The border vidette., 1927-12-03

here with a party of friends from
Douglas. In his day Hal Chase
was one of Americas famous
baseball players.
At the luncheon meeting of
the Nogales Kiwanis club held
Thursday noon at The Cave.
.Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. Thomas
Pitts. general manager of the
Southern Arizona Power Com.
papy, was unanimously elected
president, succeeding VIM. l..
Hunter, retiring, who was elect
ed district trustee. Pablo D. G..
Gonzalez, owner of the Santo
Nino Farm, was elected vice.
president, and Dr.. T. B. Fits
was named chairman Of the
Christmas Tree committee.
The annual Elks memorial ser.
vices will be held at the lodge
rooms of the local B. P. O. e
at 8 o'clock tomorrow night, &C
cording to call for the meeting
issued by Judge W. A. O'Con.
nor, chairman of the memorial
committee. through Secretary
Robert E. Lee. The public is
invited to attend the memorial
services. Hon. Sidney P. Os
born of Phoenix, will deliver the
the memorial address and an ex
cellent musical and literary pro
gram for the occasion has been
prepared.
Homer Fl. Mcneil, dean Of
Arizona publishers, who for
nearly a half century has made
his home in Phoenix, engaging
in the printing and publishing
business, visited Nogales Sun,
day and Monday. Homer, who
is more than 20 years young, is
still going strong and should
live to be a 100 without half try.
ing. He and ye Vidette editor
worked together on the Arizona
Republican. back in 1890 and '96.
On his visit to the border Mr..
Mcneil was accompanied by his
son Geore, who travels the state
for Blake, Motif & Towne, Los
Angeles paper dealers.
Mr.. Ed. Titcomb. president
and one of the founders OF the
great firm of Roy & Titcomb.
Inc. this city, will depart on to.
nights train for. Mazatlan, Sina-
loa. Mexico, thence to the state
Of Nayarit, where he will in
spect his company's bid hard
wood mills and vast tracts OF
the finest timber in the world.
This is Mr.. Titcomb's first visit
to the far south country since
erecting the mills near Topic and
acquiring the great forests of
valuable timber. Herbert M.
Clagett. for many years connect
ed with Roy & Titcomb, Inc, is
in charge of operations in the
state of Nayarit.
H. e. Woottoon, grand chan
cellor of the Knights of Pythias
order of the state of Arizona.
will pay an official visit to the
Nogales lodge tonight and a spe.t
cial meeting has been called by
Frank B. Carroon, chancellor
commander of the local lodge.
All members are urged to at
tend the meeting tonight which
starts at 7:3O o'clock and con
tinues until 900 o'clock, after
which the Knights of Pythias,
their friends and families, will
go to the Aztec club, Nogales.
Sonora, Mexico. where a grand
ball and entertainment will be
given in honor Of many Arizona
Knights of Pythias.
In the passing of Don Frank.
lin,. twenty years q citizen of
Nogales. held in high esteem by
all who knew him and beloved
by his personal friends, Nogales
lost a tolerant, broad minded
generous open-hearted patriotic
citizen who will be missed. Don
numbered among his true friends
many of the great men of the
state among them being the late
Senator Mark Smith and Judge
A. G. Baker, and Judge Samuel
Pattee and Judge Charles Blen
man of Tucson. When Don
shuffied off this mortal coil, the
editor of The Vidette, who for
twenty years camped with him,
drank and played with him, lost
a loyal friend. and the Elks an
enthusiastic brother, whose faults
are written in the sands; whose
virtues are written on tablets of
lovo and mamorv