The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-08-29
new COMMUNITY CLUB
GETS LIVELY START
LOOKED SEVERAL TIMES LIKE
MEETING WOULD END IN ROW
Old Community Club and Civic I'm
prOvement Association Pass Out
of Existence.

The village of Medina will have .
new community club, with member
ship represented by every church
secret organization, club and lodge il
Medina. This much was decided at {
meeting held in the court house las
Friday night.
The first duties of the new organi
zation will be to get behind the prop
osition of obtaining comfort station
which is SO badly needed in Medina
and possibly to assist in getting &
nurse for the public schools.
To decide upon the above named
benefits was ostensibly the reason 9
meeting was called last Friday even.
ing, and it appears that both the Civic
Improvement Association and the
Community Club met with this one
object in view. But merci! When the
meeting was well underway, it was
hard to tell what it had been called
for, and still harder to tell what was
being accomplished.
Mrs. W. B. Baldwin las president
of the Community Club, opened the
meeting and explained that surplus
had remained after a rendition of the
several community sings and it was
thought best to organize club to
make some use of the money earned.
The club was formed last year and
did much good giving the needy boxes
at Xmas time. According to Mrs.
Baldwin there still remains about $40
in the treasury. Rev. Dimmock, who
is vice-president of this club, then
took charge of the meeting and the
fun began.
He ordered reading of the min
utes Of the last meeting of this or
ganization and went into further de-
tails why it had been formed. 1t was
stated that every organization, lodge,
church, etc. was represented in the
membership of the Community club.
Here the storm broke for members of
the w. G. 7. U. who were present de-
MED that they had been represented.
It likewise developed that other or
ganizations and lodges had been mad
vertantly overlooked.
Evidently the ladies representing
the Civic Improvement Association
opined that the Community Club did
not include the representative citizen
ship of the village and made no bones
in saying SO.
The chair made a Herculean ef-
fort to ride before the storm, but it
was overwhelmed In his effort to stay
the tide Rev. Dimmock called on Har-
old Ziegler who before the forty or
more members assembled, built
huge edifce for Medina village, suf-
ficiently large to seat 1900 people, and
to contain rest room, County Agents
office, County Y. M. C! A. office, and
what not. The proceeds were to come
from over the entire county.
Lewis Randall, who has had more
or less experience in the joys of keep
ing the county supplied with sugar,
during the war period, stuck a pin in
this dream, with the almost brutal
statement that Medina village would
celebrate her second hundredth ami
versary before she has collected more
than a nickel from such towns as
Wadsworth, Seville, Lodi, etc.
Randall is chairman Of committee
appointed by the Board of Trade some
few months ago, to arrange for some
suitable memorial for our returned
soldiers, and evidently knows whereof
he speaks.
Several other speakers attempted to
forstall any further fights of oratory
and bring the discussion back to the
Red Cross nurse and rest room prop
Osition, but to no avail.
After an hour and a half's discus
sion, the Hon. F. O. Phillips arose and
suggested that both the Community
Club and Civic Improvement Associa-
tion pass out of existence, leaving
the way clear for new organization
which would include both and extend
its scope even further. This suggestion
met with favor, apparently and it was
agreed to follow a plan as outlined
by DR.. Sanford at the Chautauqua.
His plan calls for real community
representation and is as follows:
Each church, lodge, secret society,
organization, etc., of the community
shall elect one delegate to every fifty
members.
These delegates will meet and elect
officers, etc., forming a permanent
community club.
Mrs. G. E. Hoover, who is secretary
of the old Community organization,
was instructed to notify all organiza-
tions and arrange for another meet
ing as soon as possible. The reason
for haste is that DR.. L. C. Cole of the
Lake division headquarters of the Red
Cross, will be in Medina the first
week in September and it is hoped he
will lend his assistance in getting the
under way.
L. F. Carver, also spoke briefly at
Friday meeting, asking the backing of
the new organization in the celebra-
ton which the village will stage in
honor of her returned soldiers and
sailors some time in September.
Following her instructions Mrs.
Hoover on Saturday notified all secret
societies, churches, clubs, board of
trade and fire department of the ac-
tion taken at Fridays. meeting and
asked them to elect their delegates as
soon as possible.
Accordingly the Congregational,
and Baptist churches pre-
sented the matter at their Sunday
services, while the Methodist acted
upon the proposal Wednesday even-
ing. The Church Of Christ and Cath
Dlic church held no services Sunday
and will elect representatives later, as