The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-12-05
LOCAL BRIEFS

w. A. O'Brien, who is employed |
in Longacre's Furniture store, is NOV
ing to Spencer.
There were FIVE deaths from foot
ball this year; 10 in 1918; IL in 1917;
18 in 1916. and 16 in 1915.
Farmers institute at Valley City
next week Monday and Tuesday. In
teresting program has been prepared.
Mr.. Cook will move into the
home of W. C. Collin for the winter,
while Mr.. Collins folks are in
Florida.
The Congregational church ladies
packed and shipped two barrels of
worn clothing to the needy in Serbia,
last week.
Saturday nights storm blew
down trees and fences out Lafayette
way but reports say that no serious
damage was done.
Carpenters have made a good job
repairing the exterior of the S. Davis
home on w. Liberty street, damaged
by fire last week.
Oil men here say that in Texas
there is such demand for skilled oil
workers that operators are paying
$22 day for good men.
The meeting of the official board
of the Church of Christ, advertised
for Wednesday evening, has been
postponed to this evening-Friday.
The Pie Social in the parlors of
the Church of Christ Tuesday evening
proved an enjoyable affair. 1t was an
effort to raise needed funds for the
G.. E.
The Pythian Sisters initiated two
candidates Monday night, Mr.. and
Mrs. Irwin Griesinger Miss Frank,
of Cleveland, was in attendance and
inspected the corps.
There was a good attendance at
the Congregational church last week
to hear the elocutionary number in
the school lecture course, Lee Fitz-
Patrick. It proved an interesting
number.
While Thanksgiving day was not
what could be called bright day in
this part of the Buckeye state, yet
with so very little rain and the air
cool and bracing it was pleasant oc-
casion to many.
Plans are perfected for the din
ner and bazaar at the Episcopal
church on Friday, Dec. IL. Dinner
will be served at IL noon, and the
bazaar proper will continue through
the afternoon and evening. The pub
lie will be welcomed.
The first oil we'll drilled in on the
Bert Huffman farm, brought in on
Thanksgiving day at depth Of Ale
feet, proved duster. The rig was
moved few feet away from the dry
hole and the drill again started down
ward after the grease.
"A bazaar will be held in Hinck
ley Grange hall next week Friday, af
ternoon and evening. There will be
the usual attractions of bazaar, ant
The proceeds are for a memorial tt
the two Hinckley boys who fell il
France in the late war.
The house-to-house canvass in thu
Episcopal Nationwide survey will be
gin next Sunday afternoon. If thi
denomination accomplishes half i
plans to wonderful work will b.
done. And there's little doubt tina
they will do all they strive to do.
The case of the State of Ohio VS.
George Haines will be started in com
mon pleas court next Monday morn
ing, Judge N. H. Mcclure presiding
The Indictment under which Haine
will be tried, charges him with tn
rape of a 12-year-old Burbank girl.
Two Youngstown couples secured
licenses at about the same time las
week. When appearing before min
lister little later couple No. foun'
it had the license permitting coupl
No. 2 to wed. There had been
switching in licenses and they did no
fit the occasion.
Not a few Medina citizens wer
discussing the proposition of mu
nicipally owned light plant when tn
lights were off all night Saturday
And few were to be found who coul
count on both hands the times tha
the lights had been turned out unrea
sonably within his personal recollec
ton.
Sheriff Bigelow on Monday o
this week received a summons from
the federal court at Cleveland re
questing his appearance on Friday o
this week when the cases of tn
Holmesbrook hill moonshiners will
come up for trial The men hav
been out on bail since their indictmen
by the federal grand jury.
An Inter-Church World Move
ment Conference was held in Colum
bus the first three days of this week
This is a undenominational gatherin
with representatives invited fror
each denomination. Rev. Drew wen
as delegate representative of tn
Congregational churches of Medin
county, Rev. Goodale representa-
the Church of Christ.
The sheriff says those bloodhoun
pups are his private property. A
over the state the commissioners hav
purchased dogs for trailing prisoners
and the public has been led to believ
these dogs belonged to the count!
But it seems that Medina count
Commissioners were too tight and tn
sheriff was forced to go withor
Bloodhounds or loosen up himsel
and he chose the latter horn to HI
dilema.
The first of last week the Wad
worth High school football tea
asked for game on Thanksgiyin
day and it was agreed to play in Nj
dina. At the last hour the boy