Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-13
Relnersville

at any time this season. Oscar Sea-
lock of Steubenville was here last
Saturday and Sunday looking after
his village property The son born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Garris of the
former Fred Thomas farm July 21,
has been named Charles Cecil Gar
"A son was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Luther Rucker of Center town.
ship, Reinersville route, Aug. A.
Miss Geneva Elliott who has spent
considerable part of the summer
with Harry Dye and family at Wash
ington, Ia, and in attendance at
Iowa State University, Iowa City, re-
turned home last week.-Mrs.. Noel
r. Schuster and son, Carlos, accom-
panied the latter's uncle, Rex Schus-
ter, last Thursday, to the Rex Schus-
ter home at Beloit, Wis, and will
also visit members of the Elias AL
len family at Belvidere, ILL.,, during
their western sojourn. Mrs Schus-
ter will probably return within
couple of weeks, but Carlos Schus-
ter may remain in the west indefi-
tely.--Father Time was caught
with pencil in his hand Sunday
ready to put down the 67th year for
Scott Brill and was rather frustrated
when Scott announced that the "big
event. would not be calendarical
fact until next Sunday, Aug. 16.
However, friends and relatives who
had worked up the conspiracy with
Father Time, went ahead and gave
him premature birthday surprise
that took Scott off his feet at meal
time. The hoax was enlarged to in
clude the birthday of his little
daughter Mary Ruth, which occurs
some five days later in this month
than her fathers. An elaborate
birthday CAKE, festive with it's 67
candles attested to the skill Of Mrs
w. p. Haskins in the art of baking
while smaller two candle cake al
SO adorned the table in recognition
Of Mary Ruth and her approaching
second birthday anniversary. The
names of those present as given us,
were Mrs. Viola Grandstaff, James
Haskins, Mr.. and Mrs Frank Haines
and grandchildren Doris and Ina
Mrs. Nellie Filkill, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Eppley and children Bernice
and Clayton, Prof. and Mrs. w. P.
Haskins and children Dorothy and
James, and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
ise and Nora Bell-Short and long
range visits and news pickups over
short wave: A car, three men and
three dogs failed TO properly round
the parsonage corner in the village
Sunday evening and taking off"
from rs scared into Everett Drum
mond's cornfield. Flattened stalks
of corn marks the place where they
landed, surprised but uninjured.
Cloyd Harper, sons, Welty w. Will
son and George Collins attended the
Marietta stock sale last Thursday
Oak Burkheimer is much improved
from high blood pressure, and was
a village visitor, Saturday. Richard
McGrath is not at present connected
with the Mohawk dam project and is
at home here with family.--J. 4.
Davis, a CCC camp foreman near
Hamilton, visited his mother, Mrs.
Maggie Davis, over Saturday night
and Sunday. Charles Burkheimer
of Otho was home from Senecaville,
Saturday night and Sunday Her
man Welch and family of Center
township, and near Moscow, took
dinner here Sunday with son and
wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Welch.--
W. 0. Ford returned home Saturday,
after four weeks visit at Zanes-
vile and McConnelsville- Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence (Abe) Tolbert of
Bristol township, were hosts Sunday
to Mrs. Sarah Conger, Elmer Con-
ger and Alben Pryor of Woodgrove,
the young men guests entertaining
in the Tolbert home with banjo and
piano Ray Ellison of Caldwell
route two, is administrator of the
estate of Hiram Ellison. Saw a pad
locked we'll the other day; never
heard of one being stolen. The
drill-bit making it's descent on the
Combs farm near Hackney passed
gassing or oiling and heading on to-
ward China expected to arrive at
Clinton at 42:25.--E. w. Combs, V.
M. Crisman and W. w. Cannon ap-
praised the personal and real prop
erty of the late B. F. Foster, last
Thursday. of the first so sets that
were threshed during the season by
the Charles Haines & Son grain
rig, 40 Of them extended
to the baling of the straw Miss |
Thelma Geiger and Mrs Emma Mil |
ner OF Marietta were here Saturday, |
and Mrs. Jennie Smith of this place
returned with them to that city for |
a brief visit. Frank James return
ed home last Thursday from a five
day absence during which he visited |
at the j. c. Haney home in Zanes-
Vile and with his cousin, Charles |
Hayes of northwest Of Cumberland |
Mrs. Florence Schuster of McCon-
nelsville, but formerly of Reiners-
Vile, was 81 years old, Aug. g.
Harry Collins and family and Oscar
Collins and wife of Rich Valley ter
'itory visited Sunday with the for
ner's son and wife, Mr.. and Mrs
John Collins of the Wood Ashton
,arm near Cross Roads. Mr.. and
Mrs. Dwight Stephenson, baby
laughter, Jane Ellen, and Mrs Ruby |
Walters motored over to Senecaville
Sunday to view the scenes surround
ng the construction of the DAM
Mr.. and Mrs. Royal Reese mildred
Welch) and Mrs. Allen Harrison
Helen Welch) all of Michigan, were
n the village Sunday evening Den
Ill Elliott, who has been employed L
IN different dam sites, left Sunday II
or work at an indefinite location.--
t always was one of the amusing
hings about a hot spell to hear
omeone who don't know the differ
nee between alfalfa and satisfy say:
Purity hot, but mighty good corn
weather." Trouble is the most some
eople give the er.--Prostra-
ion from the heat and heart trouble
aused Willis Ford, rs, to collapse
n the street near the S. l.. Hill gar
ge, Monday forenoon. He fell to