The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-25
ALL SETFOR THE BIC |. OF C..EXPANS|0N
 CAMPA|GN ID BEGIN
Hundreds of New Members Already Pledged, Though Canvassing Does Not
 Start Until Monday

All set Is the word at the headquar- ters of the expansion campaign of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce.
 The actual enlistment of a minimum of 20OO members will commence tomorrow morning. A substantial distance toward the goal is already behind the teams, for several hundred memberships have already been pledged. These include the subscriptions of several of the large cor porations. Men who secured these pledges say they found only the heartiest inter est in the undertaking among the execu . tive officers of the big concerns. Some of the majors have reported at head quarters that in fixing the goal of the drive at 20oo the campaign committee was understanding the possibilities of this effort.
 All majors, captains and workers have been commanded to meet Monday morn ing at the headquarters, 26 Nineteenth street, north, at o'clock. For one thing, a group photograph of the team organization is wanted. There will be a couple of minutes of final instruction and then the men will go out to work two hours, asking their fellow citizens to make application for membership in the new organization.
 GREAT RIVALRY
 Luncheons on each day of the week have been arranged for the making of reports on the progress of the drive. These will be served in the ballroom of the Tutwiler at 1 o'clock each day and be closed at 2:15 sharp. Three big black . boards representing the red, white and blue forces, into which the teams have been divided. will be used and it is ex- pected the rivalry for leadership devel. oped the first day will become hotter each day.
 Except on Monday, when the campaign committee will have surprise in store for the workers, each days luncheon will be named for the club which is CO., operating in the success of the move ment
 Kiwanis has joined for the Tuesday luncheon. J. Mercer Barnett, it's pres- dent. will be in the chair. The speaker will be Dr. N. R. Baker, county super intendent of schools. An analysis of the thought survey in the Central and Ensley high schools made a few days ago will be given by Dr. Baker. The music on Tuesday will be furnished by the band of the Central school boys {. Rotary day will be the title of the luncheon on Wednesday. President M. w. Bush and all the other Rotarians will sit down that day with the Cham Der of Commerce workers and MT. Bush, as presiding officer, will introduce Hugh Morrow as the speaker.
 1 VETERAN ORGANIZER COMING | The Real Estate exchange members | have united with the Chamber of Com merce men for Thursday. Frank Butler | president, will be in the chair. c. E. Jenks, who has been selected to conduct the installation service of the new Cham i Der of Commerce, will that day meet the members. MT. Jenks is a veteran organ ization man and has been sent to Bir- mingham because of the importance with which the American City bureau regards
 the new chamber here.
 1 pr. Courtney w. Shropshire will be the presiding officer on Friday, for on ! that day thes Civitan club members will lunch with the Chamber of Commerce men. First-hand information or civic commercial organization work, which has attracted attention all over the country
 will be given by John Wood, secretary l of the Chamber of Commerce in Roanoke /! Va.
 | On Saturday the Community club vii hava it's meeting with the men who by I that time will be celebrating their sue I cess in building a big. responsible Cham | her of Commerce. The chair will be oc cupied by Claude Estes, the president. 1 All the luncheons are open to the citi
 zens of Birmingham. The campaign com mittee will welcome as many as the Tut wiIers ballroom will accommodate.