Clermont County Kids Plead For Chamber of Commerce
The Clermont County area lacks a chamber, yet a thousand school kids sent letters seeking help. Ed Colonel, Clermont police chief, forwards notes to the editor, briefly handling requests from Texas to Alaska. Letters ask for county information, officials, and even birthplace details of Ulysses S. Grant. Rita Ambroziewicz asks for a Clermont Chamber, reflecting local desire.
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Ermont County
Chamber of Commerce
Country
Ed Colonel
Baavia
Clermont County
Texas
East Fork
Alaska
Ark
United States
Grant
Debbie
Rita Ambroziewicz
Toledo
Rita
Simmons Assumes State Road Post Amid Challenge
Russell Simmons becomes Ohio Highway Department maintenance superintendent in Clermont County with his father’s prior service noted. Outgoing supervisor Alex Vaughn contests his removal, threatening a civil service dispute and court action to keep the post while being reassigned to Preble County. Vaughn has lawyers and a judge on his side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Simmons
Rt. 2
New Richmond
Ohio Highway Department
Clermont County
Lester
Simmons
Republican Club
Alex Vaughn
Democratic
Vaughn
Civil Service
Preble County
Felicity
Charles W. Jackson
Edward Osborne
Countians urged to sign petitions for Circle Freeway
A meeting arranged for Jan 31 by Carl Bernges aims to gather Clermont County residents to sign petitions requesting the eastern section of Interstate 275, the Circle Freeway, be built. Bernges asks signatures by Jan 30 to show highway officials strong local support for early construction and regional traffic and economic benefits.
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Division O
S.ac Department of Highways
Middletown
Carl Bernges
Circle Freesway Construction
Clermont County
Ohio
Bernges
Circle Freeway
Sign, clip and mail to Carl Bernges in Milford Ohio
Instructions direct recipients to sign a form and mail it to Carl Bernges at 12 Valley View Circle, Milford Ohio, detailing the requested action.
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Carl ‘Bernges
Valley View Circle
Milford
Ohio
Campaign to End Dimes March closes January thirty first
Clermont County New March of Dimes campaign director Rev. W. E. Morris Jr. announces the drive ends Jan 31 with volunteers active countywide. Mothers March efforts, school cards, posters, and coin collectors are coordinated by county leaders including Mrs. Donald Watkins and Mrs. Ethel Daniel with local volunteers in Amelia Batavia Milford Felicity Goshen and other communities.
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Clermont County
March of Times
W. E. Morris, Jr
Christ Presbyterian Church
Milford
Morris
Donald Watkins
Newtownsville
Ethel Daniel
Charles Abbott
Miamiville
County keeps standard hours. no 4:30 pm extension
County and department heads rejected a 4:30 pm extension proposed to match the commissioners. Offices will stay open weekdays from 9 am to 4 pm with Saturday noon close. Some staff may work past 4 pm not changing official hours. Arthur Blake proposed the longer day to avoid hiring new staff amid a deficit.
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Commsioners
Planning Commission
Building Inspection Department
Arthur Blake
Countian Injured In Florida Street Mishap
AmELIA Wiley M Mil ner 70 of 87 E Main St ing in critical condition after being struck by a car Thursday evening while crossing a street in Amelia City. His daughter-in-law says injuries include a crushed left leg and a brain blood clot. he remained unconscious until Monday. He had traveled with friends to St. Petersburg then visited other areas after staying in Lake Worth.
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Amelia — Wiley M. Milner
E. Main St
Ing
Condop
Lloyd Milner
Amelia- Olive Branch Rd
Openings Exist In Some West Clermont Adult Classes
Late registration is accepted for West Clermont adult education courses starting January 28 and January 20. Enroll this week or first class night. Several Wednesday offerings meet minimum, including typing and driver training. Some sessions need more enrollees. others are canceled for lack of students. Refunds available for courses that cannot be scheduled. For more info call 755 8660 or 752 0666.
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Amelia
West Clermont
Assistant Attorneys General Named Here
Two successors have been named to the Ohio Assistant Attorney General post vacated Jan 1 when Judge John D Erhardt resigned. New Attorney General William Saxbe redistricted the area and named Charles Brown of Portsmouth to handle Clermont and other counties to Scioto, while Nan Gardner of Cincinnati will cover Hamilton and Butler Counties. It is not known who will serve Warren County.
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Ohio
John D. Erhardt
Erhardt
Mark McElroy
Common Pleas
Clermont
Butler
Warren
Hamilton Counties
William Saxbe
Charles Brown
Portsmouth
Scioto
Nan Gardner
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Warren County
Unit Needs $1,000 For TB Program
At the Goshen PTA January meeting about 50 adults were given the Heat Test by the Clermont County Tuberculosis and Health Association as part of the county TB program. Funded by the Christmas Seal sale, the effort is $1,000 short of the minimum to run an adequate case finding program. The sale brought in 764.35 with $6,878.09 in by Jan 22, 1963, though higher postal rates may cut the total. Executive secretary Stirling Moore urged residents to respond to Christmas Seal letters mailed in late 1962.
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Goshen Pta
Clermont County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Stirling Moore
Association
Former Democrat Leader to Work on South American Projects
Charles A. Colonel and his wife Eva and son Jay will relocate from New Richmond to Paramaribo Surinam for three years. Their older son Douglas will attend college in North Carolina. They departed January 14 for the Beckopondo and Suralo power plant construction assignments. Colonel, an ironworker, is a former Clermont County Democratic party leader and past commander of the John Farina American Legion post.
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Charles A. Colonel
Eva
Jay
New Richmond
Paramaribo
Surinam
South America
Douglas
North Carolina
Colonel
Beckopondo
Suralo
Clermont County
Democrat Central
John Farina
American Legion
Officials Inspect Road Crossings Over Maple Creek
County commissioners and township trustees surveyed three crossings in Maple Creek township Washington. They considered potential new construction to ease marooned families during floods and recognized a 14 ft wide span and a 42 ft span for possible use at a crossing.
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Maple Creek
Washington Township
Pleasant Hills Swim Club to Reorganize at Annual Meeting
MT CARMEL The Pleas ant Hills Swim Club will hold a special annual meeting of shareholders at 7 30 p m Tuesday Jan 29 at the school to reorganize and elect new directors Nominees for the board will be named at the meeting Members unable to attend may mail proxy statements to C J Cooper or Jack R Andres to cast votes The club address is 4426 Aicholtz Rd Cincinnati Ohio
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MT. Carmel
Pleasant Hills
Jack R. Andres
Aicholtz Rd
Cincinnati
Ohio
Band Boosters Host Skating Party and Talent Show Prep
Amelia Elementary Band Boosters sponsor a skating party at Drownland Skating Club Bethel on January 28 from 7 to 10 pm inviting all parents. Publicity chair Mrs Sarah Buchanan also urged attendance at a February 13 meeting at 8 pm at the elementary school to plan a March talent show.
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Amelia
Drownland Skating Club
Bethel
Publiity
Ten Mile Crash Kills 1 Injures 2 Passengers
A two-vehicle crash on Ten Mile Road killed Andrew Fouch 28 of Martin Place and injured Homer Estenp 20 and Fill Hunt 23. Fouch died at the scene, Estenp was taken to Bethesta Hospital with back and head injuries, Hunt received cuts at the scene. A Batavia resident’s house at 95 S Fourth St sustained $600 damage from a car that rammed it.
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C.O. Rice
S. Fourth St
Batavia
Bonar Tarvin, Jr
Fourth St
Cincinnati
Ten Mile
Andrew Fouch
Martin Place
A. A. Gruber
Fouch
Homer Estenp
Etepp
Bethesta Hospital
No Richmond Life Squad
Fill Hunt
Science Students To Hear Telestar Satellite Talk
About 400 high school science students from Clement County and nearby areas will attend an afternoon session at the University of Cincinnati Chemistry Building on January 29 to hear Robert Lowell of Bell Telephone Laboratories discuss the challenges engineers faced in Telstar the Bell System's experimental communications satellite launched July 10. Three top students from each school will be chosen to attend, with sponsorship by the Cincinnati PA Loop Perl Telephone Co as part of its curator program.
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Clement County
Telstar
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati PA Loop Perl Telephone Co
Robert Lowell
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Bell System
Reading Confab Attracts Eighty In Batavia
A reading conference drawn by eighty attendees was held at Batavia school on January 18. County teachers and staff discussed current reading trends led by Wes Ruth Hudson from the Department of Education. Topics included graded and ungraded primary work, team teaching, personalized reading, and school libraries.
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Batavia
Perate
Ergde
County
Wes Ruth Hudson
Department of Education
Batavia Girls to Doorbell for Polio Fund Drive
Batavia schoolgirls will solicit funds for the polio fund by going house to house after school on Monday. They will meet at the First Methodist Church at 2 30 p.m.
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Batavia
First Methodist Church
Principals Hear Juvenile Judges in January Meeting
The Clermont County Principals Association hosted Judge Benjamin Schwartz of Hamilton County and Judge Orville Halbisch of Clermont County at Batavia Methodist Church. They discussed effective use of school and community resources to combat delinquency, with quotes about idle hands and the value of church affiliations and occupation programs in schools.
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Clermont County Principals’ Association
Benjamin Schwartz
Hamilton County
Orville Halbisch
Clermont County
Fellowship Hall
Batavia Methodist Church
Warren Tipton
Juvenile Court
Schwartz
Halbisch
Board Re-elects 2 In Reorganization
Clermont County board of education held a reorganizing session on Saturday January 19 at the County Superintendent Harry R. Moore office. Dr Charles M Simmons was re elected president and Stanley Cann was re elected vice president. Other members J A Ashton R G Little and Harry Kahle served on the board. The board also approved the 1963 appropriation.
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Clermont County Board of Education
Harry R. Moore
Charles M. Simmons
Stanley Cann
J. A.ashton
R. G. Little
Harry Kahle
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Department of Conservation
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United States Department of the Interior
General Grant Memorial
New York City
United States of America
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Shiner, Texas
Rhodes
Circle
Greater
Dimes
New March of Dimes
John F. Prindle
Don Patton
James Hodges
L. E. House
Robert Miller
Ronnie Dunn
Mrs
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Goshen
Jack Garbett
Jack Balzhiser
Mike Roberts
Ralph Hodges
Carmel
Kurt Lammerish
Ed Mulvanney
Charles Herbstreet
Barbara Corwin
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Harmon Shoe
Owensville
R. C. Graham
Chile
Arthur. Best
Williamsburg
Paul Calebaugh
Elsie Minnich
Norman Irvin
Woodville
Edenton
Ralph Watkins
Countian
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Frank Longevin
Rt. 3
Gibson Rd
Loveland
Doris Sidwell
Swim Club States Annual Meeting
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