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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-22
Deaths Toll
Jan. Is to %, 1881

Charles w. Perkins, Malta.
J. E. Peck, McConnelsville Rt
Rev. FIR. F. S. Mueller. GAINESVILLE.
Jacob Mueller. Newark.
Mrs. Linnie Kinney, Bartlett.
Fred Alderman, Arlington, Kan.
Mrs. John Hummel, Red Oak, Ia
Mrs. Jane Barrett, Rock Falls, III
Daniel Shuster, McConnelsville.
Florence Oliver, Cleveland
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-22
Birch Establishes Record

Mcdonald Birch, magician, who is
playing in Texas, established new
house record at Ell paso He played
to 1000 at matinee. and in the
evening to 5.700, and several hum
dred we're turned away
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-22
Os Hooper Very Ill

Mr.. Os Hooper OF Stockport who
has been in poor health for a long
time, is now reported as being very
low.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-22

Rose Farm School House Unsafe
The Rose Farm school house has
been condemned. and school is being
held in Miners hall. The building
has settled from some cause, in
such manner, that it is pulled
almost in two
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-22
At The Churches
McKendree M. E. Charge

McKendree M. e. Charge =
Preaching services: Zion 1890,
Wesley Chapel 2:3O, and Fletcher
at 7:30.-A O.. Tillotson, pastor.
Methodist Episcopal Church
Church school, 9:15 a. m A re-
ligious school for the family Morn
ing worship, 1890 O'Clock. Facing
Some Real Issues" Music by choir
and organ. Epworth League, $50
p. m. Robert Barkhurst, leader.
Evening worship, 1880 o'clock.
Tuesday, Boy Scout Leadership
Training School, Scout cabin, p
M Wednesday, prayer meeting,
1880 O'Clock. Choir practice, 8.15.
p. m. Thursday, JAM 20, Sunday
school meeting, for everyone. Jan.
%, service at sanatorium.-Ch
W. Stoneburner. pastor.
Malta Methodist Episcopal Church
Sunday school 9:15 a. m. Morn
ing worship, 10:30. Sermon topic.
1.-The Challenge of Christianity to
Our Generation" Evening wor-
ship, o'clock. Sermon topic,
'Wind Anchors. The junior choir
will sing.-David H. Markle. pastor.
Stockport NJ. p. Church
A study of the scriptures at $3.50.
Preaching at 10:30. Evangelistic
services continue all this week, and
the Sunday services will include
both morning and nighta>. Cannot
fill the appointment at Mt.sOlivet
until the roads get passable. Con-
interest has been mani
fest during the meetings. Having
good music under the leadership OF
Ivan Ball So far have received
the letters of three persons to unite
with the church, and expect more.
This makes total of six since COM
ing to the work. b.. Douglas.
pastor
Church Of Christ
(Seventh Street,
Bible study at $50 a. m. Morn
ing worship at 10:30. Leader,
Riley Price Subject, "Prepara-
ton" Evening service at o'clock.
Leader, Clyde Kincaid Lesson,
second Peter, third chapter. Sub
ject, 18th verse Come. An all day
is being planned for Lords
day Feb 1. Elders C. III. NORM and
Harley Bankes will be the principal
speakers Of the day Basket din
ner at noon. Plan to attend
Presbyterian Church
Sunday school, 915 a. m. Church
service, 10:30. Program by the
young peoples society, with installa-
ton of officers, under direction OF
Miss Huntsman. Christian En-
deavor, Gas. Evening worship,
7:30 Sermon by pastor Kings
meeting Wednesday evening. Girl
Scouts Monday, 3:30.-Thurman E.
Leonard, pastor.
Bristol Presbyterian Church
Sunday school, 10 "a m. Chris
tian Endeavor, GAS. Evening wor-
ship and song service, 7:30. Pro
gram by the young people's society.
under direction of Miss IEalltsznan
Mid-week service, Wednesday even
inc. Thurman f. Leonard, pastor
Deerfield Presbyterian Church
Sunday school, 10 a. M. Morn
ing worship at il. Sermon by pas
Lor-Thurman Z. Leonard, pastor
Methodist Protestant Church
Bible school at 9:15 a. m. Special
opening exercises Morning wor-
ship at 1890 Sermon theme, THE
Supreme Quest" Special music by
he choir Reception of members.
evening worship at 1880. Sermon
heme, "Your Right to Be Happy"
w. J. Mccarthy, pastor
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-22
DEATH COMES SUDDENLY TO
CHAS. w. PERKINS OF MALTA

uC uCdIl VI OuGi lCS W. Cl NIL .
of Malta occurred last Thursday af-
ternoon about one o'clock. Death
came very suddenly and unexpected
ly, though Mr.. Perkins had been in
failing health the last year, and un.
able to work. Previous to that he
had been for number of years a
faithful employe at the Brown
Manly plow works. He was suffer-
ing with enlargement of the heart.
On the day of his death he had been
apparently about as he had been.
He was entering the door of his
home, from the yard, when he was
suddenly stricken, dying almost in
stantly. The deceased was born at
Waterford and spent the early part
of his life there. For a number of
years his home had been in Malta.
He was Ga years of age at the time
of his death His wife who sur
wives him was Retta Coffman. He
also leaves four sons-Elmer, John,
and Clarence Perkins of GAINESVILLE.
and Lewis of the home, and one
daughter, Mrs. H. V. Savage OF Nc
Connelsville. He leaves eight grand.
children, one of whom, Cleo Perk-
ms, has made her home with her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Perk-
ms Frank Perkins of Cumberland,
o.. is a brother of the deceased
Funeral services which were large
ly attended were held from the resi-
dence Sunday afternoon at 1880
O'Clock, conducted by Rev. e. F..
Kendle, pastor of the Main Street
Church of Christ. Music was fur
nished by quartet from that
church, T. Connor, Mrs. Geo.
Underwood, Mrs. A. l.. Smith and
Rev. S. p. Moody. The services were
under the auspices of the Jr. O. u.
A. NJ, the members attending in a
body, and their ritualistic services
being held. Burial was made in the
McConnelsville cemetery The fol-
lowing served as pail bearers: j.
H Sheets, Willard Henery, VIM. Nc
Daniel, C. S. Havener, John Clark,
Jno. Harkins.
Outside persons in attendance at
the funeral were Mr. Arthur Bird
and family, Cambridge; Mrs. Mar
tha Cooper, Mrs. Ethel Weekley,
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Wills and
daughter Gale, Mrs. George Wills,
Hartford, O.: Clarence Coffman and
family, Mr.. and Mrs Albert Wilson,
James Laughery, Miss Mae Cowell,
Martin Coffman, Coal Run; Mrs.
Mintie Hall and daughter Alice, Mr..
and Mrs Mummey, Beverly; Mrs.
Mary Dolan and son William, Stock.
port; Loren Perkins and family,
Newark; Mrs. Bertha Rhodes, Gran.
vile; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Perkins,
Robert Perkins, Cumberland; Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Perkins. John
Perkins, Elmer Perkins and Paul
Wilson and families, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Niblock, and Mr. and Mrs.
John Smith, all of GAINESVILLE.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
''Way to a Man. s Heart" Revealed
By Expert to Cooking Glass

the house should receive special
attention in every cooking school.
She says:
"After all, most women are
cooking for some particular
man. His likes and disIikeS
govern the average housewives
selection of a daily menu. The
cooking school which OverlOOks
this important item loses an
opportunity"
At the conclusion of the daily
distribution of prizes this after
noon, all slips will be returned to
the basket and the winner of the
Estate gas range and Elextrolux
refrigerator will be drawn.
Every woman attending this
afternoons class will have an
opportunity to win one of these
gifts. Those who have been pres.
ent during the entire course will
have four chances each.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09

lCOurSe, the Estate Gas Range and
Electrolux Refrigerator. The
names of the lucky women re-
Ceiving these valuable gifts will
be announced later.
Many Get Gifts
Other gifts presented to vari-
Gus members of the class in
cluded 20 market baskets of groc-
cries, 40-piece set of aluminium
kitchen ware and a basket of
roses. The chocolate cake and
apple pie were also given away.
Those receiving the daily pres
ents were Mrs. Helen F. Payne,
1885 Sixteenth st. N. W.; Miss l..
Bromley, 500 Fourth st. N. W.;
Mrs. I. M. Brown. 1924 Wisconsin
Ave. Mrs. John F.. Holman,
1917 Forty-fourth st. N. w: Mrs.
George Geisenberg. 1912 Massa-
chusets Ave. N. W.; Miss Frances
McCubbin, College Park, Md;
Mrs. J. Speciale, 3112 M st. N.
w.; Mrs. E. A. Slayden, 635 Ninth
st. N. E.; Mrs. G. H. Love, 1913
Potomac st. N. W.; Mrs. A. D.
Smith, 1890 Quincy st N. E.;
Mrs. j. N. Murphy, 21O8 New
York Ave. N. w.; Mrs. Lawrence
Hyland, 1880 Rhode Island Ave.
N. E.; Mrs. B. C. Scott, 1880 Cali
fornia st. N. W.: Mrs. c. E. Nc
Clintic, 2217 Randolph Pl. N. E.;
Mrs. Earle P. Doyle, cool Six
tenth st. N. W.: Mrs. William
KrowS, 447 Fifteenth st. N. E.,
and Mrs. Mildred Solomon, 1928
Brentwood Rd. N. E.
'Way to Mans Heart"
This afternoon, the final session
Of the cooking school, Miss Howe
will discuss the "Way to a Mans
Heart" via the culinary route.
AS the title indicates, the talk
will be devoted to chocolate cake,
apple pie, broiled steak, hot po-
tato salad, etc.
Miss Howe believes the man of
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
LABOR APPEAL
TURNED DOWN

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Oct. 9.-The
commission in charge of the ex.
perditure of 100000 for school
improvements throughout the
Anne Arundel county, said it will
ask for bids for the construction
of the Glen Burnie High School
without restrictions being made
that local labor do the work.
Local craftsmen, many of
whom are out of work, had asked
that the commission restrict bid
ding to Maryland firms so that
only local labor might be en-
ployed on the work.
Union men Of this city, Balti-
more and Washington are in
cenSed because a North Carolina
firm awarded the contract to
build the new colored high school
here brought negro bricklayers to
work on the structure. The firm
works the bricklayers 10 hours a
day and pays $6. The union
price is So for an eight-hour day.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued
bAt Rockville to Claude McKelle-
Eget Nixon, 81, of Mt. Ida, Va.
kand Evelyn Louisa Pallant, Is, of
alexandria; Carl w. MILESTONE,
k26, Of Fort Myer. Va, and Frances
Il. Edwards, 18, of Alexandria: f.:
Thomas A. Howard, 2l, of Fort
sMyer Va, and Mildred L. Judd,
( 20. OF alexandria; Edward F. Gid
dings. 26, of Berwyn, Md, and
Virginia w. Stonestreet, 81, of
BarneSville, Md, and Alfonso
Jdefeged, 81, of Rockville, and
i Pauline Vinson, 81, of Bethesda,
Md.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09

An enthusiastic class of Capital
housewives greeted Miss Eleanor
Howe, culinary expert, at the
final session of The Washington
Times Cooking School at the
Washington Auditorium this after.
noon.
Miss Howe had selected for her
concluding talk q subject always
of major Importance to women,
'The Way to a Mans Heart" "
and the largest crowd on record
for q Washington cooking school
turned out to hear her.
Miss Howe selected such mascu-
line favorites as chocolate cake,
apple pie, broiled steak, and hot
potato salad. The menu demon
Stration was completed by a talk
on preparing coffee and few, if
any. of the class left the audi
torium this afternoon without an
increased respect for that ap-
parently simple culinary task.
many questions Asked
Good coffee, Miss Howe told
her audience, is something to
dream over, while bad coffee is
only fit for the garbage pail.
A barrage of questions was
aimed at the speaker at the con-
cluSion Of her address. Many of
the students already had tried
the various recipes in the cook
book distributed by The Wash.
ington Times and they were eager
to discuss with her the various
problems encountered in turning
out perfect dishes.
One ingenious housewife had
spent last evening making up
tOday'S menu in order that any
mistakes might be corrected BY
Miss Howe before the conclusion
of this afternoons class.
The school was brought to a
dramatic climax with the award.
ing Of the two major gifts of the
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
Dean Woods to Speak
To WOmnn's Club

DR.. George B. Woods, dean of
the College Of Liberal Arts, Amer
ican University. will be the prin-
cipal speaker at the opening meet
ing of the Woman's Community
Club of Kensington. Monday, at
the Masonic hall at Kensington.
Mrs. Lewis Merriam, president,
will preside.
Preceding the meeting, Mrs.
William Matthews will give a
luncheon to members and guests
of the club.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
DEVELOPMENT 7
UNDER. WAY

The contract and bond of Ray.
mond H. Burrows, contractor
for street construction in North
Hills Of Sligo Park were received
yesterday by the Montgomery
Ecounty commissioners. This work
will cost the county nothing, it
being borne by the developers of
this section.
Harold E. Doyle and William
i. Miller, representing the Chevy
Chase Land Company, offered the
!, commissioners parcels of land
eadjoining section 4, Chevy Chase,
sfo. use in the parking scheme
This was referred to the Mary.
Aand-National Capital Park and
planning Commission.
A letter authorizing the State
Road Commission to extend Chest
nut Avenue by way of Saratoga
EAvenue from Philadelphia Avenue
{ in Takoma Park to Sligo Avenue
one mile east of Silver Spring,
was approved
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
INDEPENDENT 7
/ Of OUTSIDE
. CREDITS.
Frozen Assets Unknown, Say
Authorities, Pointing to Crops
! Seen More Than Abundant

Montgomery county banks will
not need to call upon the $780,
100000 credit institution being
created at the suggestion of
President Hoover to stabilize the
banking situation in the United
States, investigation has dis
closed.
There are little, if any, so-called
frozen" assets in any Montgom-
cry county bank. There is no
agricultural depression to speak
OF in comparison with the coun-
Try as a whcle. Crops, this year,
have been more than abundant.
Poultry and fruit production is
above the average. The dairy
business, the county's leading in
0uStry, was never better.
From figures obtained on OctO-
Der s, it was learned that Mont
8Omery county banks have actual
cash on hand to meet any cir.
cumStance. If all depOsitOrS closed
their accounts, they would re.
eeive cash at once. Thus, these
banks are so liquid" that they
will not need outside aid.
A detailed inquiry revealed
that not a bank in Montgomery
eaunty bought, nor has loaned
any money on. the F. H. Smith
Company or Swartzell, Rheem
and HenSey securities which
caused some banking structures
trouble. Although this paper was
offered all the county banks,
none would touch it.
The leading bankers in the
county today said that no mat
ter what happens to the rest of
the country, Montgomery county
banks can weather any storm.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
FEDERATION TO MEET

The first fall meeting of the
executive board of the Mont
gomery County Federation of
Women's Clubs will be held in
the Community Hall at Barnes.
vile on october IS, at 10 a. m
Following the meeting a lunch.
con will he served at 1890 D. m
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
BOlUie Club Outlines
Coming Years Plans

Plans for the years activities
were formulated at the meeting
Of the Bowie Home Demonstration
Club.
Donations were made to pur-
1chase first aid kit for the school
and it was decided that similar
expenditures would be made when
necessary to provide for school
needs.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
3 NAMED DELEGATES
Times Staff Photo

E. j. Murphy, George P. Sacks
and Col. Thomas Hampton were
named today by Thomas E. Hamp-
ton, president of the Bethesda
Chamber of Commerce, as dele
gates to the Montgomery County
Civic Federation. Edward II.
Jones and Thomas Laffin are
altarnatHS
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
FOREST FIRE DAMAGE

Twenty-six forest fires caused
by carelessness in Montgomery
county in 1880 damaged property
to the extent of $283.15, F. w.
Besley, State forester, has re.
ported. The sum of $3.50 was
collected from persons who caused
fires through carelessness.
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
Gamma Rho Sorority
Picks NeW Officers

The Gamma Rho sorority met
at the home of Mrs. Monroe
stockett, Aurora Heights, Va, last
night and discussed the winters
activities.
Officers elected for the new
year are Miss Dorothy Bates,
president; Miss Ruth Bradshaw,
vice president; Miss Katherine
Wise, secretary; and Miss Pau
line Laycock, treasurer,
The Washington times., 1931-10-09
CAMPFIRE, AND VESPERS

The Glenmont School, north of
Silver Spring, will be the scene of
a AM Campfire and vesper SER
vice this evening at 7:3O o'clock.
The services will be conducted by
the an Federation with the spe-
cial aid of the Senior AM Glen
mont girls,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-13

that consciousness appears in anil mals tos enable them to compete more successfully in the struggle for 1ife., In the evolutionary pro- cess we should on this view expect consctousness to appear only where 1t will be of some value to the orr ganisnf. Clearly consciousness can be of no value to a dead organism. Thus it should cease with death
 There is, however, an equally tenable View which points toward the opposite conclusion. This is that the evolutionary process is working toward the development of conscious persons rather than. to- ward the, development of physical organisms. That our world is Q chances As fair becomes wholly urf- reasonable to one who considers merely the remarkable physical and chemical properties of cleo. irons and molecules. The phenom- ena of orthogenesis and emergent evolution, on the other hand, strongly suggest that the evolu- tionaf,y process Is directed tr,va~d a definite end, with intelligent minds as perhaps the rgoaI. On t4l.s view an intelligent mind would be its own reason for existence, and we might reasonably expect nature to preserve at al 1costs the living souls which 1t has evolved at such labor"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-13
John w. Holbrook
 Played In Stock
 At Local House
American Academy of Arts and Letters Awards Him I03I Radio FiOnOrs-One of Youngest Announce CTS on Air and Joined NBC. Staff Last May

kee. They took him, when one l year old, to Mexico. They re-
 turned to the states, and settled at
 Sherbrooke, Quebec. At Lennox- vile, near there, Holbrook grew
 up in the Etonian atmosphere of Bishops college school. He left
 college in 1926.
 My father, a corporation law yer, wanted me to become an at | torney. Instead, I seriously in-
 tended to become professional ski jumper, Holbrook recalled. | Ultimately, he dabbled in the Bos-
 ton woo. business, tried banking
 sold burners and peddled automo- piles.
 Money went through my hands
 so fast that I didn't seem able to
 stop any of it," Holbrook said. "So 1 'scrammed' out of business.
 Then one day the theater came in- to my life."
 A dissatisfied thespian had
 walked out of stock show pro- duced by a friend of his in Water- bury, Conn. The. friend spilled
 his grief to Holbrook, who joking | ly offered to save the show" He
 had never been on the stage, but the producer hired him. T stayed there through a 32- week run. playing everything from
 juvenile to leading man." Hol- 1 brook said. T even staged the
 production, due to the fact that the stage manager tippled most of the time and somebody had to pull the curtain. The public finally got wise and 1 took a vacation" Holbrook returned to Boston. and while walking down the street noticed the name plate of station WNAC. Out of curiosity, he en- tered and wheedled his way into the studios. He was surprised to find a friend working there. The acquaintance suggested he get into the business.
 ton advertising agencies and tramped the stretes for a job. He wandered into a firm on Water street and announced he was fresh from radio. The advertis-
 ing production man introduced Holbrook as "a big radio man from Canada"
 "I had never seen a microphone in my life," Holbrook said. The big red-headed Irishman who was bos discovered it and thretened to put me out on Water street. Fin ally he said, If you had gall enough to walk in, you certainly ought to handle bunch of mu- sicians!" So Holbrook got in ra- dio. He announced, produced and wrote scripts for the firm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-13

john Wesley Holbrook, we'll known NEG announcer, who has been awarded the 1881 gold medal for good diction by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, served an apprenticeship in To- ' cal stock company several years ago according to a synopsis of his career.
 A few years ago Mir Holbrook came to Jacques theater from Bos- ton to fill part in a stock show as a substitute for the regular male lead for a week. Instead of a week, he stayed for six months playing everything from lead to juvenile to aid his friend the pro- ducer.
 Mir Holbrook's biography fol- lows:
 John Wesley Holbrook. voted the best voice on the air in 1881, is the most surprised young man in America. He started out to gain fame as a ski-jumper. Instead, he bounced through banking and business, slid across the stage, and skidded into radio by ruse.
 Two days after first glirnpsing a studio, Holrook walked into a Boston advertising agency and of fered to become it's radio expert writing, producing and announcing programs. The manager threat ened to throw him out. Holbrook held on, rose through the Boston ranks, and joined the staff of the National Broadcasting company.
 Recognition and romance be- came his overnight. The American Academy of Arts and Letters awarded him the 1891 gold medal for good diction. Miss Katherine Renwick, NEG actress, promised to end the year right by becoming his wife.
 "These were the biggest sur- prises in. my life," confided young Mir Holbrook in his best Etonian black mustache and considered the lucky breaks in his twenty fifth year. You might say that I had to do lot of talking in both cases"
 "Jack" Holbrook, a blue-eyed brunette. is a 1.-the six-footer who unbends quickly in manner and speech. He revealed that he nev- CT studied efocution in his life. Without previous experience he once filled 32 weeks in stock for an actor who walked off the job. His speech is that of a cosmopo- lite.
 lloIbrook was born at Crow Point, suburb of Boston, on Aug ust f4. 1906. His father was a southerner and his mother a Yam
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-13
EDISON FAMILY
 FROM HOLLAND

Detroit-(UP)-The trunk of the Thomas Ava Edison family tree was a. Dutch family named Mar ,celisson according to. Mrs Freder- ick H. Morse second cousin of the late inventor.
 "Edison's name would have been recorded in history as Thomas AL va Marcelisson' Mrs Morse said If his great at-grandmother hadn't talked about her brother Eddie's sons caused the change in name"
 Mrs Morse related that Eddie Marcelisson a Hollander immigra- ted to England with his two sons. When Eddie died the maiden aunt with whom the boys were living spoke of them as her brtoher's sons. One of the boys gave his name as Edison when he received a Commission in the British navy.
 The naval officer later came to New Amsterdam. He was a banker and the grandfather of Thomas Edison Mrs Morse said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-13

Roxy's cleaning establishment al
 POP North Main street was sub- jected to a cleaning up" process in a most unexpected manner early this morning.
 A Buick sedanf driverless, rolled down Cooke street at 2 a. m. this morning and crashed through the plae glass window of the store, wrecking it completely. No one was injured in this mishap. Not withstanding the earliness of the hour a crowd of spectators was son on hand to learn the why and wherefore of the crash.
 At a more reasonable hour in the day George Deleviedeuse reported that his Buick machine had been stolen from in front of his resi- dence on Randolph avenue. The police recognized the stolen ma chine as being the car which plunged through Roxy's store. MT DeIevieleuse immediately proceed ed to the garage where the car had bn lodgd to, claim 1t and to arrange to handle whatever claims might possibly be filed against 1t.
 Paul Pizzo of 23 Walnut street extension reported to the police while turning the corner of Bishop