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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1922
Page
8
Batavia, Clermont County items list farm notices, social events, meetings, and church activities. Widespread notices include hunting ban by Obas P McKeever, village visits by Wiley Miller and wife, nursing course in Cincinnati, farm apple sale at $1.25 a bushel, and upcoming society gatherings at Presbyterian church and Batavia Chapter.
A Bethel wedding at the M E Parsonage on September 16 joined Miss Dora Trost and Wiley Milner with Rev. C N Fisher officiating. The couple, attendants, and family later enjoyed a festive reception, serenade, and scenes of gratitude. A birthday picnic near Harlows Pond honored Mrs. Reynolds and relatives from Cincinnati and nearby areas. News also notes a planned road contract on the Ken Milford stretch with a September 29 bid date and 16 foot pavement to be completed by year end, pending funds.
Saturday luncheon in honor of her daughter Mrs Harold Nichols with six o clock service. Guests included Miss Thelma Searles Pauline Van Horn Jean McDonald Irane Haulick Margaret Nichols Kathleen Ashburn Ruth Coyle Ruth Harriot Kain Helen Rush Jeanette Belle Nichols O F Kayser Randall Walker. Mrs Kayser sang several solos as the group welcomed Mrs Nichols into their circle.
Several county school districts filed resolutions with the Clermont County election board asking for a November 7, 1922 election to vote on levying an extra tax for operating expenses. Each district clerk must attach a ballot routing vote indicating where ballots go for multiple voting districts and notify Batavia clerk.
The Batavian Township School Board bought a site off the Berlew farm at Olive Branch, one and a half acres, for $760. A modern two room school will be built this fall or early spring. Residents praise the selection and note the town has electric lights, a post office, and a modern school building.
Probate Judge Young lists six months of Mothers Pension awards for numerous recipients across Loveland Newtonsville Williamsburg Bethel New Richmond Milford and other towns. Amounts range from 17 to 37 dollars with several entries showing partial or uncertain figures.
Major John C. Ashburn, a Bavarian born officer in the regular army, has retired after several years of service and will relocate to Buffalo New York. He had reported for duty at a western port when he received the retirement notice. He is 40 years old.
Civil War veterans await the President's signature on a pension bill expected to boost support for older veterans in poor health. The measure would provide increased pensions to veterans many of whom are over 80 and have endured years of minimal aid.
A flood three weeks earlier in the Miami valley submerged corn and tobacco crops leaving mud sediment that rotted and dried them. Poor rain prevents washing away the residue, causing souring grain and widespread harvest loss.
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