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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1950
Page
1
The Future Afton Farmers 4-H Club sponsors an old time dance at Williamsburg school on Friday evening March 10. Admission is set at one cent per inch of waist measurement with prizes for largest and smallest waists and proceeds benefiting the club’s project fund.
Milford Methodist Church along with New Burlington and Spring Valley churches were honored by the Wilmington District for outstanding contributions to the Advance for Christ and His Church program. Rev. Ernest R. Rector of Milford pictured, funds support Methodist missions abroad.
Bethel senior Thelma Elaine Hauser ranked first in Clermont County in the general scholarship test for high school seniors held February 3 and 4. Ray F. Butts of Amelia placed second. Hauser scored 256 and Butts 221. Local top 25 percent includes Fisher, McBride, Glins, Boyd, and Fox.
Clermont County farmers through the Farm Bureau Co op Association will honor 85 4-H Advisors during National 4-H Week with a March 6 dinner. The event recognizes volunteers. topics include the Better Best Club camp enrollment and county fair activities.
The Clermont Courier is set for its third straight year at Kent State University to attend the Ninth Annual Course in Press Photography March 21 to 24. Jerald B. Fortney editor and publisher will join about 300 top U S press photographers. William Eckenberg of the New York Times directs the program with George Yates of the Des Moines Register and Tribune as chairman. Fortney's trip marks his first vacation since purchasing The Courier in 1946 and follows last year’s attendance by local newspapers.
Three Clermont County Farm Bureau Co op directors were re elected at the annual meeting. L Carter Milford RI Ed Saxton Cozaddale R 1 and Bernard Hutchinson Batavia No 3 were chosen for six three year terms. More than 1000 farmers attended as Carter spoke of growth and unity. Plans for 1950 include a new mill and lumber yards at Batavia and expanding petroleum service. Morris Alston spoke on legislation from Columbus.
Mr and Mrs Henry Stolz of Latham Illinois announce the engagement of their daughter Ellen Ann Stolz to George W Walker son of Mr and Mrs Joe Walker Route 1 Bethel Illinois The couple plan a summer wedding Ellen Ann Stolz is a nursing graduate and head nurse in the pediatrics department George W Walker a former New Richmond teacher is a student at George Peabody College in Nashville Tennessee pursuing a Master’s in biology
The Clermont County Independent Baseball League will hold its first meeting of the 1950 season on Friday March 10 at 8 p.m. in the Clermont County Courthouse. Officers will be elected and plans for the season set. Two or three new teams seek admission, and contracts may be secured from secretary Stanley Anstaett before the meeting.
Cler mont County Scout leaders met in Batavia to discuss sending a 32 Scout troop and two leaders to the National Jamboree June 30 to July 6 at Valley Forge National Park. The local contingent will travel with Cincinnati boys on a special train. fee is 135 per day covering gear meals training leadership transport and tours. Interest contact Don Ault of Amelia or Carlton Hyde of Batavia.
The Amelia PTA meeting will be held Tuesday March 7 at 8 p m Mr Frank Heckter will give a talk on Farm and Home Safety and show a film on the same subject A state highway patrolman will show a film on Traffic Safety also.
The Milford Board of Public Affairs unanimously recommends indefinite postponement of a new 200,000 gallon steel reservoir as part of a 250,000 waterworks program. Council disputes over site persist, though elsewhere modernization continues with new mains and a pumping station slated for spring.
Funeral plans set for Harry Moore Jr 13 Paul Moore 10 and Paul Schleuter 13 all Bantam residents after they broke through thin ice on a farm pond near Bantam Monday. Kennedy Funeral Home Bethel to handle arrangements with services at St Mary Church Bethel and Bethel Cemetery.
Dr Samuel Marble president of Wilmington College will address local teachers and board of education members at the fourteenth annual Clermont County Schoolmasters Dinner Meeting in Batavia School Auditorium at 7 p m March 8. Invocation by Rev Bedford Spear and program led by Frank B Hoggatt.
The executive board of the Clermont County Tuberculosis and Health Association met Tuesday in Batavia. Reports from chairmen were read and secretary Mrs. William Stratmen announced receipts of Seals for 1949. Plans for the annual meeting on March 22 were discussed.
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