El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-07
SALUTE To OPEN
BARBECUE FRIDAY
Open Air Feast on the Mesa
to Be the Greatest
Ever Held Here.

A salute Of 25 shots, to be fired at
o'clock Friday evening, viii announce
the opening Of the biggest barbecue
ever given in FL Paso. The huge open
air banquet is to be held on the rim
of the mesa, above the site OF the new
high school building
Preparations have been under way
for days to feed the thousands that are
expected to attend. The barbecue is
free to all No invitations are neces-
sary. Trenches 10 feet long have been
dug and the work OF barDeculng The
meat will begin Thursday. There viii
be enough for $4,000 sandwiches Be
sides these, ice cream, candy and ap-
pies will be served.
school Children to Attend.
FL Paso's 5000 school children will
attend the barbecue. Committees Of
women have visited all Of the schools
and each OF the children has been spe-
cially invited 10 attend Two regimental
bands, Of the sixth and 10Th 1nfan-
try, will furnish music for the enter
tainmenL The barbecue VIII be fol-
lowed by speaking. Among those who
have been invited to MAKE addresses
are: Judge A 5. J. Eylar, z. c. Melon
aid Judge J. A Buckler, Joe NealOn,
mayor c. E. Kelly, W. W Bridgers, H
u. Slater and Zach Lamar Cobb
Lighting To Be a Feature.
A feature Of the entertainment will
be the lighting effect The site OF the
new high school building VIII De out
lined by a hollow square Of hundreds
OF Teu electric AAAL- 4JUlGAAE % ECU 4aLL--
terms. loaned by the city, viii also lie
used in the Illumination An accurate
record is to be kept on all those who
attend the barbecue. -Four aQdlng ma
chimes will be stationed at the main
entrances. They will be operated by 10
cal bank clerks and exact figures OF
the attendance Will be kept. There Will
be 20 police to handle the crowds
P. L. Kern is the moving spirit in
arranging the big feast. He has been
assisted Dy a mems executive commit
tee consisting OF J. Porter Bender
chairman, Thomas Okeef1e, Burt Oru-
dorff. Claiborne Adams and r Z Sher-
man The wOmen's executive commit
tee is as follows Mrs ". c Davis,
Mrs. Burt Orndorff and Mrs. l. Z. Behr.
Women Volunteers TO Aid.
Women volunteers to the number Ct
200. are needed 10 help the Civic I'M
prOment league prepare and wrap sand
witches. Each woman viii 90 as soon
after S o'clock as possible FRIDAY morn
ing to the END Of the Mesa car line,
taking her own bread knife The bread
cutting machine Will slice the lOaves.
but the women are needed TO spread
the ingredients and to wrap the sand
witches.
some OF the Volunteers.
In the evening from o 10 o'clock go
more women viii help distribute The
sandwiches and care Tor the children
who attend the barbecue. Among some
Of the women who have volunteered 10
help are: Mesdames Burt OrndOrff ".
c. Davis, Steve NJ Aguirre, D. c. Boom,
Norwood Hail. W. p Brown, g. A
Thum, r. B. Homan, c. E. Kelly, y. Blu
choz. Florence OchOa. Zach Lamar
Cobb. c. c. Mcdonald. Claude B. Hubs
peth. l. L. Behr W. G. Roe, John Nil
ler Z. 2. kepley. 1. A Shedd. B. F.
Jenkins, George Ellis. Charles DeGroff,
W, c. Davis. h l. Armstrong, L. Ham
( mer. ". c. Raum. William McSain. Ju-
liza A Sharp. George H Clements. Mat
tie McLane. F. a LOucks. DIT. Ida Z.
Bishop, Catherine Allis, J. ". Amis. Or.
Nettie Satterlee. Ella Robinson, II y.
. Thelana. j. T. Robertson, c. H Ladd.
H +. Deadly. Fred Mayhem, Z. V. Pick
reIl. f. B. Young. Edith c. Lane; Misses
Frances Hardesty, Laura Aguirre and
Margaret Young
A meeting Of the Civic league, com
posed Of Mesdames Burt OrudOrff. W
! c. Davis. B. F. Jenkins and S NJ
! Aguirre visited every school in the city
Z " Wednesday morning, distributing 6632
tickets Of invitation to the school chill
dren. Each child will be given a sand
wich, ice cream, candy and a bottle Of
, soda pop at the barbecue.