Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-09-03
Renrock

Notice. The time will soon be at
hand when We begin our work at
the cane mill. and we feel that we
are not going to be physically able
to do very much. We request that
no cane be brought in without see
ing or consulting us first. You ask,
or wonder, why we do not hire help.
Our method Of doing the work is SO
complicated, so very eXacting that
| it cannot be trusted to every Tom,
Dick and Harry. and the help that
is required would be hard to OBJ
tain. Another thing we are asking
is that there be no admittance, eX-
cept on matters of business. This
refers particularly to school chill
dren who want to make it a lOafing
place, or play ground. AS already
stated, the work is so taxing and
eXacting that we cannot tolerate the
annoyance. We hope the parents
will cooperate and help to enforce
| this rule.--It is generally known
that a change of pastors is taking
place on the Renrock circuit Rev.
Yoho has, at his request, been left
without work. This is partially due
to i'll health. He will move to his
own home at Byesyile, and Rev.
Mowrey will take his place. 1t is
our belief that too frequent changes
of pastors have the tendency to give
the circuit black eye. However
there seems to be no remedy.
Preachers do not care to move onto
a work where a change is wanted
every year or so. The Creator has
never made any of his creatures 50
very elastic, so completely compli-
Gated that they can suit, "all the
people, all the time y" Since our
last letter by invitation we attend
ed the Foster reunion held at the
Noble county fair ground. While
there is no tie of relationship, this
reunion was of special interest to
us, as the main branch of the fam
lily grew up in the same school dis
trict in which the writer was
brought up, and that alone creates
"tie that binds" The Fosters
were old pioneer stock whose lives,
do with the moulding of the status
of the community. Their genius
their handicraft showed itself in
various ways, and among old time
fiddlers they held first rank. Last
Friday we attended the Dye reunion
held near GAINESVILLE, at the home
Of Chas. D. Paxton. Probably it
was the intention to have it at the
residence Of j. Vincent Dye whose
farm adjoins, but Mr. Dyes ply
sical condition was such that it was
deemed best to hold it at Paxton s.
1t is well known that the senior
Ezekiel Dye was the first settler III
the Renrock community. This re-
union was composed mostly of the
descendants of Vincent Dye, sr., one
Of the sons of Ezekiel Dye, and it
was he who built the brick house
back in 1885. the only house Of
that kind here now. The walls and
foundation of this home are in per-
feet condition, and it looks like it
would be good for another loo
years. There were only two des
cendants Of Thomas Dye, brother of
Vincent, and he too built brick
house in his day,-where John
Reed, ST., lived, but it was torn
down perhaps 90 years ago Those
two descendants referred to, were
Z. N. Dye, retired school teacher,
living south of Caldwell, and Ella
(Dickinson) Thorla. One descendant
of another brother, William, was
present, E. r. Tilden. Most all the
descendants are of the fourth and
fifth generation. So far as we know,
there is only one remaining OF the
third generation, and she is Mrs.
Laura Carr of Norval Park, Zanes-
vile. She is the daughter of Fur
man Dye who was the youngest of
the Ezekiel Dye family, which con-
sisted of two sets of children num-
bering about 20 in all. Furman
was born when his father was 70
years old. The name Dye is run
ming out here, as the females out
numbered the males. These family
reunions can be made interesting,
or otherwise This was one of the
best we have attended. 1t is our
candid belief that too many news
papers use valuable space in giving
the list of all who attend these re-
unions. Of course there ought to
be some mention of those who sac
rifice time and money, coming in
from a distance Perhaps the read
ers want, and read these long lists
Of names. We don't.--In placing
the name of the streams on the
bridges that span them, we note
some errors. The branch of Meigs
creek here known for SO many years
as the Tilden run is misspelled ''Til-
toms" Also over in Morgan coun-
ty, at the Dickinson place, we
think Brenner's Fork is wrong.
Some might wonder at the name up
here at the Rex farm, called
Blanchard's run. Nearly 100 years
ago a man by the name of Blanch
ard owned the farm where A. G.
Parks now lives. They also kept a
tavern. An impressive baptismal
service by immersion was held here
Sunday afternoon, on the bank of
the creek, which presumably will
mark the end of the ministration
Of Rev. M. r. Yoho, who during
his two years stay has won his way
into the hearts Of many of the folks