Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-08-18
Reinersville

w. o. Ford, who has been living
in Youngstown for some months, in
spected his idle home here Sunday.
VIM. Dearnbarger is in CCC
camp at Rupert, Idaho, this being
the same locality in which Dean
Ashton was located when in the con-
servation corps.
A set of elongated artificial arms
are needed by fishermen when it
comes to describing some of their
catches.
John Rohrbaugh of this place and
Robert Morris of Hackney, who are
in CCC camp near Coshocton, ar
rived at their respective homes last
Friday, returning Sunday evening.
The heat here has been most in
tense throughout the forepart of
August, Sunday and Sunday night
being very oppressive, but most of
the sufferers have refrained from
criticizing the way the weather is
being handled.
George X. Phillis, 50, first cousin
of Charles w. Phillis, of this place,
died Sunday at Beverly. The de-
ceased for many years lived at Cen
terville and was intimately known
throughout this neighborhood,
where in his earlier life he was ac-
tive as a stock dealer, cooperating
for years with the late John Harp
er of Manchester township. He also
served as a justice of the peace in
Center township number of years.
The NJ P church here was the
focal point for congregations from
numerous other churches, Sunday,
and the planned all-day meeting,
brought together large represen
tation of churches within the walls
of the 51-year old edifice.
Just as one is of mind to look
at it, the late primary was a setto,
a set down, a setup, a setback, a
set-in or set-Out.
Charles Dickens. who was said to
have been something more than an
itemizer for his local paper, wrote
about so years ago: ''The reform of
the peoples habitations must pre-
cede all other reforms; without 1t all
other reforms must fail. Neither
religion nor education can make any
headway until government shall
have discharged it's first obligation
and secured to the people homes in
stead Of polluted dens.' Homes.
Homes. Our nation, rural as we'll
as city needs homes.
In Byesville Hospital For Operation
John Phillis, near this place, en-
tered the Byesville hospital, Sunday,
where he was operated upon Mon
day for appendicitis. Mr.. Phillis
had been ailing for about year.
His condition was reported as good,
Monday evening.
The Harold Haines threshing rig
was near this place Monday evening
in the last lap of it's summer tour
with only 10 sets to go and record
behind Of something over go. Ros-
coe Elliott in charge of the baling
rig gave as his opinion that the av-
erage yield of wheat per acre would
not exceed seven or eight bushels.
which reduces by so percent earlier
estimate based on the first returns.
A birthday anniversary supper
was held for little Donna Sue Kin
caid, Sunday, with the following as
guests: Grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Newman Kincaid, their sons Virgil
and Charles, and Mr.. and Mrs. Blair
Mayfield and son Blair Leon, all of
Chesterhill; grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. w. Wilson, great grand
mother, Mrs. Jennie Smith. and Miss
Maxine Wilson and friend, Floyd
Hill of High Hill.
To Curb Rump Parking
According to- John D. Wheeler.
the $50 They Tell Me- columnist of
the Caldwell Journal, business
man of that city has resorted to a
rather novel plan to curb rump-
parking on the curb in front of his
place of business, which will inter
est other business men who wish to
keep the avenue of ingress and
egress clear of human debris. His
plan consisted in chiseling the curb
stone to a particular slant that will
not permit sitting there. Not hav-
ing seen the slope of the cut, but
with long membership in the loaf
ing fraternity as they do it in the