The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-23
ASSOCIATES OF
STAFF REMEMBER
ARTHUR J. GOOD
Editor of The Times, Leav-
ing Tomorrow With Draft,
Surprised by Gifts.
SERVICE KIT AND
SAFETY RAZOR GIVEN
Entire Force Connected
With Paper Join in Ex-
preston of Good Will.

Good luck, good health, and a safe
return" are the sentiments of the en-
tire force of The Times and Farmer
to Arthur J. Good, member of the
staff for more than a year and man
aging editor for several months, who
will leave tomorrow for Camp Up
ton, where be will commence train
ing with other Bridgeport men for
service lover there"
The members of the editorial staff
of the paper with the mechanical
force, yesterday afternoon assembled
in the composing room after the last
form was sent to the stereotyping
room, to honor their departing as
sociate. James Coates, in behalf of
the mechanical force, presented Mr..
Good a proof of full page of The
Times specially dedicated to "a Good
Fellow and in a few words touching
upon Mr.. Goods career with the pa
per and of the regret of every person
affiliated with it to lose him as man.
aging editor, gave him assurance that
Uncle Sam would soon find in him
all of the good qualities The Times
and Farmer had found and the men
connected with the paper would
anxiously watch his upward climb in
military life, with keenest enthusiasm.
AS a token of the esteem in which
Mr.. Good is held by the members of
the mechanical force he was present.
ed with a military service kit togeth-
Ier with bunch of Smokes"
Mr.. Good was taken by surprise but
expressed his earnest thanks and said
that although he is sorry to leave
such fine bunch as The Times work
ers. he is however, ready and willing
to take up arms in defense of the
good old u. S. A.
Before the honor member of the
staff had a chance to recover from
the first attack he was again sur
prised by the editorial force, who
have been closest to him during his
stay in Bridgeport, when Robert Far
rel, police reporter, in behalf of the
staff, presented him with a handsome
Gillette service razor with a number
of extra blades. Tire sentiments re-
garding Mr.. Good in the minds of the
staff members were again rehears-
ed.
The familiar HAS anybody here
seen the front page layout; I had i:
mere minute ago, Will De missed
about 2:20 o'clock each day. But
the days of A. Good and as Good as
his name" will be long remembered
by every person in the Office.
Mr.. Good came to Bridgeport near.
ly a year and a half ago from Bos.
ton, Mass, where he held a position
as managing editor of the Boston
Journal before it was taken over
He was police reporter during tn;
period when Daniel I. Mcnamara wal
editor of the Bridgeport Evenin!
Farmer" and when Mr.. McNamar:
resigned several months ago to g
into business, Art" as he is bette
known among his co-workers, tool
the helm and has guided the affairs o
the paper successfully. It was dur
ing his administration that the nam,
of the paper was changed to 9TH,
Bridgeport Times and Evening Farm
er. He is q native of Roxbury
Mass, where his mother now resides
and has been in the newspaper. gam
number of years.
Not only with the best wishes O
fellow workers will he leave the cit,
but with those of host of Rridgepor
friends.