Show Year Old Office Boy I Takes Delight in Tasks NEW YORK NY In In the course of his 80 years Orley J. J Church has sold everything from groceries to to He has been a I I I I farmer a soldier so dier an undertakers undertaker's und assistant and a shippIng snipping clerk But it wasn't until he reached 71 that he found the job he says he likes best Five days a week Church takes the subway from the furnished room where he lives alone here to the Cushman baking plant in Long Is Island Is- Is Island Island land City He walks briskly up two flights of stairs hangs up his hat and coat and assumes his duties as office boy Like most businesses Cushmans Cushman's general office opens at 9 am a.m. Church is always there at 7 Startled company officials first tried to point out he wasn't expected that early but it didn't do any good I 1 enjoy it the office boy told them He joined the baking firm follow follow- following following ing the death of his wife Effie after a prolonged illness which took most of his savings All his close relatives are dead A fellow church member helped him get a job with Cushmans Cushman's I I and the arrangement turned out to be a happy one I i Upon Churchs Church's birthday a special cake was baked in his honor The company's top officers invited him to luncheon They gave him a raise and a letter from Gordon S. S Cushman the firms firm's president You have always created an atmosphere of enthusiasm and ex ex- exuberance exuberance exuberance which has been extended to all those around you it said Frank the office man man- manager manager manager ager is constantly thwarted by byChurch byChurch byChurch Church in efforts to keep the office boy from running up and down stairs |