The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-04
MARIGOLD BANQUET
 MOST SUCCESSFUL
Two Hundred Postal Employees Join in Tribute to Post
 master.
HILL SENDS HIS REGRETS.
Cashier William T. Meyer Makes COngratulatory Speech as
 Postmaster.

Postmaster William H. Marigold by
 the postal employees at the Atlantic
 Hotel, Saturday evening, was in every | way the largest and most successful
 affair ever held by these organizations Nearly two hundred were present al6 represented all branches of the loca; | office, as well as a large number from | the railway mail service. Arrenge- | ments were made whereby substitute 1 clerks and carriers performed what l lar men could all be in attendance
 and nearly every man was there, as
 were all of the ten lady clerks. At g ] o'clock a reception was held in the 1 Iarlors of the hotel. the postmaster 1 heing assisted by Assistant Postmas- ter Henry w. Lyon. Col. M. H. Rog- 1 CTS. Secretary of State. County Sheriff l Sidney E. Hawley. William E. Kelly. i president of the National Association l of Letter Carriers. of Brooklyn. Frank T. Rogers of Chicago. president of the National Association of Post Office Clerks, and James Arkison. president of the National Mutual Benefit Asso- citation of Letter Carriers. At the
 conclusion of the reception. the guests were escorted to the banquet hall to the strains of Hail to the Chief from the Letter Carriers orchestra. who also rendered selections during the
 dinner. A fine dinner splendidly served. was provided by Landlord Callaghan. A very handsome menu card bore on the cover the Latin inscription ttAd
 Multos Amos. which was something g of a puzz1er to many until someone
 translated it as meaning May he be
 with US many years.'' On the first
 page was an excellent likeness of the
 postmaster. and the remaining pages
 contained besides the menu. the list of
 speakers and toaSts, the list of invited
 guests. and a. handsome picture of the
 Federal building. During the dinner
 the boys sang topical songs with great
 enthusiasm and Joseph C1abby was
 heard in selections, After the cigars
 were lighted Carrier P. H. Howard
 chairman of the committee of arrange
 nents, introduced Clerk P. H. Carroll,
 the secretary of the committee. who
 read a telegram from Congressman E
 J. Hill. which was as follows:
 'FHon. w. H. Marigold. Bridgeport,
 Ct. Best wishes for you and your
 associates. Best results come from
 team work. All pull together for
 Uncle Sam.
 The secretary then read letters of
 regret from Post Office Inspectors Ja-
 cobs of New York, Hadsen of New
 Supt. of Railway Mail E. J. Ryan of
 Boston, Peter Wynne of New York,
 Hamilton $. Shelton. Alfred B. Beers.
 ": E: Burnham P. F: Nobbs of ven, and c. F. Greenwood of Wash ington.
 Chairman Howard then introduced as the toastmaster of the evening MT.
 William T. Meyer. cashier of the
 Bridgeport post office. MT. Howard stated that MT Meyer had risen from the ranks of the service and his sue cess had given to all in the office much
 pleasure. When MT. Meyer rose to address the gathering he was received with great enthusiasm. the cheering being led by Macgregor and Keith of the Railway Mail service. After re- turning thanks to the chairman for his remarks, and to the assemblage for their reception. MT. Meyer spoke in part as follows:
 Those of us who have spent the greater portion of our working years in the postal service. and are more or less familiar with it's vast and intri- cate business, have much to be thank fuI for in the fact that wiser heads than ours shape it's destiniteS. That the higher administrative offices are filled by men whose business training has been secured in other walks of life the narrow channels into which the reople who have 1abored long iEw the postal service get into. due in a, large measure to continued adherence to de- partmentaI red tape. The stindlant of new blood in the service unham- pered in training by long set rules, to my mind benefits it. aOn January 1, 1898, President Mckinley appointed to the position of postmaster at Q man who. although from the ranks. had started and built up a ored by election to high offices in this city and this State. One fitted in every way to fill the most exalted po- sition- Those of us who have passed far on life's highway and have come in close contact with many of our fel- low beings. have witnessed and felt the stings of small envies. and the petty jealOuSieS of ordinary life, have had cause to wonder that occasionally nature has seen fit to endow a man free from and above the fai1ings which fall to the common lot. We cannot account for it. and if we try, can only do so as we would for the highest the mightiest river. the most perfect gem. It has been taught us from the primal state. that that which is, was wished until it were. A man endowed with the broadest sense of justice, with so large a heart and so great soul. as to continually excite our wonder and claim our admiration. Such a. man I now have the honor to present to you. our postmaster. the Hon. William H. Marigold.''
 The mention of the name of the post l master was the signal for the assem- blaze to rise and greet him with cheers 1 and applause which was long contin- ued and ended by the singing of Hail. l Hail. to Our Old Chief MT. Mari | gold began by saying that one much | not fail to be touched by the cordial | reception he had received at the hands | of those with whom he was in daily | associa ton. with many of those pres l ent this relation had continued for | many years. The fact that the com l nencement of his fourth term post l master had seemed to those subordin- | ate to him to be an occasion which | called for an expression of gladness | gave him intense qualification. That 1 it had also been esteemed of sufficient l inn portance to call forth the attend | ance of the national president of the | Letter Carriers Association from his | home in Brooklyn. the national presi- | dent of the Post Office Clerks Asso- l citation from his home in Chicago. and l the national president of the Carriers | Mutual Benefit Association from his nome in Fall River. was most gratify- | ng and the compliment implied by the | presence of these gentlemen most fully appreciated.
 After expressing his qualification be- cause of the cooperation of all of his l with him in all matters 1 looking to the betterment of the ser vice. and the full and loyal support which had always been accorded his efforts. the postmaster reviewed the 1 1appeningS which had ransnired