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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1946
Page
6
The Clermont Courier announces JERALD B FORTNEY as editor and publisher for a one year period. The newspaper, established in 1836, offers subscriptions at $1.50 for six months and is entered at the Batavia Ohio post office as second class mail matter.
Batavia High hosts Owensville in the opener as defending champions seek early county dominance. Open gym, pep rally, and a 7 30 reserve game mark Friday night activities, with bands, cheerleaders Esther Lewis and Rosie Salter leading.
A reflective verse by Anna Little from Moscow Ohio notes life’s rugged path. It contrasts troubles with friendship and kindness and reminds that kindness returns, urging a cheerful greeting to others as the guiding spirit.
Recalls marriages and engagements from 50 years ago including William McKinley’s 1895 presidential victory and Adams County’s all women jury milestone. Notes Republican triumph rhetoric and national optimism, citing era shifts and civic milestones.
A wartime style political jab notes a price rise on maple sugar in Vermont, cast as a dramatic gesture by the Democratic Administration. The report, from Point Pleasant Vermont, frames the controversy as a dispute over increases in a symbolically tied staple.
Harold L Lundquist of Moody Bible Institute pens a Sunday School lesson distributed by Western Newspaper Union. The brief piece outlines faith and instruction for readers seeking moral guidance.
A Clermont County birth list records many newborns in 1946 with parents and addresses across New Richmond Batavia Williamsburg and other towns. Names include Hettie Lee Baker Ruth Ann Boys Maurice Eugene McClanahan Vera Lorene Campbell Dorothy Ann Carter Helen Jane Carter Raymond Eugene Cornwell Jackie Paul Craig and many others with birth dates from early to late 1946.
The lesson outlines Paul and Silas’s second journey to Philippi, Lydia’s conversion, and the spread of the gospel to Europe. It notes the Holy Spirit guiding Paul’s mission, Lydia’s hospitality, and the pattern of Christ’s mind in Philippians 2 5 11, with emphasis on God’s grace and steadfast faith amid trials.
Clermont County poetess Edna Hamilton, formerly of Felicity and Batavia, has a poem titled Why Boys Shoes Wear Out in the November 2 issue of the Saturday Evening Post. Hamilton, active since 1937, has appeared in numerous national periodicals and plans republishing poems as the Courier runs aerial town histories next year.
Mrs Schuckman hosted the Mt Pisgah Embroidery Club last week. Margie Miller visited R S Oetzel. Mr and Mrs Joseph Meisman hosted dinner for Mr and Mrs Samples daughter. Samples sold his home and is building at Willowville. Friends gathered at Ernest and Mrs Stutzs to celebrate their fourth wedding anniversary.
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