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FIRST SPEAKER AND WELCOMED THE GUESTS. GEORGE WAVERLY
BRIGGS, DALLAS STATE INSURANCE COMMISSION NEXT ADDRESSED
THE BANQUET, AND A. M. HYDE, EX-GOVERNOR OF MISSOURI,
CLOSED THE PROGRAM BY PAYING A GLOWING TRIBUTE TO THE
VALUE OF THE MINERAL WATERS AND THEIR PRODUCTS. HE
ASERTED THAT WHEN HE LEFT HE WOULD TAKE A LARGE QUANTITY
OF CRAZY WATER CRYATALS WITH HIM AND FEED THEM TO HIS
POULTRY FLOCK TO PUT THEM IN WINNING CLASS AS EGG
PRODUCERS.
THE IMMENSE PAVILION FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE OCCASION
WAS CONVERTED INTO A DINING HALL, A THOUSAND WERE SEATED
AT TABLES IN PARTIES OF 20. EACH TABLE BANKED ALONG THE
CENTER WITH FERNS AND PINK ROSES AND NUT CUPS IN PASTEL
SHADES FURTHER CARRIED OUT A PLEASURING COLOR SCHEME.
MENU CARDS SERVED AS ATTRACTIVE FAVORS WITH A COLORED
PICTURE OF THE NEW HOTEL AND A PICTURE OF THE ROOF GARDEN
DANCE HALL ON THE BACK. ANOTHER PLACE FAVOR WAS A FOLDER
WITH A SPECIAL GREETING FROM THE CRAZY HOTEL COMPANY.
THE DELECTABLE EIGHT COURSE MENU WAS SERVED IN FAULTLESS
STYLE, AND BETWEEN COURSES A WELL ARRANGED INTERTAINMENT
NUMBERS WERE GIVEN. THE LYMAN SMITHIAM ELEVEN PIECE
ORCHESTRA, DANCERS GIVING THE CHARLESTON, SPANISH DANCES,
TOE DANCES, VOICE NUMBERS BY MRS PETERS OF RANGER AND THE
SUNFLOWER GIRL OF WBAP. THE STAR SPANGLE BANNER WAS
PLAYED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM.
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Weaver, A. F. "Crazy Hotel Opens", text, March 10, 1994; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38087/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boyce Ditto Public Library.