Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-23
PROGRAM FOR
CANAL MEET
EANNOUNCED
Auto Caravan Will
Tour Valley; Dele
gates Have Busy
Days in Prospect

turned to their hotels after banquets
in the evening, the delegates in the
lntracoastal Canal association con-
vention will be guests of the Lower
Rio Grands Valley November z and
8.
The complete program as decided
M on by the entertainment commit
tee fills two days with business ses-
SONS Of the association sightseeing
IN the Valley. Business sessions
Il to be held in the morning of the
ret day and the afternoon Of the
second cay so that every Valley
citizen may attend, hear the noted
speakers and receive first-hand re-
ports Of the progress Of the water
way which is planned TO link the
Valley with the great industrial and
market centers Of the country by
water transportation.
Arrive Monday
Delegates to the convention will
arrive in the Valley on the morning
Of Monday, November z in a special
train and in special ears on the
regular trains over the Missouri Pa
cific and the Southern Pacific rail-
roads.
Registration Of delegates and dis
tribution Of badges will be handled
by the secretarial staff Of the per-
manent association organization.
Headquarters will be in the Reese
Wilmond hotel in Harlingen.
The first business session will be
called TO order by President G. s. +.
Holland of the I-ntracoastal Canal
association Of Louisiana and Texas.
The address of welcome TO the as
ISOLATION will be made by Mayor 5.
Finley Ewing of Harlingcn.
Following the business session,
the program Of which is TO be an
nounced later by Roy Miller, execu-
tive vice president of the association,
the delegates will be taken in a
a Valley autos TO the r. T.
Stuart estate where a barbecue will
be served at / o'clock. AL Parker
of La Feria is chairman Of the auto
mobile committee and the cars will
be driven by members of the of
fetal reception committee who have
been chosen from all towns in the
Valley.
Tour or Valley
After the barbecue. Monday after
noon will be devoted to a tour Of
the Valley. Four or five hours are to
be given to the drive. No stops will
be made during the afternoon but
every town on the state highway
will be visited and drives made
through the towns and through
farming territory back of the towns.
At least one big orchard will be visit
ed and each delegate and visitor of
fered an opportunity to pick oranges
from the trees.
The drive up the Valley as far as
Mission will end at the home OF John
III. Shary Of Sharyland. Mr.. and Mrs.
Shary will entertain visitors and
members Of the Valley reception
committee at a dinner IN their home.
After dinner the visitors will be
taken back to their hotels for the
night.
Coffee and morning newspapers
will be taken TO the rooms Of the Wis
itors at 2 o'clock Tuesday morning.
After coffee the caravan will be
formed and proceed to Rio Hondo
yer the new paved road 10 give the
canal association dlegates an oppor-
tunity TO see the Arroyo Colorado.
n survey Of which Is being made in
connection with extension Of the
1ntracoastal Canal from Corpus
Christi.
To Point Isabel
From Rio Hondo the caravan will
60 TO San Benito over a concrete
highway to the Stonewall Jackson
Hotel where the visitors will be
guests Of San Benito at breakfast.
At 8 o'clock Tuesday morning the
delegates will be driven to Point
Isabel to see the proposed terminus
Of the canal and the Valley deer
water harbor development. A. J..
MeColl has arranged for n boat trip
for all delegates and members Of the
reception committee out the channel
to the j%etties and past the develop
ment on Padre Island.
Lunch will be served-a seafood
dinneT-at the Point Isabel pavilion
during which the visitors may see
the activity Of building now in prog
ress at the new port.
The caravan will leave Point Isabel
vile where the second business ses-
sion of the convention will be opened
at . O'Clock in the Spanish Garden Of
the Fl Jardin Hotel. s. c. Tucker
will welcome the visitors. The bust
ness program will review the Valleys
development and set forth the re-
sources of the region which the
visitors have been inspecting for two
days.
Banquet In Matamoros
After the business session the
delegates will be taken 70 Matamoros
where a banquet will be served in
Mrs. Leonard's Hotel. Wild game.
including venison, wild turkey. duck
and quail will be the feature Of the
menu.
The banquet will close the Of
fetal program. Delegates who re-
turn to their homes Tuesday night
will board their ears at Brownsville.
II is believed that many Of the
visitors will desire TO spend add.
tional time in the Valley. following
the convention and enjoy the outdoor
recreation available here. Courtesies
of the golf courses of the Valley will
be extended and several fishing par
ties have been planned for visitors
who want to land tarpon and other
game fish Of the yea.
At the Morgan city convention Of
the Intracoastal Canal association
last wear the delegates from the Low
err Rio Grande Valley. representing
alf towns. told the Texas and Louisi-
ana men that the Valley had more
20 show visitors than any other re-
gion along the route of the great
waterway. The Valley committees
have planned the program here for
two days 20 prove their statements
and every opportunity viii be given
the visitors 10 see as much Of the
Valley as possible.
MAGISTRATES
Mrs. Ethel Hayes Of Brownsville
and Eugene Bates, ST.. also Of the
sare rity. were married Saturday