Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-02-06
ROLL OF HONOR
Slowly But Surely the List Grows
Longer and the Soldiers Monument
for Fulton County Draws Nearer to
Accomplishment. :

We are glad that we can still re-
port progress in the raising of the
funds for the erection of the Fulton
County Soldiers Monument We can
add at least two names to the Roll of
Honor, that of Mr.. John Viers of Pike
township, who says that his father
was soldier and has contributed one
dollar to the fund and Mr.. C. E.
Bradley who sends US his check for
$500 to help the cause along. 1t
would help the cause along if more of
US whose fathers were soldiers would
take this means of perpetuating the
memory of their patriotism and hero
ism.
Roll of Honor
V. w. Weeks.
Mrs. Pauline Isbell Strong.
George Lee. .t,
Lura Eldredge.
j. F. Dimke s
Mrs. j. NJ Biddle. a..
K. K Watkins. -
Dover School No. 2, R. j. Shaffer,
teacher.
Pike School No. 1, Genevieve La
Sale teacher,
J, S. Bradley, Sr.
Fred Pike.
George Gype.
Curtis Porter. * .~
John Viers.
C. E. Bradley.
Let US bear in mind that the pur-
pose Of this movement is to present
the cause of the Soldiers and Sailors
who in the Civil War answered the
call of their country and went from
Ci,11fo1, 70 Hnt+ th1
vation of the Union and the extinc-
ton Of human slavery on American
soil. These men by their self sacrifice
| by their loyalty to the principles OF
Justice and Right, by their heroism
| by the patient endurance of priva-
tions and hardships, on the march, or
the battlefields, in the camps and in
southern prisons, set an illustrious ex.
ample of true patriotism which is OF
| inestimable value co the generations
of American citizens who are to in.
herit the flag and the country which
these men of the sixties preserved.
Of the eighty-eight counties in Ohio
! al but two or three have erected
monuments to the honor and memory
fof the Soldiers and Sailors who went
from the respective counties. Fulton
county is one of the two or three
counties which as yet have failed to
erect such monument; in proportion
to its area and population, Fulton is
one of the wealthiest counties of the
state; the tax valuation in 1918 was
$37, ,207, $3.50. 1t is not because of pov.
erty that this memorial has failed to
be erected, nor is it because of lack
of patriotism among the people. Per-
haps it is because the value and de
STABILITY of this monument has moi
been brought clearly before the peo-
pie of the county. Aside from the
debt of gratitude, which is due the SOL
diers and sailors of the Civil War ano
i which might, in part, at least, be paic
| by the erection of a monument there
is the value, which can hardly be over.
estimated. which arises from the en-,
couragement to the rising generation
to honor the heroes, now fast passing
away, to keep sacred their memory
and to profit by their example Of
noble patriotism. The Monumental
Association is regularly organized ano
has up to the present time secured
about 1000 toward the monument
which is to be erected on the court
house grounds so that it will belong
to the county as whole. About 81,
900 more are needed for the purchase
and erection of suitable monument
which shall be the free will gift O.
the people of the county.