Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-04-27

l early lie, put LOT tuC past 0cVSIdl
years had been a resident of CO.
lumbus His wife was Rebecca
| Lambert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Reece Lambert of Chesterhill. Be-
sides his wife he is survived by one
son and two daughters, of Colum-
bus; and the brother, III. S. Hopkins
w. B. and Charles Hopkins are first
cousins of the deceased. Mr.. Hop
| kins was about IA years OF age, and
| was mining engineer having grad
| uated in mine engineering from O.
Is. u. For 48 years he had been as
| sociated in thea engineering depart
ment of the Jeffrey Manufacturing
company, of Columbus. His hobby
was making violins, and his three
children became accomplished vio-
| linists, using instruments he made
| for them He was constructing his
35th violin at the time of his death.
| His son, Earl w. Hopkins, is head
of the violin department at Capital
| University, Columbus. He was a
32nd degree Mason and a member
Of North Broadway M. e. church,
| Columbus. Funeral services were
| held Wednesday morning at $50,
| at Columbus, and the remains were
brought here for burial.
| Basketball Banquet
| The Marion high school basket
| ball banquet was held in the gym
nasium Thursday evening, April
l19. An excellent dinner was served
| by Mrs. Leona Calvin's home eco
nomics girls after which the toast
master presided. Lee Osborne,
coach of the Junior team, was intro
| duced and after appropriate re
marks presented following boys with
with letters, Max Coleman, Howard
| Strobe, Edgar Ewart, Bob Davis.
| Kenneth Kincaid and Richard Bow
| man. Russell Thomas was next in
troduced. He spoke very commend
ably of the boys of the high school
squad, of the good foundation work
Seiss, and the loyalty of the fans
| ard teachers. The following boys
were presented letters: Victor Whit
acre, Bruce Davis, Joe Faires, Bob
Worrall, Leighton Long, Clifford
| Wallace, Clair Thomas, Edgar
Workman and Caryl Triplet Coach
Thomas next presented the boys of
the regular squad with gold basket
ball charms as his token of appre-
citation for their good sportsman
ship and excellent cooperation Mar
ion has three boys picked by the
coaches of the county as members
OF the all-county team, and it was
Mr. Thomas pleasure to present
Victor Whitacre, Joe Faires and
Bruce Davis with all-county team
awards of gold charms. The
| toastmaster next called upon sew
| eral of Marion's good fans for brief
| remarks. Each response was well
made and received. The guest
speaker, Dr. Ashbrook of the ply
sical education department of Ohio
State University, was introduced
He spoke of the importance of ply
steal education in school training
and especially emphasized the learn
! ing situations presented in the game
OF basketball pointed out the
opportunities for character de.
velopment After his we'll chosen re.
marks, DR.. Ashbrook showed motion
pictures of the last Olympic games
held in Berlin in 1896 All pres
ent agreed they had enjoyed a big
evening. We hope the loyal ladies
of the community and Mrs. Calvin
and her girls know that we appre
ciate their part in making the ban
quet a success.
II Mt. Olive Inspection
i The annual inspection of Mt Of
i've chapter, No. 326, o. E. S., wa!
beld Tuesday night, April 20. Pre-
ceeding the meeting a dinner wa
served by the Sunshine Sunda,
school class at the high school gym
nasium. The guests were seated a
long tables which formed a pentagoI
around a central star, and the EN-
blematic colors of the order were
used in the decorations. Mrs Dove
c.. Dixon of Marietta, deputy grant
matron of the 25th district, the in
Il specting officer, complimented the
worthy matron, Mrs. Charles New
burn, and her officers on their ex
cellent exemplification of the ritual
istic work. Among the visitors pres
ent were Miss Florence Reed o.
Malta, grand representative, an(
worthy matrons and patrons ant
members from the following chap
ters, Marietta, Amesville, Malta
i Bartlett and Stockport.