The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
ME ERCHANTS OFFER
 GIFTS TO VISITORS ] U RING FESTIVAL
Advertising Club Committees Report Convention Plans
 Are Ready

Those who attend the second an nual meeting of the southeastern dis trict of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World in Birmingham October 2S, 29 and 30, will be assured of having some mementos to carry back with them that will be remin- ders of the occasion and will adver- tise Birmingham throughout the southeast. This was brought out at the meeting of the advertising club Monday, when the souvenir commit tee reported through it's chairman, W. H. Staton, that practically every firm which had been approached in some kind of souvenir for the pleas ure or profit of the visitors.
 Among those who have already ex- pressed a desire to be represented in the package" that is to be given to each guest who registers are: Wheel CT Business college, Louis Pizitz. Perry Supply company, Caheen Bros, Louis Saks Clothing company, Birmingham Chero-Cola Bottlfng company, Amalgamated Roofing company. A number of other firms now have the matter under consid- eration endeavoring to select some thing that will be unique and useful to the recipient. Other firms are ex- pected to be visited by the commit tee, composed of MT. Staton as chair man, R. s. Hendrix, Roy Riser, Oliver Cox, Thomas Fitzgerald and w. F.. Frye.
 The committee is offering to see that any souvenirs given are prop erly and advantageously distributed to the delegates when they arrive. An individual package will be made up for each delegate and presented to him when he registers at head quarters. Any firm that may wish to be represented in this distribution may reach MT. Staton or the secre- tary over telephone Main 1922.
 A number of interesting reports were made at the meeting by the various committees. The tentative program was announced by Charles B. Marsh of the program committee and was the subject Of much com ment, serious and humorous. The en- tertainment and finance committees reported conferences with similar committees from the Fall Festival, and it is now assured that the two attractions will make of the week of October 28 a gala occasion for Bfr- mingham. The Fall Festival will bring many thousands to the city, of whom a large number will also be interested in the Advertising Clubs convention. It is thought that .re- duced rates will be secured on all railroads entering Birmingham for this week.
 The exhibits committee, of which T. Barton Baird is chairman, has al ready secured the promise of quite a number of representative Birming- ham manufacturers and merchants to place floats in the industrial parade on Tuesday of that week. A high standard of beauty and decoration will be maintained and only floats that will be credit to Birmingham and to the occasion are wanted. Plans are already under way to secure a number of the best known bands in Birmingham and the district, and the Boy Scouts will be asked to police the line of march.
 The parade will be truly represen- tative of Birmingham, it's manufac- turers and their products and the business firms which have helped make Birmingham what it is today. Quite number of firms that have located here in the last few years will have floats in the parade, the first of it's kind shown here in a number of years, staged primarily with the object of !familiarizing the people of 4 Birmingham and the nu- merous visitors with the great va riety of goods made and sold in Bir- mingham.