Editorial One Good Job Deserves Another
The Clermont County Library Board should reappoint Christine McBride of Mt. Carmel to another term. She helped establish county library service since 1949 and remains a trusted public servant in civic groups and local organizations. Joe Evans also remains as a fellow long-time board member. Members praise her unselfish service and experience to guide a young library through its early challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine McBride
Mt. Carmel
Clermont County Library Board
Kincaid
Library
Clermont County
PTA Council
McBride
MsBride
Joe Evans
Owensville
Woman Captain Heads Officers Club Board at Fort Meade
Capt Ruth M Haerr of Loveland is named to the board of governors of the Officers Club at Ft George Meade Maryland. She is the first woman to hold this post and has previously commanded a WAC detachment for three years. She was a Loveland schoolteacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth M. Haerr
H. R. Haerr
Loveland
Officers Club
Ft George
Meade, Md
Haerr
Loveland School
WAC
Ohio Distributes School Aid Funds
Warrants from the State Department of Education cover the fourth quarterly foundation program distribution for Clermont County districts. Amounts listed include Amelia 32811.51 Batavia 21346.25 Bethel Tate 39806.42 Branch Hill 6517.638 Northeastern 34560.23 Felicity Franklin 23158.70 Glen Este Mt Carmel 16265.10 Goshen 43155.58 Miami Local 16449.12 Miamiville 133.46 Monroe 6981.38 Moscow 10260.53 Williamsburg 30656.43 Williamsville Tabasco 16907.68.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Education
Clermont
Clermont County Board of Education
Amelia
Batavia
Bethel- Tate
Branch Hill
Northeastern
Edenton
Felicity - Franklin
Glen Este-Mt. Carmel
Goshen
Miami Local
Miamiville
Monroe
Moscow
Illiamsburg
Williamsville-Tabasco
Boy Scout Circus Set For Saturday
The Boy Scouts Cubs and Explorers of Clermont County stage a circus Saturday night December 10 at 9 p.m. in Bethel School gym. The Bethel band provides music and a short concert before the grand entry march. Adults pay admission while children under 12 enter free. More than 1000 boys participate in a yearly display of scouting skills and games. Brown and Clermont Counties previously combined for one big circus with Brown County presenting a week earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Cubs
Clermont County
Bethel School
Bethel Band
Boy Scouts of America
Who Is Mrs Santa Claus Club Seeks Identity Contest
The Georgetown Business and Professional Club invites Clermont Countians to name Mrs Santa Claus in a newspaper contest. Clues in The Courier point to an unnamed local woman, with a $100 purchasingChecks prize, entry blanks at local stores, and a 1:30 p m December 24 reveal on the Brown County courthouse steps Georgetown. Dr Charles Kramer resigns from Clermont County Board of Health citing time constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Clermont Countians
Mrs. Santa Claus
Courier
Santa Claus
Brown County Court House
New Department Buys Fire Truck For Union Township
Ray Riggs, chairman of the specifications committee, with E. Philhower, C. Kirk and G. Schaeffer, announced a purchase order for a 1956 fully equipped fire truck. Delivery expected about March 1, 1956 through Dick Campbell of American Fire Equipment Co. Public vote favored the new apparatus, with generous donations aiding the purchase. Williamsville Volunteer Fire Department will continue protection of Union Township until 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Riggs
North Union ‘Township Volunteer Fire Department
E. Philhower
C. Kirk
G. Schaeffer
Dick Campbell
American Fire Equipment Co
Michigan
Williamsville
Union Township
Jury Indicts 20 and Ignores 16 Cases in Clermont County
Willard Davis led a grand jury that returned 35 indictments against 20 defendants. Sixteen cases were dismissed. Indictments named Albert Findlay Richard Funke Earl Hunter James W Sillett in morals, jail break and armed robbery charges. Warren Gordon Morgan Griffey Lawrence Thiel Harold Walker and others faced forgery larceny and receiving stolen property charges. Non support charged many defendants including James Dolch Stanley Anspach Walter Benjamin Eddie Smith and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Davis
Newd
Clermont County
Albert A. Findlay
Route 1
Loveland
Richard Funke
Earl Hunter
James W. Sillett
Walter Benjamin
Williamsburg
Hunter
Sillett
Warren Gordon
Morgan Griffey
Lawrence Thiel
Harold B. Walker
William Iker
Charles A. Gilmore
James Dolch
Stanley Anspach
Eddie 0. Smith
William Roark
John J. Carter
Raymond Griffith
William J. Devault
Arthur D. Doughman
Prudential Opens Office and Store Changes Hands
Prudential Life Insurance opens a new detached Batavia office in the First National Bank Building with Russell L. Canter as staff manager. Foster's Department Store in Batavia is sold to B. Schottenstein of Cincinnati and will be renamed The Fair Store with a liquidation sale underway. No staff changes are planned, manager Gordon Hauck remains. Thomas Gallenstein, 25, suffers burns in an oil furnace explosion near Milford and is hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prudential Life Insurance Company of America
First National Bank
Batavia
Russell L. Canter
Mana
Foster’s Department
B. Schottenstein
Cincinnati
the Fair
Gordon Hauck
Williamsburg
Foster’s Department Store
Thomas Gallenstein
Cemetery Road
Milford
Gallenstein
Our Lady of Mercy Hospital
Monroe
New Kiwanis Club Discusses Owensville School Problems
J W Evans Owensville school superintendent spoke at the new Kiwanis Club meeting on consolidation and a proposed six hundred thousand dollar high school. A 110 acre site between Owensville Marathon and Newtonsville is chosen with a Cincinnati heating contract for 21000. County Engineer Carl Rush to discuss village and school water needs at next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Evans
Owensville
Kiwanis Club of
Marathon
Newtonsville
Cincinnati
Carl Rush
Kiwanis Club
Old Boston House
Utility Valuation Up In Clermont County
Clermont County auditor Caile B. Kincaid announced a 1955 utility valuation rise of about 10,984,659 over 1954. The Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. account totals 31,478,580 with 27,032,740 in Pierce Township where the new generating plant sits. Located in New Richmond school district, the tax rate climbs from 9.50 to 11.30 per thousand, yielding 359,832 for operating revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caile B. Kincaid
Clermont County
Clermont
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Pierce Township
New Richmond
Withamsville Post Office Branch Opened December 1
A contract branch of the Amelia post office began serving Withamsville on December 1. Located in the Withamsville 5 to 1.00 store, Charles Burkhardt serves as clerk in charge. Daily hours run 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. except Sunday with a 5 p.m. mail pickup. Christmas cards and parcels should be mailed early for delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Post Office
Withamsville
Charles Burkhardt
Post Office
Amelia
Ada Waggal
One Dead Hurt In Auto Crashes
William H. Rudig, 35, of Bantam, died from a skull fracture after a crash on Dead Man's Curve on Route 125 east of Route 222. He was taken to Cincinnati hospital. Three others were injured in separate Route 28 crash near Goshen involving Clarence Mathews and Roy Gillis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Rudig
Bantam
Cincinnati
Wilhiamsville Life Squad
Rudig
Goshen
Clarence Mathews
Ida
Mae Reardon
Zaddale
Roy L. Gillis
Miamisburg
Clermont County
Mathews
Our Lady of Mercy Hospital
James Plummer
Gillis
Good Samaritan Hospital
Gordon Lee Williams
Loveland
Gerald Coe
Theodore Byman
Goshen PTA Meeting Chaired by L G Hause
L G Hause, superintendent of Goshen schools, served as program chairman for the Goshen PTA meeting Tuesday evening. Marion Barre reviewed recent school board actions and each member was urged to recruit more parents to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Hause
Goshen
Goshen Pta
Marion Barre
Two Seek GOP Nomination For Clermont Prosecutor Post
Two attorneys Ralph A. Hill of Milford and John L. Watson of Williamsburg announced today they will seek the GOP nomination for Clermont County Prosecuting Attorney. Watson, 31, UC Law School graduate, has five years in Clermont practice and chairs the county bar Legal Aid Committee.. Hill, UC Law College graduate, has practiced since 1949, heads a subdivision plat regulation committee, and is reserve Air Force JAG captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOP
Clermont County
Ralph A. Hill
Milford
Walker and Bradford
John L. Watson
Williamsburg
West and
American Bar Associations
County Bar Legal Aid Committee
American Citizenship Committee
Ohio State Bar
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Albert K. Buckingham
Cleveland Avenue
Christ Hospital
Craver Funeral Home
Buckingham
Bell Telephone Company
The
Telephone Company
the Milford Building Loan and Savings Company
Kilgour
Telephone Pioneers of America
Janet
Ann
Ohio Wesleyan College
James
Milford High School
OES
Ohio
Boy Scout Circus
Club
Charles Kramer
Richmond
Clermont County Board of Health
Kramer
Williams Corner
Gerald Parker
George Gabbard, Jr
Bill Roesch
Ruth Altman
Connie Thomas
Roger Dabney
Abraham
Willard Alchek
O.H. Sharp
Prudential
Canterger
U.S
Jacksonville, Fla
Withamsville Has
Batavia Junior Women’s Club
Ae National Guard
Thomas Glaze
National Guard
Hause
PTA
Ralph Hill
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