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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1931
Page
8
The passage blends a tranquil winter night with a bright sunrise over hills and rivulets. It notes Belle Marsh attending a Dayton fashion show, local sales at J B Millers, multiple club meetings and social events in Batavia, a drama in Williamsburg, and Ohio General Assembly hearings on tobacco taxation with proposed rates.
Ohio Wool Growers Cooperative Association and the Farm Bureau Service Company announce a new arrangement allowing wool signovers to receive cash advances instantly when delivered to the Farm Bureau service branches in Batavia Beth el or Felicity. Advances per pound will be fixed by the wool growers association.
Columbus March 26 The Eighty-ninth General Assembly enters its ninth week with about 1 00 bills and resolutions to consider to reach early adjournment. The Senate Education committee favors a bipartisan eight member state board of education to take schools out of politics. A five year maximum for manslaughter in auto deaths passes the Senate and moves to the House. Bills on probate code recodification and court stenographers advance while a Sunday operation bill for theaters nears passage. The anti stick bombed bill passes the House and targets odor dispersing devices in public assemblies with penalties up to 100 dollars or six months.
Auditor B. L. Ketchum begins his second four year term in Clermont County after bond approval by the county commissioners. He assumed duties on March 9 and remains dedicated to serving taxpayers in a demanding office.
Joe Hall of Chile had his son Fred 18 released after a judge cleared the son of whisky ownership. Joe admitted possession, pled guilty, and was fined 160 dollars with jail time until paid. Sheriff Roberts reports many boarders in the county.
The region has seen several rain and snow storms over the past days improving the drought. Earlier springlike weather allowed garden work and plowing, and residents are ready to pause work for the beneficial showers.
Old No 248 held a February 25 Grange meeting in Bantam with 44 attending. H N Wilson of Wayne Grange led activities, a moving picture on Chicago stock yards, and a debate on limburger cheese as a healthful food. Pierce Township Farm Bureau met March 2 at Locust Corner with committee setup for 1931 planning. New candidates were introduced at Bantam and Locust Corner, with initiation planned March 18 and games afterward.
James W. Walker recently passed the law exam and has taken desk room in the office of W. Bishop in the Kline Block above Kroger's grocery. Bishop is described as a pleasant gentleman who will progress in the world.
The Civil Service Commission advised the public not to travel to Washington for federal employment. It cited cases of people coming long distances hoping to secure positions after exams, only to be stranded or become a public charge. Appointments depend on service needs and rules. presence in Washington does not speed prospects.
Montgomery Alabama hosts the 87th Ohio Division reunion in November inviting all living members of the 37th Ohio Division who trained at Camp Sheridan to return. The article praises the soldiers' conduct and asks local papers to publish the goodwill message from the Citizens' Committee. Also advertises a hardware and enamel product store in Batavia Illinois offering credit to adults accompanied by parents.
W. D. Leach reports the State maintains large dairies at 14 institutions with about 1,250 milch cows and 1,000 heifers all Holstein. Sixty percent are purebred and registered. In 1929 milk output reached 11,600,000 pounds averaging nearly 10,000 pounds per cow. Past years showed 1927 at 8,865,767 pounds and 1928 at 10,430,898 pounds.
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