Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-12-16
Meigs

Emmett Woodard who has been a
patient in Bethesda hospital since
Nov. 4, will be brought home this
week. Some folks may have liked
the weather of the past few days,
but we haven't seen them. Farm
ers whose moWs and bins were not
full to start with, seem worried. IL,
takes more than college course ID
divide the straws to equal the day
till grass MANY tons OF clndeIs
have been scattered by state high
way employees. Folks who use the
roads tell us Morgan county is keep
ing state roads in safer condition
than surrounding counties John
and Ike Hempfeld are reported in
feeble health. Mrs. Amy Wilson
who had in mind accompanying her
daughter. Mrs. Singleton. home, did
not go,-and we are glad. She was
Bristolborn, has lived her entire life
of nearly SS years here. While
her-which in early part of which
was only one of fun, but as the
years piled up, cares. worries and
sorrows have passed under the wire.
but many of us who fell into the
race after Mrs Wilson had made
many laps-while we cannot have
the feeling of life, and folks, as
does Mrs. Wilson, yet we can, and
do appreciate her. Am glad she IS
to spend her sunset days here with
her folks. May she enjoy the days
down the slope. as she labored to go
up the grade.--In letter from Mrs.
Mollie Singleton, Dietrich, Idaho,
which was mailed at South Bend,
Ind, as she was returning to her
home after visit with her mother,
Mrs. Amy Wilson, and other rela.
tives and friends here, at her girl
hood home, she asks about the old
folks of the township. While we
have the dates on most of them we
remember some of the girls are
touchy about their age, so will give
the names of those who have passed
the three quarter wire: Nancy Nc"
Gonagle. Amy Wilson, Cassie White
house, s. V. Hale, Emma Ferguson,
T. w. Parmiter. j. j. Bell, John
Hempfield, Mary Gorrell, all Of
whom we believe have passed 80.
Then little farther down the scale
we find A. B Wilson, w. G: Hen.
derson. Lizzie Henderson, Joseph
Downing, Mrs. Fanny Kidd. Then
er. but who have shed their halr
and so on until they look older than
some of those in above class.
History Repeating With Changes
In our bovhood days. father and
the older folks talked about the
wind mill factory, the threshing ma"
chine factory. the site of which was
purchased by Ex commissioners Fred
Padcliff, who raZed the building.
What we want to talk about is the
old tannery, which was operated by
ground. C d. Nichols has built
his garage where more crippled
cars and busses come. than he can
rr19"'' rnn ND t.: to Mr. " stevens place of
business no doubt he would have
taken to the bushes. If someone
should bring Chad" beef hide to
tan. you guess what he would do.
and back in those davs we presume
residents could tell by their nose
and ears whether it was hot or cold.
bureau right in the middle of the
village with thermometer of the
latest type. which on Thursday Dec.
9 at a. m. registered S; Friday.
T: Saturday. below zero. AS we
write, Saturday. $50 D. m, with
the mercury at l6, our weather man
Stanley Radcliff predicted that Sun
dav will be colder. We find he was
right Sunday, a. m. reading was
six below zero
The Hatchet Men
Act like boys. but unlike boys
with sharp hatchets, who cut their
fingers and toes. they are cutting
their heads off politically. When
we asked a Republican friend about
one of the members of the legisla
ture he said "While he does not
WELD a hatchet, he votes with the
gang"