Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-07
40 T.P.A.M MEN
EXPECTED AT
MEETNCHERE
3rd Quarterly Session
jar. rs to eliminate
Membership Drive
Owe State

. Forty delegates In addition 70 Ma
tional Secretary +. S. Logan OF ST.
Louis and National Director ". s.
Murchison Of Raleigh, N. c., will be
in attendance at the third quarterly
meeting OF the Texas directors, Trar-
elers Protective association, which
conyenes in Brownsville, January 20.
The Brownsville meeting will be
the elimination Of q two weeks
membership drive in Texas, conduct
ed under she direction OF Secretary
Logan, assisted By a flying squadron
OF Texas members of the n, n. a., &C
cording to Joe o. Naylor Of San An
tonic, state chairman Ct publicity.
Mr.. Logan will arrive in Texas
January Is, and will start the mem
bership drive in Fort Worth. From
there he will 20 to Dallas, Waco,
Austin, Galveston, Houston, Beau
mont, Corpus Christi and the Valley.
In each Of the cities called upon
teams of workers will visit business
houses where they will explain the
objects of the Travellers Protective
association, its advantages, and tho
requirements for membership. Those
eligible for membership include trav-
cling statesmen, city statesmen, Of
ficers and directors Of legitimate
wholesale houses and many others.
There are now approximately 10000
members of the RI. r. "A. in Texas,
according to Mr.. Naylor, and it is
confidently expected TO increase the
membership well beyond the 10000
mark before the directors convene.
1t was largely through the efforts
of Mr.. Logan last year that Texas
membership was increased to 300
and it Is believed that under his d.
rection and with the many advan-
tages offered by T. r. A. to travelling
men, with little difficulty be expert
enced in filling to the quota.
One of the principal objects Of the
Texas membership drive j. to be
found additional posts in the Rio
Grande Valley. At present there is
but one post, Post "A" at Browns
Vile. An intensive campaign will be
conducted in San Benito. Harrington,
McAllen and other Valley towns,
with the idea Of establishing addi-
tional posts, Mr.. Naylor said.
The Brownsville meeting will be
held at the Travellers Hotel. A va
ried entertainment program has been
planned by members of Post "a, in
Guiding n banquet and dance to be
held across the border in Matamoros,
a wild game dinner in the Mexican
city and a sight seeing trip through
Brownsville and surrounding Valley
towns.
Plans have been made to take care
Of approximately one hundred I.
p. A. visitors during the Brownsville
session, Is members Of the %orEaniza-
tion from all over the state are ex-
pected TO attend, in addition TO the
regularly elected state directors.
Officers of the Brownsville Post
are: A G. Hipp, president; A. M.
Jessup. secretary; and j. 5. Sanders,
state director.
In addition to Mr.. Sanders, other
state directors who will be in attend
ance follow: A. ]. 0ffenhouse, Post
B, Texarkana; J. M. Duggan. Post q.
Houston; p. A. Rochs, Post ID. San
Antonio; ID. B. Croll. J.. II. Leeeh,
ID. r. Goliath, all Of Post 4. Dallas;
George +. Reichardt, Post +, Austin;
A. NJ. Rosenfield, Post G. Galyeston;
Roy l.. Goebel. Post III, Waco; vi. o.
Newton, Post I, Wichita Falls; b. b.
Buckeridge. Post J, Fort Worth; W.
N. Carr. Post X, Sherman; Harry
Alexander, Post L, Lagrange; G. b.
Moore. ST., Post M. Cuero; ID. G.
Hucherson. Post N, Lufkin; Ray
Binns, Post o, Victoria; T. r. Mention,
Post r, Beaumont; @. III. Huettig,
Post Q, Brenham; G. r. Daniels,
Post r, Fl Paso; J. b. Stewart. Post
=, San Angelo; Truman Johnson,
Post 4, Paris; J.. II. Davis, Post ",
Orange; X. r.. Colley, Post Y,
Yoakum; L. G. Doney, Post z. Corpus
Christi.
State officers and committeeman
expected are; q. n. Tingle OF San
Antonio, president; II. F. Outterside
Of Houston. first vice presiden.,
c. VI. Gates Of Fort Worth, second
vice president; J. A. Walk Of Sher-
man, third vice president; r.. l.. Will
son Of Dallas, seeretary-treasurer;
J. o. Naylor of San Antonio. press;
u. /. Dixon of San Antonio. member
ship: III. c. Newton Of Wichita Falls,
railroads. A. +. Nations Of Beeville,
southwest Texas hotels; q. w. Lemm
of Brennan, northwest Texas hotels;
J. p. Stewart Of San Angelo. north
central Texas hotels; l.. y. Carlton
of Houston, employment; r. ". Palm
er or Dallas, relief; Dayton Hale. Jr-
OF BeeviIle. good roads and public
utilities: III. r. Outte-side 81 Hous-
ton. legislative; Perry s. Robertson
Of San Antonio. state attorney;
Homer r. Wilson Of San Antonio
state and Rev. Frank A