Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-02-02

had to hold on by neck
Mrs. Marida Hill (Clara Hutchi-
SOM 62, of northeast of here on the
BILE county, was operated on last Sat
ui'day at GAINESVILLE hospital for a
malignant growth on the breast and
! emerged from the operation in a
very satisfactory condition. She had
been taken to the hospital Friday.
"Kid" Winter, who SO tenderly
i withheld his punches during the
early rounds, was "hooking" us last
i week with fast and furious upper,
Y cuts of binding snow and stinging
winds. This week, after rainy
Monday. he was back at his old snow
trick Tuesday morning.
i Fractures Wrist in Fall
4 Mrs. J. Finley Elliott fell down
the cellar steps in the interior Of her
home near Woodgrove, q week ago
Wednesday, and sustained a frac-
ture Of the left wrist and other pain
full bodily injuries.
We regret that our friend, Byron
reer as a scribe and yet fails to
comprehend his duties toward the
rocking babies of his section. We
thought all the veteran quill-push-
ers were fully aware that the re-
sponsibilities of this position carries
with it the solemn obligation to pre-
fix some suitable moniker to the
nameless little ones. There Is a
rroviso, however, that where you
name them in an unsatisfactory
manner to the parents it is some
times best to make correction,
even if in the expertness of your
art you feel that the name you ce.
lected is just as pretty as the one
that has the blessing of the father
or mother From now on this year,
if there are no unforeseen casualties
to correspondent, we expect to
name all the boys born in our sec
ton, Byron and by an end for end
spelling of this name, call all the
girls "Nory B's,' unless, Of course,
that the parents, themselves, decide
to name them.
Through the early morning fog
OF last Monday, the lights on the
Harry Glines car cast a dim silvery
sheen over the water that covered
highway IS, near the Mrs Cassie
Whitehouse residence and with the
slowing and stopping of traffic in
the darkness, the strange somber
scene was one of c vast flood
though there was none to mention.
The Merry-Cisler road contract on
and near the Miss Beryl Smith prem
ises at Ohio and began the latter
part of December, is in the last
stages of completion, and we under
stand that the company now centets
its attention on north River road
job. The slip after recent rain re-
quires further attention.
Curtis Cannon Of Otho while en-
ployed in handling sandstone at the
Vernon Crisman quarry in the pro-
gress of the Otho contract road job.
received a sprain of left shoulder
and arm that has given him much
annoyance and pain.
tistical guy who is always telling
you how many miles he has on his
nickle-plated gas eater or how many
biscuits it would take to- pave our
street from the schoolhouse to the
postoffice, call his attention to the
following "inside" dope which we
feel has never been given to the pub
lie before: IN the county bastjle
there are u 1877 bolt-heads, 1877 III
the first door and 185 in the second.
walk around the jail interior 73
times and you've walked mile.
Mrs Tracy Smith Of Nowata, Ok
lahoma, returned to her 80 year-old
mothers home at Lower Salem Sun
day, after a few days visit with her
mother-in-law, Mrs. Jennie Smith,
and her brother-in-law and wife, Mr..
and Mrs Welty w. Wilson.
Sundry Items
The HeroId Fuller mill is in oper-
alton on the farm of Herman Gilli-
land of Manchester-tp. Fifteen
ax-bearers, neighbors and friends of
James d. Rodeback descended on
the Rodeback quarters recently, in
tent on cutting up fiji ewood for the
heating of the family domicile, as
Mr.. Rodeback was disqualified for
this duty by reason of carbuncte.
J. c. Hutchins, rural mail car
rier plans to occupy his village
home here within couple of weeks.
A. J. Needles, operator of the
Corner gas station here, now occu-
pies with his family the Miller house
in Bristol-tp., which was last occU-
pied, briefly, by "Slim" Craig, an
employe of Merry-Cisler, contract
ors. Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Dewitt
and daughter Carol of Emory local
ity, were recent guests of Mrs. De-
Wits brother and wife, Mr.. and Mrs.
". w. Wilson An unknown mo-
terist flip-flopped his car near the
junction of the V. B. Parks road
and state road 78 in Manchester
township, Monday Mr.. and
Mrs Clyde Petty, son-in-law and
daughters of Malta, route 3, were
village visitors Sunday.