The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-20
.BREAD|NAxERs ASSEMBLE
FOR. ANNUAL CONVENTION
Representatives CT Every Section
Z Here to Discuss Prob
lens of Trade.
BUSINESS Pissoc GRAM I. i DID.
attractive Entertainment Features
Planned for Delegates and Visitors.
Many Agents OF Supply Houses
Here for Convention.

With the stage setting complete and
hundreds of delegates and visitors rep
resentins practically every section of
the United States and Canada ready for
the big gathering. the curtain will rise
on the formal opening of the seven
teenth annual convention OF the Ma :
tional Association OF Master Bakers in
the Jefferson Hotel auditorium this
morning at 10 o'clock A reception and
dance at the jefferson Hotel last night
In honor of the visitors marked the
informal opening of the convention.
Practically all of the delegates and
! members of their families attended
these events.
Beginning on Sunday and extend :
Ing througout yesterday convention
visitors and delegates poured into the
city from every direction, and hun
dreds are expected to arrive to-day. 1t
was freely predicted last night by Of
ficers and members of the 3associa tion
that the RichmoEsis convention will he
one of the largest and most success
full in the history of the organiza- :
ton. Tho attendance of delegates Is
expected to reach at least 100, and
! 1t is likely to exceed that number.
REGISTRATION OFFICES
AT JEFFERSON HOTEL
Convention registration ieadquar-
ters We're opened yesterday morning at
the Jefferson Hotel. and those in charge
spent Il busy day registering the hun
dreds of delegates and visitors rs they
, arrived. The registration office for men
is in the main lobby. near the Main
Street entrance. while women attend
ing the convention are being registered
in tho lobby near the Franklin Street
entrance. Souvenirs and badges are
being given, to all who register. IS
Plans of the local comm on a N
tertainment and reception are working
smoothly, and an excellent program OF
entertainment for convention delegates
and members of their, families has been
arranged. There Will besfew idle mo-
ments for the guests during their stay
in Richmond. The local committee re-
quests that citizens who have agreed
to lend their automobiles to-day to be
used on the sightseeing trip, which has
been arranged for the visitors. will
plea sc have the machines at the Frank
lin Street entrance OF the Jefferson
Hotel this afternoon at go O'Clock. AT
2 o'clock this afternoon women attend
ing the convention will be carried on
an automobile tour to various points
of historical interest in and around
Richmond. This will be followed by n
ten at the Country Club of Virginia
ORDER OF PRETzELs
TO HOLD INITIATION
There VIII be about 100 members OF
the S. o. O. p. tSalty Order OF Pretzels) }
attending the convention, and to-night t
at S o'clock now members of the order
will be initiated at the Empire Thea ire.
just before the regular performance of
tho Lucille In Verne Company. A
special ritual has been prepared, ant!
the Initiation promises to he one OF tile
most unique features of the convention.
Following the initiation will be per-
formance by members of the Lucille La
Verne Company.
The greater part OF tho membership
of tho >. Q. o. p. Ia expected to arrive
this morning on special train with
other delegates from the West. y
large party,of Northern delegates came
Ito Richmond yesterday morning from
Norfolk. having arrived there on tho
steamship Jefferson, OF the Old Domin-
Ion Line. The vessel was chartered by
the delegates for the voyage from New
York.
Besides those who devote all of their
tins. to actual bread making, there are
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