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Show FAMOUS FRONT POOCH SCENE OF PMTATION Silver Plaque With Inscription, Inscrip-tion, "God's Blessing to You." Is Given MARION. O. March 2 Presidentelect President-elect Harding's neighbors in. Marlon i and nearby towns bade him Godspeed In the task of the presidency today In 'a formal farewell that brought to i the famous front porch one of Its largest gatherings. Marlon schools and business houses oloSSd their doors for two hours to ob-' ob-' MTV the occasion and as tho final I meeting began church bells and factory fac-tory whistles mingled their voice in ! a sonorous message of good will. As part of the farewell ceremony, the city presented to the prcsldent-elect prcsldent-elect and his wife sliver plaque ; which bore the Inscription "God's blesing to you." Th program arranged for the farewell fare-well ceremonies began shortly before noon and was a simple one. Af:er 11).' presentation of Ihe p'.aque a re ! ceptlon wa held. PAST m II ill I B 5P1 11 For his text in the presentation text Dr. Thomas B McAfee. pastor of President-elect Harding' church, took the Inscription of the plaque "to Warren War-ren Gammallsl Harding and his wife, Klorcnoe King Harding, from the citizens citi-zens of Marlon. In testimony of affection affec-tion and gratitude for loyal friendship, devotion to the public welfare and arrtCS tP the highest conception of American citizenship. God's blessing to you." The president-elect's response was brief, expressing thank and asking the support of his neighbors In the 'work ahead of him. THR1 E MORI Pi 3D D Three more cabinet appointments were definttelv . onfirmed by Presi-I Presi-I dent-elect Harding last night, leaving only one selection of the ten secr--I tarles to be formally given out. The I vacancy is In the portfolio of labor. ' and an announcement 1 expected r soon. The three whoso election were I mad known last night are Andrew W. Mellon, a Pittsburg banker, to be secretary sec-retary of the treasury- Will Hays of ; Indiana. Republican national chalr-i chalr-i mati. to be postmaster general, and Albert B. Fall, now senator from New I Mexico, to be secretary of the ln-I ln-I terlor. The official announcement did not cause surprise, it having heen ! known generally for several days tnat ', they would be Included. oo |