West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 50 by Charlie Miller

____ April 22, 1871 – The Madison County Democrat – Israel Brown one of the oldest citizens of Jefferson Township, died on Saturday last. Funeral services were at Foster Chapel. (In 1875 Israel Brown and his son William operated a saddle and harness shop in the building that was later the Red & White grocery store. Wm. Brown served as a Cpl. in the 154th O. V. I. during the Civil War. He died July 23 1898 and is buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery.) 

____ August 8, 1871 – Dr. Charley Snyder served a year at the Ohio State Penitentiary ….. as Assistant Physician. 

____ The Beals & Brothers are dealers in groceries and provisions at the Railroad warehouse. 

____August 3, 1871 – We spent a half a day looking through the O. H. Bliss museum the other day. It was worth a visit of ten miles to inspect the coats, hats, bonnets, etc. of “ye olden day,” and compare them with the ludicrous styles of the present day. Mr. Bliss has been doing business at the same stand for nearly 25 years. (Oramel H. Bliss was born in 1818 in Vermont and died August 12, 1871. In 1860 his real estate value was $50,000.00. Quite a bit of money at that time.) 

____ August 10, 1871 – Pern Cowling’s alligator escaped from its cage a few days ago, and after a thorough search of this neighborhood it was found under the bed of an adjoining house taking an afternoon nap. (Parnell Chester Cowling was the local druggist. His daughter Mabel didn’t die until 1950 and is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. She was the granddaughter of Thos. J. Stutson) 

____ April 4, 1872- We can see in what kind of condition the town was sometimes kept in by the following orders given to the Marshall, “The Marshall was instructed to remove all barrels, boxes, manure, and wood piles from the sidewalks and streets, and to notify all persons to have alleys and streets open within 14 days.” 

____ April 18, 1872 – The Mayor was instructed to procure a Corporation seal. (This seal contained a copy of the covered bridge which spanned the National Road over Little Darby Creek.) 

____ May 28, 1872 – Resolved by the Council of the Village of Jefferson, that the east side of West Street from the National Pike to the Railroad, is to be paved with a good brick, 6 feet wide and to be completed by July 1, 1872. The Marshall’s salary for 1872 was $75.00 per year.

____ 1872 – The Agent for the Pittsburgh, Columbus & St. Louis R.R. was notified to stop all trains from running over 4 MPH through the Corporation limits of Jefferson.

West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 51 by Charlie Miller

IDA GRASSEL: Another interview with Ida Grassel in 1965: Mrs. Grassel will be 86 years old in December. She was born in 1879, she married George Grassel on December 31, 1899. She died on November 1, 1969. She belonged to the Methodist Church. 

“The Methodist Church was located in what is now the Orient Theater. (The Methodist Church was built in 1862 and sat on the site of the current dentist's office on Main Street.) The Middle Pike was very dusty and was graveled once a year, but that didn’t last long. My grandfather used to gravel it, and the bridge across Little Darby was covered. There was once a bad flood and Dr. Jones was almost drowned there with a team of horses. John Harbage was my grandfather and lived on the East Pike. Uncle Joe Harbage built his house on stones from the creek and one of the stones is in Foster Chapel. Great-grandfather Harbage was born in Oxfordshire, England. I lived 1 ½ miles down Middle Pike. In winter we used the sled and didn’t worry about getting snowed in. I started school at the old Harbage School on the Middle Pike. (This was probably School House #6 which sat on the future site of the “A” Elementary School which is now a residence at 2531 Middle Pike.) I moved to town when I was 14, in 1893. We lived on the southeast corner of Frey Ave. and W. Pearl St. There weren’t many houses there at that time. There was a big apple orchard on the west side called the old Frey apple orchard. 

The Old London Rd. ran along the south side of the railroad, Old Martin Rix was killed there when he was hit by a train. (1904)(This is now an extension of W. Pearl St.) At that time Myron Silver built the elevator where Hartco Printing is now. I can remember when he built it, there was an incline going up to the entrance to get in. I was not living there when it burned but my mother was. I went up as soon as I knew of the fire, we were afraid it might take the house. Big chunks of the fire fell on her shed and caught it on fire, they pumped her well dry fighting the fire. Pete Frey used to ring the bell at the Catholic Church. He lived on Garfield Ave in Slim Justice’s house, it’s a very old house. The streets weren’t as wide as they are now, Garfield was pretty dusty and there were no sidewalks, the yards came right down to the street and we just walked along the yards to go downtown. (I remember Slim and the house. Garfield was just chip stone and tar surface in the 40s) Mr. Shoemaker wrote a history of West Jefferson, he had a newspaper on Walnut Street (the present site of the VFW Hall) Howard McKinley worked for him. Mr. McCracken used to publish the Home News above Kuehner’s Store, (Your writer used to live there, later the building caved in.) 

My mother had a good well and a lot of people used to stop for a drink. We supplied water for them to bring over to the Silver Elevator. John McNeal made brick around the Catholic Cemetery on Lilly Chapel Rd. They used to bring in wood to be sawed and then stacked it right along N. Center St. Billy Redmond was the telegraph operator and ticket agent for the railroad. Bliss had a store on Walnut St. and Oscar Sprague had a blacksmith shop located in the Harrington Garage. (This sat on the west side of the street just south of the R.R. across from the VFW) A lot of changes were made when the railroad was elevated. Fred Grassel was my husband’s father, he was a cigar maker in Germany, and he also made them here in Jefferson. He cured his tobacco, stripped it, and made his own cigars. He wholesaled them, I think that he wholesaled them to New York. He made them where Fisher Cast Steel is now.

West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 52 by Charlie Miller

IDA GRASSEL CONT’D: (From 1965 interview) The Bradley Drug Store was where the Central National Bank is ( 19 W. Main St.) Quincy Bradley was born in 1843, died in 1920, and is buried in the mausoleum at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. He served in Co. D 84th O.V.I. during the Civil War.) Dr. Jewett lived where the Blauser & Baker Funeral Home is. (Southeast corner of Main and West Sts.) There used to be a frame building where the I.G.A. Store is now. (Now Veterans Park) Maybelle Keyser worked in the telephone office in that building. Ed Buck ran a saloon. (was in Hotel Buck on the south side of Main St. where the bank parking lot is now. (The Library has a picture of this hotel when it was the Royal Hotel on their West Jefferson Remembers site) The fellow who killed Ed Buck (a later story) was March Rix, he went to prison and when he was released he grieved himself to death as Buck was his best friend. Ed Buck owned the lots where the Catholic Church and Parsonage are now. (On Main St.) Lester Burnham raised broom corn over in the Railroad Addition, and his daughter Emma Burnham taught school. (There is a picture of Emma in front of the Union School in the Library’s West Jefferson Remembers site.) Luther Johnson died in a house fire when he went back in to get his wallet. It was never learned who killed Joe Millholland, (a later story) Zack Taylor was the only druggist for a long time. Finis

 We’re going to skip to some later dates, there may be some people who remember these stories and people as I do.

 1920-1935 

____January 28, 1920 – James McDonald, manager of the Murray Lumber & Grain for the past 15 years, died, aged 59 years. He was a railroader in his early life and had also served on the Village Council. 

____February 11, 1920 - Mayor Putnam issues orders placing a ban on all gambling devices, also he has ordered the boys under 17 years old to stay out of poolrooms unless accompanied by their parents. (There is a picture of Mayor Putnam in the Library’s West Jefferson Remembers site) 

_____February 25, 1920 – A victory progress was held at the West Jefferson Methodist Church under the auspices of the Madison County W.C.T.U. (Women’s Christian Temperance Union). A timely address of “The Recent Prohibition Victory” was delivered. 

____May 8, 1920 – Mayor Putnam has issued an order that automobiles must be parked straight into the curb on Main and Center Streets. ( These were parked head-in but in a diagonal manner like they do on Main Street in London. Route 40 travel was much less than later.) 

____March 10, 1920 – The Wilson Burrows G.A.R. Post (Grand Army of the Republic, the forerunner of the American Legion) Relief Corps No. 98 is in operation. (The Women’s Auxiliary)

____ May 24, 1920 – The daughter of former Mayor Richard Acton dies. (Richard Acton was Mayor of West Jefferson in 1851. His daughter Margaret who went by Maggie, died in Columbus age of 58 both are buried at the Oak Hill Cemetery in London, Ohio.) Mr. Acton served as a musician in the 40th O.V.I. during the Civil War.

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NEWSPAPER ARTICLES: 

____March 24, 1920 – The Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist Church will serve a chicken supper in the basement of their church on Thursday, March 25th. 

____May 17, 1920 – NOTICE, Civil War and World War vets will meet at the G.A.R. Hall at 10 O’clock Sunday the 23rd for Memorial Services at the Baptist Church, W. R. Borland, Post Commander. 

____October 4, 1920 – Senator Warren G. Harding, Presidential candidate, held a rally at “Wilson’s Corners” just north of West Jefferson. 

____December 1, 1920 – E. J. Fitzgerald and Carl Byerly, well-known businessmen of this place, will open their new grocery and meat market in the room next to the Commercial Bank on December 22nd. Frank Engle will be in charge of the meat market, and Herbert Allerton will be the head clerk in the grocery department. 

____January 26, 1921 – Many of our farmers are unloading their corn at the very unsatisfactory price of 50 cents per bushel, which cost them 90 cents a bushel to produce. You will have to keep a stiff upper lip, for you, like the rest of us, will get our reward in Heaven! 

____One of our High School girls was asked what she had learned in Latin, and this was her reply: 

Boybus kissibus 

Sweeti Galorium 

Girlibus Likebus 

Wanti Somorbium 

____March 26, 1921 – An official list just released by the U. S. Army lists Floyd Dixon of West Jefferson as killed in action on July 28, 1918. July 18, 1921 – There are now 103,258 Civil War Veterans left in the Country. The State with the largest number is Ohio, with 10,241. The youngest member of the Grand Army of the Republic is General John L. Clem, age 71. (Your writer, at a very young age, saw one Civil War Veteran at the Summerford Memorial Day Service. The library has a picture of a gathering of the veterans of the 40th O.V. I. in their West Jefferson Remembers Site.) 

____September 28, 1921 – Russell I. Blauser becomes the editor of the West Jefferson section of The Madison County Democrat, succeeding Mrs. HannahTimmons.

____October 15, 1921 – October 21, 1921 has been named West Jefferson Day by the local businessmen. There will be an ox roast, music, bands, dancing, etc.. A committee consisting of J. M. Martin, Allen Orders, E. J. Fitzgerald, S. S. Feder, J. M. Sullivan, J. H. Kuhn, and E. J. Britton has been formed to oversee the foot race, wheelbarrow race, greased pole, and other contests, all with prizes.

West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 54 by Charlie Miller

NEWS ITEMS: ____October 19, 1921 – Officers of the West Jefferson Loyal Order of the Moose, Lodge No. 95, are: Director, J. C. Kile; Vice Director, Sam Moss; Prelate, Dale Richardson; Secy. Eugene Chambers; Treas. Grover Burrell; Inside Guard, Martin Jones; Sgt-at arms, Lewis Cox; Trustees, George Earnst, Clarence Davenport, and William Neighborgall. 

____West Jefferson plans to secure a Boy Scout Troop. Herbert Kell will be appointed Master, and Samuel Moss will be appointed Assistant Master. 

____November 9, 1921 – Armistice Day will be observed by the American Legion, Grand Army of the Republic, and Boy Scouts of America with a program commencing at 1:30 p.m. L. C. Dick will be the featured speaker. 

____November 23, 1921 – A brick-selling contest is being held by the members of the Methodist Church to raise money for the new building. (This was for the present building; they were going to move from the building on Main Street.) 

____January 1, 1922, some of the 1922 businesses were: West Jefferson Building & Loan, B&C Candy Shop in the Kuehner Building, Central Barber Shop, Worth Hicks, Proprietor, The Moss Tire Shop, E. J. Buckley Hardware and C. F. Kuehner Boots & etc. The Madison Press: 

____January 5, 1922 – A report of a total of 220,265 bricks were “sold” by the Methodist Church. Their goal is the sale of 250,000 towards the erection of a new church building. Twenty-five thousand bricks alone were purchased by Mr. Charles Silver. 

_____January 23, 1922 – An enormous crowd is expected to attend West Jefferson’s second annual fox drive, which will be made tomorrow. 

____January 26, 1922 – The ‘Darts”, West Jefferson’s champion basketball team, will open its season tomorrow. 

____February 2, 1922 – Brick sale ends in victory.--The Methodist Church goes over the top with the sale of more than 255,000 bricks. Several carloads of bricks have arrived, and construction of the new building will start within a few days. 

____John Gregg, former Mayor, died in Columbus. (John Gregg’s picture is on the Library’s West Jefferson Remembers Site. He was Mayor in 1898 and 1899. His 5th Great Grandfather came to America with William Penn in 1632.) 

____March 2, 1922 – The High School Board of Education passed a resolution concerning the length of dresses. “Skirts must be 2” below the knee. Students will be expelled if they fail to comply." 

____Auto license tags for 1923 will cost 10 cents.

West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 55 by Charlie Miller

THE MADISON PRESS: April 6, 1922 – The installation of a new $5,000 musical instrument in the Exhibit Theater is the latest improvement made by Mr. Kaho. The new “Fotoplayer” is 15’ long, 5’ high and 3’wide. It is equal to a 20-piece symphony or a 15-piece band. (Mr. Halley Kaho rented the upstairs of the Village Hall and showed moving pictures; it was also used at that time for High School plays and other uses. He later bought the old Methodist Church on Main St. and opened the Orient Theater. Your writer used to clean and post bills in it when I was 15 years old.) 

____April 20, 1922 – More than 500 people attended the service held Sunday afternoon in connection with the cornerstone laying of the new M. E. Methodist Church. Z. R. Taylor had the honor of placing the marker. The custom of placing a copper box containing interesting and essential matter in the cornerstone was followed. 

____The radio bug has bitten once again, but this time, more than one citizen of West Jefferson is feeling the effects of his bite. Several of the businessmen are forming a radio club and will install a large radio outfit at Headley & Maddux’s Garage on E. Main St. The outfit will be one of the largest in the County and capable of receiving messages and concerts from points as far east as New York City and as far west as Denver. 

____April 27, 1922 – The 1922 graduating class is the largest to graduate from the High School. It breaks the previous record held by the Class of ‘11. Twenty-eight are to receive diplomas. 

____May 2, 1922 – John H. Huhn, prominent Jefferson merchant, dies. He came to West Jefferson in 1917 and opened a department store with Ulysses Jones. 

____June 12, 1922 – Johnson Training Camp Near Here:---Local fans were given the opportunity to see Jack Johnson, former Heavy Weight Champion of the World. Johnson’s camp is located just east of West Jefferson on the National Pike. 

____September 11, 1922 - Plans are underway for the 44th annual reunion of the 40th O. V. I. Regiment, which is to be held in West Jefferson on Tuesday and Wednesday. The four surviving members residing in West Jefferson are Lawrence Englesperger, James Chambers, Elijah Spring, and Thomas Pearce. Thomas Pearce is President, and Pleasant Clarage of Five Points is Secretary of the Association. (Hurt Battelle Library has the picture of the reunion on its West Jefferson Remembers Site.) 

____October 9, 1922, The following schedule of the I.C.&E. (Interuban) is now in effect. Eastbound has eight trains between 5:01 a.m. and 12:30 a.m. Westbound six trains between 6:48 a.m. and 12:05 p.m. 

(The Interurban was an electric train that ran from Columbus to Springfield, constructed in 1901. more about it later.)

West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 56 by Charlie Miller

MADISON PRESS - November 30, 1922- It is a well-known fact that residents of West Jefferson residing on streets other than Main St. desire light for their street. The West Jefferson Power & Light Co. has offered to discontinue half of the Main St. lights and erect them in the residential areas. 

____January 4, 1923 - Civil War veteran Elijah Spring dies at the age of 74. 

____February 18, 1923 – Martin Haynes, son of early settler A. R. Haynes, died at the age of 80 years. He served 100 days with Company C, 154 O. V. I. Ohio National Guard. (It served 100 days from May 9, 1864, to September 1, 1864. Participated in the Battles of Monacacy, Ft. Stevens, Harpers Ferry, and Siege of Petersburg. They suffered one killed, and three died of disease. They mustered out at Camp Denison near Cincinnati. Company C was commanded by Capt. Alex Swanston of West Jefferson) 

____May 17, 1923 – The official opening of the new M. E. Methodist Church will be this coming Sunday. 

____May 21, 1923 – The village streets are to be re-graveled and oiled with 4,000 gallons of oil from the Standard Oil Company. June 18, 1923 – Frank Moorehead, the local contractor, has bought the old M. E. Church on E. Main St. for $2,000. (your writer has the organ and pew from the 1862 church) July 23, 1923 – Members of the Baptist Church are in the midst of a money-raising campaign for the purpose of repairing and stuccoing the brick church building. The campaign is under the leadership of W. H. Pence. The goal is $3,000. 

____October 11, 1923 – The Fairview Addition (Putnam and Ohio Avenues) is annexed. 

____The results of the 1923 election are Mayor, H. G. Putnam - 418; Frank Biggert - 135; Clerk E. E.Gregg – 476; Treasurer, Chas. W. Peene – 391. (Mayor Putnam’s picture is in the Library’s West Jefferson Remembers Site) 

____December 13, 1923 – A semi-pro football team, the West Jefferson Indians, was formed in 1917. Albert Quinn has been the leader of the team for the past two years. 

____December 20, 1923 – Asa C. Carter, 93, Jefferson’s oldest resident, dies at the home of Dr. H. F. Jackson on Fellows Ave. 

____January 21, 1924 – P. O. Harbage becomes the new Captain of the West Jefferson Indians.

West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 57 by Charlie Miller

GLADDIS (GLADYS) JEWETT SCHALLER: She was the daughter of Dr. George F. Jewett who practiced in West Jefferson for many years. She was born June 8, 1891, and died August 31, 1947. She wrote this poem that appeared in The Madison Press date unknown.

Memories of Childhood

My thoughts turn back to my childhood, And the place where I was born. 

‘Twas surrounded by meadows of clover, and fields of corn. 

‘Twas a little town on the highway, On the banks of a limpid stream, 

But now, as I search thru my memory, It seems as though “twere a dream., 

In front of the church of my youth, Stands the town pump, rusty with age,(In front of the Baptist Church 

And the tin cup, has seen its better days. 

The opera house across the street, Was a place of wonder to me. (Village Hall) 

A show in town was a special treat, In nineteen and three. 

The sound of the clear ringing bell, The face of the smiling professor, 

“Little Dick”, whom we all loved so well. (L. C. Dick, Superintendent. I can remember him) 

The school yard was grassy and shady, No cinders to wear out your shoes, (Garrette Park) 

The old wooden stile that led from it, Was a landmark too precious to lose. 

The little hill where we coasted, Back of the old saw mill, (Just west of the Ox Roast grounds) 

Is a place that is dear to my memory, Although we took many a spill. 

The cherry trees back of dad’s office, Were a temptation too great to resist, 

We’d never wait for the cherries to ripen, Unless he would firmly insist. 

We played on the dry goods boxes, In front of Byron Fellow’s store, 

But when “Bird” Clark rang the curfew, We weren’t there any more.(Albert Clark long time night watch) 

Across the street from our home, stood the bakery of John Kubitschack, (Kubitschack had the Star 

The trips that I made to that store, Would more than fill “Santa’s” pack. Hotel next to Chevron ) 

If we had a nickel for candy, We would spend one cent at each store, And then put it all in one sack, 

And ‘twould make a pound or more. We would stroll to the old town bridge, 

The creek where we all loved to wade, At the sound of the 6 o’clock bell, Home to supper, we all made a raid. 

Last but not least, was our hay-mow, The place where we had our big shows, 

A trapeze was hung from the rafters, Where we tried to hang by our toes. 

Now, those carefree says are over, the old town is a different place. 

New faces and places have changed it, But sweet memories even time can’t erase.

West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 58 by Charlie Miller

ALBERT CLARK: Albert was born in 1856 and died on August 1, 1931. By 1890, he was the West Jefferson Night Watchman and stayed until he retired in 1924. He went by the name of “Bird” Clark, either because it was short for Albert or because he was like a Bird Dog; he always caught people who were breaking the law. There will be several stories about Bird Clark in this series. 

____January 23, 1924 – Excerpts from a story concerning the retirement of ‘Bird’ Clark---Albert ‘Bird’ Clark, veteran night watchman of this village, retired from night duty on January 1st after 34 years of service. The date of his retirement, New Year’s Day, was also the 68th anniversary of his birth. He has served under the following Mayors: Wm. Stutson, George Gillivan, Henry Culp, Jacob McNeal, L. D. Hull, John T. Gregg, A. F. Green and H. G. Putnam. One of ‘Bird’s’ voluntary bits of service that have been faithfully carried out for so long that it was looked upon as part of his duty was acting as a “Community alarm clock.” For many years, he has called upon those who wished to be up at an early hour to go to work, catch a train, go squirrel hunting, or fish at daybreak. 

He has recovered many stolen automobiles and has arrested six motor car thieves, and 23 horse thieves have been captured by the officer. He has engaged in several gun battles and has preserved a treasured possession, a piece of metal from a suspender, which saved his life by stopping a bullet. ‘Bird’ was on the job every minute of the night, and it was almost impossible to get into town without him seeing you. Perhaps you would think you had him fooled, and then the next night, he would tell you how you went home and the time. We take off our hat to this ol’ boy, for he has been the town and the people’s most loyal servant for the past 34 years. 

During this time the West Jefferson News was part of the Madison Press and was edited by Paul V. Miller, whose office was located in the Metropolitan Building, located on the southeast corner of Main and Walnut Streets. 

____May 8, 1924 – The West Jefferson Senior Class of ‘24 will be having 33 members graduate. This is the largest number yet to graduate. 

____May 15, 1924 – Gasoline is selling for 20 cents per gallon at the Headly-Maddux Garage. July 7, 1924 – Over 4,000 people attended the 4th of July celebration in West Jeff, which boasted over 200 events. The celebration was under the auspices of the West Jefferson Commercial Club. 

____July 10, 1924 – the Commercial Bank has the distinction of being the first bank in the county, and probably in the country, to receive a deposit by air mail. It was sent from Seattle, Washington, and required 24 cents postage.

West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 59 by Charlie Miller

____June 25, 1925 – A campaign has begun to improve Edgewater Park. Tables and benches will be constructed, and a building 30’ X 40’ has been donated by T. C. Gregg and H. L. Thuma and is to be remodeled as a shelter house. A new bathing beach is underway under the direction of the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Flower beds have been placed, and ball diamonds constructed. (The Park was on the Middle Pike next to Little Darby Creek, Jeff’s football games were played there at one time.) 

____June 11, 1925 – E. J. Britton has bought the meat market from the Martin Brothers. This is the same one that he had owned some time ago. (This eventually became the Red & White Grocery Store, at one time the second oldest one in the country. (Ed was a character; I delivered his paper and when I collected, he would hand me a roll of money with a $100 bill on the outside and say, “Is this enough?” I knew it was full of $1 bills! He always had a bunch of old cronies sitting around a pot-bellied stove and everyone got a big laugh out of it.) 

____July 9, 1925 – Four cases of smallpox have been found in Jeff.

August 17, 1925 – The Kiser-Hoe Cannery will open soon. According the W. A. Beddle, Superintendent of the cannery, this year’s crop will exceed all others including the record crop of 1912. 

(The cannery was located on Jackson St. It was eventually owned by Stokley Foods. During WWII, when help was short, the Senior boys at the High School were let out to work at the cannery. Also, a siding was laid near Murray’s elevator, and migrant workers were brought in to work and lived in the cars.) 

____August 31, 1925 – Mrs. Mary Fellows, widow of T. B. Fellows, died in Columbus. Mr. Fellows ran a hardware store in West Jefferson for a number of years. (His father was W. W. Fellows, who built the big brick on the corner of Fellows and Frey Ave. Fellows Ave. was named after him) 

September 3, 1925 – “Fire Destroys Elevator Plant” ….. The most disastrous fire in West Jefferson’s annuals caused a $55,000 fire to the West Jefferson Elevator Co. Several hundred dollars in damage was done to several nearby houses and $250 to the A.T.&T. Wires and loss to the West Jefferson Power & Light Co. wires. The origination is unknown. It was discovered at 9:45. Heavy damage was sustained by nearby houses owned by Hinkle Patterson, Joseph King, Zim Lewis, and Charles Baker due to the sparks from the fire. Stored in the elevator were 5,000 bu. oats, 1,200 bu. wheat, 500 bu. Corn and 300 bu. barley. Wilbur McCoy, employed by the Sam Feder Hardware Store, was burned about the face and left arm while attempting to extinguish a blaze that threatened his residence. O. P. VanSchoik was overcome by the heat and smoke. 

November 12, 1925 – “Young Baker Chosen As W. M.”. …... E. E. Gregg was elected as Worshipful Master of the Madison Lodge #221 F.&A.M. (More about E. E. Gregg in Series #60)

November 16, 1925 – Radio programs lists start appearing in The Madison Press. Some of the stations were: KDKA, Pittsburgh; WEAF, New York City; WTAM, Cleveland; WKRC, Cincinnati; WOAI, San Antonio; WGY Schenectady; WWJ, Detroit and WLW, Cincinnati.