Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-14
PRESIDENT
WILL VISIT
BIRMINGHAM
Fiftieth Anniversary of
/. City's Birth Will Be
Celebrated.

hams birthday party. celebrating the
hftieth anniversary of. the city, will
be made an eve greater occasion
through the first official visit of the
President and Mrs. Harding to the
south since the Inauguration.
The celebration will be featured by
the historical pageant depicting the
stressing the fact that Birmingham
is the largest city of its age in Ameri-
ca, being the only city in the 1905
900 class which was founded after
1870. and n Of only a few cities OF
its size which were not in existence
during the Civil war.
The celebration will continue
throughout the entire week of Octo-
Der "a to 20 but the biggest day will
be October rs when President and
Mrs. Harding will be the official
guests of the city and state. Assur-
ance has been given Senator Under.
wood by the president that he will
remain in Birmingham practically "a
hours and hat he will participate in
all the functions and ceremonies
which the committee has arranged in
his honor.
To Meet President.
Arriving on a special train from
VVdoAAA6SOu dI all CdlAy 0OO1 VII l4AO
morning. Of October rs, the president
will be met at Pell City by . commit
tee of prominent citizens Of Birming-
ham and Alabama Upon his arrival
he will head the parade in which
will participate practically all the
civic, fr%aternal, patriotic, military and
|Aemi-mlIitary organizations of Bir-
and many from other cities.
Fin addition to the national guard
units, there will be a guard of 1000
members Of the American Legion in
uniform and a special guard Of honor
composed of veterans who :. were
shall of the parade will be Brig. Gen.
r. E. Steiner.
Another feature of the parade will
be the 81 young women representa-
tives of the different counties of the
state, selected for their beauty and
popularity. each of whom will have
an deliberately decorated automobile
in the parade. The president will
make the principal formal address of
the day in Capitol park. A luncheon
will be rendered him at the Tutwiler
hotel where several hundred citizens
will be present.
During the afternoon, the presiien,
will appear at three functions and
will make short informal talks at
each one. He will attend the in
auguration exercises of Birmingham
Southern college, where the degree
Of L. L. D. will be conferred upon
him. The corner stone of the new
81, 100000 Masonic Temple of Bir-
mingham will be laid during the aft
ernoon and the president will make a
short address. Later, he will go to
the dedication exercises of Under
| ryo4A ~Gply which, 10 ro~,o1 IN h0~~A
Of the senator from Alabama, at
Whose request President Harding is
, making the trip to Birmingham.
At a formal banquet at the Country
club in the evening, the President
and Mrs. Harding will be the guests
of honor and the affair will be at
tended by a large number OF prom
inent women as well as men. The
president will be introduced by the
governor of Alabama. Thomas E. Kill
BY. The ball which will follow and
; visit of the president. will be q nota-
bio social affair in the life Of Bir-
mingham and will be attended by
prominent people from all over Ala
uama and adjoining states.
The President and Mrs. Harding,
as well as the other members of the
presidential party, are expected to
board their train for, the return to
Washington. shortly after midnight
and the train will leave at an early
hour On the morning Of October ~.
Four performances Of the histori-
cal pageant will be staged in which
1900 persons will participate and
! there will be a chorus Of 500 trained
voices. Several hundred. dancers will
feature the presentation Of the
pageant. .Massed bands and orches-
tras will. provide such music as may
be desired.