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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1939
Page
4
The Carthage Citizen published weekly from Carthage Indiana with editor ED E Bly. Subscription rates are $1.50 per year, $2.00 for Canada, six months 75c, three months 50c. Entered at the Carthage Post Office as second class mail matter.
A school prize writer warns that matches and smoking cause far more fires than any other source according to the National Board of Fire Underwriters. He notes fires from matches and smoking account for 27 percent of known fires and urge careful disposal of cigarettes and ashes to prevent loss of life and property, stressing vigilance for all smokers.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive examination for a card punch operator position paying 1260 dollars yearly. Applicants from states east of Colorado must apply by May 15 and those from Colorado and westward by May 18. Two months full time card punch experience required. Applicants must be 18 but not yet 53. Full details from the Secretary of the Civil Service Board of Examiners in any first or second class post office or from the commission in Washington, D C.
Statisticians estimate that over 120 million sandwiches will be eaten at the New York World’s Fair of 1939. With two slices of bread per visitor, bread and meat consumption would cover about 7 000 miles, more than twice the width of the United States.
R H M reflects on vanished crafts from pyramid construction to arrowhead making and color pigments. He laments forgotten disciplines ranging from Greek sculpture to music and laughter, warning progress may stall and urging preservation of civilization’s valuable arts.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Duke of Cen ter near Kokomo spent last week with their son Arnold Duke and family.
Miss Winona Newsom recounts Palm Sunday union services at St John’s Lutheran with lighted cross and candles. Easter sunrise crowds on Miami beach and Hollywood beach estimated at 50 000 and 4 000 respectively, with Salvation Army offerings and a Faro of church visits. Home stays with Hills in Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale show rapid growth, tourist hotels, oceanfront views, and local amusements from bingo to fruit fairs.
Florence B Hunt writes from Pasadena detailing a spring trip via Los Angeles to Mojave and Palmdale with cousins. She recalls Easter visits, a drive to wildflower fields of Southern California, a notice of Pasadena earning top life quality honors, and local cultural events and church services.
Dutch experts advise tulip bulbs be planted fairly deep in the northeastern United States. At the New York World's Fair of 1939, about six inches separate the bulb tops from the soil surface.
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