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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1963
Page
1
The West Clermont board voted to switch first and second grades to half day sessions amid parent pleas. School hours will be 8 00 am to 12 15 pm and 12 15 to 4 30 pm with effect as soon as possible.
Ohio State Highway Safety reports seven month 1963 traffic deaths at 1 051, two more than 1962. Clermont County records eight deaths in 1963 versus 14 in 1962 for the same period. Warren C. Nelson notes rural deaths 755 and urban 296, with 526 drivers and 297 passengers among the casualties.
Registration for the West Clermont Adults Education program is set for Monday September 23 and Tuesday September 24. Classes will be at Amelia High School or Glen Este High School with locations announced later. Residents pay 12 per course per term, non residents 18. Courses include Typing, Sketching, Public Speaking, Sewing, TV Repair, Automotive topics, and more with some free Civil Defense and Parent Baby Care offerings.
Bids open Oct. 8 for a $1.5 million New Richmond High School on Bethel New Richmond Road beside the elementary school. The 19 classrooms serve about 800 to 900 students. If within budget, construction may start before winter with completion after January 1965. Voters approved a $2.5 million bond in 1962 for the high school and additions to Monroe and Pierce elementary schools.
The Clermont ASCS announces committee chairs and members across Franklin Raymond Webham and neighboring areas. Elected candidates will assume office Oct. 1 with a slate including chairs Carey Thompson Jackson Cary Hutchinson and George Bratten among others.
Pam Land of 81 Day Circle a Milford Clover Clovers 4-H Club member won first place at Clermont County Fair for a child care project. The exhibit also appeared at the Ohio State Fair as project of the day in the H Building on August 28 and earned another ribbon in Columbus.
A copper enameling demonstration by Mrs. Fred Mygatt will headline the YWCA open house on Tuesday morning Sept. 17 at the Batavia Presbyterian Church. The event runs 9 to 11 a.m. with Mygatt’s table top kiln shown and YWCA programs explained.
Milford residents with interesting collections are invited to contact the Clermont County Public Library for display opportunities. The notice also lists Bookmobile No. 1 and No. 2 schedules for September, including stops at villages and centers across the county.
Former Bethel Police Chief Paul Keller, 46, is appointed part-time Batavia patrolman by Mayor Richard C. Jamieson. The mayor also says waste collection in the village will switch to once weekly pickup starting this month with Vance Waste Collection, Loveland, handling only Wednesdays until further notice. Summerside note lists a piano recital by Mrs. O. W. McBride at Summerside school Friday evening September 13 at 8 p.m. Public invited. Local schedules for Moscow Owensville and Miami Elementary appear for September 19 to 20 events at various times.
Clermont County Commissioners approve purchasing US Treasury notes totaling 2.0 million dollars to earn about 3,000 in 60 days, after a prior 1.0 million purchase. They also push for an extra Army Corps of Engineers public meeting on the East Fork Reservoir and place a 0.25 mill tax levy for a new school for retarded children, plus a 225,000 bond for the project. A new three-span DeLa Palma Road bridge plan and subdivision improvements in Woodlawn and Longview Acres are authorized.
Batavia Sesquicentennial leaders vote to form a permanent non profit corporation to govern anniversary efforts. Harold Nichols leads legal work with local attorneys. Members to buy $10 memberships to fund the celebration with refunds possible if the program succeeds.
Mrs Ralph E Hodges chair of Clermont County Historical Tour committee reports tickets sold for two buses to Kentucky on September 29 and no further reservations refunds will be directed toward future approved community projects. At the executive committee meeting Mayor Richard C Jamieson announced the executive board members including Clyde Thom Ken Anstaett Bill Massey and others with Robert Slade Harold D Nichols Ralph L Clyburn and Kirk Hamilton in key roles.
Clermont County League of Women Voters opens its 1963 64 season with a get acquainted tea for all voting age women of the county. The event will be Sept 19 at 1 30 p.m. at 110 Wood St Batavia. Guest consultant Mrs. R J Nance of Chillicothe will explain League matters to nonmembers.
Batavia Community Recreation League outlines full Rally Day events at Grandview Park on Saturday September 14 including a bake sale horse shoe tournament badminton volleyball booths and a barbecue concession stand. Scheduled games and contests run from 10 a.m. to 6 15 p.m. with park dedication at 2 p.m. and a grand prize quilt at 6 15 p.m.
Mrs Kelen Nathanson 49 of Summerside may have a preliminary hearing today on a first degree murder charge in the Saturday slaying of her husband Mel Nathanson special deputy sheriff and Cincinnati Gas and Electric supervisor. Melville Nathanson of Atlanta Ga retained Harold R Latimer of Cincinnati for the defendant. Funeral services for the slain man were set for 10 30 am at Gump Holt Funeral Home Cincinnati with Arlington Park Cemetery Mt Healthy the widow is at the county jail Batavia
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