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who lies buried at Bethel, will be held
in connection with the
Grant Memorial Services.
"On the following day, April 29,
the services will be held at
Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio, where
Senator Atlee Pom-
erene will be the principal speaker.
"A detachment of the United States
Army will be present
on all three occasions, accompanied by
the Camp Knox, Ken-
tucky, military band.
"A great many distinguished men
and women will be present
on all three occasions, including the
wife of the President; the
widow of Lieutenant-General Henry C.
Corbin and the widow of
Major-General Frederick D. Grant will
also be among the num-
ber of ladies who will grace the
occasion.
"Souvenir coins commemorating the
event have been
authorized by the Congress of the
United States-10,000 gold
dollars and 250,000 silver halves.
These coins, on the obverse
side will bear the bust of General
Grant, garbed in the military
attire of the Civil War period, and on
the opposite side a minia-
ture representation of the little cabin
in which he was born."
MARION COUNTY CENTENNIAL
Marion, Ohio, will celebrate its one
hundredth anni-
versary the first week in July. The
officers of the com-
mittee arranging for the celebration
are, J. W. Jacoby,
attorney, and John Brigel of Marion.
Marion was founded by Eber Baker and
Alexander
Holmes early in 1822. Its location was
on the Har-
rison Military Road of the War of 1812.
Baker and
Holmes, both of Newark, Ohio, had
entered the lands
a few years before. It was platted soon after a com-
mittee was appointed by the legislature
to locate the
seat of justice for Marion County. A spirited contest
arose over the location of the county
seat, Marion
finally winning by a divided vote of
the committee.
It is the intention of the committee to
make this
celebration one of the big events of
Central Ohio for
the coming summer. The program will
begin on Sun-