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A business transaction took place at Akron Tuesday night, when the Hattery and Secor<br />

garage owned by Ralph Hattery and Daniel Secor was sold to Roy Sheets, who is, at the present<br />

time, employed at the Palace garage.<br />

Mr. Sheets wil take possession Monday. The garage will be known as the Hudson-Essex<br />

garage and Joe Wilhoit will have charge of the sales dapartment.<br />

Mr. Sheets has had 14 years of experience in the garage business and he is also preparing<br />

to do welding in connection with the garage work. Floyd Fitton, who has been employed by<br />

Hattery and Secor will remain as an employee under the new ownership.<br />

Mr. Hattery and Mr. Secor state they have no plans for the future.<br />

[The News-Sentinel, Saturday, March 19, 1927]<br />

PALACE LIVERY & FEED STABLE [Akron, Indiana]<br />

Located N side of W Rochester Street.<br />

Jack Morris graduated from common school at Gilead in 1906. Eight years later he and<br />

Oren Craig and Jack’s cousin Ruben Miller started a business called the Palace Livery and Feed<br />

Stable in Akron (today called the Palace Garage and owned by George Stephen). In this building<br />

besides stabling horses for the people of Akron and renting buggies, Roy (or Jack) ran an ad in the<br />

Akron newspaper saying, “Roy Morris has just received a carload of fine buggies. If you want a<br />

buggy you can get it. I will trade for all kinds of stock. Palace Livery Barn. I would like to have<br />

six livery horses in exchange.”<br />

[Daniel Whittenberger-Monroe Morris Family, Kate Morris Jennens, <strong>Fulton</strong> Co Folks,<br />

Vol. 2, Willard]<br />

See Akron Opera House; See Palace Garage<br />

__________<br />

AKRON<br />

Akron News.<br />

Frank Meredith arrived in Akron last Monday with his household goods from Twelve<br />

Mile. He is coming here to take charge of the Palace Livery barn which he and his father, John C.,<br />

purchased some time ago.<br />

[Rochester Sentinel, Saturday, March 6, 1909]<br />

PALACE ROLLER RINK [Lake Manitou]<br />

[Adv] Dinty Moore Trio Unicycle and Trick Skaters will perform afternoon and night of<br />

July 4th at the PALACE ROLLER RINK. Admission 10¢ Skate 15¢. Lake Manitou, Rochester,<br />

Ind.<br />

[The News-Sentinel, Friday, July 3, 1931]<br />

PALACE THEATRE [Kewanna, Indiana]<br />

PALACE THEATRE OPENS<br />

The Palace theatre at Kewanna after being closed for the past six months was reopened<br />

Friday evening. Frank Jones of Culver has leased the movie house and will in the future operate<br />

shows on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday nights of each week.<br />

[The News-Sentinel, Rochester, Indiana, Saturday, April 3, 1926]<br />

PICTURE SHOW TO OPEN<br />

The Palace theatre at Kewanna which has been idle all summer has been sold to W. J.<br />

Ladd, of Texas, and he is now in possession. Mr. Ladd is an experienced electrician and has<br />

operated a picture machine for the past several years. The first show under the new management<br />

was held Thursday night of this week. He announces that in the future he will have two shows<br />

each week on Saturday and Wednesday nights.<br />

[The News-Sentinel, Saturday, October 23, 1926]

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