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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1933
Page
8
Local residents attend meetings and visits across Batavia and nearby towns. Highlights include sewing club hosting in Batavia, Eastern Star initiation, and various visits to Georgetown Cincinnati and Wilmington. A bake sale and Halloween party are planned by church and American Legion Auxiliary events.
The Peter Pan 4-H Club under Miss Kathryn Townsley will present Luncheon in the Suburbs at the Farm Bureau meeting Tuesday evening October 10 in the Locust Corner School auditorium. J F Robinson chairs the meeting and a second attraction will show Golden Hearts with farm home life drama on screen.
Martha Strimple born December 3 1876 Williamsville Ohio died September 24 1933 at home in Williamsville after brief illness aged 66. She married Burr Behymer in 1894 and later John W Strimple in 1919 surviving him two brothers and numerous relatives. Known for devoted family service and strong character she blended humor with steadfast faith and charity.
The undersigned thanks neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy shown during the last illness and for the rites for his wife. Special thanks to Rev. George Reed and to Mrs. Reed Mrs. Hall Mrs. Gaskins and Mr. Fowler for singing and to T. P. White & Sons for preparing and conducting the funeral.
A Lebanon Ohio court of five common pleas judges approved creating a Little Miami River Conservancy District to back an $8 million flood prevention program. The conservancy board includes Judge Hugh Nichols, Myers Y. Cooper, and Howard Ivans. Federal funding is a condition for proceeding.
Clermont County growers form the Wheat Production Control Association to administer the government wheat plan. E C Saxton is president, Walter Cowdrey secretary, J L Jordan treasurer. The group will handle contract applications, adjust allotments, and certify farmer allocations to the federal Wheat Adjustment Administration.
Batavia schools renew study after a full building renovation to ensure sanitary conditions following a scarlet fever outbreak. Health Commissioner Dr. C R Colburn and teachers supervised thorough cleaning of both buildings. No pupil fatalities reported. officials hope disease germs have been checked as schools resume.
Hamlet resident Joe Dawson suffered a Friday barn fire with contents lost. Cause unknown. Loss set at 1500 dollars. Amelia fire company arrived and fought the blaze focusing on saving outbuildings after deeming the main structure too far gone.
Batavia Presbyterian Church led by Samuel Huecker lists midweek services on Wednesday at 730 with Sunday services on Oct 8 including Sunday school at 930 and morning worship at 1045. Special week of guest preachers from Cincinnati churches begins Oct 9 at 730 with speakers from Seventh to Avondale churches. Batavia M E Church under Rev Budd schedules Sunday school at 930 and worship at 1030 with a tureen dinner and reception for Rev Budd's family on October 11. Missionary Society hosted district officers September 26 with messages from Mrs Mundy Owens Skeen Street and a luncheon served by the auxiliary.
The state Bureau of Motor Vehicles will distribute all truck, bus and transport vehicle licenses from the Columbus central office next year. Truck owners may apply with a check to any deputy registrar or the Columbus bureau, but the tags will be sent out from Columbus and not by deputies. The change aims to speed handling and ensure proper registration. The article also mentions Captain Edgar as the most kissed man at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, a longtime doorkeeper described in a separate note.
County Agent Baugh reports farms in Clermont County tune to the Ohio State University Farm night on WOSU each Monday 8 to 10 pm. Next Monday October 9 features musical numbers Farm Adjustment News and talks by Myer Jones Gerber Price and Wieschuegel with a 4 H segment. A botany note warns plant diseases survive winter on old plant parts and outlines fall cleanup steps including trimming perennials and burning debris to ease next year’s black spot control.
Sunday services begin with Sunday school at 9 30 a m and Junior Church at 2 16 p m. Morning worship at 10 30 a m with the sermon on Practical Religion and its Results. Special music by Christian Endeavor at 7 30 p m followed by an evening sermon on What Should a Present-day church be Doing led by Miss Grace Anstead. Evening worship at 8 p m features Seeking and Finding Christ in Every Day Occurrences.
The U B church hosted a quilt show and other attractions on Friday night drawing a large cross section of the community. Farm products were abundant and the quilts drew strong interest from many denominations. The display was large, neatly arranged, and the event a big success.
The saying that the mills of the gods grind slowly but finely appears in Fried rich von Logan's Retribution and Longfellow's Poetic Aphorisms. It is also attributed to Plutarch and others in various sources.
A 1938 public sale features 65 high grade dairy cows and heifers, some fresh and others due to freshen before December 1. Also offered are two purebred Holstein bulls, four work horses, two brood mares, a span of black mare mules, two young mares, brood sows and pigs. Sale at Albert B. Gatch farm one mile east of Milford on Route 50, lunch by Pleasant Hill Church. Starts at 10 a.m.
The Central Ex Board of Clermont County Protective Association will meet in the Court House Batavia Saturday October 7 at 8 pm Members of Association in the county are urged to attend V L Coombs secretary
About 100 applicants report at Camp Perry at noon Monday October 2 for an 80 day training period. Captain Lynn Black supervises with first aid and laws training. 60 of the applicants will be selected for regular patrol duties based on merit and examinations.
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