Arizona republican., 1915-06-14
Third Annual Fellowship Banquet of Employes of This Paper is an Enjoy able Affair at Riverside Park
MIR. HEARD AS
 THE TOASrMASTER
Hitherto Hidden Oratorical Talents Are Brought Out i'll the Responses to I'm promptu Toasts Pro pounded by President

Every gathering of men and women has motif Primarily the as sembling yesterday afternoon at Riv- erslde Park of practically every man and woman in any way connected with The Arizona Republican. from the president and general manager down to the apprentices in the mechanical department or the assistant clerks in the mailing department. had for it's purpose participation in the third an nUal Fellowship dinner rendered by Dwight E. Heard. president and gen. eral manager, assisted by Mrs Heard EGt there were other purposes in the iringing together of these CO., workers. these men and women who are giving daily of the best within them to make of The Republican the best and great est newspaper in the southwest. It gave opportunity for the interchange of ideas and for the exchange of felici- tastions over year well spent and over work we'll done. It afforded op- pOrtunity for the final exhibition in Arizona of the bottle of the first water over the Roosevelt Dam, to be used next Saturday in the christen- ing ceremonies in connection with the launching of the great superdread- naught, the Arizona, and the telling again of the story of how the water was taken; how il has been since safeguarded. and how its genuine Arizona copper sheath was manu- factured in this city by Walter Hege from copper furnished by Captain john C. Greenway of the Copper Queen company. And, finally. it gave opportunity to wish GOdspeed to Mir. r1 ts. New York. carrying the bottle and its precious contents to the christen lng-
 The Third Annual Fellowship din- ner will go down in The Republican history as the greatest and most enjoyable affair ever given under the auspices of a host and hostess who. by broad minded counsel and kindly consideration day by day. have en- cleared themselves firmly in the hearts and minds of every attache of this paper. No better evidence of the high regard of the employees for the general mana ger and, for that mat ter, of the general manager for the employees. could be found than in the presence at this particular dinner of practically all who were in attend ance at the second annual dinner and of nearly as large a percentage of those who Graced the banquet board at the first gathering. In the three years there have been sur prisingly few changes in the operat- sng force of The Republican. Team play and cooperation have been in culcated into the hearts of the enI- Tloyes, and loyalty has grown anc thrived without any particular reason being apparent.
 In the spacious dining-room at Riverside Park yesterday afternoon at o'clock upwards of sixty em- ployes of The Republican sat down to dinner with MT and Mrs. Heard. For an hour they discussed the good things prepared under the direction of Mine Host Cummings. and then they leaned back in their comfortable chairs and over the coffee and cigars gave brief talks on shop" subjects MT Heard presided as toastmaster and overlooked no opportunity to bring out the good points of the various departments or to pave the way for heads of these departments to expose the secrets of their sue cess.
 The diners had not long been seated when the pleasing little entertain Inent arranged under the direction of Maitland Davies was inaugurated Under the leadership of rotund and happy Billy House. Billy F1tZslm- mons. Jimmie Allard and Jack Ear 1on. with H. B. Hin,nann presiding at the piano. and all comprising the pick of the Coliseum entertainers.
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