Jail Delivery Sparks Escape From Clermont County Jail
A Sunday morning jail break freed four of seven prisoners at Clermont County Jail. Robert Jones Roy Sutterfield Wm Brown and Simeon Shearer escaped by picking the bull pen lock climbing the cell block using a mattress to reach the ceiling then using a blanket rope to descend the soil pipe and the ventilator to the roof. The escape was discovered about 8 am by janitor John Thomas. the others stayed behind and did not reveal who locked them in.
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Clermont County
Robert Jones
Roy Sutterfield
Wm. Brown
Simeon Shearer
Auxier
Brooks
John Thomas
Centennial Plans For Blanchester Three Day Event
Centennial celebration for Blanchester in Clinton County set for September with a three day affair. Clarence J. Brown and A. L. Hannah named chairs guiding preparations and preliminary events.
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Blanchester
Clinton County
Clarence J. Brown
A. L. Hannah
Williamsburg church to host visiting preacher next Sunday
The Batavia U B church congregation will visit Williamsburg next Sunday evening. Rev. E L Smith of Willey Memorial church in Cincinnati will deliver the sermon. All are invited. Services at eight p m.
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Batavia U. B
Williamsburg
E. L. Smith
Willey Memorial Church
Cincinnati
Damage Report After Owensville Fairgrounds Incident
Visitors report great damage to buildings barns pumps and pens at the Owensville fairgrounds last week. Lumber removed pumps disconnected stables damaged and other property injuries noted. Authorities say the guilty parties are known.
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Owensville
Fair Board Opens Preparations For County Fair
A large force cleans and repairs the fair ground ahead of the event. Wind storm damage, spring rains affect track work. Exhibits, quilts, concessions, and mid way space are heavily subscribed. Edenton church ladies run the dining room. Goshen P T A serves lunch. Police protection will be provided. Also, Clermont county Democrats clash with James Polk over Loveland postmaster pick, bypassing C V Chism.
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Edenton M. E
Goshen P. T. A
Clermont County
Congress
Jas. Polk
C. V. Chism
Loveland
Sue Ramsey
Chism
Polk
Taxpaying Time Ends as Delinquencies Remain
County Commissioners set the tax deadline and the Treasurer and clerks report many delinquent items. Payments received show a drop from last year with Monday night collections at 175,862.70 versus 269,726.79 previously. About 10,000 in mail remains to be processed and final totals target 296,420.45.
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Erdman
Reunion and Homecoming at St Louis Church Owensville
Reunion and Homecoming for members and friends of St. Louis Church Owensville Ohio at Owensville Fair Grounds on Sunday July 30 1933. Delicious chicken dinners served from noon to 8 p.m. All you can eat for 50 cents. Children served for 25 cents.
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St. Louis Church
Owensville
Ohio
Owensville Fair Grounds
Warehouse Move Planned for Ripley Tobacco Trade
C B Williams Higginsport banker and two other incorporators announce a new company will relocate the Georgetown Ohio District Burley Tobacco Association warehouse to Ripley. It will operate this winter on a cooperative basis on Frank Wiley’s farm near O K warehouse opposite Maplewood cemetery. Earl Baird and Harry G White are the other incorporators. Baird reportedly bought the building June 26 for about 1000. Ripley grows as a tobacco trading center.
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C. B Williams
Higginsport
Georgetown
Ohio
Burley Tobacco Association
Ripley
Williams
Frank Wiley
O. K
Maplewood Cemetery
Harry G. White
West Union
Earl Baird
Russellville
Burley Association
Milk Producers Union Holds Court House Meeting
Members of the Milk Producers Union met at the Court House last Friday night with strong attendance. All committees reported progress and the group announced the next meeting for August 11 urging full participation from producers.
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Milk Producers Union
Court House
Contracts Let for Meade Memorial Hospital Work
Progress on the Meade Memorial hospital at New Richmond continues with the foundation due to be completed by week’s end. Donald McMurchy the architect reports contracts awarded last week for heating plumbing and painting. Harry Crowe of Mt. Washington gets the heating and plumbing job, while Joe Vaughn of New Richmond will handle painting.
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Meade Memorial Hospital
New Richmond
Donald McMurchy
Harry Crowe
Mt. Washington
Joe Vaughn
Annual Picnic of Chile Community Club Held at Boys Home
The Chile Community Club and families held their annual picnic at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Boys beside the Beautiful Ohio. On a warm July 20 evening Mrs. Boys and Mrs. Estel Noel hosted forty six attendees who enjoyed the event.
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Chile
Amelia School Band Opens Open Air Concert
The Amelia School Band will give their third open air concert on Tuesday August 1 at Amelia School at 8 p m. The event invites the public to enjoy an evening of good music.
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Amelia
Amelia School
Clermont Girls Win Medals at World’s Fair Music Contest
Clermont girls win medals at the World’s Fair Music Contest sponsored by the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs. Mrs. Edgar Stillman presides. Chaperone was Miss Etelka Evans from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Second place winners were Delores Gillaspie of Goshen and Allie Marie Rowan of Williamsburg, pupils of Mrs. N. R. Williams of Goshen.
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Clermont
Ohio Federation of Music Clubs
Edgar Stillman
Etelka Evans
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Delores Gillaspie
Goshen
Allie Marie Rowan
Williamsburg
N. R. Williams
John Miller 68 Died Suddenly at Pleasant Plain
John Miller aged 68 died suddenly at his home in Pleasant Plain on Monday afternoon July 17. He is survived by his sister Mrs. Mary Hendricks of Cincinnati. Funeral services were conducted at his home Wednesday by Rev. Joseph Ryan with interment in Goshen cemetery by A. L. Hannah.
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John Miller
Pleasant Plain
Mary Hendricks
Cincinnati
Joseph Ryan
A. L. Hannah
Goshen
Death by Own Action Claims Wayne Township Farmer
Farmer M. J. Goodwin aged 65 of Wayne Township fatally hanged himself in an outbuilding on his farm after a period of illness. He had been brooding over conditions and chose suicide as the quickest exit. Survived by a wife Coroner Sam White ruled death by own action.
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M. J. Goodwin
Wayne Township
Sam White
I O O F Picnic Set For July 29 At Georgetown Fair Grounds
Odd Fellows Grand Officers invite all branches in Brown and Clermont counties to a full day picnic at Georgetown fair grounds on Saturday July 29. Morning program includes 15 numbers and noon to 1 00 dinner. A 1 PM parade will precede a program with speakers Hor Clarence Brown and Rev Ludwick. Public invited with rain shelter provided. A mad dog report prompts rabies concerns and a 30 day quarantine likely.
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Odd Fellows
Order of Brown
Clermont Counties
Georgetown Fair Grounds
Confidence Lodge
Fair Grounds
Hor
Clarence Brown
Ludwick
O. J. W. B. Roderick
Chas. T. Cross
Quinlan
Order
Frank Lewis
Williamsburg
Locust Corner
Everett Wilson
Longworth
Felicity
17th Annual Homecoming at New Harmony M E Church
The 17th Homecoming of the New Harmony M E church will be held at Beautiful Park Grounds in New Harmony on Sunday July 30. The event draws visitors from several states and promises a good time with ample parking. The church was instituted 16 years ago during Rev. L. G. Luawick's pastorate in Bavtaia.
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New Harmony M. E
New Harmony
L. G. Luawick
Bavtaia
Poor Tomato Crop Affects Caning Prospects At Local Farm
The tomato section reports a very poor and scarce crop with few blooms setting fruit. Last Saturday prices stood at $5 per box. From 3500 plants one bushel was secured and with no rain the tomato canning will be a small job.
Man suffers deep nose cut from falling glass
John W. Kincaid of The Batavia Motor Co. Mt. Carmel received a severe cut across the nose Friday night when a window pane fractured after he looked out from his room. Several clamps were needed to treat the gash.
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John W. Kincaid
Batavia Motor Co
Mt. Carmel
Tennis Tournament in Clermont County at Burke Park Bethel
The Clermont County Tennis Tournament will be held in Burke Park Bethel from August 14 to 24 with daily play beginning at 9 PM. Entries are mailed across the county and interested players should write Hap Foster Bethel. Dutch Ansteatt of Middletown visited Leonard Ansteatt and family Sunday.
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Clermont County
Burke Park
Bethel
Hap Foster
Dutch Ansteatt
Middletown
Leonard Ansteatt
Williamsboro Vocational team places third in state cattle judging
John Hutchison Estel Hedrick and Wilbur Steward of Williamsboro Vocational Sea Leace depart placed third in the state Jersey cattle judging at Ohio State University. The team competed against 190 teams scoring 283.9 of 800 and ranked among the top twenty in a 200-team field. Hutchison Hedrick and Steward each earned top individual scores in multiple livestock rings.
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John Hutchison
Estel Hedrick
Wilbur Steward
Williamsboro Vocational Sea Leace Department
Jersey
Ohio State University
Steward
Hutchinson
Herford
Hedrick
Drought Ravages Raspberry and Blackberry Crops
The raspberry crop is scarcely worth mentioning while the blackberry yield is poor due to severe drought that ruined the season though expectations once ran high.
Family Reunion Notice for Fitzpatrick Tatman Kin
Family reunion to be held Sunday July 30 at Ed Wolf's home near Union Chapel on Davis Pike. All members invited. A. W. Mains and wife with Thos Shelton of Adams County visited F. C. Himes and family on Sunday.
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Fitzpatrick and Tatman
Ed Wolf
Union Chaple
Davis Pike
F. C. Himes
A. W. Mains
Thos
Shelton
Adams County
Odd Fellows Lodge Holds All Day Outing in Park
The Mistletoe Lodge No 97 New Richmond sponsors a full day picnic in the Park on Saturday August 5 with cane racks bottle racks fish pond wheels of fortune and novelty stands. Athletic events minstrel show music dancing and 26 cent suppers are listed. Proceeds fund lodge financial obligations. Chester L. Hamilton serves as noble grand at head of the event.
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Mistletoe Lodge
Order of Odd Fellows
New Richmond
Wheels of Fortune
Chester L. Hamilton Noble
Poet's Union Hosts Summer Meeting at Amelia Home
The Poet's Union of Brown and Clermont counties met at Mrs. C. C. Kearns’s Amelia home on Saturday afternoon July 15. About seventy five people attended, with Dr. Frank Hartman of Ludlow, Kentucky, presiding and Ruth Winslow Gordon as secretary. Readings by Mrs. Adaline Tatman and Mrs. Mabel Posegate delighted the crowd, harpist Zuella Lamb provided music, and Prof. Rainy of Georgetown spoke on poetry before ice cream, cake and coffee refreshments.
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Brown
Clermont
C. C. Kearns
Amelia
Frank Hartman
Ludlow
Kentucky
New Richmond
Ruth Winslow, Gordon
Georgetown
Ohio
Adaline Tatman
Mabel Posegate
Cincinnati
Zuella Lamb
Rainy
Baseball scores from Clermont County elimination series
Batavia defeated Nobis Supply 4 to 1 as Williams homered with a runner on first. Bethel beat Williamsville 6 to 6 in ten innings while Duncan pitched for Bethel. N R Tramps edged Amelia 8 to 7 and N R Merchants beat Laurel 10 to 4. Amelia and Batavia set for next Sunday in Batavia with Williams and Alice on Batavia’s mound and Borger for Amelia.
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Clermont County
Batavia
Nobis Supply
Nobis
Williams
Alice
Miller
Bethel
Wilhamsville
Epping
Lindsey
Duncan
N. R. Tramps
Amelia
Crowder
Borgel
N. R. Merchants
Laurel
Hawkins
Borger
Murray
Tramps
New Richmond
Junior Ball League Championship Series Details
The Coca Cola Co sponsors a junior baseball tournament across northern Kentucky Indiana southern Ohio and Greater Cincinnati.102 teams under 16 compete playing 10 games in summer with a September elimination series ending at Redland Field. Clermont County League Batavia leads 8 0 Felicity 8 1 Amelia 2 1. Batavia beat Felicity 6 5. Felicity beat Amelia 6 5. Owensville 8 Bethel 6. Next Friday Felicity visits Batavia. Owensville at Amelia.
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Coca Cola Co
Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio
Cincinnati
Redland Field
Felicity
Amelia
Bethel
Owensville
Batavia
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Owensville Fair Ground
Clermont Girls
I. O. O. F. Picnic
George
Burke Parke
Aug
Poet’s Union
Junior Ball League
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