Batavia Village Council Sets Underpass Project Details
In a special session the Batavia Village Council approved procedures for the Underpass project. Contractor's Finance Corp of Cincinnati holds the contract. William Jenike will oversee excavation for the State Highway Department. Water lines will be temporarily rerouted at a cost of about 2000 dollars, with labor recoverable from the State. Excavation work by State crews was set to begin staking out ground Tuesday, weather permitting.
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Batavia Village Council
Hulick
Ralph H. Majoewsky
Majoewsky
State Highway Department
Milford Legion Presents Flag to Newtonsville School
The Milford American Legion will present a flag to Newtonsville School on Sunday June 2 at 2 00 P M at the school house. Everyone is cordially invited to attend.
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Milford American Legion
Newtonsville
Fortieth Annual Meeting of Clermont County Federation
The Fortieth Annual Meeting of the Clermont County Federation of Women's Clubs will be held in Batavia at the Methodist church on Thursday June 6. The morning session begins at 9 30 with Batavia Woman's Club as hostess. Mrs. E S Rush serves as General Chairman.
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Clermont County Federation of Women’s Clubs
Batavia
Methodist Church
Batavia Woman’s Club
E. S. Rush
Masons of 6th District to Celebrate Grand Master’s Visit
The 6th District Masons of Ohio plan a June 1 reception at Williamsburg marking Clermont Social Lodge No. 29’s 125th anniversary. A 6 pm lodge meeting precedes a parade by the Oola Kahn Grotto Band to the school for a banquet and address by Most Worshipful Brother Dillon Christ.
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Ohio
Dillon Christ
Williamsburg
Clermont Social Lodge No
Oola Kahn Grotto Band
Cincinnati
Batavia High School Fifty Ninth Commencement Exercises
Batavia H S held its fifty ninth annual commencement in the high school auditorium on Friday evening May 24. The program featured a grand march processional, invocations, a welcome address, musical selections by the girls glee club and trio, and the presentation of honors diplomas and diplomas to the Class of 1940.
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W. Spark
Bess Walker
Mary Schneider
Clinton Curtiss
Green Cathedral
Carl Hahn
Clermont Members Plan to Attend TB Conference in Cleveland
Dr J A Carter Mrs Ralph Fuhr Representative Director Clermont County T B and Health Association and Mrs S W Sprague Batavia are Ohio Committee members for the 36th annual National Tuberculosis Association meeting. The event in Cleveland June 8 6 features the Trudeau Society and Thoracic Surgery Association with over 1500 tuberculosis specialists and health workers expected to attend four days of method appraisal.
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J. A. Carter
Ralph Fuhr
Clermont County
T. B. and Health Association
S. W. Sprague
Batavia
Ohio
National Tuberculosis Association
Cleveland
American Trudeau Society
American Association For Thoracic Surgery
United States
Bethel Plans Talent Night
Bethel sets a country store amateur night under Henry W White, Bethel School instrumental instructor, to raise funds for outdoor summer concerts. The Bethel School Auditorium hosts Friday May 31 at 8 pm with a writing contest and popular prizes donated by Bethel merchants. Admission 25 or 15 cents.
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Henry W. White
Bethel School
Bethel
White
Thanks for Poppy Day helpers in Batavia area
Frank W. Weaver Unit 287 of the American Legion Auxiliary thanks the public for cooperation in Poppy Day on May 25 and lists numerous volunteers from Batavia Amelia Owensville Summerside Willowville Olive Branch and related groups including Girl Scouts Alice Yeager Mary Jo Fetter Nancy Kincaid and Jean Roslow.
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Frank W. Weaver
American Legion Auxiliary
Batavia
Amelia
Alice Yeager
Mary Jo Fetter
Owensville
Nancy Kincaid
Carmel Jean Roslow
Summerside
Wanda Harrison
Willowville
Jack Didday
Buddy Jones
Olive Branch
Amelia Garden Club Hosts Evening Program and Exhibits
Amelia Garden Club held an engaging meeting at White Acres on Saturday night May 26 with 75 members and guests and more than 100 exhibits. Musical numbers by Mrs. Trotter and Mrs. Rush accompanied a featured talk by Karl Maslowski of Cincinnati. Refreshments followed as attendees enjoyed the event.
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Amelia
Boy Scouts Troop 416 Reports Charter Renewal
Williamsburg troop 416 renews its charter and meets Fridays at 7 30 pm in the Legion Hall. The group has grown from 16 to 23 and has directed traffic at fires and other heavy conditions.
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Boyscout
Williamsburg
Legion Hall
Batavia Alumni Reunion Banquet Honors Roudebush
The Batavia Alumni Association held its annual reunion and banquet in the school auditorium with Judge Allen C. Roudebush as principal speaker. Eighty eight attendees were served by the Parent Teachers Association. Music directed by James Skelton and Myrtle Wilson accompanied the event. Lowell Ruat received the $100 Alumni Scholarship. New officers were elected for the coming year: President Russell Speidel, Vice President Edmond Parrott, Treasurer Auria Glancy, Secretary Mrs. Ridhasa Didday.
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Batavia Alumni Association
Allen C. Roudebush
Parent-Teachers’ Association
James Skelton
Myrtle Wilson
Lowell Ruat
Russell Speidel
Edmond , Parrott
Treagprer
Atiria Glancy
Ridhata’ Didday
Clermont County Announces 1941 Wheat Allotment
Clermont County wheat allotment for 1941 set at 7 073 acres announced by Edward C. Saxton chairing the county AAA committee. Allocation based on tillable acres soil type topography and last three years wheat planted. Farmers credited for prior diverted wheat and may qualify for payments loans and crop insurance in 1941. Individual allotments to reach farmers in coming weeks.
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Clermont County
Edward C. Saxton
AAA Committee
AAA
Saxton
Officers and Advisors Meet in Clermont County 4-H
Clermont County 4-H officers and advisors from 52 clubs meet at Owensville School on Saturday June 1 at 10 A M Roy Battles reports. The program opens with recreation then splits into sessions by office for training W H Palmer and J W Evans lead with others handling secretaries reporters and recreation. Rev Vernon Martin of Batavia Presbyterian Church delivers the principal talk.
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Clermont County
Owensville School
Roy Battles
W. H. Palmer
J. W. Evans
Oamone
Homer Wilson
Chermont’ Sun
Ralph Sexe
Pea
Vernon Martin
Presbyterian Church
Batavia
Republican Council to Meet June 6
Clermont County Republican Council will hold a meeting Thursday evening June 6 in Williamsburg announced by Earl Eastwood chairman The time place and speaker will be announced soon Republicans are urged to attend
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Clermont County Republican Council
Williamsburg
Earl Eastwood
Clermont County Chamber Meets on Taxation and Public Spending
Clermont County District Council of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce met at the Court House on May 24. About 30 residents from across Clermont attended as concerns about higher taxes, rising public expenditures, and adverse economic effects were voiced. Arthur Behymer, named District Manager, was ill and did not attend. District Councils aim to monitor taxation and public spending to push for economy in local government.
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Ohio
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Court House
P. Feeson
J. O’brien
Arch D
Department
Clermont County
Arthur Behymer
Amelia
Cincinnati
Chamber of Commerce
Ohio Chamber
Hayden Thompson Nuptials Solemnized
Mr and Mrs Ralph W Thompson of Warren Ohio announce the marriage of Ruth Marie Thompson to John Robert Hayden. The ceremony occurred Saturday at the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Warren at 430 PM. Hayden, a Miller School of Business Cincinnati alumnus, is Assistant Cashier in the Don Ebright Office in Columbus. Ruth Marie Thompson, Warren High School graduate, works in the Division of Conservation in Columbus. The couple rented an apartment in Columbus to start housekeeping.
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Ralph W. Thompson
Warren, C
Ruth Marie
John Robert Hayden
John J. Hayden
É Iage
Ayden
Miller*School of Business
Miss Thompson
The
Warren High School
Division of Conservation
Columbus
Ingenious Spy Pipe Hidden Note Chamber
The article describes a pipe with a hidden space between its inner and outer walls used by spies to conceal tissue notes. A twist of the rim can release burning tobacco to burn away evidence if the holder is in danger.
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Collier’s
Owensville Painter Charles Reynolds Dies In Scaffold Fall
The Owensville community mourns painter Charles Reynolds aged 51 after a scaffold collapse at Rogers Park Place Cincinnati. Reynolds died from internal injuries and fractures before reaching General Hospital. Richard Fricke 30 suffered a pelvis fracture. Funeral services for Reynolds were held Sunday.
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Owensville
Charles Reynolds
Richard Fricke
Cincinnati
Rogers’ Park Place
Reynolds
General Hospital
Fricke
Population of Stonelick Township Grows
The population of Stonelick Township outside Owensville Village in Clermont County Ohio rises to 1210 in the preliminary 1940 census counts from 1008 in 1930. The 1940 figures are preliminary and subject to correction. Wray Bevens, Supervisor of Census.
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Stonelick Township
Owensville Village
Clermont
Ohio
Wray Bevens
Supt Hoggatt Releases State Contests Ratings
The Clermont County Scholarship Team ranked among the state’s top five in county classifications at the Miami University meet on May 4. Individuals across subjects earned top placings including Carl Lampe, Ruth Lampe, and Thomas Richards with several Honorable Mention awards. An eighth grade recognition and senior general scholarship honors were noted, alongside a separate court incident where judge Ward Bush granted a 10 day sentence for intoxication.
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Clermont County
Miami University
James Scarborough
Robert Morehead
Dale South
Thomas Richards
Russell Beach
Margaret Ann Culley
Paul Nunichuck
Jack Ireton
Bethel
Sydney Robinson
Felicity
Evelyn Rockwell
Carl Lampe
Carl Rosselot
Ruth Lampe
Owensville
Muriel Erion
Harold Knauper
William Rice
Bruce Paschal
Raymond Keller
Anne Frances
Shepherd
Hugh Nichols
Margaret Salter
Batavia
Don Rogers
Catherine Day Seitz
Jane Spence
Dorothy Gatch
Iliogetie’Landeman
Georgi Cris
Milford
Jean White
Mary Phillips
Moscow
Dorothy Isab
Mary Louise Steelman
Eleanor, Widmeyer
Elva Conley
Ruth King
Mary Alice Raper
Dorothy Leibner
Milfords
Ruth Andrés
Charlotte Chandonia
Amelia
Frank Hoggatt
Miami
State Department of Education
Alegbra
Thomas, Richards
Thomas_ Richards
Iion Prates Rice
Seitz
George Critz
Anna Frances
Eleanor Widmeyer
Ruth Mary Lampe
Grover Kenneth Cann
Williamsburg
Sydney Page Robinson
Ely Leeds Hill
Wanda Lee Bernheiser
William Francis Menkhaus
Hall MacRoy Smith
Kermit J. Shumard
Margaret Eleanor Crosby
Richard Hayes
Betty Jane Telor
Surprise Shower Honors Miss Mildred Waggal in Batavia
A surprise shower was held at the home of Mrs. Joseph Justin in Batavia for Miss Mildred Waggal. She will wed Mr. William Gray at Clearwater Florida on June 1 at her aunt Mrs. Raymond Lindsey's home. Gifts were numerous and useful.
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Mildred Waggal
Joseph Justin
Batavia
Miss Waggal
Wm. Gray
Clearwater
Florida
Raymond Lindsey
Washington trip by Amelia High pupils ends with tires and breakdowns
To Washington DC W J Tabscott Miss Marie Hawke and Joseph Justin took machines load ed with Amelia High School pupils for an end of school vacation trip last week. The three machine loads left Thursday morning and reports say the trip was remarkable largely due to flat tires and broken down transmissions. The party was expected back in Cleremont County Monday night or Tuesday.
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W. J. Tabscott
Marie Hawke
Joseph Justin
Amelia High School
Washington D. C
Cleremont County
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J Ee Roberts
Eell L
Homer Mosbacher
Paul Tabor
Paul K. Moré
Francis Deter
P. K. Moore
Clermonters
Garden Club
Boy Scouts
E. C. Saxton
Republican Council
Clermont County Council Chamber OF Commerce
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Hayden-Thompson
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Supt. Hoggatt
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