Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-05
BIPARTISAN LOVE
FEAST, TRIBUTE TO
EX-JUDGE EGGERS
Retiring Works Board Member
Receives Handsome Chair
as Banquet Souvenir.

Republicans and Democrats alike
Joined in a brilliant tribute to former
Judge Augustus F. Eggers last night,
the occasion being his retirement from
the Board of Works after nine years
of distinguished service. The testi-
monial ooh the form Of a banquet at
the Lincoln Club, and among those
who gathered beside Judge Eggers
there were Mayor Haussling, Demo-
cratic State Chairman James Il.
| Nugent, Alfred N. Dalrymple, head Of
the Republican County Committee, and
Major Carl Lentz.
After former Senator George w.
Ketcham had presented h guest OF
honor with a handsome armchair
Mr.. Eggers came in for all of the nice
and eloquent compliments that the
talent present could pay
Major Lentz's speech Was especially
%felicitous, and Mayor Haussling, intro
duced by Toastmaster Gilbert b..
Grogan. said ne would always be glad
of former Judge Eggers's advice at the
City Hall,
President William Mungle, of the
Board of Works; Commissioner Arthur
r.. Denman. George F. Reeve, presi-
lent of the Board of Trade; Richard
c. Jenkinson, Elwood c Harris, Al
fred N. Dalrymple, James r. Nugent
and George II. Lambert all paid high
tribute to the character and official
service Of Mr.. 1ggers. His work for
the extending and developing Of he
municipal water supply source was he
subject Of many concentrations.
Responding, Mr.. Eggers declared
such appreciation we'll repaid all his
la bors for the city
The committee in charge of the ban-
quet was composed Of Gilbert Z. Gro
gan, chairman; Albert Garfield. George
w. Ketcham, DR.. William f. Keim,
William J. Cleveland, Osceola currier,
James Lovatt, William f. Beach, John
j. YoungbIood, jr., DR.. A. S. Harden,
Charles Pearson, L. T.. West, j.. L.
Pfelffer. George w. Taylor, Edgar r.
Brown and Scott German.
The hosts to Mr.. Eggers were;
Thomas P. Alworth. ]. Henry Bachel-
Ter. William ]. sBannister. VIII
liam N. Bayley, william F. Beach,
Louis ]. Beers, David e. Benedict, Will
liam Bley, Frank j. Book, C.. Clifford
Brangs, Edgar. r. Brown, Albert Can
field, William J.. Cleveland, Jerome t.
Congleton, j. Allen Conklin, Gilbert
f. Crogan, Osceola Currier. Alfred N.
Dalrymple, Arthur r. Denman, John
II. Dunn, Julius Ehmann, John b.. Fos-
ter. Henry g. Freese, Scott German.
Samuel w. Gordon, Theodore D.. Gott-
Heb, William E. Greathead, Herbert l..
Greene. Albert T Guenther, ia
cob Haussling. James c. Hallock,
Thomas A. Halpin, Elwood C. Harris,
James l.. Hays. Howard a. Hounslea,
Ferdinand A. Hubert, Richard C.. Jen-
liDson, George W. Ketcham, DR.. Will
liam F. Keim, David Katz, George Fl.
Lambert, Carl Lentz, Louis Lippman,
James Lovatt, Charles Il. Maillard,
Franklin Marks. William P. Martin,
Richard F. Malta, George Mellen, John
M. Mellen, Smith ID. Miller, Frank 8.
Muchmore. william Mungle, Henry d.
Northrup, James r. Nugent, Harry b.
O'Connell, Charles Pearson, John L.
Pfeifer, George II. Phillips, George r.
Reeve, Robert L Ross. Hermann Ros-
entreter. George SanzerAbacher, Nor
ris r. Sherrerd. Francis Fl. Sherrerd,
Charles NJ Shiprnar, Arthur Smith,
George A. Smith, William II, Squire,
Harry j. S~teinlein, Charles A. Stilger,
Alfred l.. Swain. George w. Taylor,
Robert S.. Terhune, George w Tucker,
DR.. Joseph S. Vincent, Erwin T. West,
Joseph q. Wolber, Henry Wolf, John J..
Youngblood. ir., and ]. George zim-
mermann,