The review., 1921-04-14
Bankhead Highway
Association Meets
i'm Greensboro

E4I O1 Y
Enthusiastic interest is being arous
a over the coming meeting, of tht
United States Good Roads Association
the Bankhead National Highway AS
5ociation and the United States Coco
.loads Show which viii be held II
Greensboro, April 1928. The official
program of this great event will be
nnounced within the next few davs.
j : will contain list of the most dis
Jinguished speakers and good roads
advocates that ever appeared in a
convention. Among the list of speak
ers are United States senators, con-
srrcssmen, state highway engineers,
county engineers, city engineers, coun-
y road commissioners, and road boos-
ters of national fame. Hon. .Thos. H.
Mcdonald, director of the bureau of
public roads, Washington, D. c., is on
the program, and he has sent to the.
United States Good Roads Show one
OF the most comprehensive exhibits
taat has ever been sent from the road
department at Washington.
Mr.. J. a. ROuntree, who is director
general of these great organizations,
and who has charge of the exclusive
details, has received letters and tele-
grams from all parts Of the country to
space 1t the show from delegates from
over 40 states in. the 4Union. These !
delegates are made up of leading citi-
zens in their respective states who !
are going to take part in this great |
epoch making Convention which will !
pass the strongest resolutions possible |
and appoint the ablest delegation that
can be selected to go on to Washing
ton ard urge Congress to make bill
lion dollar appropriation for the con-
t nuation Of the building of good roads
under the Bankhead Federal Aid act,
clso to take steps to establish q sys-
TEN Of transcontinental highways.
Another movement WilDbe started for
the purpose OF inducing Congress to
pass an act appropTiating from year
10 gear the interest OH the war debts
due the United States by the allies. {
These three policies will be advocated Il
and carried out by the Association.
The meeting of the BanLhead Ma
t;o-3al Highway association which is
promoting and building great trans
continental line from Washington to ,
San Diego, California, will probably Z
DC he most entllue site meeting that
as ever been held in the United
States. This convention will definitely
leclde and put in It's constitution the :
main line of the Bankhead Highway in y
III the States in order that the gov
rnment, map makers, and tourists +
nay know which is the main line and Y
VIII ich are the branch lines. >
'9rge parties Of enthusiastic auto =
&c ) list from the various states are -
tanning to come to the convention in Z.
ars over the BaTkhead Highway. =
IN April 21, a great autnoboile pa =
ade will be staged. It will be parti- y
ipated in by people all along the =
QUITE and citizens of Greensboro. Two =
wing cups will be presented to the !;
rst and. second best decorated cars. i
: great military band will head the
recession and arouse much enthu-
iasm.
The opening session of the Conven-
on will take place in the Guilford n
ounty million dollar court house. 1t :,
i'll be a most brilliant affair. The 80
alegates from all parts of the coun- r
~ and the citizens Of Greensboro will =
lrn out en- m2sse. The convention = =
i'll be called to order by Directo Gen u y
raj J. A Rountree, who will intro " "
nee the mayor of Greensboro and =
Governor Cameron Morrison, repre- D,
,otin" the State Of North Carolina, -, ~
ho will deliver welcome addresses. ID ID
n4se will be responded to by Cover ~ ~
Or Charles H. Brough, president of III
1e United States Good Roads AsSO-
ation, who will take charge Of the !
onvention and preside over all the O'
leetings. @
Each day after the opening, there a. a.
i'll be continued round of oratory, u
ractical speeches and entertainments IS IS
FINISHED by the citizens of Green's y
o1o The city is being decorated with w w
ags, bunting and electric lights. Re 7 III
uced rates on all the railroads have oe
cen. secured and thousands of peo- N
e from North Carolina and adjoining al
5ates, as we'll as delegates from forty th
Id States, are expected to throng the w
ty on this occasion. ,...~s wv