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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1944
Page
5
Holy Trinity Church Batavia announces Sunday Masses at 8 and 10 a.m. Weekday Masses are at 8 a.m. on Tuesday and Friday. Rosary and Prayers for Peace will be held Thursday at 2 p.m.
The bulletin lists Mass times for St Philomena Church in Stonelick. Sunday Mass at 8 a.m. Weekday Masses on Monday Wednesday and Thursday. Saturday Mass also at 8 a.m.
Church notices indicate a Sunday School session followed by a Christian Endeavor evening worship service. The schedule emphasizes a church gathering with focused worship activities.
The Christian Science Society in Tobasco Ohio holds church services at 10 30 a m and Sunday School at 10 30 a m in the Masonic Hall. A Peace in Europe edition is not planned until after Germany capitulates with expectations of peace within three months.
Batavia Methodist Church announces Sunday School at 9 30 with John Huntington as superintendent and Worship Service at 10 30. A Thanksgiving service and Booth Festival donations will be on display. The Rev A C Rainsberger is pastor.
Milford Chapter O E S named Helen Miller Worthy Matron Blair Miller Worthy Patron Barbara Philhower Associate Matron Eugene Philhower Jr Associate Patron Margaret Collins Secretary Elizabeth Sticksel Treasurer Ada Bickel Conductress Florence Sellars Associate Conductress Arnetta Peckenpaugh Board of Trustees member. New officers to be installed next month.
The Batavia student editors are John Dial Lois Brion Maxine Laughlin Dale Anstaett Nancy Kincaid with reporters Peggy Patchell Dicky Speidel Janet Anstaett Tom my Tucker Larry Jones Peggy Koe gler Jim McCloy Dolly Whitney Howard Jones Lois Jamieson Carl Ungelheam Beatrice Kempf Rita Glancy Jean Linkking Irvin Shepard Ava Semones and Virginia Harrison.
Announcement for the Senior Class Play He Couldn't Marry Five. Tickets available from class members for December 1 at 8 o'clock. Prices are 40 cents for adults and 20 cents for children, tax included.
Art Gray of the U S Navy stationed at Camp Peary Virginia was home on leave and visited school one day last week. George Johnson senior of Walnut Hills High School and former student of B H S visited here Wednesday.
The Senior Class offers Christmas Cards to raise funds. An assortment includes Servicemen and Everyday Cards, with orders welcome. Your support is appreciated by the class.
The article lists former senior class members serving in the armed forces. Navy sailors include Stephen Clark at Fort Worth Texas ill but improving and due home around Christmas, Arthur Gray at Camp Reary Virginia, Cecil Howell in the South Pacific then San Francisco, Joe Letty in the South Pacific, Joe Gable at Sampson New York. Marines member Robert Hauck eighteen months overseas now in San Francisco. Merchant seaman Earl Miller at Sheepshead Bay New York. Unconfirmed names include Calvin Parsons U S Army Bill Rust U S Air Corps Robert Clark U S Navy James Rumpke Eugene Bickel leaving soon Paul Sons expected to be called Ava Semones.
Betty Gene Winland former B H S music teacher returned for a visit Saturday and Sunday with Miss Gompf. Winland now teaches music at Marion Jr High Schools.
The Batavia Ohio orchestra, currently without a new name, seeks suggestions from residents. The seven member ensemble plus a vocalist includes Bill Par sons, Jimmie McCloy, Herman Didday, Walter Eisnau, Jerry Jenkins, Bob Nichols, Wilma Lewis, Ester Lewis, and new drummer Dale Anstaett. They play for school dances and other outside engagements and have had photos taken twice this year.
A seventh grade poem celebrates November arrival with cold wind, departing flowers, and birds gone. It notes winter sports like sliding and skating at resorts and lakes, ending with playful images of snow forts and snowball fights.
Batavia, led by Herman Didday with 15 points, defeated Owensville 32-14 as Batavia’s defense held. The halftime score was 22-8, and Batavia’s second unit won 43-9 with Fehn and Donald Jacobs each scoring 13. Next up Batavia travels to New Richmond. The all school intramural football title also featured a 20-18 All-Stars win over the Junior team.
Jenny Martin in New Jersey eyes a blue necklace at Smith and King Department store. Bill Smith from Washington buys the five dollar necklace after a brief encounter in front of the decorated display, as she offers to escort him home.
A fragment from an old war era poem describes a clear night with a single scar in the sky. The moon and stars cast light as the early hours arrive and the speaker notes a silhouette approaching.
Batavia High School marked American Education Week with student talks and discussions on education’s postwar role. John Dial opened with a vigorous lecture on Brotherhood and Enduring Peace, urging tariff elimination and monetary regulation to achieve lasting peace.
Notary public documents the Clermont Courier Batavia Ohio ownership and management for November 1 1944. Publisher The Clermont Publishing Co Batavia Editor and Business Manager Harry M Tucker also owns shares with Clara H Tucker and Jean D Tucker all Batavia Ohio. Bondholders none. Statement sworn November 16 1944.
Mrs. Louis Samples visited a friend in Cincinnati last Thursday. Mrs. O'Neal remains on the sick list and was noted by neighbors. Helen O'Neal attended school at New Richmond with her son Robert for one day during Education Week.
In Batavia High the class debated using motion pictures to instruct students. Jean Sinking reported on Enriching our Cultural Heritage, showing eagerness to improve the postwar world. Robert Nichols and Buddy Elton spoke to juniors and freshmen on community life and centers.
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