Batavia Sesquicentennial Parade Seeks Local Floats
The Batavia Sesquicentennial Parade Committee led by Russell P Speidel and Calvin Lewis invites area organizations to enter floats for the July 25 parade in Clermont County. Entries due by June 1 with sketches by June 15. themes cover 1814 to 1920 eras. trophies include Grand Marshal and Batavia 150 Inc. awards.
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Batavia
Clermont County
Speidel
Lewis
Batavia’s 150, Inc
Old Route 74
West Main Street
North-South Association
Construction Begins On New CG&E Building In Batavia
Construction has started on The Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company office at Fourth and Spring Streets Batavia. The $350000 project, expected to finish early next year, features 30 foot deep concrete piers by McKinney Drilling and a 165 by 264 foot site with an auditorium for 150, a drive in pay window, parking lot and night depository serving Clermont County operations.
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Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company
Fourth and
Spring Streets
Batavia
William H. Zimmer
Cg&e
Bachelier Construction Company
Amelia
McKinney Drilling Company
Cg&E’s
Clermont County
Ann
Batavians Capture Two Top Honors At State Track Meet
Batavia's track team led Columbus events with Lynn Beck setting an Ohio mark in the high jump of 6-4 and Don Ogletree posting a district 440 record of 51.4 seconds. Beck and Ogletree earned invitations to a Mansfield meet on June 6 as coach Bob Clausson praised the squad's 100 percent effort and team depth.
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Batavia
Columbus
Lynn Beck
Ohio
Morehead State College
Ohio State University
Beck
Oxford
Don Ogletree
Miami University
Tom Thompson
Butch Seibert
Dave Smith
Batavians
Bob Clausson
Fairport Harbor
DePorres
West Virginia Universiy
Batavia Lawyer Ely Elected Fellow in National Trial Group
Batavia attorney Forrest E. Ely, 63, becomes the first lawyer from a city under 100,000 to be named a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Installed Aug 9 at the Waldorf Astoria, Ely has 37 years in practice, served as Clermont County prosecutor 1928-32, and was an assistant Ohio attorney general 1932-41 before joining his firm Ely Moore and Tilbury.
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Batavia
Forrest E. Ely
American College of Trial Lawyers
Emil Gumpert
Los Angeles
Aldorf-Astoria Hotel
New York City
Clermont County
Ely
Board of Regents of
The
American Bar Association
Clermont
Ely, Moore and Tilbury
Ohio
U.s.army
Clermont County Bar Associa
Appropriation Suits Filed Over Union Township Sewer System
Prosecutor Ralph A. Hill filed appropriation suits against four new on road easements for the $3.1 million Union Township sewer project. Owners named were Mariam Bolger Gilliland, Anna V. Clark, Loraine Legg, and Dayton D. Legg. Over 200 other property owners granted easements. court action should not delay the project. Next week the county will negotiate off road easements as title work continues.
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Union Township
Mariam Bolger Gilliland
Shaylor Rd
Anna V. Clark
Clough Pike
Loraine Legg
Dayton D. Legg
Ralph A. Hill
Clermont County
Hill
John Fischer
Peck
Shafer
Williams
Cincinnati
Courier
Sun, Enquirer
Post & Times-Star
Clermont-Warren County Board of Realtors
Chile Lock
Chile
Recreation Commission
Nick Wisnic
C. B. Taylor
Division of Watercraft
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Father Killed by Son in New Richmond Shooting
Gary Taylor, 15, is charged after a rifle shot killed his father William T. Taylor, 44, during an upstairs bedroom dispute at 215 Quarry St New Richmond. The incident witnessed by brother Duane led to Gary being released pending a possible grand jury action after diagnostic center tests. Funeral services set for May 28 at Lew F White Memorial.
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Clermont County
Orville Halbisch
Ralph Hill
Gary Taylor
William T
Gary
Quarry St
New Richmond
Duane
Bethesda
Cincinnati
Columbus Diagnostic Center
Halbisch
Taylor
Lew F. White
Geneva
James
William Jr
Darryl
Lulu Taylor
Vocational School Meeting Slated for Two Counties
Williamsburg will host an 8 p.m. June 10 meeting at Williamsburg high school to plan a joint vocational school for Clermont and Brown counties. W. Shoemaker will moderate. organizers seek state approval and outline financing student interest transportation and location.
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Williamsburg
Clermont
Brown Counties
Williamsburg High School
Moore
Batavian Fellow Earns BA in History at Evangel College
Batavia native Robert Stockmeier Jr. was among 60 seniors earning bachelor degrees at Evangel College during the May commencement. He received a Bachelor of Arts with a history major and is a Batavia High School graduate.
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Robert Stockmeier, Jr
Robert Stockmeier
Batavia
Evangel College
Stockmeier
Batavia High School
Batavia Fifth Grade Song Honors Sesquicentennial
Batavia fifth graders under Mrs. Carol Teague and music teacher Mrs. Wilma Marugg wrote a Sesquicentennial song. The lyrics describe a town celebration with parades, dancing on Main Street, antique sales, bells, and a call for Batavia to open its doors for a 150 year milestone.
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Carol Teague
Wilma Marugg
Batavia
Batavia Band
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Greater
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Batavia Board of Education
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Rex
the County Commissioners
Joan Arnold
E. Hyde Park
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Burl Shoemaker
Ohio Division of Vocational Education
Harry R. Moore
Pta’s
Farm Bureau
Health and Walfare
Rotary
Lions Clubs
Warren G. Weiler
State Department of Education
Batavian
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