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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1940
Page
8
August 7 1940 listing shows E E Rush and R P Althaus as business managers with pricing for subscriptions and a one year six months three months term. The Clermont Courier is printed with affiliations to Cincinnati Enquirer and Cincinnati Post.
A short meditation quotes Elizabeth Barrett Browning about heaven in every bush and seeing the divine. The line invites reflection on perception and reverence.
Local social items recount visits and travels across Batavia Ohio and nearby towns. Cincinnati resident John Ireton renews acquaintances. Mrs Alice Pierson visits Cleveland and Berea. Harold Nichols on vacation in Michigan. familiesленных travel to Michigan and West. Norma Jean Foster at Pt Marion Pa with Denner Calloway. Ida Curliss moves to Water Street. Stirling Moore returns from hospital. Virgil Ties vacationing in Mt Vernon with mother Retta Iles. Nina Studer returns from West. Florence Walker and son move to Upper Wood Street. Forrest Ely family head to summer home in Michigan. Lida Behymer visits Owensville. Randall Walker family from Tulsa visits Batavia area. Wm Smyth and daughter Pat visit Mt Auburn. Milk Producers Union meeting Aug 9 at Batavia Court House. Brinkman and Plant with visitors from Los Angeles and Hyde Park. John Hugo of Williamsburg dies. Rev N R Walker dies in Cincinnati. McDonald-Hughey family to Michigan. Clyde Bayer fined for drunkenness. Donald Hutchinson visits World’s Fair and Washington DC. Gladys Bauer surprised by friends as she resumes nursing at Christ Hospital. Randall Walker family again noted. trip to New York en route to Batavia.
An opinion piece argues readers should form own judgments by experience and listening to both sides. It notes a local New Deal outlet broadcasting Willkie criticisms and questions why the New Dealers did not smear him earlier while he challenged the New Deal over Commonwealth and Southern. The piece suggests fear of Willkie grows as stakes rise.
The eighth meeting on July 30 at the Monterey School House had members respond to Health Hints. Betty Waits demonstrated a dress for Kathryn Myers, noting a fit issue. Members reviewed current articles and corrected mistakes. The group will reconvene on August 6.
The Batavia Pin Cushion group held a July gathering at Mrs. Battles home, sharing earnings of the year with each member receiving $1. They plan to march in the Owensville fair parade on August 16 at 11 am. A separate note states driver license examinations will be held the third Tuesday from September 1, 12 noon to 5 pm at the courthouse.
Dewitt Billman eldest son of the late Rev Howard Billman died Sunday in Springfield Illinois after a long illness. He spent six years in Batavia as a boy while his father served in the Presbyterian church. His mother remains seriously ill in a St Louis hospital. Relatives extend gratitude for sympathy and kindness from friends neighbors and church groups including Rev Henri Cortain donors of floral tributes the Holy Name Society pallbearers and funeral director J Isaac Maham. Katie Hugo and Brother.
Anna Belle Warren born Mt Holly Oct 28 1860 died July 22 1940 aged 79 9 and survived by sons Fred Warren and Edna Ketchum. She married Cassius M Edwards Oct 24 1880 and lived on the farm much of her life. Active in Christian Chapel church and Sunday School, she was prized for flowers and needlework with prizes across states. She and her husband traveled to California and southern lands in retirement, cherished flowers brought by friends, and faced illness with faith, awaiting the life hereafter.
Agriculturists warn the western chestnut, key source for commercial tanning, could vanish within 20 years due to blight. The warning highlights a potential loss of a major timber and agricultural resource.
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