Mornin' Mail

The Mornin' Mail is published every weekday except major holidays
Thursday, December 2, 2004 Volume XIII, Number 117

Did Ya Know?... The Victorian Carthage annual Christmas tour featuring area homes and churches will be held Saturday December 4th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Lunch will be served at Kendrick Place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Ticket price is $10.00 for the tour only and $15 for the tour and luncheon. Call Kendrick Place 358-0636 for more information.

Did Ya Know?... We have $30 gift certificates toward the spay/neuter of your pet. No income guidelines. Call 358-6808.

Did Ya Know?... VFW Post 2590 will host a Christmas Dance Saturday, Dec. 4 from 8:00 p.m. till Midnight. Musical entertainment will be the Muddy Creek Band. $3.00 Donation at the door.

Did Ya Know?... The Kids’ Praise Singers will present Angels Aware, on Sunday, December 5th at 10:30 a.m. at the First Church of the Nazarene, 2000 Grand, Carthage, Missouri.

today's laugh

"Why did you tear the back part out of that new book?" asked the long-suffering wife of the absent minded doctor.
"Excuse me, dear," said the famous surgeon, "the part you speak of was labelled ‘Appendix’ and I took it out without thinking."

The class yell of the School of Experience is "Ouch!"

1904
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.

Many Stone Men Here.

St. Louis Company and Dimension Company in Annual Meeting.

Many quarrymen were in Carthage today. The Kendricktown or Carthage Marble & White Lime Co. held its annual meeting here, and there were present from St. Louis, President George T. Riddle, H. Greutzmascher, F.J. Remmers, Ph. J. Dauerhelm, and Bookkeeper A.H. Heltkamp.

The old Carthage Dimension & Flagstone Co., held its annual meeting this afternoon, and E.C. Thym is on hand to attend that.

W.B. Myers of the Center creek quarry, now residing temporarily in Joplin, was mingling among his old neighbors, but announced that he just dropped in and is not here on business.

Miss Lida Clark will not return to Texas until after the first of the year.

Today's Feature

Children’s Christmas Party.

The Carthage Police Department’s annual Children’s Christmas party will be held on Saturday, December 18th at Carthage Memorial Hall starting at 10:00 a.m.

At last year’s party poor weather brought about a smaller attendance than was expected and a lottery system was used to select children. This year, though approximately 700 children are expected, Detective LaVerne Williams has high hopes for the party.

"This year we’re not turning any away," said Williams.

The party, which has been held annually for over 28 years, is no small task according to Williams. Children in need are given a $10 gift certificate, refreshments and candy in addition to drawings that are held for special toys.

"Some wouldn’t get anything if it wasn’t for what they get at the party," said Williams.

The party is funded by voluntary contribution. Persons wishing to make monetary contributions may deliver or mail them to the Carthage Police Station.

Just Jake Talkin'

Mornin'

I grew up knowin’ the value of a good 2 by. There was always a need for a shelf in the garage or some gadget that could be built with the scrap lumber out in grandpa’s pile.

On visits he would pull out a wood shingle and build me a whirly gig or carve a flat, one dimensional "Buntline special" hand gun.

Two by fours were great for makin’ giant rubber band guns that used slices of inner tube for projectiles. A few good 2x12’s stacked like stair steps made a great car ramp for changin’ the oil. Longer 2x12’s made great ramps to jump the bikes from.

Lumber meant you could build things, a tree house, fort, a box to keep campin’ gear in. All necessary tools of an energetic youth. ‘Course gettin’ the "board" tempered the enthusiasm some.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Weekly Column

Click & Clack Talk Cars

By Tom and Ray Magliozz

Dear Tom and Ray:

It’s getting to be that time of year again - time to wonder what to get my male relatives fro Christmas. I’m sure I’m not the only female who is confronted with this dilemma every year. When I ask them what they want they either say, "Nothing," or they specify some obscure, expensive, unpronounceable electronic engine accessory. A couple of these guys are like you - interest in cars and car talk but also intelligent and fairly civilized - so I though you could provide some good ideas for holiday gifts that I can actually locate AND afford to buy (i.e., $25 - $200). Thanks! - Diana

RAY: Hmm. I don’t think plasma TV’s have come down that far yet.

TOM: Several ideas come to mind, Diana. One is an inexpensive scan tool. A scan tool is what you plug into the car’s computer, and it gives you all kinds of fascinating diagnostic information.

RAY: Well, it’ll be fascinating to those guys anyway.

TOM: All cars build from 1996 on use a standard computer diagnostics system called OBD II. You can find several inexpensive OBD II scan tools on the market in the $150 - $200 range. Best of all, since this is a diagnostic tool, it will provide your loved ones with wonderful excuses to then go out and buy even more expensive equipment with which to fix these newly diagnosed problems.

RAY: Another idea is a rechargeable remote jump-starter which run anywhere from $50 to $100. It’s smaller than a car battery, and its fully encased in hard plastic. It has positive and negative battery cables and you charge it from a home outlet or cigarette lighter and use it to jump start your car.