El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-15
ADCLUB CHILLED
IN GRILL ROOM
Gridiron Dinner to Visiting
Delegates Good HUNDRED;
Masked Lady" There.

A gridiron dinner. Spanish style,
"tae girl in the mask ana nloNlH6
pictures OF the Elephant Butte Dam en-
tertained the visiting ana lOcal - -,
gates TO the Texas Adclub convention
Monday night in the Hotel SHeiuoN
grin room. 100.
The grill was crowded until Il was
necessary TO put in extra chairs IoI llS
late Corners. The tables were arranged
IN the form OF gridiron and the VISIT
ing delegates were seated az lhe heaU
table together with W. y. MIX, presl-
dent OF the FL Paso Adclub, who pre-
sided Andres Garcia, consul lot tne
Carranza government in FL Pabo' was
the guest Of honor and made splendld
address 10 the delegates In Spanish,
which was interpreted by Joseph A
GareIn Praises IT PasO.
Mr. Garcia told the Adciub members
that the progress OF III Fas2 ile Az. 'i EI
progress OF northern Mexico, that FL
paso was a product of MeNicos pros
peritv and as a representative OF ms
government in FL Paso he was deePiy
Interested in maintaining the lrlenuly
relations between FL Paso and Mex
ico II propose to do everything to
promote and encourage the friendly
relations between my country and FL
Paso." said consul Garcia. our pros
peritv is your prosperity. our peace
Is your peace ahe we are WI hlnh "
gether for a common end and that is
10 make Fl Paso and northern MeZi-
co a splendid place for our people and
YOUR people to live in. In closing 1
wish to propose a viva for El Paso. the
gem Of the Rio Grande border"
Payne Thanks Club.
J. H. Payne, OF Dallas. secretary
treasurer OF the Texas Adclubs
IN mixed the FL Paso AGclub for the
splendid reception and declared that
he was on record favOring vice pres
fGent for FL Paso for the state Organi-
zation and it was only left for the FL
Paso club 10 name the man. Il. =.
OrndOrff welcomed the visiting dele
gates in the name OF the chamDer OF
commerce, Of which he is president
and told them that it was no turther
from Waco or Fort Worth to FL Paso
than IL was from Ell PasO to Fort
Worth and FL Paso always sends
good delegation to the east Texas con-
ventiOps George b. Westover. OF
Houston, stated that as this was his
first trip to FL Paso he had had no
conception of FL Paso ana was aston
ished, he said. at what he had found
here lie placed Houston IN nomlna-
ton for the 1917 convention.
John Z. Trelevan, CT the faculty OF
The university % Texas, made a talk
on the use of truth in advertising and
told OF the work being done at the
state university TO teach advertising,
journalism and business courses
Fort Worth for EI PasO.
Tully Bosticz, Of Fort Worth. praised
the spirit that was making FL Paso
and said Fort Worth was FOR anything
III PasO wished. George Wallace made
"a humorous talk on his profession Of
the law and told the advertising men
that lawyers appreciated the value OF
advertising whether they admitted II or
not II. r. McClintock made talk
on outdoor advertising and said that
the Texas spirit was invading the ad-
yertising world.
Gridiron stunts.
After the talks the entertainment
was turned over to the entertainment
committee composed OF II. r. McClin-
took, Charles a. Brann and Norman
Walker. Mr.. Walker acted as chair
man and introduced the local Adclub
members TO the visiting delegates as
q part Of the gridiron guI. During the I
speaking John Regain, dressed as a
sheldon bell boy, brought i'm fake"
kilograms addressed to the visitors and
local Adclub men. each recipient being
forced 10 read the message, which was
2 good naturcd roast Of himself or nls
business.
Pictures Of Dam.
Harry Prince sang some clever songs
and /. !. Burrud, who made the FL
Paso moving picture showed sections
from this film for the benefit Of the
the Elephant Butte dam were espec-
tally fine and surprised even the FL
Paso men who had not sec the dam
recently. one section Of the film was
made from an automobile suspended
from the tramway cables and gave an
excellent birdseye view or Lake y. NJ
Hall behind the dam. Pictures OF the
marching troops on Army day were also
shown.
Payne IL sPinched.-
After the pictures were SHOWN Char
lie Braun and Norman Walker held
a fictitious long distance telephone
conversation with each other. with
Fort Worth, Dallas Houston and Aus
tin. the visiting and local delegates
being grilled for the entertainment |
of the crowd. Mr. Brann then gave |
an imitation OF ABE Potash" address /
sing an advertising convention and /
the gridiron closed with Bob Page, six |
feet seven inches high, and John Re |
gan, five feet two and a fraction, APP /
pearing as policemen anc arresting J. /
II Payne. Of Dallas, for not being an /
Fl Pasoan.
Guests Present
Those present We're;
John =. Trelevan Austin.
Andres Garcia. consul in El Paso
J. IL Payne. Dallas
" y. Iurpiu. Fort Worth
W C. Brown. Tempe. Ariz
J. =. Westover Houston.
W. Z. Mix T. J. Nehman
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