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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1951
Page
4
Amelia tops the County Baseball League at the halfway mark as Blue Ash thumps Mt. Crab 12 3 eliminating them from top three. Loveland Bethel split second and third. Williamsburg edges Loveland 3 2. Bethel beats Salt Air 9 5. Amelia over Batavia 8 7 in 10 innings on Boles 10th inning hit.
Clermont County baseball fans will see top players in a county all star game at Williamsburg stadium Sunday at 2 30 p m. The eight clubs split into American and National Leagues with Bethel Mt Crab Williamsburg and Blue Ash in the National and Amielia Loveland Batavia and Salt Air in the American. Managers are Ed Shebasta and Chester Crawford for the National and Garnett Cann and Ernie Havrilla for the American.
Players will be chosen from each team with no pitcher throwing more than three innings. Queen City Umpires will handle the game.
The Old Timers Game for Clermont County Knothole Baseball returns August 16 at 8 p.m. in Milford. Participants are 40 and older, with former county players and invited ex-Cincinnati Reds. Northern Section managed by Eugene Philhower and Stanley Ansteatt. Southern by Art Coughlin and Pete Heckter. Gate receipts support local Knothole baseball.
In CLASS AA Goshen and Bethel split a double header and will clash to decide the fourth team entering elimination. Mt. Carmel meets the Goshen Bethel winner next Sunday as Amelia and Owensville play at Amelia. Queen City umpires will officiate with home teams paying.
Local women race in the powder puff derby at the Glen Este Race Bowl on Teal Road starting at 8 PM. Bernie Latham of Cincinnati won last Sunday's feature, the third straight Glen Este Track victory for him.
The Clermont Sportsmen sponsor a dance on Saturday evening August 4 at the clubhouse three miles south of Batavia on Elk Lick Road. The public is invited.
4 H Registered Dairy Club met July 18 at Steve Lytle’s home for a fitting and showing demonstration led by F W Eustis of Lebanon Ohio Discussion covered participation in the Junior Saddle Club Horse Show Clermont County Daily Judging held July 24 at Williamsburg community homecoming last weekend
The Batavia Needlepoints 4 H Club met at Mrs Kleinjohns home on Wednesday afternoon July 25 and decided to dress dolls for Christmas as a community project. A 4 H Talent Show is planned for the County Fair and many members are urged to participate. The next joint meeting is August 8 at Mrs Hoer gs home at 2 PM with judging August 3 at 1 30 PM in the courthouse conference room. All parents invited.
The Happy Chums 4-H Club gathered at Marsha Evers home on Friday July 27. Members revived summer project plans and discussed what 4-H means to them during roll call.
The Stonelick Stitchers 4-H Club met at Wanda Lou Morris’s home on Wednesday July 25 for a short business session and a discussion of 4-H books and projects. The next meeting will feature judging day to assess year projects.
The Mt Holly 4-H Club met at Wayne Harris's home on July 27. Members held vegetable identification contests and were asked to prepare exhibits for the next meeting.
Mrs Luella B Bingaman 48 of Goshen Pike died Friday at home. Requiem high mass sung at St Andrews Church Milford Monday. Survived by husband Howard daughter Ethel R Geyer mother Catherine Keller sisters Lillian Keller Emma Baker Marie Huffman brother Louis Norwood.
Felicity proposes a municipal waterworks financed by revenue bonds with no new taxes. Costs borne by consumers via a $3 monthly flat rate, no meters, and a limit on usage. Wells for 800 gallons per minute and site leases are being pursued. Snyder McLellan Rhoads and Watson of Hillsboro will handle engineering.
Obituaries note Maude Williams of Newtonsville dies at 70 after hospitalization in Bethesda with burial in Newtonsville Cemetery. Funeral services for Mrs Joseph Bristle held at Monroe Funeral Home Milford with interment at Flag Springs Cemetery Newtown. The Newtown Baptist Church hosted a wedding Thelma McCollum to Richard Trout officiated by Rev Everett Moore. Renowned residents relocate spiritual leaders Rev Shuler arrives at Newtown Methodist and others travel to visit relatives and trip east to Kingston N.Y.
Mrs Isadora Bolander Wall of Hamersville died at her home on Tuesday morning. Survived by son Marion of Cleveland. Services at home with burial in Shinkles Ridge Cemetery. Arrangements by Kennedy Funeral Home. Birth announced Louis Wolf and Batavia couple welcome a son born at Bethesda Hospital Cincinnati. Births list three Clermont County infants at Our Lady of Mercy Hospital. Clermont Peace Officers Association met at the Sportsmen's Club grounds on Elklick Road Wednesday night.
Philip S. Lloyd aged 75 died at Christ Hospital after a stroke. Services were at Craver Funeral Home last Thursday with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery. He lived with O. Robert Nolan in Mulberry while employed as a gardener and is survived by son Philip C. Lloyd Crab sister Martha Heisler Cozaddale and brothers Ernest E. Lloyd Milford and Clifford Lloyd Dayton.
Dr Cameron G Bruce district secretary of the American Bible Society will give a sermon at Cranston Memorial Presbyterian Church in New Richmond this Sunday August 5. The following Sunday August 12 Reverend Edward Rowley will be the speaker.
Quincy Ertel, a Goshen contractor and builder, died last Wednesday at Our Lady of Mercy Hospital aged 80. He lived with his brother Walter Ertel and is survived by sisters Rosie Craig of Norwood and Irma O’Neill of Cincinnati. Services were held at Monroe Funeral Home with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery Milford.
Miss Mary G. Woodward, a member of a prominent Milford family, has died leaving a noted local legacy. The brief notice records her prominence in the Milford community and the family’s longstanding ties to the area.
The Newtown Garden Club and the Eastern Valley Garden Club partner with neighboring groups to stage an annual Flower Show at Anderson Township School on September 3. Open to all amateur gardeners for exhibition. Pvt. Donna Jane Johnston who
Forrest T Hill a Milford postman is hospitalized at Dayton Veterans Hospital after a recent operation. Mrs Ted Hunter went to Good Samaritan Hospital for gall bladder treatment. Florance Lucile Kennedy Heights and Marie Ter Willegar hosted guests with a Panama travel picture show. William Platt family returned from northern New York and Canada trip. Richard Cobb and children visited their Detroit home after a Milford visit with Emma Word. The birth of Suzanne Elizabeth Rumsey was announced for Nick Khoury and wife Hyde Park, Milford.
A large summer crowd gathered at the Starlite Drive In Theater on Sunday July 29 for Vesper Services featuring Dr. William L. Steffens and Wilbur Fish The Joy Bell Ringer of Columbus. This Sunday the speaker is Rev J Carlton Babbs of Westwood Methodist Cincinnati. Babbs, a Ohio Wesleyan graduate, will be assisted by choirs from Milford and Bethel Methodist Churches. services start at 5 PM each Sunday in August.
Batavia resident Liam Russell Ellis who was named Brown County Engineer informed commissioners he cannot accept the job for financial reasons. He would have replaced the late John Kay but learns the salary is 3315 a year rather than 4000 under a new bill for engineers elected after his term ends.
Mrs Rosa Brumagem aged 84 underwent surgery last Friday at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. She came through the operation well and friends and relatives extend best wishes for a speedy recovery.
The Mt Repose Service Club announces its third annual festival to be held August 9 10 and 11 on Route 28 at Guinea Road and Woodville Pike. The three day event features booths games rides refreshments and a Henry J six cylinder car giveaway at eleven o clock Saturday night.
On July 26 1951 the court filed an inventory and appraisement of the estate of William F Stroup deceased of Williamsburg Township. The hearing is set for August 22 1951 at 10am in Batavia Ohio. Those wishing to file objections must do so five days prior to the hearing or be barred. Caseload notes indicate Judge Orville W Halbisch presiding with Walker and Bradford as attorneys.
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