Arizona republican., 1922-04-29

Arkansas, Eu fIeLcnef, CALIFORNIA
NJ. J. Abney, Georgia; r. Il. Small
wood. Mississippi; w. q Holt. New
Mexico: J. Sprunt Hill. North Caro-
lima; c. Q. Johnson Oklahoma: J. c.
Duckworth. South Carolina; John A.
Lesner Virginia; T. X. Riddick
Tennessee and O. c. Mulky. Texas
All save w f. Holt of New Mexico
and ]. C. DuckWorth of South Caro-
lima were reelected
State Directors
Election of state directors resulted
as follows:
Grover Waite and J. NJ Miller,
Alabama. reelected; Stanley Kilt and
Fred Sutter, Arizona, reelected; j. G.
Thweatt and r. C. Mcdaniel, Ar
kansas. reelected: A. n. Afford and
G.. M. Ferguson, Georgia, reelected:
sissippi, reelected; James A. Rhea.
New Mexico. reelected and J. H.
Mullins, New Mexico G. n. VanstoTy
and r. L. Kirkpatrick. North Caro-
lima, reelected; A. A. Mcdonald and
Thomas Wade. Oklahoma, reelected;
B. II. Peace and f. +. Beattie. South
Carolina, elected for the first time;
Walter Smith and J. e. Thomas. Ten
nessee, reelected; J. NJ DeArmond
and c. J.. Duncan, Texas main line,
reelected; Texas Mexico division,
Sam r. Greer and Sam MaciSin, elect
ed for the first time: Texas Pan
handle division, w. II. Mitchell and
Fred Schreir, elected for the first
time: w. d. Cardwell and C. B. Rich
ardson, Virginia, reelected; and d.
B. Traxler. Washington, D. c., re-
elected.
The list OF officers will be COM
pleted with the appointment Of the
womans commission by the presi
dent. The appointments win be made
within the next SO days, it was an
nounced yesterday. Several changes
in the present personnel OF the COM
mission are planned. the announce
ment added.
Contest for Convention
A real contest for the 1923 conven-
tons Of the two organizations prom
ised to develop when the matter was
/ introduced before the delegates. Sew
en- cities entered bids for the next
convention, the contestants being
( Greenville, S. c.: Chicago; Columbus.
/ Ohio: Detroit, New Orleans, Omaha
and Albuquerque, n. NJ. After the
/ Greenville delegation had asked the
support of the delegates in voting
their city the next convention city
| George II. Maxwell extended AN invi-
tation to the. conventions on behalf
/ of the city of New Orleans. Others
arose 10 present petitions, but one OF
| the delegates demanded a vote on
awarding the conventions TO Green
vile.
A change in routing of the Bank
I head highway through Arizona. for
| distance of about 30 miles at the
western end of the state but without
affecting any large city on the route,
was proposed in the executive COM
mittee report which was later unani-
mously adopted.
This change will take the highway
| on the south side of the river to the
! west of the Gillespie dam, instead Of
| the north side, as originally planned
| Other changes provides for change
/ in the -Four States branch through
/ Arkansas to read as follows; Arka-
/ delphia, HOLLYWOOD Antione, Delight,
AIurfressborough Dierks, DeQueeIl.
| For the extension OF the transcon-
! tinental highway into Mexico making
/ it an international highway The
routing from the mainline highway
through Texas viii be Mount Pleas
ant, Pittsburg, Tyler, Athens, Corsi
cana, Waco, Temple, Bolton. George
! town. San Marcos, New Braunfels
4 San Antonio. Pearsall, Cotulla and
Laredo.
Increase Directors
! An amendment to the constitution
| also provides that all states having
mileage of over $500 miles shall be
entitled to one vice-president and six
/ directors, instead of two as at pres
ent, and that the Four States division
shall be entitled to two, directors IN
the Panhandle section ana two direc-
tors on the Texas to Mexico division
and the main line in Texas to have
| vice president and two directors.
The following letter from Mrs.
Talulap BapShead, widow of the late
John Hollis Bankhead, father Of tbs
Bankhead national highway, was
read before the conventions:
! Please extend my greetings to the
/ convention at Phoenix of the Bank
i head highway. The long journey
/ precludes my attendance. I wish 10
say. however, that my interest in this
wonderful road is boundless. / ap-
pEeciate what the noble people are
dong for the completion Of the road.
| My desire is to live long enough to
see it finished aud the entire length