Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-07-02
Chesterhill

ing, June 2S. an elgnt pound son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Pickering and
Mr.. Brown, near Bartlett, are grand
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. C. D. Zum-
bro of Ravenna are visiting Mrs. Z.
B. Doan, and Mrs. Alta Reed and
family Mrs. Nellie Grigsby and
daughters Lucille and Gertrude Wis
tied over the week end with Mrs.
Stella Grimes and Miss Eva Swick OF
Gallipolis. Mr.. and Mrs. G. 0.
Thomas visited Saturday and Sun
day with j. l.. Kennard's OF Mt.
Vernon. They were accompanied
home by Mrs. Melissa Thomas, who
had been spending two weeks at
the Kennard home ice cream
supper sponsored by the Good VIII
Sunday school class, held on public
square, Saturday evening, was well
attended They made S22. The
weather was so hot that ice cream
disappeared like magic, and more
could have been sold.- John F. Reed
of Toledo is visiting his mother,
Mrs. Alta Reed, and other relatives.
Mrs. Reed and daughter Joyce who
have been visiting here, will accom-
pany him home Mr.. and Mrs. E. A
Spurrier of Marysville, were here
last week getting some things OF
Mrs Ella Funk's. Mrs. Funk who
is in very poor health is, making he1
home with Mrs. Spurrier.--W Wayne
Blackburn of Gallipolis spent the
week end with his mother, Mrs. Jane
Blackburn Mr.. and Mrs. 5. Z
Long and two sons left Saturday
for st Louis, to visit his mother
They will also visit his brothers ant
sisters in other towns in Missouri
They plan to stay a week. Mrs
Bessie Schofield is victim Of
mumps.-- Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos Zum
bro and Mrs. Lizzie Pugh of Palm
er were Sunday dinner guests OF
Mary Jane Zumbro and Miss Eva
Zumbro. Mrs. Zola Zumbro went
home with them for a vlsit.--Dr. A
III. Whitacre, wife and son Wendell
and Miss Almeda Whitacre went to
Carlisle, Pa, Friday, to meet Dr.
Whitacre's sister, Miss Nina Whit
acre. who will spend the summer
with relatives here, and at sycamore
Valley. Miss Whitacre is a teacher
in New Jersey schools. Mary Lois
Whitacre is spending few days
with Ray Morrison at Sycamore
Valley Mrs. Gertrude Huntington
of Tulsa, Okla, came last week FOR
stay with her father, John Mac
Donald Mr.. and Mrs. John Embree
of GAINESVILLE spent the last or the
week with Mrs. E. M. McPeak. Mrs.
Embree remained for a longer visit.
Russell Talbot, wife and son
Norris of Roseville, spent Sunday
with r. NJ. Talbot and wife, Mrs.
Anna Dickinson visited last week
with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Ed
Humphreyville at Williamstown, W.
Va Mrs. Ruth Miller received
word Monday of the serious illness
of her cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin
beavers and two children, of Crooks
Vile. who were in an automobile ac-
cident. Sunday. All are in Bethesda
hospital, suffering from broken
bones and scalp wounds. Mr. ana
Mrs. Miller went to see them Mon
day evening Mr.. and Mrs. john v.
Bowman entertained at their nome
Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Bowman
and daughter Barbara Jean, Mr.. ana
Mrs. Max Bowman and Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Howard and children Carl, Ed
ward. Merlyn and Patty.--C. O..
Thomas and F. S. Miller attended
the trustee convention held at Cedar
Point. last Thursday Mrs. c. H.
Denny and daughter Frances OF
GAINESVILLE spent Sunday with Mrs.
L. J. Denny.--C. G. Dulaney, wife
and two sons and Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Snyder attended the Dulaney-Lucas
reunion, at Putnam hill park, Zanes-
Vile, Sunday Mrs. Dwight Kelly
who is working in GAINESVILLE. came
Thursday for her daughter, Shirley
Ann, who has been staying with her
grandmother, Mrs. M. d. Cain.
At University Hospital
G. O. Thomas went Tuesday to
Columbus, where he entered Uni
versity hospital, for an operation on
his arm Wednesday. Mr.. Thomas
suffered broken arm several
months ago, while working on a
county road east of Chesterhill.
Fire Destroys Il. III. Savage Home
Tuesday about lis p. M, fire
thought to have started from a short
circuit in an electric iron, caught a
kitchen curtain on fire. The house
keeper, Mrs. Bessie Love, not being
in the room when the fire started, it
got we'll under way before anyone
discovered it. The house burned to
the ground, and all the furniture
was destroyed. In a few minutes
time everyone in Chesterhill was at
work. The fire department from
McConnelsville was called and was