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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1933
Page
8
Batavia, Ohio items show community happenings across May including visits from Mrs. Tucker and daughter, Eastern Star meeting set for May 11, garden club plans, and local residents visiting relatives. Observations include bank liquidations in Detroit, high school graduations, and club activities at Batavia.
A wage cut triggered a factory walkout at the P Sullivan Shoe Factory in Williamsburg. Eight hundred employees left Monday morning, with no disorder reported. A Tuesday meeting failed to resolve the dispute, and another session with Mayor Harry McKeever and company and employee representatives was planned.
Spring Valley Sugar Corn No 2 can 80 425¢ Mustard 6 oz for the Apple Butter qt size 2 for 290 Wilsons Tomato Juice large can 5c Salt Jack Frost 2 lb pkg for de 6 lb for 10¢ Coffees Heintz Mexican 25c.
The county published bidder results listing firms and amounts for road segments including Lower Clough Bell Nash at 636 dollars Upper Clough Pringle Co 790 Back Run Pringle Co 1750 Pleasant Hill A C Pickelheimer 840 Anti Ban tam Gerald Iles 770 Nicholsville Pringle Co 740 Bethel Concord Ile Beck 740 Feesburg B L Jordan 1088 Goshen Pleasant Plain A C Pickelheimer 700 Belfast Goshen Este Pringle 300 Lerado Edenton 850 Locust Corner G E Baynes 441 Merwin Bell Nash Baynes 298 Pt Isabel Moscow W A Simon Fruit Ridge Pringle Co 447 Nicholsville Laurel F M Light 328 Snider Corner Laurel Pringle Construction Co 1015 Ten Mile Garald Iles 740 Upper Marathon 652 Mara thon Lorado 326 DelPalma 740 Bethel Concord 296 Jackson John Gaul 795 Bridge contracts New Richmond H F Lindsey 94.50 Prathers J S Grosnickle 129.22 Neville Powers Carver 140.03 Dela Palma J S Grosnickle 261 Lenses 3 to 20 dollars per pair Frames from 2 to 3 dollars Watch and jewelry repair services offered
Williamsville High ends spring term Friday April 21 with a closing picnic at Bantam. Students praise the best time ever as they depart. Mr Light’s room reports three pupils never absent or tardy. Miss Swope’s has five perfect attendances. Betty Stanford and Marjorie Barbro each have three consecutive perfect years. The school notes eight or nine wins in local baseball play and has added volleyball basketball and football programs along with four new library volumes.
Samuel Huecker the Huecker in charge ministers Batavia Presbyterian Church. Service May 14 with Sunday school at 9 30 and morning worship at 10 45. Sermon titled The Story of a Great Woman. Mother's Day will be observed. Invitation to all services.
Rally Day attendance was excellent. Delegates Rosanna Rice and James Walker elected to County Council Religious Education at Amelia May 17-18. Mother's Day observed at church next Sunday. Mills Duo to perform May 18 at Bethel with no door fee and offering collected. Reverend Cherrington conducted services at County Home. Finance committee meets Wednesday at 8 p.m. Services and programs announced for U. B. Church Batavia with special recognition for Mother's Day.
Clermont County leaders of the 4 H Food and Clothing Clubs met at Batavia school with OSU Extension nutrition and clothing specialists. They discussed new club projects, growing enrollment, and plans for a county judging contest at Walter Bee farm on May 24 followed by a regional contest at Mrs. Eustis Jersey farm in Hamilton County.
Everett Bigney caught a 124 pound German Carp on the line last Saturday, with four comrades aiding. The fish was carried through Batavia streets amid much fanfare as townspeople heard how the catch occurred. The creek teems with catfish and other species. Oil ranges, stoves, rugs, shoes, lawn mowers, and paints are advertised by A O Jordan General Store in Williamsburg Ohio.
All owners of registered Jersey Cattle are urged to attend the meeting on Saturday night May 13 at 8 p m in the Bethel Memorial Building. Plans are under way to form a Jersey Breeders Association in the county to promote high producing registered cattle and attract buyers. The Clermont county committee notes successful county associations elsewhere.
A man named Waits faced a hearing before Mayor Kendle in Georgetown last Wednesday on charges of coffee business activity. A hearing date was set for Saturday. a Norfolk and Western detective is ready to testify about 160 pounds of coffee taken from Mt. Crab station and additional coffee at Marathon, with arrests made Tuesday night in Williamsburg. Sheriff Miller has pursued the case and Waits is held in Georgetown jail.
The Civic Committee of the Bata via Woman's Club requests citizens to donate used magazines at W. B. Millers store to be given to those unable to buy them. The group also asks the Council to repaint the Batavia sign over the bridge, noting its poor condition.
Owensville Hatchery in British Columbia offers baby chicks with a required $1 deposit and balance due when called for. The notice promotes their mash as a growth aid and lists locations at Cherry Grove and Newtown, Ontario.
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