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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1948
Page
2
The Navy offers new 12 week instruction tracks alongside 18 service schools for high school graduates enlisting. Courses include driver surveyor mechanic steelworker builder utilities man draftsman and construction electrician.
The Alvada Mutual Telephone company invites sealed bids for switchboard operation and line repair until June 10 1948 at 12 o clock noon. New operator assumes charge June 21 1948. A rent free house and part of electric paid. Company may reject any or all bids. Contact W M Reinhart secretary Alvada Ohio.
After 12 weeks of recruit training at Great Lakes Illinois graduates will go to the construction battalion center naval training and distribution center Port Hueneme California for these instruction courses.
The article recalls the long service of a pastor at St. John's who came about 70 years ago and notes the church was seldom used. In 1926 trustees sold the Carey parsonage with permission from Hancock County Court to fund repairs to the parsonage. The passage mentions LeRoy Wonder among those involved.
A 1927 deed transferred Chambe rs family land to a cemetery group to preserve the burying ground. Due to dwindling attendance and staff, St John’s Church will be sold next Saturday for lumber, with removal required soon after. The Carey Times credits Mrs W V Thomas and Atty H G Chambers for information and old records.
County engineer submits maps profiles and reports to the board on the West Branch of the Searfoss ditch in Richland township. The board fixes June 1 1948 at 10 am in the board office for the hearing and action on the petition by Paul A Woods.
The time and place of the final hearing by the commissioners on the county engineer's report and on the proceedings for the improvement are designated.
Paul Riedel of Tymochtee township files with the board of commissioners for cleanout widening and deepening of Drowning Ditch No. 433 and requests an extension of the improvement by Frank Needs. Rev Hoff man and Rev Weisenborn cited in the record.
A jury was selected last week to hear Frank Needs v John Gordon and others to set aside the will of Mrs D A Bloom. Attorneys Willa J Hunter and A K Hall represented the plaintiffs while R H Stansbery defended. A Kreisel joint county ditch petition by Frank Kreisel in Marseilles township was dismissed May 14 1948 by the Marion Wyandot joint board as costs favored by less than benefits if constructed.
Kenneth Ritchey aged 38 died Wednesday at noon at his mother Bessie Richardson’s home in Crawford. Funeral arrangements were not completed by Wednesday evening and the body was prepared for burial at the Goff funeral home.
Cloden B and Florenc C Waugh transfer 35 acres in Richland township to Myron E and Mildred E Beidel. Co op Association Wyandot County Farm Bureau transfers part of lot No 180 in Upper Sandusky to Burrel and Susan Alice Culver. Price listed as 1 dollar.
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