Clermont County Highlights Local Happenings and Notices
Clermont County residents hear commentary on the GOP Convention image while families consider hosting German and Austrian youths this August under the Experiment in International Living program. Local items include social news, fishing notes by Old Hi, personal updates, and community notices across Batavia and New Richmond.
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Clermont
Peter Stites
Field Lane
Cincinnati
Ohio
East
Driver Seriously Injured In Route 50 Truck Crash
A pickup collided with an oil tanker on Backbone Hill near Owensville. William A. Kidwell, 37, of near Owensville, is in serious condition with a skull fracture at Our Lady of Mercy Hospital. The tanker driver Russell Kuykendoll, not injured, reported rain contributes to the crash. An ambulance from Craver Funeral Home transported Kidwell to hospital.
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Owensville
Backbone Hill
Here
Our Lady of Mercy Hospital
Mariemont
William A. Kidwell
Formica Insulation Company
Clyde B. Dericks
Kidwell
Milford
Russell W. Kuykendoll
Hamilton
Hayes
T County
Mary Stevens
Glen Este
Moore
Our Lady of Hospital
John Penny
Bethel
Maple and
Pattison Roads
Walter H. Culley
D. T. Lee
Williamsburg
US 50
Cora Lee
Garrett
Brainard E. Sharp
Cincinnati
Clyde Dericks
James Nickell
Batavia
Ras
James Brewer
Adie Martin
Mt. Washington
Donald Fritz
Ed Colonel
Nickell
J. F. Paschal
Carl E. Conley
Crab
George B. Hall
Columbus
Boy Hurt In Fall From Moving Car Near Newtonsville
Ronald Trapp five year old son of Mr and Mrs Lester Trapp of Xenia Road near Newtonsville suffered severe head lacerations and cuts when he fell from a moving car near the Roadside Park on Route 131 Monday His mother said he opened the car window and accidentally turned the door handle He was treated at Children's Hospital with no fractures and returned home after care for the injuries
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Newtonsville
Ronald Trapp
Lester Trapp
Xenia Road
Route 131
Ronnie
Children’s Hospital
Batavia Surgeon Named Clermont County Health Commissioner
Dr. Francis M. Oxley, a Batavia surgeon with Cincinnati ties, was appointed Clermont County Commissioner of Health by the Board of Health in Batavia. He succeeds Dr. William H. Gaskins and has long served as UC clinical surgery instructor and head of the rectal clinic.
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Francis M. Oxley
Batavia
Cincinnati
Clermont County
Board of Health
William H. Gaskins
Bethel
University of Cincinnati
Wheat Crop Destroyed by Fire Near Crosstown
A spark from a combine exhaust started a fire on Harold Newberry's farm near Crosstown on Route 1. Williamsburg volunteers, led by Chief Ernest Weak, contained the blaze to three acres of wheat with eight additional acres burned before control was established.
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Williamsburg
Harold Newberry
Crosstown
Ernest Weak
Local Attorney Attends Chicago GOP Convention
Batavia attorney Wortest E. Ely serves as an alternate delegate from the Sixth District to the Republican National Convention in Chicago. Clermont County Republicans Harry Kahle and Thomas Pierson also attend, with Ely working at Taft headquarters and joining sessions at the Hilton Hotel. Ely previously attended the 1948 convention in Philadelphia and the 1940 convention as an alternate.
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Batavia
O—Wortest E. Ely
Chicago
Clermont County
Clermont
South Pacific
Shooting Victim In Fair Condition At Christ Hospital
Howard C. Smith remained listed in fair condition at Christ Hospital after a shotgun wound to the leg. He was wounded during a argument with his wife Margie Smith at their Bantam Twin Bridges home last week. Margie Smith filed a warrant accusing him of assault with intent to kill. She told Sheriff Clyde Dericks that Smith threatened to kill her and their home.
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Batavia, O
Christ Hospital
Howard C. Smith
Bantam
Twin Bridges
Margie Smith
Clyde B. Dericks
Smith
Norwood Man Fined On Assault Charge
Norwood resident Cleman E. Farmer 26 was fined 200 dollars and costs after arraignment before Justice Nellie Mattox on an assault and battery charge. The complaint was filed by Charlotte Herrmann of Norwood.
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Amelia
Norwood
Cleman E. Farmer
Justice of Peace
Nellie Mattox
Charlotte Herrmann
County Grand Jury To Meet July 28
Clermont County Prosecuting Attorney Ray Bradford announced the grand jury will convene July 28 to hear more than 40 cases. Among them is the case of Carl J. Nause of Newtonsville charged with premeditated murder in the chair slaying of Jack Dexter near Loveland after Nause found his wife drinking with Dexter. The panel may stay up to four days to handle the heavy docket.
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Batavia
Clermont County
Grand Jury
Ray Bradford
Carl J. Nause
Newtonsville
Jack Dexter
Loveland
Nause
Dexter
Bradford
Youth Arrested On Assault Charge Held for Hearing
Eckhart an 18 year old of Quarry Street faces an assault charge and will appear before Mayor J F Paschal for a hearing on Saturday. The girl's parents filed the complaint and the youth is out on a $500 bond.
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New . Eckhart
Quarry Street
J. F. Paschal
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Jory
Porrest Ely
Jimmy Griffith
Courier
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Steve Wilson
Jimmy
Blocher
Paul Blocher
Carl Brockman
Amelia Farm
Old Hi
Brook
Mortimer Norton
NEA Syndicate
New York
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England
America
Canada
Lem Larkin
Market Street
Michigan
Myles Elston
Bill Ankrum
Camp Polk
Saintespas
Ape
Walker Realty Company
Bradenton
Florida
E. K. Ward
Buckeye
Sunshine
Victor Zingerle
Vic
Zingerle
Sunshine Fruit Stand
Trailer Park End
Gulf Station
South Dixie Highway
St. Augustine
Fla
Sim McCloy
John Smith
Russell Morgan
North Street
Batavia Presbyterian Church
Mary Raye Fisher
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company
Morgan
Nell Chambers
New Richmond
Ohio State ‘University
Russia
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Plainfield Ladies
Silverton
Helen Cole
Iia
Harry
Roy Battles
WLW
Washington
National Grange
Batavia Grange
EUB Church
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Craver
Dorothy Dial
Roland Henderson
Henderson
William Shhoendinger
Georgia Lee Pangburn
Olive Branch
Bobby Woodruff
George Woodruff
William Stir
Tia Alne Od
Aylor RD
Guen
Withams
Alu N
Pirnin
OLIV
Mount Carmel Tobasce
Clough Pike
Carl Rush
Clertfront
Joseph Windsor
Russell Adams
Frank Johnson
Willard Fagley
Clarence Gavey
William Uhl
Doctor Oxley
National Proctological Society
Ohio State and
American Medical Associations
Frank W. Weaver
American Legion
O. Second Street
Frances Oxley
Florence Channer
Perintown
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