Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-02
MEIGS

MEIGS
Report has it John Napper who
has been spending the winter in the
south will return here soon.
Parents Day at Meigs March IT.
Parents are requested to be present
with bountiful samples of cooking.
A program is being prepared. II
you want your children to be proud
of their parents come out and be
proud of them.
If all improved roads are gotten
with the tribulation ours has been,
those who don't have to travel one
while in way of construction are
lucky. But when it's done we will
likely hold a hallelujah meeting.
Oh no we don't intend to let our pen
Gil cleave to the roof of our mouth
until it is completed to the Stevens
stand. And then we will favor the
route to. (To be continued in fu-
ture edition.
We haven't been in the county
seat for some time. Since they've
got to looking for bootleggers, dog
tag evaders, one can't be too careful.
The flu or whatever the people
on some folks. At present. we don't
know whether we will be on our
pins or not when this is read. If we
are and any one needs help we will
be ready. We don't go much on a
religion that don't go farther than
"Me and my wife, son John and his
wife"
Sherman Harmon and family have
moved to GAINESVILLE. Mr.. and Mrs.
J. w. Clark have moved from the
Stanley Ray rooms to the Harmon
house.
VIM Ward has succumbed to the
lure of the village and moved to the
Ray house on Mulberry Heights.
While we have nothing against
the Little family, yet we are sorry
Dr. Guy Smith and family have
burned the bridge that connected
them with our village. Here's hop
ing they may not get all stuck UP
and forget to visit the home of their
nativity.
Miss Mabel Henderson spent sew
eral days with her friend Miss AIDA
Lawrence of Bloom last week.
Miss Lucille Hill, daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hill, of near Mt
Zion church, was taken i'll Thursday
night with something akin to spinal
menengitis. She is improved at this
writing.
We can't figure where a dog would
be of any benefit to us only for the
noise, and with five young Rays we
get that without the tag.
VIM. Knox, a former resident OF
bn h1 al
for several years, was here Friday
looking for house in the village
1t seems something will have to be
done to provide homes for those
that would sojourn with us.
VIM. Greer, the oldest man living
on the road from McConnelsville tC
Reinersville, was seized with a dizzy
spell Friday while attempting tt
walk to the j. B. Merwin home, anG
had to be helped home.
At the cemetery meeting last Sat
urday the following officers were
elected: Trustees. w. F. Fox. A. ]
Lindimore, Vernon Whitehouse;
sec'y, C. B. Ray; treas. L. T. Jen.
kins. A list of names of persons
who have relatives buried here who
live out of the neighborhoOd, has
been prepared and they will be ask
ed to contribute to fund to proper
ly fence and level the grounds and
put them in condition so we will not
have to apologize for the looks. You
can do yourself proud by sending
your contribution to the Secretary
McConelsville Star Rt., before we
get your notice mailed.
Mrs. Melissa Mahon, of near Mt.
Carmel church, who recently passed
her 80th birthday is reported SER
iously sick.
We hear A. G. Scott has bought
property in town. Over where Nut
tonburg used to knock the ball.
We can remember when a
boy in school we used to read about
the Boston Tea Party and think
what brave men they were, never
thinking we would ever know any
body that was of that stock-but
we were mistaken. While at the
John Bozman home, Meigsville town
ship, last Sunday, Mrs. Bozman
showed an invitation to the unveil-
ing of Kennison Boulder Monument
with photo of the stone with the
following inscription:
I'm memory of David Kennison,
the last survivor of the Boston Tea
Party, who died in Chicago, Feb.
"a, 1852, aged 115 years, months,
II days, and is buried near the spot
where this stone is erected by the
Sons of the Revolution and The
Daughters Of the Revolution, Dec.
IL, 1903" While at the BoZman
home we saw Mrs. William Bozman,
mother of John, where she is being
cared for. Mrs. Bozman is 95 years
old. Her rNhealth seems to be fine
for one of her age.
STOCKPORT