The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1922-08-26
LIBERTY LIFE
CELEBRATES
FIRST YEAR

Liberty Life Insurance Company OF
Chicago closed its first year OF opera
ton August 10. The Anniversary
celebration was carefully planned to
the minutes detail. All representatives
were called in from the field to partici-
pate in the Company's first annual
event. They came from all parts OF
Illinois and Michigan to meet the rest
of the Liberty family at the Home
Office.
Friday morning, August Is, the
stage was set for a great celebration
An audience of 200 stockholders,
policyholders, agents and officers filled
the spacious Home Office and waited
for the beginning of the prog am.
Finally the suspense was broken by i
few timely remarks from L. II. Carry,
Director of Agencies and Master OF
Ceremonies. He introduced his class
mate Rev. S. Z. ]. Watson, pastor OF
Pilgrim Baptist Church, who delivered
a stirring invocation. One of the dis
tinctive features of Fridays program.
was the singing ell masse of the
Liberty Life Ballad to the tune of
Onward Christian Soldiers A Wei
come address of unusual merit was
delivered by Atty Earl B. Dickerson,
General Counsel.
When Mr. Frank L. Gillespie, found
er and president, arrived at the Home
Office from successful business trip
in Michigan, he was greeted with an
ovation. He was partially indisposed,
but did not disappoint his many fol-
lowers. He took the platform and
Spoke few words on the Future Pos
sibiities of Liberty Life. He said in
part:
ut is a wonderful feeling that fills
me as | stand here to address you
Words seldom fail me, but this MORN
ing | am at complete loss to express
my appreciation for the splendid work
accomplished by this agency force
Liberty Life must be commended upon
the high class of people with which it
has surrounded itself. We are GER
tainy proud Of the great progress that
has been made. This year re are lust
able TO crowd into this spacious office
for the celebration. Next year we
expect to have an agency force ten
times this size, then we will need big
building in which to hold our Second
anniversary meeting.
:" In the building of this institution,
have tried to interest the best of the
old timers. And when | brought
them in, turned to the Universities
and Colleges for the younger men. We
have large number of them with the
Tan,natxy AATo =.
ward to having more. We want to see
the day when the company can pay
a number of first class men a salary
of $4,000 year"
Thus in this strain, Mr.. Gillespie
continued and when he ended his
speech with the words Long Live
Liberty Life" he was applauded long
and enthusiastically.
The three remaining sessions were
devoted entirely to instruction and dis
eussion for agents. At the close of the
Friday session the agency force was
given a theater party, while on Satur-
day afternoon they enjoyed an auto
mobile sightseeing trip.
A life insurance company is an IN
stituton that plays a great part in the
community life of the people 1t not
only protects them in time of bereave-
ment, but offers employment, property
protection, and medium for obtaining
cheap money. 1t is largely these ac-
Invites that Liberty Life has assumed
its role in the life of the community,
especially in providing insurance pro-
lection for the people. During the
period August 10, 1921 to August 10,
1922, the company's first year of oper-
alton, S1,798,000 of insurance was writ
ten