Newtown Event Notes and Anniversary Celebrations
Eastern Valley Garden Club hosted a luncheon at Mr Arthur Fix with Roy Aicholtz as entertainment chair. Newtown Council D of A marked its 42nd anniversary with a special party for Mrs William Edwards.
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1948
Page
5
Eastern Valley Garden Club hosted a luncheon at Mr Arthur Fix with Roy Aicholtz as entertainment chair. Newtown Council D of A marked its 42nd anniversary with a special party for Mrs William Edwards.
Mrs. Eva McMurchy and Emma Bushman visited in Nicholsville with local families. Mr and Mrs William Grace hosted relatives including Jim Grace. Evalon Galloway wed Robert Sebree in a ceremony at Winton Place. Bolender and Ingram families picnicked at Pt Pleasant last Monday. Slye and Mattox families from Newark are relatives.
Miss Audrey Conover and Livingston Cole wed on Saturday July 3 in Newtonsville with about 20 guests on the Conover lawn. Rev F M Russell officiated. Matron of honor Marie Day Butler and best man Arthur Wise attended. The couple will live in Avondale after a reception.
Mrs Phil Offutt and others from Willowville traveled to Virginia over the weekend. Several families including the Elicks and the Schuppigs hosted and visited, with moves reported for Davis, Retzler, and West households. A farm accident left Harry Lytle with a broken pelvis. he was hospitalized.
Mrs Clara Slater is noted in Marathon with Mr and Mrs Oscar Apple of New Richmond weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Everett Weak. Various visitors from New York Michigan Middletown Farmersville Nashville Tenn Mt Vernon Ill and Sinking Springs come and go with local hosts across a week.
Partial line notes a Christian Mrs. Tom Booth hosting the Athella Class on Friday evening and references her uncle and family in Norwood.
Four room frame house of James Landrum on Price Road three miles north of Milford burned last Tuesday evening. Loss pegged at $8,000 as personal effects and furnishings were destroyed while the family was away. Firemen from Milford led by Chief Joseph J. Wessel and from MiamiVille under Chief Frank Wiederhold fought the blaze amid a water shortage before it was brought under control. Council seeks State Highway aid to resurface Main Street and passes a 1948 budget of $32,550. Plans and specifications for a gar...
Community updates report a serious car crash injuring Lester Riddle, two new elementary teachers Miss Kelsey and Miss Allen join the Milford staff, and residents travel or visit family. Fire crews battled a Mt Zion Road car fire while council discusses water system options and War Memorial Park use for a veterans club house, with Indian Hill planning potential supply.
A tentative scheme outlines a proposed joint water system. The plan aims to share resources, reduce costs, and coordinate infrastructure among involved communities. Further details, timelines, and governance would be defined in forthcoming meetings.
Mrs. Joseph C. McCoy will host a Batavia Garden Club picnic meeting on Monday July 19 at 12 30. The gathering will be held at her home.
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