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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1962
Page
7
About two hundred pupils of Freda Ferguson performed at the annual recital Monday evening in the former Jane High School auditorium. Special guests attended the event and praised the students’ work.
William Wear Lane 38 of Pomeroy Route 3 will face a first degree murder trial at 9 a.m. October 29 in Meigs County Common Pleas Court Prosecuting Attorney Bernard Fultz announced. Lane was found sane after a 30 day mental examination at Lima State Hospital. He is charged with the shotgun slaying of Edward Lee Tucker 44 at Lane’s Hysell Run home on July 1. Lane had pleaded guilty at a preliminary hearing but later entered a not guilty plea at arraignment before Judge John C Bacon following a grand jury indictment.
Local notes recall visits and gatherings as families travel to Columbus St Paul and Syracuse. Residents report vacations birthdays and hospital stays while neighbors, servicemen abroad and returning students add to the social calendar in Racine Downington and Athens Ohio.
Mr and Mrs Harley Green and George Tyro attended a homecoming and picnic at the Presbyterian Church in Wilkesville. Mr and Mrs Keith Tyler Elizabeth Jane at St Albans WV. Mr and Mrs William Thomas Bidwell called on Mrs Chester White. Mrs Jack Stutler attended a minister's wives retreat at Lancaster Camp Ground. Mrs Eleanor White visited Mrs Kathryn Snyder. Middleport The Middleport Athletic Boosters meet at 7 30 tonight in the Middleport High School cafeteria.
POMEROY The first baby of the new Meigs Memorial Hospital opened last Thursday was born at 10 34 Monday night. The boy is a son of Mr and Mrs John Tucker of Pomeroy Route 3. The Tuckers already have two sons and two daughters.
Delmar C. Baum and Kathryn I. Baum transfer to Heron Cruise and Louise F. Cruise. William W. Jessie and Bessie Jessie sell 73.10 acres of coal to Ohio Power Co. in Salem Township. Lawrence A. Smith and Gladys W. Smith deed 62 acres in Salisbury to Lewis M. Peters Jr. and Cara Jean Peters.
Middleport on N Second Avenue saw two vehicle crashes. Robert C. Nelson 22 of Middleport cited for reckless operation after his car struck a parked station wagon owned by Barbara Stout causing $200 damage to the wagon and $250 to Nelson s front end. Kenneth Edward Reynolds 19 of Long Bottom cited for failing to observe a stop sign after failing to stop at Cole and Third and colliding with John E Lyons 45 Middleport s wagon causing moderate damage to both vehicles. Marriage license issued Manning Dorst 285 Pomeroy and Edna M Hartung 33 Middleport. Rock Springs Grange to meet at 8 p m Thursday in Pomeroy.
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