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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1961
Page
8
Amelia residents mark the golden wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Heber Honaker at a July 29 dinner at D X Ranch and a later Lindale Road gathering. The couple, long-time Hamlet residents, have three sons and ten grandchildren, with one great grandchild. Rev H E Honaker and Eugene Honaker are among their children.
Officials discuss growth and reallocating income to cover added services. If revenue equals spending, trouble follows. no curtailment of services indicated. Some officials favor trimming their own departments to aid others rather than cut services.
Official notice from Clermont County Ohio inviting sealed proposals for cleaning and painting a camelback truss bridge over the East Fork of the Little Miami River at South Milford Road and Round Bottom Road. Bid bond required. 100 percent performance and payment bonds. bids due August 25, 1961 at 10:00 A.M. at Batavia Court House. plans and specs available from County Engineer.
Locust Corner society page lists Mrs. Paul Pi Giorgi hosting kin from Brooklyn and local ties with Cincinnati and Williamsville visitors. Picnics, housewarmings, vacations, and family movements mark a busy week with Forsyth residents entertaining RAF officers and British cadets, plus local moves to the Cornell property and Merwin Rd.
Willowville residents hosted and visited family across Ohio and Kentucky. Norman Wright and Amelia visitors called on Ray Elick Sunday while Thelma Swanger from Price Hill joined the Bole and Newberry families Sunday evening. Ruth Lothrop of Cincinnati stayed with sister Ransome for two weeks. Marcella Schoomg of Oakley and Jean Blick with Pearl Newberry and a friend toured Bardstown to see Stephen Foster at My Old Kentucky Home, Harrodsburg fort, the Thomas Lincoln Homestead in Springfield, and Frankfort’s flower clock. Paul Johnson and family returned from Wisconsin and John Retzler of Cincinnati visited relatives here. Cliff Walker and Bertha Brown and Zara joined Pearl Newberry’s Sunday gathering.
Bethel Church of Christ held funeral services for Orville Sipple 43 with interment at Chile Hill Cemetery after his death August 5 en route to a Cincinnati hospital. He is survived by his widow Sabra Burns Sipple four children Roy Lee Jerry Wanda Judy and three brothers Louis Gilbert Cecil. Milford saw services for Grace Dennison 68 at Craver Funeral Home with survivors including daughters Hazel Garlough Alma Vogt and sons William J and Robert Smith. Also honored were Altan Aikens Reynolds 80 with services in Versailles, Indiana and Monroe funeral home handling arrangements. she died August 5 at her son Frank’s home and leaves Charles D. Aikens of Versailles.
Maj. Warren G Tanzler, in charge of the Cincinnati Marine Corps Recruiting Station, announces intensified recruiting to meet increased quotas for the Corps. The effort invites applicants aged 17 to 28 and offers re-testing for previous applicants, with the Cincinnati office at 209 East Sixth St, Harrison Building, second floor, open 8 a.m. to 4 30 p.m.
Clermont County reports 5 659 63 from prepaid tax receipts for the week ending July 22 down from 10 333 03 year before. Cumulative three week total 24 789 15 vs 30 207 40 last year. Motor vehicle tax receipts reach 7 277 25 and total 20 309 78 since July 1.
Roll call lists Cadet Robert E Cole 21 son of Mr and Mrs Robert Cole 9632 Symbola Dr who completed six weeks of Army ROTC summer camp training at Fort Riley Kan starting July 23 with emphasis on becoming a second lieutenant in an infantry unit. The event drew more than 1480 cadets from colleges nationwide. Also noted is J A Gormley USN aviation structural mechanic second class and son of Mr and Mrs John Gormley of Rt 5 Stavia, part of Exercise Tail Wind with carrier USS Ranger.
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