Carson- Macedonia School Dismissal Early October 20
The Carson Macedonia School will dismiss at 12 45 PM on October 20 for teachers in service meetings.
12 Oct 1978
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Newspaper
Carson Times
Location
Carson, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1978
Page
1
The Carson Macedonia School will dismiss at 12 45 PM on October 20 for teachers in service meetings.
A special Moments to Remember service at Carson Methodist Church honored members with 50 or more years of membership. Three present were Mrs Charlotte Campbell Mrs Helena Hendrix and Mrs Lorna Phillips. Mrs Jane Larimer sang I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked. Absent were Mrs Evelyn Haines and Glen Harvey.
Eligibility based on age 55 or older with income under guideline. Positions pay $2.65 per hour or more for up to 20 hours weekly. For details contact Mr Columbus, Carson-Maconia School Superintendent.
The Carson-Macedonia Jayceeettes will meet at Carson City Hall on October 16 at 7 30 PM.
The Womens Civic Club met at Mrs Violet Bowes for a 1:30 dessert luncheon on Thursday October 5th. Reports from Ruth Henry and Marjorie Cowling covered the 7th district convention in Emerson Iowa. A USDA talk by Mr Charles Scherle from Oakland featured slides and a Q and A. Seventeen members attended the MM Club meeting hosted by Mildred Palmer with Corrine Price as co hostess.
Michael Laughlin prints a reply to last week's Times feature Who Wants a Decent Town. He defends the Macedonia correspondent's piece and notes value despite misunderstanding. He remarks that some statements from the earlier article were unverified and mentions not having seen anyone race.
The editor explains the move from the pit stop area on Main Street to the highway. He notes there is no direct route without a stop and comments on the legality of motorcycles without helmets wide tires and raised rear ends of cars.
The list shows daily school meals from October to November with items like meat balls cheese sandwiches fish on a bun pizza casserole and chowder. A long reader letter questions motorcycle safety lighting and local youth involvement while urging authorities to respond.
Eda V laments a recurring Terrible Tie in the Head that returns after long absences, despite various doctors, medications, and surgeries. She notes no effective cure to date and mentions a concurrent leg infection from a five year old break, while inviting readers’ letters.
The Carsonettes 4-H Club invites girls in the fourth grade or age nine by September 15, 1978 to join. Meeting at Homer Brumley’s on October 16 at 7 30 PM. Please bring your mother.
In a nostalgic weekly column Nora Mueller describes her large family from the Nishna Botna Valley, recounting how nephews became protectors and caregivers. She humorously notes her lifelong resolve to remain a spinster, praises the endless labor of kin, and rejects city stereotypes of the Midwest as the Bible Belt.
A correction notes Trudy Mass, a friend of the bride Diane Mertes Peterson, served as personal attendant, overlooked in last week’s wedding notice.
Bly Shrader was admitted Saturday afternoon to Cass County Hospital in Atlantic with pneumonia and is improving. Mrs Frank Grout was taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital on Sunday. Mrs Jim Taylor was taken to JE Hospital on Sunday. Don Mincer was admitted to Red Oak Hospital Thursday for tests and a checkup and came home Friday evening.
A scanned page lists service times and events for several churches including St Paul Lutheran Carson LDS and various United Methodist congregations. Entries cover Sunday School Bible classes worship services choirs circles retreats and meetings with dates in October and times ranging from morning 9:15 to evening 9:45.
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