Evening star., 1940-02-04
Board Of Trade Guests
Play Wild West al
midwinter Dinner
Cowboys and indians,
900 Of Them, on
Hand for Frolic

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Hand for FroIic
Indian war whoops and cries Of
"Heigh-o Silver" rang through the
Mayhower Hotel last night as some
900 members of the Board Of Trade
and their guests attended the
boards midwinter dinner.
Staid Senators and District Of
ficials donned cowboy hats and In
dian headdress and kept the welkin
ringing with what was intended to
be close harmony and appropriate
shouts.
Theme of the 51st celebration was
"Days of the Golden West" and
the lower lobby of the hotel was
converted into a Golden West hotel
with a Gordon of cowboys hanging
around outside and signs on the
door indicating that inside was the
post Office, the sheriff and whisky.
Neither the post office nor the
sheriff was visible.
The guests checked their hats,
coats and guns and proceeded to a
feast, enjoyment of which was
heightened by the announcement Of
President Lawrence Williams that
there would be no speeches. There
was none except for extemporaneous
comment from the floor on the
Golden West vaudeville acts that
formed the entertainment. This
consisted largely of More, more"
Decked in Pine and Cedar.
The dining room was decked in
pine and cedar, while the stage was
fianked by drops showing an In
dian on horseback and a plodding
pioneer with his steers. Dinner
opened on a patriotic note with
the singing of "The Star Spangled
Banner" by Marian Mckinley, sup
ported by a few basses from the
back room, where cocktails had been
served previous to the meal.
A brief welcome by Mr.. Williams
followed, with introduction of G.
Hayward Marshall, chairman of the
Membership Committee, and Clar-
ence w. Gosnell, chairman of the
committee which planned the event.
Nothing was too good for the
guests. A corps of some 80 men,
bers of the board as members OF the
Floor Committee stood by to su-
pervise the service. Members OF
the Floor Committee each was as
signed a group of tables to look out
for. They ate early.
Guests got a taste of the enter
tainment to come as they entered
the Golden West Hotel. Dell O'Dell,
who says she is the worlds leading
woman magician, was busy attach
ing sticks to tuxedo buttonholes
and offering a prize if anybody
could get the sticks of without
breaking them.
Xylophone Numbers Please.
A feature of the vaudeville acts
was one by Pansy, the horse. Pansy
consisted of two rubber-limbed lads
in appropriate costume, but her an
tics drew shouts of laughter from
the crowd.
June Boyd-billed as Little Miss
Personality-pleased the group with
her xylophone and Chinese costume.
Abandoning her costume in favor OF
more modern attire, she played sew
eral old favorites for the visiting
tenors to go to town on. She spent
most of her encores dodging the
table flowers which made their ap-
pearance on the stage from the bal
cony and the floor.
Chairmen who helped in the ar
ranging of the event were Thornton
Owens, Advisory Committee; Mr..
Williams, invitations; Francis G.
Addison, reception; James A. Cas-
sidy, entertainment; w. Russell
Lamar, dinner and decorations; Her.
man F. Carl, lights and amplif1ers;
James w. S. Hardey, printing;
Joseph F. Nebel, property; Harvey L.
Jones, floor; Charles A. Robinson,
publicity, and James H. Rees, trans
portation.
The entertainment was directed
by Peter S. Larkin against a covered
wagon background.
The guest list follows: