The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-12-29

with whom superintendent Nettleton
Mem of the Richmond division OF the
Pennsylvania railroad has been closely
allied for the past six years. gave q
banquet in his honor p, the Wes,co-s
hotel Thursday evening.
| January 1 he will succeed to the
! SUPPLEMENTARY of the Akron divis-
! ion of the Pennsylvania railroad and
will make Akron, Ohio. his headQuar-
tiers. being succeeded here by J. G..
Mccullough. who has been located at
Marietta. Ohio. The banquet was in
nature OF a farewell to Mr. Nefr
The program was of an informal
character, including addresses by pr. s.
. ident S, e. Swayne and other members
of the club.
Lee B. Nusbaum read a poem Think
OF U.s." addressed to Mr. Eef. The 10
EN- was bound in green leather Each
of the guests signed his name in the
back Of the volume The guests in
cluded president 8. E. Swayne. .r,hn
Fl. Nicholson, p. A. Reid. Howard A.
Dill. Charles ". Jordan. John McCar-
thy. L. 3. Nusbaum, James A Carr,
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Adam Bartel. George II. knollerberg,
w. H. Quigg, George z. Seidel. T. w
NeIf, of Cincinnati. and Mr.. Neff Su-
perintendent Mccullough who will Sue
coed Mr.. Neff was unable to attend
owing to urgent business
The resolutions attesting the sincere
regret of the club that Mr. Neff leaves
the city and the high regard in which
the members of the club hold him,
follow:
The truly spirited citizens Of any
country are largely in the minority nd
yet SO essential to it's progress and
we'll being. that the loss Of enc IL a
real impairment of its assets. The
man who merely lives in a communit,
to take from it all he can get, without
any thought Of giving of himself to
the betterment and progress Of that
community, is a positive burden and
detriment to society.
. The city Of Richmond has a reputa.
ton abroad for the high quality OF it's
citizenship, which is measured by the
institutions it fosters, the enterprises
it undertakes and the investments it
makes in things that develop charac-
; ter and add to the general culture of
its people. This reputation is of much
, commercial value to our city, as il
supplies a sense of security, both NOR
al and financial, to those seeking in
vestments, as we'll as those seeking
desirable places of residence. This re-
putation has not been purchased with
money, but is the result of united
effort upon the part of those citizens
who have had the public spirit to give
valuable time and their best thought
unselfishly, for the cty's progress and
prosperity.
Perhaps in no period of time in it's
history, has the city advanced so rap
idly, and come to. appreciate the value
of development along these lines
more than it has the past five or six
years. To very great extent this is
the result Of the efforts of the Com
mercial club, an organization in which
a number of busy and high minded
men have taken the time to consider
not only the commercial progress, but
have organized enterprises and stimu-
lated public opinion in the things that
gave uplift to the whole community. A
city can hardly afford to lose any citi-
zen who is active in labors of this kind
because there are too few willing to
make the sacrifice, and their places
are difficult to fill.
Six years ago, Mr.. Nettleton Neff
came to this city practically a strang-
er to our people. Something was
known of his scholarship. his capacity
for organization, his loyalty to his
country and his moral qualities aud in
recognition of these he was appointed
to fill out the unexpired term of his
predecessor on the board of directors
of the Commercial club. In few
months it became evident that the
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