El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-18
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California Man Guest Of IO-
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Home-Pilgrims
Return.

As browning feature of the success
fui pilgrimage made by the Ell Paso
Shriners to New Orleans, FL MAZDA tenn
pie had the honor of acting as escort
for Fred A Hines, newly elected i'm
perial potentate Of all the Shrine bodies.
He was en- route TO his home in Los
Angeles from the 36th reunion on board
the same train upon which the FL Paso
delegation arrived in FL Paso Sunday
The imperial potentate was accom-
panied by a party of Shriners from
Los Angeles and upon his arrival here
Sunday on the delayed Sunset limited
was given an auto ride over the city
by the FL Paso shrine, with potentate
r. d. Richey, collector A L. Sharpe,
acting potentate J. B. Brady and other
prominent Shriners.
The imperial potentate promised the
FL Pasoans that he would visit Ell Mazda
temple in the fall and would be glad
TO accept the invitation extended to him
Saturday TO be the guest Of the FL Paso
shrine during his visit here.
Wants to Encourage the West.
The first section of the Sunset limit
ed, carrying the Ell Paso delegation and
the imperial potentate and his party;
arrived in the union station shortly aft
er 10 o'clock and after a 20 minute stay
here, left for Los Angeles. Imperial
potentate Hines is a prominent fruit
grower of California, and is one of the
leading Masons of the Pacific coast.
He was elected at New Orleans and VIII
preside at the 37th Imperial council
reunion, to be held in Rochester, N Y.
The a months intervening between the
two unions will be spent in visiting
the different shrineS throughout the
country, including FL MAZDA temple Of
FL Paso. Il want to build up the shrines
throughout the United States" he said
Sunday. Especially do / wish to make
the shrines west of the Mississippi river
as strong as the older ones of the east,
and I will devote the greater part Of
my time to these temples. FL Paso is
not strange city to me, for l have
been here a number of times, but 1
will be delighted to return in the fall to
visit the Ell Paso temple"
Some Shriners Remain Over.
In the potentate's party who were
here were: Ed. n. Smithers and wife,
e. ]. Wyman and wife, Seamen Van
Neit, all of Yakima, Wash; c. F. Poeh-
Ter, Minneapolis, Mimi, and w L. Vail,
of Mexico City The party was taken
for a short auto ride and several Of
the party remained in FL Paso over
Sunday in order 10 visit the Mexican
side and the other places Of interest.
Those who stayed in the city were
and an auto ride to Juarez and down
the valley in the afternoon by the To-
cal Shriners- The shrine train was met
by the Ell Paso Shriners, who did not
go 10 New Orleans, and an impromptu
reception was held on the station pla.-
form for the imperial potentate and the
returning ShrinerS from Fl Mazda tenn
pie.
Ready for Next Reunion.
Scarcely had the smoke of the last
reunion at New Orleans cleared away
before the Ell Paso Shriners, elated at
their new conquests at the Crescent
City, had begun to plan for next year
''On to Rochester, is the slogan with
the FL Mazda Shriners and they held
a business session on the train coming
into FL Paso Saturday evening to dis
cUss the plans for the next reunion
to be held at Rochester, y. Y, July,
1911 An Arabian patrol of so men was
the first thing decided upon ut the in
formal meeting and which will be pro-
posed to the FL Paso Shrine body at its
first meeting. The wonderful success
OF Hella temple, of Dallas, in organ
izing and drilling a patrol was the in
spiration for a similar organization
among the FL MAZDA mobiles Under
command of Capt. Mclean, the Dallas
patrol went to New Orleans with four
different and distinctive uniforms and
with drill evolutions which were rev.
Citations to the older eastern and north |
ern patrols, which had been drilling
for years. Marching in the patrol pa