El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-18
Villas SCHOOL
WINS CONTEST
Six Hundred School Chill
dren Fly Kites Before
Big Crowd.

Big Crowd.
The Villas school won the first an
nual kite flying tournament Friday
afternoon, when more than 500 en-
trants raised their kites IN view Of
approximately 1000 persons. Individ-
ual prizes consisting OF red, white and
blue ribbons. were awarded 70 the
winners IN each event. while a sill
yer loving cup was given the winning
school.
Among the hundreds Of designs
painted on various sized and shaped
kites and airplanes were: birds in
cages, stars. Butterflies dragons. flags.
leaves, a fish kite a number OF clever
airpiane kites a skeleton kite. kites
bearing PORTRAITS OF Wilson and Per
shinE, black cat kite, kite built 20
represent a ship and 8 kite carrying
long streamers Of tns alile9 az -
IN addition there were possibly z0u
OF the usual highly colored tissue
me smallest kite on the ground
which would actually fly measured
approximately four inches across in
width and was a half inch longer. II
was owned by q small boy who re-
merely want to prove 10 the crowd
It ould fiy" Motion pictures Of the
kite flying were taken and VIII be
shown here in the near future.
Divided Int Sections.
The section Of csls Mesa used for
the tournament was divided into four
sections where the various contestants
gathered with their kites Long be-
fore the hour for the tournament %
begin hundred or NEE youngsters.
both boys and girls, were buslly en-
gaged in trying out for the last time
their kites before entering them IN
The sky presented the appearances
OF q miniature flying circus as the
many Eaudy birds fIoated IN the
steady breeze. Hundreds OF cars
parked along the rim Of the mesa and
more than 1000 persons Witnessed the
contests, Il is estimated Special
mounted and motorcycles police acted
as marshals Of the field. assisted BY
men from the provost detachment
here High school cadets acted as
meEaphone announeers-
List Of Entrants.
The total number Of entrants, By
schools, was as follows Beall. 81
Bailey. ~. Alamo 40; franklin 81.
San Jacint0. I5s Villas us; Aoy. 64.
Alta Vista 81. Highland Park. 16s
Grand View. 90. high school. 2. More
head school. &c; Sunset. s; Lamar. 80.
judges IN the contests were n. y.
Stump. Paul Moser. Wilson lfcTey,
and the Misses Laura Henderson.
Carolyn Dawson, Elanor Lyon. Olive
Laurie Mary Messimer Pauline Smith.
Francis CASSIDY, Hannah Ellison,
Halle Irwin and A. Deniscn. W. u.
Thomas Of the T. II c. A. acted as
director OF the meet
Special street car service was main
tained on the Mesa lire from $50 ?.
"a untl the meet closed
List OF WmneI.
The winners OF first. second and
third places IN the various events,
with the school represented, 81 as
Highest nyer-Fi-st Eartia An
dress. Villas; second. 2 =. Peters.
Villas. third. Jose Fares. AoT.
Strongest puner (under IL feet3
.Eirst, 3. +. Peters. Villas; second. /
Paquet. Bailey
Special desirn-First. Manuel Mar
cuez. Aoy butterfly. second Eddie
Wellington. villas Shield third, Al.
fred Frasers Villas tcat).
Suspended hanners-First, .. =. Pc
ters. Vlass second. Lamar Davis. san
Jacinto: third. Samuel Sampson. Villas.
Most unique reel--First. Lamar Da-
Wis. san Jacintos second. Robert Metz.
Highland park third Alfonso seenz. I
Most artistic kite IAN Japansss)-
First, Rogue Garcia. Alamo second. /
Isabel Nuuez. Aoy; third Emily
stearns. BealL
Smallest plain kite-First. L II
Schmidt. Villas. third. Cipriano Rod I
IarFest plain kite-Fi-st, Jack
Rothe. villas; second. Thomas Birch. :
Lamar; thiTd. Raymond Ratliff. I
Smallest box l,ite-EsteSas vasausz. !
largest box iite-First. Fred Neur- {
otter. Lamar second. Robert Metz, ]
Highland Park.
1lodel airplans fcoustruction)- I
ond. Piner Order. Bailey third, Ar I
thur Lind, Alta Vista.
Model airDians TO ny)-Devid Ro-
senhloom. Beall
Glider, David Rosenbioon, BEAM ]
Self propellins model-David Ro-
Most ingenious devicss-First
Ewing Waterhouses Villas; second.
David Rosenhloom, Beall; third, Flner
Order, Bailey
mile dash contests were postponed be
kites.
Excepting villas school. the points
won By each are as follows; Beal d
s.; Bailey, 9; Lamar, g. A0ys 5; More
san Jacinto. 2. Grand View, 7; sun
set Heights, Q; FHnklins l. Alta
VISTA J.
The 1000 women employed By the
Br0oklyn Rapid Transit company
have little hope Of being retained IN
their positions since the law prevents
them from. working at nights