Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-03
PRESS BANQUET TO
BE BIG FUN TInN
Covers Will BE Laid at
Convention Hall for
600 Persons.
GIBBONS AT HELM
Kitchen Will Be Built in
for Occasion; Followed
by Big Ball.

One OF the big social features o
the twentyfifth annual convention O.
| the Oklahoma Press association. to bt
held in Tulsa. May II to IA. inclusive
Will be banquet at Convention hal
with covers for six hundred men and
women. Judging from the number OF
editors and their wives who have al
ready signified their intention of at.
tending the convention. plates at the
banquet will be at premium.
Ii vas at first intended to hold the
banquet at Hotel Tulsa, but after
Manager w. n. Robinson and his as
sistants had figured every inch of
available space it was found that thew
could not possibly accommodate more
than three hundred persons, mas
much as the banquet occurs at d.
m.. when the dining room is filled
with regular patrons. The only other
pace in the city large enough for
such a function IS Convention hall.
Strictly High-Class.
me banquet will not be "cold
meat or buffet affair, but a real hon
est-to- goodness banquet. A special
kitchen will be built for the occasion.
a corps of sixty walters have already
neen employed. Ten cooks will pre-
pare the food. The linen. china and
silverware will all be in Keeping with
the accoutrements found in the din
ing room OF any first-class hotel
Al previous conventions of the as
sociation the members have had to
ouy their own banquet tickets but
sucn VIII not be the case in Tulsa
next week. The banquet will be ten
@ aeTea complimentary to the editors
anG their ladies by the Tulsa Press
ciuD. Ihis one item of entertainment
alone represents an expenditure Of
$1,000. VI
purlhS the banquet the Hotel Tulsa
orchestra. with Jack Robinson NJ con
auctOr, will furnish music. Afterward |
lnere VIII re a program of five-minute |
speeches. including talks by coterie
oi some or the best known journalists
J n the state. ]. Burr Gibbons nrasi1
dent of the Tulsa Press club. viii Of
Hclate as POSTMASTER. Between the
Sfeecnes there will he musical num-
ners Dy local newspaper women and
talent from other cities, including a
number of novel surprises
Will Clear the Floor.
Al the conclusion of the speakin.
program the guests will take their
seats under the balcony and all lights
WI be extinguished. While n force
u WorKmen are clearing away the
apies and chairs there will be a brief I
,oncert on the municipal pipe organ.
oIowed by surprising scenic and
'iectricai demonstration On the huge
convention hall stage When the
,shts so on again the guests will find |
nat where they We're sitting a few (
':inutes before at banquet board a =
lishly polished dance floor is all that :
an be seen.
The grand march will then he held. S
mere will be dancing until midnight. f
n order to insure plenty of partners
or the unaccompanied newspaper
zen. number of local girls will be o
ivited TO attend the ball, which will |,
e strictly informal. g
The banquet and ball will be held
n Saturday night, March IA. On the
lternoon of that day all visiting S
dies will be rendered an automo-
lie ride about the city, followed l.y Il
n informal reception at Hotel Tulsa, O.
which prominent local women will c,
rive as hostesses. te