Clermont Courier Goes to Legible Nine Point Corona Typeface
The Clermont Courier adopts nine point Corona and Erbar bold face making the paper easier to read. It becomes the county's first to use the modern type and drops the old seven point. Readers are invited to comment on the new style while makers note improved whitespace and readability. Firemen Plan Dance in Newtonsville supports department equipment purchases.
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Clermont Courier
Courier
Clermont County
Ohio
Corona
Press-Gazette
News-Herald
Hillsboro
Columbus Dispatch
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Hooper
Ohio Newspaper Association
Howard N. King
Intertype Corporation
Special Jury Will Hear Murder Case in Jasper
The grand jury will meet Friday to consider Theodore Springfield of Jasper charged with first degree murder in the May 9 shooting of his brother Kermit on Dry Run Road near Perintown. Springfield says the shooting was accidental. he was held for the grand jury after a hearing led by Mayor J F Paschal. Witness Henry Pierson of Milford."
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Theodore Springfield
Jasper
Alabama
Clyde Dericks
Kermit Springfield
Springfield
J. F. Paschal
Dry Run
US 50
Perintown
Stonelick
Henry Pierson
Milford
Boy Suffers Burns On Face and Body
A 10 year old boy, Frank Davis, suffered severe facial and body burns when his clothing caught fire while his mother built a fire at their Walnut Street home in New Richmond. He was rushed to Children's Hospital by Police Chief Charles Spaulding.
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Cal
Frank Davis
Walnut Street
Children’s Hospital
Charles Spaulding
Nickey Tsangeos
Angy Tsangeos
Batavia
Ed Colonel
Fire Department Meeting Is Called To Discuss Funds
The North Union Township Volunteer Fire Department plans a special meeting at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday May 19 at the Glen Este-Mt. Carmel school to discuss headquarters location and fundraising. Publicity chairman Curt Meyer says future meetings will be the first Thursday of each month and the May 19 session is open to area residents.
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North Union Township
Glen Este-Mt. Carmel
Curt
Red) Meyer
Meyer
Pierce Township and New Richmond School District Merger Approved
The Clermont County Board of Education approved consolidating Pierce township district with New Richmond exempted village district on May 12 after a petition from Pierce. Lines were drawn to shift residents to Williamsville Tabasco and Amelia districts, with remaining areas joining New Richmond. residents had ten days to contest district placement.
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Pierce Township
Richmond
Clermont County Board of Education
Pierce Board
Wilhiamsville- Tabasco
Amelia
New Richmond
George Arthur Bass
Nine Mile Road
Cuthbert Duff
Withiamsville-Tabasco
Locust Corner Road
Roy F. Pingle
Leslie Combs
Roy Thompson
County Board of Education
Thompson
No Money Left for New Welfare Cases in Polio Shot Mixup
Clermont County Board of Health halted further Wyeth polio vaccinations after a mixup and untested vaccine. Izola Forman warned the tardy supply and approaching school vacations would complicate scheduling for second and third doses. Families planned vacations and camps as the district cannot guarantee protection without follow up shots.
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Clermont County Board of Health
Izola Forman
Board of Health
May 31 Cut-Off Set for Future Aid in Clermont County
Clermont County Welfare Director Sam Ausman warned courts and officials that the department will halt new aid cases after May 31 due to exhausted appropriations. The county allotted 25 000 for aid to dependent children in 1955 but would need about 40 000 this year under current trends, with no state or federal assistance. The article links population growth and rise in child abandonment cases to increased caseloads, noting 135 dependents as of Wednesday and a Judge Britton case involving Orville Bilby, father of five, sentenced for probation violation and non support.
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Clermont County Welfare Department
Sam Ausman
Clermont County
County Welfare Department
Ausman
Department
Harry Britton
Common Pleas
Orville Bilby
Route 2
Batavia
Ohio
Bilby
Republicans Hear Lecture On Africa
The Clermont County Republican Clubs met May 12 at the D-X Ranch. Ed Haupt led the opening with prayer and the pledge. Miss Suzanne Gregg entertained with a piano solo. John Hayden presented two resolutions honoring Flora Ruffner and Charles W. Wright Sr. Mr and Mrs James Widmeyer shared Africa trip photos intended for hospital entertainment for polio victims. About 100 members attended.
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Clermont County
D-X Ranch
Ed Haupt
Suzanne Gregg
James Gregg
Batavia
John Hayden
Flora Ruffner
Ernest Ruffner
Charles W. Wright, Sr
Africa
Haupt
James Widmeyer
Shawn
Mohare
Widmeyer
Amelia to Open Kindergarten With Half-Day Sessions
The upcoming kindergarten for fall requires children to be five by October 1 and offers two half-day sessions. Morning students may use morning buses with parent pickup at noon. afternoon students must arrive at noon and ride home with others at day’s end. The district will charge $20 per semester or $40 per year since state funding is not provided for the first year.
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Board of Education
Burglar Nabbed After Attempted Store Break In
Newtown police chief Buster Stevens and citizen Edward Rank aided by local resident Clarence Ruark arrested a man who tried to burgle the Dot Food Store on Main Street last Friday night. The intruder fled, leaving $180 behind and $29 in change on his person. Ruark, 32, of Cruell Street, was bound over to the Hamilton County grand jury by Mayor Dale Caplinger after the hearing Tuesday evening.
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Buster Stevens
Newtown
Edward Rank
Clarence Ruark
Cruell Street
Stevens
Raark
Hamilton County
Grand Jury
Dale Caplinger
County Commissioners Plan May 24 Meeting on Water System
Clermont County commissioners scheduled all day May 24 to discuss the Union Batavia Pierce water system with residents. Some locals want to talk about signing up for water service.
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Clermont _County
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