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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1937
Page
5
Goshen and Locust Corner communities share a flurry of visits, calls, and small gatherings. Notables include visitors from Akron Buffalo Detroit and Louisville, with church and school events noted and a new pastor welcomed in Locust Corner.
Amelia residents host and visit friends over the weekend. Weddings, receptions, and church events mark a busy period with gatherings at homes in Avon Dale Middletown and Hamlet. Notable items include Herbert Hunt and Miss Lucile Wheatley's marriage and a charity welcome party for Rev. and Mrs. Hazelwood at the Amelia Methodist Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Balzhier and daughter Cora along with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Elsner visited the Zoo on Sunday. The newlyweds Alex and Mrs. Evans returned from Pennsylvania and hosted friends in Mt. Auburn. others included Marie Carlier Ed Stuart and families visiting across Mt. Auburn Owensville Milford Georgetown and Cincinnati areas.
Mrs Emma Stall visited her sister Mrs Elizabeth Morgan last week. Dr J L Formorin and wife spent Wednesday with William Fomorin and wife in Owensville. Mrs James Malott stayed with her sister Mrs Rose Rhine of Cincinnati. Mr and Mrs Louie Hobson attended the Carthage Fair. Mr and Mrs Ralph Curtis visited Saturday evening with her parents Mr and Mrs Earl Gorman of Williamsburg. Oakley residents Mr and Mrs Mark Stomet and wife were guests Monday. Marathon PTA met Tuesday evening with Mrs Charles Atwood president. meetings set for the second Tuesday of each month.
Messrs Clayton Hitt Billy Jones and Lloyd Smith left for New York City to attend the Legion convention. Mrs Harry Floyd entertained her Sunday School class on Thursday eve. Miss Marguerite Demaris of Hamersville stayed with Miss Eleanor Love. Mrs Louise Wielert visited Mrs Anna Henning and daughter Leo at Hennings Mills. Mr and Mrs Charles Beck and son Eddie of Dayton were guests at E R Beck's. Mr and Mrs Frank Jesicke and Misses Wilma and Mary Stroup of Cincinnati visited Mrs Roy Ellsberry and family. Mr and Mrs E J Fagley of Readling visit Bethel relatives. Norton Lee Hill of Dayton spent Sunday with his parents. Mrs Jennie Kloman and Misses Hannah Hughs and Margery Ellsberry attended a Cincinnati wedding Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Corsi of Bethel visits W W Carlisle while her husband attends the Legion convention in New York City. Rev G L Fox and family renew as pastor in McDermott for another year. Mr. and Mrs. C M Edwards attend Bert Ketchum farm reunion. Families visit relatives in Cincinnati and Saylor Park. several weddings and birthdays celebrated.
Clermont County commissioners met in adjourned session with all members present. They examined and approved a long list of bills including gas tax WPA work, equipment rentals, supplies for courthouse and jail, medical care, gas and maintenance, and various payrolls.
County Agent Roy Battles has a list of approved hybrid seed corn for 1988 planting. Growers and farmers may obtain a copy. supply is expected to exhaust by January. The list of varieties proven suitable to Clermont soils is available at the agent’s office. Prices for hybrid seed are expected to be somewhat lower than last year.
Woodland Park closes for the season as residents make relocations and social visits. Wm Roudebush and family return to Milford. James Prine and family move into the Roudebush homestead. Happenings include a Harvest Festival trip to Blanchester and visits by Lucille Dumford of Milford and Helen Freeman of New York City.
Entries indicate at least 1,000 head of the country’s best dairy cattle will be exhibited when the National Dairy Show opens in Columbus from October 9 to 16.
Harvard researchers at the Hopi Reservation announce a long term dig in the Jeddito valley. They report the area as the oldest continuously inhabited US region with a 300 A D occupation evident in excavations.
Sacramento California construction rushes toward a January 1939 completion of a premier military air depot. The 1200 acre site northeast of Sacramento will include a vast engineering shop of 900 by 600 feet with 5350 tons of steel and a 90 foot control tower. It will house three 4000 by 150 foot runways and a ten acre supply depot while employing about 500 civilians and 25 to 40 officers with 150 enlisted men once operational.
Officials of the American Dental society report about 25 million dollars of gold used annually for tooth fillings plus 5 million dollars in silver and platinum. The group notes 10 million sets of false teeth in use in the United States, growing by 750 thousand sets each year.
Mr and Mrs William H DeFrehn in Saratoga Springs New York report a pear tree unexpectedly bore cherries this season after eight summers of pear picking. They noticed the tree had more blossoms than usual before fruiting and concluded the fruit were cherries.
In 19th century Michigan accounts claim tribal cannibalism among Native groups. Rev. Isaac McCoy recounted Pokagon of the Pottawatomie telling him Sauk enemies ate prisoners. Evidence cited includes an 1825 Osage execution and broader claims by historians that cannibalism was not uncommon among tribes such as the Potowatomies.
Eight year old Catherine Freeman was found safe after a chain stitch on her dress showing the address 1601 A street Washington DC helped rescuers locate her. She was returning from South Carolina to meet her mother at a station but the mother was delayed.
The Navy outlines a broad Pacific defense expansion by end of 1938. It will deploy 140 PBY-2 patrol bombers across a semicircular defense from the Aleutians to Panama, with squadrons in Hawaii, Panama, Seattle, and San Diego. Each plane carries a 10 000 pound bomb load, a six to seven man crew, and 4000 mile range.
The Daniel Boone death house in St. Charles Missouri will be restored to its original look. Colonel Francis Marion Curlee of St. Louis, Boone’s descendant, owns the property bought in 1904 by Henry Bollman and transferred to Curlee in 1925. The 1810 structure has 2.5 foot thick walls and features reproductions of pioneer furnishings a sunlit dining room a timbered ceiling and a library with about 2 000 books including works on Boone and dueling codes.
Paw Paw residents and filling station attendants explain the town name, noting it stems from the Paw Paw river and paw paw trees named by Indians. The township was renamed from Lafayette in 1867, a tale locals say they repeat many times daily.
Grover Conzer state forester announces completion of 138 demonstration windbreaks on rural credit department farms in Minnesota. Each windbreak has an outer snow catching belt with 500 Siberian pea trees and an inner belt of 300 American elms 300 green ash and 200 spruce. A lane between belts traps drifting snow and wind erosion control planting includes 60 000 trees in three counties.
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