Memories of the Old Bethel A Portrait of a Village's Past
A reminiscence piece by Mrs. Frederica Thorp Allinger recalls Bethel’s history and notable residents. It highlights the town’s Grant Memorial Library, Burke Park, churches, and a physician Dr. W. E. Thompson who died aged 104 after delivering about 2,000 babies. The article notes a local PTA, pre school clinics, Christmas performances, and civic life shaping Bethel’s enduring identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Bethel
John C. Allinger
Batavia
Route 1
Mt. Carmel
Allinger
Frederica Tharp
Mrs. Frederica Thorp Allinger
New Town
Bethel
Greater
Cincinnati
New Bethel
Grant Memorial
Burke Park
W. E. Thompson
William Eberle Thompson
Marie Davidson
P.T. A
Clermont County Health
Culley
Davidson
Bethel-Tate P.T.A. Outlines Ambitious Program
Bethel Tate schools boast an active P.T.A. with 284 members and officers led by president Mrs Nell Kennedy and vice president Mrs Ella Kinnery. Other officers include secretary Mrs M am ie Buschman, corresponding secretary Miss Rachel Perin, and treasurer Mrs Glenna Wilkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel-Tate
P.T. A
Nell Kennedy
Ella Kinnery
Mamie Buschman
Rachel Perin
Glenna Wilkins
Orchard Mouse Control in Fruit Trees
Orchardists face yearly losses as meadow and pine mice devastate valued fruit and timber trees. Young and mature trees alike succumb, threatening profits despite careful orchard management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Hamilton
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Faye Lanham
Mrs. Allinger
United States
Alma
Paul Ellerbey
Thomas Morris
Grant
West Point
Thompson
James Anthony Froude
Woodrow Wilson
Carolyn Laird
University of New Mexico
Home Management House
Miss Laird
Patsy
Realty
Bethel, Ohio
Bethel-Tate P. T. A
Bethel Dry Cleaners
Mele SF
VEL
Midway Theatre
Ohio
Clermont County
THREE
Little Girls IN Blue
June Haver
George Montgomery
Vivian Blaine
Celeste Holm
Vera Ellen
Frank Latimore
RED Skelton
Marilyn Maxwell
Marjorie Main
Virginia O’brien
Eddie
Rochester” Anderson
Lucille Ball
Clifton Webb
William Bendix
Mark Stevens
Edward L. Alperson
Anna Sewell
Mona Freeman
Richard Denning
Evelyn Ankers
Charles Evans
Robert Cummings
Michele Morgan
Steve Cochran
Peter Lorre
Jerome Kern
Jeanne Crain
Cornel Wilde
Linda Darnell
William Eythe
Walter Brennan
Constance Bennett
Dorothy Gish
Anna
Siam
Irene Dunne
Rex Harrison
Claudia
David
Dorothy McGuire
Robert Young
Gruen
C. L. Waits
Jewelry
Midway Theater
Frazer
Frazer and Kaiser
America
Ers
New Rototiller
Graham-Paige Farm
Bob's Friendly Service
Kaiser-Frazer
Mobilgas
Plane & Union
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