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Wednesday, July 7, 1999 Volume VIII, Number 13
did ya
know?
Did Ya Know?. . .Unlike many
holidays, the Fourth of July did not affect normal trash
pick-up in the City of Carthage. Many of our citizens
have evidently missed their normal Monday or Tuesday
pick-up thinking it would be delayed one day as is often
the case on holidays.
Director of Engineering, Joe Butler, is
urging all remaining City residents to place their trash
on it's normal pick-up day. He is attempting to arrange
additional pick-ups for those who were missed due to the
confusion.
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today's
laugh
Only the wife of an aviator is glad to
see her husband down and out.
You snored, wheezed and whistled.
I wish you had awakened me.
Why?
Because I can't sleep when I snore.
Daddy, what is a pessimist?
A man who wears a belt as well as
suspenders, my son.
One time we were driving through a
construction zone and the sign said, speed limit 35
ahead.
And there were four of us. We were
through there in no time.
Geechy Guy
1899
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have
Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.
Dancing Lessons Ended.
The series of dancing lessons given
here this spring by Prof. Chapman was completed last
night at the Dixon hall by a social hop. There was a good
attendance and those present gave themselves up to the
pleasures of the dance until midnight.
Besides the members of the dancing
class there were quite a number of other Carthaginians
present. Misses Anna and Jessie Campbell and Miss Dora
Wasser, of Joplin, came up and in a cake walk in which
about half a dozen couples took part, the two latter were
by long odds declared the winners.
Prof. Chapman leaves tomorrow for
Kansas City and after a few days will go on to his home
in Salida, Colorado. He has probably taught more Carthage
people to dance than any other instructor who was ever
here and he is quite popular in that capacity.
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Today's Feature Bike Safety Program Tomorrow.
The Carthage Police Department
will conduct a Bike Safety Program at the Library
Annex tomorrow beginning at 10:30 a.m. There is
no charge for admission. In addition to the
information about safety, personnel will be
available to register bicycles with the
Department. Participants in the program are
encouraged to bring their bicycles to be
registered.
According to Lavern Williams,
registered bicycles are stamped with a number for
identification in case the cycle is stolen. The
City had to sell over 35 bicycles this spring
that could not be identified by owners. Williams
says the number is entered into the
Department’s computer system and makes
notification of the owner a simple task. Bicycles
can be registered at other times by appointment
at the Carthage Police Department.
The course includes an overview
of City ordinances pertaining to bicycles as well
as general safe riding procedures.
Williams says the best practice
is to keep bicycles locked up and not left in the
front yard.
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin',
They say that all politics
are local. I’ve decided another, all
history is local.
Talked to an
interestin’ person ‘bout over the
weekend who is from just south of Kansas City
on the Kansas side. She has a real interest
in the pre-Civil War and Civil War period up
in those parts. Lots of local history
durin’ the ‘Bloody Kansas’
battles.
‘Course this part of
the country was also involved in that part of
history, so we traded little bits of local
lore back and forth. I heard some of the
details of the circumstances surroundin’
the Lawrence raid and other less well known
confrontations.
We discussed other areas,
but when talkin’ about our particular
location, there was always a little more
emphasis. It’s just natural ta feel
closer to history you feel a part of.
This is some fact, but
mostly,
Just Jake Talkin’.
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Weekly Column
PRIME TIME
WITH KIDS
by Donna Erickson
Are you hitting the road this
summer? Here’s a fun car game that has
become our family favorite because all ages can
play it together. And best of all, your kids
won’t get carsick craning their necks
hunting for words on road signs and license
plates, or get dizzy looking for lost pieces from
their car bingo game.
My daughter taught us to play
"Going to the Moon" on our trip to
beautiful Breckenridge, Colo., last March.
The person who is It thinks of
three things that have something in common. For
example, the items might be a mango, a pineapple
and a papaya (all tropical fruits). The person
who is It then says to the other players,
"I’m going to the moon and taking a
mango, a pineapple and a papaya. Who wants to
come with me?" Given the clues, the first
player tries to figure out what the items have in
common and then thinks of a fourth item. If that
person says banana, for example, the person who
is It responds, "You may come with me."
If the player states an incorrect item, he/she
may try again on the next turn. The next player
names another item. When everyone finally learns
the common element, the round is over.
Game topics can be as simple or
as complicated as you choose. Try to accommodate
even the youngest in the family when playing.
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