Clermont Courier marks 115th birthday and county influence
The Clermont Courier celebrates 115 years, detailing its history since March 19, 1836, its editors and loyal subscribers, and its role in community life. It notes Easter church attendance, local projects, a bringers of the Freedom Train, and safety work by the Clermont County Safety Council since 1945.
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Clermont
Andrew M. Gest
Whig
Weekly Courier
Courier
Batavia
Ted Davis
Clermont County
Clermont County Safety Council
The
Safety Council
Second School Robbery Hits Goshen School in March
Sheriff Clyde Dericks surveys the Goshen School damage after safe looters broke in on Thursday March 22 and stole $300. Goshen School Board president Lloyd Floyd and superintendent L. G. House stand by the jimmied safe. It marks a second break in five months, following an October incident that netted $600 from three Clermont County buildings.
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Clermont
Clyde Dericks
Goshen
Lloyd Floyd
L. G. House
Clermont County
County Draft Quota Is Cut in Half
The April quota for the Clermont County Selective Service Board will be 13 men for induction and 18 for physicals, announced by clerk William McManus. The prior figures were 25 for induction and 36 for physicals, aligning with a nationwide cut from 80,000 to 40,000 draft entrants next month.
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Clermont County Selective Service Board
William McManus
Safety Check For Cars Called Off In Ohio
Safety checks for cars were canceled due to manpower shortages and training needs in civil defense. Earlier data show Batavia inspected 1,042 cars with 191 defects and New Richmond 1,328 cars with 259 defects. In 1950 statewide inspections reached 1,036,065 with 179,721 defects.
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Ohio
Batavia
New Richmond
Supreme Court Upholds Block on Benguet Case in Ohio
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled last week that two suits by Idonah Slade Perkins of Newwalk Conn. against Benguet Mining Company of Manila and John Haussermann of New Richmond cannot be prosecuted in Ohio. The decision affirms earlier rulings that the action did not arise in Ohio and Benguet was not doing business there, so Ohio lacks jurisdiction.
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Benguet Mining Company
Manila
Phillipine Islands
John W. Haussermann
New Richmond
Ohio
Idonah Slade Perkins
Newwalk
Conn
Benguet Company
Harry Britton
Haussermann
Ohio Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Benguet
Mt Pisgah Civic Club Card Party Planned
The Mt. Pisgah Civic Club will host a card party on Saturday March 31 at 8 30 p m. Prizes and refreshments will be provided and the public is invited to attend.
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Mt. Pisgah
Boy Burned by Home Blast Leaves Boy Injured in Accident
Tommy Auxier, 12, of Cherry Grove, was seriously burned on his face when a bottle of unknown liquid exploded in a furnace at his home. He received first degree burns at Children's Hospital and was sent home Tuesday afternoon.
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Tommy Auxier
Garland Auxier
Cherry Grove
Children’s Hospital
Radio Dispatcher and Patrolman Resign in New Richmond
Two officials of the New Richmond Police Department resigned their posts effective immediately. James Johnson the radio dispatcher and Jack Wilson a part time patrolman notified the council over the weekend. Tom Hall volunteered to act as dispatcher until a replacement is hired.
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New
Richmond Police Department
James Johnson
Jack Wilson
Tom Hall
Prosecutor Refuses Charges Over County Library Claim
Clermont County Prosecutor Ray Bradford issued a statement denying charges raised by Carl Vitz chief librarian of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County about Clermont County lacking a county library. Bradford said officials have always tried to follow the people’s wishes and uphold state law.
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Ray Bradford
Clermont County
Carl Vitz
Public Library
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Bradford
Price Stabilization Officials to Speak in Batavia
Representatives of the Office of Price Stabilization Ben O Stoner and Earl Barnes will be in Batavia Thursday April 5 at 8 p m in the Batavia Schoolhouse to explain price regulations to all in Clermont County including service and commodity providers retailers wholesalers and manufacturers.
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Batavia
Office of Price Stabilization
Ben O. Stoner
Earl Barnes
Batavia School House
Clermont County
Cadiz Man Fatally Crushed By Falling Tree Monday
A Cadiz man died after a tree fell on him on Monday. Clermont County Farm Bureau members heard County Auditor Earl Kincaid discuss road funding issues and possible solutions at a county correlating committee meeting. He noted the share of road mileage and revenue by township, county, state, and villages, plus the impact of the state gas tax and potential remedies such as higher levies or real estate tax. The correlating committee will meet monthly to report back with decisions and problems from their groups.
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Earl Kincaid
Clermont County Farm Bureau
Kincaid
Ohio
Elm topples during tree work kills Cadiz man on Glen Este Road
A 62 year old Cadiz resident, Oakley Hennis, was killed when a gust toppled an elm being felled by Davey Tree Surgery crew clearing a power line right of way on Glen Este Road. His son George and foreman Leo Thompson were injured, with George suffering multiple fractures and possible back injury. Emergency responders treated victims. Hennis body taken to Hamilton County morgue, services set for Cadiz.
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Davey Tree Surgery Company
Glen Este
Oakley Hennis
Cadiz
Ohio
George
Leo Thompson
George E. Hennis
F. 8. Skeen
W. J. Sperling
Hamilton County
Moore Ambulance
Batavia
George Hennis
Christ Hospital
Skeen
Marvin Bissants
Frank Hutchinson
George Ankermiller
Young Evangelist Jackie Fletcher to Speak at Bantam Church
A 15 year old evangelist, Jackie Fletcher, will conduct services at Bantam Christian Holiness Church on April 1. The invitation urges all to attend and hear the young speaker.
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Jackie Fletcher
Bantam Christian
Soldier Injured In Car Accident Near New Richmond
Pvt. Floyd Jones 22 a New Richmond area soldier home on a weekend pass was injured last Sunday when his car overturned on U S 52 just east of New Richmond. He was taken to Bethesda Hospital for X rays of head and back injuries. Passenger Ellis Black escaped injury.
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New Richmond
U. S. 52
Army Man To Address Officers at County Peace Group
Jerry Alspaugh of Army Counter Intelligence is set to speak at the Clermont County Peace Officers Association meeting in the Courthouse Conference Room next Wednesday evening per acting secretary John Woods.
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Jerry Alspaugh
Army Counter Intelligence
Clermont County Peace Officers Association
John Woods
First Easter Egg Hunt Draws Large Clermont Crowd
About two hundred youths and adults attend the first annual Easter Neg and Treasure hunt at the Frank W. Weaver Post American Legion Grounds in Batavia Heights. The 3 p.m. event opened with music and free drinks while 44 prizes were donated by sponsors including The Batavia Athletics and Recreation Association and Clermont Courier. Special deputies Kyle Moyer and John Woods assisted with supervision along with Ed Parrot and J.
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Frank W. Weaver
American Legion
Batavia Heights
Batavia Athletics and Recreation Association
Batavia Business Men's Club
The
Clermont Courier
Kyle Moyer
John Woods
Ed Parrot
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Mimi Tracy
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Davenport Shrine
Mr. Tracy
Marie Dickore
Tom Davis
Kent State University
William O. Davis
Chile
Xenia
County Safety Council
Council
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Ohio Supreme Court de
Civic Club Card Party
Ronnie Hughes
Helen Wolfe
Warren Hewitt
Jimmy Nichols
Jim Griffith
Mike Wolfe
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