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Newspaper

The Clermont Courier

Location

Batavia, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 21, 1938

Page

5

Harvest Home and Community Notices across Summerside

Personal notes from Clee mont and Summerside share events across the county. A three act comedy at Mt Carmel school on Sept 23 and 24. Harvest Home services at Mt Carmel Presbyterian on Sept 26 and supper on Sept 30. booster night for Mt Carmel Orange on Sept 26. Plus church and club activities in Williamsburg Belfast and Owensville, with visitors, guests, and hospital updates among local families and choirs.

Huilders Summerside Mt. Carmel Jerussy Mt.Carmel Presbyterian Church Carmel Presbyterian Church Mt Carmel Orange

Miss Jennie Gomien Celebrates 91st Birthday Tuesday

Miss Jennie Gomien marked her 91st birthday on Tuesday. Family and friends gathered, including Charles Gomien and family with John Gomien and daughters from Westwood, Mr. and Mrs. John Brown of Madeira, and Harry and Emma Owens with M. Pribble of Newport Ky. Attendees also included Mrs. Ben Snider Mildred Gomien and George Mull at the Carthage Fair. Edith Gauche and Joe Bosch visited Miss Alice and Mildred Gomien, who was previously bedbound for seven months but is now up and about.

Jennie Gomien Charles Gomien John Gomien Westwood John Brown Madeira Harry Emma Owens M. Pribble Newport Ben Snider Mildred Gomien George Mull Edith Gauche Joe Bosch Alice Alice Gomien

Homecoming and Rally Day Planned for Christian Chapel

Next Sunday the 25th features a homecoming program with Rev. Cotton of Price Hill as afternoon speaker and his wife as soloist. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Christian Chapel Cotton Price Hill Bob Henning Melbourne Bob W. Lasher Jess Wischmeyer Bond Hill Harry Kesler Daugherty Silverton Earl Binning Emma Hamilton Fagins Bert Lytle Ellis Honaker C. Mund Maxine City Mildred Girele

Local Socials Highlight Weekend Visits and Dinners

Glen Este hosts the Fiertags with the Sperrys on Saturday evening. Cincinnati guests Kunker stay midweek with the Kuhns. Frank McGuire hosts a birthday dinner for Mrs McGuire and Mrs Hershaner with Chas McGuire and Henry Hershaner families. Pat Timpe visits Sue Smythe. Sperrys entertain Lavina Merice George Neddermann and Mrs Robert Hoffman.

Gordon Fiertag Phil Sperry Kunker Cincinnati Frank Kuhn Frank McGuire Chas. McGuire Henry Hershaner Charles McGuire Hershaner Pat Timpe Sue Smythe Lavina Merice George Neddermann Robert Hoffman

Sunday Socials and Family Visits Highlight Local Notes

Behar and Mrs nll were shopping in Gane. Ed Huheevidson spent Thursday evening with Mrs. Marvin McGuire. Norma and Anice Palmer spent Sunday with the Jacob family. Mrs. Harry Snell hosted the Wittmeyer family for Elsie’s birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jacobs of Decatur Illinois visiting his parents Finley and (Mrs.) Jacob.

Behar Nll Gane Bashers Prs Ed Huheevidson Marvin McGuire Norma Anice Palmer Jacob Harry Snell Wittmeyer

Hamlet Social Roundup Highlights Weekend Visits

Newport Kentucky resident Mrs. O Conner hosted by Mrs. Myers with Sunday dinner at Mrs. Will Lungmus. Hyde Park guests Mrs. Ed Campbell and Mrs Tel ford with Mr. and Mrs. Fiestal and son of Norwood. Many local residents and clubs noted including the Highway Social Club in Batavia and the Birthday Club. Williamsburg Horseshoes beat Loudenback Hamlets by seventeen. Virginia Houser works in Batavia. Homecomings and family gatherings across Bond Hill Mt Washington Bethel and Evanston are listed.

Owensville John Rutledge John T Pittsburg W. J. Snider John Craver Chas. Wilson Indian Hill Lloyd Harlow Irma Ireton Jack Bethel Mary Marsh Christ Hospital Mayme Rey Tambleson Hamlet O’conner Newport Myers Will Lungmus Ed Campbell Telford Hyde Park Merrit Bond Hill Anton Mauch Clarence Coslett Blanche Carlisle Highway Batavia Earl Huling George Earl Watson Drake Evanston Bert Ketchum C. M. Edwards Storer Christian Chapel Virginia Houser Nichols Law Office Williamsburg Loudenback-Hamlet Anna Jones Ruby Smith Francis Smith City Chester Smiths Dale, Brumagen Mt. Washington Rose Brumagen Ruthaford Calvin Weaver

Newtonsville Community Notices and Church Events

Rev Tumbleson of the M E Church joins for another year. Epworth League gathering hosted by Mrs Manly Hill with about 18 attendees. P T A chicken supper raised a nice sum. Earl Rothabush lost two mules struck by lightning. Mrs Frank Shetterly visited friends. W G Shields visited Ed Oligee home. Miss Rose Collins ill but improving. Families from Avon dale visited Elva Wood and Frank Schooley. M E Church services resume September 18 at 9 30 and every other Sunday. Nazarene Ladies Aid hosted by Mrs Taylor.

Newtonsville Tumbleson M. E. Church Manly Hill Epworth League Earl Rothabush Frank Shetterly W. G. Shields Ed Oligee Rose Collins Louis Singer Irvin Hirshberg Avondale Elva Wood Frank Schooley

Dogs Causing Livestock Damage in the County

Dog Warden George Medary reports unprecedented livestock losses from a four-dog pack including a German Police dog. A calf belonging to John Cann at Locust Corner was torn up. One dog attack on Charles Remley, delivering papers, caused non serious injuries. Authorities order shooting on sight of the pack if it harasses livestock.

George Medary John Cann Locust Corner J. F. Robison Charles Remley Homer Remley Wilbur Cousins Charles

Loveland School Bond Issue Fails Despite Voter Turnout

The Loveland school bond measure failed last Tuesday with 463 votes in favor and 825 against. The proposal required a two thirds majority to pass.

Loveland

Betta the Siamese Sea Fish Builds Bubble Nest

Betta, a fighting fish of the Siamese seas, makes a bubble castle by releasing air bubbles to form a dome above the water. He guards the nest and tends eggs, then becomes cannibal if he loses interest, with the young at risk.

Betta Brian Curtis Appleton Century

Godiva and Peeping Tom Honor in Coventry Legend Debunked

Coventry honors Lady Godiva and Peeping Tom with statues and sites across the city. Historians note the Peeping Tom tale emerged after the ride story and that Godiva’s legendary ride lacks contemporary documentary evidence. The Benedictine abbey linked to her was destroyed by Henry VII and debates over her existence persist.

Coventry England Lady Godiva Godiva Guildhall Great Hall

Long Bridges and Their Bold Span Facts

The Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco has a 4 200 foot main span and a total length of 9 200 feet. The San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge spans eight and a quarter miles with both suspension and cantilever sections. The west bay crossing between San Francisco and Yerba Buena Island is 10 450 feet with two 2 310 foot suspension spans. The east bay crossing to Oakland includes a 1 400 foot cantilever span and a 19 400 foot toll-plaza approach. A tunnel connects the east and west bay crossings beneath Yerba Buena Island.

Golden Gate San Francisco San Francisco Bay San Francisco - Oakland Bay West Bay Yerba Buena Island East Bay Oakland Oakland Mole

Indian curiosity and Little Turtle meet over Tartars myth

A French traveler in Ohio in 1797 spoke with the Indian chief Little Turtle about a theory that Indians descended from dark skinned Tartars of Asia. He showed a map of a possible Tartars route to America and Little Turtle asked why these Tartars who resemble us might not have descended from the Indian.

Ohio Little Turtle Asia America

Remedy for Leprosy Found in Chaulmoogra Oil

The brownish yellow oil pressed from chaulmoogra seeds has long helped leprosy patients in Burma and India. Interest by American and European doctors arrived about four decades ago. Lepers once swallowed the nauseating oil and applied it to sores. The chaulmoogra tree grows wild in Burma, lower Bengal, and Assam.

Burma India Bengal Assam

Whistling Seen as Superstition Worldwide

Collier's Weekly notes whistling is viewed as devilish in many regions. In mines and theater rooms it is believed to invite disaster. Proverbial ayes abound including a French saying that a crowing hen or whistling girl brings bad luck.

Collier's Weekly

Ohio Builds Ohio Pavilion at 939 New York World's Fair

State officials announced Columbus onid will lease a 6000 square foot Ohio pavilion at the fair for 32000. The Georgian Colonial building will showcase agricultural and industrial progress and state interests, funded by a 100000 appropriated by the 92nd General Assembly and overseen by Governor Martin L. Davey. A vacant ceremony planned for Kent State’s new president faced cost cuts, with the state board of control insisting on a smaller funding plan.

Columbus Onid John P. Schooley Schooley Ohio 92D General Assembly K. C. Leebrick Kent State University At Kent State Board of Control M. Ray Allison Suim

Six Clermont County 4-H Members Attend Congress

Six Clermont County 4-H Club members and one advisor travel to Columbus for the 24th annual 4-H Club Congress at Ohio State University. Delegates named by the 4-H Club Executive Council include Alma Aicholtz of Suminet.

Clermont County Columbus Ohio State University Alma Aicholtz Sumiene

4-H Club Members Attend Ohio Week at University

Clermont County selects seven youths from 708 to join a week at Ohio State University with theme Preparing for Life and Work. Mary Ellen Evans Mary Janet Xhn steatt Maxine Ashton Albert Stump Christie Holland Martha Cramer lead discussion topics Choosing Careers Personal Appearance Friendship Visualizing Agricultural Problems.

Merside Mary Ellen Evans Owensville Mary Janet Xhnsteatt Castille Clermont County E. L. Bowman Ohio State Employment Service Edna Callahan Ohio State University Mary Gerlaugh Edgar Dale Bureau of Educational Research

Masquerade Common Practice in a Vacation Train Belief

Uncle Eben quotes a view that there is always a masquerade in social life even during vacations. He notes a young man returning home on a train hopes strangers will judge him as a capable salesman for a large business concern.

Eben

On To Victory With This Ticket

The Republican Party presents a slate of strong men for voters this fall. A vote for the Republican ticket signifies support for good government in Ohio.

Republican Party Ohio

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