Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-02-06
P.o. Men Dine
Librarian Dunnack Is
Principal Speaker of
the Evening ,
Other Talks by Postmaster Piaistsd
and Thomas Drsnnan Make Eve
nins Great success


worth anything, anywhere in the
world" was the statement OF state
Librarian Henry F.. DuHnack, at a
banquet OF the employees of the Au-
gusta postofice held Saturday eve
ming at the Girls Community club
house. Speaking OF the things nee
essary for advancement in this life,
he said that they were. first. an en-
naturally to us: second. the chance
for Advancement; third, a motive for
advancement; and finally, the spirit
to work. TO accomplish the end de-
sired.
He said that cheerfulness was one
of the things which help to accom-
plish the things that we set out to
do. That the people who have the
least cause to be cheerful are usual
ly the ones who are always smiling
was also brought out in the course of
tie speech.
Mr.. Dunnack spoke of the man
who measures his job by the salary
which accompanies it and he said
that the man who works only accord
ing to his salary is an idiot.
We are endowed witla<s-. better
schools :. better religion and better
homes than the people Of past gen
erations and therefore we have a
better foundation upon which to
start. We must add to these things
an education, not only in the sub
jects that are. taught in school, but
also those broader studies of life
that are worth so much more than
the school studies. All life Is an
education and one must use that
vigorous body, an alert mind. "pu-
rified spirit or in other words a
place in the mind devoted to the
higher ideals OF life, and a spirit Of
self mastery.
With this we must have the object
clearly in view and then we must
strive for it. bending to the work to
he done and going about it with
'eyes that shall sec. hands that shall
grip. and a life that shall live"
Mr.. Dunnack was the principal
speaker OF the evening and his talk
WAS so live and instructive that his
entire audience heard his closing
words with regret.
The banquet was held in the hall
OF the Girls Community club house
and was very enjoyable. After the
banquet, John e. Arnold was pre-
sented as the tOaStmaster, OF the eve
nj oh h.
men OF the postolfice and their work
Mr.. Arnold introduced Frederick w.
Plaisted, the Augusta postmaster.
Mr.. PIaisted said that he was proud
to be living in the best city in the
best State on earth and that he was
also proud to work in the pOstOfficc
of that city as it fully upheld the
standard of the city. He spoke Of
the feeling OF good fellowship which
extended between the postmaster Of
this once. and his assistants and
said that this partly was due to the
fact that no one in this Office is ever
"bawIed out" that if one makes a
mistake he Is notified by letter and is
given a chance to explain. However,
he said that the employees OF the
Augusta pOstotice were like Ivory
soap. 80 >44-100 per cent. pure. and
the most of them were full 100 per
cent. pure
Mr.. Plaisted said that a postal ex-
pert was not born, but that a long
time and much work was necessary
to make one. and that this fact
coupled with a cheerful acauiescence
to orders were the things that made
the postal system the wonderful
thing that it is today. He then
quoted a number of statistics relat-
ing to the local Office which showed
the great increase in business which
has occurred in the last few years.
and said that one Of the reasons that
this enormous increase vas handled
in such a fine manner was that the
men were putting more thought into
their work.
Thomas A. Brennan OF the local
carrier force then gave a talk on
Whats the Matter with the
Post Office and Why?" He told
Of the deficit which Is occurring
yearly in the post Office depa rtment
from. His talk was taken up with a
discussion OF this topic and OF an
idea which he had for the wiping
out Of this deficit. The first class
mail il paving its way now and the
people. in the opinion OF the speaker.
will not stand for a rise in the first
class postage. The second class mat
ter is as high now as the publishers
can stand. The third and fourth class
matter is so small that nothing can
he done with il. Therefore, there In
left only the parcel post. which as Mr..
Brennan said, il operated at q great
loss. To overcome this loss he
would raise the price Of the first
pound from Ave cents to ten cents
per pound and make each package
an insured package. Mr.. Brennan's
figures show that this scheme would,
il adopted. give the department
surplus instead Of a deficit.
The committee in charge OF the
get-together wss composed Of F.. B.
Sprsxue, assisted by the members
Of the welfare committee which is
made up OF T. A. Brennan. chairman:
e. W. Poor, vice chairman; W. T..
Blanchard. secretary: representatives
for the clerks, J. NJ. Arnold. w. F..
Blanchard. F. p. Sprague: represen-
tatives for the carriers. +. A. Bren-
nan. s. w. Perkins. F.. p. Dunn; rep
resentative for the rural carriers.
John Ersklne: ard representative for
the laborers. George II. LeCiajr.
These MsH put II much work and