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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1935
Page
8
The East Fork section highlights local happenings in Clermont County. Jackie Male’s bicycle accident left him with a broken arm while various residents like Max Bushbacker, Mrs. Alonzo Gainer, and Mrs. Jess Anderson are noted for gatherings and visits. Sales tax stamps go on sale and many locals are mentioned in social, travel, and family contexts amid small-town events and condolences.
M E Corots executive assistant of the Federal Housing Administration in Southern Ohio has arranged a county wide meeting at Batavia Town Hall Friday night February 1 at 7 30 p m A representative will explain all phases of the housing program with the aim of getting home owners interested in making home improvements
The article attributes the invention of the first clock to Pope Sylvester II in 906 A.D. It presents a historic claim about the pope’s role in developing mechanical timekeeping.
Several individuals are named in obituary notices with dates of death between January 16 and January 19 and funeral details. Names include Mrs Gale, Winifred Willis, George W Henderson, George H Clasgens, David W Crane, Margaret Phillips, Grant Van Fossen, Hattie Frey, and spouses and relatives. Each entry notes residence, church or cemetery, and funeral arrangements handled by local funeral homes.
E. B. Baugh, county agent, says notable shifts in the simplified 1934 85 corn-hog contract will win approval among Clermont County farmers. No contracted acres, shift to other crops, 10 percent below the 1932-38 base for reductions, higher corn payments and steady hog payments, along with expected higher income from selling more hogs.
Batavia enters the Coca Cola Championship at the Armory tonight facing Wilmington and then meets New Richmond on Saturday in a double header that also features King's Mill and Maysville in a separate opener.
The annual Clermont county basketball tournament shapes up as a traveling event with games on February 22 23 and 25. Glendale referee Walter Straube will officiate. For the first time seeding will be used to balance play, with New Richmond Milford Williamsburg and Bethel viewed as strongest contenders. The drawing is set for February 13.
In pioneer Tennessee, iron ingots served as recognized media of exchange among settlers, reflecting an early form of monetary use in the region.
The Poets' Union holds its regular quarterly gathering Saturday afternoon at Miss Jennie Penn's Batavia home. The program centers on "Home and Family" with participants including Josie Eppert Virgie Howerton F H Deter Reverend Clarence Stewart Donald Jamieson Mary Katherine Hafer and Florence Baird McCormick.
Earl B. Kincaid delivers an invitation to Clermont County American Legion members and auxiliaries to attend the installation of the newly organized Max W. Hacker Post 427 in Norwood at Norwood City Hall on January 25 at 8 p.m.
The 1935 Clermont County Farm Bureau campaign began January 7 and runs to February 1. It reports 185 new members promoted by volunteer solicitors and campaign workers led by E. L. Carter, president. The county drive is one of 56 statewide drives in January.
Natty Altman’s weekly radio sports program will run two hours this Thursday night from 7 to 8 p.m. an interview with Billie Carpenter dean of International League umpires conducted by Natty and Slim Sallee. Afterward dance music by the Castle Farm and Swiss Garden orchestras.
The following invitation has been extended to Legionnaires by the Norwood unit inviting members to attend a forthcoming gathering and related events. Details specify date and venue to be announced.
Clermont County Legion commanders adjutants and membership chairmen gather at Frank W Weaver Post club rooms in the O N G Armory Monday night January 28 at 830 pm. Earl B Kincaid county commander calls the meeting to present district commander John Hendrixson and district chairmen for a conference on Legion affairs.
Shooting stars are small bodies from space that enter Earth's atmosphere at high speed and glow due to friction. Most burn up in the air. those reaching the surface are meteorites.
Batavia churches list services for Samuel Huecker Monterey E and E L Smith Batavia M E with Sunday school times and midweek notes. Also explains pigeons milk as crop fluid fed to squabs aiding nourishment and digestion.
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