El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-30
HERALD ASSOCIATES Of REV. ROBIN
GOULD TENDER HIM FAREWELL DINNER
Young Minister Leaves For Phoenix to Accept New
Charge-Associates Praise His Past Work and He
in Turn Says He Is Thankful for the Training
and Associations on The Herald-The
Herald's Strong Organization.
q s farewell before his departul

a farewell before his departure
n for Phoenix to enter upon his
L \ duties as assistant pastor of the
Central Methodist church, Rev. Robin
P Gould, for II years connected with
The FL Paso Herald, was given din
ner at Hotel Paso Del NOrte last eve
ming.
morning for Phoenix, their new home
At the dinner he was praised as the
young man who took late out of clrcu-
late and would undoubtedly put stir IN
minister.
Mr.. Gould has been city circulation
manager of The Herald.
The dinner was given by The Herald
management, employees of the clrcuIa-
ton department and heads OF the var var
Gus departments upon the paper, Win
many of whom Mr.. Gould has been as
ISOLATED since ht. first came to the
paper as a carrier IA years ago
Twenty were present and some spoken
word of farewell and good wish was
extended by everyone at the table. Mrs.
Gould was invited to share the evening
with her husband and the associates
from whom ne was parting, the Two
occupying seats of honor at the table,
seated beside postmaster J. A. Smith,
one of the earliest editors and owners
Of the paper:
H. D. Slater, editor and president of
The Herald, spoke of the loss the pa
per felt in Mr.. Gould's departure, but
Congratulated him upon having the
courage of his convictions and enter
ing calling to which he felt he
should dedicate his life work. Mr..
Slater said he was certain that Mr.. Gould
would make a success IN the minis
terial field, as he had been successful
in every underta king with The Herald.
He believed that Mr.. Gould, he said, was
entering upon a career in which he
would be able to accomplish much good
for his fellow men and women and
said the well wishes of The FL Paso
Herald and all its employees would al
ways be with the young minister and
The HeraId's Ideals.
Mr.. Slater also referred to the policy
of The Herald and the fact that it had
always been The Herald's one aim to
be true to its public duty; to print all the
news and print il fairly, give everybody
a hearing, keeping malice out of the
columns and making it a paper that
would never betray its trust He said
many papers had died, but it was be-
cause they deserved to die; because
they had betrayed their trust. Papers
did not die that kept faith with
the people, he declared. No news
paper could expect loyalty and CO.
operation unless 1t was fair with the
public as well as its employees. This
had always been the object of The Her
aid, he declared. and to this policy he
attributed the success Of the inStitu-
ton due to securing such hearty CO.
operation from the people connected
with it
Rises to Head of Department.
J. G Wilmarth, general manager of
The Herald; H. L Capeu, who was cir
culatiOn manager when Mr. Gould first
came to the paper, and all others pres
ent expressed their high regard for Mr..
Gould and gave him their best wishes
for his success in the ministry. Mr.
Capell said he was particularly proud
to have seen Mr.. Gould rise from car
rier to the position of city circulator,
which he himself held when he gave
first Job as a carrier of papers.
Mr. Gould has had charge of the
city circulation department of The
Herald and Mr.. Wilmarth praised his
faithful work and said he could not but
meet with the same success in his
future life, for he always gave the
best that was in him to every task he
undertook
Some Ex-Carriers.
Randolph Terry, now an attorney,
and w G. Schultz, head of the FL Paso
Piano company. who carried papers on
The Herald at the time the present Rev.
Mr. Gould took out his first bundle of
Heralds, were also present at the din
ner and extended Fluctuations to him
upon his work and recounted the num-
Der of young men who have been sue
cessful in life. who first carried pa
pers on The Herald Edgar Kayser,
bert wilcox, a civil engineer; Herbert
and Albert Bishop, both successful bust
ness men, and many others, were men
toned as former Herald carriers
Perfect Cooperation.
Postmaster J. A. Smith and Mr.