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Did Ya Know... The Carthage Council of Social Agency will meet at noon today at Golden Coral.

Did Ya Know... Lincoln Ladies’ Federated Republican Women’s Club will meet Monday, Feb. 9 at 5 p.m. at Shoney’s in Carthage. Interested women are invited to attend.

Did Ya Know... The Family Literacy Council needs volunteers to help with the After School Assistance Program held Mon. - Thurs. from 3:30-5 p.m. For details, call 358-5926.

Two college friends met after a long separation. Said the first, "What are you doing nowadays?"

"Trying to earn an honest living," answered the second.

"Well, you certainly won’t have much competition."

He says he’s a self-made man and I think it’s nice of him to take the blame.

"Charlie just had an operation."

"How does he feel?"

"Not so good...the doctors removed his money."

Call out the narcotics squad - 165 lbs. of dope just walked into the room.

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

Specimens of Oil Rock.

Frank Griffith who lives 2 miles north of Carthage left at the newspaper office today specimens of oil rock found on his father’s place. It is limestone but is thoroughly saturated with oil and has an oily smell. The rock was found in digging a well 25 years ago and has lain exposed to the weather a quarter of a century without losing the oily smell. It was found at a depth of 16 feet and the water in the well was for a time so oily that the stock refused to drink it. Not far from the Griffith place sandstone crops out of the ground and it may be that there is an oil field much nearer Carthage than the Alba neighborhood.

Pepsin, just over the Jasper line, in Newton county, ought to be able to attract the favorable attention of dyspeptics who are looking for a health resort, if it comes anywhere near living up to its name. - Pierce City Empire.

	Today's Feature Annual Phone Savings of $16,000. A new phone system for the City could save almost $16,000 a year according to a proposal by Southwestern Bell. The system would combine all City phones, including those at CW&EP and McCune Brooks Hospital and result in a 40% savings over regular monthly line service. According to the proposal, the City currently has 18 locations served by 96 telephone lines. The total line charge is currently just under $3,300 per month. A sixty month contract for the "Plexar" system would reduce that cost to just under $2,000 per month. The Finance/Personnel Committee has been discussing the system for several months but only recently got a firm bid from Southwestern Bell. Committee Chair Lujene Clark has requested that the one time installation charge of $8,700 be waived and the contract term be reduced to one or two years. The Committee is expected to discuss the matter further at its next meeting. A new prefix would have to be initiated to accommodate the large block of lines according to the proposal.
	Just Jake Talkin' Mornin', It’s hard ta believe that the 359 prefix has been depleted to the point that there is not a block of 300 consecutive numbers available. Accordin’ to the SW Bell proposal the prefix 237 has been reserved for the City’s phone system. They say that big blocks of 359 numbers have been taken by cellular phone companies and the practice of addin’ another line for home use has increased with the introduction of the internet to the community. Fax machines have also added to the traffic. The days of bein’ interrupted by the busy body on the party line are pretty much gone I suppose. The telephone has become a private connection to the rest of the world and apparently for each member of the family. I still haven’t gotten used ta havin’ ta give the five digit number (with the 8 or 9). It’s gonna be pretty weird havin’ ta get used to a whole new prefix. This is some fact, but mostly, Just Jake Talkin’.
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