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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1934
Page
8
Community announcements from Batavia Ohio list hostesses visits to New York and Chicago fairs, club meetings in Batavia and Georgetown, trips by residents to Philadelphia and Owenstown, and upcoming license tag changes. It notes deaths, family visits, and social events including church plays and bridge groups.
Amelia and stars Adolph Menjou Dorothy Dell Chas Bickford and Shirley Temple appear in Little Miss Marker. Also Bereen Song and Hollywood on Parade present two shows at 7:30 and 9:00 with performances on October 6 and 7.
Mrs Loring wife of Boston lawyer Victor Loring and granddaughter of Albert Baker founder of the Boston Herald, is set to serialize a new story in this paper. Her writing career began after family duties and a Boston paper book letter sparked early success and her first serial The Key to Many Doors. Her tales Hilltops Clear blends romance and adventure and is praised as a high point in her fiction.
Tibetan oasis harbors an enigmatic community of about 8,000 people who are the last representatives of roughly a hundred extinct races and nations and know nothing of their ancestry.
The continental divide is a real physical line shaping water flow between the Mississippi watershed and the Pacific coast. It marks a natural separation of drainage basins rather than an abstract concept.
An old Valentine’s Day custom involved placing young men and women’s names in a box and drawing them on St. Valentine’s Eve. Those drawn together exchanged gifts and became each other’s valentines for the year.
Batavia churches announce Sunday Oct 7 services with Sunday school at 9:30 and worship at 10:46 led by Samuel Huecker and other ministers. A week of special services begins Oct 8 at 7:20 with Cincinnati ministers each day. Invitations extend to Monterey Presbyterian and A. B. Church. Batavia M E K offers worship at 10:30 and midweek services. Spworth League and Afton visits listed.
New Bell phone subscribers announced including Bethel L K Vail Howard Badgley Loveland Edward B Fritz Riley Parm Newtonsville Milford W A Reudebushh New Richmond Earnest Stutz Williamsburg Jease R Fisher details shown by town and name list.
The County Ministerial Association will gather on Tuesday October 9 at 7 p.m. in the U B church Bata via. Rev E L Smith leads the devotional and Rev R L Budd speaks on Our Common Purposes.
Archaeologists uncover a sunken structure in a London suburb resembling the flatiron building of New York and linked to an ancient Roman city. A separate satirical line notes the improbability of landslide elections for individuals, comparing it to a cowboy moving the Ten Commandments to a cattle herd.
The article notes the surface distance from North to South Pole as 12 480 miles and the through earth diameter as 7 899 988 miles. It also mentions an Australian spider claimed as the smallest insect of its class at one-fortieth of an inch.
The Batavia P T A will sponsor a bake sale and ice cream social at 7 p m Friday October 5 at Batavia High School. Proceeds benefit the school milk fund with Batavia High School Band performing and a fish pond attraction for children. The Jackson Township P T A will hold its regular meeting Tuesday evening October 9 at Marathon School House with P K Moore Batavia schools superintendent as speaker. After the business meeting a social will follow. all welcome.
Beginning Sunday October 14 a series of meetings will be held at the Christian church in Monterey under the leadership of Paul Richardson of Bethel assisted by his son Ralph pastor of the church Everyone is invited.
Judge Francis M. Hamilton Republican candidate for re election to the Court of Appeals visited Batavia Monday. He met with the central committee Monday night to discuss plans for the judicial campaign. Helen Ann Snider, Owensville High School graduate, enrolled at Ohio University Athens in the College of Education.
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Carroll Natty Altman of Felicity died last Friday afternoon. The family grieves the loss and requests privacy during their bereavement.
Local advertisement for American Fence 1047 steel Banner Fence Parts including barbed staples at old price. Listed by J O Fuhr in Williamsburg Ohio.
A compact Williamsburg ad lists charges for infirmary bills and groceries. It mentions Ear Fishback meat and Perry's Grocery with most hardware lines, urging readers to see or call for payment. J C Fuhr is named in the notice.
The October meeting of the To basco P T A will be held Friday Oct 5 at 2 30 pm with a reception for new members. Guest speaker Mrs L D Peaslee Southwest District Director will discuss Citizenship Our Responsibility. Newly elected officers will hostesses and the Membership Drive prize for the largest number of members will be awarded.
Notice lists hunting and trespass ban on Hartman farm near Hartman’s schoolhouse Gladys Snider Reading and Hoffmeister Sisters Amelia. Also numerous for sale items including cows Jerseys Holsteins brood sows shoats pigs Johnathan apples White Leghorn chickens and more with ads for fuel lumber and coal supply. Nearby rentals and floor work noted by Wilke Coal and Supply Co Betavia Owensville and Batavia.
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