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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1949
Page
6
The Clermont Courier is published weekly by the Clermont Publishing Company in Batavia Ohio. Gerald B Fortney serves as editor and publisher with associate editing support. Subscriptions run one year for 52.00 with six months terms also listed. Entered at Batavia post office as second class matter.
Clermont County faces a serious physician shortage with current doctors stretched thin. Encouraging young men to pursue medicine and set up practice locally could alleviate emergency gaps where timely care saves lives. It notes the long-term need for more trained physicians to meet rising public demand.
A short reflective piece on editor life complains about balancing news, humor, notices, marriages and deaths, public nuisance reports, personal crises, accidents, and advertisements in a local paper. It notes readers demand both sensational content and reliable business notices, and mocks critics of editorial accuracy.
Miss Grace Ferree Brown wed David K McDonald at 2 30 PM October 11 at her parents Batavia home. Rev H W Bailey officiated with Rev Howard Billman assisting. Harriet Fagin, 56, died suddenly at Nicholsville home October 2 1899. Services held October 4 Mt Pisgah Church with burial beside the cemetery.
A Milford column lists poem titles by Jane Wierner and Ellen Robison with address cues for submissions. It also reports local residents T E Hazard returning to Milford, Wild T Meerse in hospital, Mrs Irwin Butler visiting Chicago, Marian Fuller at Western College, Ralph A Hill passing the State Bar Exam and upcoming U S Law School graduation, plus neighborhood moves on Laurel and Lila Avenues.
John H. Morris, 50, operator of Rustic Valley Lodge, died at St Marys Hospital after a weeklong stay. He served on Owensville School Board and in Clermont County Saddle Club and Batavia Masonic Lodge, with funeral services at Monroe Funeral Home Milford and Masonic rites. Elizabeth M Holden, 87, mother of Richard J Holden, died at her sons home in Mulberry. Requiem Mass held at Fayetteville St Patrick Church. Burial in Fayetteville Cemetery. Craver Funeral Home handled arrangements.
The speaker argues Ohio must pursue greater productivity and market expansion to boost farm prosperity. He endorses soil conservation and a flexible price support floor to prevent depres sion, rejects strict Brannan style controls, and favors avoiding government-imposed production quotas while promoting domestic and foreign demand for agricultural products.
Civil engineer Jack H. Fuller sought a deed to an unused street linking Wooster Pike and Longworth St. but Milford Council denied the request. Milford Kiwanis elected John H. Kemp president to succeed Lloyd Mullett with officers Barnard Rosendalh Sauer and directors named. installation planned in January. Oscar Davis to celebrate his 90th birthday at 312 Main St. and Rev. Rector attended services after illness. Fire department door estimate set at 1700. town hall roof repair authorized for 85.
An organization advertises the Cincinnati stockyards market with sellers and prompts listeners to call WLW or tune WHIO for daily market updates. The notice mentions Richmond Indiana and Dayton Ohio references with dial and time details for the radio program.
Fire consumes about 30 million acres of U S forest land each year matching the land area of New England states.
The narrator recalls Curly Lawson asking for a malted at Doc Sherman's drug store during a World Series radio broadcast. Doc explains the mixer noise would bother others, so Curly opts for a chocolate soda. The tale is used to praise respect for others' preferences as a path to a better America.
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