The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-06-05
PRUDENTIAL AND NEW JERSEY
HONORED AT FRISCO.
Large Bronze Medal Awarded the
Company.

San Francisco, May 28.-The Pru-
Dental and New Jersey were honored
here yesterday. The Exposition Com
missioners had designated the day as
prudential Day" to show their ap-
probation of the company's Ordinary
Agencies 100000 League business
conference which brought in Pruden-
tial field managers and special agents
from nearly every state in the Union.
The Exposition had also extensively
advertised that there would be special
things happening on the "Zone" or
midway during the day.
The result was the biggest day for
the Exposition since it began. It was
estimated at midnight that 200,0 900
people jammed the Zone last night.
Prudentially, the day opened with a
big crowd at Festival Hall in the Elk
position grounds at II A. NJ. Mr.. Ed
ward D. Dufield, Fourth Vice Presi-
dent of The Prudential, presided and
introduced Commissioner w. l.. Hath
away, of the Exposition Commission,
who made a brief talk, at the end of
which he presented a large bronze
medal to the company, through Mr..
Duffield, as evidence of the Commits
sion's appreciation and in recognition
of the P~rudential's standing in the
insurance world.
Later in the day luncheon was serv-
ed in the New Jersey building to all
the visiting delegates and their wives.
Governor Fielder, of New Jersey, and
the members of his party were guests
of honor and were photographed in
front of the building. Members of
the P~rudential's San Francisco Indus
trial staff were also entertained at
luncheon at Old Faithful Inn.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon the
Exposition Commissioners exploded
600 pounds of dynamite beneath an
old ferryboat, transformed for the oc-
casion into a man-of-war, as an added
attraction of the day. The boat was
anchored in the bay and needless to
say was blown to tiny bits. This we'll
advertised event lined the bay for
miles with crowds of eager, anxious
witnesses. In the evening cart"
Smith, the Exposition aviator, wrote
the word "Zone" in the sky and did
other ha~ir-raising stunts. On the
whole the day was a great one.
The Prudential officials from the
home office attending the Exposition
are: Wilbur S. johnson, Second Vice
President, Edward D. Dufield, Fourth
Vice President, George B. Speer, Fred
w. Tasney and George w. Munsick,
Assistant Secretaries; ]. Allen Patton,
Associate Medical Director, Frederick
H.Johnston, Associate Actuary, Har-
vey Thomas, Supervisor of Publica-
tions, Edward S. Andrews, Manager
Atlantic Division, Cyrus H. Lang,
Manager Western Division, Ordinary
Agencies. In all about 800 Pruden-
tial men helped to celebrate "Pruden-
tial Day" at the fair.
At the opening day of The Pruden-
tails Business Conference, Monday,
May "a, Governor Fielder and staff
of New Jersey attended as specially
invited guests. The Governor adj
dressed the meeting and spoke of The
Prudentialis important position in the
latter-day history of New Jersey and
of the company as one of New Jerseys
most wonderful institutions. Colonel
Austen Colgate, a member of the Gov
errors staff, spoke in like vein. Ches-
ter H. Rowell, responding for Cover
nor Johnson of California, was equal
ly eulogistic of the company and all
it stands for.