The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-10-11
Sheriff Gravatt and
Under Sheriff Pach
Praised

SnerIH walter I'll. GraVatt and Under
Sheriff Mort. v. Pa-h were ERASED for
their efficiency and display of fairness
in administration Of the duties of the
Sheriff s office By members of Mag.1923
petit jury at q dinner at the
metropolitan hotel, Asbury Park,
Wednesday.
The dinner was rendered the mem-
bers of the May panel by Sheriff
Gravatt and under-Sherif Pach, who
when they entered office three yeas
ago dec ded that the petit juries, as
well as the grand juries should be
honored with a dinner. That night $
affair was the ninth given by She if
Gravatt and Under-Sherif Pach.
Ever thing was done to make the affair
a joyial occasion. There were no set
speeches and the members of the pa ell
were called upon for a few words as to
what the term of service ms a Jur r
meant to them,
Turnout the evening there were man {
expressions of regret tthat Sheriff
Gravatt andE Under Sheriff Pach will
leave office within a few weeks. The
dinner was probably the last one that
the sheriff will give to a jury.
The esteem in which the jurors h Id
the sheriffs was emphasized when thew
presented Sheriff Gravatt with a hand
some overstuffed lpunging chair and
remembered Under Sheriff Pach with
a beautiful Hamilton tolid gold watch.
Sheriff Gravatt addressing the juror
declared that his aim turnout his
administration had been to serve the
county we'll and that he had .made
MANY friends among the jurors called
for service both on the grand and petit
panels. you men, y said Sheriff Grayatt
have sacrificed much to serve your
county, but no man regrets the service
he may render to his country" Sheriff
Gravattlthen asked CharlesfL Lewis, a
member of the panel. to take charge Of
the program.
Mr.. Lewis called upon Williams
Callahan, naturalizati n clerk at Free
hold. Sheriff Gravatt, Mr.. Callahan
said, In presenting the o~Verstufed
lounging chair, lis built for comfort
rather th~anGspeed."
Under Sheriff Pach was described by
Mr.. Lewis as an official who ''alwa s
had time there has never been an
under7sheriff," said Mr.. Lewis, "who
devoted so much time to the oflce.n
Mr.. Lewis then presented.
the watch to Under-Sheriff
Pach.
Replying Under-Sheriff Pach decla ed
that he had sought to faithfully per-
form'the duties of his Office ina fair
and equal manner. He saidthat he re-
GREETED that he would mss the many
frieuds he had made at Freehold dur
ing his admins rati n.
Rev Martin B ynildsen, pastor OF
the Central Baptist church Of Atlantic
Highlands, introduced by chairman
Lewis as "a regular fell W., told OF
his service on the petit jury. He referr-
ed to Judge Ruff V. Lawrence a
"a big hearted man" and described
an incident when a lit eboy brought
to the court room in connectit n with
a Ease started to cry. The Judge
fir IN his bench noticed the tear trick
ling down the boys face and a sing
aside b judicial dignity handed the boy
a handkerchief.
The country today, Rev. Brynildsen
declared, is in need Of al everyday
religionn. The less we rap the
politicians down at Trenton and
Washington said Rev. Brynildsen,
the better off this country is going to
be. The less we slam our h Inc town
and its officials the better home we are
going to have.
Under-Sheriff Pach was ikened to
William Jennings Bryan by Rev.
Brynildsen, who said he always came
back" In concluding Rev.
Br, nildsen presented William R.
O'Brien, court clerk, with a fountain
pen.
Judge Daley of the circuit court,
sent regrets that he could not a tend.
Among those present were: George
Warren, Hazlet: Arthur B. Grant,
sergeant-at-arms Of the local district
court: William ]. Cakes, Atlantic
Highlands; Clifford Heller OF Asbury
Park.
A suggestion of Under-Sheriff Pach
that the dinner bemade an annual
affair wa carried out and Mr.. Cal
lahan appointed chairman OF the
commit tee.