The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-11-14
LOCAL EVENTS

A bushels the acre.
Rev and Mrs. S. P. Kiefer have
sold their home in Smithville and will
move to Wooster in the spring.
-Findlay jail has not had a tenant
for five weeks. This is partially due
to the dry condition of the state.
Saturday you can begin hunting
rabbits; previous announcement an
ticipated the date some two weeks.
Mr.. Gift, of N. Broadway, has
purchased a new machine and will
assist Mr.. Osgood in the Delco-Elec-
tric Light business.
The cinders arrived last week for
the North Court street detour via
Broadway and the county trucks have
been working night and day hauling
same.
While Mrs. Hodges is visiting
friends in Cleveland for few days,
the Mister is keeping bachelors hall.
All phone invitations to dinner will be
thankfully received.
Lewis Lawrence, who arrived on
last Wednesday from Plymouth, Eng
land, will make his home with his
brother and assist his brother in the
granite and marble works.
An item in last weeks Sentinel
stated that John Beck had moved into
the upstairs apartments of the Brad
way block on West Liberty. The types
should have read Joe Beck.
Pomona Grange will hold its reg
ular meeting on Saturday, Nov. Is at
the home of Master T. A. Mccoy.
Election of officers is prominent among
the business items of the meeting.
The Booster class of the Church
of Christ will have it's monthly social
Tuesday evening at the church. A
surprise is planned. At Sunday morn
ing's service you can learn all about
it.
A new bell was being put in po-
sition on the High school Saturday.
The old one was badly cracked and the
new one will call the students with
a louder voice than has been wont for
10 these many moons.
Next Sunday evening there will
be a stereoptican lecture at the
Church of Christ, the subject being
ALASKA, Our Last Frontier" This
lecture will protray the missionary
work being done in Alaska.
In the prayer meeting Of the
Church of Christ series Of subjects
are being discussed, and the various
organizations of the church are hav-
ing charge week by week. This week
the Friendship class leads.
Charles Thomas, of Hamilton's
Corners, met with a very painful acci
dent last week. The head of a nail
flew into his eye and it was thought
for a while he would loose the sight
By careful attention it is gradually
improving.
The Three-B class in Medina
High is planning for party in the
hall at Litchfeld on Friday evening.
The class will make the journey in
autos, properly chaperoned. "Great
Expectations" are taking hold of the
class members.
Clerk Nurse has a 10-pound beet
on exhibit in the window of the Oat-
man store. 1t was raised by Perry
Cannon, in the garden on his home lot.
There is a 53-pound squash in the
window of at H. R. H. store, also a
home grown product.
The dirty tactics used against the
Medina football team ten days ago
was by the Barberton boys, not the
Wadsworth. A misprint gave the
Wadsworth boys credit for bad work
of which they were not guilty; we
are glad to make this correction.
Alvin Beck, while driving his auto
past the postoffice corner Monday
evening, struck negro who was at
tempting to cross the street at the
same time. The fender of the car
brushed the man lightly and he was
able to resume his journey down the
street.
There were II present at the
meeting of the Medina county Minis
terial Association Monday, in the par
lors of the Congregational church.
Rev. Thompson, of Granger, read a
paper on the "Interchurch World
Movement" which was comprehen-
sive and able setting forth of the prop
osition. Little else of Importance
came before the body.
Much joy was in evidence at the
local postofiice Monday morning of
this week when it became known that
postoffice officials from the assistant
postmaster down had been granted an
increase in salary by an action taken
by congress on the preceding Satur-
day. The increases granted date
back to July 1, this year and run from
$125 to 5000 per year, the lower sal
aried carriers receiving the larger in
creaSes.
Following the wishes of his con-
gregation who took o vote on the
question Rev. H. S. Fritsch of the
Hough avenue Congregational church,
Cleveland, formerly pastor at Medina,
has announced a series of lectures on
industrial unrest. Last Sunday the
first of the series-"Capital's Crime
was given. "Labor's Lie" "Union-
ism's Ultimatium," and Workers
World" will be given in order
Canvass for the Red Cross mem
bership in Medina shows nearly 900
enrolled. In the county but three OF
four townships have reported and
those show response equal to about
two thirds of that of last year. This
means membership of about $500 ir
the county. The men in charge fee
that this is good showing for veal
after the war. Complete figures can
not be published before next week.
The Northern Group meeting Of
the Wooster district will be held thi:
Friday, Nov. 18th, in the Medina M
E. church. The hour of meeting il
1870 p. m. and p. m. It is expected