The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-01-16
ONIAL s
BANQUET
Life Insurance Company
Entertains It's Managers
and Assistant Mana
gers at the Hotel
Manhattan.
SPEAKERS REPORT PROGRESS
Vice President Heppenheimer
Surprised With a Banner
Made BY Mrs. George
A. Latour.
SPEAKERS REPORT PROGRESS

A. Latour.
The seventh annual banquet rendered
by the Colonial Life Insurance Company
to its managers and assistant managers
was held in the ballroom Of the Hotel
Manhattan, New York, on Saturday,
January IA, at 6 o'clock About one
hundred and ninety guests were present,
every one Of the sixty-five branch of
fees being represented. A reception was
held at 5 o'clock, the officers of the Com
pany welcoming the delegations in the
order Of their arrival. With Colonial
promptness, the doors of the adjoining
banquetting hall were thrown open at 6
o'clock to the minute. The guests filed
into the room to the inspiring strains of
a splendid orchestra, which discoursed
appropriate music throughout the dinner.
There were about thirty round tables,
one for each district, the long speakers
table being placed on the Madison Ave
nue. end Of the room. At every plate
there was beautiful steel-engraved
menu card, which will give an idea of the
good things that were promptly dis
posed of by the Colonial Army
Oyster Cocktail.
Sauterne.
Consomme Metternich
Celery ifaa 9 ssssfFftetl Nuts.
Boned Shad Manhattan.
Cucumbers.
Timbale a la Dumas. Claret
Saddle of Mutton. Montebello
French Peas. Caulifower Florentine.
Colonial Punch. Cigarros.
Mallari Duck. Fried Honiny.
Salad la Rice. Champagne.
Frozen Nesselrode Pudding.
Assorted Cakes.
Fruit. Coffee.
Cigars.
The FIRST speaker was the Second Vice
President, Ernest J. Heppenheimer, who
reviewed the splendid record made by the
Company in the year just closed and pre-
dicted that the results, gratifying as they
Were, will, as is usual with the Colonial,
be completely eclipsed by the volume of
business TO be added in the year follow
ing. Mr. Heppenheimer then introduced
the Vice President, Mr.. John A. Walker,
who was received with tumultuous ap-
plause. Mr.. Walker has attended every
Colonial Banquet and though seriously in-
disposed wished his record to remain I'M
broken. Mr.. Heppenheimer then intro
duced Secretary Nettleship, who called
upon the Medical Director, Doctor John
Nevin. followed by Assistant Secretary
Johnston both of whom are warm favor
ties with the boys. Speeches were made
by several of the most successful Man
ayers.
Probably the most enjoyable occur
renee was a surprise which was sprung
upon Second Vice President Heppenheim-
er when he was presented at the close Of
his speech with a beautifully mounted
and handsomely embroidered banner, the
handiwork of Mrs. George A. Latour,
whose husband is the Manager Of the
Harlem district of the Colonial. 1t is
said that the banner represents fourteen
months work, and those who have seen
the product of Mrs. Latour's skill will
readily credit the assertion The follow
ing letter which accompanied the gift is
thoroughly Colonial in spirit:
s.No. West 111th ST.,
..New York, jan, 1908.
ITO the Officers of the Colonial Life In
surance Coz
sAGentlemen--It is with a feeling of
some doubt and hesitation that | write
you these lines as you may perhaps think
me presumptous when you realize
their pnrpert, but ] have been imlpeEed
by a feeling of ambition which had no
rest to do something for the Company
by way OF stimulating interest and excit
ing competition among the Agency
forces, and incidentally creating feet
ing Of friendly rivalry among Managers
to gain the applause and the prize