The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-21
BIRMINGHAM
 TO CELEBRATE
 ANNIVERSARY

Birmingham, October 21-Birming- hams birthday party, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the city, will through the first off1ia1 visit of the President and Mrs. Harding to the South since the tnanguratton.
 The celebration will be featured by the historical pageant depicting the fifty years of the city's history and stressing the fact that Birmingham is the largest city of its age in America, class which was founded after 1870, and one of only a few cities of its size which were not In existence during
 The celebration will continue throughout the entire week October A to 2s but the biggest day will be October 2e when President and Mrs. Harding will be the official guests of i the city and state. Assurance has i been given Senator Underwood by the President that he will remain in Bir- mfngham practically 24 hours and that he will participate in all the functions and ceremonies which the committee has arranged in his honor.
 Arriving on a special train from Washington at an early hour on the morning of October 26. the President will be met at Pen City by a commit tee of prominent citizens of Birrning- ham and Alabama. Upon his arrival he will head the parade in which will participate practically all the civic, fraternal, patriotic. military and semi military organizations of Birmfng- ham and many from other cities. In addition to the national guard units, there will be q guard of 1000 mem- bers of the American Legion in uni- form and a special guard of honor composed of veterans who were wounded overseas. The grand mar sha1 of the parade will be Brig. Gen. R. F. Steiner.
 Another feature of the parade will be the e7 young women represent atives of the different counties of the state; selected for their beauty and popularity. each of whom will have 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 will be present.
 dent win appear at three functions and will make short formal talks at auguration exercises of Birmingham Southern College, where the degree of L. L: D. will be conferred upon S1,ooo, 900 Masonic Temple of Bir- mingham will be laid during the af- ternoon and the President will make a short address, Later, he will go tc the dedication exercises of Under 1 wood Park which Is named in honor i of the Senator from Alabama, al whose request President Harding Is
 
 At 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 promi- nent women as well as men. The President will be introduced by the governor of Alabama, Thomas F ! Kilby. The ball which will follow and which concludes the program fol the visit of tho President, will be notable social affair in the life O. Birmingham and will be attended by prominent people from all over Al abama and adjoining states,
 The President and Mrs. Harding, a! we'll the other members of the presidential party, are expected tt board their train for the return tt Washington shortly after midnigh and the train will leave at an early hour on the morning of October 27
 Four performances of the histor ical pageant will be staged in whicl 1.500 persons will participate ant there will be chorus of 500 trainet voices. Several hundred dancers vii feature the presentation of the pa geant. Massed bands and orchestra will provide such music as may b desired,