Box social at Upper school and town robbery report
A box social and entertainment is planned at the Upper school Friday evening with ladies bringing boxes. The J. C. Dow residence on West Main Street was robbed Sunday evening, with two cameo rings $30 in War Savings stamps $1.50 in cash a pearl necklace and two unopened Christmas boxes taken.
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Bec
Ruth Tong
J. C. Dow
W. Main Street
Nichols
Dows
Fréd Mitchell
Virginia Ardiné
Loren Huston
Wharton
United Evangelical Missionary Society
George Perkins
C. R. Tate
Elza Jacobs
S. S. Hart
J. J. Stoll
Jacob Hilty
N. Vance Street
Byron Ogg
Fordyce
William
Irene Gillett
Clair Lytle
Harold Houk
Findlay
China
Europe
Joseph Weldon
Henry's
H. L. Pahl
D. B. Krout
Mt. Blanchard
Bright
Ilo Wonder
State Office
Kennedy
Carey
A. G. Collet
Cleveland
G. M. Kurtz
Akron
H. H. Mitchell
John Homer
Columbus
Florence Dow
Springfield
Merle Dow
Toledo
H. L. Tracy Et al
Lavina R. Pahl
St. Paul
John Hulbert
P.R.S Club Hosts Christmas Gift Exchange
Mrs. Forrest Wenner entertained the P.R.S. Club Thursday afternoon with socializing and a Christmas gift exchange. Lunch featured pressed chicken sandwiches escalloped oysters potato salad pickles ice cream cake cocoa popcorn balls and candy. Guests included Mrs. Beebe Fruth Smith Bre Wen nec Edmund Lonsway Mare Lonsway George Lonsway Mrs. R. M. Lonsway and Frank Miller. Audrey contracts chicken pox with only her father having had it.
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Forrest Wenner
P.R.S. Club
Wenner
F. C. Beebe
Jacob Fruth
Robert Smith
Bre Ventre Wennec
Mable Smith
Carey area notes include births, arrivals, and local visits
December 19 1940 local brief from Carey Fremont area reports surgery on Mrs George Haferd removal of two goiters visits by family and social committee news. Also notes on traffic stop sign enforcement, births at local homes, a long walk by Elza Jacobs, church group visits Toledo and a child’s death, school levy oversight and local residents travel and Christmas tree gift from Idaho to Carey.
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George Haferd
Carey
Fremont
Blanche Haferd
Mollie Lortz
Edward Haferd
Marjorie Haferd
Irvin Tiell
Earl Green Post
American Legion
Linus Myers
E. South Street
Dayton Soldiers Home
Myers
Mervin Shafer
J. T. Stombaugh
J. A. Vaughn
Lawrence Bland
Elizabeth
Robert Gardner
E. North Street
Highway Patrol
William Lear
Marseilles
Driver
Board of Education
Frank Brown
Marvin Caudill
Marilyn Chambers
Irva Claude
Robert Gatchel
Junior Holida
Carolyn Jacobs
George Lasley
Howard Litteral
Samuel McChesney
Jane Ann Mitchell
Genevieve Putnam
Florence Ritter
Geraldine Salyer
Ray Williams
Near Sycamore
John Puchta
W. South Street
Puchta
S. Lake Street
Vanlue
L. E. Offenbacher
Bellefontaine
Jimmy Patterson
Wallace Ruehle
Bowling Green
Florence
Children of Our Lady of Consolation School
Leo T. Jones
Carey Theatre
Why More Government In Business?
The Post Office Department weighs a facsimile email style mail service using public funds, risking direct competition with Western Union which boasts vast global fax networks. The piece argues such a shift echoes government overreach and would burden taxpayers while undermining private enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union
New York Daily News
Saskatchewan Plate Colors Flag Safe to Dangerous Drivers
The Canadian province of Saskatchewan issues license plates in white blue and red to denote safety records. White signals safe drivers, blue indicates minor violations or accidents, and red warns of a bad driving record. Red plate holders face driving-privilege loss after serious violations, while the plates aim to curb risk and alert others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
District of Columbia
Eisenhower
Rail freight shifts threaten city streets with large truck-to-rail swap
A quiet revolution in U S railroading aims to move up to a million truckloads of freight from congested roads to rail in a single year. Taxes and public spending trends show 1959 and 1950s patterns, with federal shares increasing in public assistance.
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United States
Tax Foundation
States
Large Ford check sets banking record in 1956
The Ford Motor Company drew the largest known check for 642.6 million dollars on January 26, 1956, payable to the Ford Foundation from proceeds of Ford stock sold to the public.
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Ford Motor Company
Ford Foundation
Ford
Portland
Ore
Crescent
City
Calif
West Coast
Rhode Island
Iceland
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The
Carey Times
Audrey
Edmund Lonsway
Fostoria
Mare Lonsway
George Lonsway
New Riegel
Frank Miller
Mary Catherine King
Detroit
Sylvester Jesko
National Red Cross Nursing Service
First Reserve
Army Nursing Corps
Fort Custer
Battle Creek
Mich
Methodist Church
Friendly Center
Goodwill Industries
Barbara Ann Ruffing
Charles Ruffing
South Street
John Sheridan
Coeurs d'Alene
Idaho
C.D. Sheridan
Oregon
St Lams
Grass Roots ‘Opinion
Lucian
U. S
Newsweek
Traffic Safety Commission
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