Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-03-05

Is student at y. U., ACnenS, spent
the week end with DR.. A. H. Whit
acre and family Mae Kesler
Of Columbus spent the week end
with her father, John Macdonald
Mrs. Inez Bowman and two sons are
i'll with heavy colds.--Lena Whit
acre and Dora Bowman were in Co.
lumbus, Wednesday, last week.
Wayne Blackburn of Gallipolis spent
Saturday and Sunday with his moth
er, Mrs. Jane Blackburn Wendell
Ridgley. son of Harry Ridgley, is a
victim of scarlet fever, and is quite
ill. The health nurse, Miss Strobe,
came Monday and put up the quar-
antine. Mr.. and Mrs. Dale McKib-
ben of Malta were over night guests
Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. Everett
Newburn Francis Miller and FAM
lily of McConnelsville and Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Wymer of Tabor ridge,
were Sunday guests of Geo. Wy
mer's. Bobby Miller remained for
a few days.--Mr. and Mrs. Nell
beavers and Mrs. Rachel Griffith of
Crooksville, and Clyde Vincent of
GAINESVILLE were Sunday guests of
J. A. Miller's. Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos
Zumbro of Palmer visited Sunday
! with the formers parents, Walter
| Zumbro's. Harley Johnston and
! family have been at Corning few
days, helping care for Mr.. john
ston's father who is quite i'll, suffer-
ing from injuries sustained in an
automobile wreck several weeks
ago.--Anna Mae Schofield and Ro-
lena Rowland, representing Ches-
| terhilI affirmative debate team, lost
in the sectional meet to Bainbridge,
Monday. Chesterhill debate team
has won in the seventh district this
year. Chesterhill negative will de-
bate some time next week. The
time and place have not been de-
cided.- Miss Marian Shook, daugh-
ter of ]. V. Shook and wife, is i'll
with rheumatic fever.--The Fort
nightly literary club met with Mrs.
j. w. E. Dunbar, Monday evening.
Mrs. Z. +. Hodgin read an interest
ing paper on ''The People In Eth
iopia.''
House Catches Fire
Saturday, the home of w. S. Har
ris caught fire, when drum being
filled with gasoline exploded, burn
ing the light plant up. The driver
of the gasoline truck was there
when the explosion occurred, and
with a fire extinguisher soon had
the blaze out. The only damage
done was of the light plant. Carl
Harris got his hand burned, but not
seriously.
Mrs. Nancy A. Stevens Dies
Mrs. Nancy A. Stevens, colored,
died Saturday, Feb. 20, at 4 p. M,
of general infirmities. She was S4
years of age and had been almost
blind for several years. She was
taken some weeks ago to University
hospital, Columbus. She was the
widow of Charles Stevens. Her par
ents were the late Thomas and Eliz-
abeth Newman. Children surviving
her are Lewis Stevens Of GAINESVILLE
and Clyde and Edward Stevens of
the home near Chesterhill. The
late Mrs Thomas Male was her
daughter. One sister, Mrs. Ada
Stevens, resides in GAINESVILLE. Fu-
neral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at O'Clock, at Chester
hill M. E. church, conducted by Rev.
A. C. Male of GAINESVILLE, and burial
was made at Chesterhill.
School News
A very exciting basketball game
between the Chesterhill junior team
and Pennsville junior team, was
played in the finals at the all-county
tournament, Saturday. The junior
team of Chesterhill won. In win
ming the junior high tournament,
our boys, although smaller than
most opponents, showed kind of
basketball which will keep Chester
hill school in the race for some
years to come.
We wanted very much to have
our high school team win, but we
have no alibis since we lost. We
were proud of the sportsmanship of
our boys, and the loyalty Of the
community. Pennsville team cellar
ly outplayed our boys the last half