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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1961
Page
3
Miscellaneous ads advertise antiques, furniture, guns, dishes and trade. Batavia Home Furnishings offers discount new or used furniture at 146 Spring St. plus contact UL 2 505. Used car lot on Mt Bes Rt 74 PL 23003 or BE 1 3349. Garden services cover plowing lawns and acreage with free estimates PL 2 9676 or BE 1 8901. Complete Auction Service for real estate problems by Ralph E Barton SK 34740.
Congressman Harsha hosts Ohio Farm Bureau members in his Washington office to discuss the Bureau's legislative program. Bureau supervisor J D Pallott Jr and board member Lewis H Leckbourne join William Diehl Kingston and other delegates in presenting views to the congressman.
Local baseball notes by Stanley Anstaett cover youth league play and season progress with brief game results and player updates from around the region.
Persistent rain postponed two weeks of games while teams in Southern and Northern Sections logged results. Notable scores include New Richmond Lions 16 over New Richmond Reds 13 and Goshen Warriors 46 over Mulberry Braves 0 with several tight contests and multiple two week gaps due to wet grounds.
Twenty Cler mont County teachers meet weekly at Amelia elementary under Dr John Michael to study arts and crafts in a Miami University extension course. They practice clay, prints, papier mache, weaving, and puppets while discussing creative learning as a core curriculum element. An open house is planned May 18 at 7 30 p m to display their semester work inviting teachers and recreation leaders to attend.
Services were held for Robert M. Richards 57 Beth el high school principal at Kennedy funeral home with interment in Bethel Tate Cemetery. He died May 6 at Jewish Hospital after a heart condition. Survived by widow Helen Bagby Richards a son Robert and sister Dorsey Richards and Flora Young Maham 87, a former resident, with services at Kennedy funeral home and burial in Williams burg Cemetery. Josie A Gregg 83 Felicity died May 5 and services were held at Broadwell funeral home with interment in Felicity Cemetery.
Batavia and surrounding towns report a busy week with Legion Auxiliary meeting set for Friday May 12 at 8 pm, church society gathering led by Mrs Stella Brower, and studio program at the Terrace Hilton. Obituary notices cover Mrs Laura B Henning 84 of Rt 222 Batavia and John H Boots 65 of New Richmond with funeral services and local interments. Other items note visits by families from Cincinnati Indianapolis and Xenia, plus district auxiliary meeting in Hamilton.
The ladies of St Louis parish sponsor a card party Sunday May 14 at St Louis school hall with prizes for 500 euchre and social. Lunch will be served. Also notice of funeral services for Lew F White at Lew F White Memorial funeral home with interment at Watkins Hill Cemetery.
St. Thomas More Church in Withamsville will hold six Ascension Day masses on Thursday May 11 at 5 30 7 8 30 10 in the morning and 6 and 7 p m in the evening with readings from Acts and Mark. A Pentecostal Novena begins May 12 with daily prayers after the 8 15 a m mass asking the Holy Spirit to guide the President and officials. Public invited to all services.
Northeastern High School announces prom royalty with a king and queen and attendants led by Judy Carter as flower girl Cheryl Hughes the principal and Butch Vastine as the prince. The baccalaureate is set for May 21 and graduation on May 23 with Latin Club meetings and a scholarship event listed.
Gilbert Schoonover, 53, of 1153 Willace Dr Amelia, found guilty on a narcotics charge in Judge Chris Rosenhoffer's county court last Thursday night. He was fined $300 and given a year in jail, though the sentence was suspended on good behavior and 90 days to pay the fine. Schoonover prepared prescriptions, signed doctors' names and presented them to three druggists.
The King Brothers Circus will play Batavia recreation field on Saturday May 13 despite weather. Local sponsor is the NCO Club Ohio National Guard Batavia. The feature includes RoseMary Nelson performing an aerial ballet with three large playmates.
The West Clermont board of education library committee announces Friday May 12 as the last day to turn in trading stamp books to fund library books for the new high school. Committee members from Amelia elementary Glen Este-Mt Carmel Williamsville and Amelia High are listed. Money also accepted with checks to the board of education. A summer program is planned.
Mt Carmel PTA will present its new officers at a meeting on May 16. Officers include Mrs Cletus Luebbe president Mrs Vay Pollak vice president Mrs Harry Mulvaney second vice president and Mrs Harry Rouch other details unavailable.
Members from George Clinton Wilmington Talia ferro Georgetown and Ripley chapters attended a DAR program hosted by Beech Forest Chapter at the Methodist Church Williamsburg. State Regent Mrs. Stanley L. Houghton spoke as guests enjoyed piano duets history notes and a social hour with plans for upcoming meetings and Camp Dennison hours.
The Clermont County Women's Democratic Club will sponsor bake sales on Saturday May 13 at three locations: in front of the courthouse Batavia Teegarden's Amelia Self Service and Thriftway Super Market Mt. Carmel. Sales start at 9 a.m. and continue until sold out, a club spokesman said.
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