Group Drives Union Township Incorporation Vote Plan
A citizen group Citizens for Self-Government pushes November 8 as the election date to decide whether Union township should incorporate. They outline a tentative budget, tax implications, and need for funds to cover surveys legal fees and campaigning.
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Union Township
Citizens For Self-Government
Union A
Dick Neu
Union
Neu
Columbus
Warren Tam
Plymouth
Remonstrance Petition Review on Moscow District Transfer
Board of Elections staff began validating 303 signatures on a remonstrance petition opposing Moscow school district’s transfer to Felicity Franklin. If 244 are valid, the issue goes to a ballot vote. failure could prompt a referendum on transfer to New Richmond.
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Board of Elections
Moscow
Felicity-Franklin
County Board of Education
Esslir
New Richmond
Bantam Civil War Officer's Letters To Be Presented In Special Series
A Clermont County centennial project will publish letters from Lt. William P B Ely of the 9th Ohio Cavalry written from Decatur Alabama and Cleveland Ohio in 1863 64. The notes reveal his humor bravery and strong observation as he fights with Sherman in the south and keeps home news coming for The Courier readers. His family links Bantam and Findlay Ohio through the Ely lineage and a compassionate gift to a boy named Harry is recounted. The Courier thanks local historians and relatives for compiling the collection with plans to publish more letters.
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Decatur
Alt
William PB. Ely
Benjamin Ely
Mary Simmons Hitch Ely
Batallion
Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Sherman
South
Courier
Will
Bantam
Findlay
Ohio
Ely
Harry Ely
Carlo Ely
Ebon Hill
Bethel
Helen Callahan
Tabasco Road
Ely E. Brown
Portsmouth
Lt. Ely
Harry
Rue
Rahama Ely
Ruie Ely Brown
Elys
New Richmond
Samuel Ely
Clermont County
Rahama Fagley
Hermon E. Fagley
Philip Swing
Akron
Edward S. Brown
Near Bethel
R. L. Atkins
Williamsburg
Clermont County Historical Society
Maj. Leeds
Gatch
Milford
Johnson Island
Cleveland
Wm. B. Ely
Camp
Feith Furniture Expands with Open House Event
Feith Furniture and Carpets in Glen Este announces an expansion with an open house on April 14 and 15. The event features enlarged showrooms and expanded merchandise selections plus prize drawings.
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Feith
Glen Este
George W. Feith
Woman Escapes In Trailer Fire
Mrs. M Patterson escaped uninjured as fire destroyed her trailer home and an adjoining shed in Franklin Township. Firefighters estimated losses at 1500 dollars. cause undetermined.
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M. Patterson
Franklin Township
Quote by Gladstone: An example outweighs arguments
The statement by William Ewart Gladstone asserts the power of example over debate. It reflects his belief that real action or demonstration persuades more effectively than words alone.
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William Ewart Gladstone
Motorist Injured As Car Jumps Curve
Wayne D. Liming of Higginsport suffered multiple fractures and chest injuries when his car rode off a curve at Routes 52 and 505. He was admitted to Brown County Hospital with several fractured ribs a fractured right arm and cuts.
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Felicity
Wayne D. Liming
Here
Rts
Higginsport
Brown County Hospital
Life Squad May Seek Rate Hike Over Routine Calls
Newtonsville chief Gene Shinkle warns Life Squad may raise its five dollar membership fee if cardholders insist on routine ambulance service. He cites incidents of nonemergency trips and a woodville pike auto crash where calls delayed real emergencies.
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Newtonsville
Gene Shinkle
Shinkle
Woodville Pike
Milford
Life Squad
Newspaper Racks Stolen From Milford Center
Milford police report the theft of all coin box racks from the Milford Shopping Center. Racks from the Cincinnati Post and Times Star and the Clermont Sun were later found in Milford Town Hall lobby. Clermont Courier racks remain missing as Chief Konrad vows a new center security program.
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Milford
Cincinnati Post and Times- Star
Clermont Sun
Milford Town Hall
Clermont Courier
Earl Konrad
Tax Receipt Sale Tops Last Year in Clermont County
Clermont County weekly tax receipts for prepaid tax sales reached 8,886.40, surpassing the prior year. Fiscal year to date collections total 492,223.48, ahead of the same period in 1959. Motor vehicle sales tax for the week stood at 6,743.52 compared with 7,881.93 a year earlier.
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Clermont County
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ferguson
Lawyers hesitant on Clermont County judge race poll shows few yeses
A telephone poll of Clermont County attorneys drew 26 replies about a second Common Pleas judgeship. Three would run, 17 would not, six were undecided. Most cited salary cuts, private practice money, and charity duties as deterrents. If legislation passes, a November 1962 election could field three candidates.
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Common Pleas
Clermont County
Charles Jackson
Ohio House of Representatives
Harry Britton
Britton
Ohio Courts
Court of Common Pleas
Lawrence Washington Civil War Corps Officer
Lawrence Washington, half brother of General George Washington, served as an officer in the Corps.
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Lawrence Washington
Ae Washington
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