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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1918
Page
8
The Clermont Courier lists local notices and society items from Batavia Ohio with names of residents and visitors. It notes sickness and recoveries, family visits, school events, and community activities including a Red Cross fundraiser and church social plans.
Batavia notes a lady rural route mail carrier, Mies Rosa Simonton, filling route No. 4 while her brother Howard serves in the military at Camp Sherman. With substitutes scarce, the government urges women to step in for men.
The Clermont county school board met in Batavia to re elect Frank Dial of Batavia township as director for five years by acclamation. HR Pattison was re employed as superintendent of the Southern District, praised by patrons and scholars for service.
On Friday morning 36 bright young men left Batavia for Camp Sherman to train for soldier life. Most were from the countryside with a few from towns. They joined the Brown county quota at Highland Park and traveled on with cheerful countenances to camp. Best wishes accompany them.
The county boards of Deputy State Supervisors of Elections for Ohio were announced last Sunday. Clermont county will be represented by L H Phillips Democrat and Leonard L Harding Republican. The board will meet to elect a chief and clerk after receiving commissions. Ohio led the nation in War Savings stamps sales in March, with per capita sales matching New York and Pennsylvania combined. Sunday’s weather featured rain and sun throughout the day.
Karl B. Kincaid of Mt. Carmel came home on furlough from Camp Sherman after being sent there last October. He was noted as a successful man from the last officers training school and is the son of John W. Kincaid. The article notes Uncle Sam’s need for chaplains and a surplus on the list. It also covers a Democratic party figure with no more applicants being accepted for service.
Mrs. John Potter of 20 Shupe St Mt Pleasant Pa endorses Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe year round cough cold remedy. The ad notes no opiates and lists uses for bronchial grip croup and whooping cough. Includes church notices for M E and German A B churches with service times and youth groups.
The 99th anniversary of Old Fellowship in the Hill District at Marathon was a large, well attended affair. Hon. C. C. Kearns and Rev R. B. Wilson of Batavia gave rousing speeches as the program ran smoothly. A fine dinner, provided by the Lome brothers wives and daughters and the Daughters of Rebekah, complemented the lively gathering.
Leonard Ansteatt, a leading Mont County farmer who ran the O P Griffith farm in the Duckwall bottoms, has bought the Bosson Maham farm of 160 acres on Deerfield road. He has not yet decided when to move. A note on headaches cites cause being a disordered stomach or constipation and recommends Chamberlain's Tablets for relief.
Lawrence Stephens, manual training instructor in Batavia and Norwood schools, has resigned to join the military. In Norwood last week, patrons hosted a reception and presented him a wrist watch. No replacement has been named in Batavia.
The Senior Class of Felicity High School will present the popular play Claim Followed on Wednesday evening May 8 at 8 o'clock in the township hall. Seats go on sale at Kennedy's Drug Store May 6. Cut this out for a Foley promotional offer and trial package.
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