Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-26
PROGRAM.
Being CARRIED OUT
Thousands Here. To See
Fikenlen's Parade This
Afternoon
CARNIVAL TONIGHT
CARNIVAL TONIGHT
Block Dance and Masqued Partici,
pants Feature-Reel Races Tomor-,
row Ends Three Days Convention.

a burst of speed that fairly dazzle'
every resident of the city and visitors
the Thirty-Fo Annual Convention
Of the Virginia State 4Firemen's AS
ISOLATION is now under way and COINS
strong when the final events ar
registered on the score board tomor
row night, the concensus of opinion il
that Alexandria's convention wal
stack up as the greatest ever hele
during the past several years.
The convention actually started las'
Tuesday afternoon, with the reception
of delegates, but officially it got un'
der way on Tuesday evening when al
$3.50 O'clock the electrical display, OF
this there was a plenty, was turned
on, bells and whistles doomed aout g
( welcome to the brave fire fighters
from other towns and cities in Vir-
ginia and a general coed time cele-
bration was staged.
The electrical display is one of the
finest ever shown in this city. For a
distance Of tel blocks. On King Street;
strings of lights, each string being
equipped with about So high powered
lamps, lighted the city and made day
out of night and, gave the visitors and
the~loeal celebrators "a chance to cut
loose and have royal good time.
Washington street, from Cameron to
Prince is also a blaze of glory and 1t
is there that goodly portion of the
official events of the program have
been and will be staged.
Local firemen.. and members Of the
various committees were on the Job
bright and Yearly Wednesday morning,
the reception of delegates and visit
ing companies and friends beginning
at 6 o'clock. This was the program
for the first A hours Of the morning,
after which the first business session
of the convention was officially open
ed. Counting out one hour for lunch
the business session continued until .
o'clock Wednesday evening, at which
time, the delegates were released from
the hall and the greater majority at
tended the baseball game which was
staged between the Henry Is. theld
Bible Class, of the Methodist Episco-
pal church, South. ard the Baraca
Bible Class, of the First Baptist
church.
A band concert. participated in by
several of the bands on hand. for the
occasion began at $50 o'clock and
continued for about an hour, when the
fluctuating crowd was called to King
street to witness parade OF the en-
tire Alexandria department.
And when it comes to show tor
nation there is no other department
in this section of the country that can
Law claim to having anything on" the
local outfit. With Respondent brass
and nickle. shining trucks and orderly
uniforms, the Alexandria boys certain
" did themselves proud in every re-
spect. A full account OF the parade
will be found in another part OF THIS
paper.
THE program for today started later
than yesterdays events, the opening
gun being sightseeing trip through
the Naval Torpedo plant, the Virginia
Shipbuilding Corporations plant, TO
Arlington cemetery in Arlington coun
ty and to Washington, D. Z. ms ,flIs . trip
was brought to close about O'Clock
and the visitors were given an oppor-
tunity to get themselves ready tor the
formation of the big parade, which IS
to be held this afternoon.
All of the visiting companies ana
delegates will take part in the par
aoe which is to start at 4.3O O'Clock
this afternoon. as well as ali OF the ap
pdC1CuS, the dCGlNe uieiifpS - ->tN> :
majority Of the honorary members alT' o.
the local department. Seven oahus
have been secured for the parade the
route of which is as follows:
Form on South Washington stnee,
with the right resting at Prince anu
Washington; move west on Prince
street to West street; north on Wes'
street to King; east on King ssa tree'
to Fairfax street; north on Fairfax
street to Cameron street; west OF
Cameron to Washington street
north on Washington to Wythe; coun
ter march or Washington to King
east on King to Pitt street; Pit
street north to Cameron; Camera
street east to Royal; Royal stree
selrAttnastAe.sA anfory where the par
AIDE will disband and where all pei
sons participating in the parade WI
be- served with "a buffet supper.
At $40 the keys to the city Viii