Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-01-28
Many Places Of Business And Residences
Flooded. Mail Service Badly Crippled.
Water Works Plants Out OF Commission.

Factory, Triplitt's Broom Shop
tChevrolet Garage, Milk Station above
Chevrolet Garage, Standard Oil Fill
ing Station, Abel's Garage, County
Barn, Blacksmith Shop above Coun-
! ty Barn, Miner Auto Wrecking
WPA project in back of old Whole
sale building, Ford Garage, Lon Han
sons Feed Store, Elk Eye Milling
Co.
| A number of outdoor advertising
boards owned by H. w. Torbert were
destroyed.
AT p. M, Tuesday the water was
just about level with the floor of the
| bridge over to the island on which
the Elk Eye mill stands The salt
shed and the garage above the mill
on the island were dislodged by tho
water and moved few feet. Mon
day afternoon WPA laborers had fill
ed and placed sand bags on a portion
of the dixie above the mill, in an ef-
fort to prevent wash.
III MALTA
In Malta, the business men fear
ing big river, started moving out
last Friday and Saturday, but when
the water receded Saturday night
following a snow and colder wealth.
er, they were getting ready to move
back; but with the warmer weather
Saturday night and heavy rainfall
during the latter part of the night
and all day Sunday, the river again
began to rise rapidly. Others NOV
ed out, and as the result no great
damage to goods occurred.
Monday evening the water works
plant had to shut down, and gas
leak i'll upper Malta caused the gas
to be shut off in that part of town
Tuesday morning.
Among the residences and places
of business flooded are: j. c. Hick-
erson, John Pennell, A. Johnson.
VIM. Linscott, Kenneth Allen, Rich
ard Lindimore, VIM. Mcdaniel, H.
H. Oglevee, Ace-Hi Filling Station.
Cody Filling Station, Gilbert Frash,
and Misses Tysingef tStrahl proper
ty near Arch), Chester Smith. Roy
Raney, Geo. Chidester, Mark Grubb,
JOS Matson, Brown Manly Plow
Company Office, Malta Depot, Farm
ers' Elevator Company, M. & M.
Produce, Harris Pharmacy, Malta
Hardware, A. A. COulson & Co., Wy
mer's Restaurant, Edgewater Filling
Station, Everett Wells, George Bark
hurst Qower floor Vivian Kennard
property, and Kenneth CoOle, upper
floor same property, Mrs. George
Hoon property, occupied by VIM.
Sheets and Roy Murray; Dick
Gaines (W. C. Manly brick), Ella
Wilkins Occupied by Guy Maxwell
and Chas. Corey; Mrs. Allie Moore
properties Zone occupied by herself
and the other by Louis Whitehouse,
and Anderson family; Oliver Cor
don, property occupied by Eva Tay-
lor, Max Price Tin Sears and Cope
property, Malta Savings & Loan,
Chas. Alcott, S. B. Sheridan. EN-
NETT and A. S. Cramblitt, Standard
Oil Bulk Station, Mrs. Amos Gheen,
o. E. Mcintyre, "Pete'' Smith, Frank
McAtee, Frank Davis, Twin City Ice
Company, Delmar Roberts, Harold
Murphy, Walter Elliott's Warehouse,
Elliott Coal & Lumber Yard, Wag-
oner Oil Company, State Highway
Garage. The water was in all Gel
lars and Easements on the north
side Of Main street from Second
street to Eighth, about opposite NAL
ia school house.
Little Mail For Week
The mail service here was cur
tailed for more than week. But a
very limited amount OF mail has
passed through the local postoffice.
The GAINESVILLE papers and the Co.
lumbus papers, both by truck, have
been able to make deliveries, but be-
hind regular time. Bread trucks
and other supply trucks from Zanes-
Vile have also made deliveries here.
Monday night a relief truck from
Columbus brought so pairs of gum
boots here.
Late Tuesday night Postmaster
Gordon and son Ronald went to
GAINESVILLE where they got truck
load of mail.
County Officials Marooned
The following court house officials
have been marooned on the west
side: Florence Barrell, clerk Of
courts; Lionel G.. Roberts, county
Engineer Fred Smith;
County Commissioners N. M. Wood.
Chester NORM and Asbury Bankes.
However all the offices are open,
since the deputies in the clerk e,
treasurer's and engineers offices are
on the job Miss Porter, deputy
treasurer, has been staying with
Mrs. J. E. Cowan: Jesse Hayes OF
deputy auditor, is at DR..
Cages. Miss Mildred Masterson,
deputy clerk in the probate judges |
office, and Miss Catherine Bell, dep
uty recorder, are at their homes in
Malta waiting for the waters to sub
side.
People Remain Cheerful
AS the river kept mounting high
er and people began to move out,
they all were in cheerful frame Of
mind. Through the radio they had
learned Of the terrible conditions
along the Ohio river, so that what