Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-12-19
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.LACUNA MADRE
Preparations Made to
Fete Aviators at FL
Jardin Hotel Mon
day Night

Some time Monday afternoon. m
soon a. plrring motors can drive
them. after starting on their 1900
mile journey at noon from san An
tonic. five great mechanical water
birds will alight on the waters or
Laguna Marrs at Point Isabel. end
ing thereby the first hop" of the
Pan-American flight.
The daring hirdmen who will pilot
these great steel airships will be
brought 70 shore by delegation %
Brownsville citizens. taken 10
Brownsville, ard feted as were leg
endary heroes of old.
All plans for the banquet and
dance to be given the visiting bird
men have been completed; only the
guests are lacking.
The aviatOIs will be brought to
Brownsville on a special train run
over the Rio Grande Railway. the
banquet will be given at 1880 o'clock
AZ the ri Jardin Hotel and dance
will follow at . o'clock. The fllers
must be In bed at 10 o'clock in order
~ get plenty Of sleep before starting
for Tampico at y o'clock Tuesday.
l.. :. Bourne, general manager for
the Rio Grande Railway, announces
that special train will be run to
Point Isabel 1t o'clock for those
wishing 70 get glimpse of the giant
amphibisn planes as they alighi on
the waters Of Laguna Madre.
No Escort Planes
There will be no escort planes, due
10 the fact that the five flight planes
are the only ones capable Of landing
on water. The landing will be MAGE
AZ Point Isabel, a. the field near the
sugar MILL just off ths Point Isabel
road about four miles from town. has
been soaked hy recent rains. making
landing there impossible.
II IN regarded By officials Or the
Chamber of Commerce as virtually
impossible 70 land on this field and
plans are tO receive the flirrs AZ
Point Isabel. An aviator will be ia
Brownsville Sunday. however. Ia de-
termine the condition Of this field,
according 10 a message received by
q. N. Richardson, manager w the
chamber. The planes have not v ade
more practice flights due 70 wet
grounds M San Antonio. ii /. stated.
The planes are 10 BE- rcfuelIcd ard
generally scrviced while at Point
Isabel.
Ten Aviat0rs In Group
There Will he ten aviators in the
Erour. These are Major n "A.
Dargcc. flight commander: Cant. A.
i. MCDaniels. assistant flight CON-
mander; Capt. Ira C Baker. Can.. C.
II. WOolsey; Lieut.. Bernard 8.
Thompson. Lieut.. Ennis c. Whitehena.
Lieut.. {. Mex. Robinson. Lieut.. Muir
:. Fairchild. Lieut.. John W. Benton
and Lieut.. n. II. Wcddington.
Guests NJ the banquet will inc. .udc
directors Of the Chamber of COM
mcrce and their wives. according 10
Mrs. q. C. Richardson. who IN in
charge " the arrangements FOR the
affair. These arc Mr.. and Mrs. ". u.
Clint. Mr.. and Mrs. John Gregg, Mr..
and Mrs. MI u. McDavitt. Mr.. and
Mrs. i. XII Tucker ard Mr.. and Mrs.
Jesse Dennett.
The personnel Of Fort Brown will
he represented nv Col. William A.
Johnston. commander or the post, and
his wife; Capt. W. q. Ingram. adju-
tant of the post. and his wife: Cap
tain and Mrs. Shell and Lieut.. and
Mrs. NJ. H. stockton.
Since the flight Il 10 be an inter-
national affair. General b. Serrato.
commander Of the Mexican military
district of MatnmorOs and General
Gabriel CerFara, commander III the
Mexican garrison in matamoros. are
to be present. A. c. Vasquez. Mexi-
can consul in Brownsville, has been
invited.
There will be ten girls who are to
dance with the aviators beginning at
~ o'clock. These are Misses Eleanor
and l.. C. Dalzell. Katherine and
Elizabeth Creager. Margaret West.
Dorothy Eidman. Marcia Clint. Annie
Tucker. Modine Tucker and Dorothy
Stnkely.
There are number of guests invit-
ed from out Of town. these including
5. Lamar Gill of Raymondville, Rob
Stuart Of Harlnpen, All Parker Of LIN