The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-05-15
BY Charles Stewart, Jr.

fee department. The population OF
Chicago Lawns post Office has for
years been inadequate and through
stupendous effort the committee on
post Office and postal roads finally con-
WINGED the committee on appropriations
that it was necessary to construct a
new building to meet the growing de-
mand. The full details were completed
under the direction of Mr.. R. p.
Wente and the entire Office moved to
the new building, located at 3053 w.
63rd St, without a minutes loss to
the service nor a postal stamp being
mislaid. The work lifted a burden
from the proud superintendent, the
smiles upon his face told the story of
gladness; the hexibility of the bend OF
his limbs worked with the activity of
the human machinery Of boy display
ing a new toy. Mr.. Wente deserves
the credit for the entire new arrange
ment and as time goes on, his friends
hope for a higher advancement. He
has the ability; he is acquainted with
all of the rules and regulations; he
executes them with that pleasant air
of dexterity which the employees enjoy
the manner in which he endeavors to
take each Of them into his confidence
for the purpose of rendering that high
character of service to the patrons that
is justly due them.
At six o'clock P. NJ, dinner was
give at the Highway Gardens, 63rd St.
and Western Ave, by Mr.. and Mrs.
r. P. Wente and Mr.. and Mrs. s. ].
Jenen to Postmaster and Mrs. Arthur
c. Lueder, Mr.. and Mrs. H. c.
Smale, Mr. John F. Silyta, Miss Alice
c. Smale, Ex-alderman Scully and Mr..
Henry c. Tansor. assistant superin-
tendent Of deliveries, Chas. c. Lob
man, auditor and assistant cashier Of
the post Office department, Mr.. Carl
Soderquist, foreman of postmaster S
Office. After the feast, equal in splen-
dor to any that could have been served
at the Blackstone Hotel or the Audi
forum, the guests in turn toasted the
givers of the feast in a BETTING man.
ner, after which they were presented
with souvenir in memory of the oc-
casion. Then they were driven to the
new post Office building, which was
decorated with ferns and flags in a
most artistic manner from the follow
ing donors: Weiss Bros, Becker &
Whitney, Marquette Park State Bank,
R. J. Snyder, Lawn Florist, Mr.. and
Mrs. Alex Grais, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Palanio, Advocate Review, Steifel
furniture Co., Chicago Lawn Wom-
ans Club, Nieuman's Bootery, Mr.. F.
H. Halvorsen.
The exercises at the new post Office
building were conducted by Supt.
Wente, who surprised his closest
friends in the forceful manner in which
he expressed himself in speaking of
the occasion for which the audience
had gathered. No one could have told
the story as we'll as he. He spoke
with the conviction of one from whose
shoulders burden of million pounds
had been raised, and he stood erect
lifting his voice with sweetness which
came from the depths of his soul, and
brought the audience to the point Of
realization that the work for them had
been accomplished. The following
program was then carried out:
Music, Ralph's Orchestra; Postmas-
ter Arthur c. Lueder was then intro
duced and discussed the post Office de-
partment in detail; he told of the mil
lions pounds of mali of various classes
which was handled by Chicago and its
sub-stations and the manner in which
it had to be handled by the clerks in
the Office in order that it might reach
the various points necessary to make
the service adequate and told why it
was necessary for letters to be care
fully directed; how he had fought to
give better health conditions through
out the entire department, and told of
his labors with Congress to give better
pay to the men who worked therein
and Of the many obstacles he had en-
countered in making the different
committees understand the slavery
which these men and women had to
undergo to render proper service to
the public. He placed great stress