Evening star., 1916-03-17
GOV. DOCKERY IS HOST
TO POST OFFICE HEADS
Program of Entertainment Given
With Banquet in Oak Room
at the Raleigh.

Pursuant to mysterious order in a
special and humorous issue of the Daily
Bulletin of the Post Office Department
yesterday. which was signed with the
names of the Postmaster General and
i thirty other officials of the postal
service, goodly company gathered in
/ the oak room of the Raleigh Hotel last
evening for the purpose of accepting the
princely hospitality OF our beloved Gov.
Dockery and to let it be shown by smiles
and warmth of handclasp that the never
faltering friendship of our host is ap-
preciated.'
! In the language of the order, the
cares of office were rolled off. ceremony
was forgotten and host and guests
both breathed deeply the refreshing air
of good fellowship.
The banquet is an innovation in pos
tai functions. which was originated by
\. Nj. Dockery, third assistant post
master general. and has been a fea-
ture of each year since he assumed
Office. There was program of enter
taif1ment. and impromptu addresses
were made by number of the guests.
including the Postmaster General, First
and Carter B. Keene, director of the
postal savings system.
Guests of the Evening.
The guests of the evening were: A.
S. Burleson, Postmaster General: D. c.
Roper. first assistant postmaster gem
cral, Otto PraeSer, second assistant
postmaster general j. !. Blakslee
fourth assistant postmaster general; w.
ii. Lamar, solicitor, Post Office Depart
ment; c. A. Kram auditor, Post Office
Department.: J. c. Koons, chief post Of
flee inspector: J. p. Johnson, general
superintendent, railway mail service
NJ. O. Chance, postma ster, Washing
ton: G. b. keene, director, postal saw
ing system; Joseph Stewart. attorney
Department of Justice; Ruskin Near
die. private secretary, Postmaster Cen
eral: W. NJ. Mooney, disbursing clerk;
tons committee: r. c. Knox. chief
clerk, first assistant; W. j Bar
rows, chief clerk, third assistant;
J. X. Pickett. chief clerg, fourth as
sistant; H. II. Thompson, chief clerk,
postal savings: F. H. Austin. chief
clerk, purcha sing agent; c. E. Mathews,
superintendent of division of money
orders: W. G. Wood, superintendent
division of classification; Malcolm Ker-
lin. superintendent division Of regis
ter mails: w. C. Fitch. superintendent
division of stamps: W. f. Burlington,
superintendent, division of finance; r.
l.. Maddox. superintendent. uivision OF
foreign mails; G. ID. El1eSw worth, super
lntenuent. dlVlSlon OF SalaTleS ana al
lowances; George l.. Wood, superin-
tendent, division of rural mails: e. b.
Hazard, bond examiner, postal savings
system; c. II. Fullaway, assistant di-
rector, postal savings; J. J. Souther-
land. assistant attorney. solicitors of
flee; f. A. Nieses, assistant attorney,
olicitors office: G. II. Mcbride, supe,-
intendent, division of railway adjust
ment: Edward Smith, confidential clerk,
Postmaster General; Harvey Lovejoy,
assistant chief clerk, third assistant;
l.. NJ. Bartlett. special accountant,
auditores office: w. = P"Wr1 ~rr~"-
tary third assistant; D. H. MacAdam,
F. W. Connor and Douglas Hau.~..
Fifty thousand British railway men
joined or rejoined the co:s-s when war
WAS declared.