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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1936
Page
8
Batavia locals share visits and family news as Mrs Lonnie Garner hosts a club gathering. Neighborhoods report trips to Pittsburg Cincinnati Williams burg and Columbus plus grandchildren, weddings and births. Community groups meet at Gilcroft Inn Mt Carmel schoolhouse and Lytle home with July events announced.
Coney Island in Cincinnati promises spectacular fireworks over Lake Como during a three day Independence Day event July 7 to 9. The program includes a Friday night fireworks display with a sham battle, a Saturday patriotic show featuring Revolutionary heroes and The Spirit of 76, and a Sunday water carnival. Music by Maurice Spitalny and Ted FioRita accompanies attractions in Moonlite Gardens and on River rides.
Clarence Kennedy entertained her bridge club on Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Fred Shields hosted the Jolly Sewing Club on Friday. Mrs. C. L. Page with daughter and Cleveland relatives visited in New Jersey with Mrs. Fred Winters. Church circles met with Miss Emma Bredwell and Mrs. Bertha Huggins. Traveling relatives left for Kewan and Gitmo visits were noted. Mrs. Winifred Davis, en route on a two month Mediterranean cruise, stopped in Bethel for a 24 hour visit. Local guests included Miss Celia Kaes of Ohio. Recent visitors to Loveland and Cincinnati households were listed among neighbors and families.
Chicago specialist E J Meinhardi, famed for rupture treatment, will personally appear at the Gibson Hotel in Cincinnati Ohio on July 9 and 10. He offers free demonstrations with no surgery or injections and claims immediate results without straps, available to men only.
The Clermont County jail houses eleven prisoners awaiting grand jury action. Cells are crowded and authorities seek more space to feed and house inmates until the jury convenes.
Frances Perry and her father travel to the Virginia mountains for a vacation. Several residents recover or plan events including Mrs Edwards researching hosting Class No. 10, and Rev Fox visiting with friends. Katherine Winspear improves from illness. Mr Hurley visits J R Carlisle. Carrs tour the southwest and return via Chicago.
Local social notes list visits among families and friends including Mrs. Martha Tucker in Buford and Lyda Ansteatt in Batavia, four generations at Louella Burdsall's June 21 homecoming, and many men and women visiting relatives in Wilmington Milford Sabina Bethel St. Petersburg and Portsmouth. A court in New York rules contract bridge is not a game of chance and readers question pests affecting crops with bean beetle now prominent.
A Batavia resident marks a quiet 99th birthday with family and neighbors noting her memory and daily routines. The town shares notes of visitors from Cincinnati Defiance and Philadelphia and small gatherings at homes and local churches.
After a lingering illness Mrs. Margaret Speler Wiederhold died May 19 1986 at her daughter Mrs. Joseph Baumann’s home. Widow of John Wiederhold she mothered eight children. Lifelong Clermont County resident near Batavia she leaves six children three sons and three daughters Louis Frank Clarence Wiederhold and Mrs Ida Baumann Mrs Margaret Baumann and Mrs Kya Kellis 22 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Deaths Mary Magee Sunday morning June 28 at Terrace Park. Funeral from W J Magee residence Tuesday June 30 at 2 pm. Burial at Bata via Ohio. Do not send flowers. Mount of social visits and marriages include Clara Seward and William Young of Hillsboro picnic in Wilmington. Miss Agnes Benton Owensville and Grace Fomorin visit Louise Curtis. Mary Warman and Ben Jones wed and plan Cincinnati home.
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