San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-26
GATHERING OF
|. POSTMASTERS
COMES TO END.
Official of MEXICAN Postal
Service Honored
Guest.
ADDRESSES ARE MADE
Chuck Wagon Dinner One
Of Entertainment
Features.
ADDRESSES ARE MADE
Del Rio. Tex. Aug. 25.-Tbe final

Del Rio, Tex, Aug. 25.-Tbe final
and one OF the most interesting ses.
sions of the Postmasters' conventions
was held Friday night with a large
number of visitors present.
Speeches were made by John w.
Philip. president Of the associations
who presented future plans of the as
ISOLATION and spoke in glowing terms
Of the treatment accorded them By
the citizens of Del Rio.
Dinsmore W. Hume, Dallas, ada
dressed the postmasters on treasury
savings and Senior Don Jose V. Cha.
vez, assistant postmaster general OF
Mexico, presented greetings from his
chief and spoke in high terms of the
pleasure he had experienced at tho
convention. His speech was in Span.
ish and was interpreted by Judge c.
X. Mcdowell of San Antonio.
\ very interesting address was that
of \. c. Helmer. representing POST
master General Harry 5 New at tnd
convention, on the air mail service. Ha
said that last year air mail service
planes flew distance equal to around
the world 500 times with one fatality4
He said az present all air mail services
had been discontinued by the goveru-
ment except that recently inaugurated
between New York and San Frau.
cisco, 4 distance of 2S60 miles.
Large Beacon Lights.
He said that. the night stretch be.
tween Chicago and Cheyenne had
large beacon lights every % miles to
guide the planes and that when =
plane passed one light it was auto-
matically extinguished and the next
turned on and that d plane would pass
light every seventeen minutes.
The postmastcrs left here on night
trains in order TO reach home by Sum
day. Many of them on the streets here
yesterday afternoon after returning
from Mexico said they were in favor
of making Del Rio the permanent
place for holding the sessions of the
convention but the question was not
taken up and considered officially.
The Thursday session Of the post
masters convention vas a very full
day. At the close of the morning ses-
sion at L. O'Clock. the delegates lefs
in cars Immediately for a ten-mile trip
into Mexico for chuck wagon lunch
con, and on returning left for the
Devils River excursion at 6 o'clock.
which included a watermelon feast
and bathing.
The night session was scheduled for
s o'clock. and was one of the most inn
portant meetings of the convention.
Resolutions OF Respect.
Many resolutions were introduced
and adopted at the morning session.
including an expression of thanks to
Il. j. Mcdowell, postmaster of Del
Rio. and TO the Del Rio chamber OF
commerce. representatives of the presa
and TO the good people Of Del Rio for
the many courtesies shown them white
here.
Also the secretary, Frank L. Irwin.
was instructed to send a letter Of
COINCIDENCE and sympathy to Mrs..
Warren G.. Harding. and a telegram
TO President Coolidge, offering greet
ings and good wishes for the success
of his administration.
A resolution was adopted also asks
ing that each postmaster present see
that the proceedings of the conventions
be published in the paper at his homo
town, thus giving the widest publicity
possible.
The time and place Of next year
convention was left 10 the decision OF
the executive committee.
The following officers were elected
for next year: President. John w.
Philip of Dallas: first vice president,
Roy Nichols; Houston: second vice
president. J. J. Armsbee. Ell Paso,
third vice president, $. ]. EnochS
Geor getown; fourth vice president. Js
J. Dickerson, Paris; fifth vice press-
dent, l.. NJ. Tracy. Victoria: sixth
vice president, W. c. Kenyon, Amars
lilo: Observation-Disclosures. Frank Ia.
Irwin, Terrell: assistant secretary-
treasurer. c. A. Duck Of Greenville.