Blind broommaker Ted Davis offers live demonstrations at Clermont County Fair
Ted Davis of Mount Carmel, a renowned blind broommaker, prepares 16 dozen brooms and a line of maps for sale at a fair booth sponsored by the Fair Board, Batavia Rotary Club, and The Courier. Rotary volunteers will move equipment to the fair, and Davis will show each step of broom making, with sales to follow. He also masters a new chaircaning technique to restore antique chairs, hoping to draw both old customers and newcomers.
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Ted Davis
Mt. Carmel
Clermont County Fair
Fair Board
Batavia Rotary Club
The
Courier
Chick Lewis
Rotary Club
Ted
Squirrel Migration Haunts Clermont County in 1848
The Courier report recounts a famed 1848 squirrel migration that spanned Kentucky to Ohio and alarmed farmers. Quoted by Charles B. Lewis on July 1, 1885, the tale notes boys killed many upon arrival while some escaped to devastate crops. John Moore the deer slayer, born 1805, is cited as one of the day rate shooters.
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Clermont County
Courier
Charles B. Lewis
Kentucky
Ohio
John Moore
Clermonts Hidden Monarch and 19th Century Cost in County
Old Clermont County accounts say Louis Philippe, later King of France, once taught at Neville. After exile he lived in America and sought Abigail Whiling’s hand in Philadelphia, with a Quaker father’s cautious reply. An 1898 county infirmary cost was 72.09 dollars per year, hinting at rising weekly living fears.
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King Louis Philippe of
France
Neville
Clermont County
America
Philadelphia
J. L. Lohrer
Lohrer
Centennial County Fair Opens in Owensville this Wednesday
Clermont County's Centennial Fair at Owensville runs four days with horse shows and livestock judging. A 500 purse holds for each race, dare devil auto show returns, horse pulling Friday, grand parade Saturday, style show at 12 30 p m, and a centennial celebration with racing and shows concluding Saturday evening.
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Owensville
Rober Titus
C. L. Jones
Cliff Carter
Carl S. Wineland
New Carlisle
John Heywood
John Taylor
Batavia Man Breeds Prizewinners in Poultry Shows
Robert Dorsey of Batavia, 37, has bred 15 poultry breeds over 15 years and shown at thirteen fairs this year earning fifty ribbons at the Jackson County Fair Wellston. His birds include Black Minorca White Wyandotte Rhode Island Red and Buff Orpington. He plans to exhibit at Cler mont County Centennial Fair and several towns while selling breeders and spring hatching eggs.
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Robert Dorsey
Batavia
Jackson County
Wellston
Dorsey
Rhode Island
Clermont County
Garden Club To Meet With Mrs Clarence Young
The Batavia Garden Club will meet next Monday August 15 at 2 30 p m with Mrs Clarence Young The response will be My most successful annual program.
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Garden Club
Batavia Garden Club
Clarence Young
Columbus Man To Preach At Mt. Orab
Rev. Walter F. Rutherford of the Jeffreys Lecture Bureau in Columbus will supply for Rev. Wayne Baxter at the Mt. Orab Methodist Church Sunday morning August 14. Rutherford is a frequent feature speaker with a colorful background of experience.
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Columbus
Mt. Orab
Walter F. Rutherford
Jeffreys Lecture Bureau
Wayne, Baxter
Mt. Orab Methodist Church
Rutherford
Jeffreys
Felicity Man Dies In Doctor's Office In Cincinnati
Felicity resident Fred Redman, 174, died Saturday in the office of Dr. John Zettel Jr. at the Enquirer Building. He was pronounced dead on arrival at General Hospital after accompany from his daughter and wife during treatment for a heart ailment.
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Felicity Man
Cincinnati
John Zettel, Jr
Enquirer
Reflecting Tape Drive For Bicycles In Batavia
At 2 p m on Saturday August 13 the Frank W Weaver Post American Legion Batavia will tape the first 100 bicycles arriving at the Armory with reflective material. The drive is sponsored by the Clermont County Safety Council to improve night visibility for cyclists.
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Frank W. Weaver
American Legion
Batavia
Clermont County Safety Council
Dress To Be Shown By 4-H Girl Evelyn At County Fair
Evelyn, a Clover Busy Bees 4-H member led by Mrs. Ethyl Creager, exhibited Grade A calves at the County Fair for two consecutive years and will display the dress at the fair.
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Evelyn
Clover Busy Bees
Ethyl Creager
Covered Bridge Collapses After Lime Truck Breaks It
An old covered bridge over East Fork on State Route 286 near Marathon collapsed Monday evening when a lime truck drove onto it. Driver Donald Seibert escaped with minor injuries. The bridge, a long-standing Clermont County link completed circa 1861, carried horse drawn and later motor traffic.
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East Fork
Marathon
Donald Seibert
Batavia
Seibert
Chick Lewis
Lewis Motor Sales
Florence Needham
Clermont
Horse to Be Entered At Ohio State Fair
Herbert M. Sumpmann of Nodaway Farm Batavia Ohio lists one entry in the horse show walking class at the Ohio State Fair Columbus.
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Ohio State Fair
Columbus
Herbert M. Sumpmann
Nodaway Farm
Route 2
Batavia
Polio Victim Returns Home From Cincinnati Hospital
Gladys Thacker of Williamsburg has been released from Children's Hospital Cincinnati after polio treatment and home quarantine was lifted per health commissioner W. H. Gaskins. No report on Mrs Ernest Lantz of Lantz, West Virginia, hospitalized in Cincinnati for polio, condition listed as serious.
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Gladys Thacker
Williamsburg
Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati
W. H. Gaskins
Ernest Lantz
Lantz W. Va
Clermont Hotel
Batavia
General Hospital
Grange Changes Meeting Time
The Marathon Grange has changed its meeting time to tomorrow evening due to the Centennial Fair start.
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Marathon Grange
New Plan Homes Under Way On Dieckman Lane
A housing project on Dieckman Lane near Forestville by A. K. Palm Jr. and Jack Hall of H. & S. Paint Co. will build residences named New Plan Homes selling for about 10000 dollars.
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Dieckman
Forestville
A. K. Palm, Jr
Jack Hall
H. & S. Paint Co
100 Years of County Fairs in Clermont County
A historical sketch on page 6 recounts a century of Clermont County fairs focusing on agriculture. It traces butter winners, pretty girls, and sleek horses while noting the evolution of county agriculture and fair culture.
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Courier
Clermont County
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Tom Mile Valley
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Bill Luke
Ziff
Ill
Camp Dennison
Louis Philippe
Ward Beam
Billsboro
Eaton
Lebanon
Hamil
Ton
Georgetown
West Union
Falr
Fred Redman
Evelyn Deel
Williamsburg High School
Tally-Ho Farm
Clarence Mosbacker
Mr. Mosbacker
James
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Stonelick Township
Wayne Florea
Guernsey
Jim
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