Clermont County Moves to 2 5 Numbering Plan This Sunday
Clermont County telephone numbers switch to a two letter five digit dialing scheme on Sunday January 8 at 2 01 am affecting about 7 000 local numbers and over 7 700 telephones. Batavia area splits into numbers changing in groups with some kept until May 20 1956. Central offices Ulysses Plymouth Swift and Skyline appear as new names.
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Clermont County
Cincinnati
Bell Telephone Company
Plymouth
Swift
Skyline
Ulysses
Local Girls Held With 2 Robbery Suspects In South
Two Clermont County girls Shirley McBath and Delores Butler were arrested in Florida with two Newtown men linked to a December 27 armed robbery in Statesville North Carolina. Also named are Estell Gross Robert Shoemaker Lewis Beard and Earlene Shoemaker. John Hughes injured in Batavia one way bridge crash. Albert Finley under observation after indictment related to his 10 year old daughter.
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Clermont County
Florida
Newtown
Statesville
N. C
Shirley McBath
Felicity
Delores G. Butler
New Richmond
Ofia
Estell Don Gross
Robert Shoemaker
Lewis Beard
Earlene Shoemaker
John Hughes
Route 3
Batavia
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
North Water Street
Fred Richards, Jr
Ed Colonel
Charles Lea
Albert A. Finley
Loveland
Lima State Hospital
Arson Suspected In Clermont School Blaze And Awards Planned
The sixth annual meeting of the Clermont Soil Conservation District will be held at 8 p m Wednesday Jan 11 in the Batavia elementary school auditorium. John Slipher of Ohio State University will speak on Land Building and the Farmer focusing on soil and water conservation and crop production. Slipher has 35 years in soils work and 32 years with the Ohio Agriculture Extension Service.
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Clermont Soil Conservation District
Batavia
John Slipher
Ohio State University
Slipher
Ohio Agriculture Extension Service
Doctor Named Clermont County Health Commissioner
Dr. Charles Kramer of New Richmond was appointed Clermont County health commissioner by the Board of Health, effective Jan. 1, succeeding Dr. F M Oxley whose term expired. Oxley declined due to ill health. Kramer previously chaired the county health board and resigned in December 1955. Dr Walter Culley of Bethel was named to replace Kramer, awaiting acceptance.
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Charles Kramer
New Richmond
Clermont County
Board of Health
F. M. Oxley
Batavia
Oxley
Kramer
County Health Board
Walter Culley
Bethel
Clermont County Firms Rise in Dun and Bradstreet Count
The Dun and Bradstreet Clermont County section lists 740 local manufacturers wholesalers and retailers reflecting regional growth. One room fire at Glen Este Mount Carmel school investigated by Ohio Fire Marshal suspects arson after smoldering in a rear closet. no students harmed. needles and branches from a Christmas decoration found.
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Dun
Glen Este-Mt. Carmel
James J. Kloth
Ohio State Fire Marshal
Kloth
Mervyn Keller
Dorothy Cooper
Joseph Plum
Newtown Fire Department
Williamsville
Keller
Plum
Petition Drives Seek Interim Board for Merged Districts
Petitions circulating in the Glen Este Mount Carmel area urge the Clermont Board of Education to appoint an interim board for the newly consolidated Amelia Glen Este Mount Carmel and Williamsville Tabasco districts. The petitions name potential appointees Richard Rosenfeld and Eric Carlson, as both Wilbur Fitzgerald and Chris Rosenhoffer say they cannot serve.
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Glen Este-Mt. Carmel
Clermont Board of Education
Amelia
Williamsville-Tabasco
Richard Rosenfeld
Eric Carlson
Wilbur Fitzgerald
Chris Rosenhoffer
PTA
Winner delayed for baby birth verification
Winner in the 1956 birth announcement is postponed as officials confirm details of the first baby born that year. Verification difficulties prompt a one week delay in confirming the winner.
Aged Man Takes His Own Life in New Richmond Park
Charles Tomlin, 82, of Green Mound Road, New Richmond, died in the village park on December 29 after using a .22 pistol and a rope. He was retired and survived by his widow and two sons Harold and Charles. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Dr. Harry M. Breuer. White Funeral Home handled arrangements.
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133 Club
Williamsburg
Bethel
John Colonel
Florida
James Hensley
Hensley
Clyde Dericks
Charles McNutt
Charles Tomlin
Green Mound Road
New Richmond
Tomlin
Harold
Charles
Harry M. Breuer
White Funeral Home
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lima
Extension Service
Purdue University
Indiana
U. S. Soil Survey
Illinois
Tom Stickley
IFYE
International Foreign Youth Exchange
Champaign County
Ecuador
South America
John Bairnsfather
Miami Township
Hermon E. Fagley
Tate Township
John Johnson, Jr
Franklin Township
Walter R. Johnson
Jackson
Tabasco
Carl Darrah
Robert Shuttleworth
Harold Strean
Mt. Carmel-Tobasco Road
Withamsville-Tobasco School
Lloyd Amburgey
Russell Shinkie
United States
Dun and Bradstreet
William M. Gordon
Dun & Bradstreet
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