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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1939
Page
8
The Clermont Courier lists subscription terms and prices. One year costs $1.00, six months $0.75, three months $0.40. Combos include Bundles with the Cincinnati Post, Times-Star, or Enquirer at various rates.
A Batavia page lists social and personal items including Ada Kidd's expected return from Florida, visits by Prof. Burkholder and family, trips by Mrs. B H Seaver, and a host of Sunday gatherings in Hamilton Cleveland Lawrenceburg Middletown and Cincinnati. It notes a Batavia antique show, guild luncheon, beautician exams in Columbus, a Batavia marriage, a high school ankle injury, and progress on Clermont county's $60 000 new jail with an anticipated August finish.
Candidates may file petitions requiring signatures equal to one half of one percent of votes cast for the head of his ticket in the last November election. Each petition must have at least 25 signatures, signed with ink or indelible pencil. A fee of one half of one percent of the annual salary applies, due at least 60 days before the election. F. W. White, clerk and E. S. Rush, deputy. Enclose stamp.
C R Spangler minister Franklin D Morrison S S Supt Sunday school 930 Morning service 1030 Wednesday prayer 730 pm W C T U meets Thursday pm Pentecost Sunday May 28 be there Sunday May 14 Mother s Day special program arranged Remember The Go to church Campaign
Mrs John Andres chairs a Card Party and Home Bake Sale at Mt Carmel Glen Este School Friday April 28 at 8 PM. For information call Batavia 2823 or assistants Mrs Chas York Mrs Ruben Shor Mrs Jos Callahan and Mrs Kenneth Shearwood. Door prize and gifts await top scorers. sponsored by the Parent Teacher organization.
Under Wilmington District supervision Rev. Lester S. Norris will direct a Junior High Church Camp for seventh to ninth graders at Sabina Conference Grounds June 8 9 and 10. Five hundred delegates are expected from the Cedarville Epworth League First Church Xenia and other groups.
Edwin Baum of the Social Security Board in Cincinnati advises high school students to obtain social security account numbers before seeking employment. He notes many employers require numbers now, explains coverage details for workers, and says the Cincinnati field office serves Hamilton, Brown, Clermont and Highland counties.
Clermont County Auditor Blythe Jones announces a forthcoming publication listing delinquent real estate taxpayers and lands in the county. The ruling from Attorney General Thomas J. Herbert limits the new list to lands delinquent since the previous publication, following a 1937 list.
Columbus through Dayton area camera clubs join a daylight 75 mile Ohio River cruise aboard the Island Queen from Cincinnati at 10 30 returning 5 30 with a stop at Point Pleasant to visit U S Grant's birthplace. Prizes for best photos. Dancing on the ballroom deck with Clyde Trask and His Orchestra and a seven piece jazz unit. Lunch options on deck. Moonlite dances run nightly to May 5.
Secretary of State Earl Griffith orders tighter ballot control. Notable actions include a Butler county precinct judge convicted and jailed for ballot tampering with a school bond result, Clark county politicians indicted for corraling and exploiting 17 transient voters, and six Cuyahoga county precinct officials discharged after tally excesses at a March 22 election. Also notes the tenth annual All Ohio Safety Congress in Columbus on April 18 19 20.
The Felicity town and church celebration uncovers an autobio of Rev Matthew Gardner, pioneer preacher. The account, from John W. Devere now 89, recalls life around 1800 including land trades, sparse cabins, moccasin footwear, deer meat, school in a log cabin, and Gardner founding the Bethel Christian Church in 1819 Georgetown church in 1828 and Mt. Pleasant Church near Felicity in 1839 which was razed.
Twenty two seniors named by Superintendent Roy C. Thompson will graduate from New Richmond High School on May 22. The graduates listed include Ida Arnold Dorothy Bennett Agnes Bezler Phillip Boys Catherine Breuer Ruby Burns Eva Hawkins Stanley Hawkins James Kistler Walter Kunz Anna Mae Lee Leroy Lewis Paul Long Bill Monson Francis Nobis Elsie Painter John Sehmitz Ray Simpson Alton Spitzmiller Anna Louise Theil Ralph Weil and Percylla White.
The Safety and Hygiene Division of the State Industrial Commission reports major gains from a nationwide publicity driven program. In 1988 there were 72 178 fewer accident claims than in 1937 and 48 fewer fatalities plus 667 fewer permanent disability cases, showing strong group effort results.
Farmers may obtain 10 to 15 or more bushels of corn per acre for 75 cents. U. S. 52 Seed Corn produced and sold by Raymond C. Oetbel of New Richmond Route 2. Flats sell for $6.00 per bushel with test 97 98 percent. Beware of cheap unadapted seed.
Frigidaire 6 cu ft model offered at $5 per month. Contact J. C. Fuhr in Williamsburg, Ohio for purchase details.
The Amelia Public Schools Music Department directed by Joseph A. Justin presented its second annual concert in the school auditorium on April 19. Two hundred eighty pupils participated as audiences filled the largest turnout in school history. The two hour program featured choral groups, band, orchestra, glee clubs, dancing chorus, a boys quartet, soloists and tap dancers with praise from Superintendent W J Tabscott for the students and supporters.
Hardware man J C Fuhr Williamsburg Ohio lists lime sheetrock cement sewer pipe paints varnish. See J A Lytes Batavia R 5 for a lot in Olive Branch Subdivision. Phone 1822.
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