The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-06-29
LOCAL EVENTS

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local manager Of the Western Union,
Mr.. Rogers has been appointed as q
relief operator. Service in Medina has
been very bad the past few weeks, on
several occasions there being no opera
tor on duty from Saturday afternoon
until Monday morning. Numerous
complaints were filed which caused E.
w. Grob, district manager, visit to
Medina with the above result.
"A 5Oth wedding anniversary was
celebrated last Saturday, June %, at
the home Of Fred M. Branch at Lake
wood by nearly 10 relatives and
friends sof the bride and groom-Mr.
and Mrs. Levi Branch. The couple re-
ceived many felicitous cards in addi-
ton to the good wishes expressed at
the celebration.
The Ladies' Aid Of the Church Of
Christ held a thimble party in the
church parlors Wednesday afternoon.
The Foreign Missionary society OF
the Methodist church entertained mem
bers of the church at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. F. 0. Phillips, last evening.
A Cleveland attorney was in
town last week obtaining photographs
of the track and sub-station at Chip
pewa Lake, preparatory to filing suit
against the C. S. & G. for damages
for the accident which occurred a
week ago Sunday when Mrs. VIM.
Baus and son George OF Cleveland,
were killed, and other members Of the
party injured, when a limited crashed
into their automobile when the latter
stalled on the crossing.
The Ladies' Missionary society Of
the Church Of Christ held its monthly
meeting at the church parlors last
Friday afternoon.
Combined church and Sunday
school services were held at the Meth
odist church Sunday morning which
also included Children's day pro-
gram with baptism Of children at the
close.
Tomorrow, June Both the W. c.
T. U. will picnic at Chippewa Lake
The unions have been engaged in a
contest since last December and the
losing side will feed the winners.
"A letter received last week by Mr..
and Mrs. w. II. Cole from their son
Lawrence who is in the ambulance
corp in France, carried the informa-
tion that in the future more strin-
gent censorship was to be observed
and that his letters would hereafter
contain little more than news Of his
health.
The Foreign Missionary society |
met at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. F.
o. Phillips on Thursday afternoon.
The guests consisted Of the mothers
and "Little Light Bearers" Ninety
four babies and children under eight
years of age are enrolled in this or
Of the Methodist church
and r,ll, each little one has unite box
which i to contain 25 cents for for
sion missions. Mrs. Sarah Priteh-
ard has charge Of the work.
-on Monday afternoon the Ladies
Aid of the Methodist church held
heir monthly meeting. About 75
aides were present. A program was
given by Miss Gish, soloist. Mrs.
Clark Reinhardt and Mrs. Harold
Zeigler, pianists. Talks were given
by Mrs. Plank and Mrs. Shaw.
Beginning Monday wholesale bak-
ers will not take back stale bread from
The grocers. The grocers must either
sell it or stand the loss themselves.
Before the war is ended we will be
what they used to mean by
the term, "stale bread"
Medina w. C. T. U. will meet at
the Winyah club, with Mrs. Davenport
as hostess, Friday, July 9th at 2 p.
m. A patriotic program will be given,
and the losing side in the recent point
contest will serve light refreshments.
The northbound afternoon limited,
due here at 1:54 on Tuesday was late
owing to the derailment of a car near
Wooster. The accident was slight and
was caused by spreading rails.
Thomas Heatherington and daugh-
Ter Of Seville attended the memorial
services here on Sunday.
Returning from Pomona grange
at York last Saturday Mr.. John Mayer
Of near Brunswick turned down onto
the dirt road to pass another machine
when his machine skidded turning
completely over in the ditch. The
other occupants of the machine, Mrs.
AL. Winchel and son were slightly
bruised and Mr.. Mayer received few
cuts about the face and hands from
the broken windshield. The machine
was but slightly damaged.
John Moore and Arthur Leach
this week applied for, admittance into
the officers reserve corp. Both pass
"a the physical examination and are
subject to government call.
Hon. G. ID. Wightman is to furn-
ish the oratorical patriotism at Ritz
man July Fourth and it goes without
saving he can do it with an eloquence
ana fervor worthy Of the occasion.
w. H. Gardner underwent an OPP
srattion in German hospital, Cleveland,
lat week Thursday and yesterday re-
,,orts NJ his condition were favorable.