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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1939
Page
2
The Carey Times lists subscription prices in advance: one year $2.09, six months $1.00, and three months 60 cents. Editor Eloise Thrall oversees publication each Thursday from Carey Ohio with post office second class mail status.
A collection of satirical notes by Herbert H. Miller touching on the 1930s political scene. Jokes on the White House, neutrality on Thanksgiving, Irish Republican Bund, Michigan Governor Dickinson, a Rockport jail with oil paintings, Alcatraz, ants, a new British destroyer, old and modern terms, treasury deficits, Ramoth, Charley Ross, Judge Crater, Redfern, Byrd, and various public issues. The tone is brisk editorial whimsy with topical references.
A historical note predicts a $200 automobile as cheap transport, comparing it to a time when bicycles became affordable yet people did not rush to own them. The piece hints at shifts in consumer appetite for low cost personal conveyances.
Mrs Gail Qman holds a Findlay post while Ralph and Ada Clark and Elmer Kimmel welcome new babies. Road accidents hospital stay. families tour Adrian Michigan and island park events. Visits span Norton Cleveland Mt Gilead Carey and Sanibel Island with W P Edie home gatherings.
Mary Lou Wortman aged 20 of Findlay sustained a severed arm when the car she rode in collided with a truck near Sandusky east city limits Saturday night. The driver Raymond R Hentges of Toledo was arrested for operating under the influence. he remained in custody as arraignment continued. Wortman, daughter of Mr and Mrs Vincent Wortman, lost significant blood and required a transfusion. She is employed in Toledo.
The Elder Son takes his estate share and buys 4 percent government bonds yielding 142 percent. He moves to Fasy Street and sits well. The Younger Son uses his funds to bid on a farm sold to cover a federal self liquidating loan, buys a tractor and a combine, and profits from wheat and corn. The Younger Son hires the Elder Son to drive his tractor as a sign he is not entirely unkind.
Over 50 Wright family members attended the annual reunion at Elm Hills. George Lowery was elected president with Kenneth O'Brien as vice president and Mrs. Mary Carlin of Findlay as secretary treasurer. The 1940 reunion will be held at Elm Hills on the third Sunday in August.
A 16-signature petition asks Findlay board to retransfer a southern Marion township segment back to Vanlue. Superintendent Ray says the tract would revert if approved and notes the area was recently transferred to Findlay under a court-ordered process.
The Farm Bureau Council Group No 4 met south of Carey with12 members and visitors. Thoburn Baker presided and C J Walters spoke on Rural Life Day at Heidelberg University Tiffin. Urban McBeth led discussions and refreshments followed. Next meeting set with Mr and Mrs Charles Robison south of Carey.
Hancock County Board of Education approves Willard Daniels Roy Lee Ralph Gamberling Carl Barger Carl Beaver and A C Beck as bus drivers for Vanlue schools. H M Thompson is listed as substitute driver for the coming year.
Toledo police hunt a 33 year old man sought for abducting a 24 year old woman from Carey Ohio. She was forced into his employer's car at Huron and Locust and later assaulted on city outskirts before returning to a Huron street rooming house. The suspect has prior molesting charges and a 45 day workhouse sentence.
A renewed law pays landlords renting to indigent tenants with certificates equal to one-twelfth of annual property taxes, usable to cover taxes. A second law allows public school cafeterias to serve parent teacher associations and similar education organizations, expanding beyond pupils and teachers. The Carey Times continues to offer exemption blanks.
Notice to fiduciary surviving spouse legatees heirs and creditors that on August 22 1939 H G Chambers as Executor of Laura E Geiger deceased filed a schedule of debts. Hearing set for September 2 1939 at 9 o clock in the Court of Common Pleas Probate Division Wyandot County Ohio. Exceptions to the schedule must be filed five days before hearing. Judge Russell H Kear.
On the twenty second day of August, 1939 HOG Chambers as Executor presented a schedule of debts against the estate in Wyandot County Ohio in the Probate Division of the Court of Common Pleas. Exceptions to the schedule must be filed five days before the hearing date at 9:30 A.M. in this Court.
The Wentling family reunion was held at the home of Mr and Mrs Wesley Phillips and family near Adrian on Sunday August 20 with 68 in attendance. New officers were elected for the coming year including Cloyce Wentling Carey as president Audrey Musgrave Wharton as vice president W E Cole Carey as treasurer and Miss Wealtha Wentling Carey as secretary A short program followed and attendees from several distant places joined in the event.
A speaker confesses fear of being listed in the death column after months of illness. The dialogue reflects worry over appearance in the newspaper with the live concern of eroding visibility and potential bad news.
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