07 Feb 1952
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1952
Page
1
A Clermont County roundup notes upcoming high school hoop feature in New Richmond plus reader letters on local road woes. It mentions a Moscow School Club polio fundraiser doubleheader, a free family party at Amelia high school, a Batavia Legion visit for English study, and local dog nuisance reports.
Judge George W. McDowell in Hillsboro overruled a demurrer in the Clermont County Health Board fight to force Claude Jackson to close a Glen Este area dump. The ruling leaves the case undecided pending action on Jackson’s injunction request and the health board’s next move.
A late Tuesday fire at Hager Lykins's Newtonsville home caused about $3,000 in damage. Most of the second story burned and the roof was gutted. Downstairs furnishings suffered heavy water damage. First on scene were Newtonsville Fire Department under Chief Vernor Dye, joined by Owensville firemen led by Assistant Chief Lloyd Lohrer. Perry Justice of Owensville police also responded.
Ohio River floodwaters covered Route 52 at Point Pleasant delaying traffic last week. The Grant Memorial Bridge reopened and the river dropped below the fifty foot mark. Residents from New Richmond and nearby towns are resuming daily routines as families return home with belongings.
Williamsville- Tabasco residents will receive free transportation and babysitters during the blood donor campaign at the school from 1 to 7 pm Friday February 15. Donors not yet contacted should obtain pledge cards at local stores. Lunch provided by the Red Cross. Revs Williams and Pemberton of Amelia Methodist and Williamsville Baptist churches coop. Mrs Bevington Batavia 6527 and Mrs Sears Batavia 23291 offer info.
Rites were held for William Prendergast 64 of Withamsville at St Thomas More Church after a traffic crash near his home on State Route 125. He died Monday night at Bethesda Hospital Cincinnati from head ankle and rib injuries suffered when a milk truck driven by Boyd Jackson swerved to miss him. Clermont County's second traffic fatality of the year follows John Madden who died January 27 when his car overturned near Neville.
Sardinia Mayor F E Dunn fined Floyd Abrams of Rotte 4 Batavia fifty dollars plus costs for leaving the scene of an accident. Abrams was arrested in Owenisville by Sardinia Police Chief E L Sears.
Members of the Clermont County Peace Officers Association gathered in the Courthouse conference room last night. Speaker was Harry A. Hodges Milford Justice of the Peace.
Clermont County voters face a crowded field as ten residents seek the county commissioner nomination for the May 6 primary. Eight Republicans and two Democrats filed by the deadline, with candidates including Harold L. Windeler, C. A. Ungelhaem, Ernest Ruffner, Peter Urban, Albert S. Colby, A. A. Brown, Ezra Seyler, E. C. Peterson among Republicans, and Charles F. Clark and John W. Houser among Democrats.
The Citizen's and Women's Republican Clubs of Montclair County will meet next Thursday evening at the Odd Fellows Hall in Milford. Members are asked to bring their own sandwiches.
George Western of Muncie Indiana faced a delayed grand larceny trial in Clermont County Common Pleas Court after two Indiana officers failed to appear to testify. Judge Harry Britton permitted a later hearing date. Western is accused of stealing a farm trailer from J J Johnston Neville and two bicycles from Ross Blackburn of Chile valued at 90 dollars. Mae Western, his wife, holds a three year probation for her role.
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