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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1920
Page
8
A Clermont County page notes local events and notices from Batavia and surrounding towns. Items include fair enrollment, car ads, home construction, marriages in Batavia, church schedules, the Sth Ohio Volunteer Association reunion, and social visits across Cincinnati area communities.
In Dayton at the Miami hotel a dinner meeting of International Scales Company salesmen yielded a clear choice. The poll shows 78 votes for Harding and 6 for Cox among 45 delegates from nearly every state except a few in the far South.
Williamsburg Post No. 28 American Legion invites honorably discharged World War veterans to apply for the Victory Medal Saturday September 18 at Post headquarters from 1 to 7 30 p m. Bring discharge copy for forwarding. Also notes cadet appointment at West Point for Thomas Q Ashburn Jr and the Batavia School District board meeting where Latin and Solid Geometry were adopted marking high school improvements.
Stor and Rev Campbell note improving conditions as a Sunday Sabbath morning scene unfolds. A bath cook greets the superintendent and praises a record year. Ben Neon heads to Cincinnati for a factory stint while Alice Drew leads the operation on the new Monday opening with Mr Greenberry as caller last week.
Protracted Labor Day events in Newtonsville area noted with family gatherings and community reports. The State Board of Public Utilities allows continued operation of the Newtonsville to Blanchester line for 60 days. Alvin A. Hodges represents the road. U. S. grand jurors from local counties listed, plus War Department officer appointments including David Michael Davis of New Richmond. Attorney General Price rules Ohio districts must run elementary schools at least 82 weeks if possible and may borrow to cover obligations if levy fails. another vote on school funding planned for November General Election.
The Christian church at Monterey announces a home-coming day for members, friends, and the community on Sunday September 2 with morning, afternoon, and evening services led by Rev Me Murray of Bethel and other speakers. A basket dinner is planned at noon and attendees are urged to bring baskets and participate in the day.
Bantam Ohio September residents report terrible road conditions in Clermont county causing widespread inconvenience and hindering business. They urge building new roads, noting rain delays have stalled work and that detour signs should guide travelers to speed the completion of better roads.
Portsmouth Ohio reports Jay Stevens of Mt Joy has begun building an improved five mile road from Barden to his Mt Joy farm after county commissioners refused to fund it. The project will cost several thousand dollars with Stevens bearing most costs, while the county plans to contribute a few hundred. Work aims to finish before bad weather.
The Amelia Grange and school announce a cooperative display of farm products to compete for a grand prize. Grangers are urged to save samples of their best products and present a display second to none.
The notice requests a new land list covering Butler Warren Hamilton and Clermont counties in Ohio Keriton and Boone counties in Kentucky and areas around Aurora Indiana urging inclusion of properties and parcels in these jurisdictions.
A broker lists numerous farms for sale in Warren County Ohio near Morrow with 77 acres and 85 acres pastures plus 100 acres with 6 room bungalow and large barn. Other properties include 400 acres near Covington Kentucky on Madison Pike with tobacco and dairy potential and 78 acres near Ludlow Kentucky with 6 room house and bank barn. Also offered are 80 acres in Aurora Indiana with bluegrass and grain land and 50 acres in Aurora with buildings stock crops tools. Prospective buyers invited to request the complete land list from Frank R Crowe at Johnston Building Cincinnati or see Tilton Batavia Clermont County representative.
Miss Kate Hamilton secures a housekeeping post at a Cincinnati fraternity home for 14 young men with a good salary. Transfers include several property deals in Bethel Williamsburg and Milford, with payments of 1 dollar and one listed as 475 dollars.
Second hand Corn King manure spreader offered cheaply by Coyle Bugey and Implement Co based in Batavia Ohio. Trade includes contact for purchase and possible settlement arrangements.
Clermont county Ohio officials seek sealed bids for election printing and ballot supplies. Bids due by 10 am Monday September 2 1920 at the Hamilton Building office in Steubenville Ohio. Public notice asks bidders to provide full itemized quotations and delivery plans.
Fragmentary OCR reveals a probate notice dated September 1920. It lists Judge Britton and attorney names, announcing the appointment of an administrator for the estate of Mary Meek late of Olarmeet viene, with Norman L. Barnet as attorney.
The Goshen Township School District in Harmony County Ohio announces an election at the usual voting place from 5:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday in November. The measure seeks a three mill levy for school operations, with the purpose to carry the district and support district needs as stated by the Goshen Board. By order of the Goshen Board of Education.
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