Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-12-03

bing at the ink. II it is rubbe
shortage for your lead-pencil that
influencing your decision, mayb'
some priority ruling may be had t.
keep you rolling" and rubberint
until synthetic rubber gets into pro
duction. To read what you have tt
say each week, / have known folk!
to go as far-yes, fully as far as
to borrow the Democrat.
In geography, l have rating Of
little above zero, but l have mo
ments in these troublesome times
when l feel sort of envious of the
man who thinks Irac is just another
kind of a hay-rack.
Mrs. Rilla Burkheimer, formerly
of Otho, but who of late has been
residing at the home of her son,
Charles Burkheimer, at Canton, is
reported here as being in an un-
favorable physical condition.
William Scott, soldier-elect, who
had been in the clinic at Ft. Thom-
as, KY, returned to the Oral Haines
home, the evening of Thanksgiving
day and will probably return to his
pre-enlistment job at Columbus,
for the time being.
Mrs. Scott Ferguson (Opal Fis-
cus) and little twin daughters,
Karen and Kaye, arrived at the
home of DR.. and Mrs H. l.. Fiscus,
last Friday, after spending Thanks
giving day at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Ferguson, at Otho. Mr..
and Mrs. Scott Ferguson have been
residing in Marietta, but are To-
eating at Athens, which is more con-
venient to his duties as an airman
in the civil air patrol.
Saturday, Junior Dean brought
his mother home from Akron,
where she had visited her husband,
George Dean, for few days.
Mr.. James Lawrence and Miss
Millie Keith of Keithtown, toured
to Akron last Friday, and returned
Sunday. Glenn Morris is assisting
with farm duties on the Keith
farm.
To Uncle Henry out here on the
farm the rationing of gas won't do
much harm; for he can settle down
for an evening of peace without in
terruption of city nephew or niece
Looking At Postal Guide And Map
l find it's long way from
Startup, Washington, to Stop, Ken
lucky and SO it may be with the
war
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Grandstaff of
Coshocton spent Thanksgiving day
here with his mother. Mrs. Viola
Grandstaff, and his brother, Harry
Grandstaff, and family.
Noel r. Schuster went to Athens,
Sunday, accompanied by his daugh-
ter-in-law, Mrs. Carlos Schuster,
who resides there.
To Boys In Camp
To our camp-boys wherever:
Well, coffee "thawed out" Monday,
after a weeks hard freeze" Dad
got his coffee allowance of one
pound and has gone on binge for
five weeks at the speed limit of one
fifth pound per week. Nom and
the rest, only Junior, who is not Is,
each get one-fifth per week, which
you see, adds up in grounds pretty
fast. There has been no casual
ties on the home front from lack of
coffee and won't be. Thanksgiving
day on the farm was pretty gener-
ally observed by butchering hog
or two. The shooting was fair
except to the hog. AS usual. some
folks had turkey, some chicken and
some, as usual had-to be uncon-
cerned about it, Rabbits abound and
most hunters let 'em bound-un-
less they took "sport" shot. But,
for right down to business hunt
ing you ought to hear the coon
hunter. The crop of coon seems
heavy but the catch light. l think
the score-board shows each profess
sional hunter winning not over two.
One coon measured "A inches from
tip to tip. The demand for turkeys
black skunks bring $40. opposums
bring 15c and soc and rabbits bring
tularemia. The demand for turkeys
about Thanksgiving seemed rather
draggy from rs to % with a few
flocks bringing 80 cents. Sunday
morning it looked Russian-like here
with snow all over the ground. only
the snow was white whereas in
Russia it is red with the blood of
Nazis which they are whipping to a
frazzle. Junior, don't worry about
anyone here taking your girl out
for airing in his old jallopy. Gas
rationing will see to that. All roads
will soon have dead-ends for pleas
ure riders. So what's tn use wor-
rying about that. Time still goes
slow here in the hills, but what lit
tie money you get makes up for 1t.
Excuse poor writing and bad spell
ing and luck to you, all.
Mr.. and Mrs. By-l Sharp (Ruth
swank) of Cincinnati. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Wayne Rex (Kate Swank) and
little son of Marion were Thanks
giving guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Swank. Mr.. and Mrs. Sharp
returned Immediately to their home.
while Mr.. and Mrs. Rex also visited
at the Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Rex home
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