The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-10

Smoker and Bay Trips tot
Feature Conventions Here /
Monday and Tuesday. |
TALLAPOOSA TO
BE SENT HEREa
Many Delegates to Attend
Spanish Trail and West
Florida Conventions.

Definite arrangements were nSmfW
yesterday for the smoker to be tens
dered the highway delegates who arr
to be in Pensacola during the week. !,
This smoker has been arranged chief !
ly through the efforts Of Mayor Geo.
Hinrichs, who, spending great deaf
of Saturday on the streets reported
last night that the smoker would befi
one of the largest affairs Of its kind,
ever held here. It will take place att
the San Carlos hotel In this wortss
Mayor Hinrichs had the co operattorRl
Of Peter L. Rollo.
The West Florida Highway Assoc
citation delegates are to arrive to-
morrow, and members of the train
committee are urged to confer with
the mayor, who is chairman, and ar
range to meet the westbogInd train
due here at GAS. o'clock Monday
morning. Quite number are ex
pected to arrive then.
The same committee as expected to
meet the 4:30 train to receive dele
gates at that time on Monclay after
noon, and to see that the delegates
are properly donliciled
Sessions of the West Florida High
way Association viii be held in the
San Carlos auditorium, beginning at
10 o'clock Monday morning Prayer
I viii be offered by DIR. A. S. Moffett,
of the First Presbyterian Church. and
an address of welcome viii be heard
from Mayor George H. Hfnrichs, to
which a response viii be made by
| President John M Calhoun, of the
Old Spanish Trail Association.
There viii be no afternoon meeting
of the West Florida Highway Assoc
citation, but stockholders and officers
| of the, Santa Rosa scambia Bridge
| Corporation viii hold business meet
| ing at o'clock.
At o'clock there win be an auto
mobile drive, returning to the hotel
in about an hour, and at o'clock the
business meeting viii take place,
President John M. Calhoun to call the
session to order.
| Several selection will be sung by
the male quartette, composed Of
Messrs. Lewis, Laney, Clark and
Sherer, and the trio consisting of
Philip Brown, Bert Haynes and Roy
Woods will also entertain in honor Of
the gathering.
Herman Klumker and partner will
also be on hand in humorous song and
monologue Tuesday evening
II Tuesday Program.
Tuesday the Old Spanirpsh Trail
Association will hold its convention
here. The opening will be in the
morning, a definite program to be
; later arranged for and announced. A
special business meeting viii take
place, followed by the smoker.
, At las o'clock in the afternoon,
however, special cars viii be available
| over the Bayshore line for the trip
to the aeronautical station, and it
is expected that every delegate>in at
tendance go to the station and witness
the maneuvers of the navy's birdmen,
who will execute flights for the espe-
, cial entertainment of the visitors. i
} is possible that several machines will
|. be in the air at one and the same
: time.
Completing the half-day's pleasure
at the naval station, the delegates will
be returned in time to be at the hotel
} at 5 O'Clock in the afternoon, when
, preparations will be made for the
later ceremonies.
Congressman Wilson is in receipt
of telegram from Washington an
nounSing that the coast guard cutter
Tallapoosa viii be sent here Monday
. to be placed at the disposal of the
{ delegates TO the conventions ard viii
: be used for conveying the visitors
S over the bay showing them Pensa-
e cola's harbor facilities.
e The Journal extends all Of the
s delegates a cordial invitation tc mako
: the office at the corner Of Htendencia
! and DeLuna streets, their headquar-
tiers during the two conventions.