hanks to the annual Newsboys’ Christmas Dinner in San Antonio, newsboy Gregorio Cortez was able to delight in a slice of reported. A program of music and speeches by various dignitaries followed. After Washer died in 1935, the hosting duties were passed to Pioneer Flour Mills president Erhard Guenther, and then to Harry Jersig, former president of Lone Star Brewing. President Eisenhower, a former newsboy himself, sent special greetings in 1955.
