Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-09-04
Meigs

trip through the south with Mr.. and
Forest took us into his fine up-to-
date home trailer and after showing
us the trailer which has all the con-
veniences of modern home, he
brought out picture post cards, snap
shots and relics, and SO on, picked
| up on their various trips. He show
ed us bullets picked up on the
| Kennesaw mountain battle field. We
learned the bullets used by the
| northern army were not the same as
| those used by the southern. We saw
a picture of the oldest school house
| in America, which is at st. Angus
tine, Fla. He gave us piece of the
| material of which Fort Marion is
Of the fort. On the card We read
Fort Marion, the oldest military
| fOrtification on the western CONT
nent, was formerly called Fort San
| Marcos. Building was started in
1872 by the Spaniards, and not com
pleted until 1856 by slaves and In
| dians compelled to do the work
Five acres are covered by this huge
structure, in some places the walls
being 40 feet thick. Coquina was
the material used in building this
best preserved specimen Of such
| architecture in all the world. AS tC
Coquina when we first looked at ii
| with the electric light shining on il
ing the oat meal cookies. 1t will
pay any one who like your scribe
| can't make these trips to visit the
Tomsons and have them show and
| tell you-they have plenty of room
and are getting ready to build an
| other house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Radcliff spent
part of the formers vacation with
his aunt, Mrs. Eunice Laudaker, OF
Dudley.
Mr. and Mrs. Oval Hancher
daughters Jeanette and Betty, and
Charley Wilson visited relatives al
Meadville, Pa, last week, and took
in the sights Oval tells fish story
Have him tell you.
The rains have not only delayed
corn cutting. but made more corn.
On our trip to Reinersville last
week, we stayed over night with the
richest couple we believe in the
township. They labored together up
the eastern ascent, raised their fam
lily, had their pleasures and sor-
rows. Now they are, we were about
to say coasting down the western
slope Coasting is far from ap-
propriate-as they are working to
prepare food for the coming winter,
handing out sunshine. While they
think of themselves as old, they are
far from old in mind and thoughts.
and Mrs Charles Phillis? We found
our lifelong friend j. Finley Elliott,
50, in very feeble health. Fin work
ed for our father before our arrival.
and has been a friend of the family
ever since. At the Mrs. Gusta
Drummond home we found George
Garvin, "a, critically i'll. At the Ce-
ell Mahoney home we found Hugh
prominent teacher of the county
suffering with a lame back. Cecil is
one Of folks the longer we talk
with the more interested we be-
come At the Noel Schuster home
we found Mrs. Schuster had him un-
der her thumb. On account of the
fact our vision is defective we
couldn't see which thumb he was
under On this evening (Thursday)
the following relatives and neigh
bore had met there to spend the
evening with their son Robert and
family: Albert Marshall and fam
ily, Ross Marshall Mrs. Blanche
Mclaughlin and daughter Pauline,
Dale Johnson, Galen Glines, j. D..
Rodeback and family A pot luck
supper was enjoyed followed by ice
cream. Robert and family left Fri
day morning for their home at Bel
videre, H. They expected to visit
relatives in Indiana on their way
home. We found the John Lowe
home closed. Didn't learn their
whereabouts. It's fun to work and
see folks. On arriving home We
found an invitation to attend the
Sherlock reunion at Dodge park,
Beverly. If we get there we will
tell you about it. If not, it won't
be our fault.
In our travels we have noted the
farms which our friend G. l.. James
will offer for sale at public auction.
While we know of Mr.. James ability
as a salesman, and know he has
too much to look after, yet it is
shame that men like him who want
to repair and keep in repair build
ings, fences and SO on, have to let
someone else have them.
1t seems we got mixed up last
week when we called Mrs. Irene
Wilson Aunt" to her cousin. Our
mistakes give us the pleasure OF
knowing that some folks read our
section.
Earl Wilson is getting ready to
start work with his corn binder.
The state highway department has
painted lines along the highways
with lines white and yellow. These
cling public, but it seems drivers do
not understand what they mean. AS
we get it, if the yellow line is be-
tween you and the white one don't
cross it. Only last night we noticed
two cars out of three cracked the
law in a dangerous place. In case
of accidents it won't be SO hard to