Circle Freeway Route Hinges on Hearings, State Route Debate
Local officials report Senator Charles Jones and Rep John E Wilson met with Ohio highways director to discuss the circle freeway in Clermont County. Hearings will involve clubs and committees before a definite route is chosen. Rep Harsha cites Bureau of Public Roads approval requirements and details from a Jan 4 public hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Jones
John E. Wilson
P Masketer
Ohio
Clermont County
William H. Harsha
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Harsha
Bureau of Public Roads
Rep. Harsha
Bureau of Roads
Cincinnati
Clermont
Tobacco
Ohio River
Tabasco
Fight Mile Road
Woodruff Road
California
Nine Mile Road
Glen Este PTA Organizing Meeting Sets New Schools
The Glen Este PFA unit organized by Mrs H Radabaugh held the first PTA meeting for the new Glen Este junior and senior high schools. James H Wooldridge Warren Tipton and Nick Wisnic addressed attendees with officers to be elected February 26 at Summerside school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Este
H. Radabaugh
Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers
PTA
Summerside
James H. Wooldridge
West Clermont
Warren Tipton
Nick Wisnic
Helen Hardy
Marge Horstman
Jo Ann Monk
Helen Pomsell
Jolene Kohle
Jean Hill
Dudley
Marge Apparius
Esther
Nead
Shirley Cropper
Bessie Neil
Ernst
Butts
Horstman
Kittrell
Braselton
Tye
Visnic
Lloyd
Evelyn Rauch
Christine McBride
Summerside School
Radabaugh
Clough Pike
Clough
Hamilton County
Shayler Rd
Glen Este-Mt. Carmel
Community Blood Bank Planned For WC Area
WT Credit Union announces a new Withamsville Tabasco area community blood bank planned for Union Township residents. Local members must be named volunteers, with activation target set for April 1 and March for charter member recruitment. A UC Blood Transfusion Service unit will visit after April 1. about 100 join and donate one pint every 2 to 4 years. Inquiries at 759 Ohio Pike. No member cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Withamsville
Tabasco
Cherry Grove
Ohio
Pike-Upper Clough
Union Township
Tom Wersel
WT Credit Union
Cliff Morris
Joe Link
Ray Langebahn
Warren Tam
Ed Seghers
University of Cincinnati Blood Transfusion Service
Credit Union
Ohio Pike
Beech Forest DAR Announces Essay Contest Winners
The Beech Forest Chapter DAR of Williamsburg announced winners of its annual essay contest after reviewing manuscripts from Clermont and Brown County schools. First place went to Mary M. Heyl, eighth grade, St Bernadette School Amelia for an article on Rufus Putnam. Second went to Roy Verley Milford sixth grade for Ulysses Simpson Grant. Third and honorable mentions went to Edward Casagrande St Bernadette seventh grade and Karen Shoupe Milford Miami elementary sixth grade. County commissioners published bids for two new police cruisers for the sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beech Forest
DAR
Williamsburg
Clermont
Brown County
Ohio
Mary M. Heyl
St. Bernadette
Amelia
Rufus Putnam
Miami
Milford
Roy Ver
Auto Insurance Rates Compare Across Clermont County
Auto insurance rates in Clermont County mirror those in 66 of Ohio’s 88 counties. Typical drivers pay about $101, equal to surrounding counties, while Springfield averages $92 for similar coverage and $159 in a Springfield case. City rates rise due to higher accident frequencies and severities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont County
Ohio
Springfield
Landfill Permit Sought in Clermont County
Carl Rubin of Cincinnati filed a landfill operation application in Clermont County with Health Commissioner Dr. Albert Van Sickle. The plan names George Solomon of Cincinnati, experienced in Los Angeles, for site along Stone Lick Williams Corner Road near US 50. The Clermont County Planning Commission will review the submission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Rubin
Cincinnati
Clermont County
Albert van Sickle
George Solomon
Los Angeles
Stonelick-Williams Corner Rd
US 50
Clermont County Planning Commission
Batavia Clerk-Carrier Exam Forms Available
Batavia Postmaster Arthur E. Hill announced today that applications are being accepted for a clerk carrier examination for positions in the Batavia Ohio Post Office. Appointments will be career unless limited. Starting salary $2.26 per hour. Residency required within Batavia delivery area. Applications and details at Batavia Post Office. Closing date February 20, 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Arthur E. Hill
Batavia, Ohio
Man Gets Probation In Firearms Case
David Gassett, 51, of Batavia, was placed on two years probation by Common Pleas Judge M Dale Osborne after a jury found him guilty on a lesser charge of pointing firearms with intent to injure for a July 1 incident that targeted Macon Lackey, 27, also of Cain Run Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Gassett
Rt. 4
Cain Run Rd
Batavia
Common Pleas
M. Dale Osborne
Gassett
Macon Lackey
Tractor Safety Demos To Address Ohio Tractor Deaths
Safety officials Herbert Bogert and Elwood Sawyer of the Ohio Safety and Hygiene division will demonstrate how more than 40 Ohioans die yearly operating farm tractors. Bogert, from Clermont County, with W. W. Hamilton noting Clermont meetings at Felicity and Williamsburg on Feb 16 and 18, show common fatal causes and prevention. The program, created by the Ohio Cooperative Extension Service and Ohio Farm and Home Safety Committee, aims to curb tractor fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Bogert
Elwood Sawyer
Division of Safety and Hygiene
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Ohio
Ohio Cooperative Extension Service
Ohio Farm and Home Safety Committee
Co-Defendants Win In $25,000 Damage Suit
A Clermont County Common Pleas jury ruled for Donald J. Gilkison and Charles E. Danbury Inc in a $25,000 damages suit arising from a July 2, 1955 auto crash on the West Virginia Turnpike. The Wright family of Cleveland alleged negligence. Vivian Ann Wright 9 was killed and others injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont County Common Pleas
Donald J. Gilkison
Charles E. Danbury, Inc
Williamsburg
Wright
Cleveland
West Virginia Turnpike
Charleston
Vivian Ann Wright
Gilkison
Danbury
Floyd Anderson
Rocket Test Site Proposed In County
A group of rocketeers plans a small rocket test facility in the county near Loveland. The FAA advised contacting county and state officials about restrictions. The issue was referred to prosecutor Ralph Hill after the county commissioners met on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loveland
Federal Aviation Agency
Ralph Hill
Faculty Member to Speak at February Holy Hour Event
Charles Sutter of the St. Thomas More Holy Name Society announced a February meeting after the Holy Hour for Peace on February 14. Paul Kane of Mt. St. Joseph on the Ohio and Citizens for Educational Freedom will address the men at 9 p.m. on Parental Rights in Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Withamsville
Charles Sutter
St. Thomas More
Rezoning on Ballot in Amelia Pierce Township
Amelia Pierce township residents will vote in the November general election on rezoning the Frances and Martha Rapp property at 1438 Locust Lake Rd from residence to business. The trustees re zoned it last Oct 25 and a petition by 351 residents seeks a public vote on Nov 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia
Pierce Township
Frances
Martha Rapp
Locust Lake Rd
Rapps
Conscientious Objector Sentenced to One Year
Donald Lee Jordan 25 of Rt 3 was sentenced by U S District Judge John W Peck to one year in the penitentiary after refusing to report for a conscientious objector assignment. Jordan a Jehovahs Witness had been assigned two years at Columbus State Hospital but did not report to the Brown County draft board in Georgetown to accept the work duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Donald Lee Jordan
Rt. 3
U.S
John W. Peck
Jordan
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Columbus State Hospital
Brown County Draft Board
Georgetown
New Police Chief Hired At Bethel
George Wise Wisecup 52, veteran of 16 years on the Manchester Ohio police force, named Bethel police chief succeeding Larry Collier who resigned January 19 after 20 months. Wisecup has led Manchester police 14 years and served as Adams County deputy sheriff. He begins duties in two weeks at a four year salary of 4800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
George Wisecup
Manchester
Ohio
Larry Collier
Wisecup
Adams County
University College To Offer Two Year Degrees in Clermont County
Clermont County officials announce the University College of the University of Cincinnati will begin a two-year program at Amelia High School on Clough Pike starting Oct 7 1963. The center offers associate degrees and serves students pursuing career oriented programs general education or pre bachelor credits. A questionnaire survey guided the decision and will fund classes 2 to 6 pm with no impact on the high school schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University College
Clermont County
University College of the
University of Cincinnati
Clermont County Board of Education
West Clermont Board of Education
Amelia High School
Clough Pike
Studer
University of Mont
Cincinnati
Armory Fieldhouse
Ohio
Clermont County University Center
Harry Moore
Robert Slade
Moore
Hazard At Bridge Subject At Feb 18 Joint Meeting
Williamsburg school representatives asked the county commissioners to meet on February 18 to discuss the Jackson Pike covered bridge turnaround hazard affecting bus routes and children. The county was notified of a $6000 federal child welfare allocation for foster care. Clermont County may file additional February through June 1963 claims. Three bids were opened for county pipes. Armco Drainage and Metal Products bid $6235.92, Republic Steel bid $5744.54, Syro Steel did not bid. The contract was awarded to Republic Steel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
Jackson Pike
Department of Public Welfare
Clermont County
Department of Welfare
Syro Steel
Armco Drainage and Metal Products
Republic Steel
Carl Rush
Friday Deadline For Filing For Burley Tobacco Allotment
The final date for filing a new burley tobacco allotment is February 15, 1963. Applications must be submitted to the Clermont ASC county office in Batavia by close of business. Carey W. Thompson urged farmers to apply by the deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont Asc
West Main St
Batavia
Carey W. Thompson
Clermont Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
County to Spend $5000 for Options on Sewer Sites
County commissioners approved spending 5000 from the general fund to secure option sites for a county wide sewer project. Harlan Mace, Carl Rush, J F Paschal and Ralph Hill met with the board to finalize the step toward federal aid. Reimbursement will occur when revenue bonds are issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Mace
Carl H. Rush
J.F. Paschal
Ralph A. Hill
Cancer Society Aids Ohio Victims Across State
The American Cancer Society Ohio Division reports over 7,000 cancer victims received free aid from 90 local affiliates during the fiscal year ending August 31, 1962. Services included 2,274,696 dressings, nursing calls, patient transport, and in Clermont County 16 recipients received aid and 1,050 dressings were distributed. Total 1962 contributions reached $2,243,146 with diverse sources including business, public employees, clubs, and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Cancer Society
American Cancer Society
Wilford D. Nusbaum
Ernest C. Friedrich
Clermont County
Friedrich
Also Mentioned on This Page
Glen Este Pfa
Community Blood Bank
WC Area
Floy B. Smith
American Cancer Society, Inc
Branch Hill
VFW
Main St
Henrietta Roosa
Dorothy Idlett
Rethel
Martha Watkins
Newtonsville
Jane Cole
Buddy Ross
Williamsville
Phillip Levering
Jones
Smith
Crusade Committee
Russell J. Speidel
County Crusade
Ethel Daniel
Ethel Washburn
Alvira Werner
Florence Hines
New Richmond
Gladys Reed
Ettamaye E. Jones
Ohio State University
Burley Tobacco
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