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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1949
Page
6
Jerald B. Fortney serves as editor and publisher of the Clermont Courier. The Batavia Ohio paper is entered at the Batavia post office as second class matter with a subscription price noted.
Poem excerpt by Inez Clark Thorson appears in a Poet's Nook feature. It contrasts two observers and asks which view a reader would choose, noting submission addresses for Sheila Stinson and Mrs Edna Hamilton.
In a Courier feature, Hezekiah Flint is said to be the last survivor, but recent Marietta commemoration reveals Amos Porter of Washington and Phinpas Coburn of Morgan County as still living, who helped settle Ohio in 1788. The piece also notes social events and political delegate selections for the Republican State Convention.
Mrs H B Smythe and guests Mr and Mrs Richard Goller of Vandalia Ohio visited on Sunday. Mrs Janette Shaw is ill at her home. Weekend guests at the Smythes included Richard Goller and Richard Philhower. James Morrison and family spent Sunday with her mother in Adams County.
Poetic prose by Mabel Posegate printed in Times Star recalls May offering fragrance and memory. The narrator feet the paths of May, touching bouquets, feeling relief and sorrow, as past days fade and a golden air lifts the heart.
Services were held for Oscar J. Smith 70 at Craver Funeral Home after a heart ailment at his Woodville Pike home. Buried Greenlawn Cemetery. survived by stepson Carl Garland and brother Tauszky Smith. Also, John E. Stevens 88 died at his Buckwheat Road home. retired farmer, widower of Mary Jane DeMar Stevens. Funeral at Craver with Rev. C. E. Biffle. survived by two sons Tom Clyde and three daughters Ruby Spahr Edna Walker Stella Urton.
A devotional note references Mark 13 14 39 and I Thessalonians 5 1 11 guiding readers on watchfulness and readiness. It connects eschatological verses with Paul’s exhortation to live soberly and awake.
A columnist proposes interviewing leading Bible experts from 40 denominations to find consensus on Mark 13. He argues judgment is universal and personal, with God as sole judge, while noting debates on timing and afterlife and stressing living by creed through actions aligned with God.
The New Richmond column lists residents and events: Mrs. G E Donovan and Mrs. Roy Thompson host Women's Circle at the parish house. Ida Madison admitted to Jewish Hospital for a broken hip. Robert Pence joins Inter Ocean Insurance in Cincinnati. May events include baccalaureate May 23 and commencement May 27. Paul Reynolds dies May 2 with services May 4. hospice etc.
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