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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-05-28
Biskopville
Granddaughter of Judge Leeper
Married

Mr. and Mrs. A. G.. Carter, Mrs.
Eldora Davis and daughter Miss
Lena attended the wedding of Miss
Cathryn Leeper, daughter of VIM.
Leeper, jr., of Parkersburg, W.
Va, when she became the bride of
Mr.. Virgel Meek of Charleston, w
Va, last Saturday, May %, at
2:30 o'clock at the First Methodist
church. Mrs. Meek is a grand
daughter Of the late Judge VIM
Leeper, sr, of Marietta, a former
Morgan county man. They We're the
dinner guests of Mrs. Lucille Pedi-
cord, Parkersburg, w. Va.
Mrs. Millard Kasler and son
Sammy are not improving as
well as their friends want them to.
Mrs. Adaline Kimble is very ILL.,
suffering from a stroke last Friday
at the home of Mrs. Mary Sheppard
near Mountville.
Lewis e. Clark of Trimble called
on his brother-in law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoon, Sunday, on his
return from a visit, in company
with other folks, to his cousins
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. woodward,
Chesterhill.
Lewis Watkins and son Jimmy
of Columbus called on Mr.. and Mrs
]. M. Watkins, Sunday.
Among those who attended Me-
mortal services at Methodist church,
Glouster, last Sunday, were Mrs.
j. M. Watkins. Mrs T. F. Davis,
Miss Lena E. Davis, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. G. Carter. Rev. Thompson
preached the memorial sermon.
The Get-Together club will meet
with Mrs. Bertha Carpenter, in
two weeks.
Those who called to see w. Fl.
Hoon Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. j.
M. Watkins, Mrs. Dora Davis and
daughter Miss Lena, local, Mrs. Or
lena Spain, Lancaster, and Mr..
Lewis E. Clark, Trimble
Mrs. Edna Kasler spent the past
week with her father, Arley Phil
lips, at Glouster.
Miss Doris Milhoan is assisting
Mr.. and Mrs. Millard with their
house work.
Moved to Ravenna
Mr.. and Mrs. Alden Wells, long
time residents of this vicinity, now
OF Maplewood for several years, are
moving this week to Ravenna
where Mr.. Wells holds a position on
defense work. Their daughters,
Mrs. VIM. Morgan and Mrs. Arthur
JagO, jr., and their families are
moving with them. They will be
remembered as running dairy
farm, and badly missed by their
many friends
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-05-28
Stockport

Miss Maxine Gilmore, daughter
of Mrs. Mazda Gilmore, of Philo
and the late Frank Gilmore, is an
nouncing her marriage to Corporal
Jack Harris, of Shawnee. The we'd
ding took place last week at Macon,
Georgia, with Rev. George A. Stone
of that city officiated. The only at
tendant was Corporal w. S. Ours, a
friend of the groom. For the
past three years Mrs. Harris has
heen cashier at the Ohio Power Of
fee in McConnelsville. The Gill
mores formerly resided here, Mr..
Gilmore being a teacher in our 10
cal school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert White or
Cincinnati and Mrs. Chester Carr
and son George of Athens, were
callers Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. W..
w. White.
Mrs. Harry Fleming spent last
Friday with Mrs. Dorothy Daugh-
erty
Mr.. and Mrs. Beeney, son and
daughter of Granville, Mrs. Mary
Ellen Beeney of GAINESVILLE, were
Sunday dinner guests at the Bailey
hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Offenberger
and four children of Lowell spent
Sunday with her mother. Mrs.
Philomena Schaad and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Henery OF
GAINESVILLE and Miss Mary Butcher,
of Columbus, were recent visitors
at the G. C. Stoneburner home. Mr..
and Mrs. Henery are moving to Ak
ron, where he will be employed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Iver Robinson and
niece, Donna Morris, visited sun
day afternoon with Dale Morris,
and family.
Dick Durbin, younger son Of
Postmaster and Mrs. r. A. Durbin.
will be employed at the Stockport
Hardware, during the summer vaca-
tion.
Mrs. Dale Morris and daughter
Virginia attended the last day OF
school at Oakland, last Friday.
Miss Emilia Wolfe who has spent
In0 past lOuI llOHtlio ct eiiC ~. W.
Dewitt home, returned Saturday ev-
ening to her home at Pattin Mills.
Rev. Lowell G. Mccoy will deliv-
er his farewell sermon at Mt. Oil
vet church Sunday morning, May
81. at 10:30 and at Stockport Sum
day evening at o'clock. Rev. Nc
Coy has been granted scholarship
at Garrett Theological Seminary,
Evanston. ILL.,, and he and Mrs. Nc
Gov are at Evanston this week max
ing plans for his entrance there.
Mrs J. n. Swift has returned to
her home at Bloomington, H., aft
er Spending a few days with her
sisters, Mrs. Hugh Ellis and Mrs.
w. II. Broomhall Mrs. Broomhall
accompanied her to Bloomington,
for few days visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Triplett and
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Skinner of
NHllfield were Sunday afternoon
callers of Mrs Emma Henery.
Mrs Carl Fell entertained last
Thursday evening in honor of Mrs.
Byron Smell of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Guests were friends of Mrs. Smell
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-05-28
from Crooksville.

| from Crooksville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Lowry of Ath
ems route were Saturday dinner
| guests Of Mrs. David Coler. Mrs
Clara Lowry of Athens route J:
spending the week with her aunt
Mrs. Coler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weir Kern attend
ed birthday dinner Sunday at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Clarence Ellis at Dresden. 1t cele
brated the birthdays of Mrs. Kerr
and son Richard, and her mother
Mrs Ellis. Richard and Madelon
Kern accompanied their parents
home, after several weeks visit
with their grandparents.
Mrs. Walter Porter and Mrs. Ray
Patterson went to Canton Tuesday
morning to visit their husbands
who are employed there.
Sunday visitors at the J. P. Gross
kloss home were Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark Long and son Leighton, of
Chesterhill, and Mr.. Nichols of
Athens.
Saturday night guests of Mr.. and
Mrs George Loar were Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilfred Boord of Palmer.
Mrs. David Coler spent last We'd
nesday with Will Coler at Pattin
Mills. Mr.. Coler recently suffered
a stroke, and is showing little i'm
provement.
Kenneth Mccoy was business
caller in Columbus, Monday.
Miss Doris Medley, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan Medley, has
completed her course at the Office
Training School, in Columbus, and
has accepted position with the
Curtiss- Wright at Dayton. Mr.. and
Mrs Medley We're former owners
and managers of the Stockport no.
tel, and are now located in Ironton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Mercer spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. II. r..
Rainey and family at PIT. Pleasant,
w Va.
+ Donna Morris is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. Iyer Robinson, of Nc
Connelsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Linley Mills and
family spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. John Sharp of Stockport route
Mrs. Leslie HalloWell of Penns-
Vile spent last Friday and Satur-
day with Mrs Emma Beach.
Born Thursday, May 21st to Mr.
and Mrs. Clark Fonner, son.
Memorial Day Program
A program is being planned here
for Memorial day, and will start at
1870 at the high school grounds
with a flag raising, dedicating the
new flag pole Following this the
national anthem will be sung;
Gettysburg address by Miss Mary
Evelyn Wade; mems quartet; vocal
solo, Belford Cheadle Mrs. Betty
Lane Of Massillon is expected here
for the program and will favor
with a reading. The guest speaker
is Atty Bernhard Mercer, of Me-
Connelsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Matthews
have received word of the marriage
of their granddaughter, Miss Bon
ME Yarnell of Dalton, O., to Wayne
Buss of Orrville The marriage
was solemnized May 8th at Green
up. XIV. They will make their
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-05-28

the tools in the huge derrick which
will take about three days, and
drilling will probably be in opera
ton ere this is in print.
Austin Kidd of an army camp,
at New Orleans, spent several days
here with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Kidd, left Thursday on the
return trip.
The mattress factory here start
ed operations Friday morning with
a full force working. 1t will take
a week or 10 days to complete the
orders on file.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. W. Buchanan OF
Waterford spent Sunday here with
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-05-28
Unionville

Mrs. c.. A. Stegner. who has been
very i'll the past two i weeks from
complications is now showing mark
ed improvement. being now able to
be up and about the house most Of
the time. However. she is not yet
able to do her house work.
Wanda Foster Accepts Position
Miss Wanda Foster, Of Columbus.
spent Saturday night here with her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Foster.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-05-28
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his sister, Mrs. C. A. Stegner, and
husband.
Miss Mary Wickersham, menu
Der of the faculty of the MarseilleS
high school, and her friend Richard
Cattrell, of Harpster. O., music In
structor in the high school, spent
over the week end here with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Fl. Wicker
sham. They also visited friends In
Marietta.
The recent rains have been .
great help to the pasture and mead
ows, but has made a lot OF hard
work to clean the corn fields OF
weeds and vines.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-05-28

She recently completed course at
Bliss Business College, and ac-
cepted a position with the Com
mercial Motor Freight company, of
Columbus, and started to work in
the office last week.
The Woodward sheep shearing
outfit was operating in this section
last week.
Drilling Delayed
The drilling on the Claude MUIR
ray farm has been delayed the past
two weeks on account of the con-
tractor who has been very i'll and
confined in a hospital, however,
workmen started Monday stringing
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-05-28

ness, left Monday evening. She was
accompanied by her sister, Mrs. w.
II. BroomhalI, of Stockport, who
will spend some time there
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-19

We had reopen tournament for segeant
when the lads started writing from India China Australia
and points nervous.
Jesse Morris of Taft, Cal, about his world
top kick who drilling boot line that stuck out in
places than bag of busted axles.
Finally the top said:
I'm going to give this mob of spawned bndie right
you have something to aim up I'm going
to shoot this AZ gst right down the line.
Then every sum- guzzer in the outfit to line
his the smoke
That Monday. On Tuesday Pete Spear of Hammond
Ind told about Sarge Kckapoo the Sac and Fox Kckapoo
tomahawked baldheaded barber and used his scalp for
dial.
those TIVE sefeeants met Wednesday they
would have time getting by Ole Olson of Wisconsin
who Guadacana playing fairy godmother to laps who
want to die young and yellow
Olson pan. When the fish is done he throws
VT away and eats the pan M '.I
Thursday T. ~ o wrote about Sergeant Cripes who
born blue fox farm but his parents didn't think he
worth SHINING -
Grpes is the only top kick with standing general order
him cut of public zoos when on leave
That brings down Friday and Bucktooth Riley,
Barbara.
When capsule recruit asked Sergeant Riley for time
Riley threw him far into the hoosgow that volunteers had
to carry him air in paper bags.
You could add Rleys idea of mercy Mahatma Gandhs
laundry bill and would total with per cent discount
The sergeants getting tougher by the minute the
second hand II looks will have another list week
copsught s2, King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-19
the Side

7 Ueor my lore Ike a cloak,
A cloak Of red,
Red Ike rich pihe,
Soft as n UClret rose,
and l am tc0rm.
Frances Marvel Gnass.
DARTON MacLANE. Massive
- TheSpian. Once a member of
the Wesleyan University 'Glee
Club.
He couldn't have been a MEM
Der of a better glee club.
known as the Sing
ing College" was always tops
IN that respect.
The two best Wesleyan songs
are Drink a Highball at Night
fall" and Secrets.
AS for college songs in gen.
eral, the best OF all is Amhersts
stirring ditty, Lord Godfrey
Amherst. "
L. Com. Mildred McAfee,
OF the WAVES. She is a minis
ter's daughter.
Lieutenant Commander McAfee
recently asked a newspaper not
10 use some photographs OF her.
They fiatter me too much and
make me look too young" said
she
A very unusual request from
a woman.
Still il may be smart not 10
have flattering photographs pub
liShed.
1t could be just a case of build
ing yourself up for a let-down
in the event Of a personal en-
counter with somebody you never
had met before.
WHAT is Americas toughest
w civilian job?
That was a query recently
advanced.
A Pennsylvania states his be-
lief that the job of a coal miner
is most difficult. Having been
coal miner this reader outlines
his duties.
What follows was only part of
what he states he had 10 do:
II had TO crawl for 200 feet
on my belly, take my jackham-
mer, hose, drills. dynamite,
proper steel chutes, shovels and
picks.
II had TO drill about 10 holes
8 feet deep and put In the dyna-
mite, make all necessary electri-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-19
How to Get
Raise i'm Pay

the midst of counting them. I
stumbled across another ROOM
full of papers known as general
orders"
There was General Order No.
I, General Order No. 2. Gen.
eral Order No. 3, General Order
No. 4, and on up to General
Order No umphty-umph.
I WAS pouring through these
Il when a fresh batch arrived
marked Interpretation No. 1
10 General Order No. 3" and
Interpretation No. 2 to General
Order No. g."
Research revealed that the
national AAU record for filling
out all the forms necessary to
get a raise for an employe is
four days. three hours, twenty
minutes and ten seconds.
II is held by prominent
button hook manufacturer in a
midweStern town.
That his record will be ac-
cepted as official is doubtful.
however.
Rivals claim lie had the wind
10 his back when setting the
mark, and also used starting
blocks.
Moreover, his application was
refused by the National War
Labor Board.
My advice TO any one want
ing a raise is this:
II your employer is more
than 25 years Of age. don't ask
for il.
He will be dead and buried
long before he finishes filling
out the blanks.
Distributed by Mcknight Syndicate. Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-19

tdl tOtlifttiohNf tlhNt Dnth ~VV
feet and explode the dynamite"
DERHAPS the government has
Il an unusual number of people
working in Washington even for
a time Of war.
Yet consider the variety of
tasks they undertake.
One branch of the federal
government recently has issued
instructions DIS TO how a woman
should take off a girdle TO in
sure the garment lasting a long
time.
Says the government girdle
expert:
"A girdle can best be removed
by a good strong yank."
There will be no tulip time in
Holland this yeaF.
The NaZis have taken the
tulip bulbs in Holland and fed
them to the cattle or used them
10 make ersatZ coffee.
New York City has l60 police
women, most of them young and
good looking and the majority of
Irish~dcscent.
Many Of these policewomen
are detectives and work in their
regular clothes.
Before the war Paris had
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-19
The On|ooker
WORKING independently. anc

WORKING independently, and
w without the usual funds
from the Field Museum. the
Smithsonian Institute, the Ma
tional Geographic Society. or
the Museum Of Natural History,
l have been exploring one Of the
mysteries of modern civilization.
With no one 10 guide me. with
no thought TO my own safety, l
plunged into the intricacies of
wage sterilization.
Before l get out-if ever-my
name is likely TO be linked at
the Explorers Club with those
Of Amundsen, Magellan. Marco
Polo, Peary. Byrd and the man
who first ate tomato aspic.
Driven by the zeal that fires
US seekers after knowledge. ] set
out 70 learn just how a man
would 60 about getting a raise
in this country.
What are the wheels that
must turn. the cogs that must
grind mot 10 mention the teeth
before a man who wanted and
deserved a SO boost in pay
could get it,
THE first thing l did was 70
i put myself in the place Of a
fellow who wanted a SO raise
That wasn't hard 10 do. be-
cause / do.
An extra SO would 20 long
way toward easing the worries
of those two deserving cousins
Of mine who are working their
way through barber college.
Good boys. both of them.
One is majoring in singes and
the other in feather trims.
So l told my employer I
wanted a raise.
He didn't hear me al first,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-19
BY Henry McLeinOrs

being as he was buried under
pile of paper higher than Mt.
Everest.
l called again and his third
secretary The has had to add
two secretaries just 10 stand by
10 see TO il that he doesn't get
smothered under the govern
ment blanks), said that he
couldn't see me for al least q
week, and he (my employer .
was engaged in getting the Of
fee boy a 81 week raise.
HE has been under the noun
tain of blanks for three days,
now" the secretary said.
I'VE are all afraid that he
will begin to believe that ne Is
Floyd Collins i'm cave and re-
fuse to come out"
I EFT TO my own devices I
IL started exploring the blanks
an employer must fill out 10
give an employe raise
First there are the papers Of
application.
There are enough of these 10
keep a nest of mice nibbling
contentedly for = year or two.
Then there are the papers
themselves.
Offhand I would say that
there are enough Of these 10
paper Buckingham Palace, the
Vatican, the state capitol AT
Mont gomery. Ala, and still have
enough left over 70 make con-
fetti for all the world TO throw.
l started counting the ques-
tons 10 be answered on these
blanks, but gave up when / had
to start keeping tab on the tril.
lions on my fingers.
Besides, just when 1 was in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-19
Better Health

IN GEOGRAPHICAL areas
L marked by frequent storms
and wide changes IN atmospheric
pressure the populs tIon is likely
10 suffer from respiratory infec-
tons or high blood pressure and
other upSets.
Acute appendicitis attacks &C.
cur most often when the barom-
eter is falling.
Appendicitis is more severe In
the worlds changeable climatic
areas and Is mild and infrequent
in the tropics.
So says DR.. Clarence A. Mills
in his book, Climate Makes the
Man from which ! quoted yes
terday.
LIE BELIEVES that the level
II Of good health and evenness
Of mental disposition is MAIN
tanned as long as the barometer
is fairly high or rising. but IS
upset by falling pressure
Animals can be observed 10
become restless and eXcitable as
the atmospheric pressure falls.
People are more forgetful on
low pressure days.
In one large city a street car
company tabulated the number
OF bundles, packages and UNI
brellas left on the cars and found
that the rate doubled or tripled
IN periods before storms.
Traffic accidents are more nu-
merouS in such weather also.
THE falling barometer is posi-
L bly, 10 blame for attacks OF
blues. domestic squabbles and
misunderstanding, with chill
dren.
And sleepleSSneSS,
II is not uncommon on a
muggy night TO wake up and
look out and md your neigh
borS' windows lit up all over the
block.
Everybody has suddenly walked
up on account OF the lowering
OF the pressure.
There is probably a physical
explanation for these things.
Doctor Petersen of Chicago
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-19

an diverse belief-that Lucifer.
the Devil, has come 10 earth in
the person of Adolf Hitler
Schicklegruber.
This c hief OF The Gaderne
swine possessed by the devil has
damaged his allies more than his
enemies.
He is the quintcssence Of evil
and he has put the mark Of GAIN
on his people for evermore.
NOV, what 10 do about Il?
~ We and our allies Will win
this war. No doubt of that.
We did the last time. and look
what happened, and why ?
The United States. most tin
selfish OF all the warning
nations. tho only one victor that
put much into the war and took
nothing outfits country, fed
up with Europe, abdicated The
leadership the world acknowl-
eyed Excepting Japan and The
Great God Greed ruled over sll.
Selfshness. unenlightened. ra-
paclous. became the inter
national rule and the domestic
principle in even the most
progressive countries.
CIGNOR MARCONI once
~ talked OF the possibilities OF
radio.
"Since all sound. II solid" he
argued, "it is really indestructi-
Bile, and somewhere In the
bounds OF space all SCUM
sbides.
1t may be possible some day
20 devise radio receiver 80
dellcately powerful that IL can
recover lost sound and bring
back 10 us Lincoln's voice utter
ing the Gettysburg speech,
Washington In his Farewell
Address, or The Sermon on the
Mount. Fantastic But what
would radio have seemed 90
Washington? ."
I've an idea even more fan
tastlc: that such an instrument
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-19
BY Damon RunNOn

fined 10 screaming al invervalS
about the same thing in print
Joe gets headlines here and
there but not IN type as large
as war events in Europe, though
what he is talking about is a
direct threat 20 these shores.
which IS remote possibility
from Europe. and probably few
persons remember II hours
later what he SAID. while Of
course the old doctor is lust
an out-and-out bore on the sub
lect in the opinion OF many OF
his readers. like Billy Mitchell
became about the airplane
And yet with = year Of the
war with Japan behind US and
perhaps several years of it be.
fore US. IL might be we'll 10 re-
mind the American people that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-19
The Brighter Side

JOE GREW and old Doctor
" Runyon are having a tough
time trying 10 impress upon the
people of the United States Of
merica the magnitude and the
seriousness Of the war with
Japan because many OF our fell
low citizens persist in thinking
Of II As a sort of Side-iSSuo 10
the war IN Europe,
Joe Grew, who was our am
basSador 10 Toxic for years and
who knows the japanese like
you know your own kids. and
maybe better. has been going
up and down tho land the past
few weeks crying aloud the
menaC OF the Japs. being a
little more articulate than the
old doctor, who has been con-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-19
Urged 10 Heed
Crews w aiming

the Rising Sun flag Of Japan
has replaced the Stars and
Stripes in the Philippines and
over scores Of islands in the
Pacific and that We have not
yet regained a foot OF the lost
ground
1T MIGHT be well 10 remind
Il them that the japanese flag
flies on kISka IN the Aleutlans.
which is American territory. and
that many OF our soldiers arc
prisoners IN Japanese hands and
many OF our citizens, men and
women, arc in Japanese intern
ment camps. subjected 10 the
groSSeSt mistreatment How,
then. can any of our people be
so benighted as 10 fail TO
recognize the vital Importance
Of this war and 10 discount the
menace OF the brown barba-
rians?
Yet many do. They read Of
the desperate fighting in the
Solomons and elsewhere in the
Pacific and take pride in the
conSummate courage of our men
yet withal the people seem TO
view the campaign down there
as an expeditionary proposition
wholly subordinate 10 the war
in Europe. though in truth and
in fact the war with Japan
is our major war and should be
so regarded.
WE HAVE lost no territory OF
w our own in Europe or North
Africa. VIC have lost plenty IN
the Pacific. The idea that when
the European war is over the
japanese phase will be merely a
matter of hopping up Is eX-
tremely dangerous.
We are lighting almost alone
in the Pacific and will probably
have 10 continue fighting almost
alone there long after the Euro
pean war is over because our
allies, even in victory, may be
in no condition.to help,
The only one that might help
us now is Russia. but Russia is
al peace with Japan and pre-
sumabiy there are strategic rea-
sons why those relations are
maintained while this-natien
>Sweats 10 help Russia.
I do not know just what the
reasons are and therefore do not
question them. though l wonder
what Russia's reaction would be
If this nation were in the same
predicament with Japan as Rus
STA was with the Nazis when we
hurried TO the rescue.
Let us hope that we never
have 10 find out
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