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PW£ SIXTEENOldest Priest In Ohio WillRetire From Service SundayV* .•;.j£:Siittday ^*1 ***** rvtinsfimk from motive service of Rev, Vfctber Mcrtiaa* aged 80Jttn ' juutor of St 1 ‘atrick *8 tfaurcb, -McCullough, thus county, BBd the oldetl prhnt iu Ohio. -jF*ih*r Joseph, as lie ia uffcc-tkntUly known by bis parisbion* CIV fas been placed ou the in-ftrui prioeui Jist 'ty Most. Rev. (Hairy- Moeller, archbishop of Cincinnati, but given Hie pri vi-la*. of spending the remaining days of his Jife iu the church Jparaonage he has occupied for nearly a- half uantury, where those in whose interests ho l»b-prod so ardoutly end faithfully had where he‘had given his life to God's work in the sacred miu-:x*try of the -priesthood, are sure to try to uiahe happy his rtcclin-‘ing days. There he will continue to celebrate mass daily so long as his physical strength will permit him. - Rev. Father Henry J. Rich* ter/ a young priest from Cincm-iiati; will succeed him aa activeSistor of the church and also of ojy. Trinity church at Pond ‘.Creek. He was ordained five years ago and has •been assistant pastor of St. Henry's oburch in Cincinnati. Ho will occupy a 1 homo donated for the purpose at Jfienloy (by-Ignatius ltcitz, of this : filly, and will fit up one of the ^rootns as a dhupel.:£: Father Mnrtjau was one of the ; jiioncer priests of Southern Ohio [serving the spiritual wants ctf Catholics in Ihe ^western port of the county for the past *12 years.fie -willingly suffered »dl sorts of discomforts mid untold hardships for those he labored with u zeal Vtfaab.stamped him as one of God's ‘ noblemen. He was 'horn of noble f parentage at. Ill, Alsace, onec a jjd]io# place in the days of the 'Roduo Empire. When he einigral-,€(l to this country he was persuaded by u friend to locate at jtteytoii, 0. Archhtsliop Purcell of Cincinnati at tliat time was flhsious to supply a priest to Ihe French settlement at Pond Grech. Father jUertian volunteered lo go. (He never traveled any other way Bvc on foot, oftimes -wading swollen creeks ami braving the ■worst of weather on his cross country trips from McCullough to Buena Visla.REV. FATHER JOSEPH MERTlANNOTICE, W, O. W.Spsoial meeting River CityTERMINALSN. W. freight second !1’2 i»* charge of Conductor K. J. Skull* and Engineers C. G. Smith m.tl George Bunder was delayed nearly two hours at Lawshc, _ Friday. A rirnw bar pulled out of engine J025 and fell between the rails, destroying machinery on ash pun of the engine. The ivnr trucks of the second ear from the engine were derailed.Miss Klizahelli Sliul/.. daughter of ill', and Mrs. Hunt Hind?., «i; East Rhodes avenue, lias taken a joJ) as waitress at Ilu* Hark restaurant on Norfolk street.The X. W. shop safety coi:i-mitlce will uteH in regular session Moodily morning at the malt; him; shop olTiee.Earl !’•. Simpson, nssi.stniit day secretary at tlm Y. -M. ('. A., will resume work Monday after enjoying a ten day's mention. Cania Diilfv. who Inis keen filling .Simp-son's nine,? will work iu Ihe store.Mil bur a Shopc, son of Mr. mid Mrs. \V. rl’. Curler of Poplar street, returned Saturday morning from a four week’s visit with his grandfather, James Shope of South Webster. Young Shope gained several pounds while iu the eonutry.Muss Carrie Jackson oE Hales Crrrk has returned lo her home after a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Veneer and Will and Charles Jackson of Gallia pike.Mrs. Elizabeth Hurst of Whed-ershnrp. is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. \\\ T. Carter, ot Poplar street.John Henderson will linvc charge of Hie Sunday evening services at Ihe tabernacle. T?ev. A. TV John.son will hove charge of the services following the Bible school exorcises. Sunday school in thi! afternoon at Lbi; usual himr. J :!!(! n Vine.h
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Portsmouth Daily Times
Portsmouth, Ohio, US
Sat, Jul 10, 1915
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