San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07
San Antonio ADVERTISED
More Than All Texas i
Cities in Houston.
VISITORS TOTAL 500
Real Estate Men Get VAL
liable Advice and Are
Entertained &

ne annual COuNChAAOh Va A~&>@s
real estate boards held in Houston last
week was generally agreed to be the
best that the association has ever held.
Instructive speeches, stunts, entertain-
ments and fun were among the activl-
ties filling the entire week which were
enjoyed immensely by fully 800 to
500 people from the largest cities in
Texas. According to local real esats
men who returned here Saturday
morning, San Antonio probably re-
ceived as much publicity at the COM
vention as that of all the other boards
together. The speaking contest ON
"Why My City Is the Best in Texas"
was the chief attraction while rne
stunt put on by the San Antonio
board. entitled Organizing Model
Real Estate Office" was close Sec
ond. s.
About 40 people. including real es-
tate men, their wives, a six-piece jazz
orchestra. and several other San Ans
tonians who are not members of the
real estate board, were in the party
that left here Monday night. Arriv-
ing in Houston early Tuesday morn
ing, wearing large Mexican sombreros,
large ribbon badges and carrying canes
with remnants attached on which were
pictures Of the Alamo, the party was
taken to the Rice Hotel by Houston
real estate men. Upon the arrival ot
the party its jazz orchestra, Eubanks,
livened things up n bit as representa-
tives of the Houston board greeted To-
cal members.
Included in the party were Hull
Youngblood and c. B. Schoeppl. VINO.
IL is said, had a special business in
Houston. and made it point to
make the "trip at the same time as did
the real estate board. They also wore
the uniform Of the San Antonio real
estate men.
Houston Man Elected.
W. A. Smith. Houston real estate
man. was elected president Of the Tex.
as Association of Real Estate Boards
and Dallas was chosen as the 1924
meeting place. II. p. Hatfield OF FL
Paso was elected vice president and
the secretary and treasurer will be APP
pointed by the president.
San Antonio lost the Dalls cup given
to the Texas Association of Real Es-
tate Boards, in the speaking contest
when judges agreed that r. E. Sher-
man of FL Paso had delivered the best
speech. 1t was generally believed that
this speech was one of the best that
has ever been made on this subject.
Five other speeches were made, in
Guiding that of Tom II. Etheridge OF
this city who won the cup at Ell faso
last year. The speaking contest which
was held on Wednesday in the as
sembly room of the Rice Hotel was at
tended by more than 500 people.
"Organizing a Model Real Estate
Office" a stunt put on by the San
Antonio Board attracted no little at
tention and it is expected that it will
be repeated at the national convcn-
ton next year.
San Antonio Makes Itself Known.
Wallace Rogers presided and b. G.
Irish, H. +. Dickinson, Tom Ether
idge, Gerald Melliff and Paul Adams
made applications for positions, each
telling how he would run a certain
department if given the position. This
feature of the program proved both
| beneficial as well as entertaining and
caused San Antonio to receive con-
siderable publicity in Houston news
papers. several of them quoting Gerald
Melliff at length on his talk concerning
| building and loan associations in con-
nection with real estate activities. MIR.
Irish made an application to Mr.. Rog-
ers for the position of subdivision
manager of the new office. Mr.. Dick
inson also made an application for
this office, Paul Adams 7plied for
the position as head of entails and
business property while Mr.. Meliift
applied for the managers position OF
building and loan department.
Another attraction which gave San
Antonio considerable recognition in
Houston was a large airplane view OF
San Antonio which was placed in a
conspicuous place in the lobby of the
Rice Hotel. 1t drew crowds at all
times during the convention. Ap-
parently the Dallas board realized its
mistake in not bringing an airplane
view of a skyline and shortly after.
the first two days of the week there
was anicture of Dallas skyline in the
lobby close TO the San Antonio pic
ture.
Visitors EIaborstely Entertained.
Wallas Rogers. in the annual adj
dress of the president of the Texas
Association was quoted at length by
at least two of the principal Hous-
ton newspapers. He made most IN
teresting speech. recommending the or
zanization of more real estate boards
in Texas. He urged the forming OF
county boards and the Advertisers OF
every city in Texas newspapers
Among the entertainment features
of the convention was an afternoon
ride visiting many of the industrial
plants in and around Houston. A
barbecue dinner at sherman Park. =
vaudeville show and musical program
and a boat ride down the Houston
shin channel were other features
The convention last week Is con-
coded BY all who attended to have been
the best ever held by the Texas As
| sociatiOn of Real Estate Boards.