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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1938
Page
8
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Miss Edith Ansteadt is seriously ill at Christ hospital. Henry A Hodge of Milford was in Batavia Saturday. Harry Rinehardt of St. Louis spent Friday with Lillian Reisinger and mother. Mrs E E Peterson visited her brother near Williamsburg over Sunday. Mrs E B Wimbish and son are guests of her parents. Grace Winemiller is improving after a major operation at Bethesda hospital. Mr and Mrs T Ehrat of Norwood spent Sunday with Louise Winemiller and daughters. Miss Hilda Bauer returned to Ft Hamilton Hospital after vacation with home folks. Mr and Mrs Eli Speidel entertained their daughter Mrs Morris Brown of Baldwinsville N Y. Mr and Mrs Louis Bauer and Hilda returned from East trip and visit with Allen at State College Pa. Guests of Dr and Mrs W C Griffith were Col I E Titus and Mrs Titus of Dayton, Mrs Mary Harlow of Norfolk Va. Liga Hat and mother and Chas Fagin of Kennedy Heights spent beds in Indianapolis and attended Cable Tabernacle services. Miss Rose Wasner, formerly of Batavia, aged 46, died Tuesday morning in a Cleveland hospital. She had lived in Akron recently and was sister of J B Clark and Mary Wasner of Batavia Burial here.
The Marathon PTA opened its current year with a Sept 13 meeting at the schoolhouse led by Mrs Ida Daugherty. Owensville schools superintendent J W Evans spoke, followed by a short program and refreshments. Next meeting set for Oct 11. Card of thanks to Blanchester Band donors patrons of Lawn Fete and Band Concert and to Boy and Girl Scouts Batavia.
The Williamsburg Presbyterian Church ladies announce their annual fall market on Saturday September 24 starting at 1 PM on the church lawn. A variety of baked goods and vegetables will be for sale and at 5 PM a cafeteria supper will be served in the church basement.
Mr and Mrs Tom Gammon of Parkersburg W V were injured when their car left Route 60 near Stonelick hit a tree and wrecked Sunday afternoon They were taken to Bethesda Hospital in William Moore s ambulance Slippery roads were blamed Sheriff Auxier investigated E J Turner longtime Milford National Bank leader has been elevated to the presidency and will oversee 44 years of service with the bank
The Cincinnati Reds stay in the NL pennant chase as they travel to New York for three games with the Giants before a three game Pittsburgh series. They then head to St Louis for three more, closing the 1938 season with a double header in Cincinnati and two October dates. The race remains highly contested with likely a sub ninety win total for the pennant winner.
All members and friends of the Cincinnati Automobile Club of Clermont County are urged to attend a meeting on Friday September 23 1938 at the Grant Memorial Building Bethel at eight oclock Officials will discuss issues of vital interest announced by C P Thompson Clermont County Field Representative of the Club.
A Sunday downpour postponed two Clermont County Baseball League games. A rescheduled doubleheader will be held next Sunday with Moscow facing Francis Garage at Williamsville and Owensville visiting Fayetteville to play Perry A. C. Mr. Crab sits out as the Bye. If feasible, the elimination series will finish and the championship series begin.
Ohio squirrel hunting begins Monday September 26 and runs through October 10. Daily limit is four in possession. Hunters must carry license and tag worn on the back. loss requires new license and tag per Conservation Council ruling in 1988-39 hunting regulations.
Twenty Bethel Community Chorus members met for the first rehearsal in the School Building music room. Miss Viola Benz was re elected director and a committee of Fred Shields Jeanne Long and Russell Althaus was appointed to select Thanksgiving music.
The Ohio Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal closed its sessions after a week of day and night meetings. It lists 700 clergy now, with a plan to reach 1000 next year upon unity with the Methodist Protestant group. Bishop Lester H. Smith presided. six ministers and six lay delegates were chosen for next spring’s Uniting Conference. Several pastor reassigments followed, including C. N. Fisher to Bethel and E. Acord replacing David Markle at Cedarville.
Vernon Preston Martin Jr of Batavia, graduate of Alfred Holbrook College and Princeton, is appointed instructor in philosophy at Alfred Holbrook. He will teach Logic using Dr Cunningham's Logic text. He is son of Dr Vernon P Martin of Georgetown and pastor of Batavia Presbyterian Church.
The arms feature an oval shield divided into four quarters with symbols of justice Montevideo liberty and plenty. A golden rising sun crowns the shield, and olive branches wrap it with a blue ribbon at the base.
The Yucca, in many forms, is native to nearly every U S section. Eddie W Wilson notes in the New York Times that it held great economic value to early Americans. Its leaves yielded needles and thread for cloth, mats, rope, and sandals, while blades bound with sinew made fire drills, and dried stems served in hearth fire making.
The American lyceum began in Connecticut around 1826 when Josiah Holbrook proposed lectures on history art science and public questions for residents of Connecticut and neighboring Massachusetts. Attendees formed lyceum groups and Holbrook saw the movement as a means of national education.
Early Greek actors used the cothurnus a tall wooden shoe to raise height and distinguish tragedy credited to Aeschylus. In comedy the cothurnus was replaced by a different shoe with the same effect, enhancing stature on stage.
They bells like a carillon in Jamaica West Indies. They are attached to horse drawn vehicles and tuned alike.
The Owensville Grange holds its annual booster program on Thursday night September 29 at 8 pm in the school auditorium. Mayme Ulrey serves as lecturer and will combine the inspection with the booster program. guests may attend as the lecture hour is open. Bring guests and the dish for the Bricktoo hour.
Ohio per capita tax load is 88.16 dollars making Batavia residents pay 98651.04 annually, with over 63 percent from hidden taxes in higher prices. The National Consumers Tax Commission reports total Ohio taxes at 591,885,406 and plans to form state wide units led by Mrs. C. W. Walters and Mrs. Norbert B. Enneking.
Mr and Mrs Frank Dale of Edenton observed their fiftieth anniversary on Monday September 3 with an afternoon open house. Immediate family attended a noon dinner and Roy Dale of Chillicothe and Mr and Mrs Charles Baas joined the couple for celebrations as friends offered congratulations and best wishes.
A Collier's Weekly writer notes excessive sunburn can cause skin cancer in people and sheep. Australia is highlighted for cases where sun exposure on plains leads to cancer of the inner ear skin in sheep.
A Friday afternoon wreck at Amelia saw a draw bar drop on a trailer causing two trucks to be ditched. Injured were Mrs. Ridemann an attorney of Cincinnati G Wolser head of traffic division and Si Bluestein. Dr Scorce gave first aid. Two trucks were involved.
Mike Guilday 82 of Milford collapsed and died on the street in front of the Frank Scott home at 8 30 Friday morning. He retired from the Pennsylvania Railroad about ten years ago after a 50 year career and served as a supervisor for many years. He moved from Rend comb Cincinnati to Milford after his wife’s death and lived with his niece Catherine Guilday. He leaves a brother John and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 9 A M Monday at St Andrew's Church in Chaney of Che TehpiCeer a Byper
Bantam Grange No. 248 will conduct its yearly inspection on Thursday September 22. All members are urged to attend as Deputy Wright Wolf serves as the inspector.
The local church under Pastor Rev. Smith hosts Sunday school at 9 30 a m and morning worship at 10 80. Walter J Bauer serves as superintendent of the Sunday school in this community church notice.
Louis Bauer offers a fresh Jersey cow from Batavia. Identified as No 2 with phase 887, listed as 21tlp.
New auto driver's licenses were placed on sale Sept 15 to Oct 1, the deadline for obtaining them, announced by Frank West state registrar of motor vehicles. Persons driving after that date without new licenses face arrest. Renewals cost 40 cents. chauffeurs’ licenses 90 cents. Temporary 90 day licenses available for under 18 applicants needing driving experience and a subsequent exam. Deputy registrars named to handle licenses include a long list of local officials and towns such as La Bagby, Williams, Laurel, Goshen, Batavia, Milford, Marathon, Newtonsville, Higginsport, Georgetown.
Classified notice seeking tobacco for purchase and warehousing. Advertiser J. D. Wood requests tobacco aged seven years or more with any quantity up to 1200 pounds and provides contact via Batavia phone 482.
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