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Show iJUDGE I G. GHEU EXPRESSES REGRET I .. IS HE REUS T f Judge Volnoy C. Gunnell, for ten H years past judge o the second district Hj juvenile court, has retired from tho H service of the state in this capacity. -. HJs successor is Joshua Horner of j Farr West, a former member of the V Weber county school board, whoso of- H fice was opened this morning in room Hf -113 of the First National Bank build-' H; ing. It is understood that Thomas A. Hj Shreeve of Ogden will bo chief pro- V bation officer, but John Walsh of W Farmington is still acting in that ca- H pacitv. Attorney Caleb N- Marriott H is still holding office as clerk of the H ' court and assistant probation officer. H, The retiring judge received his first m appointment from Governor John C. B;j Cutler In 1906 and became first Judge B of the second district, under an en- 1 larged scope of authority in juvenile n matters from the Ogden city district B to cover Weber, Davis and Morgan H counties. He served two years under Hf Governor Cutler and eight years un- H der Governor William Spry and was Hi considered a power for good through- W out his jurisdiction. , Judge Gunnell was not greatly sur- H ' I prised at tho announcement of the Hl ' appointment of his successor, although H ! he knew that his continuance in the K service was desired and had been V sought by a large number of citizens H' in the district, especially interested in m family life, social conditions and ju- H venile matters generally. Speaking of H the matter this morning, he said that H after ten years of continuous service H at much personal sacrifice he had been J B inclined to voluntarily close the chap- fl ter, but important interests were at H stake and the kindly appreciation of HL the real friends of tho juvenile court B in Ogden and the three counties nam- H? ed was such that he felt as though Hf nothing less than rendering service un-Ht un-Ht til the present state administration Hj should desire a successor installed, H would be fully doing his duty. "Had H, I been satisfied with merely perform- Ri ing the duties of judge," he- said, "I H could have saved myself much, but Hi would not have gained that far great- W er treasure, the esteem and gratitude Hl of many people." H "There were tears in the eyes of this H true friend of the children as he spoke H of leaving his work in the hands of H others, as he had learned to love it H and felt that many of the heart strings H that held him to It would not be brok- HL en. His great desire, he said, had al- i ways been to make his dealings with H the young people who came under his H jurisdiction those of a inend, no mat- V ter what course of punishment or ad- H vice he was impelled to mete out to M them. "I will always be interested Hl in the welfare of the children," he 1 continued, "for their welfare is of M most importancejto the city, state and Hf nation. I appreciate to the depths of H my heart the confidence that has been H placed in me by many stalwart Ogden Hj friends." , , , H Judge Gunnell will resume his law H business and wil continue to be locat- 1 ed at his present office, 210S Wash- H ington avenue. , |