Mornin' Mail

The Mornin' Mail is published every weekday except major holidays
Wednesday, September 29, 1999 Volume VIII, Number 73

did ya know?
Did Ya Know?. . .The Fourth Building Bridges and Strong Families Fair will be held from 1-5 p.m. on October 23, 1999 at the Northpark Mall in Joplin, MO. The fair includes displays, performances, recognition, health screening and door prizes. There is no cost for participating in the displays or other activities. If you or your organization would like to provide a booth for displays, contact University Outreach and Extension at 417-358-2158.

today's laugh

Young man: I say, old man, could you lend me one dollar?

Old man: I'm a little deaf in that ear; go around to the other one.

Young man: Could you lend me five dollars?

Old man: Lend you what?

Young man: Five dollars.

Old man: Oh, you had better go back to the one-dollar ear.

A man mentioned to his landlord about the tenants in the apartment over his. "Many a night they stamp on the floor and shout till midnight."

When the landlord asked if it bothered him, he replied, "Not really, for I usually stay up and practice my trumpet till about that time most every night anyway."

1899
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.

Rural Free Delivery Popular.

The establishment of a rural free mail delivery route at Carthage is occasioning much favorable comment. Special Agent S.B. Rathbone Jr., who was here yesterday arranging for the route, says that he will be back shortly, when the actual service on the route begins, and start everything off all right. One or two other routes can easily be secured for this locality if the people take it up right. The proper way to proceed is to get up a petition and work through the congressman of the district.

Francis M. Dice, superintendent of the western division of this branch of the service, located at Indianapolis, is the proper person to write to for information. The man who is largely responsible for introducing the rural delivery and making it a permanent feature of the postal system is Perry Heath, first assistant postmaster general. He has studied the system diligently for years and persistently worked to have it adopted. This is the beginning. In a few years, instead of a few routes here and there over the country, there will be a network of them.

The general direction of the new route northeast of town was given, today through the kindness of a man who is thoroughly conversant with that portion of the county, we are enable to give the names of the property owners where each turn in the route is made, thus making the route easily understood by those who live on or near it.

Today's Feature

$5,000 Reward Fund.

The Jasper County Commission and the Jasper County 911 Commission have joined forces to establish a $5,000 reward fund to try and slow down the theft of County road signs. The reward offer is for $500 for the arrest and conviction of persons vandalizing, taking, removing or willful destruction of County road signs. The number of rewards is limited by the fund to a maximum of ten at this time.

The offer does not include any state road signs or city street signs.

Only one reward per conviction or joint convictions. If several individuals have reported the same event, then the reward will be divided among qualified informants.

No lone perpetrator can claim a reward for their own acts.

To qualify for a reward the informant must have first hand information of such act and must give and sign a statement to the Sheriff’s Department and must testify in court (if required) to the validity of their first hand information. For more information call the Sheriff Department at 358-8177 or The Jasper County 911 Center at 359-9100.

letter to the editor

Dear Editor,

Hi! I came across your website by accident while looking for a website on Carthage High School, which I could not find. I would like to put a little listing on your online paper if that would be okay.

I attended Carthage High School in 1981-1982 my junior year and I am looking for some old friends.

Their names are (were in case they got married) Carrie Phelps, Denise Lopez, Steve Heinz, Devon Sexton. I would like them to contact me Karen Dean- Johnson in California at my e-mail address: beachland@aol.com Please let me know if you could put this on your next publication. I would be so greatful. These were good friends and I would like to find them. Thank you for your help!!

Sincerely,

Karen Dean-Johnson

Graphic Art Opportunities

Due to our recent purchase of additional equipment and expansion of our Carthage, Missouri facility, we are currently taking applications for the following positions:

Press Operator. Must have experience operating an A.B. Dick 360, Chief 117, Heidelberg windmill, power cutter, and folding equipment. Dark room and layout experience.

Bindery: General bindery, padding, stitching, booklet assembly and binding. Some lifting involved.

Pick up an application at 213 Lyon, Carthage, Missouri, or call for appointment. 417-358-5174 Fax 417-358-3168 email: mmail@morninmail.com

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Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin',

I have been witness to the result of a stop sign bein’ removed from a county road. I was drivin’ along and fortunately was slowin’ down to make a turn.

I saw the van a comin’ at a pretty good clip down the gravel road, knew he’d have ta stop at the intersection. As I approached the turn, the van just kept comin’. Zoom! right through without hesitation. When I made the turn, I could see the stop sign layin’ in the ditch.

I still shudder a little when I think about the consequences if I hadn’t been turnin’ on that particular day. The timin’ would have been uncanny. I figure we woulda met pretty well smack dab in the middle.

Movin’ or stealin’ signs might sound cute, maybe the $500 reward will slow it down.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.