Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-04-15
ReinerSville

Now at this stage it appears to be
an autumn-tinted spring Both par
ties known here-Kendrick Marquis
bought the Herbert Lawrence gem
eral store at Sharon An old fish
erman told us Sunday that the
moon, the planets and the stars were
in just the right place to catch fish
but to the Importance Of these,
we add location of the fish, Miss
Pauline Mclaughlin returned from
the hospital last Thursday and feels
very grateful toward friends who
remembered her there with emblems
of friendly interest Two units of
flying covey of quails fell to death
upon walk of the village Sunday
evening when in taking Off" the
bobwhites failed to clear the S. L.
Hill garage. The junior class of
the high school will present play
"Bashful Bobby" beginning at the
hour of 8, Saturday evening The
honk of wild geese coming north
will soon be supplemented with the
honk of Chester Smiths car as it
wheels northward from Leesburg,
Fla.--Mrs. V. B. Walters was badly
afflicted with asthma the first Of
the week The "trapeze and tight
wire performing" prices are stealing
all the show from the fellows whose
only act has always just consisted
of holding body and soul together
Hubert Rex planned to leave for
Chicago, Tuesday, where later as
signment to work might direct his
further course into Michigan.
10 70 hn
ledo, smashed a window and gained
entrance at the rear of the Ken
drick Marquis store in Sharon about
10 o'clock Sunday evening, rif1ing
the store and carrying away in ad-
dition the cash register with its con-
tents, five dollars. Fifty dollars in
cigar box was overlooked. The
looters did their work quickly but
were observed by Leslie Parks who
notified Reuben Parks, state game
warden, and he approached the
scene in time to learn the license
number-W60V, while their loot
loaded car rolled eastward. Noble
county authorities were notified and
Parks sponsored broadcast of the
burglary. The message was picked
up at distant and various points,
and even in Sharon radio fans sat at
their dials a few hundred feet from
the burglary and listened in with
cool interest to what to them was
Just an affair over at Sharon, Pa.
Noble county authorities having
been notified, Parks then sponsored
broadcast of the crime and license
number of the loot car. The message
was picked up by officers in many
localities and Monroe county author
tiles contacted the car with its quar-
tet of burglars. Pursued by the
identifying officers, they had not
time to make the quick change Of
license plates from their very COM
plete stock. Their advance was her.
aided ahead to Woodsfield by radio
where a fire equipment blockade Of
the route halted them and they were
scooped into the net OF the law.
This is the account given us by q
Sharon resident, Monday.
Music festival at Reinersville
Approximately 10 pupils will take
part in the music festival to be pre-
sented by the Manchester schools,
under direction of Robert X. Smith,
music supervisor. The program con-
sists of vocal, instrumental and
rhythmic numbers in varied forms,
climaxed by a massed chorus of all
the grades and high school, and ac-
companied by the orchestra. The
festival will be given in the Man
chester school auditorium, Thursday
evening, April %, at O'Clock. Ad.
mission 10 and zoe.