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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1964
Page
5
Eight year old Mark Oiler testified that his father Jack L. Oiler warned his wife Anna Margaret he would shoot her before he did. The trial opened with jurors viewing the crime scene and police officer Robert Watkins recounting the scene and initial statements.
Middleport approves a comprehensive growth plan and backs a 100 percent water-bill sewer rent for Meigs Water Co. metered users, with private-system households charged 108 annually. The council also considers railroad impact, urges industry to curb youth migration, and funds highway resurfacing with emergency measures.
Weekend police notices report two minor crashes in Pomeroy with four fines. Erroll Follrod 58 of Pomeroy cited for driving while intoxicated after rear ending a parked car owned by Martin Debeeles of Columbus causing moderate damage. A second crash on W Main St near the Pomeroy bridge involved Ruth Barr 19 Long Bottom and Richard Sargent 19 Racine. vehicle damage was minor and no injuries. Fined for intoxication and reckless operation were Harry Carpenter 58 Paden City Francis Taylor 39 Racine Clyde Cunningham 23 Hartford and Carl Platter 22 Minotport for $5 and $10.
Middleport police cited Larry C. Holsinger 25 of Racine Route 2 for improper backing after a noon crash at Broadway and Locust. He backed into a Kelly Manufacturing Co. truck driven by Howard E. Young of Minersville. no damage to the truck and $110 to Holsinger’s car. He was taken to hospital after the incident.
In Meigs County 110 residents donated 85 pints of blood Monday at Pomeroy Junior High School for the Red Cross. Forty-two donors gave blood again, 21 were first time donors, with several named as gallon donors. Nurses, medical supervisors, and a home demonstration council staffed the canteen while Explorer scouts assisted.
Middleport First United Presbyterian Church hosted a Father s Day observance with a children s program led by superintendent Mrs Rodney Sauer. A boys chorus opened with Forward for Jesus followed by Go Forth and Bible songs. Recitations were given by fifteen children. Promotions to primary junior and junior high will come later. Cradle roll additions included Pamela Crooks Herbert Ohlinger and Thomas Kelly Jr. A separate miscellaneous shower for Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Carl was announced in Pomeroy.
Alice Ward Langsville Howard Stewart Kananga Molly Tolbert Portland and William Hoffman Pomeroy are noted as discharged along with Eva Flemming Cecelia Hart Florence Theis and Amanda Darst.
Mrs Lena Price of Washington DC spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Sherman Butler in Rutland. The Butler and Price families visited relatives in Glouster while Jim Butler and family of Columbus joined. N S Harman of Erie PA returned Mrs J K Smith to her home and Mrs Smith visited Cleveland with Charles Bing and Judy. John Smith of South Charleston WV to visit. Mrs Bernard Fultz attended a Methodist Church School meeting in Findlay as Heath Church education chair. The Fultz children Barbara Beth and Becky accompanied. The family visited South Charleston with the Eversons and the McOmber family of Piqua. Brooks McKinley of Reynoldsburg and QO E McKinley hosted weekend guests.
The Pomeroy First Baptist Church held a Sunday Children’s Day program with a children’s choir, dramatizations by Char lene Zundel and Sharon Zundel, and a Bible story by kindergarten and primary groups. The junior group sang, led a litany prayer, Mrs. Ralph C. Zander reviewed a new book, and William Watson sang a vocal solo.
Connie J. Carr by Mary F. Bonecutter files for divorce from Ronald L. Carr in Meigs County Common Pleas Court alleging gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. Plaintiff seeks custody of one minor child.
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