The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-18
JUNIOR CHAMBERS
OFSTATE MEET IN
CONVENTION HERE
Five Cities Represented and
Much Activity Reported.
Delegates Guests at
Football Game

Adoption of a state constitution,
election of officers and determination
of the next place of meeting will con-
clude the sessions of the first state
wide Junior Chamber convention at
noon Saturday. Visiting delegates
will be the guests of members of the
Birmingham Junior Chamber at the
Auburn-C Centre football game Satur-
day afternoon.
Talks by delegates from Hunts
Vile. Tuscaloosa, Montgomery. Bes-
semer and Birmingham featured the
morning and afternoon business ses-
sions Friday. A luncheon was also
held at the Hotel Tutwiler at 1890
o'clock, at which Frank P. Glass was
the principal speaker.
Delegates from each of the five
cities represented alluded to con-
structive and specific work done by
the Junior Chambers in these several
places. w. T. Galloway of Hunts
vile, Ala, made a splendid impress
sion at the afternoon session with
his account of the Huntsville Junior
Chambers activities.
Huntsville Activities
Mr.. Galloway mentioned among
other accomplishments the carrying
of a campaign for three mill
school tax, the raising of funds for
the Tennessee Valley Improvement
association for Muscle Shoals. the
promotion of modern creamery for
farmers of Madison county and the
erection of a. sweet potato curing
house. assistance given in campaign
for funds to build road from Nor
gan county into Huntsville and the
work the Huntsville organization in
putting in a ferry line in competition
with privately owned line which
was alleged to be operating at
exorbitant prices.
The Druid City
Owen Meredith, president of the
Tuscaloosa Chamber, presented a
comprehensive report of the activi-
ties of the Tuscaloosa organization
Amang its major accomplishments
was the establishment of a play
ground, a movement in which the
Junior body took the leadership.
The Tuscaloosa Junior Chamber also
organized a city baseball league and
Boy Scout troops; successfully con-
Quoted city beautiful and cleanup
campaign, and has practically COM
pleted details for the establishment
of tourist camp.
Bessemer I'm Line
Professor A. II. Filters, speaking
Of the Bessemer organization, de-
veloped the fact that the Bessemer
Junior Chamber had enclosed the
Athletic field in Bessemer, establish
ed an information bureau for tourists
assembled data on speeding, and un-
dertaken a city beautiful campaign.
c. r. Bricken, Jr.. OF Montgomery,
spoke at the morning session on the
Champion bowl achievement of the
Montgomery body, which is admit
teddy one of the greatest accomplish
ments of any junior organization in
the state. Joseph p. Mudd reviewed
the work of the Birmingham organi-
cation and Irving Engel, chairman of
the convention. spoke of the coun-
cil-manager campaign at the Bir-
mingham Junior Chamber and the
detectives of the present convention.
Charles T. Allen, president Of the
Birmingham Junior Chamber, made
the welcoming address.
Out-of-Town Guests
Among the. out-of-town delegates
in attendance are: A. Fl. Filters, r,
L. Coon, Arthur Green, George T.
Murruh of Bessemer: Clarence Mar
Gus, f. B. Whitfield, c. r. Bricken,
Jr., of Huntsville, Hayes Tucker.
owen Meredith, ]. b. Brosius of
Tuscaloosa; and w. T. Galloway of
Huntsville. Delegates from the Bir-
mingham Junior Chamber are: Irving
Engel, Joseph r. Mudd, Thaddeus G.
Holt Charles T. Allen, NJ. H. Sterne.