New Interim Director Announced.

news release

The Carthage Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Mr. James W. McPheeters, III has been named the new Interim Director for the Carthage Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. McPheeters was the CEO for McCune-Brooks for 27 years, and retired in July of 1998. Mr. McPheeters has been involved in various committee events and has been a great supporter of the community for many years.

Mr. Copeland, Chamber President-elect stated, "We are glad to have Mr. McPheeters on as the Interim Director to help the chamber and staff during this transition period. We feel he will be a great asset to the chamber and the community."

Mr. McPheeters first day will be Monday, December 6, 1999.

Deadline for Christmas Parade Entries.

Final deadline for entries in the 1999 Carthage Christmas Parade is Friday, December 3. The Parade is scheduled for Monday, December 6 at 7 p.m. "A Century of Christmas Memories" is this year’s theme. A total of 91 entries have been received to date with many first time participants.

John O. (Pat) and Carolyn Phelps will serve as Grand Marshals of the 1999 Parade. "At the close of this millennium we chose to honor Pat and Carolyn for their tireless dedication to Carthage and the surrounding community," adds Sharits. They have been a part of virtually every agency from Carthage R-9 School Board, McCune-Brooks Hospital Board, Missouri Southern Board of Regents to Carthage Historic Preservation just to mention a few. We are pleased to honor these outstanding citizens."

Additional entries include bands from Carthage High School and Junior High School, Joplin High School, Diamond, Jasper, Pierce City, Joplin North Middle School (7th & 8th Grades) and the Springfield Kiltie Drum Corps, the oldest drum and bugles corps in the U.S. Also Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Columbian and Steadley Elementary students, twirling, and dance groups, Churches, classic cars, including a 1919 Model T, motorcycles, Shrines, local radio and TV personalities, several equestrian and wagon entries, and much more.

The Carthage Technical School Chapter of SkillsUSA-VICA and Main Street Carthage, Inc. sponsors the Carthage Parade. For additional info call 417-358-4974.

Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin',

I still have some reservations about makin’ kid medicine taste good. ‘Course in my mind, I still figure it doesn’t taste near as good as the commercials would leave ya to believe. I’ve had occasion to taste some a those protein drinks that are supposed to be so great, they don’t taste so good to me.

It gets down to I just don’t trust any medicine that doesn’t make ya cringe a little. Ya put somethin’ on a cut, ya want it to sting a little so ya know it’s workin’.

I also don’t care for the flavored versions of the plop-plop-fizz-fizz remedies. They’ve tried a lemon and a cherry flavor, I don’t like either. At least when ya swig down a dose of the original, that sweet taste doesn’t hang around in your mouth for a couple a hours.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Metcalf Auto Supply

Click and Clack Talk Cars

Dear Tom and Ray:

It seems there are two schools of thought (mine and my husband’s) on when the air conditioner can be turned on with the engine running. I say it can be turned on at any speed. He says you need to slow down to at least 40 mph before flipping the switch. Am I right, or what? —Jennie

RAY: You’re right, Jennie. You’re right already!

TOM: This is a sore point for us, because we used to agree with your husband. We figured that since the air-conditioning compressor is run by a belt driven by the engine, you’d be better off turning it on at lower speeds, so you didn’t "jolt" the compressor into action, right? After all, who likes to be jolted into action? Not me!

RAY: You? You don’t even like to be gently lulled into action!

TOM: After we gave out this eminently plausible explanation on our NPR radio show a few months back, about 100 air-conditioning technicians and engineers wrote to us and told us what morons we were.

RAY: And while we get that sort of feedback after every show, this time our critics had a viable counter-argument. They said that since the air-conditioning compressor cycles on and off frequently on it’s own, it’s designed to be "jolted" at any speed, at any time. According to lots of engineers who wrote to us, the compressor clutch is designed to be heavy duty enough to take this punishment, and is not at all bothered by being "jolted" to life at 60 mph.

TOM: So, Jennie, this means you have every right to ask your husband to assume the position: "waistband up around his chest, shoulders shrugging demurely, chin down, eyes up, and muttering "yes, dear."