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Iwh0olded at RIS f0h~omeonjanuary 1i. "His last great desire was to corn- plete the haif century mark of his membership in the club," the article states. Hie celebrated that annivers- ary the day before. he died. Mr.' Benham was referred to by membersof the Unseon League club as & Uncle :John" Benhamý In paying tribute to. bis memory the officiai organ -of the, club says that 'probably the Union League club neyer had.an-ý- other member whose personal inter- ests and -activities were cenitered 80 largely in the. club and its activities. Mr. Benham served on.praticaily ail the conmmttees of the club:roster." * Planned, Limcolu Celèbrations «Probably the most notable of his, contributions in club activities was the plan, initiated in 1923 and. for: eight years carried out under bis chairmanship, 'of the annual celebra- tion on Lincoln'ýs or 'Washington's birthday by high, school students. Thes. amwual pI'ograms sponsored. by the club enlisted the active participa- tion of upwards of one tbousand stu- * dents.'" Mr. flenhami would have been 85: years old ou May 3. On his eightieth birthday his club associates gave hiuW a luncheon and a bouquet of eighty roses. The article in tbe Union League club bulletin also speaks of Mr. Ben- ham's activities in , Sunday school work and his iuterest in the affi airs of the Army and Navy. It says: "One of Mr. Benhàni's principal ac- tivities wras in Sunday school worlç. For mauy years he was superintend- eut of the Sunday schooL of Cbrist's Reformed Episcopal cburch on the near South side. For a quarter of a century he was superintendent c4 the Sunday school of Kenilworth Union. cburch. 1n Kenilworth it was bis customto get acquainted with each child. in the village and as new fam- ilies moved luinhe ýwould promptly cati. It was bis custom also to send a personal birthday greeting to each> child enrolled. Scores. of persons, tii lu T HE tlephone instrumet is ony imali part of-tihe great systemt which enables you to tallc Far end near witli such surpris- ing case. Behind the telephone many miles of wire, intricate switcking machinery, and à trainedi organization of men and1 women c ombine to handle ,cails quiclcly and malce rying out a Çnclamental p'olicy - to give the Most telephone service and the besteat the leant cost ta the public. car and arriving never after 8l o'clock." The club bulletin remarks, lu clos- ing, that "'his funeral service in the Kenilworth Union church« on Janu- ary 14 was iu the nature of a tribute from bis hundreds of friends through- out the state. efforts toward car-