Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-22
County Thursday January

I0SS V1C\O111AOASVAAAS OAAkV,
! ficer in the National Guards in
, GAINESVILLE, and sister, Edith, who
we believe lives in Newark.
James Lewis with hig wife who
was a Hastings, with their children,
at one time lived on the farm now
owned by Edgar Chambers. We
believe Mrs. Mona Walker is the
only one of the family in the coun-
ty.
After studying it over we decid-
ed we wouldn't let Ida laugh at us,
SO we called and found Mr.. Nous
ley's name was Humphrey. Now it
is up to Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. An
derson. While we have long since
learned it is wise to keep silent
when two women get into an argI-
ment, we can't see how "H" could
stand for Wesley. AS these ladies
both belong to meeting, we are
guessing there will be no loud talk.
William Hempfield was a pioneer
in Bristol. Mr. and Mrs. Hemp
field owned and lived on the farm
now home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Haines, better known to some of
our readers as the Ellis farm,
south of Meigs. They were the par
ents of several children. Frank
Hempfleld, who as yet has not be-
come entangled in the matrimonial
net lives alone near Cabinville, and
while a sister Mrs. Margaret Little
resides in the township. Frank is
the only one writing it Hempfield
There must be some five times as
many folks buried in the ceme-
teries of Bristol township as are
living. While we have mentioned
many names we have only skinned
the surface. Yes there is Miss Eta
Merwin, who is of not only one of
the pioneer families, but a patriotic
one as we'll Eta stands alone
her sister Ollie having changed her
name to Haines some years ago.
While Sam Hale did we'll in liz
creasing the population, his children
left the township.
Scribe Expresses Himself
We don't have to tell any of you
who have read our section through
the years that we are queer. You
know it, Perhaps some of you up to
this time haven't known that we are
proud of it. While we don't know
how Mr.. Webster has it in his book,
we have always had our attention
called to folks who didn't do as the
ma jority of the folks of their neigh
borhood With the foregoing as a
basis of what we want to say, we
proceed. Only today we attended
a funeral that was a disgrace not
only to the community where held,
but to the church where held. So
far as we were able to tell only two
of the members of the church at
tended the service. Of course the
deceased was poor. If the services
for the dead are religious, which
we have been taught they are, we
believe church folks should attend.
AS we looked at those in attend
ance we couldn't help wondering
what some of the folks who could
have gone and didn't would think if
when one of your loved ones IS
wheeled before the chancel rail, if
a small crowd like that attends. We
are proud of the fact that the min
lister preached a wonderful sermon
The singing par excellent. But we
are queer.
Guy E. Radcliff Weds
Guy E., son of Fred and Pearl
Nichols Radcliff, and Miss June
Bush, daughter of Mrs. H. C. Moi
felt, Woodsfield, and the late Carl
Bush, were married Saturday, Jan.
IT, 1912, at the parsonage of the
Church of Christ, Wootsfleld, Rev.
J. V. A. Traylor, pastor of the
officiating, using the single
ring ceremony. Mr.. and Mrs. STAN
ley Beaver, of Canton, friends OF
the bride, witnessed the ceremony.
You will excuse us but we must |
say Guy is employed at the Finley
packing plant. June is secretary in
the farm security office, McCon-
nelsville, and will continue there.
They will reside in McConnelsville.
If we knew of anything better than
a long happy prosperous life, We
would wish it for them.