The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-01-17
LOCAL EVENTS

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Local firemen will hold a dance
at X. of P. hall on Friday night, JAM
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Leo Bartunek has been chosen
president of the freshmen class OF
Baldwin-Wallace college, Berea. The
class numbers 95, the largest the col
lege has ever had.
Mrs. A. l.. Smolk has been contin-
ed to her home by illness the past
week.
Upon the recommendation of Au-
ditor Geo. McNeal, the county COM
missioners on Monday made the FOL
lowing transfers from the unexpended
fee funds of the several county Of
fees to the general county fund: Au-
ditor fund $4246.18, transfer $500;
Treasurer fund $4618.7S, transfer
$38OO; Probate Judge fund $1523.17,
transfer $1,000; Recorder fund $2S64,
transfer $24OO; Clerk fund $1O62.35,
transfer $500; Sheriff fund $1432.36,
transfer $1,000. Total unexpended fees
$15,746.94, total amount transferred
$12,700.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. NJ. Cannon re-
ceiVed letter from their son, Ford,
Wednesday, dated Dec. 21, Arneka,
France, in which he stated that his
company was expecting to be- sent
home soon. He based his opinion on
the fact that when the armistice was
signed and for some time thereafter
the company was in Belgium, but is
now far remote from the former dis
trict of hostilities and near the port
from which it is understood the COM
pany will embark. Ford stated that
all of the Medina boys of the company
were well, with the exception Of
Harley Arnold, who was in hospital
suffering from a hard cold, tho was
not seriously i'll. Other boys alluded
to were Jos. Seymour, Max Sergeant
Branch Pierce and Neal and Howard
Roshon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Sargent spent
Wednesday and Thursday in Cleve-
land.
Mrs. Fred REM visited in Cleve.
land this week.
The condition of Mrs. W. H
Friedel of Wadsworth Road, reported
last week as critical, has growr
steadily worse thru the week and or
Thursday afternoon the family stateC
that she could live but a few hours
"A daughter was born to Mr.. anC
Mrs. H. r. Calvert last Tuesday, Jan.
uary 7.
The three local banks held theil
annual election of officers on Tuesday
of this week, as required by law. Each
bank reelected it's old officers, slight
change being made in the personne
of the examining board of the Me-
dina County National, whereby N. H
Mcclure retires thru press Of court
business, his place being taken by A
L. Boyden.
Assistant Postmaster G. o. Daven-
port attended a meeting of Ohio
postmasters at Columbus this week.
Mrs. Charles Eddy was removed to
a Cleveland hospital last Saturday in
a rather serious condition.
The election of it's officers for the
coming year last Friday night by
the w. B. A. o. T. NJ, resulted as
follows: Lady Conn.,, Miss Lenna
Gunkelman; Lieut.. Conn.,, Estelle
Strong; Record Keeper, Mary K
Long; Finance Aud, Efie Gates;
Chaplain, Mrs. Clara Pierce; Lady-at-
Arms, Mrs. Meta Berger; Sergeant,
Mrs. Ella Robinson; Sentinel, Mrs.
Anna Edwards; Picket, Mrs. Esther
Collins; Musician, Mrs. Edna Gibbs;
Capt. of Guards, Alice Hoff; Color
Bearer, Mrs. Edna Loomis and Mrs.
Lucy Fem. Installation will take
place February IA.
Mrs. Marcia Newton is critically
i'll at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
G. E. Hoover, 140 North Vine street.
Mrs. Newton has been in very i'll
health for some time, but suffered
two slight strokes during the past
week, and it is not thought she will
recover.
Cleveland detectives Wednesday
in search for two of the bandits
wanted for recent robberies in the
city, followed the tip of a negro and
visited a designated place between
Brunswick and Medina. Following
the fruitless trip of the detectives the
negro admitted he had planned the
whole affair because he wanted a job
on the police force.
-Myron Ferriman, who visited his
son, Welton, at Camp Sherman last
week, reports him as nearly well, tho
not sufficiently as to be sent home.
Welton was taken i'll in October,
about week before the late Dudley
Berger was, and both boys had been
in the same company and saw each
other frequently. A few days after
tWelton became i'll he was transferred
to another place, about three hundred
miles away, and heard no more of his
friend, Dudley, until informed of his
death by Mr.. Ferriman last week.
The latter states that Welton mar
rated many "thrillers" to him, and
confessed that he had had enough of
war to keep him going for while" 4"
What other accomplishments he