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cemetery, where his parents were also interred. In politics Mr. Medaris is an earnest democrat and for sixteen years he served as school director, the cause of education finding in him a warm and stalwart friend. He was also road commissioner for several years, and he is never remiss in the duties of citizenship, regarding it as a privilege as well as an obligation to faithfully perform every task which devolves upon him in connection with the welfare and improvement of the county. The name of Medaris has been associated with the progress and development here from the earliest days, and the work instituted by his father has been carried forward by him.