Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-12-22
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make wonderful reading, they con-
t3in some o. the failings of rela-
.sisgs of some Of ear readers, Of
some Of he bone and sinew 7of our
county at the present time, and we
would Just as leave stick a knife
into one of you. as write anything to
hurt YOU. and cur knife is dull. so
Mon need nc, look for anything Of
that nature from onr pencil You.
are our friend whether YOU know it
or not.
gbe boards of education Of the
various townships are having their
troubles with tho transportation
problem. We do not wish to enter
into q discussion of the question:
hut only to call atten ion to the
f. ct that back 30 and so years ago
The boys ard girls thought moth ng
of walking two miles, and some
more than that Without a foot Of
improved road. with mud ofttimes
neer beet top dcen Clea her boots)
IT Fas IN I'll day Job to SO and
come md sttend school the reouir-
"a number of hours. Some place
ae'; - tho years aeone we wrote
''uloeee" on the old lea her boots
our father bought us, but our pen
cI as we remember wore ont be-
fore We got -through, and even to-
day we would not dare say what we
hoaaht of those water soaked
boots, those i'll fitting boots. those
roa over boots. those stiff solod
heots. those taller soaked boots,
those boots we often wished had
te@n in-wall as We were about to
we would not dare write it, for
Harold could not eet the tyne cool
Cd off enough for Stan to handle
here handed But we walked it.
~ wa he'd lots Of fun on the way,
nj tile directors raid the teachers
aeh mon Ii, and the coal bills and
SO or were paid promptly Give us
q new pair boots and let lis join the
Wh h:tneys, MUSES., Roberts, Maggie
shook. McConnells. Mary King,
Greers. on the way. and you can
ride the bus but it can't be But
hon 4stly, where are we going to
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Bristol, AnrfI, 1881. The direc-
tors OF District No levied a tax
in the district OF SIS for fuel for
school and other purposes, and
which has been expended as fol-
lows: March. 1851, Al Reed, for
fuel for school, lie sum e2 s.. Paid
Charles Knox for repair to school
house, IS cen.s Paid to z Row
Land, township clerk, his fees. IS
cents. Paid James Strong for taxi
ine enumeration Of youth in dis
tr.ct fer tRo years, $2 Wm. r. !
Cool for eundrIes fer use Of school f
So cents James Strong. repairing /
stove and articles for use OF school. /
81 The whole amount expended /
being &9.42, leaving balance OIL
s5.58. 1t seems the tax payers af- |
ter due consideration realized the T
folly Of spending so much money, !
and as you win see by the follow /
ing knocked the tax levy in the +
head: District No 3, Bristol, Nor /
gan county. Ohio. At meeting Of (
the voters of the district held at
the school house, in pursuance Of
law and public no5ice on the sec
ond Monday Of April, 1851, the re-
nort of the directors for the pre-
ceding year being read. the voters
present proceeded to the election OF
officers for the coming year, which
elect ion resulted in the choice of di-
rcetors as follows: Wm. Dunlap for
three years, Robert Lansing for two
years, and VIM Lighthizer for one
year. James X. Paxton was elected
clerk, and John f. Brown was
=lected treasurer for one year. The
school tax was lost, yeas six, nays
light There were present and
voting is as follows: VIM Dunlap,
VIM Lighthizer, Barnet Workman,
Chas Knox, James Campbell, Wes
ey Knox, B. P. Workman, Peter,
Bailey, Benz. Workman John f.
Brown, James Morrison, James
James X. Paxton. The Of
icers elected were all duly sworn.
The treasurer gave his bond and
he meeting was dismissed,-James
K Paxton clerk.
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