The San Francisco call., 1913-09-02
Dinner to The Call Staff by
Retiring Owner Marks
Change in Newspaper
|REVIEW OLD TIMES
AT FESTAL BOARD
Friendship Ties Caused the
Sugar Magnate to Re-
tain His Interests

Two hundred and twenty-five em-
tployes OF The Call gathered at Bersez-
Franks restaurant last night as. the
guests Of John D. Spreckels at a
banquet in celebration of the. change
of The Call from a morning to an
afternoon newspaper. Hundreds OF
copies OF the first editions OF The
Evening Call were used In carrying
out the decoration scheme.
At the head Of the speakers
table sat Mr. Spreckels with +. w.
Kellogg. president and publisher of
and Samuel M. Shortridge to his left
The words "The Calf stood out in
purple asters against a background
of asters of white.
On behalf Of The Call employees, one
of whom has been with the newspaper
for At years, Mr.. SprecEels Was pre-
scented with a memorial, done In pen
and Ink with water col0rs and known
as "The Harbor Of Pleasant Mem
ories," and aligned by the men and
women of the different departments
The presentation address was made by
George Van Smith. who spoke with
intense sincerity OF the high esteem
in which Mr.. SpreckeIs is held by
lQOSe VINO uhtS bccil III Ills c4iAp4Sy
for many years. The memorial Is by
Fred w. Packer Of The Calls art de-
partment, and was draped with Amer
lean flags for the unveiling.
sPRECKELs RETAINS TIES
In responding, Mr.. Spreckels alluded
to the friendliness he felt for those
who had served him for so many
years, saying that 1t was the thouGh'
of departing from these In the f1elc
of endeavor that determined him te
retain an interest with Mr.. Kellogg In
the evening publication.
In introducing Mr.. Kellogg, Mr.
Spreckels told OF having been greatly
Impressed the first time he met him
years ago, when newspaper partner
ship was farthest from their thoughts
He said Mr.. Kellogg was a man who
did things, a man who was sincere
earnest. willing, and who, he knew
would make a success Of any under
taking with which he was connected
Mr.. kellogg briefly told of how he
happened to get back in the game, re-
ferring to his retirement and the
thoughts which came to him as he
roamed the hills OF southern Califor-
MIA. He said he decided that he
wanted to get out In the world again
and do things, and that he determined
to come to San Francisco.
With reference to the new evening
paper, of which he is the head. and Its
launching into the. evening field Mr.
Kellogg spoke OF the dailies over the
country which he had started.
CALL HIS GREATEST TRIUMPH
IF the success of all of these on
the first day Of their appearance were
rolled into one the showing would not
compare with the wonderful begin
ming made today by this, my latest,
enterprise" said Mr.. kellogg.
1T is my aim to make the San Fran
cisco Call the greatest newspaper in
California and one of the greatest and
most interesting dailies of the nation.
AS surprise on the part of Mr..
Spreckels. Miss Ragna Throndson, in
the uniform of a trained nurse, ap-
peared with a new born evening edi-
ton of The Cali In an infant basket.
The christening rites were admins
tered by Mr.. Shortridge, who was In
troduced by the host as the rev.
erend-"
The other speakers were Ernest g.
Stock. who. has been with The Call
nearly half a century, C. H. Brock
hagen, manager of the business office;
Thomas j. Bellew. assistant city ed
itor; G. B. Waterman, E. T. Cunning
ham. A. R. Fenwick and John ID.
Spreckels Jr
A feature Of the evening was the
singing of Miss Carolyn NJ. Dodd.