The Coconino sun., 1924-04-11
NEWS WRITER'S SHINE
AND DO MONKEY SHINES

Over the several highways of The
Estate, vending a devious and perhaps
perllOHs course towards their home
towns were riding in the early hours
OF this morning various newspaper
men of Arizona, bent on getting our
some senblance of their papers today
/ . These news writer's, with theil
Phoenix brethren, had feasted ano
had been entertained until early this
morning at the first annual banquet
of the Arizona Press club at the
Trocadero, which began at 6:3C
o'clock last night. Writers from
many of the papers through the state
were present while the reporters and
editors Of the Phoenix papers were
there in full force.
| 1t was a lively occasion, from the
start Of the program in the afternoon
when a brief business. session was
held, followed by a golf tournament
| at the Hollywood golf course to the
dinner and entertainment at the
Trocadero last night. Newspaper ri
walls in the various fields laid down
their war clubs and clasped drum
sticks Of turkeys instead. Issues
we're forgotten and the old days re-
called,
Walter Deveraux' Hollywood golf
course was the scene Of a fearful
slaughter of balls and golf clubs.
Ranchers that live down stream on
the canal that runs through the
course today will be irrigating their
fields with golf balls, so many rolled
into the creek. One writer who teed
off hit the ball and ground such q
walIop that the head of his club broke
off and went rs feet down the course,
his ball only went 10 feet. Four
holes of what only the widest news
paper exaggeration might call golf
was played in two hours. F. K. Bliss,
G. M. Martin and L. f. Wheeler of
Lobit and Stromberg, Hudson and Es-
sex dealers in Phoenix, donated the
use of three Essex coaches to carry
the club members to and from the
golf course.
At $50 the dinner at the Troca-
dero began. Colonel Fred Breen Of
The Coconino Sun was postmaster.
The Trocadero orchestra and Sylvia
Hanley, entertainer at the club, fur
nished melodies during the dinner.
Charming Miss Mildred Shry sang
number Of clever songs and was a
decided hit with the news writer's.
Roy Marsh with his portable organ,
entertained the diners with tunes.
Miss Hanley, whenever the bursts of
oratory from visiting members could
be silenced, sang songs requested OF
her by the audience.
At the conclusion of the dinner six
Phoenix boxers put on exhibition
bouts under the direction of Charlie
Baker. The boys were frankie
Burns, Jack Donovan, Rusty Ling,
sRough-house" Mackey and Young
Williams. Bill Strobe of the Miami
Silver Belt was timekeeper and Toast
master Breen the announcer.
The entire Tommy La Rose Ramona
theatre cast and orchestra appeared
later in the evening at the Trocadero
and gave a snappy performance of
song and dance. Feature numbers
were sung by Tommy La Rose, James
Dooley, Al Truscott and Stell May
field. Blanche Gaine, the director of
the chorus, supervised the staging Of
the affair which was one of the big
gest hits of the evening.
Clever programs were prepared for
the occasion. The first page consist
ed of copies of the names of every
paper in the state as they appear on
the various publications.
Those who attended the banquet
were:
Ward r. Adams, George w. Com,
paret. Leonard M. CoWley. Mark DIM
bar, G.. w. Finney, Ed F. Harrington,
Vincent Heating, H. I. Keifer, Jack
Lynch, Col. ]. H. McClintock, Fred
F. Mcleod, J. L. Markham, w. E.
Ripley, Ralph Rollins, ]. H. Snyder,
Robert W. Weekes, Elmer Vein, e. o.
Whitman, C. H. Threlkeld, all of
Lyall Abbott, Fl. E. Foust,
Pat Mouxley, r. E. Leach and E. ].
Reuter- of Prescott; Fred Breen and
Del Strong of Flagstaff; William KeI-
" of Stafford; T. w. B. Anderson,
Walter Scott and William STROBE of
Miami; Ted Healey of Casa Grande.