Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-07-22
Reinersville

Oscar Sea1ock of Steubenville was
here Tuesday and contracted the
sale of the late Frank Sealock house
and lot.
Mrs. James George, 76, account of
whose death from burns while at.
tempting to start fire in her home
near Hiramsburg, Tuesday, appears
elsewhere in this paper, was the
mother of Elwood George, who lives
on the former Adam Hastings home
stead, near Cross Roads church.
Center township.
Mrs. Mary Racey, 95. Dies
Mrs. Mary Walters Racey aged
95 years, widow of Arthur Racey,
died Sunday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Amanda Newton at
Belle Valley. She was native of
the Sharon community, and her
maiden name was McGee. Her first
husband was George Walters. She
leaves a son, Lawrence Walters or
Hopewell, and the daughter nell
toned. The deceased was affiliated
with the Manchester Baptist church.
Burial was made Tuesday in Man
chester cemetery.
Jack Potts stopped for while in
the village, last week.
Forest Hutchins started Monday
to reconstruct a 500-brick chimney,
in the house of Mrs. Viola Grand
staff.
Mrs. Lois Walter and daughter,
Janet, of Lafayette. Ind. arrived
last Saturday evening for an indefi-
mite visit with parents, Postmaster
and Mrs S. L. Hill.
Born Friday, July IS, daughter,
to Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas NJ. Lowe.
of Woodgrove. Grandparents are
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lowe of Bristol
township and Mrs. Ida Peck OF
Manchester township.
The only grain-threshing yet done
in this community was on July 16
when the crop of Frank Haines and
son poured from the spout of ths
Harold Haines thresher
Art Chandler, wife and daughter
of Keithtown, Noble county, accom-.
panied Dr.. H. L. Fiscus to Mt. Yer
non, Monday, where the daughter
was admitted to the sanatorium.
There was nocturnal business
.crash" here last week and the
property involved went directly un
der the hammer, but came out from
under it with more 'hammering.
Lightning Kills Rover
During the thunder storm and
rain of last Friday afternoon, ''Rov
er," the shepherd dog of Edgar
Chambers, was reposing too near th@
telephone ground-rod, and when ar
electrical charge on the line was at.
tracted groundward, the lightnin /,
dispatched Rover to the "dreamless
region" .~ae
Miss Beulah. Welch, student
nurse at the Good Samaritan hos
pital, GAINESVILLE, arrived at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ova O
Welch of Early ridge, Center town
ship, after which she will return for
her last year OF preparatory work.
A residence for the same party
having been completed recently by
the carpenter, John Harper, Rein
ersville, at High Hill, he has just
finished inclosing 24X56 store
building at that point for merchant
Edwin Hall, and expects in the near
future to erect porch for Charles
Wilson of Meigs. He is at present
supervising a barn foundation re-
pair job on the late George Fowler
farm, as we'll as doing some restor
ing of the framework and other
parts of. building, where defective.
Guard Floyd Lowe of the London
prison farm, last Friday, visited his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Lowe,
and incidentally they all paid visit
to his brother, Prof. Clair Lowe.
who resides at New Concord. They
encountered much high water as
result of the heavy rainfall in the
New Concord area, at that time.
A gentleman asked us the other
evening if we had ever seen or felt
of any ground hornets. We have
seen a few of the familiar variety
after they had been ground under
heel In our wild stampede to get
away from the ground occupied and
held by them and found that they
were excellent at gaining ground,
but being slow, on the other hand,
in entomology we can't say that we
have ever observed in other ways
any ground" characteristics of the
hornet
Earl Swank of Akron, visited his
brother, Roy Swank, state highway
aborer-in-charge, Sunday. Earl was
formerly in the flour milling busi-
ness at Olive Green and Caldwell,