Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-06-21
BALL A-ROLLING.
The Large Iron War Savings Stamp
Ball Rolls Into Fulton County Mon
daytime Address by the Rev. Karl
Stein of Toledo-Campaign Opened
in Fulton.

Right on with schedule time; in
fact, little before the schedule, the
big iron ball that is making tour of
the state arrived in Fulton county
last Monday morning. The ball was
unloaded in Archbold and rested in
state in the center of the street for
a. couple of hours. Some of the men
from Wauseon went up to Archbold
to help get the "ball." Seeming to
carry the idea that the Archbold peo-
pie would not let the ball leave with
out protest, the Wauseonites went
prepared to argue the case, taking
with them some of their best "argu-
fyers." But there was nothing doing
in Archbold, not because Archbold
takes no interest in these things, but
because Archbold has hardly rallied
from the shock which came to her
last week when the band in which the
village takes a just pride, was broken
up and all but two or three members
enlisted in various branches of the
military service. Archbold may still
be proud of the members of the band
who have proven loyalty and their
100 per cent Americanism. The
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reminded Archbold of her fine men
who are with the colors, and though
there was no demonstration to speal
of, those who know her best know
that she will respond nobly when the
time comes to help Uncle Sam take
care of those boys by, lending hin
the money to do it.
Tbo l,o1 o,.,.;,,od IN YNoueoo,, obaoc
of time, but no one found any faul
with that, and when the rest of the
people were ready the parade wal
formed at the north side of Soutl
Park. First came the Boy Scouts
with their drum and bugle corps; thel
the Ball, rolled by mayors of the va
rious municipalities in the county
next the Girl Scouts of Lyons in thei
neat uniforms. and doing some fin
marching; next followed the Veteran
soldiers of Losure Post No. 35 G. A
R.; then citizens and business mer
| marching and in autos.
The line of march was north o.
Fulton street to Elm, then west O.
Elm to North Park, where stan
had been erected and where an audi
ence of about 1000 people gathered
Chairman Perry called the meet
ing to order and called upon the Rev
T. B. Ashton to pronounce the invo
cation. Mr.. George Il. Gorsuch lie
the audience in singing America.
The Girl Scouts sang "Keep the HON
Fires Burning" and Chairman PER-
introduced the speaker of the occs
sion, the Rev. Karl Stein, pastor {
one of the, Lutheran churches of Tx
| ledo.
Il The Rev. Mr.. Stein has a yer
attractive personality, and held. h
large out-of-door audience at close a
tention while he delivered a truly ps
triotic address. There was in the az
dress no trace of partisan politics
no sectarianism, and no hate; but
convincing statement of facts ar
| conditions, the righteousness of tt
cause for which the United States al
her allies are standing, and statemel
of the. inexcusable, unjustifable, al
irhuman methods and atrocities en-
ployed by the German government
the prosecution of this war. We
| clearly the Rev. Mr.. Stein set for
the opportunity and the obligation
of the American people to help the
government, reiterating the tru
that while the battles are fought
the armed forces on the front line
wars are fought behind the lines a.
by the citizens who are maintainil
such forces.
Mr.. Perry emphasized the impc
tance of the Savings Stamp campa!;
which opens next Monday and urg
each one to invest to the limit of tht
ability.
The exercises closed with so
by the Lyons Girl Scouts and t
ball was loaded on its truck for t
journey to Napoleon.