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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1930
Page
5
Glen Este and Williamsburg lists show visitors from Cincinnati and Norwood, local school openings, church and mission activities, picnics, reunions, and community gatherings. Families from Cincinnati dine with locals, teachers arrive for the new term, and several parishes host parties and blitz fairs across the area.
Community items list visitors and relatives in Oakley Dayton Huntington and Batavia. Social events include PT A meeting at Moscow, a bridge party, watermelon party, and club visits. Residents report sickness, recoveries, and local moves across nearby towns.
A large Batavia High School auditorium gathering of the Clermont County Teachers Association heard Prof. E. W. Wilkinson outline the Hoffman School and J. E. Norris explain the new Economy System of handwriting to be adopted countywide this winter. Prof. F. B. Dyer attended and spoke briefly. Sept. W. J. Tabscott was elected president and E. H. Pattison secretary for the new year as preparations proceed for the September 8 opening.
Clermont county farmers say crop conditions have improved about 40 percent since two weeks of rain. Corn ears fill well, tobacco has doubled, pasture grass grows, and syvean looks good. Town laborers face scarce work with Batavia foundry operating only part time.
After moving Bird Harp to Colum bus last Saturday the Batavia jail held 11 inmates, with the number lately fluctuating around 11 to 15. As winter approaches the place grows more popular for meals, warmth, and quiet lodging, and evenings remain well filled.
Short items recount a September 7 1930 Owensville Fair Ground reunion with 97 attendees and officers named Buerkle and Moore. Curated anecdotes cover charity to travelers caution about strangers, literary theft in New York, a witty banquet tip, ethics and happiness, ladder superstition, a giant European sturgeon, and a hopeful aphorism from America Magazine.
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