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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1949
Page
6
The Clermont Courier, published weekly by the Clermont Publishing Company in Batavia Ohio, lists Gerald B Fortney as editor and publisher for six months. Subscription rates appear as one dollar for six months and two dollars for a year, with postal registration as second class matter.
A retrospective feature recalling notable stories and events covered by The Courier, organized as a compendium from archival years. It highlights enduring community moments, familiar names, and local milestones featured in past editions.
Mr and Mrs Stevens start a Milford high school in the second story of the Masonic Hall on May 21 offering reading writing arithmetic and geography with maps at three dollars per quarter. The Stevens are trained teachers from Eastern colleges with noted credentials and experience in prominent institutions. Directors listed as Thomas Gatch L Ready and L Hendrick.
Fifty years of marriage for Antony Buerkle and Antoinette Deeringer, married in Germany and moving to Cincinnati then Owensville, marked by a May 25 anniversary celebration in progress. Also notes on visitors, hospital recoveries, choir events, illnesses, and recent marriages.
A collage of verse and society notes from The Cincinnati papers. It includes Inez Clark Thorson's poem Which Would You Choose and Mabel Posegate's May's Golden Air, alongside local notices about Miss Cross's injury, Mrs Tarvin’s dinner, and Belle Fellow’s birthday observance.
Local notices list church names, addresses, and weekly worship times in Batavia and surrounding towns. It includes morning and evening services, Sunday schools, Bible studies, prayer meetings, and other activities with various pastors and locations.
A guest attended a movie outing with Mrs Hazel Gabriels and Mrs Haas. Mr and Mrs Stanley Moore spent Sunday with Mrs Moore's sister in Newtown.
Laurel residents share Sunday visits with relatives from Stroub Stahl and Armacost families while Measles outbreaks prompt safety talks. Officials discuss bicycle lights reflectors and a project to curb drinking before driving and test breath with a Bogan device for enforcement. A Hazard Elimination Contest and a safety exhibit are planned.
Mrs Carrie Archer of Hamilton visited friends here last Thursday. Mother’s Day guests at the George Blick home were Jack Gibson, Charles Smith and Dave Griffith. Clarence Smith of Ft Thomas Ky spent Saturday with Wesley Henry. Recent guests at Si Samod’s home included their daughter and family.
Seven of twelve Amelia High School students earned district rankings in the May 9 scholarship tests at Miami University. District placers moved to Columbus for state grouping. top Amelia winners included Sheila Meehan first in English and English 9, Betty Jeffries second in American History, James Maphet third in General Science, Zita Seam an fourth in English 10, William Washburn fifth in Algebra I, Joyce Davidson fifth in Biology, and Iva Stockton eleventh in Bookkeeping I. County records note Lee Davidson ranking second in the Eighth Grade test.
The Clermont Safety Committee met last Monday in Batavia’s old County Courthouse. Dale Bee proposed safety playlets for schools and groups, while W. W. Hamilton the County Extension agent urged projects on safe electricity use.
In the Clermont County League most clubs played hard as rain limited one game. Loveland defeated Williamsburg 5 to 1 while Batavia beat Bethel 9 to 4 and Goshen routed New Richmond 17 to 6. Amelia beat Salt Air 6 to 2 and Mt Carmel edged Daly's Tavern 13 to 3 in the opening Williams Corner diamond clash. Next Sunday schedules include Batavia at Mt Carmel and Amelia at Owensville among others. Queen City umpires.
The court docket requests $769.26 plus 6 percent interest from April 26 1949 and a provisional remedy attaching money owed to Mildred I Love as child and heir of Elizabeth Love. Residence unknown. Answer due by June 25 1940. Attorneys Ely White Davidson represent James K Love.
James K. Love files petition in Court of Common Pleas Clermont County Ohio against non resident defendant Mildred I Love with unknown residence. Court proceeding details unspecified in readable text. The notice seeks legal action per Ohio court procedures.
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