Handbook N-P - Fulton County Public Library
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Handbook N-P - Fulton County Public Library
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Pa<br />
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]