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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1967
Page
6
State officials announce a four and a quarter day Memorial Day observance May 26 to May 30 aiming for a death free holiday. Projections warn of 35 deaths and 1,600 injuries from auto accidents with 6,000 arrests and 3,500 warnings for faulty equipment as police flood roads.
Obituaries list services for Mrs. Johnnie Katherine Smith 74 in Tullahoma Tenn and Bruce Bennett 90 in Mt. Washington. Also Robert B. Carley 88 in Felicity. Dorothy Hayden Daum former local resident. Percy C. Miller 87 in Newtown. Survivors include multiple children and grandchildren.
Clermont County wheat growers must sign contracts by May 31 for the Farm Bureau wheat pool. Last year the pool yielded $1.54 per bushel net and $1.73 gross with 18 1/2 cents. Bert Matthis, Wheat Chairman, notes strong sign-up this year despite nonparticipation previously.
Producers will receive about 1.1 dollars per bushel as an advance at harvest, with the remaining balance paid when all the wheat is sold. For contracts, contact your local elevator or landmark store in Batavia.
The Greater Cincinnati Race Bowl hosts a three day Memorial weekend stock car program at Tealtown Rd Glen Este. Friday features mini stocks and figure 8s on a 1/10 mile clay oval starting 8 p m. Sunday brings late model stocks with time trials at 1:30 and races at 3 p m. Memorial Day May 30 offers all three car types in 12 events for 225 laps and a $1500 purse. Notable drivers include Pat Patrick Gene Crittenden Don Lamb Charlie Byrd Bruce Gould Paul Gaines and Dave Dehner.
Jessie Motzer notes Eleanor Cloud daughter of Edward and Edith Kinzel will fly to Los Angeles to visit sister Marilyn Pollitt. She will then travel Memorial Day to Honolulu to meet husband SP4 Michael D. Cloud stationed in the Far East. The Cloud couple will stay seven days at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Waikiki Beach for anniversary and Mr Dunn’s birthday.
Amelia resident James A. Milner, a sophomore at Amelia High School, has been invited to join the All-Ohio Boys Band at the 1967 Ohio State Fair. Band director Jack Evans announced rehearsals begin August 19 with 300 top players in the ensemble. Milner will be housed at the Youth Center during the fair which runs August 24 through September 4.
The writer notes the death of her girlhood friend Mrs. Elsie McGilliard Warman of Hamilton who died May 20. Funeral services were held from the Proescell Crawford Funeral Home on Wednesday. She leaves a sister Mrs. Ruth Lowman of Price Hill and an aunt Mrs. Mae Hartwell Eichert of Welch West Virginia, with many relatives and friends, including former Clermont County residents.
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