Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-07-02
FIFTY YEARS TOGETHER
The Bar Association of Fulton County Celebrate the
Fifthieth Anniversary of the Firm of Ham and Ham,
Attorneys and Counseors at Law. A Remark
able Record. Feast of Reminsence-A
Sumptuous Banquet.

On June 26th 1870 there came to
Wauseon from Wayne County Penn
sylvania, two young men, Henry
H. and Thomas F. Ham. These
young men were lawyers and here
IN Wauseon they established the
firm of Ham and Ham Attorneys at
Law. Since that date when they
first put out their sign these bro
theirs have travelled the road of le-
gal practice together; for fifty years
orSer the hard Stretches up the
grades and down the grades, over
the level spaces and throuih the
tangles Of lifes' emergencies and
circumstances they have kept on
their way together and together
shared the fortunes and misfor-
tunes of the way. There may be
somewhere in the Annals of Legal
practice parallel case but we have
never heard of it. 1t was an event
worthy of special remark and obser-
vance; so thought the Bar Associa-
ton of Fulton County and on Sat
.urday evening June 26th, 1920 just
fifty years from the date the two
brothers located in WaUseon, there
was held under the auspices of this
association, at The Blair Hotel a
banquet to celebrate the fftieth an
niversary of this remarkable part
nership. Invitations were sent out
to all the present and former mem
bers of the Fulton County Bar who
are still in the land of the living
and as we'll to those who have thru
the years occupied "The Bench" as
Judges of The Court. Thirty-three
gathered about the banquet table all
but two of whom were Lawyers
And under direction of Judge
John M. Killits of the U. S. District
Court of Toledo, who was the Toast
master of the occasion, one of the
followed by feast of wit, humol
and reminisence that those who en-
joyed it most would find it hard tc
/ lescribe.
1t was without doubt the greatest
gathering of the legal profession
ever assembled lin Fulton County.
Toasts were responded to by Hon
Fred H. Aldrich of Detroit who wa:
student in the office of the Ham
brothers forty years ago; Hon. Bur
ton L. Hart of Adrian, Mich, Hon
S. A. Wildman of Norwalk Hon. w
Fl. Handy of Ottawa, who is nov
the only attorney living who was {
member of the Fulton County Bal
when Henry and Thomas Ham canr
to the county: Judge Handy hac
been i'm practice here for two year,
! preceding their coming: Hon. C
S, Bentley Of Cleveland, Hon. Chas
E. Scott of Bryan, Hon. Chas. H
Bowersox of Bryan, Hon Fred H
Wolf, who spoke in behalf of tn
Fulton Bar Association; Hon. r. r
Kinkade and Hon. Chas. J. Chitten
den of Toledo; these together witt
the men whose fifty year record wa
commemorated and Judge Killit
made up the list of speakers VIII
made the occasion one long to b
remembered by those present. Bu
the "absent guests" also contributed
: A disappointment experienced by tn
/ assemblage was occasioned by tn
: inability of Hon. John M. Moore O
Ottawa to be present in person. MI
[ Moore had been anticipating bein
present at this gathering, but j
. health and the feebleness of bod
o whirh comes with the advancin
! years prevented him.
f Judge Moore is the oldest livin
t of those who have served as Jude
: of the Common Pleas Court of Flu
n ton County and was on the benc