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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1983
Page
3
Batavia Clermont County commissioners reduced both principal and interest on the juvenile justice center certificates of indebtedness. A $250,000 payment was made on the original $800,000 debt, leaving $550,000 renewed for one year at 6.58 percent instead of 8 percent.
The death of 21 year old Gary Houck in Clermont County remains under investigation. His skeletal remains were found in a submerged car trunk near the Moscow boat ramp. Investigators, including the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, have the gun found near the Ohio River car and seek ballistic results to link it to a burglary killing of a 13 year old girl in Georgia. No conclusive clues about Houck's death have emerged.
The GBI leads much of the inquiry as Houck’s earlier actions and incidents before his 1981 disappearance were concentrated in Georgia, suggesting regional focus for investigators and potential links to past cases.
Clermont County reports 51,694.36 dollars from the ninth advance of motor vehicle registration fees in 1983, part of 2,125,003.56 dollars distributed to 75 counties and municipalities which levy a five dollar extra on each plate. Counties get 47 percent of the remainder, cities 34 percent, and townships over 500,000 dollars by road mileage.
Bids were submitted for two 1982 Small Cities Community Development Block Grants in Batavia as the Williamsburg Community Center project drew 11 bidders for the $140,000 project. Architect Bruce Brandstetter will compare bids and recommend awards. Lowest general contractor bid came from Charles W Bauer Construction Co Inc of Indian Hill at 97700, H F Randolph Co of Mt Carmel bid 5749 for plumbing, Whalen Electric of Clarksville bid 7950 for electrical work.
Bantam Ohio Bantam Bethel Ohio and Bantam Java share a distance from Batavia legend says seafaring captain Andrew Pinkham gave the name Bantam. Bantam four miles northwest of Bethel along Ohio 125 never grew beyond a cluster of homes shops and schools. Benjamin Ely opened the first store and post office in 1837 serving as postmaster for 40 years. George W. Hays ran a grocery store during early years making two grocers common in the area. Bantam’s store was a convenient stop for cyclists and motorists alike.
The article chronicles Bantam Ohio history with landmarks and families. It notes William Slade and later proprietors of Rapp’s Corner, the rerouting of Ohio 125 to remove Dead Man’s Curve, and the old Rapp homestead demolition. It mentions John Shotwell’s tavern, a White carriage works evolving into a funeral home, Bantam’s schools and educators, Dr Thomas Pinkham, and maple syrup gathering at the Pinkham farm. Travel once relied on wagon and stage along the turnpike with a tollgate near the village.
Able Mechanical Contractors Inc. of Cold Spring, Kentucky offered air conditioning for 12255 while Model Builders of Amelia bid 139800 for the full package. Moscow Village Park bids read by M Larry Sprague show Steven A Toft Taft Construction Co Williamsburg with a base bid of 18440 and Design Enterprises Centerville estimating 20000. The other three bids nearly reach 25000 and up.
Batavia Township will take over street improvements in Meadow Green Subdivision after developers failed to meet county road standards on five streets. The county will draw down 32,000 from Apollo Savings and Loan Co. letter of credit, issued December 13, 1979, to cover most costs, though the fund is short by 909.52 compared with the engineer’s estimate.
County engineer and Miami Township trustees urge county commissioners to close part of Sherwood Drive off Ohio 131. A public hearing will be scheduled after a view of the right of way, which runs from the Sherwood and Marcie Lane intersection into land owned by Bank One Milford, with Hazel Bartlett as adjoining property owner.
Farmers in Clermont and Brown counties face drought losses with average reductions of 30 percent or more in pasture soybeans corn and tobacco. The Farmers Home Administration plans meetings to inform lenders about the low cost agricultural disaster loan program and application steps to be mailed to interested farmers after harvest.
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