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Monday, November 26, 2001 Volume X, Number 113
did ya
know?
Did Ya Know?. . .The Carthage
Public Librarys Young Adult Reading Club will have
a book discussion group on Mondays from 3:30-4:30 p.m.
beginning on Nov. 26th. Get details at the YPL desk and
sign up for "Hobbits and Hot Chocolate."
Did Ya Know?. . .The Carthage
Masonic Lodge will be working in the 3rd degree at a
special meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 26th. Dinner
will be served at 6:30. All masons are encouraged to
attend.
Did Ya Know?. . .The Carthage
Humane Society has Christmas Kittens! Right now we have
an adult neutered male cat who needs a home who will
provide him with lots of attention. If that special
someone would like a kitten this season, now might be
your last chance. For more info call 358-6402.
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today's
laugh
His chief delight is
giving the low-down on the higher-ups.
We expect our children to learn good
table manners without ever seeing any.
If youve been saving for a rainy
day Christmas is the monsoon season.
1901
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of
Events as they have Transpired in the City and County
since our last Issue.
Bate
Smith Buys a Home.
H. B. Smith, better known as the genial
"Bate," manager of the Deutsch Clothing Co.,
yesterday purchased of Sam Sanderson his residence on
East Third street, between Clinton and Fulton. The
consideration was $1,900. The house is now occupied by
Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Blankenship, and Mr. Smith will get
possession as soon as Mr. Blankenship finds a suitable
house elsewhere.
Mr. Smith and his mother and sisters
have lived for many years in the property on Chestnut
street, between Garrison and McGregor belonging to J. W.
Halliburton.
The Carthage Knights and Ladies of
Security will go to Carterville tomorrow night to assist
the lodge there in initiating forty new members. All
going are specially requested to take the 6:40 electric
car so that the group may leave in a body.
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Today's Feature Fireworks Discussion Delayed.
The City Council Public Safety
Committee delayed discussion about allowing
fireworks to be fired within the City until its
next meeting. Committee Chair J.D. Whitledge told
the Committee that after some thought, he was not
in favor of changing the City current ban on
fireworks in City limits. Committee member Bill
Putnam said he would still like to take the idea
to the Council and was asked to bring back a
proposed ordinance for the next meeting. Putnam
says he wants to allow most fireworks except
bottle rockets. He also has indicated that he
wants to allow the sale of fireworks.
In other business, the
Committee heard from Main Street Carthage
Director Carol Green concerning the placement of
benches on the Square. The Committee had no real
concerns about the project except that the
benches be bolted down and did not infringe on
ADA requirements.
The Committee did vote to
recommend that signs be placed to request compact
cars only park in the two parking spaces to the
left of intersections into the square. Green said
it would not be an enforcement issue, only signs
making the request.
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin',
Im guessin that
signs that say "Please dont walk
on the grass" get about the same results
as those that say "Keep Off the
Grass." Most folks dont wanna
infringe on requests or rules.
Ive never heard of
anyone gettin jail time for
walkin on the grass in either case.
Course there are the
few that just wanna see if anything might
happen if they put a print or two on the
turf. Just curious I guess. Im
guessin if the signs requestin
only small cars park where larger vehicles
might block the view, fewer big vehicles will
use the spaces. Just bein friendly.
Its like the
"reasonable and prudent" speed
limits in some western states. Everone
gets a chance to show their true colors.
This is some fact, but
mostly,
Just Jake Talkin.
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Weekly Column
The Super Handyman
Did you ever stop to think that
this is the only season of the year with two
names? "Autumn" comes from the Latin
word for the season; "fall," as you
might suspect, is tied to the falling of leaves.
Its a shortened form of
"leaf-fall," which is what the English
called the season in the 16th century.
At any rate, its time to
remove the leaves and other debris from the
gutters around your home. One common problem that
people encounter trying to do that: Their ladder
starts to sink into the ground while they are up
on it. In many situations, the ground below a
gutter is a flower bed or shrub bed, and the soft
earth just cant support a ladder with you
on it.
Rather than sink out of sight,
you can rise above the problem by setting the
ladder legs into aluminum cans. Use empty
cat-food, tuna or coffee cans, anything large
enough to fit the ladder leg into.
The weight of the ladder is
spread over a larger area, and you will be less
likely to sink while you are working. You can put
the cans in place for a longer period of time
with a glue gun. You "can" feel safer
this way.
A SUPER HINT - If you have done
a lot of gluing on a wood project and have
trouble spotting any squeezed-out glue, rub a
little mineral spirits paint thinner over the
wood. It will highlight the glue without harming
the wood.
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