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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1937
Page
8
Local items feature residents visiting friends in Columbus and Sidney, moves within Batavia and Owensville, a trustee candidacy in Franklin township, and social events. Articles note enrollments at Ohio Wesleyan, a Batavia Milk Producers meeting, a Missionary Society screening of Make Way for Tomorrow, and brief society mentions from Hamilton to Georgetown.
On October 15 at 8 p m the Amelia Athletic Association will host an event featuring Frank Miller the original McCormick Fiddler from WLW and Jess Gaddis and the Kentucky Players from WKRC. Additional entertainment comes from the school music department with admission for adults 26e and children 15e.
Rev. Smith pastor leads all sessions. Walter J. Bauer listed among Sunday school staff. Sunday school begins 9 30 morning service at 10 80. Christian Endeavor at 7 160, evening worship 8, midweek services Wednesday 8 pm.
The Batavia M E Church lists services with Minister Budd and U S Superintendent Huntington. A district women’s retreat is planned for Thursday in Wilmington. A town hall screening of Make Way for Tomorrow with Victor Moore and Beulah Bondi is Tuesday October 12, sponsored by missionary societies.
The undersigned will sell at public auction in Forestville Ohio along Asbury Pike on Saturday October 9 1987. Items include household goods. Terms are cash. Refreshments will be served on the grounds. Effie Kuhn is listed as the organizer.
The W C T U of Anderson Township met at Fanny Laub's home with a strong program and a talk by President Anna K. Davis. Officers elected were Davis president W O Johnson vice president Cora Reed secretary and Fanny Laub treasurer. Music by Cora Reed and Mrs Cunningham accompanied by Mrs Morgan. Next meeting slated at Mary Ayer's Forestville home. Hamilton County Institute to be held at the Cincinnati YMCA with talks from across the state and noon dinner.
The text explains that fip was a slang value of 6% cents or a half shilling in early America. Two fips made a bit, equaling a shilling, or 12% cents. Today two bits is used to mean a quarter.
The 88th Brown County Fair began Wednesday with hundreds of school children admitted as guests and Future Farmers from surrounding counties invited. Adams County Day follows on Thursday with a parade of draft horse winners and multiple shows, while Friday features numerous races and show rings including saddle and harness events and riding matches.
The Ohio Division of the National Farmers Union will hold its fourth annual convention at Star Auditorium in Marion on October 26 and 27. The article notes the union’s 86 years of organizing, its independence from labor groups, and calls for price and marketing control to aid farmers. The Batavia local meets October 12 in the conference room, with delegates and alternates to be selected. all sessions except the business meeting are open to the public.
G. M. Rhodes Emergency Crop Loan Fieldman will be at the county agent's office in Batavia Friday afternoon October 8 from 2 00 to 4 00 p m to take federal wheat loan applications. Mr and Mrs Cecil Billingsley and Mr and Mrs Lloyd Aicholtz have returned home after visiting relatives and friends in Beckley West Virginia.
In Willows California farmers adopt airborne rice planting using six planes and ground crews to flood fields and drop rice directly into water. Each flight requires precise flag guidance, 25 feet spacing, and a 30 foot swath, with pilots earning 60 to 75 cents an acre and potential yearly income near 100000 dollars.
Mrs G E Foster and her son John live in House 4 years with no rent. City valuation expert Len Seamer questioned the residence during a tax delinquent lands and buildings survey. When asked if they own or rent and about rent collection, the answers were no rent and no relation to the owner.
Brookfield Zoo opens a new giraffe house with a maternity ward as three giraffes Jack Minnie and Sadie relocate from the old quarters near the elephant house. They explore the 600 foot corridor to reach leafy quarters and staff await breeding outcomes.
Wendel Curry, 29, of Crosstown, lost his right eye after a fragment of flying brass struck him while working in the White Garage at Williamsburg. Taken to Batavia, surgeons found the brass lodged in the eye despite a magnet attempt. Curry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Curry, previously lost his left arm in a Mt Crab Greenbush Rd crash on August 7. His wife Mildred and their child were uninjured. he later recovered from an appendectomy at Christ Hospital before returning home.
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