Batavia Post Office Plans Route Six and Home Delivery
Batavia post master Harry Hollerback announces route six to operate January 17 mainly along State Route 74 and Glen Este area. Batavia Post Office reports a ten percent growth, receipts of 39500, serving over three thousand families, with possible waivers on city delivery rules if civic groups organize and prove demand.
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Harry Hollerback
Batavia
Tealtown Road
Glen Este
Aicholz Road
Summerside
Clough Pike
Glen Este-Williamsville
Tabasco
Hollerback
Post Office Department
Auditor Extends Batavia Courtroom Hours for Water Easements
Barley Kincaid Clermont County auditor says the Batavia courthouse conference room will stay open Saturday January 15 until 4 p.m. so property owners can sign water easements for the new water system.
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Barley Kincaid
Clermont County
Court House
Batavia
Mothers Set March Date In Polio Drive
The Batavia Women's Club plans a house to house polio drive on January 28 stopping at each home to solicit funds for the campaign. The effort, part of the Mother's March, will span the entire January period.
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Batavia Women’s Club
Farm Economist Discusses Prices at Batavia Meeting
Ohio State University economist Lyle Barnes spoke on Agricultural Outlook for 1955 at Batavia school auditorium January 11. He forecast livestock price trends and commodity movements. Louise Nuxell of the Social Security Office in Cincinnati described how Social Security affects farmers, a new item this year affecting nearly all farmers.
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Lyle Barnes
Ohio State University
Batavia School
Louise Nuxell
Social Security Office
Cincinnati
Ruffner Elected Board President
Ernest Ruffner of Williamsburg was elected president of the Clermont County Board of Commissioners by fellow commissioners. He was nominated by Fred Croswell for the one year term, with Commissioner Clark nominating Croswell and Ruffner voting after a hospital visit to Christ Hospital in Cincinnati where Ruffner is a patient.
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Ernest Ruffner
Williamsburg
Clermont County Board of Commissioners
Fred Croswell
Clark
Croswell
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Ruffner
Judge Halbisch Chosen To Lead Charity Drive
Probate Judge Orville Halbisch accepts the chairmanship of Clermont County 1955 Red Cross fundraising campaign. Campaign starts March 1 as he forms a corps of community chairmen and solicitors. Charles Schneider heads disaster relief. Mary Lou Elliott leads Junior Red Cross. Harold Nichols to head first aid. John Friend as first aid instructor. A full list of chairmen and goals will be announced soon.
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Orville Halbisch
Red Cross
Clermont County
Elmer Kramer
Organiz
Charles Schneider
New Richmond National Bank
Mary Lou Elliott
Batavia
Red
Cross Service
Clermont
Harold Nichols
John Friend
Halbisch
Success Scored In Foster Shoot At Batavia
The Carl G. Foster memorial shoot at the Frank W. Weaver Post American Legion Batavia on January 9 raised 350 dollars plus donations for a Cincinnati Children's Hospital room in Foster's memory. Honorary chair Paul Derringer helped lead the event with gun club members Bob Ayer and Don Schultz supporting. Foster, a Batavia businessman from Williamsburg, died in a December 12 automobile crash near Georgetown.
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Carl G. Foster
Frank W. Weaver
American Legion
Batavia
Jim Griffith
The
Veteran’s Service Office
Griffith
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Carl Foster
Paul Derringer
Cincinnati
Bob Ayer
Don Schultz
Foster
Williamsburg
Georgetown
O.H. Sharp Picture
Poor Health Blamed In Death Of Newtonsville Man
An 82 year old Newtonsville resident William O Reilly ended his life at his home on Lorado Pike with a shotgun blast. His widow Emma O Reilly survives along with one son and two daughters. The body was moved to Eichelberger funeral home in Blanchester.
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Newtonsville
William O’reilly
Lorado Pike
Emma O'Reilly
Eichelberger
Blanchester
Workshop Planned For PTA Officers
Mrs. Floyd Werner leads a Clermont County PTA Council workshop for officers and members on January 19 from 9 45 a m to 9 45 p m at the UB Church Batavia. Mrs Verne Davis of the SW District Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers conducts the event. Clermont County Council will meet January 24 at 8 p m in Edenton with Judge Orville Halbisch speaking on Learn to Combat Hoodlumism.
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Floyd Werner
Clermont County Pta Council
Batavia
Verne Davis
Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers
Clermont County Council of Parents and Teachers
Edenton
Orville Halbisch
Judge Installs New Association Heads
Milford Ohio new officers of the Clermont Peace Officers Association were installed Monday night with Henry Whitt as president John Wood re elected secretary Joseph Erwin as treasurer and Police Chief Burton Hodges of Williamsburg as sergeant at arms The installations were handled by Judge Orville Halbisch.
Three Ohio youths charged in Williamsburg incident
Three Russelville men Joseph Willingford Tom Belcher and Bobby Lanham aged 21 21 and 20 are held in Clermont County jail on charges tied to an alleged incident involving a 17-year-old mother and her year-old child. Bound over to the Grand Jury by Williamsburg Mayor C E Danbury the case centers a late night drive from Cincinnati Western Avenue to Sycamore Park New Hope and a group of hitch hikers with two companions. Police say the two other youths have prior records.
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Williamsburg, O
Russelville
Ohio
Joseph Willingford
Tom Belcher
Bobby Lanham
Clermont County
Cincinnati
Grand
Williamsburg
C. E. Danbury
Sycamore Park
New Hope
Dog license sales in Clermont County end January 20
Blythe Jones in the front hall of the courthouse at Batavia sold over 2044 dog licenses in recent weeks. The county announces residents may purchase the required licenses up to and including January 20 by going to the courthouse office.
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Blythe Jones
Court House
Batavia
Jones
Clermont County
Southwestern Ohio Press Club Formed in Five-County Area
A five-county newspaper group formed last Friday at the O8 Club near Georgetown, naming itself the Southwestern Ohio Press Club to include Adams Brown Clermont Clinton and Highland Counties. The group will address press freedom access to news sources and meets April 15 at the Highlander Restaurant Hillsboro with charter membership for those joining by that date.
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O8 Club
Georgetown
Ohio
Southwestern Ohio Press Club
Adams, Brown
Clermont
Clinton
Highland Counties
D-X Ranch
Max Sauer
Leesburg
Leesburg Citizen
Arnold Nichols
Mr. Washington
The
Ohio Piker
Harold Powell
Hillsboro
Press-Gazette
Arthur Keller
Cincinnati Post
Clifford Ward
Clermont Sun
Rus
Sel Althaus
Bethel Journal
Clara Kimball
Adams County News
Jess Shaffer
William Woolard
Manchester Signal
William Wylie
Ripley Bee
Jerald Fortney
Clermont Courier
Highlander
Charles Sharp
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Clermont Legion
State Highway Patrol
Henry Cushard, Jr
Moscow
F. W. Weaver
OH Sharp Picture
Old Court House
Roy Thompson
Bud Zimmerman
Judge Halbisch
PTA
March of Dimes
Western Avenue
Burton Hodges
Otis Murray
Clough Lane
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