The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-03-19
LOCAL BRIEFS

Friday, April 9, will be Arbol
Day. Will you plant tree on thai
date?
Lawrence Schamp has gone tc
Litchfield to work for Will Baisch in
his grocery and meat market.
20. S. U. is giving short course
in agriculture, requiring 15 months to
disabled soldiers of the late war.
Services at the Congregational
church Sunday evening will be under
the auspices of the young peoples fed
Grafton.
-Workmen are making the Miller
House tenable this week and rebuild
ing for the installation of grocery
by the Cash Grocery Co.
Medina schools will enjoy Easter
vacation from April 5 to IL, and the
boys and girls are looking forward
with pleasure to this occasion.
The postoffice will hold civil SER
vice test in Medina for candidates for
rural carrier examination to fill va
cancies in Medina and Spencer, on
April 10.
The oil we'll on the Thos. Bow
man farm is making 10 barrels day.
At first it made barrels, was shot
and now has increased to 10 and is
going strong.
The w. C. T. U. will hold a bake
sale at the Hartman store Saturday
afternoon. Proceeds will be used for
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thankfully received.
H. C. Wilcox, who has been clerk
ing in the Tuttle drug store, has ac-
cepted a position as bookkeeper with
Grover Yocum, who sells gasoline and
oils in this neck O. the woods.
F. C. Davis & Son, of Lakewood,
have rented the west. store in the
Warner-H -Hemmeter building in the L
fronting on w. Washington street,
and will open a Willard Storage Bat
terry station.
One of Uncle Sans inspectors
gave the Medina Postoffice the once
over this week. He found everything
in apple pie order and complimented
the office force on the work they have
been doing.
There has been a rush of dog
owners the past week to pay taxes.
Knowing the Sheriff would be after
tagless dogs those who valued their
pets paid up. A total of $1836 has
been paid in to date.
Two new freights each way day
on the N. o. Ry. have been added to
care for the increased business of the
line. Nickle Plate engines are haul
ing trains on this line since the road
returned to private management.
The Girl Scouts served lunch to
the American Legion members who
danced at Odd Fellows hall Wednes-
day evening. The Scouts are garner
ing moneys for their summer camp,
which will be at Ruggles Beachc next
July.
The warm days of Monday and
Tuesday loosened up the dirt on the
streets and the street commissioner
began to clean S. Court. The winter
was of such long durations that the
streets were unusually dirty this
spring. ,f
-Shepard's have nice brood of
about rs white leghorn chickens in
their display window. These chicks,
who are coming on fine physically,
are living example of what the
good feeds sold by Shepard's will do
for "man and beast"
w. H. Kroeger, Akron real estate
dealer has refused to become postmas-
ter in his home city. AS an excuse
he said it was impossible to pay suf-
ficient money to get good men and he
did not care to preside over an ef-
ficiency-failing organization.
Charles Richard Rowe, who died
in Cleveland Thursday, was brother
of Harry Rowe of this city. The re-
mains were brought to Medina Sat-
urday for burial in Spring Grove GEM
etery. Mr.. Rowe formerly lived here
and had host of friends in this city
and vicinity.
Arrangements have been made
with Columbus to send auto license
numbers here that auto owners may
secure their licenses and numbers