New Richmond Man Elected Clermont Red Cross Chairman
E W Lukie of New Richmond is elected chairman of the Clermont County Chapter of the American Red Cross at Batavia High School. Other officers include Henry Cushard vice chairman and Mrs Augusta Hulick executive secretary. The meeting notes a $1000 treasury increase and $30000 in Red Cross aid for flood victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Lukie
New Richmond
Clermont County
American Red Cross
Batavia High School
Henry Cushard
Moscow
Augusta Hulick
Batavia
Jean Laffleur
Emma Wilkie
Nellie Maddox
Amelia
Ft. Thomas
Loveland
Williamsburg Garden Club
Williamsburg
Earl Kincaid
Mt. Carmel
Felicity IOOF Plans Record Class Initiation
Sevenie Lodge of Odd Fellows announces the largest initiation in its history with about 50 candidates from Clermont County. The third degree will be conferred November 22 at Felicity Franklin High School auditorium, with regional lodges and bands participating and preparations for hundreds of visitors underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sevenie Lodge of Odd Fellows
Lodge
Ioof Lodge
Ohio
Noble
Wilbur Miller
Rollin McKinney
Odd Fellows’ Orphanage
Springfield
Ohio Valley
Felicity-Franklin High School
Rolin McKinney
Felicity
Noble Grand A
Batavia Grange to Hold Election Thursday
The Batavia Grange will hold its annual officer election tonight at the Grange Hall for the coming year. All members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia Grange
Batavia
Grange Hall
Subscriptions urged to pay with wood in Williamsburg area
Looking Backward column notes a wood payment request from subscribers dated November 1, 1845. Obituary reports Hiram Boulware of Williamsburg Ohio died July 30 at about 30, serving as Justice of the Peace for Williamsburg Township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
Ohio
Hiram Boulware
Williamsburg Township
Winter Weather Notes From 1895 Evpences
A 50 Years Ago look at November 13 1895 reports scarce coal supplies thin corn husks low grain prices and late sown winter wheat. Quails have moved north for warmth rabbits fur is short and scarce. Mince pies are being eaten with unusual zeal as the cold lingers.
Trade of beans binds two men at London dock
A London dock scene reports two men binding a deal with black beans as tokens of honesty in a century old custom. The note links such tokens to stronger binding than a written contract. It also explains aging cattle by horn rings and tooth indicators.
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London
New RichmonD Council Changes as Voters Cast Heavy Totals
In New Richmond 601 village votes and 800 township ballots were tallied. Mayor John B. Ginn won reelection with 291 votes, while C L McNown got 144. Former mayor William R Frye earned 96 write-ins. Village council reelects included Hartman Herbert Painter and Hinson. newcomers Strasingr and Hamilton defeated Reeves and Viceroy. Day retained village treasurer, Carnes and Hawkins won township trustees, Rutman unopposed as village clerk, and the Boards of Public Affairs and Education remained unopposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Ginn
C. L. McNown
William R. Frye
William Hartman
Frank Herbert
Carl Painter
Forrest Hinson
Frank Strasingr
Chester Hamilton
al Reeves
Harold Viceroy
John S. Day
Harry Schmidt
Allen Carnes
Henry Hawkins
Jacob Rutman
Board of Public Affairs
Richard Smittle
Elmer Miller
Warren Newman
Lucian H. Dawson
Jasper Shipps
Clyde Tomlin
Board of Education
Olive Branch Sailor Promoted in Pacific
Mr and Mrs C B Koogler of Olive Branch announce their son Bill has been promoted from fireman first class to water tender third class in the South Pacific. He has served in Tokyo and sent a letter from Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Koogler
Olive Branch
Bill
South Pacific
Tokyo
Manilla
Felicity Mailman Retires After Thirty Years
George Halse of Bethel retired after 30 years of service as a mail carrier. He was honored at the Bethel post office with a reception at the home of Postmaster John Moore and his wife. A ring bearing the postal association emblem was presented by Bethel post office personnel.
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George Halse
Bethel
Halse
John Moorehead
The
Postal Association
Batavia Officer Captures Fugitive James Blanton in Ohio
Batavia chief of police August Barber finds 22 year old James Blanton at a relative's home on a secluded road near Owensville. He is delivered to Adams County sheriff and faces trial for a Seaman car theft from October 9. A second car theft occurred in Hamilton with owner Henry Bowen of Kings Mills. Blanton may be linked to a Glen Este assault but the victim did not identify him. Blanton sustained two flesh wounds from prior gunfire during the Batavia chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Adams
Butler
Clermont
Brown
James Blanton
Adams County
August Barber
Batavia
Owensville
Blanton
Seaman
Mt. Crab
Brown County
Hamilton
Henry Bowen
King’s Mills
Fred Sebastian
Glen Este
Sebastian
Mariemont Hospital
Barber
Frambers Elected Felicity Mayor In Ohio Valley Race
In Felicity Franklin Township three precincts cast 720 votes with Felicity village 300 Chile Felicity North 250. Oliver Frambers wins mayoral post while Ralph Metzger becomes vice mayor. Trustees tally shows John Constant leading the trustee field and Evans tops school board with 422 votes, all serving. Other council picks include Guy Cummins Charles Parsons Russell Bailey George Clinger and C N Riley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felicity-Franklin Township
Ohio Vally
Felicity Village
Chile- Felicity North
John Constant
Melvin Swope
Ed Swope
King Boothby
O. N. Riley
Raymond Evans
Felicity
Felicity - Franklin Township
Evans
Joe Sargent
Byron Ross
Oliver Frambers
Ralph Metzger
Guy Cummins
Charles Parsons
Russell Bailey George Clinger
C. N. Riley
Council
1946 Buick Models Shown At Batavia Holman Buick
The 1946 Buick goes on display at Holman Buick Co at 2nd and Main Streets in Batavia on Friday November 16. Holman hosts the opening display while the new Holman Buick Co Building on Main Street near the Eagles Lodge is under construction and slated to open in coming months as a premier local addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holman Buick Co
2Nd
Main Streets
Holman
Main Street
Eagles’ Lodge
Batavia
Eagles
Upper Main Street
Glen W. Holman
Bethel
James W. Walker
Albert Anstaett and Son
A. H. Lewis
Main St
Harry Kahle
Charles Jordan
Milford
B. F. Kruthaup
Main
Water Streets
Garland Auxier
Anna P. Dietz
Probate
Common Pleas
Omer H. Stubbs to Speak Before Batavia Rotary Club
Omer H. Stubbs of Covington Ky a deputy sheriff and former Ludlow judge will address the Batavia Rotary Club Tuesday night November 20 He has led Kenton County legal affairs since 1937 and served as Rotary District 162 governor in 1944 45
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omer H. Stubbs
Covington
Ludlow
Transylvania College
Lexington
University of Cincinnati Law School
Kenton County
Kentucky
Kenton County Bar Association
Kenton County Sheriff's Office
Stubbs
Rotary Club of
Rotary International
Batavia Rotary Club
VFW Club to Mark First Anniversary in Batavia
Clermont County VIEW No. 3984 celebrates its first anniversary at the Armory in Batavia with a Thursday meeting and reception for overseas World War II veterans and their families. Music and entertainment planned for the gala event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont County View No. 3984
Armory
Batavia
New Bridge Project Planned for Pt Pleasant Route
The State Highway Department seeks bids for grading drainage structures paving and constructing a continuous steel beam bridge with concrete deck and sub structure spans over Big Indian Creek in Monrone and Washington townships on the Pt Pleasant Felicity Feesbury route. The project aims for completion by June 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Indian Creek
Monrone
Washington Townships
Pt. Pleasant-Felicity
Feesbury
State Highway Department
VFW Auxiliary Dines World War Veterans at Longview
The Clermont County Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary sponsored a Thanksgiving dinner and entertainment at Longview Hospital in Cincinnati for World War I and II veterans who were patients there. The group distributed cigarettes, candies, and magazines to all patients after the meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont County Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Longview Hospital
Cincinnati
Owensville Grange Election of Officers
All Grange members urged to attend the next regular meeting on November 21 for the election of officers for the coming year. Degree work will be given and initiation of new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
Mt Carmel Glen Este PTA Meeting Friday
The Mt Carmel Glen Este PTA meets Friday evening November 16 at 8 p m in the school auditorium. Program chairman Mrs Stanley Battison reports a Thanksgiving observance with talent and Rev Jenkins United Brethren minister Batavia will speak on Why We Observe Thanksgiving. PTA membership is 280, the county’s largest, with 267 pupils enrolled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carmel-Glen Este
PTA
Stanley Battison
Jenkins
United Brethren
Batavia
Marathon Grange Elect 1946 Officers
Mrs. Florence Campbell is elected to serve again in 1946 as master of Marathon Grange. Officers include Overseer Bryna Reynolds and Lecturer Mary Laughlin. A Christmas program with gift exchange is planned for the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Campbell
Marathon Grange
Bryna Reynolds
Mary ‘Laughlin
R. E. Reynolds
A. S
Hubert Allan Hutchinson
Mina Moyer
Q. B. Mulloy
Tillie Atchley
G. K
Ellis Dalton
Ceres
Florence Caldwell
Pomona
Helen Sutton
Flora
Mabel Sutton
Ruth Hutchinson
Collis Sutton
G. M. Caldwell
Mrs Rosalind Roudebusch Dies At Newtonsville
Funeral services for Mrs. Rosalind R. Roudebusch ne Patchell 87 were held last Wednesday. A longtime resident of Newtonsville she died Sunday at her home leaving husband G M Roudebusch and six children including Mrs. Clara R. Senneff Moline Ill Mrs Ada R Nisbit Loveland Earl P Newtonsville James F Madisonville Dale C Brookville and George M Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalind R. Roudebusch
Patchell
Roudebusch
G. M. Roudebusch
Clara R. Senneff
Moline
Ill
Ada R. Nisbit
Loveland
Earl P
Newtonsville
James F
Madisonville
Dale C
Brookville
George M
Cleveland
Porter Auxier Set for Return From Italian Campaign
Mrs. Porter Auxier received word that her husband sailed from Italy last week and is expected home in a few days. He spent over two years in the war with action in the African theater. The Auxiers will reside in their newly finished home on Knauer Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter Auxier
Italy
Mrs. Auxier
Knauer Avenue
Victory Bond drive tops quota in Bethel-Tate
The Bethel-Tate Victory Bond drive surpassed its goal with $122,280 raised, making it the first Clermont County village to go over the top. Local chairman is Miss Abbie Towne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel-Tate
Clermont County
Abbie Towne
Kleine wins Milford mayoral race in tight contest
Milford elects Louis M. Kleine mayor by 337 to 304 over G Lesley Franke amid last minute write in bid. Other council results show acting mayor Galen A. Clark leading with 561 votes and multiple new members elected, while officials like Mary Lotz and Harry Schroeder are reelected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Louis M. Kleine
G. Lesley
Tinker) Franke
Homer W. Ernst
Clyde B. Dericks
Mr. Franke
Dericks
Klenne
Milford National Bank
Terrace Park Country Club
Mt. Washington
First National Bank
Cincinnati
Galen A. Clark
Victor D. Shumard, Jr
Charles Rosenzweig
Albert K. Buckingham
MacGregor A. Bancroft
Robert A. Rinckoff
Richard A. Brower
L. Joseph Mollitor
Rosenzweig
Bancroft
Mary G. Lotz
Harry L. Schroeder
F. C. Hartsock
Frank E. Judd
Charles Elston
Board of Public Affairs
Milford Board of Education
J. H. Fley
Ladies of St Bernadette Mission Organize Sodality
At St. Bernadette School on Jenny Lind Road near Amelia the Ladies Sodality was formed with three officers elected for a one year term: Prefect Mrs. Lillian Francis Secretary Mrs. Helen Petri Treasurer Miss Rosemary Offerle. The group aims to aid spiritual and temporal welfare with Communion Day first Sunday each month and meetings on the second Tuesday. They supply treats for Friday socials and, with Holy Name Society, have installed electric lighting along parish property to aid walkers from Amelia. Preliminary social begins around 8:20 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bernadette School
Jenny Lind Road
Amelia
St. Bernadette Ladies Sodality
Lillian Francis
Helen Petri
Rosmary Offerle
Sodality
St. Bernadette Mission
The
Ladies of the Sodality
Holy Name Society
Junior Woman's Club To Meet at Mrs Hoppings
The Batavia Junior Woman's Club will hold its regular monthly meeting at Mrs. Paul Hopping's home on Wood Street in Batavia on Thursday November 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia Junior Woman's Club
Paul Hopping
Wood Street
Holy Trinity Church To Hold Fall Festival
The Men’s Society of Holy Trinity Church Batavia will host a sauer kraut supper and fall festival next Sunday November 18. The event runs from 3 to 8 p m with public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Trinity Church
Men’s Society of Holy Trinity Church
Batavia
New Richmond Church Plans Turkey Social Activities
St. Peter's Church of New Richmond announces a turkey social next weekend on November 17 and 18. Events begin 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday with doors open until 11 p.m. both nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter's Church of
New Richmond
Auction Sale Calendar for Ohio towns and dates
A listing of auction sales across Ohio with sellers and dates. Pringle and Houck in Laurel on November 16 at 10 a m. Comer and Jourden in Springdale on November 17. Joe Tarvis in Bethel on November 19 and Dodsonville November 26. John Simpson near Crosstown November 27. Clermont County Merchandise Exchange on November 14 28 and Frank Mathus November 29 near Williamsburg Trout farm. Frank Trout November 29 10 a m three miles SE of Williamsburg. Lee S. Jones November 30 between Bethel and Hamersville on State Route 125.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pringle & Houck
Laurel
Ohio
Comer & Jourden
Springdale
Joe Tarvis
Bethel
Swing’s Corner
Crane Schoolhouse Road
Joe Davidson
Dodsonville
Joe Fisher
Centerville
John Simpson
Crosstown
Clermort County Merchandise Exchange
Frank Mathus
Williamsburg
Trout Farm
Frank Trout
Lee S. Jones
Hamersville
Also Mentioned on This Page
MAN County Red Cross Head
Felicity Ioof
Olive
Pacific
Felicity Mailman
New Batavia
Rotary
VFW
Pt. Pleasant
Longview
Klonne
Ladies of St
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