El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-10
ELPASO BANOUETS
HIGHWAY VISITORS

Z presided at the dinner and R. Burt
: Orndorff made the address OF vel
come.
In a brief talk Gen. Howe pre-
dicted a great future for transporta-
tion provided roads were made what
they should be and strong bridges
were built. The general said he hoped
70 see the day when two transcon-
tinenta1. paved highways would
when these two main highways would
be crossed by three paved north and
south highways and when the main
! highways were connected up with
smaller roads permeating every part
OF the country.
Many auto Tourists.
A ). Strayer. president OF the Auto
mobile club. followed Gen. Howe and
recited briefly the history OF the club.
He said that through its efforts Camp
Davis. the best auto tourist camp in
the country. had been built He said
1000 automobile tourists visited FL
Paso last year.
MAJ. Jack L Meyer, commanding
the transport service at Fort Bliss
told OF the work Of that organization
He said everybody. even the cavalry,
wanted TO ride and wanted Cadillacs-
". G. Roe. whom chairman Mar
tin referred TO as the daddy OF the
good roads movement here. told OF
the time when FL Paso county had
virtually no roads. He said he and
Judge Adrian Pool and some others
went to a meeting IN Arkansas and
promised to build roads here II the
Bankhead highway would come
through FL Paso. Mr.. Roe said the
people OF FL Paso backed him up and
the roads were built. Now he said,
the Bankhead Highway association
had kept its promise and he felt
prOuder than any other man in the
city
Lieut.. Hupp, commanding the naval
station here. referred to by the chair
man as the admiral OF e. Paso's navy,
said army men would have to admit
that the navy furnished 4 good jitne
service 70 France
Judge z. B. McCiintock. Of whom
Il was said that he was always
friendly to good roads and as county
judge helped to get them. said that
Sq50O0o was now available to COM
plete the remaining IS miles of road
the county needed Twenty miles OF
this IS from the city 20 the county line
northeast along the FL Paso & South
western railroad
Col Franklin in his talk told OF the
Importance OF good roads as q means
OF reTfving rural spciai life People
left the country and crowded into
the city, said the conveys command
ing officer. because social conditions
IN the country, due largely to the
inability to get around. were not
what they should have been Good
roads wiz bring them back
All Ike FL Pase.
Ma5. Joseph z Schilio. who
organized the motor transport corps
here. made a short talk in which he
ave most OF the credit for the sue
cess OF the Organization TO citizens
Of FL Paso, and to the cooperation
OF the press.
Mr.. Rountree was introduced as the
main speaker OF the evening. He de-
ciared, as did Col Franklin, that Il
the Bankhead highway had been an
easy road, lined with flowers, Il
would have been less interesting 10
travel over than It was. II It had
been a fine road all the way" said
Mr., Rountree. secretary OF war
Of pretty women and sent them over
It in autom obiles- But as It is It Is
mans Job and the secretary selected
the best officers and the best men for
the job
All Of the visitors who spoke
praised FL Paso as the finest spot
along the route
me speeches were concluded by Mr..
Martin, who gave credit 10 the army
for its work. and to the officers and
men Of the convoy particularly for
their unselfish, history making work
on this Zip.
The entertainers were. Andrea
Elolsa Villasenor de Enriquez. singer;
Belen Hsrnandes. pianist; Maria
MadrigaL danseuse; Ana Arruffal
pianist
The big social event IN connection
with the visit Of the convoy here IS
to be thu dance tonight at the West
Ysleta Country club. This dance IS
to be given by the FL Paso Automo-
bile club. All OF the officers OF the
convoy. J. A. Rountree, director gen
era1; Brig. Cen Robert I. Howe and
his STAFF are to be guests. A J.
Strzyer, president Of the club, has
named the following members to his
reception committees
". G. Roe, Frank Turner. A N
Loekhart. Dr.. S. G. Van Almon. A F.
Fegan, Chas. Brown Spencer Darby
shire, n WilchaE, R Burt Orndorff,
". H Aldridge. r., James a Borders.
Q. Q. Youngbiood. F. N Bznnel. D A
Bandesn- Chas. Vollertsen, Robert
Mullin. G. A. Martin. J. R Segau.
Howard Merrill
Assisting Miss Buena Glider, sscre-
tary, IN receiving. viii be the follow
ing young women: Mrs. Pearl Strayer
Hambzugh. Misses GenevieTe Bannell.
Villas Simmons, Mary and Anne
EaEoffin. Louise Beach. Louise Ket-
tier. Bena Robertson, Blanche Roe.
Virginia GorAud. Bertram snd AlEina
Orndorff snd Marion CAlnGn-
The reception committees are 70 Be
AZ the clubhouse at E:4s o'clock this
evening