Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-03-11
Chesterhill
Return From Florida

Return From Florida
/ Mr.. and Mrs. c. e. Gilpen VIII
have been spending the past thre
and half months at st. Petersburg
and Daytona Beach, Fla, returne,
to their home here Wednesday o
lsat week. The Gilpens who mad
the trip by auto, report a splendi.
time. Besides the places mention
ed, they visited many more place
OF interest and beauty, and feel tha
| bered.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Da
Wis, Saturday, March s, an eigh
and half pound girl, named Shelbs
Jean. Mrs. Nellie Grigsby, sister
OF Mrs. Davis, is caring for mother
and baby Fred Smith and family
are moving from the H. s. Hopkins
property west Of Chesterhill, to thu
James Huffman farm. Paul Zum.
bro of Washington, D. c., spent two
days last week with his parents, s.
B. Zumbro, and wife.--H. v. Car
| penter and family are moving from
the VIM. Barkhurst property in
, town to the HI. s. Hopkins farm
two miles west of Chesterhill. DIR
and Mrs. E. H. Salvage have been
spending several days with the lat
ter's mother, Mrs. Roberts, of Nc.
Connelsville.--Dr. A. HI. Whitacre,
wife and son Wendell were week end
guests Of the formers brother, Fos-
ter Whitacre, and family, of Cleve-
/ land. While there DR.. Whitacre at
tended medical meeting.--Mr. and
Mrs. E. F. Hodgin were week end
guests of George Gibbons and fam
lily at Akron. The w. C.. T. u. met
at the church Friday afternoon with
IL members present. The meeting
was opened with devotionals, fol-
lowed by business. An interesting
program was rendered, followed
with games and contests. Refresh
ments were served and a social hour
was enjoyed.--Th P. T. A. meeting
will be held at the high school gym
nasium, Friday evening, March 12.
The program for the evening will
be musical one under direction of
Miss Tilden. This will be pot luck
supper and the three basketball
boys teams will be the guests The
Goodwill Sunday school class party
will be at Mrs. Bessie Schofield's,
Saturday, March 13, with Mrs. Mar
celia Newburn assistant hostess
Walter c. Palmer of Athens has
purchased the Cutler Mosier farm.
one and a half miles north of Ches-
terhill, and expects to move with
his family here in the next few
weeks. The many friends of Mr..
and Mrs. Palmer will be glad to
have them among our midst again.
"A. B. Ellis who has been spend
ing the winter with his nephew,
Charles Ellis, Of Waterford, return
ed to his home here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gail Chrisman and
son of Newark visited Friday and
Saturday with Mrs. Chrisman's par
ents, Chas. Pickering and wife,
Mrs. Francis Miller and two chill
-dren OF McConneIsyf1le spent Sun
day and Monday with George Wy
.mer's.--J. A. Pickering and wife
entertained with a six o'clock din
ner, Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs. X. M.
Starting and daughter Betty of
Chesterhill; Miss Helen Startling
and Paul Burcher of Pennsville.
The daughter born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Clyde Bowman, Tuesday Of last
week, died on Thursday morning.
1t had been named Patricia Ann
H. w. Seiss and wife spent the week
end with relatives at Kent and Ra-
venna.--Nellie Grigsby and daugh-
ter Lucille attended the L. A. S.
meeting at Julia Quinn's last Tues
day at Joy.--A. T. Schofield who
had a cataract removed from his
right eye, at White Cross hospital,
Columbus, last week, is getting
along as we'll as could be expected,
but is still in the hospital. Mrs.
Schofield who has been with him
returned home Sunday. Hobart
Carter and family moved last week
to Bremen. where they have rented
a farm.Miss Maxine Startling, stu
dent nurse at the City hospital in
Parkersburg, spent the week end
with her parents, Francis Starling's.
Miss Twyla Evielsizer of Mariet-
ia and John L. Whitacre of Rinards
Mills were week end guests of Miss
Almeda Whitacre. Schofield
and son Billy and J. S. Patterson
spent Sunday in Columbus. II Mrs.
Maggie Wilson and Mrs. Ray Ellis
spent last Tuesday afternoon with
Mrs. Anna Wilson at Sharpsburg.--
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Newburn spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Wymer. Mrs. Lou Frost McLain is
visiting at the Dearth residence at
Center Bend and with Mrs. Clara
Swayne, near Stockport Mrs. Faye
Davis won the Tappan range given
away at the Gasco cooking school,
held at the Twin City opera house,
last week, by having the lucky num-
ber. Mrs. Florence Huffman won a
basket of groceries at the cooking
school, the second day.--Mrs. Eve
lena Brill and son Keith of Broad
we'll spent part Of last week with
her sister, Mrs. H. l.. Smith.--M
and Mrs. Clyde Vincent of Zanes-
Vile spent Sunday afternoon and
evening with latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Miller The play,
Sound Your Horn" sponsored by
the Sunshine Sunday school class,
and under direction of Lewis Smith,
presented at Union hall, Monday
and Tuesday evenings, was we'll at
tended both nights. All taking part
did well. The music by Smith
brothers was very much enjoyed,
also the songs by Miss Dorothy Cal
endine.
Undergoes MastOid Operation
Betty Lou woodward, daughter
of George Woodward and wife, un-
derwent an operation for mastoid
trouble, Monday at Memorial hos
pital, Marietta. While she is in "A
very serious condition, 1t is thought
she will get along all right, if pneu-
monia doesn't develop.
FAIR DATES ANNOUNCED