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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1944
Page
1
Mr and Mrs Forrest Baker of north of Carey received a telegram from the war department stating their son Lt John Baker had been missing in action over Austria since May 29. He served in the Army Air Corps as a navigator on a Liberator bomber.
Over 200 Luther Leaguers from northwest Ohio will gather at First Lutheran Church Findlay for the Western conference convention and declamation contest. The event opens with registration at 5 pm, a devotional at 3 30, and a 3 45 contest featuring six entrants from Toledo Lima LaPelle Fontaine Carey. Joyce Snyder, Carey winner, competes for Western honors. the winner advances to Lakeside in July for the Synod of Ohio Peace prize.
Ardine Gottfried a Bowling Green State University junior receives three campus honors in one week. She is named Cap and Gown honorary member elected president of the senior Delta Gamma chapter and president of the Women's Self Government Association.
In Washington Sr Lt H Kirtland Straw will take a 10 day furlough in late June to visit his parents Mr and Mrs L E Straw in Cleveland. He was ordered last February to return to Washington D C from Whiting Field Milton Florida and is currently assisting the personnel offices and instructing supervisors of the civil service commission in the bureau of aeronautics building.
The Evangelical branch WM S convention of the Ohio conference begins this evening at Linwood Park Vermilden and runs through Sunday afternoon. Delegates from Memorial Evangelical Church include Mrs Samuel Newcomer representing the W M S and Mrs Cloyce Rader representing the mission band.
The Mary-Martha class of Christ Lutheran Sunday School will hold a regular meeting next Monday evening June 19 at the home of Mrs Melvin Hotelling on W North Street. Assisting hostesses will be Mrs Gail Newell Mrs Martha Spensler Mrs Ralph Tanner and Mrs Thomas Calkins.
We thank neighbors and friends for beautiful cards and for flowers and potted plants sent to Mr Wonder on his birthday. Mr and Mrs Elmer Wonder.
Pythian Sisters Carey temple number 169 meet at Castle Hall this evening at 8 o clock. A committee for April May and ruse birthdays will entertain after the meeting.
Crawford chapter No 168 O BR S. will meet at the Masonic hall Friday evening at 8 o clock. Following the meeting a committee will entertain with a Flag Day program.
General meeting held this evening at the high school building to explain the Fifth War Loans Drive. Speaker Mr Olpp and Mr Houptard urged dedication to victory, noting recent heavy bomber losses and casualties to inspire enrollment and surpass bond rally goals.
Air Joseph C. Vaughn 20 son of Mr and Mrs J A Vaughn Carey Ohio was graduated Monday May 22 from the Army air forces flexible gunnery school at Fort Myers Florida He is now qualified as an aerial gunner and will train in navigation as an aviation cadet Upon completion he will receive a commission as a second lieutenant and join a bomber crew for overseas duty He has served 15 months in the Army Hundreds of gunners are graduated weekly at the Fort Myers school The six week course covers skeet shooting and firing from power operated turrets on four engined bombers over the Gulf of Mexico
Real estate tax books are open for June or second half of 1943 and close July 20, 1944 under new state tax House Bill No 8. Details include official notice of tax book availability and deadlines for reading and payment.
H. B. Keller left Tuesday morning for Marshalltown Iowa and entered the Wolfe cataract clinic Wednesday morning. A cataract will be removed from his left eye and he will undergo treatment for the right eye. He expects to return to Carey in about three weeks.
The Carey Times announces it will resume publishing after a missed issue due to staff shortages. A four page edition was printed on May 48 and 25, apologizing to subscribers for non delivery and promising the paper will continue regularly.
Meth odist Student Day will be observed at the Methodist Sunday school with a play We Offer Thee Our Youth and a choir. Key participants include Betty Patsy Laird Margaret Ann Schira Joyce Jenkins Joan Cole Marilyn Dible Phyllis Snyder and many others. The offering supports the Methodist Student Loan Fund which provides loans up to 750 during training. About 6000 loans are made yearly. Mr Vernon Huston is the pianist and decorating and program chairs are named.
The Evangelical camp meeting at Byal Park Finalay closes Sunday after five days of services led by Dr Williams and a visiting Evangelical party. Daily ring and tabernacle services start at 7 30 pm and 8 00 pm with afternoon talks on The Higher Levels of the Christian Life. Attendance last Sunday reached about 49 from Memorial Evangelical Church.
A weekly Saturday night dance at the Eagles hall features round and square dancing to the Victory Boosters. Door prizes of eight dollars in war stamps are offered.
On Sunday evening June 18 at 15 oclock Miss Eleanor McChesney a Heidelberg College junior will present a benefit violin recital for the Woman's Society of Christian Service Circle No 3 Carey Methodist Church. She is assisted by Joan Cole Vernon Huston Jr Mrs Wesley Wonder and others in a program including Mozart Bach Massenet Kreisler and Viotti Wieniawski with piano and violin accompaniment. The audience is invited and the recital will be in the church Sunday school auditorium for cooler conditions.
Ronald K. Simonis 23 son of Mr and Mrs John L Simonis 510 W Findlay Carey Ohio is enrolled as an aviation cadet in the pre flight school at Maxwell Field Alabama An Army Air Forces training command installation where cadets receive nine weeks of intensive military physical and academic training.
Marita Snyder daughter of Mr and Mrs G W Snyder of Carey Ohio was initiated into Alpha Chi Omega at Bowling Green State University on May 27 She is a freshman and a member of Las Amigas sorority which is being taken over by the national group
Six selective servicemen left Wyandot county on May 26 for Fort Thomas Kentucky for induction into the Army. The list includes Vernon Vincent Arend Clarence Lemuel Huston Cecil Marcus Vaughn Ronald James Beidelschies Clarence LeRoy Smith and Franklin Conrad Gilliland.
Weeds must be cut and destroyed in yards vacant lots and fence rows by June 25 1944 or the laws for cutting weeds will be put into effect. JACOB NITRAUER Clerk Carey Village Council.
Readers are warned the censor will not allow full sailor and soldier addresses in print. Abbreviations appear. readers should obtain complete addresses from relatives or The Carey Times. The list includes numerous service members with new or updated post office or unit details across Fort Moultrie, Camp Swift, Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Treasure Island, and other bases.
The Dible-Philips families plan their 26th annual reunion at Riverside Park in Findlay on Sunday June 38. George Myers of Findlay is president and Mrs Clarence Sablett of Bascom is secretary. FE Philips of Carey is vice president and Adam Koehler of Upper Sandusky is treasurer.
The Sisters of St Francis in Tiffin observe the 1869 founding with a June 15 to 17 Diamond Jubilee program. Activities include a High Mass in Tiffin, outdoor statues dedication, a pageant, clergy events, and continued open houses for former orphans and relatives.
Mrs. Ross Johnson expresses gratitude for cards flowers and gifts received while a patient at St Vincent’s hospital. Special thanks go to Mr Goff for his ambulance service.
Round and square dancing at the Moose hall Saturday evening with music by the Buckeye Entertainers.
The Zabn insurance agency purchased the Powell agency from Mr and Mrs Paul Powell. The sale occurred on June 1.
Gerhard I. Schlueter manager of the Marion field office of the social security board will be at the municipal building Carey on Tuesday June 20 1944 at 3 00 p m.
The Carey WCTU will meet Friday at 2 PM at the home of Mrs. Myrtle Perkins on N. Vance Street to discuss local matters and activities.
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