Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-06-25

and two. While he seemed to be a
little Off in one leg eve couldn't
tell which One). his mind seems
alert, in fact more so than a lot of
folks with the numerals reversed.
This may be attributed to the fact
that he has never drank any intox-
icating liquors when asleep, or
when he didn't want it. or couldn't
get it. We started to tell you that
he is one of the directors of the
beautiful Embree park. The fact
that he was chosen by Mr.. Embree
was due to the fact that they had
been lifelong friends. Bill is al
ready making arrangements for the
annual picnic. 1t seems there is
some question as to whether they
may obtain the sugar to make the
three barrels Of lemonade. Perhaps
some of the folks we have been
hiding might donate it, and it
might pay them to do it. We are
hoping to give complete writeup
of the picnic, description and pic
lures of the park, biography Of
Mr.. Embree, the donor, and
| sketch or biography of those who
have been interested in it's care and
upkeep, and have it published in
| booklet form. We are hoping to be
able to sell these at a small price.
Some time ago we told you of a
visit at the beautiful home of Mr..
and Mrs. Barak Russell. We were
| there again last week, and more Of
interest to us and we hope to you.
While there is much there of inter-
est, we want to tell you about his
| reading and reading matter. He
reads with his right index finger.
The system is called Braile, which
| is raised dots. The different loca-
| ton of the dots must be noted by
| the touch The dots are about the
size of pin head. We told Mr..
| Russell that if We were to learn it.
| we would want the dots as big as
base balls. When we asked how
long it took the blind to read, he
| said "Some as long as three years."
| He then informed us that he learn
| ed it in three months. He has sew
| eral books of the Bible, various
magazines, one giving world events.
one giving the Sunday school les
| son, all of which made us glad for
him and all blind folks-and made
us feel ashamed that he with his
eyes closed could do so much, and
we with our eyes open doing and
knowing so little
If all of our lawmakers had put
Americanism ahead of politics the
war would be over. If all We in
| the lower brackets would do that
it would be better country, a bet
ter neighbor. Yes, and if our
preachers and Sunday school teach
leave politics out, there would be
more folks attend church.
We met Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas
Kane in the rationing office the
other day. 1t didn't dawn on us
who they were until later. Mrs.
Kane is one of the good biscuit
makers of the county whom we
mentioned some years ago. If she
has kept on practicing she would
grade at least $50 by now In max
ing out their application Mrs. Kane
SAID Il never let any fruit go to
waste If everybody would do
that we wouldn't go hungry for
Folks at Stockport are regretting
that it seems we are to lose Jesse
Hayes and family, for the duration.
at least.
We met the new pastor of the
Stockport Methodist church, Rev.
Landsittel. He seems to have made
a good impression on all who have
met him.
We have met lot of nice folks in
our work issuing canning sugar GER
tifcates.
AS we are writing we are also
listening to a radio program. The
announcer says "Our boys have and
are giving their lives, and we will
avenge their DEATH When we
hear folks grumble about having TO
do something that don't amount to
as much as milking a goat would to
US. we feel that there are some
folks who should have to live under
Hitler at least six weeks.
lruck growers are busy cutting
cabbage. There seems to be a good
demand in the defense centers.