Arizona republican., 1921-08-11
MEMBERS IF ELKS DRILL TEAM DINNER
 GUESTS IF |. OF |.

That the congratulations of the | city might be extended to the mem | bers of the Elks drill team in definite | form for the prominence they gave | Phoenix and the state of Arizona during the annual convention of the | Benevolent and Protective Order of | Elks at Los Angeles las month, about | 50 members of the team were enter | tained at dinner at the Arizona club l last evening by the directors of the chamber of commerce. The affair was one of the most pleasing to be given in Phoenix during the summer. with program of speeches and mu- sic following the dinner.
 The meeting was presided over by W. W. Lawhon, president of the chamber of commerce, who opened the social session with a brief ad- dress of thanks to the drill team for its plendid work in Los Angeles, after which Mayor Willis H. Plunkett ex- tended thanks to the team on the l part of the city.
 Tt is a pleasure" the mayor said, ''to express even briefly the apprecia- ton of the city of Phoenix for what you accomplished in Los Angeles. You showed that Arizona has the real | stuff, and we want you to rest as- | sured that you will have the undf- vided support of this city in your fur | ther efforts"
 Following Mayor Plunkett's ad- dress the Atheod club quartette, the | members of which are H. M. Ewing, Ira Shafner, Roderick Ristow and Frank Dingman. sang two selections, Mary" and The F'lies.' When the
 applause had subsided Mir. Lawhon introduced T. w. Tempske. captain of
 the drill team, whose address cen- | toro1 al ho,,f bo uducrfic;po uol,,o of
 the trip made by the team to Los An
 geles and of the work it accomplished
 there. After describing the manner
 in which the drill team had been
 started and perfected, the speaker
 devoted himself to a review of the re-
 suits achieved by it in the coast city
 After giving detailed outline oi
 its arrival in California. the speaker
 said:
 As the members of the team
 marched through the streets on theiI
 way to the hotel, escorted by band
 and drill team and a number of Ari- zonians, they were greeted con.inusl- ly with cries of Here come the Wild cats.' or here come the rattlesnakes. ,, or here come the Arizona boys. . From this time the drill team, uni. 1, formed in white Palm Beach suits , was center OI dttFdctlOu. llfuc all. again the team was photographed b, , moving picture concerns, and dail. they were given front page menticl by the Los Angeles newspapers-ad vertising that could not be purchases , and which went to every part of tn I United States.
 "The interest which the team ha aroused became almost volcanic whe g 1t qualified for the finals in the drill ing contests, and it is a matter of req 8 pride, not only for the members 0 2 the team, but for the entire city Q Phoenix, that this organization
 which had been in existence for onl few months, won fifth prize in
 competition in which were sue
 teams at that of Philadelphia lode
 of Elks, which had been prepared fo
 the convention and brought to I.c
 Angeles at cost of $200. 900.
 We have started the bah roilirg-
 let's keep it going. Let us conside
 the proposal to have a celebration
 Phoenix in the fall which will pu
 this city on the map and give it tn
 same kind of advertising which tn II drill team gave it in California an throughout the United States" Postmaster Lawhon then intro
 duced Benj. Rice, who spoke as a 10 upon the advertising value of the dri to team and Its work during the conver , ton.
 u ai What the entire city of Phoenix .d he said. "could not accomplish in ad