Honas Hugo Dies in Motorcycle Crash near Hamlet
John Honas Hugo a 22 year old Batavia resident died instantly Monday when a borrowed motorcycle hit a culvert on the Ohio Pike near Hamlet. Officials cite possible gasoline leak diverting attention before loss of control. Survived by wife Gladys Waggal Hugo and his parents George and Mrs Hugo. Funeral set for Thursday with Moore Funeral Home in charge.
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John Honas Hugo
Batavia
Honas
Ohio Pike
Hamlet
Ashburn
Oxley
Moore Funeral Home
Gladys Waggal Hugo
New Richmond
Clermont County Board Approves Bills in Adjourned Session
Clermont County commissioners met in Batavia on Tuesday July 6 with all members present. They approved numerous bills including supplies, legal ads, payrolls, rent, equipment, and hospital care costs. Bids for mowing weeds in townships were opened and one bid pair was approved while others were rejected.
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Clermont County
Batavia
Dog and Kennel
Clermont Publishing Co
Stakalta Mfg. Co
Barrett Brother
The
Monroe Calculating Machine Co
Hugh C. Nichols
Clermont Sun
J. I. Holcomb Mfg. Co
H. B. Floyd
Et. al
Ed Ross
WPA
Lloyd Gaul
Lloyd Andrews
Teen bicyclist struck by hit and run driver near Batavia
Joseph Dawson a 16 year old from near Batavia was hit by an automobile driven by William Cassler on the Ohio Pike near Hamlet at about 6 p m Saturday. He was riding a bicycle and was taken to Dr Mott Amelia with a leg fracture. A warrant for Cassler's arrest was issued Tuesday.
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Joseph Dawson
Page Dawson
Batavia
William Cassler
Hamlet
Dawson
Sheriff Clears Robberies In Two Counties
Two major recent robberies near Felicity and New Richmond were partially solved by the sheriff and Hamilton County police. Red Auxier identified owners of a Plymouth abandoned near Felicity and recovered loot from Castlen Department Store in Cincinnati. In New Richmond, investigators learned the Plymouth had been stolen from Painter's Garage with no known time of theft. Mrs Castlen identified about two thirds of the loot in Cincinnati, where it was found behind a garage at 1649 Clayton Street. Commodore Spear, 25, faces five burglary charges related to the New Richmond case.
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Hamilton County
Red” Auxier
Felicity
Castlen
New Richmond
Painter
Cincinnati
Clayton Street
Commodore Spear
Big Still Raided by Sheriff Near Batavia
A large still capable of producing hundreds of gallons of homebrew was found Tuesday by Sheriff Garland Auxier on the Batavia Stonelick Road two miles northwest of Batavia. Operators fled, twenty two barrels of mash were demolished, and a large quantity of bootleg liquor was poured out. No clues to the bootleggers, in operation about three weeks, were found, but authorities expect they will not return to Clermont County.
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Garland G. Auxier
Batavia-Stonelick Road
Batavia
Clermont County
E E Houghton Dies After Brief Illness in Felicity
E E Houghton a Felicity resident of over fifty years died at his home after a brief illness Tuesday night. A former railway conductor and later a butcher, he was a Mason, D of A and Cincinnati Street Railway Union member. Funeral services were held Friday at Broadwell Funeral Home with Masonic services Thursday evening. Survived by wife Belle, son W M Houghton, daughter Marie Speidel and grandchildren.
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E. E. Houghton
Felicity
Houghton
Masonic Order
D. of A
Cincinnati Street Railway Union
Broadwell
Belle Houghton
W. M. Houghton
Marie Speidel
Township road bids reapplied and paving plan approved
Motion by Mr. Seyler and seconded by Mr. Willis re adverts remaining townships. All yeas favor placing black top and stone on Felicity-Felesburg and Cedron roads if the state assumes Felicity-Feesburg as part of the state highway system. Cost to match prior plan.
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Ohio Township
Cread Calaway
Pierce Township
Tate Township
A. W. Baird
Wayne Township
J. S. Grosnickle
Miami Township
Walter Hogan
Homer Light
Monroe
Luther
Taylor
Willis
Seyler
Terror
Ohio Pierce
Cread
Calloway
Felicity- Felesburg
Cedron Road
Felicity-Feesburg Road
Fe‘icity-Pedsburg
Williamsburg Men In Collision Fatal for 16 Year Old
John Croswell aged 16 of Williamsburg died seven hours after a head on crash on Columbia Avenue near McDowell Street. Sydney Wymer 37 sustained chest injuries and facial cuts while nine other occupants suffered less serious fractures and cuts. Marvin Young of Cincinnati drove the other car. both vehicles were near the center of the road according to patrolmen.
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John Croswell
Williamsburg
Bethesda Hospital
Marvin Young
Cincinnati
Sydney Wymer
Wymer
Grandle Tidd Rites Solemnized on July Fourth
John Grandle of Leesburg and Miss Margaret Tidd of Careytown were quietly married Sunday at Bethel Methodist Church. The bride, an employee at Morris Store, and groom, a Mead Paper Corp. worker in Chillicothe, will reside in Chillicothe after the ceremony officiated by Rev. B. E. Wright.
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John Grandle
Leesburg
Margaret Tidd
C. F. Tidd
Careytown
Methodist
Bethel
Miss Tidd
Morris
Grandle
Mead Paper Corporation
Chillicothe
B. E. Wright
Tib Brown Dies At Home In Bethel Village
George Tibbets Brown of Edgewood Farm near Bethel Clermont County died Monday at about 8:30 AM at his home. He was born in Mt Holly spent life in Bethel area with a few years in Colorado. Survived by wife Ruie and five children Faryl Ely Edward Susan Swing and Rahama Fagley plus three grandchildren and brother Gus. Funeral Wednesday at 2 PM from the farm with Rev Fisher officiating Bethel Cemetery Interment there Kennedy Funeral Home in charge.
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George Tibbets Brown
Edgewood
Ohio Pike
Bethel
Tib” Brown
Mt.Holly
K. of P. Lodge
Bantam
Brown
Ruie” Brown
Far
Guardsmen Guard Duty In Youngstown District
Lt. Forrest E. Ely reports Batavia company quarte red in Adams Elementary School near Republic Steel plant area described as most threatening. Battalions from Hillsboro Blanchester Springfield Manchester coordinate while Sargeant Schieszler leads cooks. Hostility from strikers noted though no outbreaks. Governor maintains 4,800 guardsmen in city and 1,200 nearby armed with gas and rifles.
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Forrest E. Ely
Batavia
Youngstown
Batavia Company
Adams Elementary
Republic Steel Corporations
Hillsboro
Blanchester
Springfield
Manchester
A. G. Lockhart
Adams
Batavians at Youngstown Guard Recall Details
Batavia National Guard unit members recalled by the Governor include Lieutenant Frank Morrison Sergeant Parrott and Private Tommy Colburn. They were on guard duty at the Cleveland Exposition Ohio Building. Also recalled are Sergeant William Wood Edgar Kinner Frank Schieszler Corporals Elton Weaver William Wolf Elmer Kinner Privates Warren Wilke Jack Paschal Loren Hughes Harold Kinner Eugene Klein Dale Spaulding Robert Wilder. Command is 1st Lieutenant Forrest Ely.
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Youngstown
Batavia Unit National Guard
Frank Morrison
Sargeant Parrott
Tommy Colburn
Cleveland Exposition
Ohio Building
Sargeant William Wood
Edgar Kinner
Frank Schieszler
Elton Weaver
William Wolf
Elmer Kinner
Warren Wilke
Jack Paschal
Loren Hughes
Harold Kinner
Eugene Klein
Dale Spaulding
Robert Wilder
Forrest Ely
Batavia Guardsmen Guard Duty At Mills And Patrols
The Batavia company will perform guard duty at the mills from 3:00 to 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. with eight hours on reserve for emergencies. It also conducts emergency patrols. a ten man armed unit travels on a truck. The Governor is expected to retain the Guardsmen.
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Batavia
Fourth of July Celebration Draws Large County Crowd
Batavia held a Monday night Fourth of July on the school grounds with a mammoth fireworks display starting about 9 00 p m. The show was a gift of Judge Hugh Nichols and organized by the local American Legion post. Attendance ranged from five hundred to fifteen hundred, and the crowd agreed the display ranked with the best in the county.
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Batavia
Hugh Nichols
American Legion
Dr W E Thompson Celebrates 100th Birthday Visit
Tuesday the venerable doctor spoke from Walter Bee Dairy Farm where he toured Monday to observe wheat harvesting. Bethel postmaster calls him his best customer for the first two days. From West Virginia comes word that the doctor’s wife suffered a severe stroke and rests at home, slowly improving.
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W. E. Thompson
Walter Bee
Bethel
West Virginia
Free Canning Demonstration at Bethel Grange Hall
A free canning demonstration will be held July 10 at 10 00 a m at the Bethel Grange Hall. Sponsored by the Clermont County Extension Service and the Resettlement Administration with Bethel Grange cooperation, the event features home economist Mrs Gladys Ayers who will show water bath and pressure cooker canning of non acidic vegetables and open kettle canning of tomatoes.
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Bethel Grange Hall
Clermont County Extension
Resettlement Administration
Bethel Grange
Gladys Ayers
University of Missouri
Gladys Avers
Widwest
Bethel
Library year closes with sale of good books in Batavia
Batavia Library year ends and remaining twenty books from popular authors such as Deeping Walpole Oppenheim Bentley Frances Brett Young and others are offered for twenty five cents each in good condition. Books may be seen at Mrs E C Ely home or ordered from committee with four titles still out.
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Deeping
Walpole
Oppenheim
Bentley
Frances Brett Young
E. C. Ely
Mr. Net
Georgetown Debates Municipal Light Rates and Plant
Georgetown officials and a Cincinnati Gas and Electric representative reviewed a rate cut in exchange for a ten year contract. The current contract expires in eighteen months. Officials study a municipal power plant costing about 100000 to replace CGE service with John Wyatt presenting.
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Georgetown
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
Ee Board of Public
John Wyatt
Cincinnati Gas and Electric
Judge Trabalishes Over New Probate Office Cabinets
Judge Orvie Halbisch watched with excitement as Art Metal Construction Co. from Jamestown New York installed steel filing cabinets for probate court records in Batavia assisted by Virgil Iles and Thomas Remley. The $1 982 bid led a spectrum of offers from $2 382 to $3 675 as the office expands its storage.
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Art Metal Construction Co
Jamestown
New York
Orvie
Lawn Fete At Milton Rebekah Lodge In Amelia
The Milton Rebekah Lodge of Amelia hosts a lawn fete Saturday night July 10 on Purdu m s lawn. Homemade ice cream and cake will be served for a pleasant evening.
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Milton’ Rebekah, Lodge
Amelia
Purdum
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Joseph Dawson Hurt
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AIP
Tib’ Brown
Ely
Batavians
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Judge
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