The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-30

Mayor Edward T. Buckingham to- day appointed Lawrence James Gill an assessor of the city of Bridgeport for term of four years. commencing August 1. MT. Gill succeeds David Fenelon. and.-wiil- enter upon his du- ties Monday morning of next week. The elevation of MT. Gill to an asses ,sorsfip means that there will b a. va scancy in the office of assistant City clerk. MT. Gill was appointed per- manent assistant city clerk by Mayor Buckingham Jan. 1. 1906. when the Mayor was city clerk. and he has held that office since then. having been re- tained by the present incumbent of the office, S. F. Boucher. e.x
 Immediately after. the Mayor an- nounced the appointment of MT. Gill, the city clerk announced the appoint ment of Sheriff William E.. Russell as assistant city clerk. .
 Mayor Buckingham called MT. CHI into his. office this forenoon and in- formed ghim of his intention to name him as an assessor. Those who know the genial Larry need not be told that he was taken by surprise and that, 1t required some moments before he could express his appreciation But that was not all. The girls in DHlon'S millinery store who have long known that Larry is one of the most engag- ing of the eligible young bachelors in town, had prepared a neat surprise for him. They had woven into unique form mass of beautiful flowers which represented hours of patient toll. For this mundane sphere there was huge rose. The background was set with sweet peas. Larry's favorite flower, for during the period of his adolescence Larry had often garnered sweet peas in the orchards of East Bridgeport.
 The presentation of the floral em- blem was very affecting. An attrac- tive young milliner from the Dillon emporium made the presentation speech. In the presence of the fair sex the handsome and iovial asses -sor-to-be was quite abashed. but he managed to put a few over'' in his characteristic style.
 Mayor Buckingham's selection of Mfr Gill as assessor is. one that will give satisfaction everywhere. A better fit found For three years, from 1903 to 1906, MT. Gill was clerk of the board of assessors and it is no reflection up- on any one who had been clerk before or since to say that he was the best clerk the board ever had. He is a prodigio worker and not infrequent- ly, as the members of the board full well know. he labored long after the day ha6 passed in order to keep abreast of the work The Republican members of the board during the three years he was clerk have said that he was an ideal official and that the city would have been much benefited if he could have been permanently retained.
 But politics decreed otherwise and with a change in administration he was forced to give way to another. Following his retirement from the oP he cessively city sheriff and assistant city clerk. He returns now to the board of assessors finely equipped to take up the important and responsible duties that await him and there can be no question but that the appoint ment is one that is well merited-
 Mr Gill has always taken an ac- tive interest in the welfare of the Democratic party and has ever been a loyal and consistent Democrat. He is the acknowledged leader of the Democratic hosts of the 9th district and though he has frequently been ,compelled to fight it out at the pri- maries he has always been returned a victor His popularity is unbound ed and whatever office he has filled of a public nature he has never failed to render the highest grade of ser vice.
 whether as clerk of the assessors or assistant city clerk in each of which positions he has met thousands of our citizens he has made innum- erabIe and valued friends by his uni form courtesy and willingness to at tend to the many little exacting de- tails much of which was no part of his office work Mark this down as no exaggeratiofi of fact, that in no branch of it's public service has the city of Bridgeport ever had a more efficient workman.
 The appointment of City Sheriff William F. Russell as assistant city clerk by City Clerk Boucher not