Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-10-24
INTERESTING MEETING is
SPONSORED BY ROTARIANS

Last Friday evening a meeting
sponsored by the Rotary club TO
which the public was invited, was
held in the new addition Of our
high school building. About l3O
attended.
A dinner which received most
favorable comments was prepared
and served by the home economies
department girls under direction OF
Miss Grace Beckwith.
The program of the evening was
opened by. words of welcome anu
appreciation for the fine attendance
by Wayland Cochran. He was FOL
lowed by Arthur Hambleton VINO
stated that the public was invlteo
for the purpose of discussion Oh
two projects to be voted on at the
November election in both towns
the proposed swimming pool ana the
in their line.
Rufus Brown spoke in favor or
the projects. He pointed out that
they would permanently improve
our community and cited examples
Of similar projects elsewhere thai
have Jared successfully. liz
phasized the point that II we ieel
we ever want these improvements
in our community, now is the prop
er time to make them, since the III
rect cost to our community Will DC
less than half of what it Will ever
be in the future.
Supt. Turner submitted dennlte
figures showing the financial condl-
tion of Malta and McConnelsvllle.
Malta has $1,000 bonded 1ndeDteo-
ness. but has almost enough to Gov
er it now in it's sinking fund. NC
.Connelsville owes about $22,OOO,
which has reduced from a high
point of $4,000. 1t was SHOWN
that the prospective projects would
cost each taxpayer OF eacn TOWN.
about 7Oc per $1,000 of valuation
per year for 10 years. Mr.. Iurner
also submitted specifications OF the
swimming pool and sketch OF the
athletic field.
Mrs. Carl Betz, president OF the
Civic club, spoke of expected bene-
fits of a swimming pool. me CIVIC
club started to create interest III
such a pool years ago before 1t was
thought that there might some oay
Mr.. Coli of the GAINESVILLE offlce
of the works program admlhlstra-
ton explained that these pro!ects
are now in Washington aWaltiiis
final approval which will undoupt-
edly be given them.
Mayor Mercer appealed to the CIT
izens of McConnelsville to act ID
vorablv on the two-mill levy being
voted on in November, to meet the
onerating costs of the town. he can
ed attention to the fact that thls
does not increase the tax, but mere
lv replaces a levy that expires this
Entertainment was provided dur.
ing the evening by two groups OF
fine musical selections given by Mrs.
Lucille Jaynes, contralto, and MRS.
marguerite Andrews, accompanlst'
from Columbus, we'll known artls's
in their line of music
The main speaker of the evening
was DR.. Ernest Work OF the oe-
partment of history of Musklngum
college. He had the unique expert
ence of serving Halle Selass1e, EN-
peror of Ethiopia, for several years
in an educational capacity. he de-
welcomed the educational system OF
that country and helped with the
writing Of their constitution OF
which he is a signer. He spoke with
a delightful style, mixing the SER
ious part of his talk with humorous
anecdotes that kept his audience
intensely interested. He described
the people of the country as look.
ing different from the negroes ol
our country. They are a mixture
of the Jew and the negro, having
thin lips, prominent nose, kinky
hair, and the color of ripe olive.
He traced the history of the country
for the last 40 years, during Whlch
time it has been sought first by one
and then another OF the leadlng
European powers. but has always
been able up to the present time 70
maintain it's independence.-AA.