Amelia State Bank hosts open house marking 50 years of service
More than 1,000 people attend the bank's new building open house in Amelia. Deputy Superintendent A F Myer and wife attend, along with 45 floral gifts and five $25 savings awards. Battery 1 of the First Regiment Ohio Light Artillery in Civil War dress performs, flagged by Edwin Glover. Savings bond winners are Ruth Clarke, Sandra Conley, Wanda Kirschner, Ethel Cooper, and Dorothy Wolfe.
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Amelia
Amelia State Bank
A. F. Myer
Columbus
Herbert Jeffries
Ohio, Light Artillery
Iliary
Edwin Glover
Clough Pike
Chapel Road
Concord Rd
Ethel Cooper
Fulton Grove Rd
Williamsville
Dorothy M. Wolfe
Monterey-Newtown Rd
Batavia
Legion Post 237 Installs Officers in Legion Auxiliary
Frank W. Weaver Post 237 American Legion and its Auxiliary held installation of officers at the legion home on Sunday August 14 after a pot luck dinner. Milford officials Lew Wiggins and Glenn Cooper installed officers. Mrs. Sara Wolf installed auxiliary officers. New Legion officers include Vic Billingsley commander and Bill Stratman first vice commander. auxiliary officers list given with president Ethel Whitehead and secretary Arlene Rosenhoffer among others.
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Frank W. Weaver
American Legion
Legion
Lew (Buck) Wiggins
Glenn Cooper
Milford
Sara Wolf
Roland Hutson
Herman Wolf
Lindley Crosthwait
Joe Schott
Ed Parrott
Art Hill
C. C. Rice
Kyle Moyer
A. P. Garner
Joe Remley
Pat Hillin
St. Petersburg
Fla
Peg Hoffman
Fern Hamilton
Betty Miller
Marcelia Billingsley
Emily Moore
Florence Pattison
Vic Billingsley
Bill Stratman
Don Patton
Secon
Bob Rice
Chris Rosenhoffer
Bill Benton
Joe Greber
Varl Vaught
Ethel Whitehead
Joy Canter
Arlene Rosenhoffer
Pauline Waits
Attorney Dies Rites Tuesday in Bethel
Bethel funeral services were held for Attorney Ben West 52 at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Kennedy funeral home with interment in Bethel Cemetery. He died Saturday at Brown County Hospital. He and his son Bernard H. West were partners in West & West. survived by his widow Margaret Kratzer West, another son Patrick, and a daughter Judy Norris.
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Bethel
Ben West
Kennedy
Bethel Cemetery
Brown County Hospital
Bernard H
Bud) West
Withmasville
West & West
Margaret Kratzer West
Patrick
Judy Norris
Withamsville
PTA Dance at Moonlite Gardens Coney Island
Withamsville St Thomas More PTA sponsors a public dance on August 26 at Moonlite Gardens Coney Island. Ralph Marterie and his orchestra will perform for dancing from opening until 1. Tickets available from Mrs. Joseph Chirco at PL"2-2440.
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Withamsville
St.Thomas More Pta
Moonlite Gardens
Coney Island
Ralph Marterie
Joseph Chirco
Davis to Speak at Union Township Democratic Club
Candidate Davis will be principal speaker at the Union Township Democratic Club meeting at 8 p.m. Saturday Aug 20 at the Township Hall Williamsville Glen Este Rd. Davis seeks to fill the unexpired term of the late James G. Polk. Frank E. Smith seeks the regular term. babysitting and refreshments will be provided.
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Glayds
Dav
Union Township
Democratic Club
Williamsville
Glen Este Rd
Davis
James G. Polk
Frank E. Smith
Portsmouth
Diane Womack
Historical Society Display At County Fair Opens Aug 16
Clermont County Historical Society sponsors an exhibit at the county fair from Aug 16 to 20. It features antiques and Indian relics from Milford. Daily collections and a Civil War documents display by Harry Keller will be shown in a Floral Hall trailer, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tue through Sat. Members urged to visit. no regular meeting this month due to fair preparations.
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Clermont County Historical Society
Milford
Floral Hall
Harry Keller
FE. Hodges
Kinnikinnick Golf and Country Club Seeks Members in Clermont County
Local residents survey interest in forming the Kinnikinnick Golf and Country Club to be built in eastern Clermont County. The planned facilities include a championship golf course a swimming pool and country club amenities. Inquiries directed to The Courier Batavia Ohio.
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The
Kinnikinnick Golf, Country Club
Kinnikinnick Golf and Country Club
Clermont County
Ieading Golf
Kinnikinnick
Kentucky
the Courier
Main St
Batavia
Olive Branch Methodist Church Hosts Swimming Party
Mr. and Mrs. Olin Mann entertained members of the Olive Branch Methodist Church with a swimming party at their Mt. Washington home. A buffet supper was served in the early evening followed by a showing of movies and slides from the previous meeting.
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Olive Branch
Olin Mann
Olive Branch Methodist
Mt. Washington. A
County Phones Switch to All Numbers This Fall
Clermont County subscribers will switch from letter prefixes to all number dialing beginning September 1961. Exchanges such as Ullysses Saratoga Regent Rockwell Riverside Skyline Plymouth Swift Midway Terrace and others will receive new numeric prefixes replacing the current letter codes, increasing usable prefixes from 540 to about 800 per area. The change aims to speed dialing and reduce errors, with the Cincinnati Bell system starting in the Glendale area and expanding nationwide to standardize numbers.
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Clermont County
Courier
Ulysses
Saratoga
Regent
Rockwell Riverside
Skyline
Plymouth
Swift
Midway
Perrace
Cincinnati
Bell Telephone Company
Glendale
Drag Racers Use Rt. 52 For Strip
Juvenile Court chief probation officer and State Highway Patrol report youths marked a quarter-mile drag strip on Rt. 52 east of here. A white starting line across the road at Clermontville Rd created a dangerous site on a steep grade. Alex Vaughn of Clermont County highway department said machinery from division headquarters would erase the markings.
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New Richmond
Fred Holt
Rt. 52
Here
Clermontville Rd
Alex Vaughn
Highway Department
Clermont County
Thief Lcots Camp Reward Offered
A thief broke into Norwood Boys' Club Camp on Maplecreek Road near Moscow and Neville for the second time in nine weeks. Missing items include a battery operated record player set, stove, lounges, dishes, silverware, 300 records, BB guns, sleeping bags and more. A $100 reward is offered for information leading to arrest and conviction. Call Sheriff Clyde Dericks at US 3-2231 with any sightings of other than a 1960 Ford or 1935 Pontiac parked at the camp.
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Norwood Boys’ Club
Maplecreek Road
Rt. 52
Moscow
Neville
Harry Miller
Clyde Dericks
Batavia Lawyers Named to Ohio State Bar Committees
Attorneys Harold D Nichols and Russell F Speidel of Batavia were named to standing committees of the Ohio State Bar Association by president Matthew J Smith of New Philadelphia on recommendation of Ralph W Clarke Jr of Cincinnati. Nichols joins the corporation law committee and Speidel the probate and trust law committee.
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Harold D Nichols
Russell F. Speidel
Batavia
Ohio State Bar Association
Matthew J. Smith
New Philadelphia
Ralph W. Clarke Jr
Cincinnati
Nichols
Speidel
County Woman Heads State Unit of OES Officers
Mrs. Marvin Sprague of Williamsburg was elected state president of the Association of District Officers OES at a luncheon in Columbus. She is a past matron of Linden Chapter OES at Marathon and has also served as deputy grand matron in 1958. Other district members attending the luncheon included Mrs. Hume Corwin Terrace Park, Mrs. Arthur Speirs Milford, Mrs. John Roberts Sardinia, Miss Dorothy Abrams Bethel Amelia, and Mrs. Edgar Mosbacker Batavia.
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Williamsburg
Marvin Sprague
Here
Association of District Officers, Oec
Fort Hayes Hotel
Columbus
Linden
OES
Marathon
Hume Corwin
Terrace Park
Arthur Speirs
Milford
John Roberts
Sardinia
Dorothy Abrams
Bethel
Edgar Mosbacker
Batavia
Parker Adams
Amelia
October Deadline for Delinquent Taxes Nears
About 1500 delinquent taxpayers will receive notices from Auditor J F Paschal with an October deadline for payment or their names and amounts due will be published for two weeks as required by law. Delinquents still unpaid will be certified to county commissioners to pursue foreclosure with the prosecutor. Collections for the second half of 1959 are being made to County Treasurer Byron Ross. final payment day without penalty is August 21.
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J. F. Paschal
Byron Ross
Autos Smash Into Two County Homes
Two Clermont County homes were damaged when cars crashed into them over the weekend. Hurstle Adams of Loveland was cited for reckless driving after his vehicle struck a Belva Crave home and caught fire. Ronald Toler of Cincinnati ran into La Burnall’s house, injuring his leg and face and receiving reckless operation charges. No injuries reported to residents. Georgetown reunites rail workers Aug 21 at Brown County fairgrounds with a basket dinner at noon.
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Hurstle Adams
Rt. 3
Loveland
Belva Crave
Rt. 28
Woodville Pike
Adams
East Miami
Ronald Toler
Fairway Dr
Cincinnati
Rt. 131
la Burnall
Toler
Georgetown
Cg&p
Or&c
Brown County Fairgrounds
Williamsburg appoints Mil dred McIntyre as school librarian
The Williamsburg Board of Education hires Mil dred McIntyre as school librarian, noting eight years teaching in Kentucky and Ohio and a Morehead State degree. Her husband Eve rette McIntyre will join Williamsburg as junior high social studies teacher. The board cites library expansion goals and a $500 past year plus $1000 allocations for materials this year and next.
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Williamsburg
Morehead
Mt. Crab
Board of Education
McIntyre
J. Kermit Smith
Smith
Robert M. Goforth
Promoters Offer School District Share In Project
Promoters William Noble and William Ray propose a 138 acre Clermont County mixed use development on State Rt. 125 near Withamsville Tobasco joining the Union Township school. They plan 1000 feet retail frontage with residential areas, a 10 acre public park and a central sewage system. They would donate 35,000 to extend school facilities and offer rent free classroom housing for one year at one per 25 houses sold, with option to continue renting. They will buy materials locally and employ local labor, aiming to be permanent area builders in Clermont County.
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Noble and
Ray
Maple Grove
Fairfield
Ohio
Cherokee Park
Hamilton
Clermont County
Union Township
County Offices Operate Amid Fair Week Adjustments
Courthouse offices run normally except the board of commissioners and switchboard closed Friday and Saturday. Treasurer, auditor, recorder and inspector offices stay open through the county fair.
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Board of Commissioners
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Florenz Kitten
Kitter Engine Works
Ferdinand, Ind
West Alexandria
Glenn Hill
L. R. Fiscus
Maple Pike
Manu
OH Sharp
New Bank
Auxiliary
PTA
Coney
Union Democratic Club
Historical Society
Ohio State Bar
Railroad Reunion
Mildred Mcintyre
William Noble
William Ray
Hamilton, C
Brown
Heinbach
State Rt. 125
Tobasco
West Clermont
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