Rawlins Testimony Continues In Murder Trial
In continuing testimony Grover Rawlins described his life from Jacksonville to New Straitsville and details of the Jan 3 events with Dodds. He recounted New Straitsville neighbors as character witnesses including Mrs. Katie Gillette and Mayor W. J. Davis while denying involuntary statements and confirming gun and wallet details.
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Rawlins
Dodds
Springfield
Dayton
Hie
Columbus
Rawlings
Bridgewater
Fort Knox
Athens
George Bateman
Martin
Tommy Lease
Port Columbus
Lease
Tucker Home
Ralph W. J. Terrell
Logan
Terrell
Miss Tucker
Miss Gifford
Stewart
Gordon B. Gray
Rowland
Erle Bridgewater
Jacksonville
New Straitsville
Japan
Port Columbus Naval Air Station
Sandusky
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
New Lexington
Anderson Brothers Pipe Co
Ohio State Journal
the Messenger
Bristol
Grover
Katie Gillette
Gillette
Joyce
William J. Williams
Glenna Bird
William Bell
Owen Wallace
Charles Webb
Grand jury to consider Glouster killing in Athens County
Athens County grand jury will convene Monday to hear first degree murder charges against John LaCorte 50 of Glouster in the June 1 fatal shooting of Anna Lewis. The special session also covers cases against three other jailed men, including Earl Baus Ohio University senior charged with grand larceny and breaking and entering. Additional defendants include Earl Sadler and Arthur Engleskind with various fraud and burglary charges.
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Athens County
John LaCorte
Glouster
Gordon B. Gray
Gray
LaCorte
Anna Lewis
Earl Baus
Ohio University
Baus
W. P. Mickle
Earl
Sadler
Athens
Arthur Engleskind
Pittsburgh
Richard Stone
Bill Stevenson
John H. Elias
Arza Kasler
Alfred Thompson
Cody Lewis
Effie Lewis
Foster Lewis
Donald Price
Joe Safreed
of Glouster
Barbara Allen
Orpha Waddell
Greta Lash
Constance Leete
Clyde Edmundson
Robert Mingus
Howard Woodyard
W. C. Graham
William Hixson
Harry Love
Ollie Shouse
William Konkler
Ralph Palmer
Carrie Harvey
Marion Harner
Don Young
Albany
Edward Jones
Ella England
Chauncey
Bertha Angle
Thomas Williams, Jr
Fred Dorr
York Man Hurt in Crash on Route 13
A Nelsonville Route 2 gasoline truck driver William E. Carpenter, 56, was confined to Hocking Valley Hospital Logan after his truck skidded and overturned on Route 13 south of Corning. He suffered possible back and chest injuries. the rig was empty and no fire occurred.
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Nelsonville
Traffic rules apply to you too says Athens chief on bicycle safety
Athens Police Chief Joseph B. Grogan urges parents to teach bicycle safety and enforce traffic laws. He says police cannot replace parental instruction and offers guidance on riding on safe streets, proper lights and brakes, and motorbike licensing requirements for riders under 16.
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Joseph B. Grogan
Athens
Grogan
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Emma Battin Dies at 74 House Mother at OU
Emma Battin 74 longtime Ohio University employee and Slattery Cottage housemother died Friday after months of illness at her home 27 S College St. Survived by daughter Mrs Janice Bixler Athens and sons Sam Marietta Clyde Columbus. Former matron of Athens Chapter No 175 Order of the Eastern Star and member of First Methodist Church WSCS. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m. at First Methodist Church with Rev Harold F Kellogg. Visitation at Woolley funeral home after 8 p.m. tonight. Burial in Marietta.
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Emma Battin
S. College St
June Rainfall Totals Hit 3.91 Inches Since June 10
Weather observer Mrs. C. N. France reports Athens has recorded 3.91 inches of rain since June 10 with near daily showers since last Saturday. Yesterday’s rain totaled .91 inches. high was 82 and low 64. The Hocking River stood at 3.26 feet this morning. A city truck backed into Richard Bissett’s car causing slight trunk and taillight damage Thursday morning.
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Athens
C. N. France
France
Hocking
Richard Bissett
W. Highland Ave
Harvey Gregory
Washington St
Lower Plains Woman Dies at 70 in Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mrs. Mary E. Robinett 70 of Lower Plains died Friday at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a two year illness. Born in Eagle Furnace Ohio she lived 40 years in Lower Plains. Survived by husband Travis W. Robinett daughter Ethel Gable grandson Shirley Brindo two brothers George Eli Wilson of West Virginia sister Amanda Hanning New Plymouth. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m. at Lower Plains Zion Church by Rev. Gus Graham. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Visitation after Saturday noon at Dowler and Ferguson funeral home.
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Mary E. Robinett
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Eagle Furnace
Lower Plains
Travis W. Robinett
Ethel Gable
Shirley Brindo
Mansfield
George
Eli Wilson
West Virginia
Amanda Hanning
New Plymouth
Kellogg Confirmed for Sixth Year at First Methodist
The Rev. Harold F. Kellogg was reappointed pastor of the First Methodist Church for a sixth year after the Ohio Annual Conference at Lakeside. He previously led South Park Methodist in Dayton, has engaged in Athens community work, and serves in multiple church and interdenominational roles including heading the Lancaster Methodist Youth Fellowship Institute July 3-9.
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Harold F. Kellogg
First Methodist Church
Ohio
The
Methodist Church
Lakeside
Athens
Kellogg
South Park
Dayton
Community Concert Association
Kiwanis
Athens County
Lancaster Methodist Youth Fellowship Institute
Lancaster Camp Ground
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Helen Sayre
Charlie Donley
W. J. Davis
Myrtle Wallace
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Jack Kemper
Floyd Angle
Anna Kemper
York
Seiple
Kempton
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Cline
Miller Bros
Athens, Ohio
Athens County Agents Association
Houck & van Dyke
Donald K. Barstow
Seiple & Kempton
F. R. Murphey and Son
Oscar Fulton
C. M. Gill
D. M. Goddard
Oakley Insurance Agency, Inc
Dwight H. Rutherford Earl Mathews
B. Dillon
E. R. Walker
B. Clyee
J. B. Grogan
Danny
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FE. Davis
Beaco & Kasco
F. J. Beasley Co
Athens, O
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Kelloge
Don H. Young
N. Court St
Ferry Sales & Service
State St
Kaiser-Frazer
Beauty
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Frank H. Cross
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Ashaway
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South Court St
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