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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1930
Page
8
Mrs Cartwright of the health department in Columbus gave a fine talk to the girls of Carey High School. This was her second visit in three years and the audience was eager to hear her advice to the students.
The ticket booth between the new grade building and high school is advancing quickly. The senior class chooses for its play The Importance of Being Earnest with cast members Reid Bachar Edward Riester Thoburn Baker Charles Lanner Walter Royton Josephine Jacob Bloise Bame Lorraine Schrading Avonell Robinson. The yard around the new grade building is being graded and cement walks laid. School plant presents an attractive appearance as English classes discuss books and plays including The Odyssey Travels With a Donkey and The Lady of the Lake.
The Monday morning chapel featured the literary club with Vane Deuble as chairman. Students sang God Ever Glorious and Santa Lucia, with Sylvia Wright leading devotion. Ruby Mothgeb and Tommy Stombaugh performed a vocal duet, Genevieve Jacoby gave a dramatic reading, Orvetta Wentling played a piano solo, and Mr Huffman announced events. A Negro skit by Alice Ryon and Doris Ruehie entertained, while Lucille Kin read an amusing original poem dedicated to the 1939 seniors.
In Bowling Green the district scholarship contest saw many participants including Jack DeWitt and Eloise Bame. Other entrants were Alice Ogg Elizabeth Bachman Reid Bachar Florence Holden and Martha Phillips was misnamed as Martha Steady in last week’s commencement notices.
The Wyandot county track meet is scheduled for Saturday May 10 at 10:00 am at the fair grounds in Upper Sandusky. Events include 100 220 440 yard dashes, half mile mile runs, running and standing broad and high jumps, 220 hurdles pole vault shot put discus throw javelin and one mile relay. Girls events cover 50 yard dash shot put high jump and baseball.
A strong Carey crowd is expected as the team competes in a meet featuring basketball throw and a 220 yard relay, highlighting local talent and team events.
The athletic banquet is set for Thursday May 15 in the high school dining room. Tickets cost 50 cents and can be purchased in the office this week. A speaker from out of town will attend and the public is invited.
Registrar Daisy Moyer lists births and deaths in April 1930 for District 1416 covering Ridge and Crawford townships and Carey. Multiple births include Martha Elizabeth Baker and Laura Bello Sausser, with other infants named. several deaths note ages from 87 to 90 years, plus a 14 hour old infant Junior Hunter.
Short excerpts discuss pruning shrubs after bloom, budgeting for fresh and canned vegetables, and seasonal farming notes. It mentions Sam Heppleby’s death from spring fever, along with Walter Lippmann on ethics and heart’s desires. Ohio grain prices stay above prewar levels, garden tips suggest topdressing with a complete fertilizer 5 10 5.
A Chicago Tribune piece by Herbert Kaufman contrasts sewer and cellar metaphors with a commentary on newspaper value. It argues that honest, steady readers drive sales and advertising success, not merely large circulation. It stresses quality readership over sheer numbers and urges respect for readers.
Promising stallions available for the 1930 season at C M Wenner farm near Carey Adrian with one standout colt. Sire is solid and proven, described as the right kind by horse lovers. Terms offer $20 choice or $500 down with privileges and $10 after colt is fouled. Contact F C Wenner, Adrian Carey, phone 3174.
Two Scottish men fish under a bet that the first to catch a fish buys the soda. One angler nearly snaps his pole on a bite but declines to reel in, while the other fishes without bait.
A humorous Patton's Monthly snippet shows a novice on a trout trip catching a tiny fish. The pupil asks what to do while the instructor suggests theatrically to climb the rod and stab it, illustrating a comical misadventure.
The Christian Science Benevolent Association outlines plans for a new sanatorium on a hillside site near Twin Peaks and the Ocean in San Francisco. Designed by Henry H. Gutterson, the steel reinforced concrete building will serve 120 guests and associates, with quiet surrounding grounds and ravine paths.
Warsaw Indiana May 5 1930 Dear Editor and Publisher Mr Dustman recalls the Freshman of 50 years ago versus today. He argues that freshmen then were as sophisticated and cocky as modern students though without telephones radios cars or films. He notes spontaneous sports dances and picnics and the charm of good table talk. He paints a nostalgic contrast between eras and celebrates the unchanging nature of the freshman.
A newspaper column laments dwindling home conversation and describes census enumerators facing widespread absenteeism as families chase busy modern life. It notes aliens needing interpreters, working parents, social clubs, and evening distractions as reasons residents miss door calls, urging patience and more labor.
A Want Column note recounts a sailor’s line about travel exposing character. A friend recalls his first day at sea discovering the dining room only after noticing rats. The brief item hints at payoffs in classified ads.
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