Evening journal., 1915-02-09
AUTO ASSOCIATION
ENJOYS BANQUET
Good Roads Are Boosted at
Annual Dinner in Hotel
dupont
MAYOR HOWELL
SUGGESTS TRIPS

The annual dinner Of the Delaware
Automobile Association was held in
the grill room Of the Hotel DUPONT
last evening and 122 guests ate, drank
and made merry in honor Of the an
niversary.
The opening ode was the following
sung to the tune Of school Days"
Highwaysi Highway.l Full of ruts
and byways
Stony and muddy and full of holes, J
In a condition to try mems souls.
Such are the roads we have to use,
Our Levy Court we all abuse
Yet they're so poor we must excuse, /
This terrible state of affairs.
-Four speakers responded to the call OF
Josiah Marvel, toastmaster. Seated at
the speakers table with the toastmas-
ter were the following speakers. Secrc-
tary Of State Thomas w. Miller, Mayor
Harrison w. Howell. A. j. Batcheder
of Washington, chairman Of the eXecu-
tive committee Of the A. A. A., and DIR.
IL. w. Rowe, of Baltimore, of the Auto
mobile Club of Maryland, and the fol-
lowing members of the banquet commit
tee; j. II. Nixon, John B. Bird, Town
send w. Miller, William Staniar, Walter
J.. Butler, Charles G. Guyer and William
Staniar, Walter L. Butler, Charles g..
Guyer and William L. Hammond. Dur
ing the dinner petitions were circulated
10 enact the bill authorizing the New
Castle County Levy Court to borrow
$4,000 to improve the Philadelphia
pike between this city and the Pennsyl-
yana State line.
The theme Of Mr.. Batchelder was
securing good roads. getting Ameri-
cans acquainted with their own coun-
try and doing it as matter of en-
thusiasm. He pleaded for a system Of
interstate roads built with federal aid.
contendlng that If the framework of
main roads we're built the states
would take care Of the laterals He
showed the importance of improved
| highways around Wilmington. mas
much as this city is the halfway
point between New York and Wash
/ ington. While the speaker predicted
| that there would be no federal as
sistance secured at this session, Uncle
/ Sam would shortly see the wisdom Of
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highways.
Secretary Of State Miller pointed
out that not so long ago the automo-
! bile owner had been Disseminated
against as legitimate prey. Mr.. Mil
! Ter urged the automobilists to give
their active suppore to two measures
pending in the Legislature, the bill
making It a felony for a person to
run of with another persons auto
mobile. and the bill requiring all We
/ hicles travelling at night to display
a light A campaign of education, he
suggested, might be necessary before
the latter bill can be enacted The
Il congressman-ele promised the gath
l ering that ne would support the So
l called Adamson bill in the next ses-
sion Of Congress.
/ Mayor Howell referred TO the de-
velopment of community spirit and
insisted that Delaware is the richest
State in the Union. The Mayor pro-
posed psychological boom" in
business and suggested as starter
that every owner buy a new automo-
1 bile during the auto show, unique IN
4 America. He exhorted New Castle
1 county automobilists to make trips
l 10 the southern part of the State to
become acquainted with the residents
there.
DR.. Rowe recounted the work the
National Automobile Association is
doing and the direct benefit IL is to
the individual automobile owner. He
urged Delaware automobilists to act
in concerted fashion to secure reforms
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Those present were:
Hermann Erb, j. II. Nixon, G.. Lloyc
Knots, Frank ID. Lackey, DIR. Rowe
Coleman b. Harris, Charles II. Smith, w
Miller Shaw, Dr. j. Paul Lukens, II
Crawford, f. II. Lowe. Il. Allen Hilles
E. +. Tevis, c. ID. Garretson, ;. b. Cool
ing. BENJAMIN +. Shaw, r. T. Weldin.
William p. Perkins. James Mckelvey
John w. Dayett, J. l. Dayett. w. X
Powell r. NJ. Armstrong. A. +. Fader
Joseph Shaw, Otto Thomas, c. w. Stra
horn, c. II. Eisenmenger, p. NJ. Farley
lC Sharpless. G. p. Postles, Holster
Harvey, Charles A. Rutter, j. b. Bell, o
C. Purdy. s. NJ. Dillon, w. +. Linton, G
A. Rudolph. j. 5. Wilson, +. c. Wilson
A. l.. Beals, Josiah Marvel, T. w. Miller
}. Frank White, Henry A. White, j. r
l.. Gibbons, Alton Brock, +. W. vii
son, Joseph Sloan, II. ID. Belts, CHARLIE
c. Guyer, d. H. Vogt. ]. +. DeSales, y
Dougherty, William Wilson, J. Christ.
Connor, Frank j. Williams, w. G. Mes
btt, J.. Scott Townsend, G. II. spack
man.
Frank W. Pierson, John B. Bird
John b. Martin. A. o. II. Grier, r. p
Reed, Thomas W Miller, DR.. Harri
son W. Howell A. j. Batchelder, vii
liam Staniar, ]. 4. Chandler, Jr.,
Il. Chandler. W. L. Hammond, II. q
First. George T. Brown. William BaX
ter, Jr.. John f. He'll, c. H. Dillon
r. r. Banks, W. L. Hamann. Freder
ick Brady. Or. Willard Springer
EDoch Moore. DR.. II. p. Ewes, Alfre'
II ID. Warner. Frank ]. Cheney. r. II
Catlin, II. j. Krebs, William c. Corey
! Clarence c. Killen, II. V. Berg. II. d
Simpson, II. r. Wright. r. =. Ellie
good. william NJ. Mahan, ]. n Dem
crest. Joseph Bancroft, George
| Ward, 5. c. Dillon, J. c. Nowland
W. A. Veasey. Samuel Bancroft. Jr.
T. S. Taite. J. A. Hemstreet. DAME
Thompson. A. G. Webber, B. c. Grom
mon. G. A. Gewehr. c. Beadenkopf