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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1940
Page
2
Eloise Thrall editor and publisher notes the Carey Times is published every Thursday and entered at Carey Ohio post office as second class mail. Subscriptions by advance priced at two dollars yearly, six months for one dollar, and three months for eighty cents.
A column of varied jabs and quips on postwar Europe trade and politics. Observations touch markets for American wheat, reforms in Europe, tobacco and bacon etiquette, political campaigns, and misc notes from sports and society.
McComb officials warn business district violators as the last day approaches to remove outside toilets and connect to the sewer. Mayor J Mears Barger notes a 40 day window for compliance and hints further enforcement of indoor plumbing rules.
Ivan R Gongwer of Upper Sandusky said the Seneca county board of elections erred in not certifying him as the Democratic candidate for state senator in the 13th-31st district and plans to seek a mandamus from the Ohio Supreme Court. Secretary of State George M Neffner had advised declaring Gongwer the nominee, while the board held to its ruling that no nominee exists.
Jacob Scheff, 84, a French native who became an American citizen at naturalization in Bucyrus four weeks earlier, died July 26 after climbing courthouse steps and being carried into the courtroom for his citizenship papers. He had lived in Bucyrus since age 14.
Vanlue United Brethren and Union churches hold morning and evening services with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and communion observed in Union. Rev C B Longbrake and Rev J L Burton lead. A flurry of local visits and social news follows with many residents from Findlay, Carey, Kenton, Fostoria and Toledo dropping by, hosting relatives, and attending events. The school staff changes include Miss Doris Courtright and Miss Arlene Young joining Vanlue schools, and the Gideons receiving permission to place Bibles in classrooms.
The Gideons propose placing a Bible in each schoolroom at no charge to the board of education with teachers to read daily. The board approved September as the opening term date for 1940 41, with September 3 set as the first pupil day and a teachers meeting on opening day.
The Emmerine property at 935 North Main Street in Fostoria was sold by Mrs. Catherine Emerine Wray to Mrs. J. G. Green of 324 South Union Street. After failed sheriff sales, Seneca County Common Pleas Court allowed private sale for the residence. Green bought it as an investment and may not plan a definite future use.
A set of ten quiz prompts covering poetry quotes biblical references Shakespeare and vocabulary. Includes lines from a poem the tiller of the ground a jawbone slay a thousand with a jawbone and the meaning of the word macron plus a Shakespearean character and a noted quotation about greatness.
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