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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1940
Page
8
J A Lutes raw fur dealer at Olive Branch Batavia R5 seeks raw furs cow and horse hides and offers tanning and make up services. Phone 4822. Trade note appears with other small ad text.
Three hundred more selectees from eight states join the 1st Armored Division at Fort Knox for training. They arrive by train on November 28 29 and 80, a regimental band greets them with You're in the Army now. Major General Bruce Magruder welcomes the newcomers and notes their first week includes schooling in military customs marksmanship and drill. After 12 weeks they move to regular division units. Local residents from Clermont County Earl McCord Raymond Miller Charles Tremper Albert Wood John Pattison and Arnold Schmitz visit to greet the new soldiers.
An advertising note from Norris Brock Co at the Cincinnati Union Stock Yards touts their live wire, progressive sales approach and customer-first service. J B Ir Eton, cattle and calf salesman, invites potential customers to ask the first man they meet and calls service that satisfies.
The Civic Committee will supervise a Christmas contest with details to be announced after the Garden Club meeting on December 15. Local organizations sponsor events to brighten the season and help defray program expenses, uniting Batavia and Batavia Township to spread Christmas joy.
Clermont County physicians are invited to the April 15 to 17 postcollegiate assembly at Ohio State University College of Medicine. Lectures roundtables and symposia will cover recent medical developments as class reunions and fraternity banquets mark the college’s long continuous teaching history dating to Willoughby Medical College.
The Batavia Methodist Church lists Sunday School at 9 30 with John Huntington as superintendent. Morning worship at 10 30 features When The Angels Sang. C I C Christmas party Wednesday and candle light vesper Sunday December 22 at 4 80 p m with a Christmas program December 24. Turkey will be ready at 5 De Mm.
An auction will be held at the seller’s residence 1 percent mile west of Laurel on the Clermontville and Laurel Road on Saturday December 14 1940 starting at 0 30 a m. Featured are 2 mares 4 and 7 years old 1250 and 1350 pounds 1 colt 6 months 8 milk cows TB and Bang tested with several calving dates, farm implements including wagon mower cultivators plows corn gear and tools, household goods, and fodder. Terms: cash up to 10, credit six months with bankable note for amounts over 10, 8 percent discount for cash. Auctioneers Dale McKinley A M Ellis. Lunch by Laurel Women’s Division of Christian Service.
The Clermont County Teachers Association holds its December meeting in Williamsburg School auditorium this Thursday. Miss Myrtle Wilson leads the session with departmentals at 445 and 530, followed by a 680 dinner and general assembly. The program features Henry Baker and E M Albaugh addressing commercial and industrial arts teachers, plus a keynote by Dick Smith on School Finance in Ohio. Miss Ella Holmes attends as honored guest, after fifty years of teaching in Williamsburg.
A Farmer's Union announces a meeting set for Thursday December 12 at 8 p m in the conference room of Batavia Court House. The notice calls members to attend and discuss union affairs and local agricultural matters.
Batavia edged the river team by a thriller as Hoderline led locals with five points and Jenike added seven. Feiler paced the visitors with 11, Scherz 10, and Callaway 6 from the free throw line after seven tosses. Batavia seconds defeated New Rich mond 23 to 10 in the opener.
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