El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-23
ALLY OFFICERS
At BOND LUNCH
Wednesday Teams to Meet,
Check Up, Hear Talks
on Trench Life.

Two allied officers, 1resn from the
Il enches in France, will be the guests
Of honor at the Liberty loan luncheon
to be given at Hotel Sheldon Wednes-
Gay noon. according to a statement
made by chairman R Burt Orndorff'
Tuesday. These officers, one British
and the other French. will tell Of their
experiences on the battlefield.
All Of the captains and team mem
bers are expected TO attend the lunch
con. as it will be the last get together
meeting that will be held before the
final luncheon to be given on May 4,
when prizes will be awarded to the
winning teams and the total amount
subscribed by the FL Paso district an
uoCnced-
1t is confidently believed by all in
terested in the campaign that FL Paso
subscriptions will exceed the $1,000
600 mark. Subscriptions are being re-
ceived daily and ". N. Butler. secIe-
tary. says It is certain the subscrip-
items will be more than S2.75O,00O.
May Have Parade Friday.
Plans for the observance of Liberty
Gay, Friday, in accordance with the
request Of the president will also be
discussed at the luncheon Wednesday
Mr.. Orndorff said a parade viii prob
ably be held in the afternoon partici-
pated in by the team workers, a de-
tachment from Fort Bliss, Boy Scouts
and the police.
Scouts Go Cleaning Saturday.
Saturday viii mark the beginning
Of the Boy Scouts drive for $4,000
The boys are going out to pick up
small subscriptions that have been
missed by the committees Iver G.
Thomas, scout executive. said Tues
day he was sure the boys would raise
the $4,000.
The plan Of making Friday a holt
day is to be taken up with mayor
Charles Davis In any event the stores
and pricipal business houses OF the
citv will be asked to close at noon in
Of der that their clerks may help in OBJ
serving the day
Service ut Temple Mt. Sinai.
Friday night at temple Mt sinai,
there will be a Liberty service RaDDl
Martin Zielonka and Rev Dwight J.
Bradley viii speak on the moral and
religious issues Of the war. The pub
lie is invited to attend the service to
consider the deeper aspects of the
crisis in which we are now living.
said Rev Mr.. Bradley
First Honor Flag Here
An honor flag. three feet by five
feet. the first to be received in this
city. headquarters Of the Liberty loan
campaign Tuesday. This flag is just
one OF the small ones given TO tne
cities that have helped raise the sub
scriptions. IT is believed a larger one
VIII be received from the district
headquarters at Dallas. II. however. a
larger one is not to be sent here Il
was announced that the city of FL
paso would have a huge one made to
flv from the steel pole in san Jacinto
plaza. Mr.. Orndorff expects to know
by Wednesday if it will be necessary
to have a larger one made OF II the
government viii supply one large
enough.
Twenty subscriptions Of $50 each
we're received from san Elizario- &C
cording to the committee in charge
Miss Escaj eda is collecting the sub
scriptiOns at that place.
A letter from W R Brown. OF me
Rio Grande. FL PasO & Santa Fe rail
road company. announced that ! 81 en-
pl0yes Of the company had bought
total OF s13.350 Of the bonds