Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-11

association joining the Hotel Mems
| Mutual Benefit association now that
John S. Mitchell is its official head.
Mr. Fryman then introduced the
| toastmaster of the. evening-Samuel j!
Whitmore. Mr.. Whitmore thanked the
| chairman and then more fully outlined
the work done for the organization
! by the guest of honor during his term
| of office Mr. Whitmore spoke of Mr..
Mitchell's efforts in starting the asso-
| citation, his work during its infancy,
and said he Is the man all must thank
| for making the Southern California
Hotel Mems association strong, full
hedged hotel organization after only
one year Of existence, with q member
ship including nearly every hotel man
of prominence between Paso Robes
on the north and San Diego on the
south. The toastmaster then intro
duced the first speaker Of the evening"
E. L. Potter of the Van Nuys hotel,
who responded to the toast "Our Or
ganization." Mr.. Potter gave the his
tory and mentioned some of the future
plans of the organization, including the
running of a special train next year to
Boston, where the thirty-second annual
convention of the Hotel Mems Mutual
| Benefit association will be held.
| The next speaker introduced was
Walter Raymond, proprietor of the
Raymond hotel in Pasadena. He re-
sponded to the toast, 1.-THE Relation of
the Hotel Fraternity to the Civic Wei
fare" Mr.. Raymond was especially
competent to speak on this subject,
being vice president of the chamber
of commerce and having made special
study of his subject Following Mr..
Raymond, S.. F. Macfarline, attorney
| for the association, arose and called
attention to the work of Secretary r.
w. Cason. and in the name of the
members presented him with the big
arm chair.
After Mr. Cason had thanked his fell
low members, Mr.. Whitmore called on
| George w. Won Ache to respond to the
toast. what Does the Individual
Member Profit by the Association"
The final speaker Of the evening was
the honored guest. John S. Mitchell.
Mr.. Mitchell thanked those present
for the honor bestowed on him and
stated that 1t was only with the heart
lest kind of support of their officers
by the members themselves were the
former able to accomplish the results
achieved He also complimented the
press of Los Angeles for the assistance
it had rendered the hotel men of this
vicinity.
Three ringing cheers were given for
both the old and new presidents, the
other officers and the executive COM
mittee, and the banquet was over.
The state society of local fire in
surance agents will hold its annual
convention in Los Angeles May 13 and
Ia, and it is expected that about 200 in
surance men will attend. Headquarters
for the society will be opened at the
Occidental hotel, meetings being held in
Blanchard hail.
Local insurance agents under the
leadership of Will Stephens are plan
ming to entertain the visiting agents
royalty while here:
Saturday noon they will leave the
Pacific Electric depot and make a trip
to Mount Lowe via the South Pasadena
ostrich farm. From the top of the
mountain they will go direct to San
Pedro, where they will inspect Los An
geles harbor and the breakwater. They
will take boat at San Pedro and go to
Long Beach, where, at Hotel Virginia, a
banquet will be served in their honor
John Mitchell of the Hollenbeck is in
receipt of a letter from Charles d.
! Smead, his chief clerk, who is spending
a ten days vacation in the Yosemite
valley. Mr.. Smead states that "Things
are big, waters are high and mountains
are great in the valley and that he is
having the time of his life" Some
"size" to Mr.. Smead.
Among the prominent men who are
guests in Los Angeles hotels at present
is DIR. H. j. Johnson of Santa Maria,
| Cal. DR.. Johnson is in Los Angeles on
| business and will purchase a new auto
mobile while here making the return
trip in the new car
A L, OF nf hn Il q
kershim hotel are Paul E. Furgesson
of San Francisco, l. B. Harrmond and
George II. Holden of Portland. Mr.. and
Mrs Fred Wild, Jr., of Denver, George
B. Logan and wife of Red Wing,
Minn.,; Mrs. Harry Gallwey and Mrs.
Margaret Brabhy of San Francisco.
New arrivals at the Hayward are:
e. d. Gillette, an oil operator of
Bakersfield; F. Lamsden Hare and
Robert Payton Carter. members of the
L"What Every Woman Knows" COM
pany. from New York city; Mr.. and
Mrs. O. p. Brady of Redondo Beach,
r. B. Black of Phoenix and e. M.
Farrell of San Francisco.
At the Alexandria among the new
guests are: E. f. Carpenter and
wife of Hot Springs Va; William H.
and Thomas j. Hoops of Chicago, Mr.
and Mrs. Arson Mark and Miss Geral-
dine Mark of Chicago A. G. Thomson
and wife and Mrs. j. G. Cooper of
Clifton. Ariz., and Miss Maude Adams
and maids.
Among the new guests at the Angelus
are: Mrs. A. r. Oster and Miss
Blanche Oster of Pierce, Ariz.; j. H.
B. Fitzpatrick of San Francisco, Will
liam c. Bunyee and family of New
York and Mr.. and Mrs. e. II. Bullion
of San Francisco.