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

Il J. Merida Hill, northwest OF tn
village, was at Marietta, Monday
!. consulting with regard to his physi
cal condition, which has been some
what impaired for some time.
Anticipated is a slightly late
mail delivery both at office and OIL
route, but nothing definite yet, a
we write.
Miss Clara Louise Grandstaff re
turned to her household duties il
McConnelsville, Monday morning.
| Dorsel Kincaid was indisposet
Monday morning from cold and 9th
er threatening symptoms of grip.
Clifford McFerren, wife and chill
dren, of GAINESVILLE, arrived Thurs
day of last week and remained unit
Saturday, spending the Thanksgiv
ing season with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel McFerren, neal
Bald Knob and Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Phillis, of Reinersville. Clifford
is employed in the box department
OF the Hazel-Atlas glass works. His
brother, John, has been with this
company number of years.
| Junior Rohrbaugh, Akron, made
a dashing visit home recently and
the girls strolling along from the
temple of learning were all af1utter,
but girl-like, you know, they will
| deny the implication.
| Thursday evening when Nav
Rabbit asked Br'r Rabbit to "pass
the ammunition" he said he had
| been passing it all day-and how!
| Despite cold, there were a number
of hunters.
Mrs. Jack" Miller (Beulah Law
rence) and children of Marietta,
We're Monday visitors of her father,
James Lawrence, at the Mrs. Etna
| Gallatin home in the village.
Miss Ethel Marshall has been in
| GAINESVILLE two or three weeks in at
| tendance at a school designed to
| qualify women for defense work.
T. Gobbler, though feeling that
one crisis is past, still seems morose
Mrs. Dewey Parks, who has been
l
| ia, for almost six weeks, or from
Oct. 22nd, is expected to be able to
| return home this week.
His Lament
l failed to think-to me alas;
| failed to think Of my card for gas;
| got stalled and am in fearful jam
who'd ever think? But here !
am.
Junior Sealock may soon join the
| marines.
Edwin Hutchins was confined TO
| his home for two days last week
! and Sunday of this week, with a liv-
| er ailment. He was able to be out
on Main street, Monday morning.
Pvt Herschel Mcconnell is now
| billeted at FIT. Knox, KY, but his
| work assignment is in Cincinnati.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Hill arriv-
ed from Columbus the 25th, and
spent the Thanksgiving season at
the homes of S. L. Hill and w. M.
Smith, where at the latter home
turkey graced the dinner table On
, the 26th.
Now gentlemen of capacity, who
of you will be first to step forward
and protest about the states free
will rationing of three quarts of
liquor, per individual, per day.
Step up, please.
Mrs. Herschel (Dick) Mcconnell,
of McConnelsville, spent Thanksgiv-
ing day with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Hall, returning to her
position at that place Friday morn
ing. During her visit, the Hall
family spent portion of the day at
her grandfather Dwight Halls
home in Bristol township, where as
sembled on the event were the 9TH
er sons of Dwight Hall, with their
families.
Mrs. Mabel Weinstock, daughter
and son, Raymond of South Zanes
vile, stopped in the village Thanks
giving day and Mr.. and Mrs. Riley
Bolinger accompanied them to the
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hutchins
home, where chicken dinner was
served and a folksy time had, in
recognition of Raymond (Chink)
Weinstock's early departure for
the army. The Weinstocks returned
to GAINESVILLE Friday, from which
point, Saturday, Raymond left for
an army induction center, prob
ably Ft. Thomas, Kentucky.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Dillon Uda
Murphy of Canton, were last Fri
day guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ivers
(Pat) Murphy.
BY close observation this year,
didn't see any shirt-fronts soiled
with turkey spots.
When coffee "froze," the water
just crystallized, so we used water.
Water is highly recommended as a
beverage.
Byron, the pen is mightier than
the sword and your use of the pen
stands unchallenged locally, as a
type of correspondent that has no
imitation. Your style is the natur-
al, home -folksy kind that meets one
at the door and takes the reader
into the living room where an at
mosphere of intimacy and sociability
prevails ] don't think you can
handle the sword on our far-fiung
battle-fronts so my suggestion Is
IL.