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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1930
Page
8
Socials planned at Old Rebel church and Capitol in Batavia on December 20. Owensville and area announce school play, baking sale, and bits about local families, travel plans, and church music. Notes of thanks follow a family bereavement with funeral details and appreciation.
An ad for Stewart's Clothing proposes shopping locally opposite Kroger in Batavia Ohio. It urges saving money by buying at home rather than in New York or Chicago and highlights personal selection and the thrill of shopping. It notes soot salts selling for 4.96 dollars.
Nancy Ellen McAdams born May 1 1837 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania was the daughter of Philip Evens and Sarah Murren Evens. She married John A Tucker Mc Adams in 1857 and had four children. After living in Ohio and Indianapolis she moved to Los Angeles in 1918 with her daughter Louie, loved California, and traveled to Ohio at 88. She died December 8 1930 and rests in Forest Lawn cemetery with funeral at the Los Angeles Undertaking Co.
A local notice warns readers about robbers and hold ups, urging caution with strangers offering checks for payment. It cites a Kentucky man jailed in Batavia after targeting two New Richmond merchants in a check scam. It warns an automobile allows quick multi town robberies and advises keeping money in banks.
Friends of Clifford Latimer, formerly of Loveland now at Ohio State Penitentiary, press Governor Myers Y. Cooper for a pardon so he can return home to his elderly mother Mrs. Nora Evans in Loveland for Christmas. Dayton’s Mertee J. King urges Ohioans to write four words to the governor: Please pardon Clifford Latimer. The Cincinnati Post profile notes Latimer was a victim of circumstances and not a criminal.
An old Sycamore tree in Batavia’s courthouse yard, shading residents for a century, is sending roots under the pavement and prompting repair. Workmen removed and replaced the broken area last week and plan a wooden seat around the tree for summer travelers.
All members are asked to attend the Williamsburg Grange on December 20 at 7 30 for installation. A miscellaneous supper will be served. Bring your basket and friends.
Sheriff Robert Roberts and Prosecutor Forrest Ely left Friday for Fresno to fetch George Hook, recently indicted by Clermont County Grand Jury for abandoning and non support of his children. Hook is detained awaiting arrival of officers and reportedly does not want to return. A wife and six children, youngest eight months old, depend on county aid. The family once lived at Amelia and now reside in Williamsburg. Officers expect to be gone about 18 days. Penalty is imprisonment in the penitentiary.
Attorney General Gilbert Bettman approved two contracts totaling 287600 between Hamilton County and the State Directors of Highways for the upgrade of State Highway No. 41 from Cincinnati to Batavia and State Highway No. 19 near Cincinnati.
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