Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-17
EMPTY HOURS
TO Be FILLED
Chamber OF Commerce To
Furnish Many Games
Free Of Charge

With the tourist club OF the
Brownsville Chamber Of Commerce
In operation visitors to this city
during the present winter should
lind be able to ill the hours with
real entertainment.
MRS. Ada Nolen Mayer, hostess,
mas plans for a series Of activities
which should hold something OF
interest for every person who Wis
IT'S this section. She has mapped
out q program which includes
weekly parties. excursions to the
seaShore and Mexico; and many
other group entertainments. Then
there are to be golf, tennis. cro-
quet, checkers and other games.
Weekly dances for the visitors like
~ viii be arranged a little later.
Club Just Opened
The club opened Friday, with
lively competition among tourists
anxious to be the first TO register.
This honor went to MIR. and Mrs.
j. s. Whitcomb. Of Kimball, Neb.
The register shows visitors from
widely separated sections Of the
country, including New York, CAL
tfornia, and Missouri. A number Of
Texas and Valley visitors also cali
ed during Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. Mayer is soliciting coopera-
ton OF hotels, tourist camps, apart
ment house owners and all others
who come In contact with the Wis
ttors. She also expects TO invite
Brownsville omen and men TO as
sist her In arranging the social
events.
A guest book is kept at the club
rooms In the Chamber of Com
merce building and this Is expect
ed to become a register where
friends will come 10 locate each
other. The hostess hopes that every
tourist in Valley will leave their
address with the club.
Game Ground Ready
All the games and other faciii-
ties OF the club are ready and all
Of them r nov being used. The
putting green has been installed on
the Missouri Pacific park near the
passenger station, equipment for
the other games Is ready at the
chamber Of commerce and game
tables are equipped in the build
ing.
Mrs. Mayer Is planning to stage
her first big party on Thanksgiv-
ing evening. While plans for this
are not complete, an effort will be
made TO get all the visitors ac-
quainted with each other and with
people Of Brownsville. Local people
are to be asked to help entertain.
Several smaller parties are plann-
ed for the intervening week.
IL Is planned to give a special
entertainment at some time dur
ing the winter for the tourists and
teachers Of dancing and music will
be asked TO assist in this event.
Also a program to be given by the
tourists themselves will be arrang-
ed and IL IS believed some splendid
talent win be brought to light in
tbs.
Everything Free
All the activities OF the club are
absolutely free to the tourists and
a membership card Is issued as
they register. emitting the bearer
TO special privileges and benefits.
Another feature Of the entertain
ment planned for e visitors arc
the bus tours to be operated by the
Missouri Pacific TRANSFORMATION
Company. r. G. Craft, manager. has
mapped out an all-Valley tour
which will last about eight hours
and which will include practically
all parts Of the Valley and the in
.teresting sights. Another tour TO
be started about Dec. l will include
Of interest around Browns
vile and will take about two and
half hours.
City Offers Much
Brownsville has much 10 offer
the winter tourist and ! am con-
WINGED that by properly organizing
activities for their entertainment
many of them will remain in this
city much longer than they first
intend" Mrs. Mayer said.
There is sufficient Of interest
here TO hold -isitors for many weeks
II It Is properly presented to them
and 1t Is TO be the purpose OF the
Tourist Club TO see that the prO-
per presentation OF our attractions
Is made"
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