The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-23

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wood work in the church proper being
finished. A new floor will be laid too.
Mrs. Sarah Lunn received message
Monday of the death of a niece in Ell
yria, whose name was Thirza Lunn,
and who was married to Roy Oviatt
of Mallet Creek. She leaves four
children.
i Mrs. Albert Jaymeson and two lit
tie sons of Lodi spent Saturday and
Sunday here with her mother, Mrs. L..
L. Chidsey.
In letter received Saturday from
Private James Hogue, he said they
were under quarantine from going to
Chillicothe, for pinkeye, mumps and
measels.
The lecture Monday evening given
by DIR. Atkinson was very good. The
subject was "Four-faced People"
The M. E. church men had wood
bee Thursday for the church in H. H.
Hitchcock's woods.
Mrs. Blanch Widdifeld is visiting
in Clarendon, Pa. Her sister, Mrs.
Winifred Troutman of Cleveland is
keeping house for her family.
George Clark and wife, Cube Haw-
kins and wife and Mrs. Ora Ridiker
attended the funeral of Don Tompkins
in Medina last Friday.
The high school scholars gave their
first rhetorical exercises last Friday
afternoon, and they were very inter-
esting. The next will be on the after
, noon of Nov. 28, and the parents are
urged to come. The scholars are in
two divisions and will be called by the
names of Army and Navy.
Mrs. Clara Hendershot is visiting in
Clinton, o., on her way to Youngstown
to visit her son.
At Grange meeting Tuesday even
ing the following officers were elected:
Master, Arthur Barber; overseer,
Charles Newton; lecturer, Grant Til
lotson; steward, Harry Vaughn; asst
steward, Ed Beutell; lady asst stew
ard, Mrs. Ed Beutel; gatekeeper, Car
roll Damon; chiplain, Mrs. Charles
Damon; treas, Lester Vaughn; sec.,
Mrs. Grace Miner; Ceres, Mrs. Gala
Vaughn Flora, Mrs. May Damon; Po-
mona, Mrs. Grant Tillotson; chorister,
c. w. Damon; pianist, Mrs. Bertha
Newton; asst pianist, Mrs. Edna Win
chal; new member of the executive
committee, Lewis Peck.
1t was great surprise to the neigh
bors and friends, Monday morning, to
hear of the death in the night of Ola
Miner, as she was only sick since
Saturday evening, with acute indiges-
tion. She had these attacks for years.
She was born in the same room in
4 which she died, at the home of George
Coleman, on the Miner farm. Ola
Jane Miner, oldest daughter Of Gard
ner and Agnes Loveland Miner, was
born July 1888, and died Nov. 49,,
aged 20 years, months and Is days.
When nearly two years Of age, while
her parents were living in Medina,
she fell from a chamber window to
the ground, causing a curvature of the
spine. Tho crippled all these years,
she was of jolly disposition and de-
rived much pleasure out Of life. She
had made her home for a number of
years with her aunt, Jennie Coleman,
and was known by manyt She leaves
a mother, one brother, Claude, and
two sisters, Mrs. Anna Stull and Mrs.
Bessie Sturn of Akron. The funeral
was held Wednesday afternoon at the
Coleman house, and burial was made
in Spring Grove cemetery, Medina.
beside her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Loveland.
Next Sunday. the 25th, will intro
duce a series of meetings for the win
tor of 1918, at the M. E. church
Mrs. S. A. Eddy of Medina will assist
in these meetings, and will conduct
a series of Bible studies, with the use
of charts and diagrams, that We are
sure will prove very interesting and
instructive to all who shall attend
these services. Mrs. Eddy will be with
us both morning and evening and will
remain with us while the
series continue. While it is the earn.
est desire and purpose to secure the
personal salvation of people, as in the
old-time revival, we shall depend
chiefly on the word of God, applied by
the Spirit, rather than over-much hu.
man persuasion to bring about this
desired end. We hope for contin.
ued attendance of the people from
night to night, to get an unbroker
message. We shall respect the rights
of the people and shall leave then
with the message of God and theil
own consciences, and net subject then
to needless embarrassment. Old ant
young are cordially invited to come
On Tuesday evening, at the conclu.
sion of Mrs. Eddy's service, the expert
canvasser, appointed to work this
groop of charges, will present hi!
plans and the day following will make
the initial canvass in the interest o1
the All Ohio Educational Campaign
In these crucial times through which
the world is passing, nothing is mor'
greatly needed than a careful, seriou
inquiry into the word of God. W.
want to know if the message from
. heaven will throw light upon tli
transitional period of the worlds his
tory. Come and inquire with us
Epworth League will be held one hal
hour before preaching service in tn
J evening.
At the Benefits Corners M. T
church, there will be public preach
ing service next Sunday afternoon q
; the usual hour. DR.. Orcutt, distric
: superintendent, will be present
preach and explain plans for work fO