San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-25
Many Important Confer
ences Will Be Held
in City.
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New Features Added This
Year 10 Celebration of
San Jacinto.

of commerce Thursday night, witt DR.
Harry Leap presiding.
Favorable reports from PRACTICAL!
, every feature of the Ficrta were re
ceived and it was reported that worl
on the pageant grounds was progress
ing rapidly and that sign boards, stag,
| construction and flooring would b,
started Immediately.
Following is the final program to b.
given:
Monday, April 16.
State highway conference, 8 a. m
This conference. under the direction
of George Holmgreen. chairman of thu
highway department of the chamber o
commerce. will bring together the lead
ing highway engineers of the state, ant
representatives of highway associa
tons. for the purpose of formulatin:
and discussing a program of highway
development and more thorough sys
TEN of the distribution of Information
regarding the condition Of Texas high
ways.
Kings entry p. m.
The king of the Fiesta will entel
the city and proceed through the bust
ness district to the pageant grounds
in gorgeously decorated float viii
his attendants, where review will 81
held, the king and his court witnessing
the firemen's display.
Firemen's exhibition and display
s 80 p. NJ, at the open air amphi
theater.
San Antonio's fir. department !:
one of the best equipped and most Of
ficient in any American city. Theil
exhibit and display will be mos
spectacular event.
Pioneers ball, o p. m.
This social event will be under thu
auspices of the Pioneer Association
and will be opened by the Old Pioneer:
who laid the foundation for the South
west. The Polka and Virginia Rec
will be the favorite dances.
Tuesday. April II.
State conference on cooperative
marketing, o a. IN.
The cooperative marketing confer
ence will be held under the auspices o.
the Bexar county farm bureau, o.
which w. A. Wurzbach is chairman
Outstanding speakers will be present
to discuss marketing and other sub
jects of vital interes. to the agricul
turalist.
Dedication OF San Pedro Spring:
swimming pool and bath house, 4 p. m
This huge pool, fed by San Pedro
Springs, is one of the finest swimmin,
pools in the state of Texas. 1t vii
accommodate 5000 people at one time
The opening will be the. occasion for ,
remarkable program of aquatic events
under the auspices of the chamber o
commerce.
Electrical parade, s p. m.
The electrical parade is a new fea
ture added to this years Fiesta ant
will be the most superb of any even
put on during Fiesta Week. Thi
parade, composed of gorgeous electri
cal floats, will pass through the pa
geant grounds.
School Children's Night Pageant,
p. m. at open mir amphitheater.
Fifteen hundred children will taxi
part in the pageant in the open iii
amphitheater. Those who have beer
familiar with the Fiesta activities fol
number Of years, consider the pm
geant to be put on this year the mos
elaborate OF anything that has evel
been attempted in Texas. ...
Wednesday, April IS.
Conference on flood control, irriga
ton and drainage. Q.
These subjects will be discussed un
der the auspices Of the local engineers
association, and speakers of nationa
Importance will be in San Antonio tt
discuss flood control. irrigation ant
drainage. Every Texas city at thu
present time is intensely interested il
these subjects.
Pageant at open air amphitheatel
s p. m.
Coronation Of queen. s p. m.
The queens coronation, under the
auspices of the Order of the Alamo
will be held at the Majestic Theater.
Thursday. April 10.
Conference on flood control. irrlga
ton and drainage. Q n. m.
Pageant at open air amphitheater
s p. IN.
Attendance of queen and her court
0 p. m.
Friday, April 20.
Battle Of Flowers Parade. 4 n. m.
The Battle of Flowers parade at
n. m. will pass through the pageant
grounds. the same as the other pa
rades. This parade is the climax o
all Fiesta activities in San Antonio
and will be even more spectacular thi'
year than in the past. because of thu
fact that .the battle itself will be stage,
in the pageant grounds.
Saturday. April Fl.
Air service maneuvers and displa!
Of air service equipment at Kelly fielt
p. m.
Kelly Field is the largest aviation
| field in the United States and NOR
types of planes and greater S,noun
of equipment is available at the fiel'
than any other place in the Unite'
States. The Air Service maneuver
will be a general review OF all tina
has been accomplished by the darini
! men of the air in the last decade.
School and college queens parade
IS u. m.
Fifteen Texas colleges. all outsid
! the city Of San Antonio, will hav
floats in this parade. each colleg
; clcctiug a queen and arranging its por
! ton Of the narade to typify that par
ticrar institution.
. Tho Carnival. rnder the auspices o
to Worthan sho" $, will be ope'
;hrorghGut the week.
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