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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1947
Page
6
The Clermont Courier is a Batavia Ohio newspaper published weekly by the Clermont Publishing Company. It lists editor and publisher roles and subscription pricing for six months at two dollars, with postal service designation as second class mail.
A county wide safer driving program will start next week in high schools. Students will take a short course on motor vehicle safety sponsored by the American Legion and the Ohio Highway Patrol. Corporal Lawrence Letzester notes accidents involve younger drivers, urge teen drivers to learn full responsibility on the road.
The Mayor promotes a community wide Paint Up Clean Up drive to improve Batavia’s appearance. Village leaders unite for public service and encourage broad cooperation among organizations to advance the effort.
A Florida event shows government price support tensions as five carloads of Dade County potatoes were burned with kerosene spray to render them unfit for food. The act occurred in an open field near Perrine under the Agriculture Department program.
Excerpt notes the Clermont Courier under new exclusive control by the editor and reaffirms its political stance. It mentions a new monthly mail from Independence Missouri to Oregon starting April 15 and directs Oregon letters to Independence. Also records a marriage: Rev. John Brunaugh weds Mr. Orson Higgins to Miss Susannah Winans of Monroe Township.
Fifty years ago licenses were issued for Frank Runyan to Miss Gertrude Child H M Sidwell to Ethel Cornwell Odlando F Duckett to Miss Emma K Moorehead and Henry Hagedorn to Miss Laura Spaulding in the city records.
Locals planned a meeting to frame the lineup and push the project toward an opening game for a planned Loveland baseball team this season.
Junior class sponsored a Friday dance March 21 with Purple Shadows providing music. Mixed chorus from the girls group traveled to Oxford for contest with Jo-Ann Osborne and Marjorie Ginn among participants. Boys volleyball faces Owensville March 28 at Goshen. girls volleyball vs Owensville April 11 at Bethel. Teachers out due to flu include Erdman Brown Menke Wiggins Freeman Knox. P T A meeting postponed. basketball banquet held March 20 with Reverend L E Holt as speaker.
Toastmaster Frank Shipp and Bruce Davis gave remarks and talks while Bill Smittle led a PTA toast. Coach Bryant presented letters to the Lions. Thompson and the superintendent awarded honors. Senior class play cast includes Frank Shipp Tom Arsdale Alice Marksberry and others.
Mrs Ellan Rutledge wife of 8S H Rutledge of Brampton Canada died Sunday March 23 while visiting her sister Mrs Harvey Fuller in Amelia Funeral services and interment will be in Brampton Canada
Martha Glancy Thirey 78 died March 9 1947 after a stroke. Born Greenberry November 25 1868 she married Frank A. Thirey of Monterey March 12 1890. Survivors include brother M H Glancy sisters Mrs Mary Moorehead Mrs Zoe Varney and four grandchildren.
Two small islands and several islets lie about 1149 miles northwest of Honolulu, covering 25 square miles with a population near 118. Discovered in 1859 and claimed by the United States in 1867, the base here became pivotal in fighting Japan, as the fort damaged and defeated the Japanese naval force.
A collage of quips and headlines mocks politics society and media. It references Communist Rights Defense Urged by Congressman Vito Marcantonio and riffs on current events from a snowbound spring to a plane crash with gladioli and a Mars invasion scare.
This lesson analyzes Jesus as king before Pilate, the claim of kingship not of this world, and the priests’ denial of a king. It notes Pilate’s testing, Caiaphas’ guilt, and Jesus finishing the redeeming work on the cross, urging reads to accept Christ as Saviour.
The Thirey family expresses gratitude for neighbors and friends’ sympathy during bereavement. They acknowledge Rev. Hugh F. Ash and Rev. Vernon P. Martin, Mrs Louise Krum Audrey Maham Peggy Kautz Lois McNair for music, pallbearers, flower donors, and funeral director J Isaac Maham for kindness and management. Signed Frank A Thirey Russell W Thirey Mrs Leotine Innis Mrs Louetta Edman.
Harold L Lundquist of the Moody Bible Institute presents a Sunday School lesson released by Western Newspaper Union. The feature provides moral guidance and biblical insight for readers, reflecting the publication's Protestant educational aims.
A Cincinnati Enquirer piece, Plan for Peace 8, questions war’s inevitability and advocates pursuing lasting peace, while Cincinnati Times-Star features poems by Julie C. Kugler about intangible values and family life. Also notes Poet's Nook submission details and a North Carolina flight milestone.
After a heated moment, Jeb fetches beer and cider for the group. Lud selects elder while Jeb keeps the beer, illustrating a simple truth: tastes and preferences settle disputes without debate.
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