El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-01
BANDS IN
E MAZDA PARADE
Ceremonial Day of Shrin-
ers Closes With Bril-
liant Banquet.

FL Mazda Shrine ceremonial day-Sat-
urday-is now a matter o. history. In
many respects it was the greatest ever
held in FL Paso. Certainly in the mu-
steal features of its big parade it far
eclipscd any previous effort and has set
a new standard for future parades.
A total of seven bands participated.
Six Of them were military bands. Dor
rowed from the army in FL Paso. and
the seventh was MilIers municipal
band. The military bands were massed
in two sections of three bands each
The parade, starting from the Ma
sonic temple promptly at p. M was
headed by a squad of mounted police
followed by the Municipal band Fol
lowing the band was a section of FL
Mazda patrol in oriental costumes and
each carrying a large American flag.
Members Of the official divan and past
potentateS rode in automobiles. and
were followed by the first section Of
the military bands, composed of the
Fourth field artillery. Seventh and 23d
infantry organizations. This massed
band was followed by the main section
Of the Arab patrol. behind which were
Shriners carrying horizontally an enor-
nous American flag.
NOvices and Mobiles in Second Section.
band, composed Of the Sixth, 10th and
goth infantry organization, was fol-
lowed by the marching mobiles about 100
strong. Then came in order Sam Will
hanson, with his dog catcher's wagon
carrying several novices; other novices
afoot and properly labeled; the tradi-
tionai camel. led by Uncle Dick Rob
erts and W. !. Harris. and composed Of
II. r. Hadfield and Emmett Hines. rep
resenting the fore" and aft OF the
animal; a burro bearing a placard an
nOuncing that he was not the cancels
colt; and the usual patrol wagon filled
to overlooking with Shriners, who had
been arrested for failure to appear i'm
the parade At the Pioneer plaza Annie
Rooney, the negro woman who feeds
the city's prisoners, was hustled into
the patrol, together with her 800 odd
pounds OF flesh
Hope Smith was marshal Of the dav.
and he. with Eugene L. Harris. rode
near the head of the parade. Gene Har-
ris's was the fine animal owned by
Victor Carruso. He was somewhat un-
ruiy until his rider began talking TO
him in Spanish, whereupon he changed
his tactics and became quite decorOus.
Ceremonial Session and Banquet.
Preceding the parade there was n
business session of the temple, and i'm
mediately following occurred the first
section OF the ceremonial session. The
SeCuuu session occurred dlLer the sup
per hour.
400 mt Banquet
At the banquet. held in the banquet
room on the top floor of the hotel Paso
del Norte. fully 400 were in attendance.
r. +. Thomson was POSTMASTER. and
talks We're made by John NJ. Wyatt
judge S. J. Isaack, Of Midland: r. NJ
Whitaker, judge d. B. Davis, Of Dali
hart; W. Watkins OF Tucumcari. y. M:
Eugene l. Harris, and J. II. Mckee, who
represented the class
~ Are Made Shrincrs.
Forty-two novices were made Shriners
at the ceremonial session. They were as
follows: F. A. Judkins, Jacob Mann, v
c. Johnson, J. r. Ellis, r. L. Morris. H
NJ Morris. w B. Clark, W. w White
head. Warren Small, 6. o. Everman. W.
B. Richmond. J. b. Moulton. Ray Har-
rell, G. II. Price H. J. Arant, J. c. Schulz
Ter, Flint McGregOr. Lobo; G. S. Thorn
son. J. A. MOrine, Van Horn: J. B.
Rogers, Dewitt Davis. Saragosa; Russell
Durrell. Van Horn; Leonard Pence. j.
W. Harley. F. n. Brown. jr. W. G. Ban
semer, G. V. Robinson, J. H. Mckee. A.
il. Hughes, George Amer F. E. Mosby
c. II. Keeney. W. d. Cornell, r. B. Bar
rett and J. n. Gown, Big Springs. s. W
Mott. Rial Gallagher. G. L. Hoyt. p o.
Nafe, D. B. Hill, Dalhart; T. D. Lynton,
+. C. Birch.