New books a top priority at CNE
The Clermont Northeastern Board of Education discussed the Owensville Primary Building renovation and a renewed focus on library books. Superintendent Budd G. Hegele noted bids and prior plans, with costs from 1976 at 778000 now estimated around 941000, while books were labeled the district’s dire need and top priority for state grant funds. Donations from P T A groups supported a drinking fountain project at the middle school. Loyd Hollon was chosen to attend the Ohio School Association Convention in November alongside bus driver substitutes and a custodian substitute.
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Owensville
Clermont
Hegele
P.T.A
Loyd Hollon
Ohio School Association
Wele
Union Two traffic lights petition prompts action
Union Township Trustees met September 26 at 7 p.m. hearing a petition with about 200 signatures from Witham Woods residents requesting a traffic light at Britton Blvd and Mt. Moriah Drive and promised to present it to county commissioners. They heard Ambeth area homeowners protest a court decision in case 771CV0847 and took advisory action seeking more legal help. Residents along Clough Pike protested speed near a school zone and mailboxes on one side of the street. A letter to county commissioners will address jail capacity questions since township cannot operate a jail. Next meeting set for October 10 at 7 p.m. Zoning cases 17–20 to be heard at 7:30 p.m.
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Union Township
Carol Schaeffer
Levitt Place
Witham Woods
Britton Blvd
Mt. Moriah Drive
Jean Abcott
Ambeth
Clough Pike
Judge Schwartz
Free Will Baptist Church
O'Brian
Glen Este-Williamsville Road
REACT Volunteers Aid Bethel Tate Life Squad Festival
Clermont County REACT joined the Bethel Tate Life Squad Festival at Burke Park Bethel on Saturday September 23. Members ran horse show and dance admissions with live music from two local bands. They monitor emergency channel 49 daily to assist when needed and seek more bases in Newtonsville Goshen Williamsburg and Monterey to improve coverage. Their volunteer efforts include safety breaks with coffee and drinks for motorists at rest areas during summer holidays.
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Clermont County React
Burke Park
Bethel
C.C.R
REACT
Citizens Band Emergency Channel 49
Newtonsville
Goshen
Williamsburg
Monterey
Judge Receives Third Degree Honor From Freemasons
Judge Lyle W. Castle of the First District Court of Appeals Cincinnati area leaders in the Air Force Reserve received the Thirty-third Degree from the Scottish Rite in ceremonies at Music Hall Sept. 27. The eight day meeting of the Supreme Council drew 2600 attendees as six local men earned the honor for service to masonry.
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Lyle W. Castle
Box
Moscow
Music Hall
Supreme Council
Scottish Rite Freemasonry
U.S
Cincinnati
Judge Castle
First District Court of Appeals
Ohio
Air Force Reserve
Auditor Oversees $60 Million Budget and 1400 Jobs
Auditor James R. Rymer speaks at a press conference about a $60 million annual budget and a staff handling payroll for county offices. He notes duties total about 30, the office’s public profile is low, and changes from the Ohio Legislature have raised workload 30 to 40 percent. The campaign manager is Deputy Gary Vogelgesang, and Rymer emphasizes honesty and nonstop service while detailing the office’s role and staffing levels.
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Fran Schwiermann
James R. Rymer
James Campbell
Rymer
Gary Vogelgesang
Ohio
Arnold Stumpf
Stumpf
Jim
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ralston pleads guilty to two rape charges in Clermont County
Larry M. Ralston pleaded guilty to two counts of rape in Clermont County Common Pleas Court on September 25. A third rape charge and three kidnapping charges were dismissed. He was accused of kidnapping and raping three Price Hill teenagers in September 1977 on Round Bottom Road, Union Township. Judge Louis J. Schwartz ordered a psychiatric examination at Lima State Hospital before sentencing. Ralston also faces a fifth murder trial in Hamilton County over the death of Mary Ruth Hopkins.
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Larry M. Ralston
Clermont County Common Pleas Court
Ralston
Price Hill
Round Bottom Road
Union Township
Balsom
Norwood
Cincinnati
Computer to Eliminate Duplicate Welfare Checks
The 88 county teleprocessing system begins with Lucas County to link welfare departments to the central CRIS facility in Columbus. CRIS aims to stop duplicate payments and verify eligibility, with audits noting State School Foundation Subsidy totals of 71.65 million to 611 boards and 87 counties.
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Columbus
Lucas County Welfare Department
Toledo
Kenneth B. Creasy
Ohio Department of Public Welfare
State Welfare Department
Clermont County
State School Foundation
E. Ferguson
Ohio
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CNE
Budd G. Hegele
General Contractors Company of
Marion
Robert Hanley
Frank McDonald
Ann Gatch
Board of Education
Union Two
Woody Williams
Main ST
Milford, Ohio
David MU. Rosen
WLYK
Milford
Stereo 107
CRIS
Batavia
Nursing & Convalescent Inn
ADA
State of
Batavia, Ohio
Bill Harsha
Congress
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