Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-12-04
Meigs

It was with sincere sorrow we
learned of the death of our friend
and former neighbor, George star
lin. While we have always had
good neighbors, none have been bet
ter than George and Tanner. We
are sorry that we did not know of
his death until after the funeral.
Had we known of it we would have
been there. While sympathy doesn't
mean much, when we should have
done more, we want to extend to the
family our sincere sympathy for
what it is worth.--In our work last
week we visited many homes where
we had been in other days. At the
Garner Dickinson home we found
them busily engaged with the butch
ering work. We noted the fact that
they had the sausage mill out in the
yard connected up with an unseen
power. At the Ellis Foster farm
we found Ellis posted on conditions
We always enjoy a short visit with
him. Being as queer as Ellis we get
along fine, in fact transacted bust
ness no one else ever had. Mr.. and
Mrs. Van Parks seemed in good
health at the Mandy Smith home
We found she had been thinking
about MuttOnburg folks. While she
can't see to read she keeps posted on
world events by radio. She wants
to know what grandmother Rebecca
Murrays name was. Who can tell?
AT the James Harris home we found
Mrs. Harris, who folks over there
call "Bun," in improved health
We had dinner with John and Maud
McInturf. The trouble with eating
there, Maud got used to cooking for
a large family, now when there is
only few of us there, and we who
have been eating at the restaurant
where we devour everything in
reach. 1t makes it, while pleasant,
an impossibility. If folks in heaven
are like John and Maud we hope to
make it. We always like to see
Maud laugh. She laughs all over.
At the Bruce Huffman home we
found they had killed two hogs that
dressed over 400 pounds each. Mrs
Huffman has canned 200 cans of
fruit and vegetables. We were glad
to learn Mrs. Della James is improv-
ed and doing her own work. We
couldn't stop there as we had to do
some work. .--Rexford, young son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Abe Tolbert, is ill with
tonsillitis.--W met AIDA Parmiter
Dillehay and her husband, Lonnie,
of Waterford route, on the street
Saturday. They are on farm.
Her brother, Perley, owns a ranch,
and brother Cleveland, is engineer
on fast rain.--Grover Farris in
formed us that his brother, John,
and his son and wife were visitors
at his home during the week end,
which recalls memories of the time
when we cut stove timber on the
George Chambers farm and John
was timekeeper, and pulled one end
of cross-cut saw when help was
scarce. He is now a retired rail-
road engineer Mrs. Jean Eddie
blute is quite ill with pneumonia, at
the home of her parents, c. B. and
Ruby c. Ray When w. D. Matson
got deed for the Harry Parmiter
farm it went out of the Parmiter
family, after more than a hundred
years. 1t went through the names
of John, Reuben, Edward and Harry
Parmiter.--Several folks in the
neighborhood are i'll with colds and
grip THE death of Robert w.
Barnes has taken man who
through his activities as stock buy
er, county commissioner and sale
crier, was known by and honored
by host of people. Even after he
had passed the age when most men
die-or at least lose interest in af-
fairs, he kept posted and abreast of
the times. Vernon Whitehouse calls
our attention to the fact that he has
vein of iron ore on his farm. The
late Eddie Walker took samples and
had them tested, but was unable to
get the capital to develop it. Now
that We are in need of iron it might
be we'll to have an expert make an
examination. Ray McKibben, who
operates one of the county main
tainers, did good job ditching the
road north of the Whitehouse
bridge. All it needs now is stone or
gravel. .--Some of our Republican
friends would like to know who