Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1934-08-09
Poplar Ridge

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hill and
daughter Bernadine, with Paul
Massey's family as guests, attended
the Shuster reunion at the beautiful
grove adjacent Bristol church,
Sunday, where delightful, day was
spent and a bounteous picnic dinner
was served. AS a number of the in
teresting program given in the at
ternoon in the church chapel, Mrs.
Hill and Mrs. Massey sang duet. :.
The venerable j. l.. Benjamin or
Malta visited his daughter, Mrs.
Joseph Best, Sunday. The latter
continues very i'll. Mrs. Eva Smith
is assisting in nursing her. Mr.
and Mrs. w. F. Niceswanger at
tended the funeral services for
their friend and former neighbor,
William Elliott, at McConnelsville,
Sunday. Mrs. Paul Massey and
son Jimmy accompanied the for
mer's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. E.
Wainwright, to GAINESVILLE Friday,
to visit her brother Harry Vain
wright who is a patient at Bethes-
da hospital, recovering from SER
ious auto accident. Harry Ander-
son is driving a tractor for state
highway work. Walter Hill OF
Reinersville, who recently had an
infected eye removed, has returned
to the family home. In few weeks
he will be able to wear an artificial
eve. Russell Martin and family OF
Cleveland spent a night recently
with relatives at the w F. Nice
swanger home Next morning they
started on their summer vacation
trip, which this time will include a
aims OF Tennessee. Stanford Glass
and family of White Cottage recent
ly visited the parents and brother OF
Mr.. Glass, at the Louis Glass home.
Fairview. Mrs. Harry Anderson
and children recently visited the
family of her daughter, Mrs. Har-
old Garvin, near Echo hill. Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Hill and daughter
Bernadine last week attended re-
union at the home of Mr.. Hills
maternal grandfather, the aged Mr..
Sealock of Belle Valley, who is in
his 92nd year. Deerfeld grange
held regular meeting Friday even
ing. There was good attendance,
and the program for the lecture
hour was put on by the men who
later were generously treated by
the sisters, to all day suckers. One
feature was a spelling match, Eth
Blackburn was last to go down.
There was music-vocal and instru-
mental, and readings. Miss Belle
Ferguson of McConnelsville was a
guest of the grange for the lecture
hour. Charles Copeland is working g
at the Malta Manufacturing plant.
Mr., and Mrs. Paul Massey and
son Jimmy spent a pleasant evening
recently with their friends Mr.. and
Mrs. Cecil Lawrence of the New
Lexington highway. They enjoyed
card playing, and dainty refresh
ments were served.
Recovering From Serious Injury
Betty Frash was seriously Ill last
week, having been stung by five
yellow wasps, at the home of her
father G. Y. Frash in north Malta.
The stings were on her foot, above
her low shoe. There were places
like hives on her body, and even in
her mouth. She now is about re-
covered. Mrs j. r. Porter and
sons Robert and Frank attended
the funeral services for Wm. Elliott
at McConnelsyille. Mr.. and Mrs
Chester Bush and son of McCon-
nelsville were callers at the w. F..
NicesWanger home Saturday even
ing. Mrs. Bush formerly was Mar
cia Davis, and taught Poplar
Ridge school,. Rex Shuster and
daughter Miss Charlotte of Beloit,
Wis, who were here attending the
Shuster reunion, were callers at the
Charles Hill home, Sunday evening.
Mr. Shuster is another Morgan
county boy who has made good in
the business world. He is Mrs.
Hills uncle. "A. c. Warren and
family with Miss Pauline Porter as
guest, attended the Tompkins re-
union at GAINESVILLE, Sunday, .Sev-
eral from our neighborhood are at
tending the church services being
held in the NJ. E. church grove at