Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-01-27
The Ninth Little Waite

Born Monday, JAN "a, at abou
p. M, a son, to Mr.. and Mrs. Dav
| id Waite, who reside on the Franz
Knox farm, near the old Eigh
| Square school house, in Bristo
township. Mr. and Mrs. Waite arr
now the parents of nine living chill
dren.
George Garvin, resident of the
village, was taken quite suddenly
ill Tuesday night, the 18th, and
was subsequently confined to his
bed, but improvement has beer
noted and he is now able to sit ur
part of the time. Mr. Garvin /:
one of our most aged citizens, hav.
ing passed his 80th milestone the
10Th of last September. A lady oil
Elliott's Cross Roads was expected
to arrive Tuesday to do household
work in this home.
Mrs. Ivers Murphy is convalesc
ing from a serious illness Of liver
complications which has required
medical attention for a week OF
more.
Floyd Lowe, a guard at the Lon
don prison farm, was visitor al
his parental home here last week.
The health of Mrs. Caroline
Combs of Cumberland is greatly
impaired and Mrs. Hiram Hender
son, a granddaughter, of Wood
gsOve, has been in attendance.
Born jan Is to Mr.. and Mrs
John Collins, of Dresden, daugh
ter. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Collins OF
Noble county and Mr.. and Mrs.
William L. Cannon of Otho, arc
grandparents of the new born.
Death of Former Resident
A newspaper death~notice observ
ed by Mrs. Emma Tannehill, asso
ciated the life of the deceased, Mrs
Mamie M. Johnson, GAINESVILLE
resident, with this community, as
she was born in this village. Nav
2, 1869. She was a daughter Of
William and Mary Moore, now de
ceased, and William ('Billy", ],
Moore, her father, was in the
''sixtus" harness maker and sad
dler as well as the postmaster Of
our village According to the mem
ory of Mrs. Viola Grandstaff, the
William Moore family resided where
Harry Grandstaff now lives, and the
adjoining George Garvin home was
used as shop. The funeral OF
Mrs. w L. (Nannie) Johnson was
held at GAINESVILLE, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Compsto1
who came here from Steubenville
and succeeded Thomas McCutcheon
as managers of the Corner gas sta
ton, the 22nd of last July, have
leased house and restaurant Of
Not nrf tr
which place they removed Tuesday
Mrs. Tracy E. Smith of Nowata
Okla, after about two weeks spent
at the home of her mother, at Low
err Salem, arrived here Sunday at
the home of her mother~in~law.
Mrs. Jennie Smith, where she ex
pected to remain a few days, when
she would return to Lower Salem.
From that point she expects to then
return west.
Everett Phillis became guest Of
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w
Phillis, and was calling on friends
in the village, Monday.
Who in retrospect can recOllect
the travelling man of yore; prince
ly darb in sporty garb who made
our country store. A way back
there, hiring a nag-or pair, he fol-
lowed his leaden round, and often
mud his horses thud and
over knobs his buggy bound. Here
at the tavern-light, he halted at
night and the inn keeper took his
team, while he entered the inn and
there ''begin" to brush his linen
clean After brushing up and eat
ing his "sup' he started on his
chore and directing his feet across
the street he was soon at CARROTS
store. AS the door swung wide, he
entered inside and greeted the in"
evitable throng, the farmer lads
and the gray granddads of days
been gone so long He had mem
ory for names, whether it was John,
William or James, and he never
failed to score-with the friskiest
hoax or the latest jokes, for he had
some so or more. He reposed in
fortunes lap for his job looked a
snap that lay happily between busi
ness and fun-one always wore
'bo kay'-that brought him re-
nown for a day-but the period it
featured is done. One would wear
a vest that outshined the rest, bro
,aded in artistic design and the
dazzle of his ring and his jaunty
swing made our village girls sign
and repine Ah.-gone are those
days and gone are the ways of the
buggy sped knight of the grip-his
successor has renown, but not in
our town for he now "choo~choos"
throuph on his trim