The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-14
BELLEWLLE MEN
GIVE BANQUET TO
A. H. OSBORNE
Tax Collector H0n0red by the
Home Building and Loan
Association.

About seventy-five of the stockhold-
ers and friends Of the Home Building
and Loan Association of Belleville gave
a banquet last night to Tax Collector
A. H. Osborne, who was one of the or
ganizers of the association and was
president for every year of it's exist
ence, except one, until last November.
Other duties forced him to give up the
office.
Former Judge Alfred F. Skinner at
the close of the banquet presented him
with a leather reclining chair in behalf
of those present.
The dinner was arranged by the di-
rectors of the association, who were
loath to part with the services of Mr..
Osborne. During his incumbency the
association prospered to a great extent,
and there We're no foreclosures.
A committee consisting of Henry FL.
Morgan, Alfred Cooper and John w.
Depue looked after the details of the
affair, which was kept a secret from
Mr.. Osborne until last week. Charles
Granville Jones was the POSTMASTER.
His remarks were eulogistic of the
guest of the evening, as were those of
Arthur E. Sandford, of this city; Percy
Jackson, of New York city; former Sur
rogate Edward Jackson, John H. East
wood, H. H.. Morgan, Samuel Ackerson,
president of the Board of Education;
Oliver H. Perry, Tax Assessor Henry
w. Underwood and George Sanford.
Former Judge Skinner, who helped
organize the association in 1890, deliv-
cred the principal address. With his
concluding remarks he said he felt that
Mr.. Osborne, after all his work in the
association, was entitled to a rest, and
a fine leather reclining chair was
wheeled out and the guest of the night
was relieved of the chair on which he
was sitting and forced to sit in the
other. He told of his appreciation of
the honor which was given to him in a
short, happy speech. Among those
present were: Otis A. Fairchild, Robert
II. Williams, Joseph Joule, Howard S.
Carson, Edward w. Ryan, James J.
Slattery, Alfred Cooper, w. E. Dickin-
son, George H. Casebolt, of this city;
James H. Hardman, J. Hardman, jr.,
Frederick W. Ashworth, T. M. Watson,
ira of this city, clerk of the Board of
Education; James J. Turner. j. F. Wis
chusen. Ross H. Foster, Frank d. Clear
man., John N. Klein, j. B. Ashworth,
James Smith, G. A. Pfeffer, Theodore
Sanford, Daniel Mcnamara, James Fl.
Osborne, c.. F.. Stolz, H. Simons, P. V.
A. Brett, r. w. Brett, David A. Clear
man, G. S. Cooper, of this city; Charles
N. Dickinson, jr., Township Committee
man Edmund w. Bechtoldt, E. Schuy-
Ter Webster, w. w. Young, Frank Glib
son, jr., Chester DePuy, w. c. DePuy,
Werner ". Forgie, j. J. Bennett, chair
man of the Township Committee ]. w.
Hirdes, W. T. Hirdes, John DeGraw,
Joseph H. Osborne, of this city; W. S.
Hamlin, Supervising Principal Of
Schools George r. Gerard. e. S. Van
Dusen, George L. Brooks, r. c. Jones,
Henry c.. KentZ, Township Committee
man Joseph Weston, Harold A. Miller,
A. y. Streator, A. S. Perine. Thomas
Wadsworth, w. H. Mckinney, of this
city, and Isaac Hodge.
The officers of the association are:
President, Samuel w. Ackerson; vice.
president, J.. w. Hirdes; secretary, Otis
A.. Fairchild; treasurer, John w. De-
pue; counsel, Oliver H. Perry; directors,
G. F. Sanford, J. J.. Slattery, E. w.
Bechtoldt, H. H. Morgan, Alfred Cooper,
Edward w. Ryan, John H. Eastwood
and j. w. Hirdes.