, 1935-11-06
ARMISTICE IS
GIVEN WEEK
Seven-Da Program Gets
Under Way Al San
Benito

SAN BENITo. Nov. 6.-The most
ambitious Armistice program ever
undertaken by Sam Jackson Post
No. Ill Ct the American Legion is
ua6er way this week and will be cul-
nj tated by an outdoor program
Monday morning. Nov. IL at the
San Benito Athletic field.
Considerable attention Is being
given 70 Armistice programs in the
schools. the Legion considering that
most children nov In the schools
were born since the World War.
The weeks educational program
began with a meeting Of the legion
post itself Monday night at the
clubhouse on the Brownsville high
way when J.. L. Bates delivered a
talk on Loyalty"
Committees in charge Of the weeks
observance met Tuesday night at
the clubhouse and Charles G. Bowie
addressed the Kiwanis Club at noon
Wednesday On "NationaliSm or In
ternationalism."
There will be a program during
the junior high school assembly
period at 1920 o'clock Thursday
morning with Supt. o. L Davis,
presiding. Jim Crawford will give
the call to colors and legicnnaires
will advance the colors. America
will be sung by the assembly with
w. E. Hatchett as leader. The girls
glee club will sing and there viii be
a talk on Armistice Day by A. L.
Montgomery. Then the colors will
be retired and taps sounded.
~ ww--eL VWW~al G-tnrl nUEn~NkTn
will be held at li:20 o'clock with
Miss Maxine Bruce, principal, pre-
siding. Substantially the same pro-
gram will be presented at this per-
iod as at the junior high school
with the exception that Mrs. r. j.
Bonner will lead the singing OF
America.
Major Hurley z. Fuller q San
Antonio will address the Rotary
Club at noon Thursday on Amer
ica's Fight Against Communism.
Friday also will be q full day Of
activity beginning with a Landrum
School assembly at 1920 o'clock.
The program will be similar 70 the
others but with Miss Alma Prem
tiss, principal. presiding. and Adju-
tant w. Y. Buck Of Sam Jackson
Post making the talk. The program
will be repeated for the Fred Booth
School assembly period at 2:30 o.
clock Friday with Principal Frank
Pierce presiding. Joe Garcia giving
the call to colorg, Miss ETneStine
Ramsey leading the singing Of Amer
icR and Harry Carroll making a talk.
The churches viii have appropriate
Armistice programs Sunday morn-
ing and the annual ArmiStice eve
barbecue will be given al the club
house at 5 o'clock Sunday.
James ID. Ward will be master CT
ceremonies at the program 70 be
presented at 10 o'clock Monday
morning at the athletic field. The
city band will play and the call TO
colors sounded BY a bugler. This viii
be followed by the formal process
sion from the gymnasium 70 the
speakers stand. The invocation will
be given by DR.. Hugh Robertson. post
chaplain, and Paul Hornbeck will
lead the singing Of America The
drum and bugle corps Ct the Cam
eron County Voiture. 40 HommeS Ct
8 Chevaux. will give an exhibition
to be followed BY the preamble OF the
GOfSllAullOL W W IEdA " OAAaA
mander w. L. Williams.
Adjutant w. Y. Buck will give
"The Americans Greed" and the
band will play The National En-
blem."
Frank Workman Of weslaco. third
division commander. will call the roll
and Paul II. Brown OF Harlingen
will deliver an address, Our Coun-
try"
The band will play. "Stsrs and
Stripes Forever and Chaplain Rob
ertson will pronounce the benedic-
ticn.
The Armistice committees are as
follows: Barbecue. l.. Bates,
chairman. James Taylor, James ID.
Ward. X. G. Roberts, Frank Viilar-
real. Art Cowdn, Leigh Stanley.
Program. T. McAnally. chairman;
A. l.. Montgomery. c. G. Bowie, Harry
Carroll. w. Y. Buck. Dwight Cilley,
J. w. Spradley, Robert s. Bone.