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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1921
Page
8
Community greetings and family news from Batavia and surrounding towns. Mentions visits by relatives from Cincinnati Elizabeth and Dayton, holiday gatherings, weddings including Isaac N Dumford and Margaret Anderson, and local church and school events. Also notes travel to Florida for winter, farm bureau matters, and a few business ads mixed with necrology briefs.
Bara Aneteatt and family from Columbus visit Batavia and nearby towns to spend time with relatives. T. Kain and wife from Dayton stay with Mrs Eliza Kain and Mrs Martha Dia for a funeral in the area. Major Isaac Titus and wife from Los Angeles visit Mrs Jennie Titus and family, receiving warm welcomes from friends.
The Geiger-Jones Company an industrial financing firm based in Canton Ohio with operations across Ohio West Virginia and parts of New York was placed in receivership by Federal Judge D Westenhauer following a creditor petition led by John W Rapp. The company allied with Cooperstown New York financier and is insolvent but warrants protection of assets. Richard Inglis of Cleveland and Edward Stevens of Canton were named joint receivers under bonds of 60000 each.
The Masonic lodge meeting scheduled for tonight has been canceled because the candidate cannot reach home in time.
The long awaited bridge timber has arrived for the Pimwood neighborhood bridge beyond the Corliss farm and the crosses from the Batavia pike to the Deer field pike near Frank Smith’s former farm. With Williamsburg pike blocked travel previously diverted via Boston and mail routes restricted. Now the pike reopens and traffic is brisk with a claimed 16 minute Batavia to Williamsburg run.
Council met in adjourned session to finish the year. Clark Wasner resigned. An ordinance was drawn to grant the arresting officer in federal cases 10 percent of the town fines. Sinking Fund Trustees opened bids to rent the town hall for moving a picture. M. J. Kain bid $26 monthly and Cleona Searls $81.01 was awarded the hall starting January 1, 1921.
Last week’s sudden high water washed away hundreds of bushels of corn and shocks of fodder in Weaver bottoms near Bata. Galen Weaver lost saw logs at Branch Hill where he builds cottages. Batavia foundry and Price’s workshop in West Batavia suffered floor damage but machine shop escaped major harm.
Plans for county fair school exhibits detail prize money across departments including Algebra, Geometry, Physics, Chemistry, Domestic Science, English, and Manual Training. Prizes range from 26 cents to 7.50 dollars with multiple entries per school and grade, plus maps, composition, agriculture, arithmetical solutions, penmanship, and history charts.
Prize schedule for rural school exhibits at the county fair includes monetary awards for best displays in drawing maps of the United States and Ohio, compositions, agriculture, arithmetic solutions, penmanship, hand work, history charts, and physiology. Awards range from 25 cents to five dollars per category with multiple entries per school.
In Muskegon Michigan residents chose to keep street cars over motor buses by a four to one margin after the public utilities commission allowed prior threats of service cuts. The vote settled the dispute between the street railway and competing bus lines.
Elbert Glancy of Dayton is seriously ill at Miami Valley Hospital due to bowel strangulation. Col. P. M. Ashburn and Dr. J. K. Ashburn, nephews of Mrs. Glancy, were summoned there Monday morning.
On Christmas Day the Ashburn family for the first time in 27 years gathered all six siblings under one roof with Col. P. M. Ashburn of Carlisle Penn Col. T. Q. Ashburn of Washington DC Major J. O. Ashburn of Fort Porter Buffalo NY Allen W. Ashburn of Los Angeles Dr Jas K Ashburn and Miss Margarette. The day was a pleasant one as Mrs Ashburn entertained the sons and their wives on Tuesday from 2 to 6 o clock.
The Y P Council of the Co 8 8 Association meets Friday evening at Bethel Christian Church at 10 o'clock. The Tate township Y P D Conference will be held in the afternoon and evening at the same location. All councils are urged to attend the morning session and stay for the afternoon conference.
Hopkinsville Kentucky reports hundreds of horses, mules, and cattle died across Western Kentucky, Tennessee, and Southern Illinois from eating diseased corn. Veterinarians say the crop, worm eaten and poorly seasoned due to wet harvests, caused the losses, with bottom-land corn hit hardest.
A notable three game basketball event unfolds Wednesday at 7 80 p.m. at the Batavia Armory featuring Batavia H S versus Owensville H S girls Headquarters Co versus BiH 8 Alumni and Batavia Boy Scouts against Amelia High School. Admission totals 60 dollars for all games and a large crowd is anticipated.
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