06/08/1932
GENTLY, but firmly. Secy. H. Y. Ellis of the El Paso Volunteer Firemen's Assn. announced today that gold-digging girls will not be permitted to frolic with the volunteer firemen at their annual party tomorrow at 6:15 p.m. in Juarez.Last year, he
said, uninvited girls upset the dignity of the gathering and interfered
with the serious business of consuming beer.
"Even wives will not be permitted to attend." said Ellis.
"But they can rest assured that the party will be respectable.
"We're merely going to eat chili con carne, drink a little beer—well, maybe a whole lot of beer—sing a few" songs and get back in two hours."
The banquet will be given in the rear of the old Gold Palace cabaret, now the gambling hall.
"The charge of $1.50 a plate includes only the dinner and beer," Ellis warned. "Persons drinking whisky will have to pay extra for it."
Echoes of the past will be heard in the songs to be sung, which include “Sweet Adeline." "It's Always Fair Weather When Good Friends Get Together." and perhaps "Down Went
McGinty to the Bottom of the Sea."
Dayton Payne will be at the piano.
Speakers will include Mayor R. E. Sherman. Judge W. D. Howe. "Uncle Jimmy" Smith, El Paso pioneer, and others.
"Probably everybody will speak said Ellis, "
"There will be lots of stories, and, they won't be risqué, either."
Ben Levy, president, will be toast- master.
Fire Chief John T. Sullivan said he will be unable to attend because of a date.
Ellis said the Volunteer Firemen's Assn. was organized in 1880, when the whole town fought fires in a bucket brigade.
It has existed through the days of the hose-reel cart, the horse-drawn fire wagon and the modern trucks. The organization was incorporated in 1921.
Officers are Ben Levy, president: Charles M. Newman, A. J. Carpenter, D. C. Crowell, J. F. Coles, vice presidents; Thomas A. Thurston, treasurer, and H. Y. Ellis, secretary
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