Sixth Fleet Mediterranean Marine Corps Carl Spears George Walraven Stewart Alaska Japan Hawaii Philippines Corporal Spears Freda Gibbs

Divorce action filed in Common Pleas Court for Hook couple

Ruth E. Hook files suit for divorce from Earle M. Hook in Common Pleas Court alleging gross neglect and extreme cruelty. The couple married November 21, 1936, in St. Marys West Virginia and have four children, two of whom are minors.

Ruth E. Hook Earle M. Hook Common Pleas Court St. Marys W. Va

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Sewards Eleanor Beckler Harkrader Russell, Childress Childress R. L. Amon Bottling CO Wellston, Ohio Paul Florence Athens Milk Sales Emory Allen Hocking Valley Sales Kenneth Ackerman Athens County Extension London Hiberfelds Logan Hull Regiment II Altmans Herald the Reader's Digest
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