The
following was copied from an undated, hand written petition signed by 52
members of the village and surrounding community of Lewisville, Ohio. Based on the names on of those who signed
the petition it is likely that it was made sometime in the first decade of the
1900s. An article published in The
Sentinel dated May 23, 1907, states that the population of Lewisville that year
was about 300. Whether this petition ever
resulted in the enactment of a statute is unknown.
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To the Council of the Village of Lewisville, O -- Greetings:
We the undersigned Citizens
of Lewisville and Vicinity, Respectfully Represent to your Corporate body that it
would be to the Interest of its Citizens, and to better Promote Law and order
and the peace and quiet of the People thereof -- that ordinances be Enacted and
Passed under Proper Titles, for Regulating the Manner (as provided by Statute)
in which Persons, Trafiking in intoxicating Liquors, and keepers of Saloons,
shall conduct their business upon the Lives hereby set forth and expressed as
follows:
First
-- An ordinance making unlawful, for Keepers of Saloons or persons Trafiking in
Intoxicating Liquors, to have windows, and entrances, covered with, Paint, or
in any Manner, blinded to obstruct views from Streets, or walks or by Screens
or any device whatever under proper penalties for Violation of Said ordinance
Second
-- and ordinance, Making it unlawful for any Keepers of Saloons or persons
Trafiking in Intoxicating Liquors to keep use or permit to be used, any and all
Gaming Devices of any Description, Name or Nature, whatever, (Either for profit
or not for Profit,) in any, building, Shop or outhouse, on the Premises where,
Ale, Beer, or other Intoxicating Liquors are sold under proper Penalties
|
No |
Names
of Petitioners |
No |
Names
of Petitioners |
|
1 |
Henry
J. Bender |
27 |
L.
P. Diehl |
|
2 |
C.
A. Matz |
28 |
John
W. Reeves |
|
3 |
W.
J. Denbow |
29 |
Frank
Greenbank |
|
4 |
M.
Y. Thornberry |
30 |
Grover
Devoe |
|
5 |
L.
G. Stegner |
31 |
Frank
Buchanan |
|
6 |
Sinclair
McVay |
32 |
J.
O. Devoe |
|
7 |
Jno.
W. Gramlich |
33 |
W.
W. Keylor |
|
8 |
G.
M. Thornberry |
34 |
Thurman
Devoe |
|
9 |
William
Denbow |
35 |
H.
A. Devoe |
|
10 |
E.
D. Keylor |
36 |
W.
T. Gramlich |
|
11 |
Chas.
A. Baker |
37 |
J.
N. Lafferre |
|
12 |
J.
F. Egger |
38 |
R.
H. Mcabee |
|
13 |
Wm.
Feiock |
39 |
G.
L. Diehl |
|
14 |
Wm.
(his mark) Metz |
40 |
J.
W. Feiock |
|
15 |
R.
J. Lappin |
41 |
Jon.
S. Devoe |
|
16 |
R.
Rice |
42 |
Richard
Clegg |
|
17 |
Jno.
H. Billman |
43 |
C.
M. Devoe |
|
18 |
W.
A. Rice |
44 |
B.
E. Denbow |
|
19 |
Geo.
Scott |
45 |
A.
E. Devoe |
|
20 |
John
Greenbank |
46 |
H.
S. Denbow |
|
21 |
Daniel
(his mark) Paith |
47 |
J.
W. Denbow |
|
22 |
P.
W. Matz |
48 |
J.
W. Young |
|
23 |
Emanuel
Paith |
49 |
R.
S. Smith |
|
24 |
Sebastian
Denbow |
50 |
Shepherd
Wise |
|
25 |
Fred
Kestner |
51 |
Levi
Denbow |
|
26 |
Henry
Zerger |
52 |
Martin
Spery |
|
|
|
|
|
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For
the convenience of the reader, the signatories to the petition are sorted
alphabetically below:
|
Baker, Chas A |
Devoe, C.M. |
Greenbank, Frank |
Paith, Emanuel |
|
Bender, Henry J. |
Devoe, Grover |
Greenbank, John |
Reeves, John W. |
|
Buchanan, Frank |
Devoe, H.A. |
Kestner, Fred |
Rice, R. |
|
Billman, Jno. H. |
Devoe, J.O. |
Keylor, E. D. |
Rice, W.A. |
|
Clegg, Richard* |
Devoe, Jon S. |
Keylor, W.W. |
Scott, Geo. |
|
Denbow, B.E. |
Devoe, Thurman |
Lafferre, J.N. |
Smith, R.S. |
|
Denbow, H.S. |
Diehl, G.L. |
Lappin, R.J. |
Sperry, Martin |
|
Denbow, J.W. |
Diehl, L.P. |
Matz, C.A. |
Stegner, L.G. |
|
Denbow, Levi |
Egger, J.F. |
Matz, P.W. |
Thornberry, G.M. |
|
Denbow, Sebastian |
Feiock, J.W. |
Mcabee, R.H. |
Thornberry, M.Y. |
|
Denbow, W.J. |
Feiock, Wm. |
McVay, Sinclair |
Wise, Shepherd |
|
Denbow, William |
Gramlich, Jno. W. |
Metz, Wm.** |
Young, J.W. |
|
Devoe, A.E. |
Gramlich, W.O. |
Paith, Daniel** |
Zerger, Henry |
* Uncertain
of last name due to difficulty reading it from the petition.
** Signed
with "his mark."
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Below is a copy of the original, handwritten
petition showing each of the signatures.
The apparent duplication of signatures is due to over-lap in scanning
the document to assure that no signatures were missed in the process of
copying.
