Miss Clermont County Beauty Contest Draws 32 Entrants
With 32 entrants, the Miss Clermont County pageant offers four prizes led by a two week dream vacation for Miss Clermont County and a chaperone. Second prize is a $75 gift certificate, and the winner receives two weeks hotel accommodations plus a $50 certificate for runner up. Contest runs Aug. 23 in Batavia with ballots in Batavia stores.
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Clermont County
Batavia
Batavia Business Men’s Association, Inc
Accomodations
Clermont County United Appeal leaders named for 1958 59 drive
Top leaders from Clermont County Districts R 6 and R 8 plan the 1958 59 United Appeal covering Monroe and Pierce townships. The group includes James Miller vice chairman in New Richmond, Harry A Danner chairman in Amelia, James E McMillan vice chairman in Bethel, and James Daley chairman in Monroe township. The appeal supports 116 Community Chest agencies and 16 Red Cross services in Clermont and five surrounding counties.
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United Appeal
Cenfer
Pierce, Monroe
Clermont County
Harry A. Danner
Box 67
Rt. 1
Amelia
Pierce Township
James E. McMillin
Bethel
Monroe Township
James Daley
Box
Nicholsville-Bethel
Red Cross
Cincinnati
Court declines to halt Elklick Dump operations
Judge Charles R. Kirk refused to issue an injunction stopping operations at the Elklick Rd landfill near Batavia. The suit by Ruth Runyan claims nuisance and health risk, but witnesses said the dump is being run properly. A separate Batavia village suit over water supply contamination proceeds, with council decision pending.
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Elklick Rd
Batavia
Charles R. Kirk
Wilmington
Ralph E. Hodges
Ruth van Pelt Runyan
Hodges
Russell Wuerdeman
Rt. 1
Amelia
Kirk
Clermont County Common Pleas Court
Iction
J. C
Little
Miami
Ely
West Clermont Adopts New Teacher Salary Schedule
The West Clermont school board approved a new teacher salary scale with raises of 300 to 400 this year. Salaries vary by education level from two years college up to a master's degree, with 12 month pay. Enrollments rise prompt adding 14 teachers. vacancies exist in both high school and elementary positions.
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West Clermont
Board of Education
Motorist Cited For Illegal Passing After Head-On Crash
Donald Batchelder a 27 year old from Ft Wayne Ind was cited by the State Highway Patrol for passing without assured clear distance after a head on crash on Rt 131 one mile east of US 50. Milford residents Kenneth Eigher 48 and Hazel Eigher 47 suffered arm knee and knee injuries in the other car.
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Donald Batchelder
Ft. Wayne
Ind
State Highway Patrol
Rt. 131
US. 50
Milford
Kenneth Eigher
Naomi Dr
Hazel Eigher
Clermont County Historical Society Call Promoted
John MacKeever of Williamsburg urges residents to form a Clermont County Historical Society. He invites all to meet at his home on South Broadway at 7 30 p m Thursday July 10, noting Ohio Revised Code supports such a group.
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Clermont County
Clermont County Cuts Building Permit Fees After Boom
Inspector C. C. Mattox says a surprising building boom in Clermont County allows restoring fees to pre year rates. The 40 cents per 1000 cubic feet and base $4 will apply again once steps are final, with Miami Township leading activity and Union Township home building rising. Proposals come from the Board of Building Standards and Clermont Home Builders Association, with Prosecutor Ralph A. Hill drafting the resolution.
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Clermont County
C. C. Mattox
Mattox
Clermont
Miami Township
Union Township
County Board of Building Standards
Home Builders Association
Ralph A. Hill
Delegates Name New Members On ASC Committee
Twelve of the fourteen township delegates to Clermont County Agricultural Stabilization Committee elected two new community members. Cary Thompson Coraddale Jackson township and Arnold Anstaett Rt. 3 Batavia Stonelick township fill vacancies from the resignations of Harry R. Clark and Augustus Wolf. George W. Schafer is chairman. The new members will attend their first Batavia meeting on July 8.
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Clermont County Agricultural Stablization Committee
Cary Thompson
Coraddale
Jackson Township
Arnold Anstaett
Rt. 3
Batavia
Stonelick Township
Harry R. Clark
Augustus Wolf
George W. Schafer
Union Township
Ton Humphrey
ASC
Batavia Board Names John P Settles as Principal
At a special meeting on June 23 the Batavia board of education hired John P Settles to replace Charles A Nau as elementary principal. Settles, born in Indianapolis, served 42 months in World War II with the 693rd Field Artillery Battalion, later earned an AB degree at Concord State College and taught in West Virginia one room schools. He joined Batavia in 1954 and will complete a master’s in education in July. he is married with two children.
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Batavia Board of Education
John P Settles
Charles A. Nau
Batavia
Madeira Schools
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
693Rd Field Artillery
Normandy
Austria
Settles
Concord State College
Athens
West Virginia
Loveland Woman Elected State Home Demonstration Officers
Ohio State University in Columbus hosted a June 23 luncheon where new officers of the Ohio Home Demonstration Council were installed. From Clermont and nearby counties, including Loveland, Carroll, Madison, and Williams, new leaders took posts as president vice president secretary and treasurer. Minnie Price scholarship winners Miss Mary Burns and Miss Sue Hill will receive 300 dollars each for their freshman year at Ohio State University. Clermont County aged residents received 42 239 in June aid payments with an average 55 95 per recipient for 755 people.
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Clermont County
Ohio Home Demonstration Council
Ohio State University
Columbus
Charles McFarland
Carroll County
Mary Kay Halterman
Madison County
Charles Ensign
Montpelier
Ohio
Williams County
W. V. Keeler
Loveland
Rex Moreland
Centerbury
Knox County
Minnie Price
Mary Burns
Rt. 1
Irwin
Sue Hill
King
Department of Public Welfare
Division of Aid For
Clermont
County
Driver Convicted Of Manslaughter In Auto Fatality
Walter Blevens 34 of Owensville was found guilty of manslaughter in Judge Harry Britton's Common Pleas Court for the October 12 1957 head on crash on US 50 near Owensville that killed Mark Williams 45 of Hillsboro. Williams wife Beulah 52 was seriously injured and in a coma at Christ Hospital Cincinnati. Williams worked as a therapist at Chillcothe Veterans Hospital. Beulah worked for Union Central Life Insurance Hillsboro.
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Harry Britton
Common Pleas Court
Walter Blevens
Owensville
Mark Williams
Hillsboro
Backbone Hill
Williams
Beulah
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Chillcothe Veterans’ Hospital
Union Central Life Insurance Co
U.S. 50
Blevens
Ralph A. Hill
Charles Tilbury
George Fisher
Doctor stitches own hand after weekend injury
Clermont County health commissioner Dr J C Spence says he cut his palm on sharp metal at home. With no doctor available, he improvised and sutured the wound himself, marking the first self stitches in over a decade.
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J. C. Spence
Clermont County
Dr. Spence
Inspector Named For Sewer Project In Beechmont Park
Clyde Ogden of Batavia has been named by the county commissioners as inspector for a sewer line in Beechmont Park subdivision Union township to be installed by Ohio Homes Inc. The system will serve homes in the subdivision with a disposal plant. The commission also named Charles Mason as temporary employee of the PUB water system.
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Clyde Ogden
Rt. 6
Batavia
Beechmont Park
Union Township
Ohio Homes, Inc
Clermont County
Charles Mason
Rt. 1
PUB Water System
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Business Association
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Rt. 5
June Miller
East Batavia Heights
Georgia Rhea Cottle
Felicity
Patty Puckett
Owens
Lynn Hair
Tricia Ann Cameron
Mt. Carmel
Rebecca Duran
Williamsburg
Edna Jufer
Patricia Ann Ross
Olive Branch
Sandra Woodruff
Bantam
June Major
Joyce Yourell
Carol Teegarden
Jo Ann Bricker
Judy Moyer
Joan Light
Mt. Pisgah
Edna Cummins
Ruth Ann Kirkpatrick
Charlene Wilmink
Clough Heights
Phrowslee Stanley
P.O. Box
Gene Gordon
Reliable Finance Co
Main St
Elklick
Batavia, Ohio
MacKeever
Board
John P. Settles
State Council
Board of Commissioners
Carl H. Rush
Rush
Ireland and Co
United Steel Fabrication Co
Holden Silo Sales and Service
Locust Corner
Byrnes Conway Co
Dugan and Meyers Construction Co
B and L Excavating Co
Arthur Robkin Construction Co
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