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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1947
Page
6
The Clermont Cowrier, published Thursdays by the Clermont Publishing Company in Batavia Ohio, lists Jerald B Fortney as editor and publisher. The issue price is stated as $1.00.
100 years ago notice announces public subscription to the capital stock of the East Fork Road and Bridge Co. to be opened in Milford at Hawn and Ross grocery March 6 and at Michael Turner’s Union Township house under directions of Williams Hawn Brown Ross Turner Edwards and Davis.
The Williamsburg Township School Board approved employment of teachers at 40 dollars per month for seven months. Named were William S. Innis, C. E. Bratton, Jos M. Davidson, R. H. Thomas, Harry Moyer, T. B. Davidson, William Colthar, along with Holmes, Belle Behymer, Cecile Hulick and Mrs. Garnes.
Twenty five years ago deaths were reported from Batavia and surrounding communities. Thomas Patton died at his home near Batavia on April 9 1922. Mrs Louis Beagle aged 68 died at her Glen Este home on April 13. Mrs Mary Miller aged 79 died at her Summerside home on April 3. Alexander McGuire aged 90 died at his Glen Este home on April 14. Leonard Holland formerly of Batavia died at his Red Cloud Nebraska home at age 90 after moving in 1877. his wife was Sara Troy previously.
The New Richmond high school gym rink opened Friday April 11 with a large crowd. The Kiwanis Club sponsors the rink. The Youth Canteen lowers membership age to 16 allowing more youths to join and remains popular with local teens.
School notes show student Roy Wildey back after illness delaying April 15 events to April 22. P.T.A. raised funds from My Friend Flicka screening. skating party and square dance held. new patrol recruitment for the State Highway Patrol announced with May opening and summer sessions planned.
A station feature highlights poems from The Circle by Gail Brook Burket and Tell Me Not in April from Verse Craft by Maude Burbank Harding. It notes submission details with names and addresses for Sheila Stinson and Edna Hamilton in Ohio and Cincinnati.
An unclear OCR fragment mentions a lesson for April 20 with topics themed around scripture texts and an international education group. Details are fragmentary and exact subjects or organizations cannot be confirmed.
Biblical study of David's rise to kingship and the united nation of Israel. The lesson highlights David’s unity of Judah and Israel, his defense of Jerusalem, reliance on prayer before battles, and the need to seek God’s guidance before campaigns. It stresses obedience, strategic patience, and divine direction in military and national affairs.
A garbled column surveys residents and figures from politics and society. It references Henry A. Wallace, Major General Patrick Hurley, and ex Secretary Byrnes, plus hints of temper in a UC speech, local scraps on hedges and debris, and a 1943 booze rationing note.
Joe Marsh Willie Wells and about 250 veterans from our town gathered at Farmer Collins barn for a reunion of their old regiment. They shared stories of South Africa Italy and the Aleutians, enjoyed beer, and displayed good behavior and tolerance in peacetime.
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