Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-02-10

ness at her home for the past eight |
years and for most of the period
since the death Of her husband, |
Sylvester Combs, at Hickory, Pa.
Feb. 8, 1925. The deceased was a |
daughter of the late Phillip and |
Hannah Swank and was born in |
1855. With her late husband she |
resided for many years on the pres. |
ent Clarence Cain farm in Noble |
county on the Morgan Noble boun
Diary. The deceased is survived by |
one son, Logan Combs, of Zanes-
Vile, a sister, Mrs. j. B. McNutt,
near Cumberland, and number Of
other relatives throughout this her
native locality.
l.. M. Cunningham, who for three |
or more months has been employed
at an airport in Dayton will have 4
public sale next Saturday of farm
stuff, held in partnership with Tay-
lor brothers on the Taylor farm,
formerly the Frank Fitch home, lo-
Gated a mile from the village. 1t is
anticipated the Cunningham family |
will locate at Dayton. The Park
ersburg 'boy wonder" cries the sale
Mr.. and Mrs Ralph Hoisington
marie McGrath) of Jacksonville
visited with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Leslie M. McGrath of this place
from last Friday evening until Sum
day evening of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Flynn OF
GAINESVILLE visited Saturday night
and Sunday with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. t. Allen of the village.
Perley Coss and father, who re.
of ny I
Fiscus at Otho have rented the por-
tion of the late John Bozman farm
that is now occupied by John Blak-
er and family.
Samuel T. Pryor of Woodgrove
has purchased the residence proper
ty of Paul Miller in that village anc
Mr. Miller recent merchant there
will vacate the same by moving to
farm north of Caldwell next week.
Dorset Kincaid, clerk at Halls
store, returned Sunday evening
from Spencer, Roane county, w.
Va, where he and his mother, Mrs
Newman Kincaid of Chesterhill,
and his brother Virgil, who is tenn
porarily remaining here while oper
ating a school bus, were in attend
ance at the funeral Of Dorset and
Virgil's uncle, OFT Kincaid. The de-
ceased uncle was 81 years old
and died suddenly Feb 3, of a
heart attack, an ailment from which
her had suffered for 10 years. When
the summons came he was sitting
on carpenters trestle, witnessing
the erection of his sons new home
Messrs. Dorset and Virgil Kincaid
left here last Friday evening, con-
tinuing their journey to West Vir~
ginia Saturday The funeral was
held at Spencer, Sunday
Owing to the reported failure in
procuring an additional assignment
of funds to continue climatic sur
vey, we understand that the pro-
portion of year past will have to
suffice as a basis for scientific
field study of temperatures and
rainfall in this and other sections
of the Muskingum conservancy dis
trict. However, we learn that the
climatic research center is hoping
that someone in the selected COM
munities will voluntarily contribute
their services for part of the
work which would be limited to car
ing for the rain gauge with no COM
pulsory time schedule, in order that
rainfall records be continued TEN.
perature, wind-velocity, humidity.
cloud studies and other community
descriptive features will, in that
event be discontinued at a future
date
Mrs. Daisy Harper Wade and
daughter Mrs. Manita Oglevee Boz
man were in attendance at the last
sad rites held here Saturday for the
late Alice Combs, a former Noble
county neighbor of the Howard
Oglevee family when the Oglevee
family lived on the present J. NJ.
Hill or John Brown farm.
Cloyd Harper, who was able to
return from Bethesda hospital jan
80, after Is days in that institution
with a form of meningitis, is now
able to walk about the house.
Cyril Wilson, tenant on the
Frank Cox (J. L. Gilliland) farm,
who became ill about two weeks ago
with what he thought was an in
consequential ailment but from
to his bed, was found by his ply
sician last Saturday night when
called, to be in such a condition
ludC uC was IcIuOtcu 10 lie
son hospital at Caldwell While at
first, apparently the flu, his ailment
was thought to be developing into
pneumonia, but Mondays report
from the hospital indicated an i'm
prOvement in his condition at that
time.
Mrs. Lottie Brothers, sister of
W. w. Alexander of this place who
died suddenly from heart attack at
the Dallas Collins home near Cum
berland, Feb. /, at the age of 81,
was buried last Friday in the Oak
Grove cemetery, Muskingum county.
She was at the Collins home caring
for Mrs. Collins who had been ill.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, Thomas Brothers.
Mrs. Rachel Smith, after an ex-
tended visit with relatives at Co.
lumbus and Bremen, the latter place
the home of her son, Frank r.
Smith, returned to her home, here,
Saturday.