Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-03
|LEECH H0NORED ON BIRTHDAY
MYSTIC SHRINERS GIVE BAN.
QUIET TO PUBLIC PRINTER.
Fortieth Anniversary Observed With
Good Cheer and Speeches of
Publications. at Rauscher's.

| The fortieth birthday anniversary of
Public Printer John S. Leech was cele-
brated last evening with a banquet at
Rauscher's.
Mr.. Leech was assisted in remembering
the day by about 100 members of the no.
bility of Almas Temple, Mystic Shrine.
AS the evening wore along the function
assumed interesting phases. 1t became
| also a congratulation party.
Mr.. Leech was felicitated upon his ap-
pointment as public printer. Others about
the banquet board related the story Of
his life. and told how by perseverance and
pluck he had risen from printers devil
In a small country newspaper Office to
be the official head of the greatest print
ing plant in the world.
The first toast to Jack Leech," was
proposed by Roe Fulkerson. illustrous po-
tentate of Almas Temple Others who re-
sponded to toaSts were J. L. Kennedy, n
K. Snyder. Thomas P. Morgan, past right
eminent grand commander of the Grand
Commandery Of the District; Jacobus
Jones past potentate, Almas Temple; N.
Golden Donaldson Thomas H. Mckee and
Joe Johnson.
The final talk was by Public Printer
Leech himself. He was greeted with APP
plause as he arose to speak. At that
moment jolly Shriner started the ancient
and 1t was sung by all with a rising
toast
Mr.. Leech thanked his friends in brief
address. and sat down amid renewed ap-
plauSe. The evening ended with song and
cheer.
Those on the committee of arrange
ments were ]. L. Kennedy. Oscar ]. Rick
etts. VI. GUIDE. w. c. Long. G. V. Knox
and Thomas w. Cadick.
Those present were:
Emil P. Wetze1. Frank Hagner. Charles
Etchberger. George Wenzel. E. c. Ora
ham. Henry E. Wilkens. Edgar C. Snyder.
Albert Cottle. Christian j. Uphoff r.
Golden Donaldson. Georee w. Harris.
Harry Stamford. Adolph Guide. DR..
Frank E. Gibson. Thomas II. Mckee.
George Gibson. Joseph G. STEELE. Ross p.
Andrews. Samuel Hart, Jackson T. Blair.
George c. Rankin. Joseph H: Curran. b.
F. Reist, Daniel Fraser. Edwin G. W hall.
Gustave Weigand. DR.. S. Clifford Cox,
Harry c.. c. Stiles. Frank A. Sebring,
Thomas c. Noyes. James T. Gibbs, ia
cobus S. Jones. E. L. Bryce. w G: Gent
ner. Fred Waldman. T. R. Marshall. Mil
ton 8. Letter. B. l.. Stidham, Jesse F.
Grant. T. Frank Morgan. Robert W.
Summers. Emil G. Scliafer. James A.
Rutherford. William ". Eisenhower.
B. Slime. L. M. Kelley. William Mehan,
DR.. ]. F. Collins. Thomas P. Morgan. w.
c. Long. j. L. Kennedy. Oscar J. Rick
etts: g. V; Knox Ira r. Bennett nett E. A. NJ
Jerome Kendall. Clifford K. Bergman,
Charles Jacobson. Eugene S. Cochrane,
w. j. Guide. George T. Keen. Carter B.
keene. Clarence Lewis. Daniel c. Vaughn.
B. F. Smith, A. F. Jorss, T. w. Caddick,
John S. Leech. Roe Fulkerson. Robert
Cook. Fred Hahn. Charles w. Summers.
John w. Michael. F. A. Strick. James A.
Major, ]. F. Williams. Charles Schneider.
H. G. Brown, E. F. Geyer, s. 7. Covert.
E. S. Moore. c. H. Welsch. Eugene Daw-
son. Arthur D. Leigh, H. Clay Espey. Ur.
Y. NJ. Brooks. George S. Wainwright,
Charles e. Berry, Jonn c. Webb. John
Heelan, ]. A. Huston, F. w. Curran,
George ]. Schley. W. S. Hennen. A. II.
Rossall. Thomas H. Herring. Charles w.
Trey. John r. Moss. Samuel Hinwood.
Edward Heidingsfeld. c. w. Burnett. G.
Hambly, Edwin L. Osborne, George ].
Hunt. Taylor Boyer and Joe NJ. Johnson.