This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Meach, Bennett, Howden Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/5926 Message Board Post: Death of E.L. Meach of Castile Edward L. MEACH, 70, former editor and publisher of the Castilian, weekly newspaper of Castile, died at his home in that village Wednesday following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held from his late home Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Mr. MEACH, who learned the printing and newspaper business under the tutelage of the late Judson HOWDEN, was an employee of The Observer for many years. Later he purchased and edited the Hume Enterprise which was purchased by Mr. HOWDEN and merged with the Observer last fall. Mr. MEACH sold the Castilian to Gordon BENNETT after owning the paper 34 years. [Northern Allegany Observer obituary, transcribed by Louise Y. Mills, 2003, from Cora Lahr's scrapbooks, Fillmore, NY.]