Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-20
THURSDAY


The FL Jardin Progress club will
meet Thursday at the home Of Mrs.
" W. Mckee at 3 p. m. This is a
regular business meeting Of the club.
DINNER DANCE AT
POINT ISABEL
Captain and Mrs. C. r. Tyrrell en-
tertained at the Point Isabel Yacht
CLUB last evening with a dinner dance
IGNORING +. NJ. Bartholomew of In
annapolis, Ind and his party, who
are In Brownsville for the breaking
OF the ground for the Bartholomew
hotel at Point Isabel.
Following the ceremonies Of the
ground breaking the guests were
taken TO the club house where a sea
food banquet was served.
Quantities of pink roses were used
throughout the lower floor of the
ciub house and the tables were artis-
te IN their appointments Of pink and
green.
Captain TyrrelI, who served as
postmaster, introduced the speakers
o. the evening with a rare wit. John
nhary of Mission welcomed Mr.. Bar
tholomew to the Valley and COM
mended him on his foresight and
courage.
John Shary, who has helped to
make the Rio Grande Valley the spot
Tor the eyes Of the world, ~recounted
the vision that brought him 70 South
Iexas in 1912 to pioneer, and that he
mas never lost that vision but had
realized its fulfillment. He had put
his LIES work and capital in the
valley, visualizing for Point Isabel
. great future dependent not alone
on Its outlet to the sea, but the fact
that il can and will become the play
ground of the Southwest. He pre-
xdicted for Bartholomew a great sue
4 cess and that his reward for his
5'courage and progressive spirit would
be in the success of Point Isabel.
VIM. S. West, prominent Browns
Vile attorney, spoke of the Point as
the playground of the West, and en-
phasized the fact that the Rio Grande
Valley was only about the size of
the city Of Chicago which fact made
~ possible to cover in a short time
and that Point Isabel as a pleasure
ground was an ideal spot not only
Tor Valleyites but for all Southwest
Texas, accessible from all points and
that Bartholomew's hotel project
came az the psychological time for
the Valley.
r. T. Stuart Of Harrington cited the
possibility Of the Valley as q solid
community within n few years from
Brownsville to Mission.
Judge Volney Taylor, briefly well
coined Mr.. Bartholomew guests and
extended to them the hospitality of
Brownsville. His remarks were con-
fined to the progress Of the Valley.
kilograms Of congratulation from
every town in the Valley we're read
by Captain Tyrrell.
Mr.. Bartholomew made a brief talk
on his interest in Point Isabel and
what he saw in the future for the
city or the Gulf.
The 18th Cavalry band furnished
the music for the dancing throughout
the evening.
CIRCLE NO. 1 HOSTESS
Circle No. / Of the Methodist church
was hostess to the other three cir
: cles of the Missionary society Men
4day afternoon in the dining room of
the church.
Mrs. II. Signor, leader of Circle
No /, assisted by other circle mem
bers, served an elaborate luncheon
nc ] p. m. The tables were hand
some in their appointments. Pink
roses and fern were used in sprays
over the linen clothes with low sill
Yer bowls of roses and water lilies
as a central ornament.
A musical program was given after
which Mrs. Signor gave a very in
teresting talk on the life Of Moses,
tracing his lineage and life through
out all its colorful history.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS
ENTERTAINED
Mrs. j. E. Lovett entertained the
members Of her Sunday school class
at her home on Monday evening with
q delightful party. The spacious
rooms were decorated with q pro-
fusion of flowers and ferns. Games
and contests were enjoyed throughout
the evening.
The following guests were present:
Misses Alice Brown. Kate Dudley.
and Ruth Causey, Mesdanes Earl
White, J. H. Blitz. N. W. Ward. H.
Hayes, r. c. Graham, G. L. Tidwell,
d.. 5. Wright, n. ]. Lyons, P. p.
Burke, NJ. I. Love, W. c. Dudley and
J. z. Lovett.
The PIT. A. will meet at the FL
Jardin school house at 2 p. m. The
association is only meeting once a
month through the summer and this
is the meeting for June. The chair
sIpaen of all committees are urged to
be present.