Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-09-10
RelnerSville

Last week at this bump on the
| landscape, the travel index pointed
toward McConnelsville The fairs.
The corn which stood in solid
phalanx the first of the week faced
! by an overalled enemy of saber-
| bearers is expected to show many
| inroads of attack, by Saturday,
| Mrs. Loura Sherlock Hastings
and Mr.. and Mrs Glen Burkheimer
attended the Sherlock family reun-
ion, which was held last Sunday
near Fleming, Washington county.
The quarantine established here
on account of the presence of scarlet
fever as evidenced in the case of
eight year oldl Betty McGrath, has
been removed and the community
again appears free of contagion.
The county road grading equip
ment piloted by Maynard Williams
moved with precision upon the Allen
road, which branches off state road
rs in Manchester township, last
week, and by now it may be fin
ished product to the Center town
ship line.
The double-bill of "softy'' ball
Sunday afternoon wherein Zeno and
suburbs invaded the scalped locust
shaded lot of the Reinersville out
landers, climaxed with scores, 13 to
7 and / 5 to IA. with the applause
belonging to the "outlanders'' at the
end of each setto.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold H. Hill, the
former a sanitary engineer in the
service of the city of Columbus,
were guests over Sunday and Labor
day, of their parents, Postmaster
and Mrs. S. L. Hill, and Mr. and
Mrs. w. NJ. Smith. Golf is Engi-
neer Hills relaxation.
Dwight Stephenson opened the
doors of the one-room Early Ridge
school, Monday morning, and
against an interior background once
familiar to the mathematical wizard,
John Sanders and the nationally
known meteorologist, Cyclone Bill
Haines, 16 pupils filed to their seats
for their first days round of study
and instruction.
A nighttime sky-rider is still an
unusual observation in these parts
and when one morning last week at
4:15 the lights from his ship, dis
tingushed only in color from the
stars with which they seemed to be
mingled, were sighted to the north
west of the village, it presented an
enchanting scene. To be exact the
rear light was of such color and at
such altitude as to be undistinguish-
able from the adjacent stars.
Mr. and Mrs. Dorset Kincaid re-
turned to Mansfield Monday. Mrs
Kincaid and small daughter, Donna
Sue have been guests of her par
ents, Mr., and Mrs. w, W. Wilson,
for week.
Charles McMannis who recently
disposed of his so acre Center town
ship farm to Mclaughlin of West !
has practically closed a
deal whereby he becomes the pos
SCISSOR of the 80 acre farm in Man
chester which abuts state road 78
and is owned by Mrs. Laura Hast
ings.
The preliminary document incl
dent to the disposal of Mrs. Amelia I
Leland of the IT'S acre ''Drake" /
farm near Cross Roads church, Cen
ter township, to Harry Young OF
Canton, is reported to have been
made. This farm has been tenanted
for almost the past four years by /
Delmar Ray, who has not yet decid- !
ed on his plans which will be made /
pending his REIMBURSEMENT of the /
premises to the new owner, not .
later than the first OF the year. Mr.. t
Young, it is said, will bring youth
and a wife and three children into
the social life of Cross Roads and
Bald Knob community.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Phillis and
grandson John Phillis and wife vis-
tied the formers son, Perry Phillis
and family, near Duncan Falls.
and the parties enjoyed the
hospitality shown them by their I
hosts in extending to them pleas
ant auto-journey through section
scarcely less precipitous than the