Mornin' Mail

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Friday, November 8, 2002 Volume XI, Number 102

Did Ya Know?. . .The McCune-Brooks Hospital Auxiliary Gift Shop will hold its annual pre-Christmas sale on Friday, Nov. 8, 2002, from 9a.m.- 7p.m. The public is encouraged to attend. Light refreshments will be served.

Did Ya Know?. . .The Hope for Hailey Hyperbaric Chamber Fund will have a Shrimp Gumbo Feed at 6 p.m. on Sat., Nov. 9th at the Train Barn, west Mound St. Road (across from Old Cabin Shop). Public is invited. $15 per person, $25 per couple.

Did Ya Know?. . .Eminence Chapter #93 Order of the Eastern Star will serve Ham & Beans, pie, and coffee or tea from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. & 4-7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 8th, at the Masonic Temple dining room, 7th & Maple. Cost is $4 for adults. Carryouts available.

today's laugh

Q: How many software engineers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: None. It’s a hardware problem.

"Waiter, look at the chicken you just served me. One leg is shorter than the other."
"Are you planning to eat it, sir, or dance with it?"

Jeweler: These are cultured pearls.
Customer: Look, we just want to buy pearls, not pay for their education.

1902
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.

Nine-Year Old Boy Thrown From
an Electric Car and May Die.

This afternoon a boy about nine years of age, whose name could not be learned was thrown from an electric car just beyond Lakeside park and received what is thought to be fatal injuries.

The lad belonged to a party of school children from either Carterville or Webb City who were on their way to the park to see the Jasper County Exhibit. He was sitting on the rear platform of the car and in some way caught his foot in a cattle guard as they whizzed past and was thrown 20 feet in the air. He was terribly injured by the fall and from the information obtainable is probably fatally hurt.

The car was due to arrive in Carthage at 3 o’clock but was 15 minutes late on account of the accident. The boy was taken to Lakeside and then sent back to his home on the next car.

	Today's Feature School Public Forum. The Carthage R-9 Board of Education will hold a Public Forum for the purpose of discussing facility planning on Tuesday, November 12, 2002, at 7:00 p.m. in the Fairview Elementary School Multipurpose Room. An overview of the R-9 Community Advisory Committee’s recommendation to the Board of Education will be presented and discussion will be held as to how the Board should proceed with that recommendation. Christmas Open House The City wide Christmas Open House will be sponsored by the Carthage Chamber of Commerce this Saturday and Sunday. The program is designed to encourage Carthage residents to visit Carthage retailers and to Shop Carthage First. Many non-retail businesses are also participating this year and offering tours of their facilities and serving refreshments. Advertising for the event has been sponsored by Abbey Title Company, Americold Logistics, Leggett & Platt, Inc,. Realty Executives of Carthage, UMB Bank and Village Chevrolet.
	Just Jake Talkin' Mornin', I saw a stove the other day that looked interestin’. Instead of burning regular fire wood, it was built ta burn little pellets. Ya buy ‘em in forty pound bags and just dump ‘em in the bin. I can ‘member when they started makin’ pellets outa alfalfa. Dehydratin’ hay and puttin’ it in bags. I suppose it wasn’t much of a threat in the overall scheme of things, but for a kid countin’ on summer hayin’ money, it never seemed like a good idea ta feed cows manufactured alfalfa. What they need ta come up with is a safe way ta use the real renewable source, cow chip pellets. Get total use outa all that alfalfa. This is some fact, but mostly, Just Jake Talkin’.
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