El Paso Hotel Clerk Gives Father, Four Kids Shelter

[Page 1] Us on a Bus El Paso Hotel Clerk Gives Father, Four Kids Shelter 6,000-mile trip on a Greyhound bus through the South and Southwest with four of his children is the latest venture of Charles G. Griffo, news editor of Th Indianapolis Star. Mrs. G. is staying at home with the other two children. Here is his fourth story. By CHARLES G. GRIFFO EL PASO, Texas--The kindly night clerk with the drawl at the Hilton Hotel was somewhat flabbergasted, a condition which Mr. Hilton says no clerk should ever be in. But he soon recovered. You mean, youawl has four children with you, Mr. Griffo?" he asked. "Do you have reservations?" I explained that the reservations were for the following night.

And here is was 1:30 a.m. This was a condition I was trying to avert. Daddy wasn't too tired. The but driver had done all the work from San four children, at 2 a.m. in El Paso Antonio on in. . It was Daddy's idea or any other city? to change the schedule causing us Full of Chiropractors to arrive at such an early hour in El Paso. The hotel lobby was still crowded But what could a man do for because a convention of chiro- to coin a pun, the joint was jumping with chiropractors. "How oid are the children?" the clerk asked. I told him of Martha 14, and Mary Elizabeth, the girls, and Chuck, 9, and Greg, 4½, the boys. "I'm 40," I said, making conversation.

sorry, Mr. Griffo, but the best we is a sample room,' said the e clerk. "We can move you in the morning to a room with television. We'll have to use rollaway beds." The deal was made and the bellman loaded up the seven pieces of luggage, while I carried the portable r radio, two cameras, typewriter, and the kids took care of the jackets and thermos jug. The room was a huge affair on the third floor, just off the linen rooms. It was equipped with a large bed, four large tables, four iron pipe garment tracks, a large desk for use of salesmen, two lamps and a telephone. Within short order, evidencing accompanied by practors was about to begin. And the emergency training, of Hilton finery, the world's tallest smoke- and refreshments were served.

management, it had two comfortable rollaway beds and we went to sleep. The children had to stay in the room for a while the next morning while I wrote one of these stories. When I returned the management -offered to move us out of the sample room. The kids vetoed the idea. Playing school with the salesman's tables and trying to chin themselves on the pipe racks was more fun at the time than television. Tour the City A tour of El Paso was one of interest to the children. The bustling community is the home of three military establishments, Fort Blise, headquarters for guided missile, rocket and antiaircraft research, Biggs Air Force Base, a bomber base, and William Beaumont Army Hospital.

We took a bus tour around the city, taking in the industries such as the world's largest copper re1 stack, and then a gander ,at a replica of the original Fort Bliss. Most interesting to the children, however, was the many residents of Mexicans extraction. That was why we planned our trip across the border to Juarez as a half-day's adventure the next day before boarding a bus for New Mexico and then Phoenix. "Do we have to take a boat 1 to Mexico?" asked Chuck, before 1 he went to sleep. "No, a streetcar," said Daddy, nonchalantly. "A streetcar?". 4-H Club News The meeting of the Eugene Field 4-H Club was held recently with Margie McKinley, president, presiding.

Pledges were given by Betsy Broyles and Marilyn Eastman, and singing was led by Kathy Johnson and Merretta Gribble. New business was discussed.