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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1947
Page
6
The Clermont Courier lists Batavia Ohio as its post office and notes weekly publication by The Clermont Publishing Company. It shows a one year subscription price of $2.00 and a six month option.
Sealed proposals for a brick one story schoolhouse in Amelia Clermont County are invited by School District No 12. Building will be 30 feet by 26 feet and furnished in the usual style. Lowest bidder wins. $200 will be advanced to the undertaker at the first of April. John E Offutt, Clerk.
Fifty years ago Batavia sent nine young men to Owensville to play a nicked nine from the village. The Batavia Club lineup included Onie Walker Willie Roudebush Fred Jenike H C Fairman Tom Hulick Dale Parrott James Ash urn Earl Davis and Frank Liv engood. Meanwhile two county farmers David Young and Edward Davis left for the Klondike region taking pocketfuls of money and hoping to return with trunks of gold dust.
The French government cites Colonel Thomas Q. Ashburn acting chief of inland and coastwise waterways service for a second time. Col Ashburn organized the 324th Field Artillery Regiment at Camp Sherman, comprised of Ohio troops, which saw action earning him the Legion of Honor.
A poetic collage from Carmen Judson’s Cycle about memory and love. It blends intimate images of small, lovely things and a captured love set against sea imagery and pagan piety. The speaker recalls fond days, now given away as gems of memory.
Local social news covers visits and outings of residents including Mrs Ida Thompson and families, with many gatherings at Carter and other homes. The Blue Cross Plan exhibit at the Clermont County Fair in Owensville promotes prepaid hospital coverage, noting four towns enrolled and FP J MacViegh leading the information booth.
Amelia The W.8.C.8. will meet Thursday evening August 14 at the home of a member. Residents are asked to attend and discuss upcoming activities and plans.
General Code notice states Ed ward Seibert of Milford Clermont County Ohio is appointed administrator of the estate of Josephine Seibert deceased of Milford Village. Creditors must file claims within four months or be barred. Dated August 7 1947 Probate Judge Orville W. Halbisch. Attorney K N Young 318 28.
On July 31, 1947, an Inventory and Appraisement of the Estate of Dora Alice Bushman, deceased, was filed in Campbell County Kentucky. Hearing is set for August 29, 1947 at 10:00 a.m. Anyone wishing to file exceptions must do so at least five days before the hearing or be barred. Court seal in Batavia Ohio. Probate Judge Orville W. Halbisch. Sterling L. Brown, Atty. 21-8-14
A religious education piece by William Culbertson D D of Moody Bible Institute argues against drinking. It cites Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Ephesians to warn that alcohol leads to poverty, violence, and insensitivity, urging Christians to live for God’s glory and resist drunkenness.
Recap of games across Mulberry Felicity Mt. Orab Amelia Goshen and Milford with wins by Mixmasters Godfrey and Martin for Owensville, Roudebush for Mulberry, Puckett for Felicity, Leever for Amelia, and Fisher for Goshen. Notable performances include Gerard 7 for 7, Leever delivering late saves, and Crabs upsetting Felicity to climb standings.
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