Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-11
BAR ASSOCIATION
MEETING SUCCESS
HEN n. STONE WILL HEAD or.
GANIZtTiON ~ RING CON.
ING YEAR

AZ the annual meeting ~ the Anna
rillo Bar AFsoc latiun held at the Anna
rillo Hotel last night Ren ~ Stone
was elected president II the association
for the ensuing year: j. -. Gulckc
vice president. and Earl q. Wyatt. src'
rotary and treasurer short hnappy
speeches were made By Thomas =
Turner r. NJ. Ryburn. Il. y. Under.
wood. W. 4. Gee. and l.luyd Fletcher.
following banquet which WAS the sub.
ject Of much favorable comment. and
many compliments were paid Ernest
Thompson upon Il after the gathering
broke up
Following the election ~ officers fur
the ensuing year Hon. Thomas D.
Turner addressed hts fellow lawyers
aud their ladies' on knights and
Ladies'" Mr. Turner drew a sharp
contrast between the DAYS ~ odd when
the knights courted their "ladyc's
Fayre" with mandolin and guitar and
the present day knights who 40 their
counting with and within h"nzlnc
buggy. He aiso pointed out that th"
fttauNt phHlilNNH VI wv wv F'a'H NtA
fair TO become reversed. with the ladies
doing the voting and earning the liven.
hood while their husbands stay home
and do the cooking and tend the babies
lie drew some satisfaction from tho
fact, however. that the ladies cannot
yet boast % the way their fathers used
20 cook.
Frank NJ Ryhurn In his address
dwelt upon the tendency " the United
Suter 90 drift more and more toward
the Capitalization ~ power in the led
eral government This he drplorcd
aud declared tina, Il was the very thing
our forefathcrs tried to guard against
whom they established loose assoCla.
ton q states, each one sclfguycrninF
X. 4, Underwood explained What
Happened 20 Cox and showed that
what happened 20 him was precisely
what would have happened 10 any other
Democrat AZ this time ~, asserted
that no Democrat could have possibly
won the election for that party In No.
veutfr. Tor while Democrats we're
mighty fine folks there weren't
enough 81 them. The people were riic
for change. said Mr.. Underwood. and
that vas all there was to u.
W. 4. Gee urged upon his hearers
the necessity for an immediate solution
q the cemetery problem. II Is one in
which We are all vitality intercstd h.
stated, and u must h. solved quickly
for the supply ~ available lots In
Liano Cemetery h running very low
Lloyd Fletcher explained the s.tua.
ticn in Russia from the Viewpoint, 4"
the Standpoint. and the Hot.
point" Of the Reds. He dwclt humur.
ously upon the antics II Lsninc and
Tro,xky and did not seem 60 think that
there was any immediate danger u
our country adopting their policies.
a number 81 the LADIES' were called
upon for remarks, much 10 their sur.
prise Mrs Lloyd Fletcher. without,
preparation gave an c1tcmporaneous
rendition - James whitcomh Riley's
dissertation on Tastes" which elected
q storm 81 applause II was particular.
81 enjoyed BY those 81 the guests whose
taste runs 20 chewing tobacco
Tho Committee on Ethics for the
coming year viii b. composed u: N. J.
X jackson. Lloyd Fletcher. Judge Ray
Z johnson. c. Z. Gus,ayus and Otls
Truloye.
Three members % the Executive
Committee. Joc n Dooley. Perry s.
Pearson and p. NJ Ryburn were elect.
ed. Tho other three viii b. appointed
BY the incoming president u the asso.
cation. Ben n Stone.
An association such a. this working
M cohesive unit can accomplish much
of good for the community IN which
u functions. That Its aims are IL IN,
highest may b. judged by the pre-
amble which declares that. This Assn
ciauon h established to maintain IN,
honor and dignity u the profession o.
law; to cultivate social int.rceurs,
among It's members, to promote lega
scienee and assist In the administration
II justice"
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