Pay Tribute to Oldest' Judge in State 



BOSTON AMERICAN - 



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FOR SO TEARS 



Joseph R. Churchill Given Tes- 

 timonial Banquet by Dor- 

 chester Citizens 



A Half century of service as Jus- 

 lice of the Dorchester District Court 

 will be rounded out next Sunda v by 



j Judge Joseph R. Churchill, presiding 

 I justice; and the. oldest judge, In point 

 ! of service, of any court in Massachu- 



' setts, 



In honor of the occasion leading 

 Dorchester citizens tendered him a 

 banquet at Young's Hotel. The affair 

 was planned as a surprise to Judge 

 Churchill. Placed before his plate at 

 \ the head table was a handsome 

 | bouquet of 50 American Beauty 



GIVEN TRAVELING BAG. 



Alnley M. Johnson of the Massa- 

 chusetts Co-operative Bank, of which 

 Judge Churchill is president, of- 



j flciated as toastmaster, and during 

 the postprandial exercises P. O'Hearn, 

 president of the Hub Trust Co., on 

 behalf of the assembled oomoany 



I presented the distinguished guest 

 with a handsome traveling bag. 



| Judge William H. Merritt, associate 



! justice of the Dorchester Court, told 

 of the days when the court sat in the 

 Robinson Building at Field's Corner 

 and of the kindly assistance always 

 given by Judge Churchill to youthful 

 members of the bar who practiced be- 

 fore him. 



PR USES FAIRNESS. 



Captain ChsW<\« f ^,siliOJ)'tf P«. 

 j lice Siation No. 11, Field's Corner, 



paid tribute u Js,<ig? dhuyckf/j'a 



fairness on the bench, 



"He is honest and efficient," said 

 Captain Reardon. "and his SP rvi,* 



1 hj.n been 



an asset to the community 

 ge Churchill that the citizens 





strict have to thank, for the 





Churchill, preliminary to re- 

 o the tributes paid him, 

 u three hearty cheers. He 



nattering things have been 

 t me tonight and I appreciate 

 g from my friends. I know 

 n every word they say and I 

 e their g-ood will and affec- 



