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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1934
Page
8
Random arrivals and departures, visits, and events in Batavia Ohio and surrounding areas. Randolph Reynolds takes a new Hamilton post. Clyde Anstead undergoes surgery. Mrs. Turner and son visit Springfield. Mies Emily Brock visits Loveland relations. many townsfolk attend church, travel, or host guests. expands with ads for cement, roofing, fence parts, and local businesses.
Batavia Grange schedules a call meeting Thursday night August 16 to plan a shared exchange program with Mt. Carmel Grange. All members are urged to attend the committee meeting and participate in the event planning.
A note on regional color taboos in the auto trade outlines that black cars are avoided by some Indian communities due to superstition and that red trim is restricted in certain markets as part of broader efforts to suppress specific cultural associations.
Elisea Landi and Joseph Schildkraut star in Sisters under the Skin at Theatre PLAYTIME. Amelia 0 Bat and Sun August 18 and 19 offer two nightly performances at 7:30 and 9:00 with Mickey McOuire in a comedy.
Sheriff Auxier reports two accused men behind bars last week bringing prison totals to nineteen. Ernst Angilan and a man from Cincinnati linked to six crimes with Ed Zellers face grand jury in October. They’re charged with robbing several Neville Dempsey Ten Mile and New Richmond establishments. County fair preparations advance with 4-H, CCC demos, livestock entries, races, and expanded purses. Chester Stands leads show ring duties as crowds expected.
The Secretary of State reports that CCC camp members cannot vote where stationed. They must obtain an absent voter's application and file it in their home county, with ballots mailed to them. The rule affects voting eligibility and ballot mailing process for enlisted men.
John Moorehead a Bethel Democrat and son of Pawel Moorehead was named acting postmaster of Bethel. He takes over from Republican John Swing who served 12 years. Other Bethel contenders included E. J. Manning and Lee Hannah with Manning holding the committee endorsement. Local updates note various visits and family gatherings in Cincinnati and Lexington.
A severe rain and hail storm swept Felicity and nearby areas Monday afternoon causing extensive damage to tobacco and corn crops and fruit trees. Lightning ignited a barn on Edwin Pumpelly’s property, burning it to the ground. Estimated loss is $1000 with insurance covering the building.
Judge Francis M. Hamilton, a candidate for Judge of the Court of Appeals, escaped serious harm in a Cincinnati auto accident last week. He was badly shaken but left the scene uninjured.
The Ohio relief commission reports the August relief budget at 8 425 924 dollars, 1 560 924 more than July’s 6 865 000. Plans call for aid to about 176 224 local families in August, up from 169 399 in July, an increase of 6 825.
The Kirgan families held a reunion on the previous Sunday at Studer Camp above Batavia in honor of Mr and Mrs Merriott Martin of Chicago. Attending were Will and Bryan Kirgan and their wives Avery Burnet and family of city John King and family of Williamsburg Edward King and Ruth Knight Belle Kirgan of Amelia Clifford Weaver and wife of Batavia The Martins left for home Monday.
The Newtonsville Grange captured first prize in the Booster Program contest at Pomona Grange in Amelia on Saturday July 28. Newtonsville won the elimination contest in the county and narrowly defeated Monroe Bethel Goshen and Mt Carmel Granges, earning the right to represent Clermont County at the district meeting in Wilmington.
Mrs Alice Joseph will host the Batavia Garden Club meeting on Monday August 20 at 2 30 p m. The program includes responses suggestions for the Flower Show Madonnas of the Garden with committee members Miss Baum Willie and Mrs Harmount.
County Agricultural Agent E M Baugh notes a new maturity extension from August 1 to September 1 announced by the Agriculture Adjustment Administration and the Commodity Credit Corporation. Prompt settlement after August 1 will be requested on loans backed by corn with inferior storage or corn in cribs lacking protection.
Report says the Catholic dinner at the Owensville Fair Grounds fed about 1000 people last Sunday and filled the grounds as if the fair were in session. Stonelick church members plan a chicken dinner on Sunday August 26.
Local 4-H clubs including the Nifty Sewing and Cooking Club at Newtonsville led by Miss Betty Anstead met August 2 with seventeen members. Plans covered a Zoo trip for August 7 and future meetings. Various clubs reported activities at Pt Isabel and Coney Island, with judges and exhibits upcoming.
County 4 H judges assess girls clothing and cooking projects this week under Mrs D 8 Phillips of Forestville assisted by Mrs Raymond Ross. Boys garden projects are also judged before the fair with each member set to exhibit at the Fair.
The Davie hill roadway under six months of rebuilding slipped last Wednesday creating a deep fissure and dangerous travel. State authorities were consulted and work paused. A retaining wall is suggested after blasting hardpan for drainage while Mr. Crane proceeds with his project.
The farm home of Homer Bush near Williamsburg was destroyed by a coal oil stove fire Friday morning. The house and contents were lost with little insurance as water supply was scarce.
O W Robbins serves as pastor and Stanley Pattson leads Sunday School at 9 30 AM Sunday church service at 8 30 PM. Ladies Aid meets on the first and third Wednesday each month at Mt Home Presbyterian Church at 1 30 PM.
The city has paid a crown quit rent for over 700 years for lands within London. The annual rite occurs in the city law courts. The payment typically includes a bundle of fagots a few horseshoes and a number of nails.
The piece notes the rarity of evenness of temper and gentleness as virtues, then discusses lentils as an ancient food. It states lentils are not widely produced in the US, with small cultivation in New Mexico, Arizona, and Mexico. It traces lentil cultivation to Egypt and the Mediterranean, adds that Germany, Holland, and France grow them, and that most imports come from Southern Europe and Egypt.
The Clermont County Advisory Council in special session reaffirmed its May action to appoint F. McKinney of Felicity to the Board of Health in place of Fred Simmerman. Lon Fomorin and Orville Halbisch led as president and secretary, with previous May votes invalidated earlier due to lack of quorum.
Edward Zellar of Cincinnati was bound over to the grand jury by Justice of the Peace Harry Arnold on a charge of attempted burglary at Tom Lees' lunch room in New Richmond. His $1000 bond was posted after being arrested by Marshall Joe Colonel, with Leslie Lees present. Authorities also allege Zellar participated in recent thefts of slot machines from Joe Colonel's New Richmond restaurant and Clark's in Ten Mile.
The Rev. A. G. Ruthman of Cincinnati was installed as pastor of St. Peter church in New Richmond last Sunday succeeding Rev. A. F. Bernard now transferred to Springfield. Rev. John P. Martin, formerly at Goshen Batavia and New Richmond, will lead a His Friend's Day service at his Fairmont Cincinnati church on Sunday August 26 at 10 46 am with a sermon titled Our Friends Our Greatest Treasures.
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