Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-06-20
Meigs

We are glad when our writings
please some Of our readers-gladI
when they don't please some OF
them. When soldier who is also a
man-and mayor of his
home town, speaks well Of our
thoughts, as expressed in the Meigs
section, we feel glad; then when the
ladies of the American Legion Aux
iliary want to give us vote Of thanks
our head would swell up If it wasn't
so hard-but when they want to
send us cards, we say nay If you
want to spend any money, give 1t to
the disabled veterans fund to help
make up for those who wouldn't
buy a poppy. We don't remember
what we said-but we are an Amer
ican and have more pencils. For
fear we forget it, the folks who
were able and didn't buy poppy
are being watched to see if they are
n-American-or just d stingy.
Thanks lot.
1t seems a lot of folks are having
trouble with foxes-but we have liv-
ed near a lot of them for long
time, and we notice some of them
are getting pretty, but they don't
bother us. In fact we are glad they
are near.
Curtis Price of New Matamoras
visited with his sister, Mrs. E. e.
Swallow, and husband, last week.
Last week our travels took us to
the Ira Porter home. Ira is a shut
in-but he knows more about farm
ing and stock raising than 80 per-
cent of the farmers of the county.
He enjoys company-but take 1t
from us you may tell him something
but you will also learn something
Try it and make him and yourself
happy.
Wool buyers were following one
another through the neighborhood
| last week with 80 cent price.
| Mrs. Frank McCarty and daugh-
ter. Mrs. Lawrence Embree, visited
with their daughter and sister, Mrs.
Marjory Paisley, and daughter.
Miss Betty and with Mrs. McCarty's S
sister, Mrs. Alta Doan. The Pals
leys live with their aunt, Mrs. Doan.
Miss Betty will have charge of play
ground work in her home city dur
ing vacation.
Be careful about your oil and gas
lease. This may be the time when
you won't get it back.
High or Low
1t is Manns Fork and not MANS
as our item read last week.
Mrs. Lizzie Mcconnell, while not
real awful old Qike some great
grandmothers), holds that place in
the family tree of the Perry baby
mention of whose birth was made
last week, in the local column.
We noticed the officials chosen
for the infantile paralysis founda-
ton, which recalled to mind the fact
that last year we were ashamed of
what Bristol township did. Hope
| Mrs Dunkle may be able to make
us proud this year
While Mrs. McCarty and daughter
were on their visit Frank found 1t
necessary to heat much of the food
| they had prepared for him. They
! forgot to put the butter in the eel
lar. which gave us this item when
Frank said Il didn't have to heat
the butter"
Bristol township has a ball team
with John Lawrence manager. The
/ first home game at Bristol school
ground Friday, June 81, with Man
I chester. Then on the oath with
Pennsville, at 6 p. m.
| In our travels last week we were
| at the home of the Wilson sisters.
We found Louise who suffered a
stroke some time ago about back
/ to normal. We spent some time with
Joe Downing. While he has retired
j from the active work of the farm,
he puts in much time reading and
keeps in touch with what is going
on. While not able to do the work,
his experience is helpful. We were
disappointed in not finding EAunt''
Nan McGonagle at home. She had
gone for a visit with her daughter
| Mrs. Della Spratt, and husband
Billie and Lizzie Henderson, while
not going as fast as they did 4O
years ago, are still going and not
only taking an interest, but part
in the work.
Wants List
We want to get a list of the Re-
publicans who have accepted crop
control money, SO we will know how
TO talk to them when they shed
tears about the way the Democrats
are spending money, and the nation
al debt.
Some folks are 'deaf and dumb.
Some are only dumb.
We are glad that we didn't sell
our dinner pail, as we will start to
carry our dinner tomorrow (Mon-
day). We are also glad that we are
to help build road SO that our
| friend Will Bird can get to his mail
box. A little later we will look Cen
ter township over--but we won't
need our pail down there.
AS we note the drownings, it re-
calls what Japheth Smith said to his
boys when they wanted to go swim
ming: Don't you dare go near the
water until you learn to swim"
If what they are telling about
some of our officials is half true
they must be quite bit smarter
than those who are supposed to
keep check on them
We are glad to know our friend
Ben Wells whose illness was noted,
is improved.
Recently we talked with w. D.
| Matson, editor of the Herald, re-
garding the death of his grandfath-
er, B. F. Matson, when we read the
inscription on the monument, we
find he died in 1880, and recalled
seeing them tanning him during his
last illness. 1t made us feel like a
pioneer.
We have often thought of several
things that we would like to see
come to pass before we shuttle off.
One of them was to see our friend
Charles Finley happily married. We
! know If it isn't happy marriage 1t
won't be Charley's fault. A man