Clermont Courier Editor Firm in Batavia Ohio Statement
The Clermont Courier notes Jeraldo Fortney as editor and publisher operating out of Batavia Ohio with second class mail privileges.
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1947
Page
6
The Clermont Courier notes Jeraldo Fortney as editor and publisher operating out of Batavia Ohio with second class mail privileges.
The year 1947 brings renewed optimism as labor leaders influence production and policy. Congress may grant unions more responsibility while supply meets demand slowly returns after a wartime era. Clearance sales signal easing inflation and OPA decline, with hopes for higher production and better living in the new year.
About fifty Batavia business men at a Rotary Club dinner heard a speaker outline a county pine program used in a neighboring county. He urged planning for Clermont County with zoning building codes and resident centered services to reduce daily city drives and support local business.
The Congressional reports show the Mexican War and the President's message still in discussion. A bill admitting Town as a State cleared both Houses on the 21st and the Senate on the 24th. Gen. Thomas L Hamer died at Monterey around the 3rd, mourned as a gifted Ohio son.
A quirky editorial riff questions self reliance and political temper as 1947 opens. The piece lampoons postwar issues from housing shortages and supply laws to international blunders and odd headlines. It notes odd anecdotes from Miss Stewart’s Urbana trip and a rabbit seen near the North Pole among scattered vignettes.
A religious education lesson outlines John 1 1 8 focusing on Jesus as the eternal Word who pre existed with God and became light for humanity The text explains the division light versus darkness the reception of Christ and the revelation of God through grace and truth in Jesus Christ
The list notes marriage licenses issued since the last issue including George Filmore to Mrs Huldah Jane Cooper and Jesse Johnson to Miss Melvina Cooper. Ezekiel Slade, a longtime subscriber, has consistently paid in advance for the paper, with a rare lapse in January 1893 when he paid on December 31 after the paper first arrived on Sunday.
Twenty five years ago Elbert Glancy formerly of Batavia died at Miami Valley Hospital on December 28 at age 58. He taught in Batavia schools for several years. The coal strike has caused a lime shortage affecting fruit and vegetable spray mixes. Some potato growers have cut Bordeaux mixture times by half.
A handwritten poem speaks of places roses bloom by a garden wall and tea for little girls. It moves through scenes of towering trees casting shadows, rivers winding to the sea, green hills and birds, and a wish to live like them. The author signs as Margaret Nease Davis.
A Clermont County survey on fertilizer control shows mixed views on government involvement. Local residents from Ba tavia Newtonsville and Owensville weigh benefits of higher analysis fertilizer and price relief, with caution about government overreach. Ohio Fair Managers' Convention slated for Columbus January 15 and 16. Frank W. Schobert, Clermont County Fair Board president, may contend for best rain during fair time.
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