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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1930
Page
8
Clermont County daily notes include library hours, society meetings, and local visits. Residents Catherine Bishop, Fritz Kramer, Granville Mead and families, and many Cincinnati visitors are mentioned with courtly social updates and hometown chatter.
The bounty program pays 25 cents for a crow head and one dollar for a hawk head. Farmers report hawks harming livestock and crops while crows raid nests and damage corn. Skilled shooters with long range guns earn good wages chasing the birds. Kyle Moyer reportedly killed five banks in one day last week.
Robbery reports say burglars forced a rear door passage at Nash drug store last Wednesday night between 10 p m and 6 a m. They seized morphine cocaine cigarettes and about $12 in cash. Sheriff Roberts and deputies sought leads but had no clues. It appears local in origin.
The Courier directs readers to find current news inside its pages this week. It emphasizes readiness and accessibility for local updates and events.
Williamsburg Consolidated School District records show on June 2 1980 their action from May 12 1980 to continue using the same textbooks now in use Neville and Edenton districts also decide to maintain current texts. The board considered parents and taxpayers.
Batavia kicks off a three day American Legion celebration July 3 to 5 with music, martial drums, a five-band parade, street dancing, booths and amusements to raise funds for a new fire truck. A bear troupe will perform daily as streets close for safety and entertainment.
An Exchange notes Spain remains wary of Americanization, valuing pride in birth history and great works of art. It cites Madrid’s subway and Seville’s broadcasting station as minor modernities, while old Spain’s poetic charm endures across cities.
The article notes vast Dutch bulb fields in spring and explains farmers harvest blooms daily to strengthen bulbs for future flowering, while tourists are allowed to take flowers from the refuse piles beside each patch.
The first U S glass bottle factory was built in the Virginia colony soon after 1607, about a mile from Jamestown. A New Jersey window glass plant appeared circa 1739 near Allowaystown in Salem County, founded by Caspar Wistar.
A reflection on progress and happiness by Robert Louis Stevenson. The author notes humans are bound to a forward gaze, pursuing one new horizon after another on a small planet, with hopes stretching across life’s brief span.
Two rare books join the collection: a pristine 1470 Josephus De Antiquitate Judaica et de Bulla Judaica printed by Jo Schussler in Augsburg and a 1499 Hyperotomachia Poliphili by Columna printed by Aldus Manutius in Venice.
A Dutch vessel reportedly a man of war or privateer from Flushing sailed up the James River to Jamestown Virginia in August 1619 and landed enslaved people. Colonial authorities allegedly bought them for food and supplies and sold them to private settlers. no purchaser names are recorded.
Earthenware bowls planted with cacti offer character and require little care. Native to the desert, they need minimal water and plenty of light. Place them on a sunny window sill for best results.
A magical square arranges numbers in a square so every row column and both diagonals share the same total. Known for centuries, these squares have long been used as amulets in China and India, engraved on metal or stone for protection.
A child reports starry skies blown by a fuse after a kitchen mishap with a coffee maker. The tale mirrors Joseph Conrad’s reflection on fate and the uncertain fate of books and men amid ignominy, glory, and justice.
The term dunking refers to softening zwie backs cakes crackers and bread crusts in coffee tea or milk. Though not good form it is enjoyed by small children and the elderly whose teeth are weak for hard substances.
The Naval Observatory explains gravity extends without a fixed limit, diminishing with the square of distance from Earth's center. At the Moon's distance, gravitational force is about 13600th of that at Earth's surface.
The Pringle Construction Company will resurface and tar via several state roads from Ow ensville to the river, extending to Bethel Felicity and beyond. The firm holds a 50 mile Clermont Brown Adams county contract and a 3 mile Butler county project, using tarvia and chips for $73 000, plus additional equipment updates.
The Happy 4-H Band of New Townsville Ohio met at advisor Mrs Rebecca Clemons home and elected Ruth Needham president Betty Ansteadt vice president Faye Pringle secretary treasurer Alta Mae Armstrong reporter. Eleven members attended including four old and seven new. Mrs Hazel Harris instructed members and project books were distributed. Next meeting set for June 3 1930 at the advisor's home with Alta Mae Armstrong reporting.
A cheerful group of New Richmond young ladies camps at Roudebush resort below Batavia enjoying swimming boating and fishing. They were entertained by Mrs W E Kain and Miss Mary Dunlap last Wednesday evening listing Nemo Kenton Dorothy Ann Conner Virginia Holt Roberta Wilfer Vida Mae York Nora Ruth York Helen Ireton Esther Vogel Betty Yerger Christine Paynter Mary Lois Brooks and Mrs A I York.
Cleveland propaganda claiming a new gasoline tax hike is circulating but is flatly denied by Governor Cooper's taxation committee. Judge Harry Ball of Portsmouth, chairman, says the May 16 Columbus meeting unanimously rejected any further tax increase and questions the motives of propagators.
Charles Wood his wife and baby of Afton were injured when their car collided with an unidentified vehicle near the school house at the crest of a hill while en route to Williamsburg. The other driver fled. Accidents were few in the county on Decoration day.
The Kerrs of Batavia were moved last week by W. B. Moore and helpers from Odd Fellows cemetery to Union Cemetery. Mr Kerr had been buried 49 years and the casket remained well preserved. He served as county representative for two terms and once owned the Clermont Sun. The Kerr property became the Grimes family’s old homestead.
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