Milford war notes and battles update from France to Italy
Pfc Harold B Bissantz in France awarded Combat Infantryman Badge. Sergt Carvil H Smalley 25 Marine Corps died in Iwo Jima February 24. Numerous Milford servicemen stationed in Europe and Pacific areas receive wounds, promotions, or new assignments. Families receive word of overseas service and hospital treatment as divisions move from Palestine to Italy and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold B. Bissantz
France
Milford
Sergt
Carvil H. Smalley
Marine Corps
Iwo Jima
5Th Marine Division
Smalley
Harry F. Smalley
Cincinnati
Margaret Helen Milligan
Harry E. Milligan
Pacific
Forrest L. Smalley
Mediterranean
Walter H. Luecke
Anthony Luecke
Philippines
Luecke
Hawaii
New Guinea
Looking Backward and a 19th Century Note on Wires
The piece recalls New Jersey's new constitution allowing elected Justices of the Peace in Woolwich Township with two maiden ladies voted in as Esquires. It also mentions Mexican papers stating Santa Anna’s potential trial by Congress, and notes a 50 year old item about Batavia gaining long distance lines to Cincinnati and remote trade links, with cost implications for shipments and communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
15Th Army Air Force
Italy
Austria
Yugoslavia
Alps
Balkans
Palestine
Lieut
Preston
Bethel Tate High School
RAF
New Jersey
Woolwich Township
Gloucester County
Santa Anna
Congress
Perote
John P. Robinson
Batavia
United States
Cincinnati
California
Maine
New York
Batavia U B Church Plans Three Week Revival
Batavia United Brethren Church led by Rev I E Jenkins will host a three week revival from April 8 to 22 featuring Dr Oliver E Williams the radio sky pilots. Mrs Williams and Mr J R Murray oversee a musical sermon with Murray performing each Saturday night and Williams leading sermons other weeknights. Special children and youth services will accompany the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. E. Jenkins
Batavia U. B
Oliver E. Williams
Williams
J. R. Murray
Sky Pilots
Murray
Ohio Valley Egg Cooperative formed in Milford Ohio
The Area Committee of the Ohio Valley Egg Cooperative met in Milford to finalize by laws and appoint Harold Koker as chairman. Directors include Harold Koker Virgil Hamilton Robert Caldwell Mrs G W Johnson Vawter Irvin Verle Duty and Grant Maddox. A Milford plant site was secured and a trade name contest offers a $25 war bond prize. Membership drive runs April 16 to 30 across multiple Ohio Indiana Kentucky counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Valley Egg Cooperative
Milford
Ohio
G. W. Johnson
Russellville
Vawter Irvin
Madison
Ind
Verle Duty
Harrison
Grant Maddox
Florence
Ross
Highland
Adams
Brown
Clinton
Green
Warren
Clermont
Butler
Hamilton
Indiana
Switzerland
Dearborn
Franklin
Union
Fayette
Rush
Decatur
Ripley
Jefferson
Kentucky
Carroll
Gallatin
Boone
Kenton
Campbell
Grant
Pendleton
Mason
Louis
Easter Sale At Owensville Methodist Church
The W S C S of Owensville Methodist Church holds a bake sale and dressed chicken sale on Saturday March 31 starting at 1 o clock. Proceeds go to church work and charity. The event features baked goods and other items for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owensville Methodist Church
Unusual Boundary Water Dispute Faces Ohio Court
Hazel B. Wolf and Emma E. Portse sue Jeannetta and Bailey Ginn in Common Pleas over surface water flowing across adjoining Ohio Township properties. Ginns built a dam causing alleged $500 damage. plaintiffs seek dam removal and injunction. Ginns counter with a ditch fill demand and $500 damage claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Common Pleas
Hazel B. Wolf
Emma E. Portse
Jeannetta and
Bailey Ginn
Ohio Township
Harry J. and
Maude Arnold
Ginns
Batavia Soldier Earns Silver Star for Gallantry
Pfc. Robert E. Talbert of Batavia Ohio received the Silver Star for bravery under heavy artillery fire. While aiding a wounded comrade in the 178th Engineer Combat Battalion he exposed himself to shell fragments and was wounded in the act. His actions reflect credit upon himself and the United States Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
William S. Rust
Loraine A. Rust
Summerside
Ohio
Rust
America
Germany
Army Air Forces
Batavia High School
Robert E. Talbert
Batavia
Lillian Talbert
Corps of Engineers
178Th Engineer Combat Battalion
United States Army
Talbert
Pfe. Talbert
United States
Pfc John D Slye in England Hospital
Pfc John D. Slye of Patton's Army 11th Armored Division is hospitalized in England. Mrs A B Mattox Lt R B Mattox Virginia Mattox and two sons Rusty and Paul visited Mr and Mrs William Raffert on Davis Road Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corp
Harry Taylor, Jr
Harry Taylor
Milford
Corp. Taylor
Belgium
First Army
Harold
Charles
Taylor
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
John D. Slye
Patton
Army
11Th Armored Division
England
A. B. Mattox
R. B. Mattox
Virginia Mattox
Rusty
Paul
William Raffert
Davis Road
Richland Flood Damage May Reach About 250000
Residents of New Richmond led by Mayor John Ginn work toward recovery after flood damage affecting about 525 homes, with 50 habitable. Estimated losses run 150000 to 200000, four weeks needed to return village of 1750 to normal. Clermont County Rangers guard the area. state aid and pumping efforts are underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ginn
Clermont County Rangers
Ginn
Clermont County Highway Department
State Department
Former Deputy Sheriff W. Howard Jacobs Dies at Pearl Harbor
Relatives learned that W. Howard Jacobs, 30, a former Clermont County deputy sheriff, died by suicide at Pearl Harbor. No act details released. He had served as Highland County game warden and lived in Hillsboro. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Jacobs, wife Bertha, siblings, and many extended family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Clermont County
W. Howard
Red” Jacobs
Pearl Harbor
Jacobs
Mr. Jacobs
Hawaii
Guinea
Miamiville
Highland County
Hillsboro
Jasper Jacobs
Bertha Jacobs
Frank Cornwell
Mulberry
John L. Hoffman
Milford
Amelia P T A Meeting Set With Election and Speaker
The Amelia P T A will meet April 3 at 8 PM in the school auditorium. Election of officers is planned and a school round-up discussion will take place. Guest speaker is Mr Peter Koch, naturalist, with junior mothers as hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia P. T. A
Peter Koch
County Agent Leaves for New Post in New York
Don Rehl, Clermont County Agricultural Agent since 1943, will resign to take a similar post in Erie County New York around April 15. He and his wife plan to move to Blasdell a Buffalo suburb. the new duties begin May 1 focusing on dairy poultry small fruits and potatoes and soil fertilization and pasture work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Rehl
Clermont County
Farm Bureau
Erie County
New York
Rehl
Bob
Buffalo
George Eastwood
Ohio
Harrison Street
Blasdell
N. Y
Felicity Legion Post Plans Five Day Summer Carnival
Felicity Franklin Wiley Croswell Post 224 announces a five day homecoming with a carnival in Felicity Ohio. Merchants prepare booths in Reynolds and surrounding towns while a Fox Hound and Hunter Dog Show is added. Trophies worth hundreds are promised by Cincinnati firms to accompany events and prizes. Virgil Prather will host the affair with proceeds funding a new legion home and grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Vaughn
Felicity Franklin Wiley Croswell Post
Reynolds
Dot
Ray Evans
Monarch
E. J. Wells
Harold Wahl
Wahl Dry Goods
Devore
Manchester
Ripley
Mt. Crab
Georgetown
Bethel
Batavia
New Richmond
Mt. Washington
Milford
Williamsburg
Hillsboro
Washington D. C
Moscow
Neville
Aberdeen
Cincinnati
Maysville
Augusta
Brooksville
Ohio
Houghton
Felicity
Buck Cox
Arnold Hayden
Pop” Burker
Jack Baker
Southern District War Man Power Commission
LeRoy Ballanger
State Conservation Commission
Felicity-Franklin
Virgil Prather
Pollack Steel Corporation
Legion
Legion and
Batavia Juniors Present Night of Confusion Play
Batavia High School junior class to stage A Night of Confusion Friday at 8 PM in the school auditorium. Cast includes Barbara Hall Evelyn Rogers John Dias Clara Barbara Stagg John Ellsnau Joe Fehn Beatrice Kempf Rit Glancy Jean Marqua Nancy Kincaid Betty Zager Robt Nichols Bob Maddox and Jean Sinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia High School
Barbara Hall
Evelyn Rogers
John Dias
Clara Barbara Stagg
John Ellsnau
Joe Fehn
Beatrice Kempf
Rit Glancy
Jean Marqua
Nancy Kincaid
Betty Zager
Robt. Nichols
Bob Maddox
Jean Sinking
Farmers Attend Fertilizer Meeting in Clermont County
Seventeen Clermont County farmers attended a Wednesday meeting in the County Extension Agent's office to hear John Slipher of Ohio College of Agriculture discuss the plow-down fertilizer method. He cited an estimated 16 bushels per acre gain over traditional methods and noted college support for two test plots. Attendance list followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont County
John Slipher
Ohio College of Agriculture
Slipher
Don Rehl
Dave Fette
Elmer Norris
Williamsburg
Harold E. West
New Richmond
Michael Retzler
Batavia
Carl Clinger
Bethel
Byron Ross
Felicity
W. O. Metzger
Howard F Duvall
Jacob M. Retzler
George W Schafer
Newtown
Eugene Feiertag
Milford
Robert R. Caldwell
Batavia Grange to Hold April Meeting and Degree Class
Batavia Grange plans its next meeting on April 5 with a class of candidates to be initiated in the third and fourth degrees. Attending families are asked to bring a pie for refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia Grange
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Carl E. Haight
L. Haight
Dire Yeink
147Th Infantry
Guadalcanal
Miami Beach
Fla
Wayne G. Preston
Ray Preston
R. R. No.1
Orville Potters
Cleveland
Florence Potterf
Allen Meek
Walter Elliott
Kenneth Copher
Merchant Marine
Ben Copper
Atlantic
Pfc
Hall F. Cooper
Newport News
Walter Cooper
Nellie Cooper
Lebanon
Ted C. Vanson
Allan L. Shumard
Milford High School
San Diego
Calif
University of Wisconsin
Jesse Bernard Fuller
J. G. Fuller
Dodge City
Kan
Raymond B. Carter
E. L. Carter
Maxwell Field
Ala
Sebring
Carter
Charles J. Ohmer
Edward A. Schmidt
Rhine
Schmidt
Henry F. Schmidt
Terrace Park
Herbert Hicks
Virginia Topie Hicks
Anthony Graydon Reif
Mildred Topie Reif
O. E. Williams
Ohio Valley Egg Cooperative Inc
Amelia
Amelia P.T.A
Portsmouth
Roberta K. Mindling
Gertrude T. Hillin
Wheelersburg
Owensville
Lucasville
Loveland
Goshen
Caroinia
Marathon
Mt. Orab
Peebles
West Union
Winchester
Felicity Legion Post
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