The Winslow mail., 1925-05-19
At
BANQUET GIVE
FUTURE OF THE
ART OF FLYING

No more brilliant list of speakers
ever addressed an after-dinner
,audinece than that called upon by
Toastmaster Grady Gammage at the
aviation banquet Saturday evening.
Headed by Governor Hunt, the
speakers included noted Arizona
men, army and navy officers, and
one of the most popular members
of Of the moving picture world,
Miss Carmelita Geraghty, who was
Miss Hollywood" at the ceIebra-
! tion
The banquet was prepared and
served by members of the Winslow
Womans' club, whose efforts pro-
vided the social climax and out
standing feature of the two days
airway festival Places were pro-
vided for 200 banqueters, and the
! speakers table seated nineteen
guests of the city for the occasion.
Music was provided in. generous
quantity by Eddie Pooler's Meteor
J City orchestra, and their perform
ance drew much praise from the
! assembled guests, even an i'm
! promptu mention during the speech
of Dr.. Harry Southworth, of Pres
cott former commander of the
American Legion Of Arizona.
| During the serving of the courses,
music and amusement features
were provided Four pupils of Miss
Elizabeth Van Tile gave three short
dances following the first course,
Miss Elmina Morris and Miss Burl
Hammond presenting solo dances,
and Miss Madge Patton and Miss
Agnes Kelly dancing the third num-
Der in duet. All three were grace
fully rendered and were given great
applause.
Governor Hunt, who sat at the
| toastmaster's right, was called
upon for the first speech of the
evening. His remarks were char
acteristic of the governor, brief,
but full of meaning. He dwelt upon
the possibilities of the air travel,
the great amount of work neces-
sary to be done to prepare for the
time when planes will become gen.
orally used and operated, and the
promise that all progressive states
would aid in creating air travel
routes as they had highways for
the passage of vehicles. He closed
his remarks by stating that al
though the administration would
work in every way to further the
cause of flying, the highway depart
ment would not yet stop work on
the Winslow-Flagstaff highway,
which was a point keenly appre-
ciated by the city's auto visitors
from the west.
Miss Carmelita Geraghty, "baby
star of 1924" of Hollywood, the
city's guest for two days, was next
introduced by Mr.. Gammage. Miss
Hollywood's" speech consisted of
twenty-one short words, as follows:
II wish to thank you all for your
kindness to me, and I assure you
l am having wonderful time"
Capt. r. G. irwin, of Rockwell
Field, San Diego, made short
talk for the army service, express
ing appreciation of the service for
the army service, expressing ap-
probation of the service for the
cooperation of cities in preparing
and dedicating air fields.
Following Captain Twins brief
talk the Prescott Frontier Days
Quartette entertained the diners
with a number of whimsical selec-
tions. They made a big hit with
all, and accomplished much good
for the annual celebration for
which Prescott is famous.
Lieut.. Huga Schmidt, Of the naVy
station at San Diego, and Lieuten-
ant Wellington, of the army Ell
Paso station, were next on the list.
Each told of what has been accom-
plished in his branch of the air
service, and told of future develop
ments and expectations.
Bob Hausler, the little man with
the big spirit, who began agitation
for the establishment of fields
along the route of the Tri-State
Airway last fall, and who worked
as a mechanic at the local round
house, paying all the expenses OF
the work from his own earnings.
was next called by Mr.. Gammage.
Mr.. HansIer told of his experience
in laying out the Salt Lake-San
Diego air route, over which mail
will be carried beginning the first
of July, and prophesied that be-
fore many months the government
would have mail planes travelling