Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-10-19

Cleveland, came Sunday for a few
days visit with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. j. X. Howard. Her sister,
Miss Susie Howard who spent a
few days in Cleveland, accompanied
her home.
Mrs. Mary Thisselle, who spent
several weeks in Malta, became i'll.
and was taken Monday afternoon,
by ambulance, to the home of her
niece, Mrs Robert Drury, of Colum-
bus Mrs. Thisselle had been visit
ing Mrs. Harry Lindimore in Malta,
and other relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs Ronald Gordon Of
Cambridge spent the week end here
with their respective parents, Post
master and Mrs. H. w. Gordon, and
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Hooper. Their
two little daughters who had been
visiting their grandparents, return
ed home with them.
Mrs. John Sherman. who has been
in Cleveland, for the past two
months, where she underwent an
opera ton. returned home Friday
accompanied by her daughters, Miss
Martha Sherman, and Mrs. Esther
Cihlar, who remained for week
end visit. They returned to Cleve-
land, Monday. Mrs. Sherman is
much improved in health.
Mr. and Mrs R. A. Mckinney of
Columbus, and daughter Miss Ar
| ware. visited Saturday evening with
| Mrs. McElhiney's mother, Mrs. Liz
zie Dover They had attended tie
| O. U.-Wesleyan football game at
Athens in the afternoon Mrs. Dow
er is improved in health and able to
sit up part of the time.
Otto Cowger, near Stockport, re-
ceived word Sunday Of the death OF
| his brother, Robert Cowger, in JEFF
ferson, Okla. The deceased was 81
| years of age, and had lived in Ok
| lahoma for 20 years. He was born
| in Kansas About II years ago he
visited here with his brother, Otto
Cowger Surviving are two sons,
both of Oklahoma, and a brother,
Eliza Cowger of California.
]. K Bingham and sisters Miss
Josie Bingham. of this place. and
Mrs. Dennis Benjamin. of Penn
township, and the formers son,
Ralph Bingham, returned the last
of the week from Iowa, where they
visited their sisters, Mrs. Fred
Hotchkiss, Cambria, Ia, Mrs. Sam
uel Rhinard, Waterloo, Ia, and with
Mrs. Lincoln Manly at Sac City, Ia.
Fred Wilfong of White Sulphur
Springs, w. Va, accompanied by
his sister-in-law, Miss Carrie Tav-
ener, visited one day last week with
his wife at Bethesda hospital. Mrs
Wilfong and babe will come soon
to the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Homer Tavener. east Of town,
where she will spend a month, be-
fore going to her home at White
Sulphur Springs.
Miss Jessie Mckinney and her
brother-in-law William Harms of
Washington, d. c.. spent the week
end here with the formers mother,
Mrs. George Mckinney. and sister
Mrs. Earle Eveland Mrs. Tarms
who had spent the past week here
returned Monday to Washington
with her sister Miss Mckinney.
Her husband will transact business
in northern Ohio before his return
home.
"Strick' Gillian, one of south
eastern Ohio's most famous sons.
will be at Athens Oct. 27, where he
will be the principal speaker at the
Don Peden appreciation dinner at
the Berry hotel. Peden is now serv-
ing his 18th year as head coach of
Ohio university's football team
Gillian began his journalistic
career on the Jackson Herald in
1887, and in 1892 Joined the staff
of the Athens Herald Since then
he has been associated with some of
the large papers of the country. He
attended Ohio university before the
turn Of the century.
c. B. Cheadle. of Joliet. Ill. en-
terta;ned the following relatives
here Friday at the Kennebec hotel:
Mr.. and Mrs c. V. Cheadle, Stock
port: Mrs. G. o. Vaughn, Water
ford. and Mr.. and Mrs. L. b. Dixon
of Marietta. The former is tracing
the history Of the Cheadle family.
He is a relative of the Cheadle fam
ily. former residents Of this place.
Sunday he visited in Columbus with
Miss George French. whose mother
before marriage was Agnes Cheadle,
later Mrs. Agnes McVeigh, for
many wears proprietor of the Ken
nebec hotel.