Four Games in Knot Hole Tournament Start This Week
The Batavia Knot Hole Tournament begins this week with four games placed on Tuesday and Wednesday as teams prepare for action.
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1951
Page
4
The Batavia Knot Hole Tournament begins this week with four games placed on Tuesday and Wednesday as teams prepare for action.
Carl Keizer won the Glen Este Race Bowl 30 lap feature for the third time this season. Sunday results list Keizer finishing behind Jim Stevens and Les Ward in the feature with Joe Wills and Don Hardy also placing high. A Knot Hole Day at Milford, Ohio highlights weekend activities with races, all star games, and field events scheduled across Saturday.
In sorrow we thank those who sent flowers and cards and neighbors who helped especially Mrs Whitehead who cared for Rosa Wolf for four years. Thanks to Moore funeral home ministers and singers. Sincerely the bereaved nephews and families.
Lt Col Isaac Titus 69 of Batavia Ohio died at Christ Hospital Cincinnati. Services were held at Moore funeral home Batavia with the American Legion Masonic Lodge and Batavia Methodist Church participating. Titus was buried at Arlington National Cemetery after services. He served 46 years in the army including a period in the Philippines under Gen Douglas MacArthur. He is survived by his widow Margaret Steffen Titus and a sister Minnie Griffith.
Stanley Anstaett secretary reports tight finishes in the second round of elimination. The event featured narrow margins and high tension as competitors battled for advancement.
Rosa Belle Wolf, born November 7, 1864 on a farm near Batavia Ohio, died August 13 at her Batavia home at 86 years six days. The obituary notes family ties to Jacob Mt Crab and highlights a life rooted in the Batavia area.
Mt Carm el handed Amelia its first series loss 8 to 2 as Eddie Day allowed five hits over seven innings and Claude Tarvin collected three hits for Amelia. Mt Carmel Bethel and Amelia each have one loss, with upcoming matchups to decide advancement. Regular season ends with Knot Hole results and district standings.
The Franklin Methodist Church of New Richmond will hold its annual homecoming on Sunday August 26. Morning worship begins the day, a basket dinner is served at noon, and a program follows at 2 pm.
The Frank W. Weaver Post American Legion announces a dance at the Legion home near Batavia on Saturday August 25 from 9 p m to 1 a m. Proceeds or further details are not listed in the notice.
We express sincere thanks to friends and relatives for kindness after the loss of Homer L. Remley. Special thanks to funeral director Mr. Wm S.S. Moore Rev. Fred Mark pallbearers and those who provided music and floral offerings. Mrs. Bertha Remley and family.
Revival services at the Bantam Christian Holiness Church will begin Sunday August 26 and run through September 2. Services start at 8 p m each evening with Rev Deemore Cooper of Moorhead Kentucky as evangelist and the Stone family of Vanceburg Kentucky in charge of singing.
Louis H. Moore son of Mr and Mrs William Stirling Moore of Batavia will graduate from the Cincinnati College of Embalming this Friday August 24. He is a Batavia High School graduate and attended Miami University Oxford Ohio for two years prior to entering the Cincinnati College of Embalming.
The fifth annual picnic and reunion for employees and families of the old C. G. and P O R and C and F and B railroads will be at Brown County Fairgrounds Georgetown on Sunday August 26. Committee includes L. E. Hauck secretary H. H. Dunn Elbert Dunn C. R. Robinson and William Day treasurer.
Horace C. Dean a retired book keeper for the French Bauer and Willson Dairies died last Friday at Bethesda Hospital at age 78. Services were held at his residence near Miamiville Monday afternoon under Craver funeral home direction. Burial followed in Miamiville Cemetery.
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