El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-28
ROTARY FAVORS
B0NDSF0R ROAD
Members Sign Petition
Asking for Rebuilding Of
Ysleta Highway.

/ Rotarians were practically unanI-
Imous in the endorsement at their
! luncheon Wednesday at the Sheldon,
OF a proposition to issue $250,000 in
bonds for the purpose of reconstructing
the road from Ysleta to FL Paso and
/ frm Ell PasO to the Santa Fe crossing
north of the city; also for the purpose
/ of building a macadam road from Fort
Bliss north TO Newman, n. NJ, to con-
meet with a road the people Of New
/ Mexico viii build down through O-o-
I grande from AlamOgordo.
/ Judge Adrian Pool, chairman of the
/ good roads committee Of the cham
| Der of commerce. presented to the
/ Rotarians a petition asking the
/ county commissioners to order an
/ election for the bonds. Practically
all OF the 100 Rotariaus present
! signed the petition.
Present Road a Disgrace.
The road between YsIeta and the
t Santa Fe crossing north of FL Paso
/ is Z disgrace to the county. TO the
/ city and TO every FL PasOan," said
I judge Pool. The people Of CulbeT-
/ son county have bonded themselves
I in the county in order 10 build a road
/ to FL PasO. II We don't repair the
Z Ysleta road they will have TO stop
I at NsIeta. i'm a short time and come
J on in on the interurban- We want
I TO rebuild this road by adding con-
7 crete shoulders three feet wide on
! each side and paving the center with
some good substance hope 10 God
A feature of the meeting was an
/ address on Thanksgiving by Rev.
1 Fuller Swift Of ST. Clements Enis-
3 cOpal church. and a Thanksgiving
/ collection following the address. for
I the Rescue home All the Rotarians
Z also told briefly why they were
/ thankful Burt OrndOrff told how
I the hotels Of New York are helping
! 10 conserve food and preaching food
+ conservation TO their guests
Thanksgiving-ItS Purpose
/ a feeling of thanksgiving is spon-
] taneous in the hearts OF men. who
. should be and are becoming TO be in
I America, thankful for what they are
and not what they have" said Rev.
Mr. Swift 1t is miSta ken idea to
F believe that Thanksgiving originated
in America. We find it away back in
the land Of Canaan, while the He
Z hrews also had a Thanksgiving season
E as did the Romans and Greeks. In
this country il originated with the
/ farmers, despite the fact that farmers
! are always grumbliuE.
I Very often some little thing that
I We haven't makes US forget 10 give
I thank sfor what we are and what We
have We in America are becoming
10 feel THANKSGIVING in this way"
Tell Why They Are ThanSfuI
President Robert krakauer then
called on Rotarians TO tell why they
are thankful and following were
i typical replies
W II. Shelton-~That I have no
D more rheumatism"
v
am American citizen"
Frank EzelI-'That have
thoughtful frienu in the national fuel
administrator
J. W. Lorentzeu-' That am no
I more HooEerized than / am"
George r. LeBaron-''That Fl Pas0
realty is a better investment now
than ever before"
Rev Charles L. Overstreet-'That
Rev. Fuller Swift hasn't q ghost OF a
time
DeKyle Smith-'That Ray McCHn-
took has not thrown his bull into my
crockery store
Al Fraser--'That winter is COM
v. H. Wagner-~That gasoline has
not advanced during the past two
DAYS"
A z owlands-"That came to
America"
We a -NA2A iii 4NnL LAE EAE4EElAf
tism is now only in one leg"
Norman Walker-'ThaI there IS a
villa, otherwise L would have TO 90 I
TO work"
Finds n Place for swift.
At the conclusion Of the Thanksgiv- !
ing expressions. J. r. Segau objected /
to Rev Mr.. Overstreets remarks re- |
garding Rev. Mr. Swift. saying that I
each has a different line OF talk and ,
there should be a separate classified
ton for each.
Rabbi Zielonka then introduced o
new Rotarian. A H Woods. explain
ing to him that Rotary means service. I
President Robert Erakauer read /
president Wilson's Thanksgiving mes
sage, as also several extracts from
Rotary literature.
Give Rescue Home S33.2c.
The annual Thanksgiving offertory
for the Rescue home. was taken Rev
Mr.. OVerstreet, speaking while the
fund was being collected, said that
there is no institution more worthy
and needy than the Rescue home. At
the conclusion of the collection, Mr..
Martin explained that in future dis
bursemeuts Of moneys donated to the
home would be made under the super
vision Of a local committee, arrange