Along the Way Echoes Clermont County Past and Press
The column recalls trimming in the Clermont County Tuberculosis Association election coverage and notes Margaret Sprague’s 26 years with the group. It cites corrections on historical dates and names, cites local figures like Charles Taft visiting the Courier force, and mentions a 1951 safety toll in Clermont County.
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Margaret Sprague
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Old Batavia Business Opens New Building
Ayer Gas Service and Appliances unveils its new Batavia home on Saturday April 19 with an all day grand opening. Prizes certificates and sale specials. 9 am to 9 pm viewing of facilities. The 600 square foot glass frontage on Route 74 highlights a modern interior and a used appliance room. Roy Ayer owner marks nineteen years in Batavia business. son Bob a World War I veteran also works there. Also remodeling Hy Pure Drug Store to Walgreens agency with $12,000 in improvements including larger cosmetics and a new prescription department.
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Ayer Gas Service
Roy Ayer
Batavia
Bob
Batavia High School
Paul Blocher
Hy-Pure
Walgreen
Ayer
First Journalism Workshop Begins Friday for Students
Pive high school students from Clermont County will begin the county's first Journalism Workshop course a four day session to gain experience by producing a complete edition of the Clermont Courier. Students Eleanor Bolender Connie Oldham Jerry Hamilton Dolores Roark Patricia Wilson were selected by principals and teachers to attend for interest in journalism and student papers.
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Pive High School
Clermont
Clermont Area Scouts Sell Tickets For Cincinnati Show
The Clermont and Cincinnati Area Council Scouts are running a mass ticket sale for Scouting's Big Show at Cincinnati Gardens on May 9 10 and 11. Douglas Cramer directs the council wide campaign.
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Cincinnati
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Cincinnati Gardens
Douglas Cramer
Neighbors Rally Aid After Locust Corner Fire Destroys Home
Locust Corner, O where Arnold and Mrs. Smith lost their trailer home in a Tuesday fire. James Biening offered his house across the road while the family begins to recover. Neighbors called for help as Mrs Smith alerted BMOP and Williamsville fire departments. Salvation Army and Red Cross to aid with shelter clothes and meals.
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Arnold Smith
James Biening
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Williamsville Fire Departments
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Cincinnati
George W. Behymer
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Pint of Blood Rates Tickets to Cantor Show at Music Hall
In Batavia’s second blood collection drive on April 25 donors will receive two tickets to Eddie Cantor’s Cincinnati Music Hall show on May 2. The drive runs 1 to 7 p.m. at Batavia Presbyterian Church. Eligible donors are those contacted. uncontacted donors may call Mrs. Augusta Hulick at Batavia 4111.
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Batavia
Eddie Cantor
Cincinnati
Elaine Stratman
American Legion Auxiliary
Cantor
Defense Department
Batavia Presbyterian
BMOP Firemen Extinguish Blaze Saturday
BMOP Fire Department under Chief Luther Pollitt extinguished a fire Saturday that damaged Frank Howell's home on Jenny Lind Road. The homeowner used a garden hose to fight the blaze before firefighters arrived.
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Bmop Fire Department
Luther Pollitt
Frank Howell
Jenny Lind Road
Minstrel Show Aims to Raise Funds for Local Athletes
A minstrel show will be staged in Owensville on April 25 at 8 p m to raise money for athletes. The Williams burg Community Institute Players perform with proceeds to buy equipment for Knot Hole baseball beginners and to build a tennis court and playground.
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Pisa Aville
Ity Club
Williamsburg Community Institute
Knot Hole
State backs Goshen Newtonsville school merger plan
The Ohio Department of Education urged Goshen and Newtonsville to consolidate districts to qualify for a 100000 grant from a 2 million emergency school fund. R M Eyman recommended the move as a first step, noting 12 grade schools and transportation cost concerns. A Newtonsville board meeting with Clermont County officials was set to discuss the proposal. Moscow high school received a temporary reprieve as charter decisions await state review to determine suitable student reassignment, with the elementary school kept open.
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State Department of Education
Goshen
Newtonsville
R. M. Eyman
Ohio
Clermont County
Frank B. Hoggatt
General Assembly
Moscow High School
Brothers Sentenced In Morals Case
In Batavia Ohio Judge Harry Britton sentenced brothers Herbert and Leroy Wisby to one to ten years in the Ohio Reformatory after they pled guilty to a morals charge involving their sister.
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Harry Britton
Herbert
Leroy Wisby
P-TA Plans Safety Program At Mt Carmel Meeting
Harold Hall safety chairman of the Glen Este Mt Carmel P TA will lead the program for the meeting tomorrow night at 8. A safety film and cartoon will be shown and an election of officers is scheduled.
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Frank W. Weaver
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Florida
Jim Griffith
P-Ta
MT. Carmel
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