The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1914-10-09

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like good things to eat. The awarding
committee gave prizes to the follow
ing:
Pumpkin-1st, 51h 1bs., Earl
Hines; I'd, 5OR ibs., H. G. Porter.
Cabbage-1st, 12A lbs, Ed. Let
terly; I'd, same weight within frac-
tion of an ounce, w. o. Kindig.
Tallest corn-1st, IA feet II in, C.
B. Blakeslee; I'd, IA feet, A in, Myron
; Curtiss.
Five-ear corn-1st, John Young; I'd,
Will Lowe.
Flowers-1st, Mrs. Frank Worden;
I'd, Mrs. r. Edwards.
P. o. Shank Of Litchield brought
over huge watermelon which he di-
rected should be given to the hand
soonest looking woman in the parade.
The honor as well as the melon went
to Mrs. Frank Spellman.
In the evening the parade of the
afternoon was repeated, although
there were many and very attractive
additions, as follows:
Pythian Sisters float, with two dis
tinquished occupants in the persons of
Grand Chief Sue Meyer of Shelby and
Sister Mollie Kellar Of Dennison. This
float was the gift Of Mr.. H. A. Waite.
Then there was flock of girls bear
ing emblems of fall-autumn leaves
and corn stalks; boys as colored cooks
with frying pans; domestic science
girls; Halloween ghosts with Jack-o'-
lanterns; farmer boys and girls;
Knights of Pythias; float of L. 0.
T. M; Koontown Fire Co.; John Beck
and Sunday school class in D. R. Pei
toms auto, which was trimmed in blue
and white bearing banners of "Ohio
is Going Dry"
Medina had outdone Oberlin in the
football game few hours before and
the victory was proclaimed publicly
in the evening by the Medina boys
carrying their victim through the
streets in efigy on. a stretcher, at
tended by scouts demonstrating "frst
aid to the injured"
. A promiscuous squad representing a
| fantastic band led by fellow of ex-
; treme height, made so by the use Of
|; stills, and carrying baton with
which he maintained his equilibrium,
. excited much merriment. The person
!. mel of this musical aggregation was
Chester Ryan, Geo. Hill, Clayton Ram
, dali, OTlo Woodruff, Harry Maple, E.
Sprankle, Hobart Edwards, Carl Bar
tholomew,Ray Sprankle, Frank
Haury; the policeman was Milton
Gage, the sailor, Carl Grahm. The
band was known as the "Soo-zzz"
band and it received first prize as the
most comical outfit.
; Then there was a float containing
girls from Wawonaissa Camp Fire, a
rig with George and Martha Wash
! ington and Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander
Hamilton as occupants, and another
rig with flour old maids. Both of
these rigs were the work of the Medi-
ma Improvement Association, the con-
veyances being loaned by W. j. An
derson.
In the pretty baby contest, while the
jewels themselves were self poised
and apparently Indifferent as to where
the lightning might strike, there were
anxious mothers, no doubt, to whom
their own darlings looked the best.
And right here the Sentinel editor
will interpose the assertion that of the
four or five million babies present he
failed to discover homely one. You're
welcome.
J. But, as we were saying, the mater
nal anxiety was of brief duration, as
the officially delegated connoisseu~s Of
infantile good looks made their de-
, cisions with dignity and dispatch. The
lprettiest baby one year old or young
er was said to be that Of MIS-. j. R
Gilbert; the one almost as pretty, the
, I'd. prize. Of the older babies, the first
Iprize was given to Mrs. John Arbor-
CASTS little one, while the I'd was
awarded to Mrs. Bird Smiths baby.
There was no hair pulling as a result
of this contest, each mother maintain
ing a mental reservation as to the rel-
ative beauty Of her own offspring.
!, For the best float representing the
fraternal organizations, the 1st prize
was awarded the Pythian Sisters and
the I'd awarded the L. O. 7. M.
In the floats representing the busi-
) ness houses, Miller & Collin took 1st
prize, c. II. Fretter I'd,
Forthe best decorated auto, Miss
: Dorothy Branch was awarded 1st