I was able to locate Rupert R. Beetham's obituary today at the Ohio Historical Society Archives for Bob Bond. Rupert had a very interesting life so I thought others on the list would like to read it also. From the Columbus Evening Dispatch dated Friday, May 5, 1933: "Beetham, Former Ohio 'Dry Czar,' Dies in Sanitarium Cadiz Resident Also Served as Speaker of House and Was Student and Prominent Athlete in Ohio State University Law School. Rupert R. Beetham, 56, of Cadiz, a former speaker of the house of representatives and a former state prohibition commissioner, died early Thursday in the Gaver sanitarium, of arterio-sclerosis. Lawyer, lawmaker and former state "dry czar," Beetham was born at Greensburg, Trumbull County, Ohio, Aug. 29, 1877, son of the Rev. John and Mary Rennison Beetham. His father was a Methodist minister and the pulpits he filled gave young Beetham residence in a great many Ohio communities. He lived, during his youth, in North Jackson, Windom, Talmadge, Bedford, Niles, Hopedale, Gnadenhutten, West Lafayette, Leesville, Vienna, Jewett, Canton, Somerton and Thompson. In Politics Since 1905 Beetham was graduated from Canton High School, attended Scio, Ohio College for a year and then finished a law course at Ohio State University. Like his son, Rupert Jr., he was an outstanding athlete. He played two years of football at Canton and one at Ohio State, never having been in a losing game in the three years. He was also a star in track and baseball. In 1900 he passed his bar examinations, married Miss Crete McLaughlin of near Cadiz and began to practice law in Cadiz. He was defeated for prosecutor of Harrison County in 1905 but a few months later was named Cadiz postmaster by President Theodore Roosevelt, serving until 1914. Eight Years in House He was elected to the Ohio general assembly in 1914 and served for eight years, in 1918 having been named spearker pro tem and Republican floor leader. He won the speakership in his next term. Beetham was active in public affairs at Cadiz. He was a member of the Cadiz school board, president of the Fourth National bank, a Sunday school teacher and superintendent and delegate to general conferences. He also operated a farm near Cadiz, served as platform manager for the Cadiz Chautauqua, was active in county Red Cross work and headed a Salvation Army relief drive during the war. Two Sons Live Here Executive head of the Republican party in Harrison County, he was chosen by Gov. Myers Cooper in 1929 as state prohibition commissioner. An ardent dry, he accepted the post against the advice of doctors who feared for his health. Beetham had been a candidate for Republican nomination for governor in 1924. His first wife died in 1918. In 1922, Beetham married Miss Marcia Dickerson of Cadiz. She, with one son, Thomas, aged eight, survive, with four children by the first marriage: Mrs. Isabel Fuller of Toledo, Attorney Samuel K. Beetham of Findlay, Rupert R. Jr., and Charles J. of Columbus. Three brothers also survive, the Rev. R. Emory Beetham of Ottumwa, Ia., W. M. Beetham of Huntington, W. Va. and Charles Beetham of Cadiz. The body has been taken to Cadiz, his home, by the E. E. Fisher Co., for funeral and burial." His picture was in the newspaper with his obituary. He was a very distinguished looking gentleman. Sharen Shultz Bowers in Columbus Ohio