The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-19
Banquet at Tutwiler Last Night-Dates for Fairs
 Were Arranged
OFFICERS ELECTED
 FOR ENSUING YEAR
State Fair Will Be Held in Birming
 ham This Year October 5-14-The Place of Next Meeting of Asso- citation to Be Announced Later

The annual meeting of the Association
 of Southern Fairs and Propositions came
 to close last night with a banquet at | the Tutwiler, at which merriment ran high throughout, with a few exceptions, which were advantageously used for the | purpose of electing officers for the com
 ing year, and arranging fair dates I throughout the south. It was announced | that the next meeting place of the as- sociation would be announced later. Sam Levy of Chicago, Rob Roy, w. H. { CBilD Rice, and B. B. Burton ved with | Sol Caheen, Walter Metcalfe and A. IT. I George of Meridian in telling stories with | just the proper edge, and while MT. Levy's Hebrew stories caused great mer- riment, it was considered an even break between him and MT. Roy for the honors | of the day.
 l At moment when all was quiet Presi- l dent R. A. Brown of the Alabama State ] Fair association, relinguished the gavel | to President Robert of the visiting association, and officers were elected | as follows: George T. Barnes, Montgom- cry, president: Rob Roy, first vice pres-
 dent Frank Fuller, Memphis, second vice president; A. H. George, Meridian,
 third vice president; Sam H. Fowlkes, i secretary and treasurer.
 1 Fairs will be held this year as follows. Louisville, September 11-16 Nashville, | September 1923; Memphis, September 24- October 3; Birmingham October 5-14; Jackson, October 9-14: Meredian, October ] l6-M; Atlanta, October 14-21; Montgomery, ! October 23-2S; Mobile, October 3O-Novem- \ Der 5; Macon, November 2-11.
 President R. A. Brown of the Alabama
 State Fair association welcomed the dele ! gates to the convention of the Association ! of Southern Fairs and Propositions to Bir-
 mingham, and introduced the speakers of | the evening. B. B. Burton was the first called on and entertained the delegates with humorous explanation of a few ! questions, which had been bothering cer- ! tain of those in attendance.
 l Mir Burton was followed by Con TT.
 Kennedy, of the Con Kennedy Shows, l who expressed his great pleasure in being at the meeting of the association. He rendered his thanks to the Alabama State Fair association for the entertainment
 1t had provided the Southern Fairs as- | sociation.
 President Jacob Burger of the Business
 Mems league spoke about the good the Alabama State Fair has done Birmng- | ham. "A fair is a community enterprise, ' said Mr. Burger. Therefore, the people
 of Jefferson county all feel proud of the Alabama State Fair It has been oi great benefit in the growth of the city," MT. Burger closed his address with a tribute to the efficiency of Sam 1T | Fowlkes, secretary of the fair associa- | tion and of the other officials of that body.
 1 George A. Blinn Jr, was asked by MT. 1 Brown to tell the visitors how it felt
 to answer a telephone at 2:30 a. m., when ! the mercury was hobnobbing with the 15- degree mark. MT. Blnn did so in his
 characteristic style, nd won much ap- i plause. Rob Roy then entertained the visitors with few stories of life in a
 for an address. Mr. Caheen expressed | the belief that the fair is the greatest l civic movement of the age. in which opinion all present concurred.
 1 Sam Levy of Chicago and Walter Met | cafe had a tussle for the floor, but MT. Levy beat him to it by the fraction of ! an inch. and kept the crowd laughing
 10 minutes. Mr. Metcalfe immediately
 was recognized by the chair and pro- ceeded into narration of his experiences
 as deputy sheriff, telling the fair men | how bitter it was to discover that d
 prisoner had skipped for parts unknown 1 after having secured signatures to a IeaNy pail DOnQ. The NlSlLOrS cOmmlS- 1 erated with MT. Metcalfe thoroughly. | Joe Curtis of Chattanooga was the | next speaker. and expressed his apprecia- | ton of the entertainment offered, as did George T. Barnes of Montgomery, who ] followed him. A. H. George of Meridian {, offered a resolution to the effect that the Southern Fairs and Propositions assoca- 1 ton express it's appreciation of the kind
 ness shown them in Birmingham by Sec retary Sam H. FoSlles of the Alabama association, which was adopted by ac- 1 claim.
 Harry Robert, retiring president of the | Southern Fair association, then assumed 1 the cha irman's seat, and ruled the meet | ing. "The fair business is growing | business said MT. Robert. "It is 2
 business that we should all feel proud of. | It is business that places your business squarely before the people. It is busi-
 ness that is doing more for your state
 and your people than probably any other
 business. We should certainly feel proud of our business. gentlemen
 1 Mr Robert then declared the meeting 1 open for nominations of officers. and be-
 gan it by nominating George T. Barnes | for president. The other officers were 1 elected, as printed above. The meeting closed with a few stories from Sam Levy,
 George McCleery. Sol Caheen, and finally ! poem from Rob Roy. who captured the entire board with his song, "Hoot. Hoot, Mon"'
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