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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1939
Page
2
A satirical column surveys Hitler Stalin and Nazi Germany with quips on wire tapping radio and politics. It riffs on Finland Russia America and public life, mixing humor with sharp cultural and wartime allusions, referencing Will Rogers Bricker Roosevelt and broader wartime anxieties.
Sophomores will present a class play titled Bashful Mr Bobbs on February 10 with the cast to be announced later. Senior class selected Treva Rickle and Harold Corbin as class orators for commencement. Local basketball teams won both girls and boys games.
Luther Higgins 18 and Dor sey 20 of Vanlue were in a head on crash with a large Mack truck on Route 224 about 12:30 a.m. Saturday five miles west of Tiffin. Dor sey, driving, escaped serious injury while Luther remained critical with possible skull fracture. Both were taken to Mercy hospital Tiffin by ambulance. The truck driver James Stitzel of Brazil Indiana and Mack Proctor operated the tractor trailer for Stitzel Motor Co. Sheriff Verne F. Deats investigated.
Herman Saxon aged 58 of Detroit died after a Friday afternoon crash on Route 23 a mile south of Fostoria. He was thrown from an overturned car driven by Michael V. Di Salle a Toledo lawyer. Di Salle and his father Anthony uninjured. The driver said gravel caused a skid and Saxon’s hand on the door handle likely opened it.
Herbert S Bigelow of Cincinnati told a Columbus state committee that a new pension battle will be tied to 1940. He pledged the same pension amounts age limits and revenue sources with clarified definitions. He said he will actively participate in the next primary and general election.
John A Hartford president of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea company announced a $1 500 000 distribution to employees earning under $5 200 annually who have been with the company more than six months.
Notice bans hunting or trespassing at all times on land owned or controlled by named parties. Listed landowners include William Slotterbeck Charley Hayman The Sutphen Farm Ervin K Wonder W J Sopher S M Romig. Names may be added for 26 cents each.
Low mass times 6 30 and 8 am. High Mass at 40730 am. Rosary and Benediction 2 30 pm. Weekday Masses 6 30 am and 8 15 am. Reverend Father Paul Vollrath pastor and Reverend Joseph Herp assistant.
Lutheran Church rev Paul R Clouser pastor announces Sunday 9 16 a m Sunday school with Lawrence Wenner general superintendent. Service 10 a m features pageant A Star in the Sky by the Sunday school. Christmas day 6 a m service. Vespers 7 30 p m December 27 choir 8 15 p m. Office and reading room open daily.
CAREY MEMORIAL EVANGELICAL CHURCH spends Christmas week with a 10:30 a.m. morning worship sermon on The Soul of Christmas and a 6:30 p.m. EBLC E program Blood Tidings of Great Joy. A Friday ELC E meeting will name officers and hold a Christmas exchange. 1940 Sunday School officers are listed.
The notice lists a 9:30 a.m. church school with age-group classes, a 10:30 a.m. worship service, an Epworth League at 6:15 p.m. with carol singing for shut-ins, a 3:40 p.m. Wednesday weekday school, junior choir at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, and senior choir at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The church invites all to attend and promises a friendly welcome.
Evangelistic services at St. Paul Evangelical church near Vantue continue this week led by Pastor O R Reiff. The gatherings are described as good, spiritual meetings inviting all to attend and participate.
Mt Blanchard updates include Miss Mabel Foster accepting a Findlay position and social visits among Arlington friends. Local church groups held Christmas programs and exchanges with several members noted, while the Parent Teacher association showcased student contributors and elected officers.
Elizabeth Shirk daughter of Mr and Mrs Leroy Shirk of 820 Park Kenton and Esther Suber son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Suber of Wharton were united in a Sunday morning wedding at the Wharton Church of God with Rev W C BF Nef officiating in a single ring ceremony. Attendants were Miss Frances Montgomery of Kenton and Wilbert Bohien of Wharton. The bride wore navy crepe with blue accessories and roses for a corsage. the groom wore a suit matching the teal blue dress of his attendants. After the ceremony refreshments were served at the bride’s parents home and the couple will reside on a farm northeast of Wharton. An evening social followed at the couple’s home with friends and neighbors.
Ordinance 208 fixes the Secretary’s pay at 90 dollars monthly and requires a 5000 dollar bond before duties. It repeals Ordinance 228 of January 12, 1932 and other conflicting ordinances. The measure takes effect after legal waiting and publication. Passed December 18, 1939 in Carey Village Council. This summary notes mayor P A Hendricks and Clerk Jacob Nitrauer.
Ordinance 299 repeals 267 from November 22, 1937 and sets the Village Clerk of Carey salary at sixty dollars per month paid semi monthly. Bond of one thousand dollars required before duties. Effective after legal publication. Passed December 18, 1939 by Mayor P Hendricks with Clerk Jacob Nitrauer attesting.
Ordinance No. 300 repeals Ordinance No. 227 and sets the Carey marshal salary at 115 dollars per month paid semi monthly. The marshal must post a 1000 dollar bond before duties. The measure takes effect after legal processing and publication. Attest: Clerk Jacob Nitrauer.
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