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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1951
Page
6
The Clermont Courier operates weekly on Thursdays under The Ol Shond Publishing Company. Editorial leadership includes Editor and Publisher Gerald B. Fortney and Managing Editor.
In a September national poll of delegates and GOP activists, Taft leads the field for president with MacArthur Eisenhower and Dirksen following. For vice president Taft tops the list, with Warren second and Dirksen third. Dewey trails with minimal support. The group signals opposition to New Dealers and suggests a States Rights plank and a purge of Truman’s policies.
The Clermont Album Contest raises first prize to 4.00 after a miss identification of Miss Myrtle Watkins. Watkins died by self administered poison in Williamsville February 28 1893. She studied in Felicity and sought help from County School Examiner Arthur L Clark.
Local store owner Earl M. Smith announces a Zenith TV Week promo in Batavia. The first 100 children entering Smith Radio and Television Center with a parent receive balloons. The event runs during Zenith TV Week from today until November 1 to showcase the 1952 Full-Focus Zenith TV set with Electrohex tube, improved distance reception, automatic tuning, color TV connection, and UHF readiness.
The poem recalls a mother’s pride and fear as her son enlists in the Marines. It contrasts infancy lessons and Christmas joys with the sacrifice of service, ending in a mother’s bittersweet pride for a Marine son. References to Sheila Stinson and Ena Hamilton appear as contributors.
A Donna J. Harkness verse notes a boy’s imagined boyhood, a shave age, and changing voices, then shifts to a grave line about Indians killed near a garden gate. The piece plays with aging, time, and memory across generations from youth to fifty, ending with a dated past.
St Philomena Church in Stone Lick sponsors a Sunday card party starting at 8 15 PM. All are cordially invited to attend this church event hosting neighbors and parishioners.
Marriage notice records Rev. Thomas Elrod performing a union on the ninth with Sanford Figgins marrying Mary T. Elrod, a bride thirty-seven years younger, noted as extraordinary since the groom is 41 and the bride 14, performed by the bride’s father. An additional ceremony on the fifteenth unites Dr. L M Rogers and Miss Anna Eber.
Fifty years ago Professor Hatfield of the Batavia Schools preached his maiden sermon at the Presbyterian Church to a large audience of pupils and friends. The article notes the first C. C. T. I. session held in Moscow last Saturday with Professor Turnipseed presiding as president.
The 1926 Republican candidates include Myers Y. Cooper for Governor James O. Mills for Lieutenant Governor Clarence J. Brown for Secretary of State Bert B. Buckley for Treasurer and Frank B. Willis for U S Senator. The Vesta Club of Williamsburg opened the year with a meeting at Mrs Julia McNutt home with Laura Thomas as President and Ada line Creager presenting a Sesqui Centennial paper.
The Batavia Rotary Club announces its annual Halloween Party to be held Wednesday in the Batavia High School Auditorium. A parade forms at 7 p.m. from the Armory to the school. The Batavia High School Band under Charles Nau will perform. Prizes for best costume and funniest entries range from 50 cents to $2. Motion pictures, games, and contests follow the judging with four divisions.
The Southwest Conservative Baptist Association will gather at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church for services tonight and all day tomorrow. A church bus departs Lindale Baptist Church Saturday at 6 30 to transport youths to Youth For Christ in Cincinnati. Children 12 and older are invited.
An army training center column argues that hardship builds discipline and character. It links nightly drills, tough conditions, and biblical lessons to personal and national resilience, urging acceptance of suffering as divine discipline and noting life continues amid trials.
Batavia residents can win a 400 prize for the best essay on What the American Way of Life Means. Local winner gets 100 for their church or favorite charity. national contest offers 20 000 in prizes and over 500 000 to churches and charities.
Readers praise Archie Knause for four years of road work and bus route upkeep in Pierce Township. They urge voters to reelect him on November 6, stressing improved roads and reliable service.
Amelia Mayor and Mr Robert Groh of Amelia became parents to a seven pound four ounce son Robin born last Tuesday morning at Our Lady of Mercy Hospital Mariemont. The hospital reported a girl birth to Mr and Mrs Fred Holt of New Richmond. Other recent births include October 8 a girl to Carl Nause Newtonsville October 10 a boy to Clarence E Skeen R J Williams burg and October 12 a girl to Newell Roosa Cedar Drive Loveland.
Miss Helen Merice and William A. Buchanan Jr were married Saturday morning at St Veronica Church Mt Carmel The couple held a reception at the Wishing Well Perintown The wedding drew relatives and friends and well wishes.
A memorial note by husband Ted Popp USN honors Thelma born October 12 1924 who died June 16 1951. The husband writes of faith heaven reunion and enduring love saying they will be united again and find happiness together.
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