Harris Explains Bethel School Board Policy Controversy
The Courier asks Robert J. Harris to outline the Bethel Tate school conflict and his tenure as Bethel school board president. He describes resignations, threats, and a community split while urging readers to follow the issues and avoid personality attacks.
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Harris
Bethel School Board
the Courier
Bethel-Tate
Robert J. Harris
The
Courier
Cincinnati
Milford weighs sewer plan cost at 700000
Milford officials hear a Sewer Committee report estimating a village sanitary sewer system at about 700000. Engineer Walter F. Manion projected costs, noting 400000 as a prior estimate, and the panel advised no action now. The discussion also covered home treatment equipment for some properties draining into storm sewers. A chimney spark caused a small roof hole at Jack Poynter’s home. Bethel Fire Department responded.
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Milford
Ford B. Critchell
Walter F. Manion
Cincinnati
Council
Jack Poynter
Bethel Fire Department
Two Men Drafted for Clermont County Selections in June
Clermont County announces its lowest June draft call since Korea with two inductees from eight pre induction candidates. The June batch targets registrants aged 20 and over by induction time.
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Korea
Batavia, O
Armed Forces
Clermont County
William McManus
Selective Service Board
$15 000 Suit Filed Against Kentuckian By Cincinnati Boy
Joe M. Gail of Cincinnati filed a $15 000 damage suit for his son Morris 12 against Fred Southam of Maysville Ky in Batavia. The case cites a US 52 auto crash near New Richmond about a year ago and seeks 1504.27 for hospital costs and lost wages plus 348 for Ada Verkamp s auto damages.
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Ada Verkamp
Young Hail
Willard G. Tipton
Walker
Bradford
Batavia
Relatives Trigger Arrests In Clermont County Case
Freeland Pratt arraigned by Milford Justice of the Peace on assault with intent to kill charged by his mother in law and bound over to the grand jury with a $500 peace bond. William Rosenan and Clarence Norris also bound over on assault and battery charges at Bethel hearing. Joseph Brunk placed on one month probation after non support charge by wife in Locust Lake.
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Batavia
Clermont County
Freeland Pratt
Milford
Harry A. Hodges
Grand Jury
Kenneth Eiger
William Rosenan
Clarence Norris
Bethel
Paul Keller
C. B. Dericks
Allen White
Amelia
Justice of the Peace
Nellie “Mattox
Joseph Brunk
Locust Lake
Dericks
Brunk
Williamsburg Boy Narrowly Misses Top Honor in Ohio Test
In the Algebra I division of the May 3 Final District State Scholarship Test, Paul Carlson Minning of Williamsburg finished second with 48 of 60 points, two shy of first. Other Clermont youths ranked among 231 honors receivers from 14,095 Ohio high school students. John Howard Veldt of Milford placed seventh with 41 points, and Jerry White of Amelia ranked eighth in Senior Social Studies with 130 of 150.
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Columbus
Paul Carlson Minning
Williamsburg
Song
Clermont
Ohio
Young Minning
John Howard Veldt
Milford
Jerry White
Amelia
Editor to Speak At WSCS Meeting in Wilmington
Miss Dorothy McConnell editor of the World Outlook will speak at the Wilmington District meeting of the WSCS on May 22. The convention starts at 10 a.m.
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WSCS
Wilmington
Dorothy McConnell
World Outlook
Wilmington ‘District
Earley Fined and Jailed for Cutting Charge in Milford
Charles Earley, 38, of Blanchester, received $200 fine and three months in jail after pleading guilty to cutting with intent to wound. He was also fined $50 and costs on a separate charge of having an ear. Milford patrolman Roy Cowan arrested Earley Saturday after a fight at Main and Beech Streets left Walter Smith with a severed throat and jaw requiring eight stitches.
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Milford
Charles Earley
Blanchester
Robert A. Rinckhoff
Clermont County
Batavia
Roy Cowan
Bailey
Walter Smith
Beech Street
Main
Smith
Cowan
Bethel Man Hurt After Truck Overturns on Nicholsville Road
Noah B Powers, 21, of Route 2 Bethel, suffered head cuts when his truck overturned on Nicholsville Road late Friday and he was thrown onto the highway. Mrs. David E Smith reports her son Pfc Glen Smith underwent an operation for appendicitis and hernia at Camp Polk Louisiana while serving with the 37th Division. He is a member of Company B ONG called to active duty from Batavia last winter.
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New Richmond
New Richmond School
Joe Chaney
Roy Thompson
Edward Wilkey
Nicholsville Pike
John Hauser
Cincinnati
Clyde Tomlin
Bethel
O—Noah
B. Powers
Route 2
Nicholsville Road
Here
David E. Smith
Pfc
Glen Smith
Camp Polk
ONG
Batavia
Executive Board Formed to Study Incorporation
In Withamsville Ohio a five man executive board will study incorporating the Withamsville and Tabasco area. Board members are Ed Stevenson chairman Ralph Ford Gus Wysnewski Carl Shephard and Roy Kramer. A Monday meeting at Mt Moriah church drew twelve volunteers to assist with details of the project.
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Withamsville, O
Withamsville
Tabasco
Ed Stevenson
Ralph Ford
Gus Wysnewski
Carl Shepherd
Roy Kramer
Mt. Moriah
Athletic Director Kalchek Resigns From Batavia Schools
Willard A. Kalchek physical education director resigns at term end after two years in Batavia including mentoring baseball and basketball squads. He pursued a master's degree at Xavier University and may enter industry while continuing as Batavia police patrolman during the new assignment.
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Batavia
Willard A. Kalchek
Batavia Schools
Xavier University
Kalchek
Cincinnati
Batavia Police Department
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