Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1943-01-28
The Morgan County Democrat Ohio January 28 1948
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n There Is still much corn to husl
u Morgan county roads cont loo
. as though there could be q surplu
In the state treasury.
When we started as Relling Cor
: respondent We supposed we woul,
only tell Of Morgan county folks q
home, unless they sent us word b,
mail, but we found last week tina
our work took us into West Virgini,
q couple Of times recently. Man,
readers will be pleased to learr
that we met Jesse Mills, formel
PRESIDENT of Homer township, now I
resident OF Parkersburg. While .
!, resident Of the county he was always
found doing hard work, included
among which has been using shov.
els moving dirt for contractors
When he didn't have a Job there
wasn't any job At this time he IL
employed at the shovel factory in
his home town. Since we had last
seen him he had taken unto him
self wife. While we are not IL
censed judge OF females we couldn I
help thinking he had drawn a prize.
AS we travelled along the Ohio river
road and noted the effects Of the re-
cent flood, we couldn't help think
ing how thankful we residents of
the Muskingum valley should be
for the food control dams.
At the Clyde Van Horn home,
Homer township, Mrs. Van Horn in
formed us that we made a mis-
statement when we said she had
been the big contributor to the
building fund of the Fairview Mis-
sion church, and that she only paid
her share. Anyway very nice
building has resulted. Sam Dolan
rode with us again. We kept him
so busy he couldn't sell horse.
buy calf, or trade dogs. We found
/ C. C. Mills and D. w. Archer, two
Of the aged citizens of Homer town
ship, seriously i'll. We also found
Miss Ardith Ahle who has been
correspondent for the Democrat.
We found E. M. Watkins, prominent
farmer and stockman, of Homer,
with his truck upset near the Har-
ley Danford residence on route 7S.
The load was made up of three head
of cattle. The cattle seemed unhurt
and were later taken to the stock
sale. At the Dallas Kane home,
Penn township, we found them we'll.
Mrs. Kane tells us she can still bake
the good biscuits. Sorry we couldn't
stay to make sure.
Ed Nash, who has been the eff
cient telegraph operator at the Nal
ia office the past 26 years, tells us
he has crossed the river 1858
times, going and coming from work.
Saturday was supposed to be his
last day at the Malta office, but at
train time Saturday a. m. he had
not heard who was to relieve him.
While his many friends wish him
we'll, at the same time they would
be glad if he and Ruth stay here.
Saturday we went by rail to the
village down the river, named by
it's founders, Windsor, later the
name was changed to Stockport.
We were kept quite busy, but got to
meet many of the citizens. Mrs.
Justice. one of the older ladies, was
on the street walking at pace that
did not seem in keeping with the
record in the family Bible. Mrs.
Herman Ring, whose serious illness
the Stockport correspondent has
noted, is much improved. We call
ed to chat while with our friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hutchinson. Lin Pier
point had announced our coming.
They are in their usual health. We
had dinner at the Bailey hotel, and
supper at the Nell Lechary Tea
Room. If we were put on the wit
ness stand and questioned as to
which of these two ladies are the
best cooks, we would answer both.
We were sorry to hear Of the ser
ious illness of Mrs. Frank Calen-
dine. While at Parkersburg, we
learned that l.. B. Wilson, promi-
nent lumber man, had been hard
hit by the food. He had brought
in two AZ foot ship sticks the day
before. Mr.. Wilson owns quite an
acreage of Morgan county land.
The sale and consolidation OF our
county papers came as a surprise to
not only the readers but to at least
one scribbler. It seems to us that 1t
is no wonder the boys never got
married-they perhaps felt they
should not even tell the girls they
loved them. In the merger there
will be machinery and equipment
not needed, also correspondents. We
had in mind writing cur vale-but
not being able to spell the word,
we thought Of making it an obitu-
ary, but not having time to die, we
gave that up, and say luck to them.
Frank Ashton, notice of whose
illness has been mentioned, remains