Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-06-02
Meigs


In Investigating relief why not
! have the doctors use the stomach
pumps-in case they find anything
| other than mustard, lambs quarter,
dock or wild lettuce throw them off.
| Frank Knox tells us that his
grandfather, the late Chas. Knox,
told him that the house known as
the VIM. Thomas house on state
route rs, north of Hackney, was the
first house built between Marietta
and GAINESVILLE.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Ray and little
daughter and the formers mother,
Mrs. Fauna Ray, Barberton, visited
at the A. J. Lindimore and Dennis
Embree homes, last week.
Streams And Extremes
! Only yesterday, as it seems, the
! ground was dry and cracked-in
! fact some of it was so hard farmers
couldn't get it down to planting
condition. Some representations
! ''progged' that we were entering
| the front door of drouth-then
the clouds cracked-rains descend
ed-streams rose, flooding the bot
toms, stopping traffic for several
hours the 21st, and then the 23rd.
Farmers who have pigs to sell
don't need worry about depressed
conditions.
Colonel Lindimore had a valuable
milk cow die, recently.
Folks here have had the ceme-
terry moved. Anyone away who
wants to help pay for the next now
ing, send your contributions to w.
F.. Fox, McConnelsville route four.
Sometimes we feel old, lame and
halt-then when we meet our first
teacher, Elbert Brown, as we did
recently, and hear him talk, we feel
much better-and quite bit young
er. By the way Ebert got his first
and in fact all Of his certificates
during the time when they "barom-
eterized'. applicants on what they
knew, rather than where they had
been, and how long. Honestly
wouldn't DR.. Noyes, Messrs. Porter,
Black, and that bunch Of examiners
laugh-or weep, if they could give
an examination at this time, and
had to grade the papers.
Thursday we, with our compan-
ions of the road crew, attended the
funeral of our friend, Oak Burk-
heimer. We feel the greatest trib-
ute paid to his memory, was the ex'
preston on the lips of neighbors
who knew him best: He was al
ways ready to help a neighbor.
While he didn't leave fortune, he
left something better. The fact that
he was honest, fair dealing, and
had won a place in the community
that will be hard to fill.
School Year Ends
Thursday, May rs, was the end
of another year in the Bristol
school. A large crowd of parents
and friends met to help celebrate
the occasion. Mrs. Amy Wilson, who
is nearing her SSth birthday, and
who has been a resident of the
township all these years, and could
tell story of her school days that
would be most interesting, was pres
ent and enjoyed the day. What
change not only in schools, but in
all avenues of the township life.
A veteran friend asked us the
question "Who will look after the
soldiers graves when the soldiers
are gone," which leads us to ask an
other one, why can't we Bristol
folks have a patriotic organization
to look after these hallowed mounds,
hold services on Memorial day, and
perform all duties incumbent on
true American citizens.
One never realizes how many
competent folks we have until the
campaign gets under way. In an
swer to question asked, we find the
law says petitions must be signed
in ink-then in another place 1T
says link or indelible pencil" Use
ink and be sure.
Mrs. Emma Parmiter, who has
been on the sick list, is better.
A. H. Humphries remains about
the same.
Baz Wells does not improve.
Joseph Mcdowell has not been so
we'll the past few days.
c.. D. Nichols, bus driver, took
the Reinersville high school boys on
an inspection trip to the Caldwell
coal mine, Sunday.
Master Richard, T. S. Shook,
South GAINESVILLE, is spending the
week with his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. c.. B. Ray and family.
Shall We Live?
Not so much after death, as now.
If we could live the full measure
16 ounce pound, SO inch yard, it
wouldn't much matter In fact when
all the folks on the planet get