The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-05-27
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thing he usually puts IL across. NC
halfway measures with him. Thus
when it was left to him the other
day to blow out some stumps on the
fair grounds, Docs nature again as,
serted itself, when he employed about
twice the amount of dynamite neces-
sary to lift one of the stumps from
its moorings. The stump in ques-
ton was situated to the extreme west
ern part of the grounds, but it land
ed not far from the midway" at the
opposite side of the grounds, in tran
sit describing a rainbow arc high
over the grand stand, and dropping
like a plumbit on the top of an auto
mobile, the top of which was smashed
to smithereens.
If you noticed the rather sudden
disappearance from the telephone
poles in the village of posters, cam
paign cards, ETC., many of which have
been there since early last fall, give
credit and thanks to the Kiwanis club.
At its meeting last week the club dis
cussed at length the unsightliness of
these decorations and the laxity with
which they have been dealt with, with
the result that individual members
volunteered to remove them from the
various streets in the village.
The village received check for
$125 last Friday, representing the
insurance premium carried by the vii
1age on one of its horses which died
several weeks ago. The check was
delivered by E. T. Pierce, local agent
for the Standard Live Stock Ins. Co.
Of Indianapolis, with which the ami
NAL was insured, and amounted to
two-thirds the estimated value Of the
horse.
The annual reunion and banquet
of the Medina High School Alumni
association will be held at the Com
munity hotel, Chippewa Lake, on Fri
day evening, June ", the reunion at
6, and the banquet at o'clock.
While playing ball one day last
week Raymond Morgan was struck in
the cheek by the ball, breaking one
of the facial bones. While the in
jury was very painful and Of rath-
er serious character, it will result in
no permanent Disagreement.
The new addition to the Henry
Furnace and Foundry Co.'s plant
which is to house the pattern depart
ment, is nearly completed, and will
make q very commodious and attrac-
live building.
doc. Shaw and family Sunday
went to fish in Rocky river; with all
the days accoutrement packed safely
in the fiivver. While casting line,
with highest hope and eye upon the
bobber, he met with an experience
that gave his heart a throbber. For
as our friend Falstaffan expectantly
was standing, his elephantine pedals
slipped and he fell of the landing.
Blowing the water from his gills, the
polly-wogs and teaches, Doc spent the
balance Of the day in drying out his
breeches.
The w. C. T. U. will meet with
Mrs. Frank Styer, 231 S. Broadway,
Saturday, Iune 4, at Q o'clock. The
ladies OF thsl Union will give flower
mission piAylet. Y
Mrs. Walkers class of the Ladies
Aid society Of the M. E. church will
meet with Mrs. G. L. Howk on Fri
day afternoon Of this week. There
will be picnic supper.
The vesper service at the Con-
gregational church last Sunday af-
ternoon was not very largely attend
ed. The program given by the Com
munity orchestra, the choir and So
loists, was well selected and well rem
dred, and it was regretted that more
were not present to hear it.
AT their meeting on Monday the
County Commissioners declared for
feited the contract with John Strause
for the construction of the Wooster
Elyria road, No. II, in Chatham
township, for his failure to comply
with the terms of the contract. The
attorney was instructed
to file suit against the Aetna Casual
ty and Surety Co. on account OF the
tor Strause, ON which
Commissioners Leach, Scanlan and
fAADN1b WClC UOlluSlutUs ...t sh
kirk D. Seeley of Litchfeld, con-
victed in July, 1920, on charge of
abandoning his legitimate child, and
now serving term in the Ohio peni-
tentiary, indeterminate from one to
three years, has made application for
parole, to be heard by the Board of
Clemency on July Z. Forty cents
lay OF Seeley.s earnings in the peni-
sentiary have been gong toward the
support OF his child, A. H. Stable,
Seeley's tather-in-law, having been
appointed by the court as trustee to
receive the money.
Members of the ,Winyah, Kiwan-
s and Advertising clubs, and other
who desire, are asked to meet
"A front Of the Sylvester library at .
l2:45 p. M, Memorial Day, to form
Tor the procession which moves at
| o'clock. K - M
VIM. S. Eggleston, SO, of Seville,
he'd suddenly at the County Home on
Tuesday morning, about 5 o'clock, Of
lilation of the heart. He was an
innate of the institution only day.
having been brought there ON Mon !.
lay. The funeral and burial took
place in Seville on Wednesday. The
ieath certificate gives the place of his
'irth as Medina, and the names of =
lis parents as John and Ann Eggle-
ton. He had been married, but
vas divorced. Il
Local veterans Of the Civil War
we're guests of the Kiwanis club at