Arizona republican., 1916-02-14

With a most pleasing program and With an almost complete representation of the membership present Phoenix Typographical Union, No. 352, yester day afternoon celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of the organization of the local The affair was held in the spa cious auditorium of the Moose Home prettily decorated for the occasion. Practically every printer in Phoenix wac present. and most of them were accompanied by their wives, daughters or sWeethearts. As honored guests there were present Mayor George U. Young. Thomas F. Weedin, register of | the local land office. City Magistrate John Mcbride, Justice of the Peace l Frank De SouZa
 l There were about one hundred seat l ed when President Ben. F. Wood called the meeting to order and announced the purpose of the meeting. He briefly
 rected the history of the organization
 of Local No. 352. His talk was fol-
 lowed by an instrumental selection by
 Noll ard Wilhelmi.
 ! $. Palmer, the only charter member of the local now in Phoenix, was next
 on the program with an interesting re- cital of the organization of the local l fifteen years ago. Another selection | by Noll and Wilheimi, was followed by
 an address by H. A. Davis, a member
 of No 352. The allied quartet rend-
 cred a pleasing number and Judge De I !, e.Ja toll in happy vein. When he charged Charles A. King with having stolen a pie con- signed to printed in durance vile, the uproar brought an end to his remarks. A piano solo by Mrs Ben Estes, wife of the foreman of The Republican composing room was well received. | Her exceptional technique as well as her handling of difficult passages stamps Mrs. Estes as an artist and a student of the pianoforte.
 Mayor Young delivered one of his
 characteristic short talks in which he
 succeeded in bringing himself close to the hearts of all present. When he concluded he was roundly applauded.
 The vocal solo, "A Perfect Day by l Wm Irvine, a member of No. 352, was preceded by short talk by MT. Irvine in which he advised against those present risking their lives and peace in mind in remaining while he at tempted to sing. And then he rendered his selection in pure tenor voice that | did full justice to one of the most
 beautiful compositions of the present time He was ably accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Wilson.
 Judge McBride,, introduced as for mer president of the American Fedora tion of Labor, gave a ringing address on the value of unionism and the ben
 efits accruing from organization. lie complimented Phoenix local on being one of the oldest union organizations in the state as the Typographical un- ion is one of the oldest, if not the old est labor organizations in the United States. He recalled the organization of the first printers union in Balti-
 more as early as 1851.
 Another selection by the allied quar- tet was followed by an address by Thomas F. Weedin, who said that he was responsible for the organization or the printers in Missouri many years ago and in which he pointed partlcu- larlv to the loyalty to the union Of the women members of the organization.
 His address brought rounds of ap- plause.
 | The plea sing program was Drough-
 to a close with a vocal solo by Mrs
 Wilson, who played her own piano. ac-