Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-24
F|REMEN'S CARNIVAL
At $3.50 TON|GH!
Hundreds of Firemen in
City For Three Days
Convention
BUSINESS TOMORROW
King Street Bathed in Flags-Deco-
rationS Lavish-Go0d Time As
sured Hordes of Firefighters

Bathed in riot Of colors King
street, today presented a pretty pic
ture with its flags, pennants and wei
come signs fluttering TO the breezes
stretched on cross wires from Fair.
fax street to the union railway sta
tion to welcome the delegates and
visitors to the thirty-fourth annual
convention of the Virginia State Fire
mems Association, which will convene
| tomorrow morning. Many of the fire
men already are here, the Harrison
burg Company being the first TO put
in its appearance last night. Others
came today and will continue to pour
into the city until after the opening
of the business session.
A reception tonight for the fire
men will be feature of the festl-
vities and really will mark the for
NAL opening of the 8 days conven-
ton.
The lights will be flashed on prompt
ly at $50 o'clock tonight which will
be signal that the firemen's con-
vention is on. At that hour the bells
and whistles will be let loose and
noise making devices will be put into
operation. The fire apparatus will be
on the streets and the visiting bands
will play, The switch for turning en-
the lights which win illuminate King
Street has been installed in the office
of Fire Chief Ogden and he will push
the key turning on these lights.
The local firemen have been busy
receiving the visitors all day long.
Incoming companies arc being met by
delegations of local firemen at the
railway station and escorted to head
quarters and registered.
A big reception last night was
rendered the Harrisonburg Fire De-
partment when they arrived shortly
after 8 o'clock. The visitors were met
by large delegation of local fire
men and many in automobiles. Red
fire blazed the way for the visitors
and they were escorted to hcadquar-
tcrs, and after registering went to
their quarters in tents on Lee School
grounds. Owing to the fact that there
was a fire in Harrisonburg ycstcr-
day morning which partially destroy
ed the Brock Hardware and Harness
Company's place in which three of the
firemen were injured, only forty
came last night. The remainder, how
ever, reached here this morning. With
their picturesque red shirts they pre-
serted an attractive appearance on
the streets.
AS heretofore stated the opening
day of the convention will begin at
10 o'clock tomorrow morning when
the session will be called to order in
the auditorium of the Elks' Home. On
behalf of the city Mayor Fisher viii!
welcome the visiting firemen. Tonight
at 7.30 o'clock representatives of the
various state companies will hold 9
caucus in the rooms of the chamber
Of commerce.
Fifty members of the CharlotteS-
vile Company arrived here this af-
ternoon together with an eighteen
piece band. and a junior drum corps
of nine men. The Charlottesville de-
legation will return home Thursday
night. Accompanying them is Dr.. II.
w. Battle, chaplain of the state as
sociation. The Charlottesville delega-
ton was met by large number OF
local firemen.
Washington representatives in the
parade Thursday in connection with
the convention Of Virginia State
Firemen Association are expected tc
bring home the prize for the best
display, according to several Of tho
guiding lights of the fire depart.
ment Of that city.
The delegation headed by Battalion
Chief C. W. Gill will be composed OF
seventy men and three pieces of ap.
paratus.
The prize will be AT award O.
money. This prize, the department
boasts. was won by the Washington
contingent at the last convention.
According to word received b.
Chief Kenneth w. Ogden this morn