European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. December 24, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 corny rhymes and cute cartoons old a ssh in. Mich. A corny divines Ami Cule cartoon. But definitely no curses if thai de scribes your greeting card you May have read her i was Jim Mil of school when hallmark recruited  says mar Thirman bardic. "1 did t know Hal i a Gobi Ingish in that was 52 years and by her count f 000 Creel ing cards ago. Now 71, she was inc first official staff writer of hallmark cards inc. When 1 came in. You had to know How to rhyme. I still think of rhymes All the time she says at her Home on the old Mission Peninsula which bisects Michigan s grand traverse Bay. Mary Lark Shim some of in or Cellini cards she s created since she began a career will hallmark. Bardic created Christmas cards that reflected the hard times of the depression and new year s cards that wished Well to the troops during world War ii. One of her Early ones from 1937. Went like this i m son of bruised and battered from the mobs in All the stores you d think 1 was a Veteran of tiatia dozen wars. My docs feel kind of stepped on for the going sure was hard but i came and saw and conquered cause Gol your Christmas  Bill harsh a former hallmark executive vice president said bardic initially was recruited As an artist then became the first staff writer of the newly created editorial department in 1935, harsh ways she was one of the first practitioners of a greeting card so la characterised by humorous rhymes with a punch line. She also was part of a Small group thai developed the first three dimensional cards with scenes and figures that pop up when the card is opened he said. There s a couple of bricks in this place Wilh her name on it harsh said from hallmark s Kansas City mo., Headquarters. Lardie quit working full time for the company in 1932 10 free Lance. Now she s writing a Book con Taining 400 of her cards that she says will reflect inc history of her Era. Contemporary cards she said arc using More gags than rhymes and she dislikes off color cards. About a half do in of Lardie s card concepts re main on the Racks said hallmark spokeswoman Meg Owens. But bardic says her influence went beyond her own work. I helped Lay the foundation for humor in cards i. Said. Her cards also occasionally took on a hard Edge though such As this som her. Depression Era plaint from 1935 there s no Relief proposed for dad not even on his Day. Emergency room reopens after 1 Day shutdown Cairo Iii. A the emergency room in this town s Only Hospital resumed operations after a one Day shutdown monday when the medical staff and a slate senator agreed on a plan to meet a financial crisis. A Miracle happened it really did said Betty Peeler a switchboard operator at Southern medical Cenich in this Southern Illinois own after she unexpectedly returned 10 work. Most of Southern medical shul Down dec. I and its emergency room closed sunday full the emergency room was reopened monday with the Hope the stale will deliver $25,000 in time to meet Friday s payroll said a legislator who has been working with Hospital officials and the governor s office. The Money would keep inc Center open through dec. 31, said stale sen. Glenn Poshard. We need to gel the $25,000 Iacre so we have the supplies and we Don t miss the payroll Poshard said sunday. Poshard said Friday he gave gov. James r. Thomp son a comprehensive proposal for funding the Emer gency room operations beyond the end of this year. Hospital Board member David we Sturmann has questioned whether the $25,000 would be enough to keep inc emergency Center open. But Poshard said inc Community and the staff want it to stay in operation. They Are Esi remely dedicated people he said of the emergency room staff Southern medical filed for Protection from its creditors under Federal bankruptcy Laws lost its medicare certification in August and was averaging less than 10 patients per Day when it voted to close Alful its Emer gency room effective dec. I. Striking bus Drivers return to work Garden Grove Calif. A Orange courtly bus Drivers the Calend with firing in the midst of the Holiday season returned to la Weir jobs monday while negotiators try to work out a con tract officials said. The Orange county transit District began operating monday on its regular schedule 14 Days after most of the District s 732 Drivers walked out affecting about 110.000 commuters said spokeswoman Joanne Curran. Less than 10 of the 314 Drivers scheduled to work monday morning called in sick or failed o show up she said. Elsewhere no talks were scheduled in Columbus Ohio where a transit strike entered its 14th Day monday. The Orange county District announced last Wink that any Drivers who did not re port for work would be fired. Limited serv ice was provided on 12 to 15 of the District s 53 routes during the strike. United transportation Union local 19 chairwoman Juliene Smith said she recommended that the 696 striking Drivers return to work to avoid dissension within the Union. Some members had crossed the picket line to keep their jobs through can Somas she said. Thirty six Drivers had returned to work by Friday said District spokeswoman Claudia Keith. Fuja zip is Dee Doo Dah Christmas like this och Ista Aas  a be am hts ij9factual j Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Dec. 24, 1946 a . Navy ship pulled out of the port of Dairen Man Churia after being threatened by soviet military officials. Although designated As a free chinese port by the sino soviet treaty of 1945, soviet forces still con trolled the City. 30 years ago today dec. 24, 1956 zoo officials in col Umbus Ohio announced he birth of inc first Gorilla Ever bom in Captivity. 20 years ago today. Dec. 24, 1966 the hl10, a wins less wheelless spacecraft successfully completed a controlled descent Loed wards fab Calif., from 45,000 feet Alti tude after being released from a b-52 bomber. The Craft was Lested for use in returning astronauts from space. 10 years ago today. Dec. 24, 1976 in Plains a presi Dent elect Carter named the last three cab inet members including Joseph Califano or. To head the health. Education and Wel fare department James r. Schlesinger to coordinate . Energy policy and Theo Dore Sorenson to direct the Cia