Rains Damage Clermont Roads Prompt Maintenance Efforts
County Engineer Carl H. Rush reports about 12 000 dollars in damage to county and township roads from recent rains and high water. Crews repair the damage to keep roads open. most affected areas north of State Route 125. Elk Lick Road, South Milford Road section near Terrace Park, and several streets suffered washouts and diggings. Terrace Park golf course and five homes in Brazier neighborhood flooded. ditches opened to relieve water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl H. Rush
Rush
Elk Lick
East Fork
South Milford Road
Terrace Park Country Club
South Milford Bridge
Terrace Park
Beechwood Road
Nine Mile Road
Oakland Road
Brazier
East Fork Flood Hits Clermont County Areas
Last Thursday and Sunday, East Fork River in Clermont County rose rapidly flooding acres of bottom land and forcing farmers to move livestock for two days. A summer cottage was moved from its foundation and river flooding disrupted highways, sewers, basements, and furnaces. One drowning was reported near Eight Mile by the Ohio River.
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Clermont County
West Batavia
Eight Mile
Ohio River
Broadway
Spring
Main
North Street
Batavia Woman's Club hears readings and songs
The Batavia Woman's Club met last Saturday afternoon with Miss Emma Wilke. Bruce read Mrs. Paschall's paper in her absence. The program featured Responses Noted Southern Women Songs of the Old South and biographical items on Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson and Southern Poetry read by Mrs. Huntington Mrs. Banford and Mrs. Robinson hosted readings.
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Batavia Woman’s Club
Emma Wilke
Paschall
Bruce
Robert E. Lee
Huntington
Stonewall Jackson
Banford
Robinson
President's Birthday Ball planned in Batavia High School hall
Clermont County Granges announce the fourth annual President's Birthday Ball at Batavia High School auditorium. The Wurlitzer Marimba Band and a large cast of singers, dancers, and entertainers will perform to fund infantile paralysis research and Warm Springs Foundation. Tickets cost 1 to 1.50, with 70 percent to county efforts and 30 percent to the foundation, and sales are urged ahead of seating limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia High School
Clermont County
Earl Kincaid
Cincinnati
Kincaid
Dowdney
J. M. Wiser
Batavia
Wiseman
Warm Springs Foundation
John Friend
S. L. Larkin
C. O. Rice
Dave Roberts
Frank Hoggatt
Claude Coyle
Carl Rush
Final Day for Clermont County 1937 Dog Tags Purchase
Clermont County dog owners must buy 1937 dog tags by today January 20 to avoid a $1 penalty. The penalty applies starting January 21 and the county auditor may be liable for any uncollected amount if enforcement fails.
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Clermont County
Ohio
Fourth Annual President's Birthday Ball urged for polio funds
Clermont County residents are asked to support the Birthday Ball fundraiser led by Earle B. Kincaid to aid poliomyelitis research at Warm Springs. The drive emphasizes health, education, and youth fitness, noting 70 percent of receipts stay locally.
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Clermont County
Earle B. Kincaid
Warm Springs Sanatorium
Commissioners Proceedings Detail Clermont County actions
The weekly session records approvals for emergency repair fund of 500 dollars, flood relief of 100 dollars, and appoints Wm. Brossart as special CCC camp clerk without pay. It notes emergency flood relief leadership for Tom Hall, road and county system takeovers in Monterey Newtonsville area, supplemental pay for L. J. Strassburger, one bricklayer hire, and 1165.37 to the new service building fund. It lists township road takeovers in Jackson Goshen and Goshen for 100 percent petitions and hires Eugene W. Klein as draftsman at 75 dollars monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont County
Seyler
Hutchinson
Wm. Brossart
CCC
Tom Hall
Monterey - Newtonsville
Jackson
Stonelick
Monterey Christian Church
Hutchinson & Newtonsville Road
L. J. Strassburger
General Fund
New Service Building Fund
Burdsall Pike
Jackson Township
Brown-Clermont County
Goshen Township
Clermont- Warren County
Hills Station Road
Henry Biggs Rafid
Goshen
Clermont-Warren County
Eugene W. Klein
Foundation Law Discussion Held in Clermont County
A Clermont County Schoolmasters' Club meeting at Bethel on January 7 featured principal discussions by J. W. McDonald Milford High on the State Teachers' Retirement System and by P. K. Moore Batavia on the Foundation Program Law. Topics covered transportation funding eligibility for funds and distribution of funds chaired by Roy Thompson New Richmond with W. J. Tabscott Amelia presiding. The event included Bethel High School pupils performing for attendees. The club, led by President J. W. Evans Owensville, is described as a growing educational movement in the county.
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Clermont County
Granges
New Court House
Edwin Roberts
Cincinnati
Roberts
Clermont Granges
Paul Hopping
Hopping
Batavia
Felicity
Washington
Monroe
Bethel
Owensville
Bantam
Williamsburg
Wayne
Marathon
Goshen
Clermont
Miami
Mt. Carmel
Locust Corner
Pomona Grange
Pomona
Grange
Clermont County Schoolmasters’ Club
Clermont County Athletic Association
Bethel High School
State
J. W. McDonald
Milford High School
P. K. Moore
H. J. Badgley
P. G. Meranda
Moscow
Roy Thompson
New Richmond
W. J. Tabscott
Amelia
Schoolmasters’ Club
J. W.evans
Clermont County P T A to Meet in Batavia
The Clermont County Council of Parent Teachers Associations will meet Wednesday at 1 30 PM in the courthouse assembly room Batavia. Mrs Charles Hyser will preside and a play Health Through the Ages will be presented by Mrs Gerald Iles and Mrs James Patchell.
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Clermont County Council of Parent Teachers Associations
Court House
Batavia
Charles Hyser
Gerald Iles
James Patchell
Wm. Moore
Ray Irwin
Lester House
Goshen
Lucile Ridings
Newtonsville
A. C. Roslow
Mt. Carmel Association
Goodwill Earned by Actions and Lost by One
A reflection on how goodwill toward a person or organization builds through many deeds but can be diminished by a single misstep. The saying emphasizes consistent conduct over isolated errors and the fragility of reputational capital.
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Goodwill
Bethel Tate Levy Vote Planned After Void Election
Bethel Tate school levy plan will be put to voters again at the earliest date after the prior election was declared void due to an error in the resolution. The measure previously carried, supporting funds to meet debt charges.
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Bethel-Tate
Roberts Seeks Identity Of Note Writer
The Prosecuting Attorney requests the public reveal the author of a January 9 1937 threat letter sent from Milford Ohio The letter urges enforcement against slot machines and mentions Branch Hill and Remington Beach The writer signs as Joe Brown which is believed fictitious The office invites the author to disclose identity and addresses for a thorough Grand Jury investigation and vows full prosecution if made openly.
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Milford
Ohio
Branch Hill
Remington Beach
Joe Brown
Brown
Grand
Tate home roof blown off in Batavia storm
A severe storm last Thursday night unroofed the Tate house belonging to Lou Buerkle at 74 east of Batavia. The roof was lifted and dropped in the road, blocking traffic until highway workers cleared the debris.
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Lou Buerkle
Batavia
Tate
Binning Malott Couple Wed At U B Parsonage
Edward Binning and Helen Malott were married last Saturday afternoon at the U B parsonage. Rev E L Smith performed the single ring ceremony making them husband and wife. The couple’s friends extend congratulations.
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Edward Binning
Helen Malott
U. B. Parsonage
E. L. Smith
Ansteadt Hurt in Unusual Roadside Accident
Edgar Anstaett of Huatavia was injured when a coal truck tipped a lump onto his car near Bethel while driving toward Williamsburg. The lump shattered the windshield, causing cuts and bruises from flying glass and a head blow. Virgil Wood was the truck driver.
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Edgar Anstaett
Huatavia
Williamsburg
Farm Bureau
Bethel
Virgil Wood
Million Dollar Gold Shipment to Fort Knox Revealed
A million dollar gold bullion shipment worth millions moved by special train from Philadelphia and New York to Fort Knox Kentucky. It was the first of four billion dollars moved from the Philadelphia mint and the New York assay to the Kentucky depository. The exact amount was kept secret. Miss Lillian Robinson of Batavia is recovering after surgery at Christ Hospital Cincinnati and will soon go home.
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Loveland
Fortress
Fort Knox
Philadelphia
New York
Kentucky
Lillian Robinson
Batavia
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Flood Threat Near Clermont County Towns In Ohio
Ohio River waters threaten New Richmond New Richmond Moscow Neville and Chile as river rises to about 60 feet. County and Red Cross set emergency HQ at Nicholsville Hill with trucks food and hospital in township hall. Tom Hall leads flood relief Louise Massey represents Red Cross. Traffic halted on A P Highway and Front Street blocked by rising water with one road into town via Nicholsville.
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Clermont County
New Richmond
Moscow
Neville
Chile
Weather Bureau
Cincinnati
Willow Street
County
Red Cross
Nicholsville Hill
Tom Hall
Louise Massey
Hall
A.P
Nicholsville
Clasgens
Union Street
District Meeting Date Announced
The Southwest District Conference of the Parent Teacher Association will be held January 28 at North Ridge School in Montgomery County, one and one-half miles north of Dayton. Morning sessions feature national state and district officers and Miss Alice Sowers of Washington DC. Afternoon pages include Ohio officers and Dr Harold Geistweit of Cincinnati. Delegations from Clermont County urged to attend.
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The
Parent Teacher Association
North Ridge School
Montgomery County
Dayton
Alice Sowers
Washington, D. C
Partners In Progress
Ohio Congress
Harold Nash Geistweit
Ninth Street Baptist Church
Cincinnati
Ohio
Geistweit
Clermont County
Relief Administration Ends After 1986 Winding Down
Clermont County bids farewell to its relief administration as it winds up 1986 operations. With its closure relief responsibilities shift to township trustees and to various state and federal departments.
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Clermont County
Relief Administration
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East Fork High
Woman’s Club
Foundation Law
County P.T.A
Storm’s
Binning-Malott
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