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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1938
Page
5
Personal items from all parts of the county are invited by a courier service. Readers are urged to call their nearest correspondent to send items by phone. Local social notes list visits and gatherings across Madisonville Hillsboro Owensville New Richmond Germantown Bear Creek Lebanon and East End with many families mentioned.
Miss Mayme Bigam reports attendance at Newtonville M E Church with 66 last Sunday and announces a 9 45 start time for next Sunday School session. Local families and neighbors share visits and condolences as community members attend dinners and milestones.
LERADO E Griswold and Harold Miller with families hosted Friday guests in Blanchester. Earl Dunbar of Indianapolis joined for Friday dinner with E E Griswold. Chas Hawk of Blanchester visited his son Hoadly last week. Many attended revival at Monterey Christian Church Saturday. Albert Andler and Mr Martina of Cincinnati stayed with Franklin Reichert. Paul Young of Blanchester visited Robt Davidson Sunday. Mrs B H Wolfe of Norwood spent days at her summer home here. Henry Bang of Norwood shared Sunday with Wm J Scheuhler.
Mrs. M. T. Eppert and Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Townsley have returned from a two week trip to Bermuda. Also listed are Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Eppert and daughter Elizah Eppert and Miss.
Mrs H B Smythe and Mrs Lyman Treber visit West Union. Card Club meets at Olive Branch. Frank McGuire and John Philhower visit kin. Detroit weekenders include Jim Beagle and peers. Cincinnati visits and Mt Was dinners noted along with Ladies Aid plans and Social Club scene.
The Amelia Womans Club schedules a meeting for Saturday March 26 with hostess Miss Rachel Perin. Reports mention visits to Washington Courthouse and Chillicothe, Easter Stars attendance in Norwood, and a birthday celebration for Burton Doughty in Bellevue. Eastern Star inspection set for April 2. A Republican Rally at the School Auditorium is planned March 31 with a chicken supper.
The Belfast scene lists gatherings from Thursday dinners hosted by Mr and Mrs Jos Stuart to Sunday visits by Ed win Stuart and Robert from Cincinnati. Relatives arrive to mark celebrations as Mildred Ann and Billy Bulow McCormick stay home with whooping cough. A new son arrives for Allen Richardson. Freda Sniper plans Florida return after Gainesville visit. Frank Groves visits Owensville. the 92 celebrates good health.
Mrs P M Offutt and Mrs Calvin Weaver attended Cincinnati fashion shows last Wednesday. Friends here mourn Dr Mott's illness. Fritz Gates returned from Detroit. Earl Heeling visits the city briefly. The Cains hosted their Chicago grandson and wife for Sunday. Verrill Parks visited her mother in Williamsport last week. Clarence Coslett, Ida Butler shopped in the City. Mrs Adams and Ed Carr dined with Parker Adams and family. Jack Frances fell and broke his arm Sunday. Ruby Smith and her son Francis visited T B Smith family.
Sunday birthday surprise for Mrs. Winifred Davis and family lists. visits from T. K. Brannock, Emory Parker, and others. Easter program by U B Church choir set for March 27. Womans Club met March 18 with papers by Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Badgley. musical and reading performances by Miss Widmyer and Miss Bredwell. various local visits to Cincinnati and Silverton.
The column notes the recovery of a young girl after an appendix operation and reports on a funeral in Bantam for Jimmie Callahan. It lists visits from Norman Fagin and others to Batavia, and mentions Chas Hitt moving to Lydia Bissantz’s house. It also covers Dr Mott’s illness and a serenade for Mr and Mrs Bud Parks.
Mrs. Mary Fagin was among the City shoppers Monday. Joe Taylor is working in Indiana for a time. Several of the railroad men from this vicinity have been laid off.
Vancouver police boat Lt. Roch arrives after over two years in the Arctic circle carrying nine men and a black husky. Sergt. H. A. Larsen led the crew, stationed at Cambridge Bay and Beaufort Sea. They reported rare conditions, long patrols, and few troubles before docking for a mid year layup.
Hi Ho the sage of Chinatown calls a truly great man one who is so focused on duty that he avoids oblivion by not fearing it.
The original Hawaiians possessed excellent physiques with chiefs described as over six feet tall and weighing between 250 and 300 pounds.
A pocket borough is a borough whose representation is controlled or owned by a single person or family, a term primarily used in Britain to describe this political arrangement. The concept highlights how small electoral districts could be manipulated to secure political influence for a particular owner.
Mary E. Goff will sell at the late residence of A. C. Goff four miles west of Williamsburg on Sharp's Cut-off pike on Saturday March 26 1938 at 1230 p m all kinds of farm machinery disc two section harrow cultivators plows harrows tractor and double disc harrow brood sow 110 egg incubator hay in mow and household goods Terms cash A M Ellis auctioneer
Belgium stallion Prince A, six years old and 2000 pounds, will stand the season at Twin Bridges residence. Precautions will be taken but the owner will not be responsible for any accidents or injuries.
A list of approved county bills with payees and amounts including road payrolls, cement, jail labor, supplies from Ayer Hardware and Hannah Hardware, insurance for auditor, services, and attorney expenses. Totals reflect small payments to Labor-Jail, Bond-Judge, and various suppliers.
Charles M Gordon of Brown County declared his candidacy for State Senator to represent the Second and Fourth Districts comprising Brown Butler Clermont and Warren counties. The primary election date is August 9 1938 and the decision lies with Democratic voters.
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