Sprawling Polk Camp Near Clermont Becomes Guard Home
The 300000 acre Camp Polk in central Louisiana hosts eight million GIs in past war games and now serves as headquarters for XV Corps under Major General R. B. Woodruff. The camp, named for Rev. Leonidas Polk, reopened in 1950 for Oklahoma National Guard Korea readiness and now houses armored and artillery units and the 183td Signal Battalion near the Fourth Army border with Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
Polk
Lousiana
Third Armored Division
Leonidas Polk
Oklahoma National Guard
Korea
Fourth Army
XV Corps
Europe
R. B. Woodruff
East
Texas
Woodruff
United States
Franklin social notes reflect regional visits and gatherings
Families from Franklin and nearby towns shared weekends and weekdays visiting relatives in Bellevue Kentucky and Springfield Ohio. Local residents hosted luncheons and birthday celebrations while church and charity groups met, and several individuals were listed as ill or visiting extended family.
Local Family Notes and Obituaries From Cincinnati Visit
Mrs Edison Simmons dies after a lingering illness. Funeral held at the funeral home Friday. Engagement announced between Larry Jegley and Pauline Trees with wedding after Easter. Various visits and gatherings noted among families including the Stroub, Jegley, Browning and Ireton households. Head of U S Army Rossveld returns from Tokoma hospital having been discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Jegley
Pauline Trees
Rossveld
U.S. Army
Army Hospital
Tokoma
Washington
Batavia Students Audition for Spring Operetta and Play
Batavia students try out for operetta parts under music director Charles A. Nau and seniors audition for their class play directed by Casper T. Beck. Exams run today and tomorrow in Batavia while Williamsburg exams occur Friday. Batavia Band performed at the Bethel Batavia game Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Williamsburg
Milford Widower Charles Hughes Dies in Milford Home
Charles E. Hughes a 71 year old retired tobacco man and former Globe Wernicke employee was found dead Friday in his Forest Avenue home. Neighbors entered the living room after mail was not picked up for days and the coroner attributed death to a coronary attack likely on Saturday January 5. He leaves two sisters in law and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Hughes
Craver Funeral Home
Greenlawn
Mr. Hughes
Forest Avenue
Forrest T. Hill
Pack
Craver
Skeen
Hughes
Globe-Wernicke
Emma Coler Hughes
Martha Dennison
Milford
Josephine Goldstein
Chicago
Mulberry Fire Causes $500 Damage From Lamp Incident
Fire last Tuesday damaged a Mulberry home owned by George M. Adams on Cook Road when a child knocked over a lamp in an upstairs bedroom and an electric bulb burst, burning the bed. Damage stayed in the bedroom. Mrs. Abby Gatch Livingston, 78, Milford, died Friday at her home 429 Mill Street. Services Monday at Craver funeral home. Burial Greenlawn Cemetery. She was former librarian and active in Milford clubs and churches. She leaves two daughters, seven grandchildren, and a sister. Births and community notices follow including a January 6 daughter at Our Lady of Mercy Hospital and a WOTU meeting at Mrs. Nina Campbell’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Adams
Cook Road
Mulberry
Milford
Arthur Taylor
Abby Gatch Livingston
Mill Street
Maxwell Long
Craver Funeral Home
Greenlawn
Livingston
Thomas Livingston
Milford Progress Club
Milford Garden Club
Library Board
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Terrace Park
Circle Four
Milford Methodist Church
Georgiana Hebble
Martha Farr
Hyde Park
Ora Gatch
Harry K. James
Our Lady of Mercy Hospital
Mariemont
W.O.T U
Nina Campbell
Harry Gatch
Forest Avenue
Union Home Demonstration Club Meets at Mrs Nash
The Union Home Demonstration Club met with Mrs. Emma Nash on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Claude Roberts visited Mrs Clinton Ross and Mrs H B Smythe. Friends of Mrs Bertha Hellman of Batavia are ill. Mr and Mrs Ed Hubey and children spent Sunday January 6 with her parents, Mr and Mrs H B Smythe. Mrs Stela Barber of Cincinnati spent a recent weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Henderson
Ray Cook
Bellevue
Robert Hall
Springfield
Adam Bruce
D. M. Haas
Victor Barger
James Johnson
New Richmond
James Winnes
Jerome Firtag
Earle Johnsons
Clinton Ross
Forrest Henson
Mildred Taylor
Clarence Lamb
Mary Carnes
Libby Lawfield
Grace Emmons
Lovering Rest Home
Hamersville
Janet
Harriet Gilbert
Ott Thayer
Madisonville
John Dunn
Thomas
Richmond, Ky
Franklin Ladies Aid
Inez Carnes
The
Union Home Demonstration Club
Emma Nash
Claude Roberts
H. B. Smythe
Bertha Hellman
Batavia
Ed Hubeey
Stela Barber
Cincinnati
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Clermont Guards
Edger
Amelia
Franklin
L Virginia Haas
Lulu Taylor
John Taylor
Phil Sperry
Frank Urban
Adrew Sparke, Sr
G. Hamilton
Anna Merrce
Charles Hirghauer
Grace McGuire Crocker
California
Navy
Allen Smythe
Smythe
Anna Bishop
Andrew Sparks
William Isaack
Linda Velvens
Anna Merice
Matthews
Asbury College
Franklin Church
Camp Polk
National Guard
Clermont County
U. S. Army
Company B
Laure
Chris Straub
Edison Simmons
Rose Harris
Elizabeth and
Martha Harris
Hamilton
George Jegley
Paulines
Amelia School
Mr. Jegley
Ernest Stroub
Caudill and Son
Monterey
Leslie Stroub
Wayne
T. E. Browning
Gus Lillie
Innis Ireton
San Antonio
van Korf
Dorothy Juerling
Price Hill
Howard Ireton
By Rusty Speidel
Casper T. Beck
Mary Chandler
Mary M. De-Right
Republican Club
Irwin Kain
Homer Coyle
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Milford, Ohio
C. P. Easley, Realtor
Forest Ave
Meeks
Ohio
Amelia Griffith
Georgetown Marble & Granite CO
John Wood
Earl E. Hesler
Mgr
Glen Este
Carterpoise
Fisher
Ay Cadé Aes Cae Guahen
Auxier
Chevrolet
Main Street
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