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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-05-14
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blossoms and spring flowers. Guests
entered an archway decorated with
the Girl Reserves colors, blue and
| white. Table decorations were blue
and white iris. Sandwiches, cook
les and soft drinks were served az
the intermsision and the evening
was spent In dancing and other
games.
Miss Stewart attended a formal
/ dinner and initiation of the Delta
Kappa Gamma Sorority at the An
chorage in Marietta, Monday even-
| ening.
Saturday, Mr.. Rich and five boys
will attend the Dennison track
| meet. Boys entered are Edwin
Drake. Bill Ham. Roy Lawrence
| and Jerry Rudolph.
The P. T. A. summer roundup,
for children starting to the grades
this fall, was Wednesday at $3.50.
This clinic was in regard to the
health of the children.
Miss Bell attended the Spanish
and French conference in Colum-
bus, Friday. Mr.. Turner taught
during her absence.
The class play is a week from to-
morrow night, May 22. 'Spring
Fever"
An initiation party for new MEM
bers was given by the CastaIfS
club, Monday evening. During the
initiation ceremony guests were
entertained in the cafeteria. Re-
freshments of sandwiches, pickles,
and fruit punch were served and
the evening spent in round and
square dancing. New members are:
Francis Mcdonald, Cecil Huck,
Doris Davis, Norma Sutton, Eleanor
Fox, lola Roberts, Gretchen Scott.
Earl Clifford, Donald Roberts, Eloise
Riley, Nancy White, Sara Croy,
Robert Mcbride, Jerry Newman,
Betty Ashton, Media Taylor, Max
inc Hooper, Nellie Mae Williams,
Dean Abel, Orpha Holman.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-05-14
East Branch
WRITES FROM CANAL ZONE

The following letter was receiv-
from Earl E. GLADDEN., son of Mr..
and Mrs. Owen Gladden.: This finds
me o. k. and hope it will find you
the same / have begun to get a
nice coat of suntan, which every
one has here. The sun shines most
of the time, unless it is raining. We
have very hard rains here and they
come up quick. 1t nearly rains out
of the clear sky. l have been work
ing at nights the last few days,
which is big help, as it is very
cool and nice and there is nice
ocean breeze blowing most of the
time. We are at sea level, which
makes it close and moist. We have
dry closets in our rooms with big
light bulbs as heaters to keep our
clothes from drawing dampness
when not in use. l like it here O..
k. We have beautiful tropical flow
ers and shrubs blooming all the
time-palm trees, cocoanut and
everything else that goes with the
tropics. | notice there is scar
city of house flies here. They don't
seem to thrive here. l suppose
you are planting your garden by
now. They raise about three crops
here. In the interior, bananas are
plentiful as we'll as snakes, the
most deadly here are Bushmasters,
and Coral, also Boa constructors,
which wrap and crush their prey
to death, although they are not
poisonous. They kill deer, wild
hogs and all kinds of small ami
mails. The Bushmaster is as pois-
onous as, or more so than the rattle
snake and those bitten must have
aid at once, or they prove fatal.
Corals. they say. are very beautiful
snakes, and / guess they almost
charm you to find them and want
to pick them up. They have not
found an antidote yet for the Coral
snake, as they feed on the earth
and roots. The streams here are
full OF alligators and crocodiles.
that grow % feet in length. and
can swallow man without salt or
pepper. They even drown livestock
when they go to the streams to
drink, grab leg or nose and pull
them into the water. They use
hounds here to chase deer. and
sounds like fox chase from john
SON Summit. There are hundreds OF
buzzards here. / guess nature put
them here for all carrion in the
warm climate. They are real tame
and we see them sitting on barns.
and houses. / have nice fishing
tackle and + intend to do some
fishing. They catch sea bass. tar
pom barracuda, marlin. red snap
per in all sizes up to 200 pounds.
Better tell Luther Tippie OF this
place 1t beats Sunday creek.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-05-14

being at the Ebert Wilson home
for the past month.
Visit Paul Burcher
Mrs. Anna Van Fossen and Mrs
Helen Burcher spent from Friday
until Monday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Noel Hufford and son of New Cas-
tie, Ind. They also drove to Cha
mute Field, ILL.,, and Mrs. Burcher's
husband, Paul Burcher, who is sta
toned there returned to New Cas-
tie with them and stayed until Sun
day afternoon. Mr.. Burcher is in
good health and likes it fine at his
new location He was stationed in
the south through the winter
months.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-05-14
LIME SALES REACH NEW
HIGH IN OHIO

Ohio farmers in 1941 again set q
record for the amount of lime used
! to improve cropland and pastures
Earl Jones, extension agronomist,
o. S. u, says the 1,145,429 tons OF
lime and limestone sold in this state
last year exceeded the total tonnage
sold in the six years, 1932-37.
Reports to University agronO-
mists show only the counties where
the lime was sold SO it is impossible
to tell in which counties the most
lime was applied to soils. The two
Ohio counties in which sales ex-
ceeded 10000 tons each are Stark
and Muskingum. Three counties,
Trumbull, Wayne, and Portage had
sales Of more than 10000 tons
each.
Mr.. Jones points out that soils
in northwestern Ohio need much
less lime than soils in other Sec
tions of the state. Soils which are
deficient in lime will not produce
clovers and alfalfa successfully;
and, as these legumes are needed
to maintain soil productivity, apply
ing lime is a basic step in improv-'
ing soils. -
Extension agents and agronomists
from the university and the expert
ment station have emphasized the
need for more lime in Ohio crop
lands for many years but farmers
have lacked money to buy the ma
terial. Recently, the agricultural
adjustment administration has per-
mitted farmers to charge lime pur-
chases against government pay
ments for soil improvement prac-
tees and now sales records for
lime have heen set each year
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-05-14

for Bess Woodward's hotel, where
| we engaged a couple of beds. Aft
| er supper at the Court Square Inn,
we went to our room, where We put
| the finishing marks and impress
sions ON leases, which conveyed
1,O56 acres Of oil and gas rights to
the said T. w., we crawled under
the covers. We neglected after a
former night spent at the hotel to
tell you that we prevented a flood.
1t seems former guest or some
one else had left the water turned
on in the wash basin, with the out
let stopped up. We found our
rooms were o. k. On the morrow
we headed back into Bristol, where
We met Delmar Wilson's new wife.
We forgot to tell her she is scantily
related to us. Then we headed
back into Muskingum county. On
account Of the statute made and
provided, we could only write on
one side of the paper up there, SO
we sped on to Rural Dale and load
ed Fred Shilling, who was qualified
in that climate, and came back,
Stopped at the McIntire home,
found another daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Lyons. Being IN. p" with
out jurisdiction, we felt we would
be on vacation with pay, and We
were except we wrote the leases,
and took turns with Fred opening
gates. Fred had informed us that
we were at the right place to get
real dinner. When asked about it,
Mrs McIntire hesitated on account
of the fact that she hadn't any
thing to eat, but when she found
Fred and Jim were about to cry,
she relented on condition we eat
potatoes and beans. After Is min
utes she invited us out. If she had
spent 20 minutes in preparation we
don't know what would have hap
pened. AS it was we were asham-
ed of Jim and Fred and pitied Mr..
McIntire. He wanted to quit when
We did but for manners sake he
had to continue. Once or twice we
thought he was going to succumb.
We are not going to be surprised if
Jim loses that lease. After finish
ing up the other side of the pages, |
we started to. look for more leases. !
We wrote one and then found that
the rest felt theirs were worth
more, so got out. It's big world !
and the Lord has seen to it that
oil and gas is found in many places
therein.
AS we continued our trip we
passed "Hen Peck" or at least
Fred said we did. Coming along a
high hill we noticed high steel
tower. On inquiry we learned 1t
was watch tower for forest fires.
The U. S. government owns some
2 900 acres of land there. The land
was bought, houses, barns and all
small buildings were razed. Yes.
Cutler Lake is in this area-a beau !
.iful place If your tires will stand
It, visit there this summer. After
leaving Fred at the city built on
he hill, and in the depression, we
headed for Stockport. We were
,orrv we could not stop. land see our
friends Mr.. and Mrs. Ike Barr and
robn Pavton We were sorry to
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-05-14
ROLLING CORRESPONDENT

In our work last week we visited
aChesterhill where we found two OF
our old friends. Carl Patterson,
who is better preacher than many
men who have D. d. and so on, on
the front end of their names. We
have often wondered about some OF
these men. After listening to
some of them we couldn't help
thinking that If it wasn't for the
letters" they would be like a
balloon with air out. In this case
it is Carl and Edith, and the more
we think of it the more we like it.
Carl has been quite ill., While i'm
proved, he has slipped quite a bit
since the winter of 1907-08, when
we first met him. Fred McInturf,
who has the right to have Hon =
written before his name, is plain
Fred to us. He puts in much time
in his garden of which he is justly
proud. While Fred is aligned
with the G. O. P, the candidate
must be good-that is the best Of
that kind of folks. We didn't have
time to listen as much to Carl and
Fred as we wanted to.
On Wednesday evening we left
the home base (Stockport) at p.
m., rushing up the river with T. V.
Secrest "Jim," but keeping under
40. We rushed through McCon-
nelsville into Bristol township.
Remember where we were. We want
to tell you about sweet little girl
at Stockport, Donna, three year
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. D.
Morris One day last week her
mamma missed little Donna; when
she found her, it was found she
had been at the postoffice and pur-
chased one dollars worth of war
stamps. While we have said in
"Facts and Folks" that we were
not weighing the citizenry-but at
this time allow us to say. We wish
to retract that statement and say
that we believe Donna, known to
most folks here, as "Deedee' is the
most important citizen of Stockport, |
if not of the county. Now back to
Bristol. While We were kindly
treated at every stop in Bristol, we
want to tell you about our trip up
into Meigs township, Muskingum
county. At the Forest Lyon home
our boss found he was wasting |
words and time in presentation.
We learned long time ago not to
tell all we knew Somehow Jim
got the idea we didn't know them.
1t might be that we caused him to
think so. At the next stop Jim was
more cautious 1t didn't take long
to find that we We're among folks
we knew about at least. 1t was
thus: We were at the Keyes home.
Mrs. Keyes is sister of Forest.
We found their mother, Mrs. Fan
ME Lyon, with them Many of our
county seat readers will remember
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Lyon, when they
lived in McConnelsville. It seems
they must have owned a large acre
age which they turned over to their
children After transacting the
business of the hour Eve found the
hour was 10 p. n.y. we headed back
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-05-14
NJ. & M. NEWS

Special meeting held for the
election Of officers for the NJ & M
FLA chapter for 1942-43, resulted
as follows: President, Charles Tay
lor; vice president. Norbert Strah-
Ter; program chairman, James Mas
sey; secretary, Melvin Risberg
porter, Wayne Miller; watch dog
Clayton Porter; recreation commit
tee, Clayton Woodward.
Girl Reserves and their guests
enjoyed a party Friday evening in
the auditorium from s to II. The
decoration committee had carried
out a garden effect and the auditor
ium was decorated with dOgwood
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-05-14
Roxbury

Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Loar of
this place, and Mr. and Mrs. George
Loar and son James of Stockport
spent Sunday with their mother,
Mrs. Susie Chadwick.
Mrs. Emma Beach and grand
daughter of Stockport spent Satuc-
day with her son, Mr.. Eber Beach,
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rich Rice spent
Sunday at their farm.
Mrs. Edith Petit and husband
of Wooster spent the week end with
her brother, William Pugh, and
wife
Roxbury grange will meet in
regular session, Friday evening,
May Is.
The Oakland w. S. C. s.. met
with Mrs. J. A. Bretz, May 6. The
next meeting is June 10, at Stock
port, with Misses Nola and Lillian
Thompson.
Mothers day service was held at
Oakland church Sunday morning at
9:l5. Sunday SchOOl, 1919. keV.
J. A. Bretz, pastor.
Mrs. Elsie Beach is able to sit up
in bed some.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. r. Wilson called
ON her sister, Mrs. Minnie Mills,
Sunday. Other Mothers day guests
of Mrs. Mills were all of her chill
dran hut one SON. Thew were
from Marietta, Pattin Mills, Stock
port and Oakland.
Mrs. Anna Morris, Mrs. Lillis
Wallace, Mrs. Mira Thompson and
Mrs Barbara Blackburn were Tues
day callers at Marietta.
J. R. Medley, Mr.. and Mrs. Del
mar Medley and children, spent
Sunday with Mrs. Medley's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. j. Ross.
Watch vour snhscrfDf{on dat
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-05-14

spent Sunday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Forsyth, near Morgan
vile. Mrs. Forsyth remains in very
poor health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Bankes and
daughter Thelma of BarbertOn
spent Saturday night with Mr.. and
! Mrs. Asbury Bankes and called on
other relatives and friends here,
Sunday.
At recent meeting of the school
board of Bearfield township, the
same staff of teachers were employ
ed, but were not placed in their re-
spective places.
Miss Bernice Weaver who is en-
ployed in the pottery in Hoseville,
visited over Sunday with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl ]. Weaver.
Glen Taylor and family attended
the community Mothers day meet
ing which was held in tribute to
men in service, with their parents,
as guests Of honor, Sunday after
noon, in McConnelsville.
Mrs. Harold Breese of Mt. Claire,
n. j., came last week for few
weeks visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Masterson, and 9th
er relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cloyd King and
daughter Merle Charlene of Zanes-
vile, visited last Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Herman King.
Friends are sorry to learn that
Art Hinkle is not so we'll, and is
in the hospital in GAINESVILLE again.
Mrs. Herman King visited Mon
day afternoon with her sister, Mrs.
Frank Breese.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-05-14
Arlington

James Hill suffered severe
heart attack, last Thursday night,
but is somewhat improved at this
time.
Miss Rita Wilson is confined to
her home with intestinal flu.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Woodward
and SON Clayton spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Rhinehart
and family, of Cumberland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith and
daughter Marlene took Sunday din
ned with Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Maier.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. S. Wilson and
family visited Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. John Brothers.
Mr. and Mrs. r. F. McGregor WIS.,
tied Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. G..
Richey.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-05-14

learn that the latter is In poor
health. We find as we travel hith-
er and yon, that there is lot OF
fine folks. We also find that there
are some folks who need sympathy
We are glad that we learned long
full what to tell, and to whom. Did
you ever think that there is trou-
BILE and sadness worse than death?
While we like our new writing
requirements, it Is often hard for
us to keep from intruding on our
good Stockport correspondent AT
this time we must tell you that the
grade pupils who were advertising
the Tom Thumb Minstrel, Friday,
were plenty cute. If the minstrel
is like that, Mrs. Dewitt will have
plenty to write about-and it was.
Harold Milligan, who has been
employed in defense work at San
dusky, came to his home in Malta
Friday. On his return Sunday, his
wife (Pearl Ray) and their chill
dren Wayne and Carolyn accompa-
MED him, where they will reside
during the duration" at least.
We are sorry to hear of the SER
ious illness of ex-County Superin-
tendent of Schools, F. A. Davis,
who has for some time been farm
ing on a large scale in Bristol town
ship.
When we carried message to
farmer Saturday that prominent
wool buyer would give him 43c per
pound for his wool. we found we
had wasted words.
The hot mix outfit which has
been in operation at Stockport for
some time, has been moved to
Pleasant City, from where they will
repair Noble county roads.
"Oh Sugar.
We didn't count, but our guess
is that the word sugar has been the
most used word we have heard in
our travels lately, anyway we are
sure that If there was as much
sugar as there has been discussion,
folks would have to find something
else to worry about.
We have been noticing a truck
passing our abode in the early
a. m. to be exact. Moth
ing so newsy about that until We
tell you that we find it is our
friend Will Walker, formerly of
Lightner ridge, and that he has
come all the way from GAINESVILLE,
loading cans of milk and cream. He
keeps in touch with that part of
the county he doesn't traverse
the Morgan County Demo-
crat
AS yet we haven't heard any of
the parents of the boys who are
somewhere complain about any
Of the little inconvenience, we, or
they are called to undergo.
We were surprised to find that
Mrs. Savilla Coler, one Of our good
neighbors here at Stockport, was
the first to tell us about Rev. w. j. !
Nils She said, Will and went to /
school with, and to him. They were
1eighbors at Pattin Mills, but she
1idn't know where he is now.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-05-14

missed my home trapping last win
ter as love to trap, and hope to
be back before long. The Japs seem
to go strong, but wait six months
and see the turning tide. If I can
get an airplane / want to come
back next December or January to
spend II days.-From your friend,
Earl E. GLADDEN., Balboa, Canal
Zone, Box 500.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-03
AMERICA s. GREATEST

DISGUISED As AN ARAB, THE PHANTOM TRAILS
The Mp0sToR AN ESCAPED CONVICT WHO IS
POSING AS THE PHANTOM. THE TRAIL LEADS
TO THE G0NGI WILL AGE OF HEADQUARTERS.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
Seecve Service Lottery Drawings Relation to Serial Numbe

A draft lottery which
lasted q little over 13 hours
and ended at 7:10 am. East
ern war time. today deter
mined the order in which
an estimated 9,0GC,0 900 men
who registered February l6
will be called for possible
military service.
To prevent confusion with
the serial and order numbers
Of the first two peacetime
draft lotteries, the serial
numbers assigned February
Is registrants were preceded
by a "T"-denoting the third
registration-and order num-
bers began at 10.001 and ran
to 1900. The following
tabulation. presenting the
serial numbers in numerical
sequence and the cOrre-
spending order number,
omits the "T" Of the serial
numbers and starts the order
numbers at l instead of
10.0O1. for the sake of sim
plicity.
The CIO news., 1942-11-23
Navy Officer.
Ex-1874er,
Asks for Mail

Editor. CIO News:
| think the Western Maryland
CIO News is very nice for us boys
in the service, because i'm there we
can get little news from home
and lots Of other places.
Have been getting the paper for
some time. Please keep it coming.
II means a lot 10 we fellows 10
know that the folks back home
think of us for a few minutes.
I'm petty officer in the Navy
Air Corps. Been in for IA months
and have been stationed about a
year in far-off duty such as Panama,
South America and a few other
places which l cannot tell
Like TO get mail always. 1t makes
a fellow keep his chin UP and say,
We'll. people didn't forget there is
The CIO news., 1942-11-23
Workers Income
Declines. u. S.
Agency Reports

Washington, Nov. 2l-Contrary 10
general opinion thousands of Amer
lean families did not earn as much
money this year as in 1941, accord
ing 10 report by the governments
Bureau of Labor Statistics pub
lished in a recent issue of the
Monthly Labor Review.
Twenty per cent of the families
earning no more than $1,000 this
year are making less than they did
in 194l. Half of them are making
less than three-quarterS of what
they earned last year.
Nineteen per cent of the families
earning between $1,000 and $1,000
this year are making less than they
did in 1941. according to the same
report.
The CIO news., 1942-11-23

This action is stressed in 15-
page illustrated pamphlet, MAN
POWER-One Tenth of Nation"
issued by the War Manpower Com
mission and signed by Paul V. Nc
Mutt. Chairman. VINO; Donald NJ.
Nelson. Chairman. WPB; Frank
Knox, Secretary of the Navy, and
Robert p. Patterson as Acting Sec
retary of War.
The strongly-worded pamphlet
reviews Americas production goals
and tells unions and employers:
You are going TO need more
workers. workers of every kind.
skilled. semi-skilled and unskilled.
You're going TO need every worker
you can get. But labor is going to
be short. very short. That means
that no worker can be overlooked.
1t means that skilled workers must
The CIO news., 1942-11-23

not be wasted on unskilled jobs.
1t means that we must get our
whole labor force TO work, with
every man doing a job that fits
the limit of his skill and strength"
On the availability of Negro
workers. the booklet points out:
There are 120.000.000 white peo-
Pile in this country. There are al.
most 100000 Negroes. More than
100000 of these American Negroes
are workers. They are men and
women of all skills and trades, in
all parts of the country. Over 650,-
600 of them are already equipped
for skilled and white-collar work.
and more are being trained daily"
NATION PAYS
Declaring that the whole nation
pays the cost of discrimination, the
pamphlet states:
Discrimination limits production
because ii keeps needed workers
cut of war plants; it keeps skilled
men on unskilled jobs; it creates
artificial labor shortages.
Every time you pass over Negro
worker, for no other reason than
his color, either in hiring or in
promotion. you place one more OBJ
stacle in the path of all-out produc-
ton"
Pointing out that 1--WE are using
them but we are not using them
enough" the booklet declares:
Negroes are being used today in
all branches of war industry. In
United States Navy Yards, in ar
senalS, in Army cantonments, and
at naval bases, thousands of skilled
and semi-skilled Negroes are at
work Before the Government
tackled the problem, however
nearly three-quarters of all our de-
The CIO news., 1942-11-23

a war going on"
I think that an armed forces col
umn should be started to let serv-
ice mems friends know where they
are and how they are. Some serv-
ice men could send in cartoons and
jokes or events that could be passed
by the censor.
Well, that's all I can think of at
this time, but l will keep in touch
with you.
VICTORY IN A HURRY!
Eugene G. Campbell, S. c.,
Patrol Sqdn. 32,
co Postmaster,
New York City,
Morgan Annex, Navy Desk.
The CIO news., 1942-11-23

fense plants refused 10 hire Negroes
except as janitors. Many of those
who did hire Negroes for industrial
work confined them TO jobs below
their skills. Can we afford TO limit
production-merely because of the
color Of a workers skim"
The CIO news., 1942-11-23
Hiring Negroes Aids War,
Top u. S. Officials Saw

WASHINGTON, Nov 21-Four major agencies-the
Manpower Commission the War Production Board the Navy
Armyths week urged the hiring Negro workers
as a of increasing production.