25 Jan 1940
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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1940
Page
1
Public School News lists third six weeks honor rolls with names across grade levels. The piece promotes a charity basketball triple header at Upper Sandusky gym on Tuesday January 30 at 7 pm, featuring Harpster vs Upper Sandusky, Salem vs McCutchenville, Carey vs Wharton, and Ada on the floor the prior evening, urging timely attendance to see reserve players first.
Miss HEstella Weaver is out of school with a serious illness and will undergo surgery on February 2. Miss Mattie Myers substitutes. Attendance is improving as mumps decline. The sectional tournament will be held February 29 to March 9 with the same counties and exempted schools as last year. Charles Heck and Darriel Kidwell named Junior Kiwanians for 9 weeks. Community civics and art appreciation are now in effect.
Carey high school fans celebrate after a comeback win over Vanlue Wildcats. Last season the Blue and White lost both meetings by slim margins, including a two point and a one point defeat.
W P Cole a 66 year old Marietta man was arrested in Bowling Green on charges of selling advertisements for a non existent fire prevention poster. He allegedly collected money from merchants in multiple Ohio towns and jumped a Fremont hotel bill after taking over 100 dollars.
A Bradner Advocate excerpt argues that while reform is needed, neither big nor small business, farming, politics, education, nor church institutions should be annihilated by taxation or government control. The piece stresses correcting faults rather than destroying institutions and notes both leaders and workers in industry are human and sometimes selfish.
John Deere Day in Carey will be observed at the Catholic hall on Tuesday February 6. The program will start at 7 45 p.m. Free lunch free prizes and a free picture show will be part of the entertainment. The public is invited.
Carey Farmers community club will meet next Monday evening at the K of C rooms. Charles F Riedel Chester A Riedel and David Needs are on the program Seom committee members Ralph Brown E Elfried and A C Camp will serve on the feed committees.
The Sportsmen's Bowling Alleys on S Vance street are now under the management of Glenn Walborn. Ladies are invited to form teams and enjoy the sport of bowling. The alleys are open daily from 12 noon until midnight, and on Sunday afternoons until 6 o'clock.
Clare Ewing of Boston son of Mrs J D Ewing of Carey has been elected president of the Quincy Massachusetts Boy Scout organization which marked its 21st anniversary last week with ceremonies and community events.
The P R S club will meet with Mrs Clarence Adelsperger next Thursday afternoon.
The Farmers' and Sportsmen's Protective association elected officers Tuesday evening with Robert Gardner as president G M Tong as first vice president Robert Spitler as second vice president and Leo Fisher as secretary treasurer. The club reports pheasant feeding and continued trapping at Stevens Thicket with 155 birds taken. The conservation department will supply about three crates of rabbits for distribution locally. The next meeting is Tuesday night February 13 at 830.
The Farmers and Sportsmen's Protective Association will sponsor a fox hunt next Saturday January 27 at 1 p m. The North Line will be Fox road from the Big Four crossing to route 53 The West Line starts at the Big Four crossing past Carrothers farm to route 23 to Crawford store The South Line runs from Crawford store east to Hetzel farm past H Mus grave farm then left and east to route 53 The East Line is route 63 The event does not require a 1940 hunting license All invited should attend at 1 p m to begin the hunt.
Three charity basketball games to aid infantile paralysis relief will be held in the Union school gymnasium Upper Sandusky Tuesday January 30. Proceeds after expenses go to President Roosevelt's fund. Gates open 6 389 p.m. first game at 7 p.m. featuring Upper Sandusky vs Harpster. Salem vs McCutchenville at 8 15 p.m. Carey vs Wharton at 9 30 p.m. Admission 26 and 35 cents. Tickets from Carey high school students Walter H Day and Carl F Hudson chair Wyandot county committee urging community support.
Tonight January 25 the Elks lodge holds Carey Night with 9 candidates from Carey to be initiated. The Carey members will total nearly 30 after the ceremony and a dinner will be served in the club rooms before the meeting.
A regular communication of Ca rey Lodge No 420 F and A M will be held January 26 1940. Work in the Master Mason degree for Thomas A Reber of Upper Sandusky district deputy grand master of the 16th district will be present. Dinner will be served at 6:30 o'clock.
The January 29 session at Wharton Institute will showcase WLW radio stars the Girls of the Golden West and the Drifting Pioneers. Attendees are urged to attend this Community event.
The village council will receive bids on a combined job for extra police and street supervision. Bids are due Monday evening January 29, 1940. Mayor B M Bachar announces the submission process.
The Salem Centralized high school alumni association will present Grandma Goes Hollywood next Wednesday January 31 at 8 p m Directed by Miss Helen Berg the cast includes George Phillpitts Ivan Schoenberger Emma Phillpitts Elizabeth Logsdon Phyllis Phillpitts Donna Ruth Beidelschiel Gram Dorothy Pfeifer Bradford Jones Henry Davidson Mrs Brad Jones Doris Gottfried Jasmine Mrs Charles Pfeifer Janet Lovelee Ruth Berg Randy Knowles Glenn Frank Alexis Sharpthorne Harold Sims Lily Browne Miriam Gottfried
Ohio conservation officials announce a 1940 law requiring anglers to wear a specially identified license with a visible button. The button doubles as a license holder with no extra charge and is designed to display the license face. Hunters will also receive waterproof cloth licenses instead of metal tags.
The annual Good Citizenship Pilgrimage contest for senior high school girls will be held in the common pleas court room at the courthouse in Upper Sandusky at 10 am on Saturday February 3. Each first grade high school in the county may send a representative to take the examination. The top state winner earns an all expense trip to Washington DC with state representation. the next five state high scorers receive a free trip to Columbus.
The American Legion Auxiliary social committee met last Monday with Mrs Charles Calmes Mrs William Weaver Mrs George Remlinger and Mrs Harry Niederkohr. They schedule a February 25 meeting including Mrs J A Schira Mrs A F Byers Mrs J G Altwater and Mrs Raymond Campbell and plan a potluck February 15 to entertain Earl Green Post of the American Legion.
Louis Jacques suffered a severe bruise to his left leg after being knocked down by a stone at the National Lime and Stone Co plant. He fell ten feet, was taken to Findlave hospital Sunday afternoon, and returned home Monday afternoon.
Rev B L Lee attended the revival led by Rev W L Mullet of Wooster at St Pauls Evangelical Church Findlay Monday evening. The meetings will continue over the next week with Mullet described as an earnest preacher of the Gospel whose messages are deep and spiritual.
Fire of undetermined origin leveled the Methodist church in North Baltimore early Sunday morning causing about 50000 dollars in damages. Insurance coverage covers less than half of the loss.
The Peoples Bank will inaugurate a savings department on Thursday February 1 with pass books checks deposit slips and bookkeeping equipment ordered. The bank has 40000 capital stock 50000 surplus 22150 undivided profits and is FDIC insured up to 5000 per depositor. The service aims to help residents save for rainy days and build cash reserves.
Ruth Ingels of Toledo, a tap dancing specialist, is highlighted among visiting instructors for a one day convention by the Cleveland and Ohio Association of Dancing Teachers at the Mayflower Hotel in Akron on January 21. Other instructors include Eddie Han of Toledo and Walter Camryn of Chicago with Louise Ege of Chicago teaching ballroom dancing. A banquet and dance will close the event for members and friends.
Parishioners completed three weeks of interior reconstruction at Catholic Hall transforming the space. The updated hall now suits indoor social activities and games for youths. A formal opening is held tonight with a Big Penny Beano, and everybody is welcome.
A fine crowd attended the Townsend club meeting at the American Legion rooms Monday evening. Talking pictures displayed the proposed workings of the Townsend plan, followed by a music program. Three new members were received into the club. Similar picture programs will be held every two weeks at the Legion hall.
The Queen Esther class of Christ Lutheran church hosts a sauer kraut supper in the church parlors on Wednesday evening January 31 starting at 6 oclock. Menu includes roast pork mashed potatoes sauer kraut or buttered peas and carrots baked apples pretties pie bread and butter and coffee. Price is 25 cents.
Stockholders of the Carey Farmers Co operative Co will hold their annual meeting at the Catholic hall Thursday January 25. Dinner will be served at 12 00 noon by Memorial Evangelical church ladies and the meeting will follow immediately after.
Miss Claire Gipson of Upper Sandusky will visit Carey on Friday January 19 and Friday January 26 to assist vendors with completing their sales tax reports. Vendors are advised to bring their latest report to the public library.
Farm Bureau Council Group 5 Section 3 will meet at the home of Mr Iph Hunferd Friday evening January 26. This will be the first meeting in the new year and officers will be elected.
The Carey Moose invite attendance at the President's Birthday Ball on Wednesday night January 31 at their hall. Tickets are 25 cents, on sale at local businesses, with music by a Moose orchestra starting 9 00 p.m. A floor show and mixed singing aim to entertain all ages. Proceeds aid infantile paralysis research.
Eleanor McChesney daughter of Mr and Mrs W S McChesney of West Findlay street has a poem in the holiday edition of The Skylark magazine published by the Jeanette McDonald club Alma G Calligan leads the Oakland California club located at 1723 Fifth Avenue Eleanor a club member admires Miss McDonald The poem extols a beloved muse praising beauty virtue and steadiness and asks the beloved to stay true to her ideal
Wood county commissioners and township trustees barred tractors with picks spuds spikes and similar equipment from operating on improved highways. Violators will be prosecuted. Farmers warned against plowing roadsides damaging berms and driving on roads at end of furrows. Warning signs to be erected. the bodies will prosecute violators. Action taken to prevent damage to roads by farming activities.
John Adam Orth, longtime Dunkirk resident and Hardin county farmer and lumberman, died Saturday night after a 66 week illness. Born February 26 1836 in Wayne county Ohio, he lived nearly all his life in Hardin county and homesteaded two miles east of Dola before retiring. He was the son of Adam and his German-born wife who came to Hardin county in a covered wagon.
Mary Elizabeth Haferd a St Mary of the Springs College Columbus student won third prize in a national 250 word essay contest on good grooming and what it means to college girls Harret Hubbard Aver traveling kit awarded with the prize.
The Carey Moose will initiate two groups of 30 candidates this evening. The Foster a lodge staff will conduct the ceremony and lunch will be served after the initiation.
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