Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-18
PRINTERS CELEBRATE
GOLDEN Anniversary
Number Ninety" Entertains Guests
In Royal Fashion at MAJ
sonic Temple.
MORE THAN 800 pnEsE.
Proprietors, Editors and Reporters
Join i'm Spirit of Occasion, Which
Is Voted Greatest in History of
Typographical Union.

In celebration OF it's golden jubilee
anniversary. members OF Richmond
rypographical Union. No. 40, their
friends. wives, Swccthcarts, ncwspa :
per pr"prietors. owners and reporters
gathered last night in the Masonic
Temple. There were all the mental
condiments OF Il great celebrations and
in addition, there was the crowd More
than 800 pcopl-. listened to music and
song. and danced and sat down to
we'll -hllcd tables.
II was great night for No. 30 II
was Il great night for the newspaper
men. and mainly for those who stand
helper and chief aid to proprietor, edi-
tor and reporter. II was Il gathering
of the men who make ncwspapers--of
the men who stand behind rcportoral
guns and who, aiiv" to the thought Of
the age and the dictum OF time ana
experience. help so largely TO make the
newspapers what they arc.
GREATEST EVENT IN
HISTORY Of "NO. so"
There was jest between printer, cdi-
tCrial writer and reporter and always.
II seemed, the printer and his devil
came out the best. But when the ban
,uet table WAS spread, and after gruc:
had been said by NJ. X. Pace. the hum
bic pic-oatr sat down and enjoyed tho
best OF fcasts with the best OF friends.
Never before. in all the history OF the
union. as l.. l.. Woody, foreman of The
Times Dispatch printing staff: X. T..
Buwdeu, OF the Evening Journal: ".Iim"
Drinard, OF the News Leader. and Mr..
Rawlcs. of the NirEiuian. will TESTIFY
when they will leave ease. form ANA
stone has the event been surpassed.
THE meeting and the banquet ana the
dance, too. were presided over by w.
l.. Freeman. whose remarks were ably
seconded and Endorsed by Clarence j..
. Ia. ts.,t L.. *,
vcrSary celebration committee. Mr..
HARDWOOD delivered the address ct well
come He said that old No. 30 was
organized more than sixty years ago.
and that its members had served as
we'll rs soldiers as they did as printers.
Then. between the singing. came pr.
Douglas = Freeman. editorial writer
Of the News Leader. who told tales. en-
fainillr on the printers. Uncle Dan"
Murphy. grizZlcd and gray, who one"
set type for Horace Greeley. founder OF
the New York Tribune, was introduced.
!;ecretar: j. w. lays, told stories on
the reporters.
After the singing and speech MAX
ing the printers and their guests ami
friends adjourned to the dining room.
where. during the courses speeches
we're made by Mayor -Ninslic. Colonel E.
T.. Hasbrook. OF The Tnncs-Dispatch:
General Manager Glover, OF tho Rich
mond Evening Journal, and Mr.. S:tvory.
formerly general manager of the old
Richmond state.
Mrs T. G. Roberts, wife Of the former
president Of Union lol. was visitor
from Porto Rico, where her husband is
now labor commissioner. Mr.. Roberts
y; now i'm West Virginia. helping 10 get
votes for President Wilson Mrs Rob-
ertS is Il guest at 3i"o Forest Hill
Avenue. Woodland Heights. Another
visitor was Mrs Charles Johnson. Of
Washington. whose husband was form
criv an employs OF The Times Dispatch