The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-09-17

NlSltcu OeVlll6 ldSJ TFlQhy. luey
wanted to take the Union Chain &
Mfg. Co. to Wooster with them, but
they will have to come again.
A fire of unknown origin started in
H. H. Phelps straw stack back Of the
barn, on his farm just at the edge Of
town, last Saturday afternoon and
it got such start before it was dis
covered that before the fire depart
ment arrived the barn and COW shed
were on fire and burned to the ground.
His farm implements were saved from
the barn, but about 20 tons Of hay
was burned. There was some insur-
ance on the barn and contents. Spon-
taneous combustion is assigned at
possible cause of the fire. .a$
r. D. Armstrong, real estate agent,
sold the Becker block, on the corner,
to Charles N. Taylor, and their double
house, on Milton street, to Creston
parties, the past week.
A crowded house greeted the home
talent show on Friday evening. The
program was excellent and the finan-
cial part a great success.
A party Of friends and neighbors
of Miss Ruth Jordon went to the
Pythian home last week Wednesday
and spent the afternoon with her, and
served picnic supper, which Miss
Ruth enjoyed as well as her visitors.
The party consisted of Mrs. G. v.
Matteson, Mrs. Abbot, Mrs. Lowrie.
Mrs. Dannley, Mrs. Leroy Foster and
her mother, Mrs. Conley.
Fifty members of the fMcDermott
family held a reunion, Labor day, at
the residence Of Mrs. Emma Johnson,
Inear Seville. The morning was
taken up with the renewal of old ac-
|quaintances and the making of new,
and at 1890 o'clock a dinner which
caused the tables to actually sag in
the middle was served beneath tent
!pitched on the lawn.
i After dinner, a clay pigeon shoot
was enjoyed by the men, and one
woman who summoned up sufficient
courage to fire a shotgun. Darwin
iMcDermott was reelected president
and Mrs. Harry .Foskett of Medina
was reelected secretary and treasur-
er. The residence Of M. C. Stevens
lin Akron, was chosen as the place for
1.-THE next reunion, Labor day, 1921.
| This years reunion also took on the
character Of celebration Of the Goth
birthday anniversary of George H.
McDermott Of Leroy, the oldest living
member Of the family and grandson
lof William McDermott, who came to
this county from Ireland in 1777. G.
F. Chidester Of Massillon read the
history of the family, which can be
Traced back to time prior to 1862
| At the conclusion of the program,
lice cream and cake were served. A
vote of thanks for their hospital treat
|ment was rendered Mrs. johnson and
lher family.
Mrs. Roy R. Florence Of Cleveland
visited his aunt and uncle, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Frazier the past week.
Mrs. Don L. Crawford, Miss Helen
Bowles and Charles Stokes attended
the funeral Of an uncle of theirs or
) Tuesday of last week. in Sharon, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank H.. Wheeler
very pleasantly entertained the Wheel
er. family, consisting of Mr.. Wheeler
I brothers and sisters, aunts and cous
I ms, at a reunion held on the lawn o.
their home, on Wednesday Sept. l
n Mr.. J. R. Wheeler from Denver, Colo.
was among those present, this being
his first visit to Ohio in twelve years
Il The reunion will now be an annual af
fair, being held next year at Waite
Clark's, east of Medina.
III Mr.. j. R. Wheeler, youngest brothe
il of Frank H. Wheeler, who has resides
s in Denver, Colo, for the past i
II years, has returned home to Colorado
j after spending a week visiting hi
8 brothers and sisters in Ohio. Fran
II Wheeler spent few days with hlr
Y in Denver on his recent trip to tn
S Coast.
AZ Another reunion was held on tn
Wheeler lawn on Wednesday, Sept:
4 Mrs. Wheeler's sisters and familie
I held their reunion at that time.
is planned to make this an annual re
union, meeting the second Wednesda
( in September.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morton 0. Bates Q
Canton, O., were Labor day visitor
at the home of Capt and Mrs. Do
A. Wheeler.
Mrs. H. G. Dix of Akron sper
Thursday with friends in Seville. Sh
) made quite few calls, but they wer
too short for some of us who have nc
had a visit with Mrs. Dix since the
I lleft Seville.
= Mr.. F. F. Pyle and son Raymond Q
Painesville called at the C. E. Swae
Ter home on Saturday afternoon. The
were enroute to Wooster to spend Su
3 day.
Mrs. Charles Somers spent Tue
day in Cleveland.
Mrs. Electa Hard is teaching
5 Guilford Center district this yea
? Her school opened Monday morninI
Sept. 13. !
Capt. Don Wheeler and wife, lit
4 Barney and Dan Wheeler drove
: Canton, visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Mortc
! Bates and viewing the aeroplane a
,cension.
4 Levy Snyder returned from his tr
Z to Baltimore. on Thursday evening. /
4 likes Seville best.
- Mrs. Eta Shook was able to con
y to Seville on Saturday to do her sho
ping, for the first time since la
spring. Her friends were very gil
to see her; she was on the sick i
SO long.
Y Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Kendall spe
a few days Of last week in Johnst0
Ohio. attending the fair Of their 9
home town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vim. Becker motor
to New London on Thusrday.
Sam Fasic Of Akron spent the we
end with his daughter, Mrs. Fred 9