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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1943
Page
3
Couriers report week end visits and family news across Amelia and surrounding towns. Wounded soldier Cpl Glenn D. Skinner in North Africa is noted, while Pvt Herbert Hicks trains at Aberdeen Mary Slye visits with family and many social gatherings occur at church reunions and club events.
Local updates report Rev. Jack Ellsberry at M E Conference in Columbus and hoping for him to return as pastor. Richard Hanke to enlist in the Army soon. Jack Clark marries a New York woman. Jack is in service. Mrs. Moore recovering after Christ hospital surgery. daughter Catherine Barkley assists in Dayton. Bruce Hughes visits Frank Idlett home. Marathon school term ends with Archie McMurphy as principal. Rose Jackson caring for sister in Madisonville.
Mr. and Mrs. Gatch Beach entertained Sunday with guests from Bethel and New Richmond. Numerous local residents and families were listed as visitors, shop meetings or Sunday school attendees including Ed Simon Dayton and Arch Lanham households, with a goal to reach one hundred attendees next Sunday.
Mrs J O Elliott and several friends visited Mrs Ed Hubeey last week. The Smythes from Mt. Washington and Cincinnati called on H B Smythe family. F C P Officer Marvin McGuire entertained guests including Charles McGuire and Grace Hirshauer. McGuire returned to Pensacola after a 15 day furlough. Others visited or were visited by Ed Stephany Ellen Donovan Joe Hines Will Isaack and family. Mildred Merice is home from hospital. The Friendship Club meets with Mrs John Rumpky Thursday. A Silverton visit and Bethel Ohio call completed the week.
Visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs Horace Bainum included Mr and Mrs Wm Caroll of Cuyahoga Falls Ohio and Mr and Mrs Loren Liming of Felicity Ohio and Mr and Mrs Wm Ulrich of Felicity. Edith Staats and Jim Stoecklin visiting their grandparents Mr and Mrs E L Armacost. Mrs Helen Stoecklin spent Saturday evening with her parents. Several people attended Mt Zion cemetery on Sunday.
Clover reports Ed Schirmer and family attended the funeral of Mrs. Schirmer's uncle Mr. Hunter at his Amelia area home last Tuesday. Edith Avey now works at the Federal Reserve Bank in Cincinnati. Mt Lookout's C A Brown family visited A R Brown and Milton Bogart's family in Madisonville over Memorial Day.
Sunday visits and weekend calls across Hoover Ohio New Richmond Cincinnati Mason area recount gatherings for Corps Leroy Lewis of Quantico and family. Attendees include Culley Jenkins Lewis Hadie Ellis Ilhardt Bukter Padget Monaghan Miller Franks Dieckemann Arens and Leslie with travels from Columbus and Cincinnati.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wiederhold and family from Miamiville spent Monday evening with Jos. Baumann and family of Elk Lick to visit Ezra before leaving for his field in Florida.
Mt. Holly's Children Day program includes a baptism ceremony next Sunday morning followed by the regular preaching service. Local families visit and celebrate, with births, birthdays, and gatherings noted among residents and visitors.
Mr. Herbert Falls and Mrs. Lucy Ralston of Middletown hosted Mrs. Henry Horn and daughter Maude in Owensville. Eunice Ulrey of Pittsburg visited her mother Anna Ulrey last week. Pvt. Don Craver of Camp Perry stayed with his parents, James and Mrs. Craver, and Clem Snider hosted his son Donald Snider on furlough.
The Herman Miller dairy barn hay loft hosted a Wednesday picnic for Richard's fourth grade and teachers Miss Hedges and Miss Wahl. On Saturday a barn dance drew over a hundred guests enjoying old-time music and dancing.
Mrs Shirley B Scott hosted the Wednesday Club for a luncheon at Mariemont Inn with guests and members named, including Mrs Frank Rey and Miss Martha Scott. Nearby visits note Mr and Mrs Charles Cook visiting his sister Miss Lillie Cook, and Miss Katherine Roudebush arriving home from Middletown to summer with her parents.
The Perintown school ended the week with special exercises and a luncheon hosted by mothers. Prizes honored top attendance. Mrs. Louise Biddlecome received a clock, then recapped civic student activities such as 3 tons of scrap metal and Red Cross First Aid certificates. Minor furloughs and family visits noted for Paul Rosenberger and Louis E. Trapp.
A fragment notes a gathering of friends and neighbors sharing a delicious lunch prepared with care. The scene hints at a communal event with warm anticipation and homey hospitality.
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