Clermont County Courthouse Plan Aims for Low Cost
The editorial lauds a federal aid driven courthouse project for Clermont County, projecting a three story, 83 room building with basement on the corner near the sheriff’s residence. It condemns high taxes, praises thrift, notes architect DeCamp of Cincinnati and plans awaiting final approval in Columbus, while urging prudent spending and local protest of broader tax hikes.
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Clermont County
Clermont
Common Pleas
Court House
DeCamp
Cincinnati
Columbus
Tobacco Growers Grand Jury Report
The report notes the Columbus State Highway Department awarded Louis Crane of Akron a $54,900 contract for the Davis Hill Pike, with work to start after confirmation. It covers tobacco adjustment meetings in Clermont County, farmer participation terms, and grand jury activity including 5 cases and 4 true bills.
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Davis Hill Pike
Columbus
State Highway Department
Louis Crane
Akron
Washington D. C
Clermont County
Adams County
Simeon Shaver
Dudley Dixon
Adrain Frazier
Batavia Woman's Club to Meet December 6 Hostess Mrs Rush
The Batavia Woman's Club will gather next Saturday December 6 at 2 30 p m with Mrs E S Rush serving as hostess. An election is noted and a New Year greeting from Dickens appears in the responses calendar. Other items include calendar suggestions and notes on Manchuria travel and local names such as Mrs Bishop, Mrs Burkholder.
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Batavia Woman’s Club
E. S. Rush
Dickens
Manchuria
East
Bishop
Sapan
Burkholder
County officials attend State Educational Assembly
E. H. Pattison county School superintendent and M. H. Burkholder of Batavia schools served as Clermont county delegates at the State Educational Assembly in Columbus last Wednesday through Friday. Conditions look favorable for schools to continue.
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E. H. Pattison
M. H. Burkholder
Batavia
Clermont County
Columbus
Batavia to Host Felicity Teams in Friday Games
Batavia High School basketball teams prepare to face Felicity High School squads at the Batavia armory on Friday evening January 5. Felicity is said to field two strong teams and the matchups are expected to be hard fought and interesting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia High School
Felicity
Batavia Armory
Felicity High School
District Engineer Named for CWA Work in Ohio Counties
E. Allen of Columbus is appointed district engineer for Federal project work of the CWA in Brown Highland Adams and Clermont counties with headquarters at Batavia.
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E. Allen
Columbus
The
C.W.A
Brown, Highland
Adams
Clermont Counties
Batavia
Batavian Maria Lytle Mother Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Maria Lytle mother of W. O. Lytle of Batavia died at her sister Mrs. W. Harlow’s home near Williamsburg after a long illness. Funeral was at J. Isaac Maham Funeral Home Williamsburg with burial in Batavia. Clermont County reported 28 auto accident deaths in 1988.
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Mra. Maria
W. O. Lytle
Batavia
Clermont County
Bank Codes Suspended by State Banking Committee
Columbus Ohio December proclamation states that all local banking codes are suspended until further notice per R Q Baker chairman. A telegram to local Bankers' Associations instructs not to implement codes and notes no further information at this time per the Times Star.
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Columbus
Ohio
NEA Committee On Banks
R. Q. Baker
Ton
Naheey Code Authority
Times Star
400 Men Employed On County Road And Bridge Projects
About 400 workers in Clermont county are employed on state and federal road and bridge projects. They work in gangs of 10 to 15, earn 60 cents per hour for 80 hours weekly, and payroll nears 6000 dollars per week. The effort benefits laborers, merchants, and families.
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Clermont County
Grange Meeting in Batavia Sets January 4
Batavia Grange will meet January 4 for installation of officers and other business. At the last meeting five candidates received the third and fourth degrees. New members welcomed. officials urge strong participation this year. Mrs J D Wood, Cor.
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Batavia
J D. Wood
New Grocery Opens in Batavia by Malott Family
A new grocery store will open in Batavia in the Hugo Building on Main Street operated by Homer Malotti and his son Bill.
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Batavia
Homer Malotti and Son
Bill
Hugo
Main Street
Kellum Improving After Christmas Pitchfork Injury
Albert Kellum of Bethel shows improvement at Bethesda hospital after a Christmas day fall on a pitchfork from a feed load. He was unconscious when his father discovered him.
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Albert Kellum
Bethel
Bethesda Hospital
County Commissioners Set to Approve Annual Appropriations
County commissioners move to approve the yearly expense allocations today and plan to publish the full grant details next week.
All Places Filled For Laborers In The CWA 1860
With fewer than 400 jobs in the CWA of Clermont county and 1800 registered, no new applicants are needed at Batavia. Clerks are busy. message not required. About three men compete for every opening and workers will be notified when vacancies arise.
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CWA
Clermont County
Batavia
Government Meat Delivered to Stores Countywide
Government meat totaling 8000 pounds arrived last week and is now in stores across the county where refrigerators are common. Packages weigh four to five pounds and are available by order from listed local providers including Neuman Batavia Groves Owensville Jones Marathon Losey Newtonsville Boring Goshen Jones Edenton Fischer Milford Bell Summerside York New Richmond Welle Felicity Manning Bethel Jordan Williamsburg Viers Moscow.
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E. W. Neuman
Batavia
R. B. Groves
Owensville
C. L. Jones
Marathon
H. L. Losey
Newtonsville
Goshen
Oscar Jones
Edenton
W. OC. Fischer
Milford
Fred Bell
Summerside
F. A. York
New Richmond
J. Welle
Felicity
E. J. Manning
Bethel
A. C. Jordan
Williamsburg
Wm. Viers
Moscow
Two Cincinnati Men Held Over Auto Wheel Theft
Virgil Rust and Robert Minor were jailed in Batavia last week charged with stealing four wheels and tires from Fannie Snyder of Amelia. They faced a hearing before Squire Larkin. Mrs Harold Nichola and her son Hugh visit her mother in Salem Indiana.
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Virgil Rust
Robert Minor
Cincinnati
Batavia
Fannie Snyder
Amelia
Squire Larkin
Harold Nichola
Hugh
Salem, Indiana
State aid distribution reaches deficit schools in 1938 plan
State aid under Senate Bill 152 small distribution went to districts farthest behind in meeting expenses through cigarette tax funds. Districts with per pupil valuation over $4,000 for 1932-33 did not participate. Clermont county total was $4,446.00.
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Clermont County
Judge Clinton D. Boyd Seeks Ohio Supreme Court Seat
Judge Clinton D. Boyd of Middletown Ohio declares candidacy for the short term Supreme Court seat in the Reynolds R. Kinkade vacancy subject to the August 1934 Republican primary. Boyd, fifty, long noted in Ohio law, has served as Juvenile Judge Acting Probate Judge and Common Pleas Judge and has practiced law for twenty years. He was appointed by the Governor and twice elected by Butler County voters.
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Clinton D. Boyd
Middletown
Ohio
Supreme Court
Reynolds R. Kinkade
Boyd
Cincinnati
Toledo
Butler County
Bethel Woman Dies by Suicide at Home
Mrs. Howard Fossyl aged 42 at Bethel Sunday afternoon used a 38 caliber revolver in her home, the ball entering the right temple. She had shown melancholy and refused dinner before disappearing until the gun report. She died instantly. husband and mother survive. Coroner Sam White ruled death by own action.
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Howard Fossyl
Bethel
Sam White
Clermonter Named New Rich Mond Architect Joins CWA
Donald F. McMurchy, a New Richmond architect, has accepted a safety director post for the State Civil Works Administration in Columbus. He began duties January 2 and attended a National Safety Council meeting in Chicago last Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Donald F. McMurchy
Richmond
State Civil Works Administration
Columbus
CWA
Ohio
National Safety Council
Chicago
Change in state constitution ends term limits for county officials
Columbus readers learn that the new state constitution removes term limits for county sheriffs and treasurers, allowing unlimited reelection. Officials now serving multiple terms may run again, with voters in each county deciding consent for further terms.
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Columbus
Ohio
Clermonter Passes In Frankfort Ind
Mrs Elizabeth Brunk nee day wife of George Brunk died at her daughter Mrs Everett Harvey home in Frankfort Indiana on Saturday December 30 in her 72nd year She leaves husband five daughters two sons and two sisters Funeral held at Barrerea Funeral Home Cincinnati Tuesday afternoon Burial in Green Mound Cemetery New Richmond. Ed Rouster of Stonelick hosted Christmas dinner with brother Peter Rouster and son North Fairmount and cousins Galen Filager Batavia
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Elizabeth Brunk
Day
George Brunk
Everett Harvey
Frankfort
Ind
Barrerea Funeral Home
Cincinnati
Green Mound Cemetery
New Richmond
Ed. Rouster
Stonelick
Peter Rouster
North Fairmount
Galen Filager
Batavia
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Johnson
George White
Brain Trust
Balmy Florda
Tobacco Growers Grand Jury Report
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Raymond C. Smith
George W. Eastwood
Baugh
E. O. Norris
Guy Jones
Earl Groppenbacher
C. E. Murphy
J. F. Robinson
Locust Corner
Arnold Anstead
Densville
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
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County Tobacco Committee
John B. Rapp
Frank A. Roberts
Clyde Depue
Basket Ball
Jects
Grange News
Kellum
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