Head of County Postmasters Explains New Postal Rates
Clermont County post offices add duties and services for the 1962 Christmas season. Postmaster Richard L. Caldwell urged early mailing as new rates take effect January 7. He noted a four cent Christmas stamp and outlined first class rate changes, including a one cent letter hike and a four cent gift card rate.
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Clermont County
Richard L. Caldwell
Perintown
Clermont County Postmasters Association
Post Office
Caldwell
Historical Society Christmas Dinner in Milford
The Clermont County Historical Society will host its annual Christmas dinner at the Homestead at Milford on Friday night December 14 at seven. Reservations go to dinner chairman Grace Hirschauer and program leader Ralph E. Hodges will supervise with Sheila Fisher and E. William Monter assisting. Guest speaker Noble Olson will discuss Christmas Cheer and Hobby Lady of Ohio C B Kaiser will present Music Boxes and Fans. The program includes songs and guitar by Lynn Wonder and Christmas carols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont County Historical Society
Milford
Grace Hirschauer
Tealtown Rd
Batavia
Ralph E. Hodges
Sheila Fisher
E. William Monter
Noble Olson
American Glass Club
C.B. Kaiser
Ohio
Wig
Lynn Wonder
Contract Awarded for Batavia Plant Improvements
Batavia council awarded Glenn Rhoades Construction Co. of Mt. Crab a $73,100 contract to alter and add to the village sewage treatment plant. The project aims to boost capacity for future growth and fix inefficiencies in operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia Council
Glenn Rhoades Construction Co
Mt. Crab
Batavia
Joyce Copher Named News Writer for Co-Ed Magazine
Miss Joyce Copher a 17 year old senior of Batavia receives appointment as a junior advisor to the Co-ed Magazine editors for teenage girls. She will report Amelia school activities and will be presented a Co-ed pin and card by home economics teacher Mrs Genevia Bryant.
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Joyce Copher
Batavia
Margaret Hauser
Miss Copher
Robert Henning
Geneva Bryant
Amelia School
Copher
West Clermont
Goshen Democrats To Elect Officers
Goshen Township Democrat Club sets a Tuesday December 11 meeting at the junior high school for officer elections. Members are urged to attend as the group thanks turkey award winners Charles Jackson Lester Trapp Jim Cochran E Candelaresi J R Grant Fritz Minchum Eldred Sarver Emma Smith and Floyd Collins. Milford Here Am I Society plans its annual Christmas program for Clermont County Home residents on Sunday December 16 at 2 PM with Kathryn Mitchell chairing and Milford Senior Girl Scouts assisting Dr Albert Anderson directs the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen Township
Democrat Club
Charles Jackson
Lester Trapp
Jim Cochran
E. Candelaresi
J. R. Grant
Fritz Minchum
Eldred Sarver
Emma Smith
Floyd Collins
Milford
Clermont County
Kathryn Mitchell
Williamsburg Community Council Elects Snider as President
Charles Snider has been elected president of the Williamsburg Community Council Inc succeeding John Fitzpatrick who becomes vice president. Others include Mrs Ernest Week treasurer Mrs Nancy Day recording secretary Mrs Lois Hancock corresponding secretary and Mrs Edith Fuhr reservations chairman. Directors for three year terms are Mrs Gladys Reed Mrs Flora Ruffner and Mrs Nina Foster with holdover directors Mrs Hancock Snieder and Fitzpatrick through 1964 and Mrs Fuhr Ernest Week and Harold Seipelt through 1963. Installation is at the January meeting with no December session. The council represents 27 village and township organizations promoting cooperation for community advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Snider
Williamsburg Community Council, Inc
John Fitzpatrick
Ernest Week
Gladys Reed
Flora Ruffner
Nina Foster
Clermont Sales Tax Receipts Rise Versus Last Year
Week ending Dec 1 prepaid and advance tax receipts totaled 21764.69 with fiscal year to date 364261.11, up from 252239.68 a year ago. Motor vehicle sales tax for the week reached 8315.81, vs 7373.57 the prior year, with year to date 200643.45 versus 147639.70.
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Clermont
Joseph T. Ferguson
Suro's Resignation Ends Midshipman Unit at Miami
A Commission OKs Suro's resignation affecting the Naval Officers Reserve Training Corps unit at Miami University in Oxford Ohio. Fourth Class G Mellhaney, son of Mr and Mrs C R Mellhaney Milford is named among the group. Midshipmen train for naval careers while pursuing majors. They receive a monthly allowance of 50 dollars plus tuition and other instructional costs.
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Clermont Countian
Naval Officers’ Reserve Training Corps
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
G. R. MeIlhaney
C. R. Mellhaney
Cooper Ave
Milford
Fire Destroys Repair Garage and Seven Autos
A fire destroyed a repair garage on Riverside Ave causing the loss of seven autos including a 1958 model. Two workers were away in Cincinnati for auto parts and no injuries were reported. Firefighters contained the blaze to prevent spread toward nearby fuel storage and warehouses.
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Loveland
Nel Goshen
Sored Ars
Cincinnati
Riverside Ave
Officials Hope To Continue Present Staff Recall Four
County officials intend to keep current staff and recall four of nine deputy clerks of courts to perform essential duties after January 1. Fourteen employees across auditor and building inspection will not be paid to return, but six auditor workers and two inspectors are expected back after the year. With no approved one mill levy, the county faces tighter finances in 1963 and must operate on available funds.
Committee Named To Study Milk Legislation Findings
Clermont County Farmers Union president John Armleder named 10 milk producers to a committee to study a National Farmers Union plan. Members include Lindell Hughes Jack Ellis Myers Deel William Koe ning Howard Fisher and Paul Gloeckner with meeting set for December 20 at the Bissantz Auction Barn. The plan would tie payments to parity with direct payments for those staying within base production and protect Class I fluid milk, while nonparticipants sell at market price without subsidies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Armleder
Clermont County Farmers Union
Lindell Hughes
Jack Ellis
Myers Deel
Williamsburg
Walter Meadors
George Griffith
Floyd Stahl
Fred Mathis
Batavia
William Koenig
Loveland
Howard Fisher
Moscow
Paul Gloeckner
Bethel
Bissantz
National Farmers Union
Armleder
Two County Cows Rated On Records
Two Jersey cows owned by Dale Bee of Bethel topped official production records with high cow power indices. Advance Noble Nina Jester produced 12 299 lbs milk and 580 lbs fat in 305 days, while Basil Sparkling Sharon yielded 9 697 lbs milk and 556 lbs fat in 305 days with a 10.4 index. The American Jersey Cattle Club notes efficiency matters more than size.
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Jersey
Dale Bee
Bethel
American Jersey Cattle Club
Annual Awards Presented as Planning Commission Resigns
The Clermont County Planning Commission unanimously accepted the resignations of executive director A. E. Suro and all five executive committee members effective Jan 1 1963 after an abusive letter from James E. Miller. A ceremony awarded certificates to timely service and Kermit Smith praised Urban as the most valuable member. Dorothy Kennedy joined the National Association of Defense Lawyers in Criminal Cases after moving offices to Bethel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont County Planning Commission
A. E. Suro
Commission
Court House
Batavia
Suro
Fori Nation
William R. Frye
Joseph J. Urban
E. Ralph House
Vancel Keeler
Carl Copenhaver
James E. Miller
Planning Commission
Kermit Smith
Williamsburg
Frye
Smith
Urban
U.S
Assn. Bethel
Dorothy Kennedy
Georgetown
National Association of Defense Lawyers
Miss Kennedy
Brown County
Interstate Highway Insight and Clermont County outlook
A county committee report by Ernest C. Fried rich outlines the Interstate Highway System’s rationale and the expected Clermont County benefits. It cites metropolitan growth to 1975, rising traffic, and the need for coordinated transport planning to ease mobility amid urban expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont County
Ernest C. Friedrich
Interstate Highway System reshapes national urban patterns
The Interstate Highway System is described as the first national, planned effort to solve urban growth by creating expressways that will form the skeleton of future metropolises. It will redirect development, necessitate higher transportation spending, and require collaboration between roadbuilders and planners to manage expansive, long term urban expansion.
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Edward H. Holmes
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Boston
Chicago
Congress Street
Wilfred Owen
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Goshen Democrats
Albert Anderson
Council
Snider
Co Weit
Commission Ok’s
Miami
U.S. 50
Rt. 133
Monterey
Col
D. M. Lewis
Donald R. Florea
Milford Realtor
Zenas Anstaett
John Caspar Lavater
Senate
House of
United States
Pyke Johnson
Eisenhower
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