County Library Board seeks librarian and space amid rulings
Clermont County Library Board plans to hire a university trained librarian certified by the State library board at 3800 yearly and rent at least 1200 feet for a central office near the county center. The board seeks two trustees with appointments by the commissioners and Judge Britton. Bookmobile service will begin once staffing and space are secured.
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Clermont County Library Board
State Library Board
Christine McBride
Harry Britton
Clermont Courier Day Opens 1955 Season at Coney
Island ready to launch the 1955 season with Clermont Courier Day on May 1 at the park. Features include old favorites plus new Rotor Ride thrill and a riverside picnic grove near the Ohio River. A bargain coupon covers ride admissions and free entry.
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Clermont
Tthe Park
Thrilling
Coney
Ohio River
Merger Suggested For Four Clermont Schools
J A Stine, head of the state educational construction program, recommends merging Batavia Amelia Williamsville Tabasco and Glen Este Mt Carmel districts in Clermont County into a single district. If Batavia cannot join, the trio should consolidate. The suggestion was sent to Robert Ludlow, Clermont County Citizens School Committee subcommittee chair.
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J& A. Stine
Clermont County
Batavia
Amelia
Williamsville
Tabasco
Glen Este Mt. Carmel
Robert Ludlow
Clermont County Citizens School Committee
Bitinme
Considera
Company B Near Strength In Alert
Clermont National Guard unit Company B of the 147th Infantry mobilized to 75 percent strength shortly after its alert in the nationwide Operation Minuteman test. The unit remained on duty for two hours after the zero hour, marking the first such alert in the nation. The test involved about 360,000 air and infantry National Guard members to gauge turnout and readiness for a real emergency.
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Clermont
147Th Infantry
Courtery
Fire Volunteers Elect Officers in North Union Township
The newly formed North Union Township Fire Department elected officers at a meeting held at Glen Este Mt Carmel school. Over 60 persons attended as the group seeks a charter. A subsequent meeting is set for May 10 at 8:30 p.m. to finalize plans and elect more officers.
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North Union Township
Locker Services Held for Ex-Councilman Jesse Locker
Services were held at Calvary Methodist Church in Cincinnati for Jesse Locker 63 former city councilman and US Ambassador to Liberia. He owned a country home near Newtonsville where his daughter Mrs Bunny Leslie lived. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Monrovia Liberia. A lifelong Republican Locker was elected to Cincinnati Council in November 1941 and led the Ninth Ward Progressive Republican Club and the Lincoln-Douglass Reple.
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Calvary Methodist Church
Cincinnati
Jesse Locker
USA
Liberia
Newtonsville
Bunny Leslie
Monrovia
Locker
Ninth Ward
Progressive Republican Club
Parental Consent for Polio Vaccination Surges in Clermont County
Trend shows 75 to 99 percent parental consent for Salk polio shots in first and second graders across more than 20 Clermont County schools. Centers in Batavia Owensville Goshen Milford Amelia Bethel New Richmond set for vaccination though shipments to southern states delay start beyond a week.
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Clermont County
Clermont
The
Courier
Clermont Country Medical Society
Batavia
Owensville
Goshen
Milford
Amelia
Bethel
New Richmond
Ohio
Pitman-Moore Company
Indianapolis
D. F.S. Skeen
Johnnie
Patsy
Emil Ankermiller
St. Bernadette
St. Marie Vianney
S.C. Bethel
J. Alley
Richard McKinniss
J. W. Evans
Edenton Rural
John D. Sharp
Branch Hill
L. R. Eltzroth
Brooks Parsons
L. G. Hause
Marathon
Virgil Minnick
Goshen School
Burley Price-Quota Referendum Set For April 28
Clermont burley tobacco growers will vote April 28 on whether marketing quotas and price supports will apply to the 1955 crop. A separate secretary of agriculture referendum will test support for quotas. if less than two thirds approve, no quota or price support. Attendance urged to get facts before voting. Corresponding notice lists eligible voters from the 1954 crop and local officials.
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Clermont Burley Tobacco
Secretary of Agriculture
Colonel Named Chairman of Democrat Committees
Charles Bud Colonel has been named the new leader of clerks for many years and also served as clerk of the Clermont County Board of Elections.
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Charles
Bud
Cler
Clermont County
Board of Elections
Two Brothers Held On Morals Charge in Batavia
Eugene and Neal Robinson of Route 4 Batavia are jailed in Clermont on morals charges filed by the mother of an 11 year old Cincinnati girl. Sheriff Clyde Derricks and deputies arrested them early Tuesday. They await a preliminary hearing before Mayor J F Paschal.
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Eugene
Neal Robinson
Route 4
Batavia
Clermont
Cincinnati
Clyde Derricks
Charles Mr. Nutt
Frank Schwemberger
al Sexton
J. F. Paschal
Grand Jury Indicts 13 in Clermont County Counts
Thirteen indictments issued after a one day session. Seven counts against Josh West Jr. for issuing checks with insufficient funds and forgery. Alvin King charged on one NSF check. Herbert Davisson indicted for carrying a concealed weapon and impersonating an officer. John B. Wilcox indicted for failure to support four minor children. Robert Leon Merrick held for burglary. Other charges include assault, conversion, operating a vehicle without owner’s consent, and abandoning aRay Bradford and Ralph Hill appeared for the State. Sheriff and Mrs. Derricks praised for jail condition and jail expansion urged. A 225 voice chorus and 140 piece band will lead the Williamsburg music festival Friday night.
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Clermont Grand Jury
Josh West Jr
Batavia
Alvin King
Herbert Davisson
Amelia
John B. Wilcox
Miamisburg
Robert Leon Merrick
Frances Grover
Henry Burton
Felicity
Nathan Bowman
Loveland
Walter H. Meltzer
Marion Lake
Hameresville
Ray Bradford
Ralph Hill
State of
Ohio
Derricks
Wider Batavia Road Approach Seen For 1957
Road program lists 1957 projects across Ohio including State Route 74 widened west of Batavia, new bridges on multiple routes, and adding truck passing lanes. Funds total hundreds of thousands for right of way, bridges, and resurfacing. Specific works include routes 74 125 132 133 182 and 727 near Hamilton Clermont and Batavia, with new pavement and bridges planned.
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Hamilton-Clermont
Stonelick Lake
New Bridge
Whitueg
Nea
New Bidge
Batavia
Warren County
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Commission
State Board
Martha Rapp
Williamsville-Tabasco
O. C. Rattiff
Moscow
Donald M
Monroe Township
Chester Gay
Hutson Newman
Williamsburg
Elsie Minnick Amelia
Stanley Anstaett
Lloyd Mann
Miami Township Consolidated
M. E. Judd
St. Thomas More
St. Anne
S.J. Newtonsville
Anstaett St. Peter’s School
Eugenia Marie
OSF
Carmel Glen Este
Mervyn Keller
Pierce Township
VFW
Earl Pindell
John Bayer
Robert Moyer
Louis Shinkle
F. S. Sammons
Anthony Lang
Russell Noll, Jr
Irwin Kain
Manly Hill
Rey W. Brooking
Eugene E. Pindell, Jr
Emerson Gentry
Russell Shinkle
Republican Executive Committee
Ernest Ruffner
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