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Oldest Priest In Ohio WillRetire From Service Snndayre-su-rk,the/asEIIlOil!ledIjII-i ofuiileduulofthecr-tliuH.Vas.■gelt‘Ssiteorml-211:1Sunday will mark the retirement from active service of Ituv. Father Joseph Meriicm, aged .Sli years pastor of St. Patrick's church, McCullough, this county, and i he oldest priest iii Ohio.Father Jusiri.lt, as ho is atfec-tioJiiitcly known by Ins punsliioL-ors, has been placed on the ill-lirm priests list hy Most. Hcv JIt'ury .Moeller, archbishop of t.'UK'imiali, hut given the privilege of spending the remaining days of his life in the ohunm parsonage he has occupied for nearly a half cenimy, where those in whose interests ho labored so ardently and faithfully and where lie had given his lifa lo God's work in the sacred ministry of llie priesthood, arc sure lo try to make happy his declining days. There lie will continue to celebrate* mass daily so long as his physical strength will permit him. Hev. Father iienry J. liieli-ter, a young priest from Cincinnati, will succeed him as active pastor of the church and lt;dso of Iloly Trinity church at J’ood Creek, fie tvas ordained live years ago and has been assistant pastor of St. Henry's church in Cincinnati, lie will occupy a homy donated for the purpose nt ilmilcy by Iguar his Kcilz, nf this city, ami will lit up one of lilt rooms as a chapel.Father Median was one of the pioneer prirsts of Southern Ohio serving the »p)rilual wants of Catholics in the western part of tho county Joe the past 4*J yearn, ifft willingly suflercd nil sorts oi discomforts and untold hardships for those ho labored with a zeal that stamped hint as one of God’s noblemen. Hi: was horn of noble parentage at 111, Alsace, once a ruling place in tho (lnys of the Roman Empire. When he emigrated to this country ho was per su.idcd by a friend to locate at Dayton, 0. Archbishop Purcell of Cincinnati nt Ihal Limo wua anxious to supply a priest to tho French sMtlcineiil nt, Pond Crock. Father Mertiau volunteered to go. He never traveled any other waysave on loot, of limes wading swollen crocks and braving the worst nf weather on his cross country trips from McCullough to Bueno Vista.cr*REV. FATHEK JOSEPH MHRT1AN‘Deputy AuditorDuduit ResignsAnnouncement of the rrsignn-tion of County Deputy Auditor A. S. .Duduit was made Saturday 1»y Auditor T. U. PaitCL'aon, Mi*. Duduit's resignation going into clTout today.On MnndaV Mr.* Duduit wiil lake n position as 'bookkeeper with Ncudoerffti- and Wilcox, localwliolesnk grocers, lie had linen employed hy Sir. Patterson since In* went into the auditor's oltico iu 11)11. Tin* hitter’s present term expires in October.Mr. Piiltcrsnn staled Saturday till at. he probably would not name a successor (u .Mr. Duduit until Monday.Enjoying VacationHarold Baker, salpsinsui for the Gilbert Grocery rompaiiy, has been enjoying a vacation I his week.Established Fiahing Camp.Wilhur Schaefer, of the grocery firm of .f. .1. Schaefer .Sons, has established a lishinc cniup at Moore's Handing for the summer.
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Portsmouth Valley Sentinel
Portsmouth, Ohio, US
Wed, Jul 14, 1915
Page 5
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