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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1933
Page
8
The Board of County Commissioners announced that the December tax deadline has been moved from December 20 to January 20. The town notes the muskrat season ends February 16 and lists local happenings including clubs, visits, suppers, and notices from Batavia and Williamsburg.
Two Batavia residents were injured in a collision with an Eastern Avenue street car near 4261 Eastern Avenue. Edward Wimbish, 42, suffered a possible skull fracture and leg lacerations, while Howard Ayer, 48, the driver, had a deep scalp wound and leg cuts. The crash happened after Ayer swerved into the street car's path following a passing maneuver. Both injured were taken to General Hospital and were reported improving. Fire at the home of Captain Robi Flora in Amelia destroyed the building and its contents, estimated at 10,000 dollars with partial insurance. Batavia firefighters responded. Flora was in Columbus at the time.
The Men’s Class of Batavia Presbyterian Church reorganized on Thursday night and was named The Judge Davis Bible Class in memory of the late Judge Davis. Hugh C. Nichols was elected teacher. Donald Jamison is president with George C. Stewart as secretary and treasurer. The group invites all local men to join.
Rev Fisher of Williamsburg united Milton King and Salome Peterson in marriage at his home in a quiet ceremony on Saturday December 24. Attendants were Miss Dorothy Brown and Mr Robert Tucker. Milton is the elder son of John L King and a long time resident. Salome, daughter of the late Wm and Sara Peterson of Knott Texas, has been in Williamsburg with her sister Mrs Bohl and recently graduated high school.
Miss Edna Sanderson and Mr. Max B. Parrish announced their engagement at a Norwood New Year’s Eve gathering hosted by Mrs. Agnes Parrish and Mr. Thomas C. Sanderson. Attending guests included Gertrude Duonan, Jean Judd, William Geis, Roger Klemann, Kenneth McKinney, N Rufus Moomaw Jr., and Walter J. Lott. Parrish family ties noted to Norwood and Batavia.
The East Fork Progressive Farm Woman's Club met December 22 at Mrs. Frank Hutchinson near Green berry with one member absent. A Xmas guest gathering featured a program and lunch, plus social time. Contests were won by Mrs. Harbaugh. Santa distributed gifts to all. next meeting at Mrs. Harbaugh for officer installation.
The 1982 fall pig crop in Ohio totals 2,009,000 head, up 20 percent from 1931, while the combined spring and fall crop reaches 4,136,000 head, 14 percent higher than last year. The report projects further Ohio hog production gains with a probable 1933 spring farrowing of 870,090 sows, about 8 percent above 1932. Estimates rely on December and June surveys conducted with the Post Office via rural carriers.
The New England farm named for Lad Blanche carries a legend among the Manning cousins. Blanche inspires Philip Starr, while Mary, busy with family duties, discovers her own beauty after a city visit and life events reshape her happiness amid catastrophe.
The article highlights Benjamin Frothingham, a Boston craftsman and first lieutenant with Chadwick's company under Col. Richard Gridley in the Continental artillery, who earned Washington's private call in Charleston in 1709 while a major. It also mentions goats milk use in hospitals and seaweed as a digestion aid.
Johann M. Schileyer created Volapuk in 1879 and taught it in Paris in 1886. It once sparked commercial use and diplomatic interest, but faded away, leaving a largely Latin German English rooted system with strict phonetic spelling, 27 letters, eight vowels, and four noun cases.
Smithsonian expedition finds an ancient pit house at eastern Arizona site dated to 790 A D by Douglass tree ring calendar. The charred remains and preserved timber reveal a family fire that preserved tools and domestic implements from over a thousand years ago.
A recently observed Algerian centipede in London near 200 shows a nearly six inch worm-like body with 10 to 12 rings and bright orange-yellow legs. It has two small horns on its head and more than 20 legs that leave poisonous trails. It can bite with fanglike jaws and exudes a foul fluid when attacked. In the tropics centipedes grow larger and can be as dangerous as venomous snakes.
The screech owl, a nocturnal bird, is linked to superstition in Louisiana Mississippi and South Carolina. Locals fear its quavering calls, with Louisiana naming it the shivering owl while Mississippi and South Carolina use protective gestures and iron in fires to dispel its spell.
The true dormouse rests in trees and bushes of Europe and Asia while the U S white footed mouse is called a dormouse by some. It combines mouse and squirrel traits, stores food for winter, hibernates, and briefly awakens on warm winter days to eat before sleeping again.
The Indianapolis News remarks on girls as sweet airy figures built by hot air and powder puff, noting that a slip in substance is forgivable if the outer fluff remains smooth and delectable.
The American Ethnology Bureau created Amerind or Amerindian to distinguish the American Indian from the East Indian. The term blends American and Indian to reduce confusion in general usage.
County league results show Moscow 39 Batavia 23 at Batavia, Jan 4. Batavia 39 Williamsburg 58 at Winnesburg on Jan 7. Batavia 28 Owensville 4 at Owensville on Jan 8. Batavia 43 Milford 30 in Batavia. Girls results list New Richmond at Batavia Jan 18 with New Rich 28 Batavia 84 and Bethel games. Boys New Richmond 41 Bethel 10.
Mack Stafford newly appointed dog warden will travel the county to sell dog licenses. He will be in Amelia on the 16th at Green's Confectionary, Williamsburg on the 17th at Rose Filling Station, Goshen on the 18th at Anderson's Barber Shop, Milford on the 19th at Doc Sanders's office, and Loveland on the 20th at Jamison's Barber from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
I have sold my farm and will sell at public auction on the farm at Forest Avenue 14 miles off High Mile and 114 miles from Cherry Grove on Saturday June 14 1938 at 10 a m. Items include 1 span good work mules work harness 50 hot bed sash and covering 2 horse sled field dise walking cultivator breaking and bar plows 60 tooth harrow 5 shovel cultivator 1929 Chevrolet ton truck 2 one horse corn drills Timothy hay fodder and many other articles Usual terms Frank Hoffard A M Ellis auctioneer Edw élérk auctioneer Mt .
County agent H N Wilson warns rodents cause significant yearly damage to orchards and crops in southwestern Ohio. Treatments include rolled oat bait with strychnine and resin alcohol coatings to protect fruit trees, with home mix formulas available free at the Farm Bureau. A wholesale campaign, aided by Ohio State University, aims to reduce losses, while other ads list Batavia supplies and job opportunities in the area.
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