The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-12-23
William F. Morrill, Complimented.
His Fellow Insurance Men Give Him a
Dinner His 10th Birthday.

His Fellow Insurance Men Give Him a
Dinner on His 10th Birthday.
The New England agents of the New
York life insurance company gave a dinner
at the United States hotel, Boston, on Fri
day asst to William F. Morrill, of Al Boston
street. it being his SEVENTEEN birthday. MIR.
Morrill, has been a general agent for this
company for more than a third of century,
and he had the pleasure of receiving on this
occasion the congratulations of more than
sixty of his fellow-workers.
From the home Office in New York came
D. P, kinsley, superintendent of agencies,
who, in his happy remarks after the dinner,
said that Mr.. Morrill, was the first agent of
the company to attain the third degree rank,
and that he " ould be tie first to reach the
highest rank to which an agent can attain
in Nylic. He prophesied that Mr. Morrill,
would reach that degree in a short time.
John c. Mccall, son of President Mccall,
related humorous story, and c. Z. BOland,
of the inspection department, read the fol-
lowing lines
Seventy years are determined said the prophet
And but three score and ten were aloted-e'en
in the age of gold
Their moral was-Life is but span!
But our Morrill, is. not yet an old man.
Though the seven tens have crowned him, adding
glory to gray.
Yet we gather around him, en- this his natal day,
Not to read about has been back on a faded
page
But to hail bright vigor burning in hale old age
What the future has in promise as yet we cannot
scan.
But we take delight, this happy night, in our
grand old man
And this our boast, we drinka toast to Father
Morrill, of Maine
That as we cheer, let's hope next year we'll say
the same again.
Hon. Joshua Nye, former insurance com
missioner of Maine, spoke very feelingly of
his thirty-foor years acquaintance with Mr..
Morrill,, and OF his successful career as an
insurance agent aud his many years of ac-
tive work in the temperance cause in Maine:
The medical department was represented
by DR.. Horace c. White, of this city, and
Drs. E. \. Whittier, c. B. Belt and }. L.
Ames of Boston Remarks We're also made
by a. Brown. manager OF the New Eng
land department., and others, and IN addl-
ton to many letters OF congratulation, tele-
grams We're received from the officers OF the
company as follows -
NEW YORK. Dec. 10, 81.
May you live to complete centurg's service in
the New ork life is the wish of its president
JOHN A. MCCALL.
CHICAGO. Dec. 10, 81.
Sorry cannot be with you all this evening. My
best compliments to Mr. Morrill,. an Old-time
agent, well officer of the company. ac-
knowledge the obligation are all under to him
for the example mis- life has been to the profes-
sion of life insurance.
GEORGE W. PERKINS. yice-presdent.
During the evening MIR. Morrill, was pre-
sented with a beautiful loving cup of silver,
and a magnificent bouquet of roses and
pinks. The presentation was made by W.
G. Bates of Newton, the presiding officer OF
the evening.
Mr.. Morrill, made feeling response to the
speeches Of congratulatiOn, and said that the
occasion showed, indeed the sunny side of
life insurance.
An orchestra rendered program of de
lightful music during the evening and, all
together, the evening was one long to be re-
membered by Mr.. Morrill, and his associates.
ISom rvile, Mass, Journal, Dec. 18th.
Mr.. Morrill, was born in Belfast. His
father was E. T Morrill, and Rev. VIM.
rockingham was his grandfather. He has
many friends here now among the older
people who will be glad to thus hear of his
welfare.