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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1947
Page
6
The Clermont Courier lists a subscription rate of $1.50 for six months and notes publication details. Batavia Ohio post office designation is indicated as second class mail matter.
The piece notes the Courier files recount early fears of labor saving steam type setting by Clay and Rosenberger and compares it to future thinking machines. It also mentions a diamond discovery in Stone Lick hills sold by Mrs Philhour to Herman Keck and the later plans to bring diamond experts to Amsterdam, plus a director election at the Clermont publishing Co.
The churches of Felicity serve as social centers with 98 places of worship. Ladies and youth groups organize many community activities during regular gatherings. Rev. Harold Frey leads the Nazarene Church and Rev. D. H. Jamison the Methodist Church, with the Church of Christ hosting a visiting minister. An addition to the Methodist Church is under construction costing about $5,000.
The American Legion and VFW show active auxiliaries with listed officers. Legion commander Nelson Boys and adjutant Howard Swope lead. Legion Auxiliary names Dorothy McKee as chair and Mary Baker as secretary. VFW officers include Paul Louderback as commander and Swope as adjutant.
The East Hill Farm Club gathered at Mrs Helen Underwood’s residence on Thursday January 2 with nine members and three guests. Members sang America to start the meeting and Mrs Steward won the contest Lunch was served by the hostess. The February meeting will be at Mrs Stella Moore’s home. Funeral services for Mrs John Carnes were held at White Funeral Home New Richmond Ohio for a Franklin resident who died January 2.
The article profiles a Felicity teacher who writes juvenile verse inspired by personal experiences with five children. She credits her mother and father for fostering a love of poetry and recalls a childhood in Clermont County with memories of nature, school, and community life.
The lesson notes Jesus as Son of God revealed by three acts: he commands servants at a wedding, creates the finest wine from water, and cleanses the temple in Jerusalem showing righteous authority over creation and commerce. It warns against ignoring divine boundaries and calls for obedience.
Clermont County's representative to the Ohio General Assembly is John Hayden from Felicity a long time state affairs participant and Felicity native. His grandfather helped build the village and his father ran a Felicity shoe store while Hayden was known as a silk buyer. The piece urges planning to cut the 125 million pounds of food waste daily sent to U.S. garbage cans.
Egg hatchability drops and first week chick mortality rises when eggs come from hens fed more than 90 percent soybean meal unless a diet deficiency is corrected.
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