The copper era and Morenci leader., 1922-01-20


 have been staged in the High School Auditorium in Clifton in the past, but it is admitted by all those in attend ance Thursday evening, upon the oc- casion of the farewell banquet given in honor of Norman Carmichael, that in point of good fellowship, good wishes and sincerity of purpose, it far surpassed anything given in Cliff ton heretofore.
 The evening had been set apart by the fellow workers and friends of the former general manager of The Ari- zona Copper Co Ltd, to show him honor and to have him feel the spirit of good will and kindly thoughts emanating from the hearts of all present, upon the eve of his departure from the district to take up his new position as consulting engineer with Phelps Dodge Corporation.
 The tribute paid to the guest of the evening was to the successful build CT and developer in this district, over a period of sixteen years, but the big ger and finest tribute paid during the evening was to Norman Carmichael the man.
 The sojourn of Norman Carmichael in this district has been a continuous record of achievement, patriotism intergrity and square dealing, pre- serving a perfect consistency with himself and an answering and un selfish fidelity to his honest convic tions. While his achievements and the brilliant success which crowned his labor in the industrial field will be i often recalled, long after the recol lection of these material things have been dimmed, it will be the pleasure Of his staff of loyal fellow workers and the pleasure of his friends in thu l community at large, to remember | Norman Carmichael as the man tha l he is; his consideration for thu I feelings of others, his high sense o Principle and Honor in all of hi | dealings-and after all, these are tn | things that ready count in searching through memery's. store house.
 As Dan Lynch, whose head ha l grown white in the employ of tn | old Arizona Copper Go. expressed 1t Whenever the men had justice ol l their side in their dealing with Cal michael, they were always sure t | receive justice 4.. At 7:3O the gathering had assen I bled. For the most part they wer 1 old employees of the Arizona Coppe | Company and old pioneer residents C I the district To the sore d1ssapoln ment of all Ike Stevens, one of til l original discoverers and locators ( iI the first copper claims in the dl' trict. way back in 1872, was uI | avoidable detained at home and ur able to be present. but in the perso II of F,rancisce Membrilla, who frs came into this district in 1874. an l fired the first locomotive ever run l Arizona while Dad Arpuck' handled the throttle on the bab guage railroad between Clifton an I Longfellow. the old pion1ers wer } represented. Among the real oi timers present we noted Sam Abr; ham. A. A. Anderson, pr. l.: A. VI Enrich. Billy Blank, Manuel Barol [ c. W. Beck. !, s. Cromb, Dave Car II Geo. Gamble. w. A. Moore. c. | Nonnamaker. w. A. Pitt, Mike Req don, Tom Smith, Adam Smith, Pet Torrance.
 Cooper As Toastmaster
 After the tables had been cleared and the cigars passed, J. G. Coope who has been, in many ways 1 right hand bower to MT. Carm1chae during his fifteen years as the Ger eral Manager of the company. raj ped for. order and in most pleasln and happy vein, presided during tn evening as toastmaster. In his il truductory remarks, MT. Cooper said | We have met this evening t honor and express our appreciatlo of one who to most of us has for I great many years been familiarly an affectionateIy referred to as "Td OLD MAN ..
 '.As one who has had the pleasur of the closest association with M Carmichael. in an official capacit during the past 12 years I have bee more or less familiar with some ( the problems which have confronte him in the management of the larg operations in this district of the 4 c. Co. and A & N NJ. Ky. He ha had to face some big problems an there were quite a number of then
 How these problems were met an mastered is we'll known to most {
 you and the success that was attaine Dy these COmpaIueS uuueT. Wi' Cf'
 michaers able and skilful manag
 ment is just as well known to yo
 That story Of success is an open boo l and it's pages of accomplishment al
 familiar to those of you who hay
 lived in this district during the pa 15 years or more.
 Tt will be sufficient for me to sa that we now find as one of the r
 fI,o thn , mic conditions which have bet created by same. that the Compar with which most of us present ha' . been employed for many years, al with which the rest of you have h.
 some more or less intimate associ l tion, has found it necessary to mer:
 it's properties with those of u
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