El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-09
REVIVE DEFENCE
COUNCILS, IDEA
City and County Organizers
Want Council in Each
School District.

Plans for the organization OF COM
munity councils Of defence in all Of
the school districts Of this city. and
At the different small towns in the
county will be discussed at the office
OF Robert L Holiday this afternoon
An executive committee composed Of
Mr.. Holiday. chairman; Joe s. Esca-
ieda. julius Krakauer. Roy NJ Walker.
w. G. Roe and Miss Myra Winkler.
was appointed at a meeting Of the
civilian war workers at the Sheldon
hotel Thursday afternoon This com
mittee will meet this afternoon ana
arrange for the appointment Of chair
men for the several school districts
and outline a plan for the county or
ganization.
District Chairmen Named.
Mr.. Holiday made the following ap-
pofntments of the executive commit
Zee: ". G. Roe. for Bailey and More
head school districts; NIr. Escajeda for
Alamo and Aoy school districts; Mr.
walker for Franklin school district
Samuel Given. Kern Place district
Julius Krakauer. for san Jacinto
school district. Mr.. Holiday VIII looA
out for the Beall school district
These men will choose three or
more in each school district, who. In
their opinion. viii make good COM
rnuuftv council chairmen, and submit
their names TO the executive COM
Five Districts Organized.
Five districts in this city have al
ready been organized into community
councils. Highland Park. Alta lste'
Villas. Central and Lamar Mr. Holt
dav is chairman Of Highland Parh
co1nciI- ]. H lIcBroom. Villas district
DR. Martin Zielonka, Central; o. =
coles. Lamar district; Crawford Har-
vie. Alta vista.
At the meeting Thursday consider
able debate was heard in regard %
the entertainment at the meetings o.
the community councils J. F. VII
Hams, Of draft board NUMBER Two Was
opposed TO the holding Of entertain
nrents. He said he thought II was pet
ter not to have any particular noise
about the meetings Tne -nayorl1s q
the others. however. stated II had oeen
their experience that ii was hard 70
get the members out unless some klno
Of an entertainment was offered them
Favor Monthly Meetings.
Mr.. AfcBroorn said that in his us
trict there were a number OF Iamllles
who had never attended the meetings.
and he was Of the opinion that enter
tafnuent was necessary. Dr. LieiOnAa
favored holding a monthly meeting
at the central headquarters. Temple
Mt. sinai for the purpose Of getting
George R. LeBaron. said there
George r. LeBarou, vice chairman
Of the county council. said theIe
would be a number OF speakers WISH
this CITY during the coming months IN
the interest of the council OF deIence
and he favored holding the monthly
meeting. There was no definite action
taken
we're W. e. Roe, Of the conservation
and production committee; George X
IeBaron. vice chairman; Charles Mont
fort. Of the Highland Park council
DR.. Martin Zielonka- chairman OF me
central council; Samuel Given, JeWlsn
- welfare board; Roy u Walker.
represeuting labor. Joe Nealon'
KNIGHTS Of Columbus; J. s EscaJeda-
county draft board; Julius krakauer,
war camp community service; Rolanq
Harwell county farm bureau; J. T.
Williams. draft board .; J. II Nc
Broom. Villas council. John n. Wyatt,
adviser TO fuel administration; J. =.
O'Conuor. acting mayor. and Paul ID.
Thomas. legal advisor county council
Of defence.