The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-17
THE RETIRING
CITY OFFICERS
ENJOYBANQUET
Many Addresses Delivered
and the Evening Enliv-
ened by an Entertainment
on the Order Of Gridiron
Club in Which a Meeting
of the Gridiron Club Was
Portrayed.

The Passing of the aldermaIiC ad-
ninistration was brought to a close
last night in the spacious dining room
At the San Carlos when more than 200
guests were present to bid adieu to the
retiring city fathers and welcome in
no uncertain terms the advent of the
recently elected city commissioners.
Commissioner Frank POu was the
only member of the board absent,
having been called 10 the country to
conduct a, funeral, He sent a card eX-
pressing his regrets.
It WAS an occasion replete with
merriment and everybody was in the
best of humOr. The outgoing admin
istration was toasted and roasted at
will by the speakers amid the cheers
and laughter of the audience. 1t was
in fact, a jolly, good-natured crowd
A number of the local hits threw those
present into fit of laughter.
When the room had been filled DR..
Frank @. Renshaw acting as toast
master. proceeded in his characteristic
ically humorous manner to assure his
auditors that this was a jOlliticatiOn
and that there were no tears II be
shed. He said that the outgoing ad-
ministration had faithfully performed
the duties which devoIved upon them
and now that there had been change
in the city government that he voiced
the sentiments of the old aldermanic
board when he declared that they had
FORMER MAYOR SPEAKS.
Hon. Frank Reilly was then intro
duced and feIicitated Pensacola that
her government was to be placed in
the hands of such faithful and COM
Petent men, and that under their juris
diCtion the city was sure to prosper
and grow.
Adolph Greenhut made a brief, but
impressive speech in which he assured !
elected
commissioners would do all in their
power to bring about an administra-
tion that would rebound to the pros
perity and happiness of the city of
Pensacola. He was roundly .cheered at
the conclusion of his remarks.
Commissioner Thomas Johnson was
next called upon and stated that as a
member of the commission it was his
purpose to do everything in his power /
to make his home city the pride of
every citizen and all that he asked |
and hoped for was the CO. operation of
every loyal Pensa COlian.
Ex-Alderman KugIeman was cheered /
as he arose to speak. He said that |
the commissioners would have his best |!
wishes and every assistance, which he |
could bestow during their administra
ton.
Col Frank L. Mayes, the next |
speaker. said that he felt assured that !
Pensacola. under a commission form of /
most progressive cities of the South. /
The people, he said, had chosen wisely /
and we'll and there was nothing to re- !
tard the growth and prosperity Of !
F1orida's fairest seaport.
Hon. John r. Jones, city attorney,
was then introduced and congra tulated |
Pensa cola on the progress which she
has and is now making. He predicted
that within a few years that this
city would be one of the largest in
prosperity and population on the gulf
coast.
F. F. Bingham. Robert Anderson. c.
c. Keyser Judge Kirke Monroe, Fire
Chief w. r. Bicker and DR.. ]. Whiting
Hargis also made brief speeches in
happy vein and each was accorded
round of applause when they had
GRAND FINALE.
After the speech making came the
grand finale. 1t is unfortunate that
Lew Dockstader could not have wit
messed it. It would have been unfor-
-unate. perhaps. for Pensacola. for the
famous minstrel man would have an
nexed three good Pensacolians to his
aggregation. 1t was a side splitting
ourlesque staged by Sidney P. Levy, !
under the title of A Pensacola Pipe
Dream In One Puff
The dramatis personae were none
1ther than the three inimita bles, Dr.
Mallory Kennedy, impersonating Com
missioner Frank Pou. Harry Waggen-
helm as Mayor Greenhut. and George
IerVey as Commissioner Johnson. This
rio kept the audience in a hilarious
mood for several minutes. the local
1its We're simply immense. the use of
he telephone being one Of the features.
The burIesque was on the order of a
-fridirOn club banquet and portrayed d
meeting Of the city commissioners,
With Commissioners POu arriving late
1n account of attending a funeral;
Mayor Greenhut being interrupted to
give prospective customer the price
IF 80 sacks of corn and Commissioner