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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1955
Page
9
Local briefs compiled for Thursday December 29 1955 cover community items in Carey Ohio. Highlights include updates from area schools churches and civic organizations with short notices on upcoming events and local happenings.
Cash Christmas gifts totaling more than 21400 were given to Kroger Co. employees in the Toledo area. The distribution was announced by Carl Fuller manager of the Toledo branch. All staff with six months service received checks except those under a company incentive plan, which will get theirs in early 1956. This marks 18 consecutive years of Christmas checks.
A sale of products made by the blind will be sponsored by the Carey Jaycees to raise funds. The local group invites community support and details of vendors and hours are expected in a forthcoming notice.
Donald 5. Wilson, president of the Jaycees, plans to display prod ucts such as boiling board covers and clothing bags at a local business. On Thursday morning, Jan. 5, Jaycee members will call prospective customers to take orders with delivery expected around Jan. 13, supporting civic projects and aid for the blind seeking self reliance.
We thank all who helped us win bicycles by voting at Mapes Rexall Drug Store during the recent contest. Names Vicki Vehrs and David Burson appear as signers.
Several residents near Carey and Wharton are listed as sick or recovering. Wallace Williams, 12, was homes from Mercy Hospital Tiffin after observation and tests. Kay Saunders of Adrian had leg surgery at Mercy Tiffin and will recover at home. Willis Walter, northeast of Carey, returned home from Blanchard Valley Hospital after an emergency appendectomy and is improving slowly. Cedric Beard near Carey was rushed to Blanchard Valley with a flu attack and sent home after treatment. Dominic Pieranunzio of 208 Dow Street was admitted for X-ray examination. Betty Rife, 6, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Rife near Wharton, had a tonsillectomy and returned home.
High game by D Weaver 191 and high series by M J Kurtz 479 lead the Women s League on December 26 1955. HONOR ROLL lists Foster Kirtz Mull holand Bees Hotelling Canade Heck Wickham Courtad Wentling Krom and others with scores ranging from 141 to 171.
Mr and Mrs George Wiseley of Findlay hosted a Christmas dinner for their children and grandchildren with guests from Fostoria Toledo Tiffin Alvada Columbus Carey Bowling Green and more. Hosts Dorsey Lehman and S M Romig welcomed relatives at homes in Tiffin and on W Findlay Street.
The record shows results from a bowling league recounting team matchups and scores. Carey Implement leads with 42 points, Natl Lime & Stone Nos. 1 and 2 follow, while high games reach 235 to 235 by E Logsdon and J Garn. Scheduled dec 29 events include Ohio Fuel Gas, Kurtz Shoes, and others.
Families from Carey Findlay Tiffin Bellevue and Columbus share holiday meals. Relatives including C. J. Adelsperger Glenn Jeffers Luella Remlinger Owen Burks and Stombaughs gather for dinners and long distance calls from Sun Valley California.
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