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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1940
Page
8
The Clermont Courier lists subscription terms for Batavia Ohio with pricing options. One year six months and three month combinations are shown, including bundled deals with the Cincinnati Post Courier Times Star Enquirer and total annual rates.
A compact excerpt from The Merchant of Venice contrasts justice and mercy. It presents the plea for justice while urging mercy as a universal moral duty spoken in a call-and-response style.
A stitched lineup of social visits and travels features Dickie and Rustie Speidel vacationing in Michigan, Judge Allen Roudebush visiting Batavians, and Mrs Annie Ferguson guesting with the McCoys. Many locals attend picnics, games, and church events while Fred Hunter and Edythe Malgrass wed, heading to Florida. Isaac Dumford, Newtonville, dies at 87. funeral June 26 at Plainview Cemetery.
A columnist warns that Hitler’s rise in Germany shows the danger of government by force and urges Americans to uphold representative government. He notes soaring national debt, defense expansion, and unemployment, urging sacrifice and action to protect democratic rights and prevent autocratic rule.
Large delegations from three states attend Coca Cola Day at Coney Island on Wednesday August 7 with an expected attendance of 50000 at the amusement park. Coca-Cola Bottling Works hosts the event offering 250000 free coupons for admission and a 830 AM boat departure alongside additional sailings.
NYA pay scales increase effective August 1 as urban rural differential is dropped. Class B workers in Hamilton Butler counties move to 18.00 per pay period. Clermont Warren counties to 18.00. Class A ratings rise from 21.28 or 17.00 to 24.00. Junior foreman slots drop from 20 to 5 percent. Certificates required and new foremanship classes planned by Cincinnati Education Division.
The Granges of Clermont County plan an elaborate historical pageant for Wednesday evening of the fair with several hundred participants. J. W. Evans of Owensville will serve as interpreter.
Applications to join the Sacramento fire department decline as new civil service exams require a final test a last mile lap around the race track at the fairgrounds at a pace stiffer than that of a trained athlete.
The Bengal government irrigation department works to counter the shrinking Hooghly river which endangers Calcutta port status. Also notes methods to remove candle wax using cold lard turpentine and warm suds. Stirling Moore 13 was taken to Jewish Hospital for observation after illness suspected appendicitis following Camp Edgar Friedlander stay.
U B Church with Rev. Smith as pastor lists Walter J. Bauer as Sunday School Superintendent. Sunday school starts at 9 30, prayer meeting at eight in the evening, and morning worship at 10 30.
In loving memory of Rebecca Jane Mays who died July 14 1938 a flower the Gardner took to heaven missed by father mother sister and brother Bobby. In memory of my father R F Murphy who died July 17 1939 memories dear father never fade peace be thine from his daughter Jane Mays.
The 233 mile aqueduct carries water from the Owens River through the Sierra Nevada to Los Angeles California. It stands as the longest aqueduct in the world and demonstrates a major engineering feat of water delivery to the city.
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