The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-28

Sity icnt tneir charm ana Wlt O the further entertainment of the guests. International Balloon Day" was eel ebrated Friday by the members of the Civitan Club at their weekly luncheon at the Southern Club. N
 THE PARADE
 The last public entertainment feature that was accorded the visiting pilots started shortly after 5:30 o'clock Fri- day afternoon. It was a huge parade It started at Sixth avenue and Nine- teenth street, North, and marched through all of the downtown streets. At the head of the parade marched three companies of the local reserve officers training corps, made up of stu dents of the Ensley and Central High schools Four motorcycle officers rode at the head of the parade and behind them marched eight uniformed police- men. with Capt. C. E. Glover at the head. Following the uniformed off, cers were more than a dozen automo- :, piles, each representing some balloon to enter the race and in each car were the pilots and their aides that was to stearftheir balloon in the race
 Friday night the banquet tendered to the visitors by the citizens of Birming- ham was the crowning event of the 'week. Approximately 200 citizens gathered to do honor to the contestants and official visitors.
 All Of the local loops of Boy Scouts, as usual, together with many of the members of the Boys Club, rendered valuable help throughout the past week During the parade last Friday afternoon the Boy Scouts kept the crowds back off the streets along the line of the parade and out at the field at North Birmingham at the start of the race, officials said that. it would have been almost impossible to have handled the crowds even with the aid of the police unless they had had the aid of the dozen or more troops of Boy Scouts.
 The Athletic Club, the Southern Club the Birmingham Civic Association club rooms and cafe on the roof of the Jeffer- son County Bank building and the Young Mems Christian Association were all thrown open to the visitors. The Country Club, Roebuck Club and the Southern Club were all the scenes of banquets, dances and meetings given in honor of the distinguished visitors.
 Every pilot and his aide were honor members of all the local social and business clubs of the city and were en- titled to all the privileges the different clubs had to offer.
 Every one of the visiting pilots who had ever taken part in a balloon race in foreign country before stated that they had been more royalty entertained while they were in America and in Bir- mingham than they had ever been be- fore, and the minute they landed after their flights were over the first thing they did was to telegraph back to Bir- mtngham their thanks fo the many ex- cellent courtesies that had been shown them.
 Those of the various committees that did a large, part of the york that made the entertainment features for the visi- tors while they were in Birmingham a success are Is follows:
 Claude H. Estes, general chairman of the entertainment committee, and w " M. Robertson, Jr., assistant general chairman; luncheon committee. J. A. Meissner. president Birmingham Flying Club; Rev. Middleton s. Barnwell pres ident KiyRnis Club; Dr. Percy H. Woodall. president Rotary Club; Jelks H. Cabaniss, president Civitan Club; Claude H. Estes. president Real Estate Exchange; Edmund s. Armes president Community Club.
 Dance Committee.-S. Lowell Yerkes, chairman; Valentine J. Nesbit. presi- dent Country Club; H. G. Seibels, presi- dent Roebuck Club; D. B. Dimick, pres ident Southern Club; William H. Streit, president Athletic Club.
 Banquet Committee-Murray Bown, chairman; A. c. Crowder Dr. Courtney W. Shropshire, N. c. Pandoipho, Simon Klotz.
 Programme Committee-John c. Henley, chairman; John Sparrow, Paoli Smith.
 Music Committee-Victor H. Hanson.
 Menu Committee-J. D. Rosenberger. chairman; Harry Halfacre.
 Tickets and Ticket Distribution-Ed mund c. Ames, chairman; w. Caysop Adams. Ray |. Lange. Evans Dunn, S M. Bernheim. J. Mercer Barnett. zacL Smith IF.