BOSTON MASS., SATURDAY, JANUARY 



HONOR JUDGE 50 



YEARS ON BENCH 



j -seph E. Churchill Guest At Dinner 

 Given by Associates, Friends and 

 Neighbors — Speakers Extol His 

 Virtues — Handsome Leather Bag 

 Presented. 



"Fifty years of faithful and honor- 

 able service on the bench" — that was 

 the keynote of addresses by the 

 speakers at a dinner at Young's Ho- | 

 tel Thursday night given Judge Jo- 

 seph R. Churchill of the Dorchester 

 Municipal Court by about 30 friends 

 and acquaintances, with A. M. John- 

 son as the master of ceremonies. 



Glowing tributes were paid to the 

 judge by Associate Justices Michael 

 H. SuMivan and William T. Merritt,, 

 ex- clerk N. Thomas Merritt, clerk Al 

 pl.'eus Sanford, Capt Charles T. Rear 

 do-i of Police Station 11, Hon John 

 K - Serry, Hon Thomas Leavitt, Rep- 

 resentative Frank L. Brier, Sarell J. 

 Willis and many citizens of Dorches- 

 ter. The gathering included attaches 

 of the local court business men, 

 lawyers and citizens. 



The always fair and impartial 

 treatment that Judge Churchill has' 

 shown in his dealings with the pub- 

 lic was praised. Members of the le- 

 gal profession extolled him as "up- 

 right, square, and one who gives a 

 square deal to any one who comes 

 belore him, whether he be rich or 

 poor." 



The entire gathering offered con- 

 gregations to Judge Churchill upon 

 ih'p anniversary, and wished him con- 

 tinued health and prosperity, if 



Vhe close of the celebration was 

 marked with a presentation to the 

 judge of a handsome leather bag by 

 Patrick O'Hearn, former building 

 commissioner of Boston, on behalf of 

 the gathering. 



One of the most interesting 'ad- 

 dresses of the evening was that of 



Sarell J. Willis, who for the last 42 

 years has been cashier of the Blue 

 Hill National bank and who is still In 

 active service at the bank notwith- 

 standing that he is 91 years old. 

 Every morning as regular as clock- 

 work he walks to the bank where he 

 remains during the business hours. 

 Mr Willis gave an insight into the 

 early history of Dorchester telling of 

 his early education in a one room 

 school, which was situated in a pri- 

 vate house on Hancock street, the | 



same room being occupied at night by 

 the teacher. Mr Willis was born on 

 Washington street on the "Upper 

 Road" between School and Harvard 

 streets. During the early part of his 

 life he was an actor and played for 

 several years with Joseph Jefferson 

 in "Rip Van Winkle." 

 ' Mr Willis said that the pride of 

 Dorchester in the early days was the 

 old Dorchester Artillery. He de- 

 scribed the last muster of this organ- 

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