Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-09-09
Morgan County Democrat McConne Thursday September

oudy, OCplCIIlIJCl -, %
books Tuesday, though it jiggered
about at the mention of the county
fair. The new metal-bodied bus OF
Everett Drummond which brought
in its book burdened riders from the
Woodgrove, Renrock-state route
rs, Harper ridge, Foster ridge and
Drummond road arrived under this
last years routing. The bus driven
by Harry Grandstaff Tuesday is to
be replaced with a newer one. We
are unable owing to limited time to
get any further information relative
to school activities.--W While at work,
Sept. 1, on the Charles McMannis
barn which is being erected from
material taken from the wrecked
Fitch building, Dow Haines barely
escaped serious injury when piece
Of the scaffold upon which the work
men were standing instantly gave
way. He fell at least IL feet to
the ground, and escaped with cut
on the head and a bruised shoulder.
The accident happened when Nc
Manns at stage Of the work
changed his position from that of
three feet above to the plank of the
scaffold already occupied by Haines
and the carpenter, Forest Hutchlns.
When the scaffold broke, Hutchins
and McMannis were in position to
cleave to permanent timber while
Haines, less fortunate, was precipi-
tated groundward, his body being
deviated in it's course Of descent By
another plank which threw him
with force against a 5X5 beam which
rested on the ground The commits
sioners and township trustee, John
Harper, conferred near Woodgroye
last Saturday and together viewed
the condition of the unimproved sec
tion of county road 81. 1t is under
stood here that the former board
| will cooperate with the township i'll
the matter of grading this road from
| the Brannon's' Fork bridge, near
John Nelson's to its junction with
an improved section of it near the
| Roy Swank home. 1t is also under
stood that the alteration made some
years ago on what is known as the
| Earl Rex hill will be abandoned and
| the road returned to its original
course The road at this point is
now almost impa assable. Fired James
| of Cazenovia. Wisconsin, and his cou-
son. Ross James of Gladbrook, Ia,
suddenly hauled up Monday, for a
brief visit with the formers broth
er, Frank James. 1t had been q
years since Fred James left here
and it was the first visit of Ross
| James to Ohio, the native state OF
his father Fred is now 65 years oi
age and is bearing these years and
his 206 pounds of avoirdupois as
nimbly as if they were nc impedi-
ments to an active career in life. y
| memory we have of Fred's first day
OF school at Reinersville after his
| initiation as new resident of the
community, is somehow associated
with strategic move of the teaches
III assigning him seat with this
scribe who was at least eight year:
his junior. Teachers were tactfu
and diplomatic when it came to act
ing in the interest of discipline ant
this teachers experience had taugh
him that mating the boys up in tn
double school-rOom seats. according
to a disparity in their ages. some
how reduced marble and pen-knif'
| u du6S 10 du uiil
In other words this was the earlies
known regulation of business by re
straining private trade. Besides it
effect Oh these clandestine Barlow
exchanges, it helped to eliminat
whispering, for owing to difference
in ages. seat mates had little il
common. In this case it was effectua
in bringing about a tomb-like silenc
In the southwest nook of the build
ing occupied in part by Fred an
Vic. Fred was the perfect studen
(made teacher) and any movemeL
we made in our half Of the seat ii
would only be a fourth now seem
ed to us like it might upset tn
whole structure of educationa
decorum in Ohio. His studiou
demeanor was impressive and con
siderably suppressive to our ow
juvenile non-educational ambitions
He later answered the call of tn
west, proved successful salesma
until he retired to farm in tn
dairy section of Wisconsin.