Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-13
E. s. HERMAN HOST
AT BIG OUTING
Aqueduct Scene of Annual
Party For Entire Force; EFF
cicnt Service" Rewarded

The John c. Herman Cigar Com
pany, with Edwin S. Herman as host,
has been making merry for the last
twenty-four hours at Mr.. Herman's
summer home at Aqueduct, a few
miles above Duncannon. Twenty five
strong. they invaded the cottage early
last evening and all thought of busi-
ness vanished in the curling smoke of
the King Oscar as they celebrated with
big feed, games. stories, fishing and
general loafing the annual outing
which has become a tradition in the
Herman store.
The special feature of last evening
was the Introduction of a novel reward
by the head of the business for efficient
service on the part of employees of
years standing. During the banquet"
the cooking of which, by the way, is
annually supervised by the careful per-
sonal attention Of the big boss him
self and which this year included a
large and luscious 25-pound roast of
beef with elaborate trimmings-du
ing the banquet there took place the
presentation by the chef extraor-
dinary, of charms to thirteen faithful
employees whose length of service has
ranged from five to twenty-nine years.
The charms are unusually attractive,
of 14-karat gold, with various colors
and jewels, according to the length of
service of the recipient. Mr.. Herman
will continue TO give these charms as
the men in his employ pass the mile
posts representing years of service.
"The FaithfuI' Rewarded
John Shelley, dean of the sales
force" who has been with the COM
pany twenty mine years, shared with
L. Is. Bair the honor of having been
longest in the service of the company.
The two were given gold charms with
-. C. II. e. Co." in raised gold, topped
by the letters "25" in gold, and a cir
ciet of black enamel with Efficient
Service" engraved therein and two dia-
monds set in the lower portion.
c. NJ. McNaughton and Caspar S.
Shaak received twenty-year charms,
which differ from the 25's only in that
pearls take the place of the diamonds.
John II. Schreffler and G. G. Nipper-
man have served for fifteen years.
Their rewards were charms of blue
enamel with sapphires. The "ten-year-
olds" received charms with red enamel
and rubies; they were II. G. Sponsler,
Harry Kilmer and William Shelter;
while those who have been with The
firm for five years or more, but less
than ten, are Shertz Snider, John
Mohn, Ed. Sturtevant and George Her
man.
Appropriate speeches accompanied
the presentations. and the band, led
by Mac" with a cornet, rendered ap-
propriate music in keeping the fun at
a high pitch a clarinet and from
bone complete the band. by the way.
Party n Great Success
John Shelley made the boast before
the party started that he could beat
any man in the shop at clay pigeons.
lie offered to back up his assertion in
a concrete way, so there were plenty
of takers. II was agreed that Harry
NeaIe and William Shutter, with John
Herman as alternate. should uphold
the honor of the defenders, but the
result of the shoot is yet to be deter
mined. Grass bowling interested many
of the guests, among whom were DR..
John c. Bucher, of Lebanon, and c. o.
Bressler. Taken all in all, the affair
was the most successful in the history
of such outings.