Batavia Ohio Post Office Record Entry
Entry recorded at Batavia Ohio Post Office as second class matter indicating mail category and processing status for the issue.
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1949
Page
6
Entry recorded at Batavia Ohio Post Office as second class matter indicating mail category and processing status for the issue.
A Neville County correspondent reports a Holts creek flood last week that caused six deaths in a single procession, with four buried in one grave. The letter notes Ohio proximity and the somber toll on the community.
John E B Davis died at his New Richmond home on Saturday evening at about age 50. He was the youngest son of Joshua Davis who for years worked as stagehand and mail carrier between this place and Cincinnati in the 1840s.
Loveland beat New Richmond 7 to 4 to stay in first place in the Clermont County Baseball League. Goshen vs Amelia featured a 2 0 shutout by Ken ny Strobel over Buck Leslie, both with 10 strikeouts. Amelia edged Clinton County 8 to 7 in ten innings, Delbert Leslie making a game saving catch. Exhibition wins for Batavia over Mt Carmel 5 to 1 and Daly's over Owensville 1 to 0 highlighted the day as managers drew up elimination series games for next Sunday.
The Goshen Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. Willard Woodward’s home with ten members and two visitors. Miss Mary Langer and Miss Nancy Kincaid demonstrated the use of the electric range from the Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co. Three dinners were prepared and lemon nut refrigerator cookies baked. Ice tea was served and members sampled the foods. The next meeting is set for August 4 at 1:30 p.m. at Mrs. Stacey Simington’s home with a demonstration on making Angel Food Cake.
Short poetry feature from Hamilton and Cincinnati readers includes My daddy knows the nicest things and My daddy tells the nicest tales by Jessie Evans Wendt and Loretta Silverstein Straus. Submissions invited to Mrs Edna Hamilton and Sheila Stinson in Ohio. School Bands News note accompanies.
The piece argues being right with God means aligning with His will not by force but by free will. It defines sin as wrongness before God, urges honest self-examination, and explains repentance as a complete attitude change toward God with mercy open to the repentant.
A brief reading reference lists Psalm 38:51 and 86:5 alongside I John 1:5, signaling a devotional cross reference. No narrative or event context is provided beyond scripture citations for meditation.
Sheriff Clyde Dericks cites a state survey showing high accident rates at speeds over 60 and 40 to 50 mph. He notes two thirds of accidents occur after dark, only a third of travel occurs then, and stopping distance at 40 mph averages 200 feet. He urges drivers to slow down to save lives.
We express appreciation to all who remembered us during the illness and death of Walter S Hartstromus. Thanks to Dr Frame Rev Carl Ling T P White and Sons and all others who helped. Signers include Mrs Sarah E Corbin Carrie Arduser Valera Hartshorn and Harry Hartshorn.
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