Evening journal., 1915-02-13
BANQUET ENDS
AUTO SHOW JOYS
Wilmington Show AssOcia-
ton Is Organized TO Con-
tinue the Exhibitions
HOTEL MANAGER
WINS MANY THANKS

The giddy whirl of the week in
automobile circles in this city came
to a pleasing end last evening with
O banquet Of the local dealers who
participated in the first Wilmington
Automobile Show, and the organiza-
ton of Wilmington Automobile
Show Association with J. II. Nixon,
of the HaddOck-Nixon Taxi Cab Com
pany named as temporary president,
and II n Partington, of the Foss-
Hughes Company. as secretary. These
temporary officers will call meet
ing soon of all of the local dealers
end perfect permanent organization
OF the association.
The banquet last evening was ono
Of the most pleasant and successful
dinners ever held i'm the Rose Room
OF the DUPONT Hotel. Enoch Moore
made an ideal POSTMASTER. Each per-
son who attended the banquet re-
coived as a souvenir a small pair Of
hand pipe pliers.
During the smoking hour, reso-
luton was adopted thanking E. S.
Taite. manager of the Hotel DUPONT.
who so kindly gave the local automo-
bile dealers the use of the lobby of
the hotel and the mezzanine floor as
well as other show space, even go
ing TO the trouble of tearing out GER
tain parts of the interior walls Of
the hotel TO permit of the staging of
The big show Mr.. Taite did every
thing In his power to assist the deal
crs in making the first Wilmington
Automobile Show a glowing success.
j. III. Nixon, who so ably managed
the show. acquitted himself so satis-
factorily that his fellow automobile
dealers and especially the show com
mittee showed appreciation of his
creditable work by adopting a resolu-
tion OF thanks and by presenting him
with pair of solid gold cuff buttons
and other gold buttons used in shirts
Every automobile and motorcycle
lealer present last evening was ripe
for the organization of an association
to assure the repetition Of tho show
every year in the future and Mr..
Nixon was the first one selected to
head such a movement
Addresses were made by Mr. Nixon
end the dealers present as well as
KS.
xty diners showed their ap-
of the efforts of Mr.. Taifl
~ ms preparation of the following
4u.
oysters on half shell. PURGE of to-
matoes. celery, olives. bluehsh au
Gratin. crOnto gourmande: sherbet a
Ia menthe; sirloin OF beef: BRUSSELS
sprouts. potatoes, salad, ice cream
cakes coffee. cocktail, cigars.
Those present we're:
Andrew Casey. Fred Henry, Matt
Finger. j. r. Campbell, Alexander
Laird. J. A. Montgomery, =. c. Han
sen =. s. Smith. Elmer C. Fisher.
Arthur Johnson. George II. Brown. J.
Howard Gordon. V. Frank Shinn
Samuel S. Waite, Phil NJ Farley
Stanley Rushton. William Carter
George r. Whitenack, w. c. Nesbitt
r. r. Banks. J. II. Nixon. Enoch
Moore. II. ~ Partington. Shan
Prouse. Ernest J. Otteni. Irwin NJ
Plummer. David A. Hay. Ernest Z
Merrick r. c. Ulrich, George J
Bacher, Henry Jacoby. William ID
Creamor. Thomas E. peeney. JohI
p. Cahill. A. f. Alexander, l.. A
Bradley W. G. Piper, II. Lester Hop
kins, Henry A. White. J. Frank White
w A. Mentzer II. r. Loose II. h
Freck. John ID. Thompson. Jr.; Henri
C.. White. Samuel III. Baynard, Charlie
NJ. Banks, e. w. White, J. T.. Latch
ford. John M. LOTUS, Charles
Fickling. J. n. Minnick, w. ]. Pumph
rey. NJ. H. Smith. w. e. James. job
S. Taylor. NJ Hnrlock. William
Hamann. w. b. Mancil.