Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-12-02
ReinersvilIe

A ''bittering-up" sometimes leads
| to "battering THE son rises
80 minutes earlier these mornings
! due to the beginning of school al
$50 a. MAT least a 20 mile gale
blew here a little after noon, Sun
| day-a twig breaker and fodder
| shock buster.--W. O. Ford sold &c
| Frank Cox, Caldwell resident and
| a Manchester township realty owner
| Compton gas station. Mr.. and MI
| Harold H. Hill. of Columbus, spent
| the Thanksgiving holiday period
here with relatives, Mr. Hill indulg-
| ing in his favorite sport of going
afeld with gun. DR.. John r. Hill
| of Columbus had anticipated partici.
| pating in turkey dinner at the
| parental S. L. Hill home on Thanks
giving day but temporary illness
disrupted his plans. Herbert Craig,
who in partnership with other young
men of artistic ability are conduct
ing window display, sign and dec
Grating business, under the adver
tising firm title of "Arrow Displays
Signs" at S21 Vine street. Cincin-
natl, was here Saturday night, the
guest of Mrs. Margaret Combs, by
whom he was fostered from child
hood Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Will
son who formerly resided northwest
of Unionville in Meigsville township
moved Saturday and are now resi-
dents of this village, occupying the
| former r. G.. McNabb property. pu1-
chased two months ago of Edward
/. Merry, of CALDWELL Miss Eunice
Marguerite Ford, teacher in the
Youngstown schools, visited her ma
| tive village here last Friday, re-
naming over the night with her cou
| sin, Mrs. Jennie Smith Miss Ford
| is a half sister of Byrl Ford, and
was the first child born in Manches
| ter township to be registered under
| the compulsory vital statistics record
| law which became operative %
years ago The second to be record
ed was Mrs John Teters (Alice Al
LEM, the third, Elmer Conger. and
homa, though the latter two were
births of the succeeding year. Miss
Ford was here primarily to make
preparations for the removal Of
some household articles remaining
in the home here of her father, w.
O. Ford. Her father will go TO
Youngstown at once Mrs. w. O.
Ford formerly Emma Moore, a for.
mer school teacher, and who served
ersyille schools during the World
war has been residing in Youngs
town with her daughter for II
years. Her health due to a nervous
debility caused her to cancel a
planned trip here with her daughter
Mrs. Earl Brown and son Dana
while sitting at rear window OF
their home in this village, Thanks
giving day were startled by the near
report of shot gun and the sensa-
tion of being struck by one of the
shot from the cartridge. The shot
came through the window, striking
Dana on the shoulder and DETECTING,
struck Mrs. Brown in the breast,
but its force was so nearly spent,
that the flesh of either person was
not penetrated.--Of material from "A
raZed silO, Elmer COnger, assisted
by Franklin Lambert and Harry
Compton are erecting an 1SX22 foot
barn on the Charles Lambert farm
north of the village. Yet not com
pletely braced at the time of the Sc
we're wind storm Sunday, the frame
was slightly wrenched, necessitating
it's restoration to it's former erect
ness before further advancement
could be made.--For ponderous
Webster Alexander, which was
slaughtered Monday carried off the
annual village pennant with it's SIT
pounds, without much previous eff
fort other than maintaining a good
appetite for corn, but the butchers
who carried the pig off did so at an
outlay of much effort Miss Geneva
Elliott, who is teacher in the
schools of Tiltonville, Jefferson
county, visited parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles M. Elliott, from Wednesday
of last week until Sunday. Sam.
uel 7. Pryor, assisted by W. w. VII.
son, raZed the barn on the Mrs.
Dora Wiley property in the village
and last Friday the material was
trucked to the Pryor lot in Wood
grove. What is one towns loss is
another's gain.--This il an age Of
startling accidents and tragedies
Though this neighborhood has not
been the actual scene of such hap
pehings the past week, the nearness
of their location or an acquaintance
ship with parties more or less in
volved, brought some part of this
community within their shadow.
Thanksgiving day events were inter
spersed with reports of most de
pressing fatalities. Five miles away
in the forenoon of that day, Ia
year old girl is accidentally slain by
her 16year old brother while on;
rabbits. The heart broken
brother Joseph Purcell, is a pupil !
of the Reinersville high school Four |
miles north of the farm of Alva
of Manchester town, |
ship in the afternoon of that day on
eight year old son was accidentally |
slain by his 50year old father, Jas. |
Bundy. while out hunting rabbits. |
The Bundys were from Pleasant |
City, and the boy, instantly killed,
home which may be better identified |
by some, as the late Sylvester |
Combs farm. The Cain home is in
Noble county. On top of this came |
the unfortunate association of Will |
liam P. Ashton, former Woodgrove
in a eath-dealing acci
lent which carried no blame to him
as driver of the car which snapped
out the life of 28-year old woman,
evening. Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth X.
Welch of Wayne. Mich, spent the
Thanksgiving period among their
relatives and acquaint-
ances throughout the eastern part
IF the county. Mr.. Welch, former
merchant Of this village, since leav-
ng here about eight years ago, has
'een employed in the automobile
Despite the fact that Mr.. and Mrs.
Welch have adopted Michigan as
heir home, and four daughters
rave by marriage established them.
elves in homes there, they still, by
virtue of large acquaintance and ex
ensive relationship, retain an in
crest very much in common with
ocal residents, in all that transpires
lmong the hillfolk of the chestnut.
,aw-paw and persimmOn region of
heir youth. With the temperaturel
t %, Tuesday morning, transient