Presentation of Bronze Plaque and Embossed Guest Book Representative of all walks of 1se, }200 Americans, Including civilian, feonsular, military, naval and marine, twere present on Thursday night at the American Club to honour Mr. Edwin Cunningham, Americatn Consul (General, who relires from the service Jot his country on December 31. The function was in the nature of @ din-net, tendered as the official farewell of the American Community.
Distinctive of the occasion' was the presentation of a beautiful bronze: plaque, bearing a medallion of Mr. Cunningham which in addition 10. noting the dates of his various posts, extending from "Aden in 1898 to Shanghai 1035, bore the following Inscription." An unmatched record of thirty-seven years in the faithful and efficient service of his country devoted to the establishment of firm frlendships in foreign lands."
Earlier in the evening, also on be~ half of the Community, Miss Arra Jean Kimball, devoted friend of the late. Mrs, Cunningham, handed the nest of honour, a beautifully em-Dossed guest book, the covers inlaid with ivory, which was inscribed as] {ollews:—"Presented to Mr. Edwin /Sheddan Cunningham, Consul-General of the United States' of America, at Shanghai from September 15, 1910. to December 31, 1935. With ait good wishes for a well earned retirement from his friends and associates of the American Community of Shanghai,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.