The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-06

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 They bore with them the proud dis tinction that;
 Birmingham is the home of In- ternational Civitan. In 1920. the in- ternational was organized in Bir- mingham with just one club-the local one. Dr. Courtney Shropshire organized the international. In this, he has not only done fine piece of citizenship work, but has won, as well, glory for our Magic City. The first year 2s clubs joined the organi- zation, totalllng 1.5o0 members, and this year 75 clubs, numbering 5000 members. are in
 From Everywhere
 This means that. up in Chattanooga, that Civilians will assemble from practically all points in the United states-from Great Falls, Montana, in the north. to Port Arthur. Texas, on the southwest, and from Miami in the southeast, up to Canada and New York.
 Tn order to celebrate the occasion properly, and Birmingham part in Civitan building. it has been arranged that D.. E. McLendon. president of the city commission, deliver short addess of welcome here by radio to the assembly hall of the Civilians. For the members will have a receiving station at the convention. Mir. Mc- Lendon will talk from the local Ala bama Power companys office.
 Right along on that special train. flying to Chattanooga, will be the Boys Industrial school band. The Civitans will take care of the young musicians and see that they get look from the topmost pinnacles of Lookout mountain and Missionary ridge, have the opportunity to con- sume a lot of good Tennessee food, and to show Chattanoogans what Bir- mingham talent, even of youths, is capable of producing. The boys will play in front of the offices of the newspapers, giving the poor scribes a chance to get little ease from mental strain; and at the mayors office and other public places.
 Get Busy. RadOists
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 Radio fans might as well begin pOllSnlnB Qp tHc apparatus SCb- ting all screws to working right, be- cause they'll have the chance to lis- ten in on the speeches of some of the biggest bugs of Civitan work.
 These speeches will be broadcasted from the auditorium by radio so that they can be heard within a radius of 800 miles. The speakers, who will thus be heard by many hundreds of unseen persons, will be ex-Governor Charles Brough of Arkansas. who will talk on Principles of Civitan;" Wilson Lawrenson, president of the New York Civitan club, whose speech will concern "Civitan and its Interna- tional Relationship"
 Arthur Nash of Cincinnati, presi- dent of the Nash Clothing company, who has made so striking a repu- tation throughout the country. will talk about The Golden Rule in Busi- ness"
 Dr. c. W. Shropshire of Birming- ham will put the grand finale to the radio program with an address concerning the Civitan motto: Builders of Good Citizenship" pr. Shropshire has the distinction of be- ing the international president of Civilians, and Is to preside at the Chattanooga meeting.
 Five Local Officers
 Five of the international trustees of the internationaI association re- side in Birmingham. They preceded the members who went by this mornings train by two days, leaving Birmingham Sunday night so that they might be present to attend the board of directors meeting held yes-