Carroll County's Cheerful Caller Item Highlights Local Life
In Carroll County many topics fill the column from duck hunting and basketball to corn prices and winter weather. Local events include farm show visits, pipe organ fundraising, and grand jurors’ work. News notes cover school openings, church services, FFA corn display in Sterling, a Savanna wedding, and community bits about sales, Christmas plans, and a promised fish story.
Birthday List For Local Residents In Lanark And Surrounding Areas
A long birthday listing runs through the notice page featuring residents and friends from Lanark Chadwick Milledgeville Thomson Argo Savanna Albany and other nearby communities. It includes names such as Clifton Spencer Lila Hart Joan Lamoreux and Vivian Hiembaugh with dates like Mon Nov 22 Tue Nov 23 and Thurs Nov 25 and ends with a humorous editorial quote about teaching and the hardest things in work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Spencer
Chadwick
Lila Hart
Lanark
Joan Lamoreux
Russell Royer
W. A. Litwiller
Milledgeville
Ray Angelese
Albany
Mon
Vivian Hiembaugh
Alvin Traum
Alice Traum
Clarence Grove
Abe Reiff
Elery Shank
Lanark M Finer Heads North for Horse Search
Lanark M Finer is out of town a few days researching horses. New 1938 automobile licenses are being ordered. J A Eckman has done carpentry work at the George Rowland estate. A variety of weather arrived over the weekend and this week. The school children enjoyed Heidi at the La Nar theater featuring Shirley Temple. Lanark will host Colts exhibitors at the Colt Show on Saturday Nov 20. Riley Lotzbaugh suffers rheumatic discomfort. Miss Wilma Anderson will be honored at several pre nuptial showers. Coal dealers are busy filling bins. Truman and Son sold 25 oil burners this season. Teachers will take a few days vacation Thursday and Friday next week. Louis Daehler returned to teaching after an operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Finer
J. A. Eckman
George Rowland
La-Nar
Shirley Temple
Lanark
Riley Lotzbaugh
Wilma Anderson
Truman and Son
Louis Daehler
Cafeteria Style Marriage and Other Light Observations
A collage of humorous quips and vignettes on marriage, manners, and pop culture. Jokes reference Ben Blue’s salary, spinich plates, a Navy strike, and social quirks, with light one-liners about olives, lipstick, and a pelican.
Sharpe SAYS on roads bonds and school misgivings
A reader argues about road bonds and tax fairness, noting dismay at a Hitler mention and criticizing Carroll Commister's for tax usage. They claim tax bills have fallen while school funding remains poor in a wealthy district with modern farms and minimal school facilities. The letter urges road access for all and a new school system alongside road bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Commister
Hitler
Niagara Falls Tour Laugh Line Stuns English Visitor
An English tourist on his first Niagara Falls trip hears a guide boast “Millions of gallons a minute” and asks “How many in a day” only to be told “billions and bisons” with the guide noting the falls “runs all mph,” leaving the visitor unimpressed.
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Niagara Falls
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