Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-06-16
Reinersville

InlS community was visited by ef
| fective rains last Saturday ant
Sunday and the total rainfall fol
June, on Tuesday was LAT inches.
Benjamin Brown, guest of hi!
| sister, Mrs. Emma Tannehill, ex
| poets to leave for his California
home, today Thursday.
Fractures Leg
William Moore, while at work OF
the Morrison farm near Early schoo
house the middle part of last week
received a double fracture of the
right leg. He was engaged with
team in hauling a walnut log and
the forward end nosing into bank
whipped the rear end against his
leg, breaking the ankle.
Electrical Shock
Dwight Hall, father of merchant
George Hall, received an electrical
shock from lightning last week,
while opening gate, on his Bristol
township farm.
Has Interesting Trip
Miss Geneva Winifred Elliott,
who taught in the Tiltonsville school
in Jefferson county the past year ar
rived at the home of parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles M Elliott the first
of the week. At the close of her
school, two weeks ago, Miss Elliott
Joined touring party of approxi
mately II teachers at cost of $25
each and went on sightseeing mo-
tor excursion over the richly. historic
Atlantic and New England states,
including the soil of Canada. Among
nit nj rr1S
the party as the thousands of miles
Of roadway unscrolled before them,
were New York, Buffalo, Niagara
Falls, Baltimore, Boston and Wash
ington, D. G. Five banners or pen
nants on as any cars signified thai
each car was a unit of definite
sightseeing caravan, but it seemed
that just as definitely such insignia
attached to cars was under the ban
in the state of Rhode Island and
they encountered some difficulty
there with the traffic officers on ac
count of them. However, the Off
cials upon the humble apology OF
the escorting driver, which included
a plea of ignorance of the law, nc
arrest. out of courtesy to the tour
lists was made and they were allow
ed to proceed incognito, with ban.
A rather unique and impressive mo.
ment came into the journey while
sauntering around in that burg
New York City That was the mo
ment when they all stopped in at
Jack" Dempsey's restaurant and
sandwich shop" to look over the
menu and prices; and the prices
were the hardest to see over. II
seemed to them that the way the
name, Dempsey sprawled out ir
letters across front from here
clear over there, that it was nc
mean little affair that the ex-pugilist
of world~fame was running in hi,'
spare time while promoting prize
fights. An employe informed the
party that 'Jack" was out of town.
but pretty soon the front of the res
taurant darkened and "Jack' enter
ed. Informed by the employe OF
the presence of the party-the ex
champion of the fistic arena cour-
teously introduced himself and
shook hands with each Of them
agreeing to mail to each an auto
graphed postal card; which he did.
AS naughty and terrible as was this
hand-as brutal as it sometimes in
the past, seemed to belts clasp
curiously fingers in the memory OF
the party when other features of the
trip have fed, and was one of the
outstanding human incidents of q
very well planned and enjoyable
trim over the most interesting part
of the United States.