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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1940
Page
8
A court ruling in Clermont on January 24 1940 imposes a term of six months to three months for R P Rush Althaus. The decision appears in the Clermont Courier and related papers including the Cincinnati Post Courier and Times Star.
Poem fragment referencing truth and a clear harp sung by a companion. The speaker envisions people rising from their dead selves by stepping-stones toward higher things as expressed in Tennyson's In Memoriam.
F M Kain spends winter in Cincinnati with niece Laura Cade visiting Harrisburg Illinois this week. Lillian Messer of the Bell phone office is on the sick list. A street light is installed near Judge Halbish’s residence opposite the Odd Fellows cemetery. Deputy Sheriff Frank Perry and family move into Ezra Seyler residence on Main Street. Mr and Mrs Wm Mefford of Mdence attend Sunday with Mr and Mrs Luther Cole and Mrs Henry Setters of Glen Este visit J D Wood. Mrs J D Wood attends Farmers Institute at Amelia and calls it instructive. Junior Woman's Club sells carnations for President's ball 60 cents to $1 deliveries Saturday via Mrs Earl South Bat 0542. For rent 100 a farm near Marathon on Route 60. Edith Wallen Williamsburg 1372. Mr and Mrs Wiggins fracturing hip after fall on back porch. hospitalized at Christ. Sunday dinner guests include L L Jones and wife Martha, Zoe Henderson, Maude Rhinehardt and daughter June of Middletown. Lucy Keen of Batavia directs posters for Monnett Hall dance at Ohio Wesleyan University March 16. Keen is Ohio Wesleyan YWCA member and Woman's Athletic Association alumna.
We thank all who helped during the fire with prompt and able aid that saved the buildings and equipment. Dr. Jas. K. Ashburn and family express the appreciation for the assistance.
Edgar Mosbacher declares his bid for the Republican nomination for County Recorder subject to the will of the party voters at the May 14 1940 primary.
The note lists church schedules: Batavia M E Church with C R Spangler minister and John Huntington S S. Sunday school 9 30 A M and morning service 10 30 A M. evening services and midweek prayer times. church loyalty campaign running from February 11 to Easter. Gale Oberlin and son Gene visited L N Oberlin at Jewish Hospital where he shows slow improvement.
In Batavia at 9 30 P M a stranded motorist describes a cold night and a dead battery. State Highway Patrol and Deputy Sheriff push the car to restart it without charge, prompting praise for the patrols role and community esteem.
The Boy Scout Movement marks 30 years in the United States this week its growth and influence praised as vital to the American way. The piece highlights the Twelfth Scout Law reverence toward God and respect for others belief in liberty and constitutional rights as core American values.
Clermont County organizations rally for the Christmas Seal Sale led by Mrs. H. K. Hillin of the Tuberculosis and Health Association. Contributions rose thirty percent from 1988, with all but one county chapter participating.
Funeral services for L. H. Nichols 91 longtime Bethel resident will be at Bethel M E Church with Rev. Chas Fisher officiating. He died after a long illness early Monday. Survived by three sons Chas Nichols Indiana polis Frank Nichols Glendale and Howard Nichols Bethel and Mrs Rosa Reece New Castle Indiana. Born near New Richmond Ohio township he lived all his life in Clermont county. His wife died about four years ago. Interment in Bethel cemetery.
Secretary of State Earl Griffith announced his bid for a second term. He cited lower election costs from his office, streamlined procedures, and enforcement of election laws, while keeping campaign activities from hampering official duties. The campaign will be run from Mt. Gilead's Sentinel office with a named leadership slate.
During Farmers Week at Ohio State University January 29 to February 2 farmers may attend a radio broadcast in University Chapel at 9 00 P M Monday January 29 The program Columbus Town Meeting will discuss Are Subsidies to Agriculture in the Public Interest with Dr E G Nourse and Dr Mordecai Ezekial The event will be carried on WCOL and WOSU Elmer F Kruse AAA Committee head will speak Wednesday January 31 on How the Agricultural Adjustment Program Promotes Desirable Agronomic Practices All farmers invited to attend
A Social Security Board representative will visit Batavia on Tuesday January 28 from 2:00 to 4:00 PM at the post office. Residents seeking information on the Social Security program should meet him there.
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