The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-30
SCOUTS TAKE LEAD FUR CELEBRATION IF ARM|ST|CE DAY
Definite Plans For 0bserV- ance To Be Discussed At
 Meeting On Tuesday

Every organization and individual In Birmingham will be expected to take part in the Armistice Day cele- bration to be sponsored this year by the Birmingham council of the Boy Scouts of America, of which Dan B. Dimick is president. Definite plans for making it one of the most widely celebrated observances in the history of the city have been worked out and will be discussed at a meeting of representatives of various organiza tions Tuesday night at the Tutwiler hotel.
 As November Il will fall on Sun day. making a celebration on that day impracticable, either the preceding Saturday or the following Monday will be decided upon.
 We hope to make our Armistice Day observance this year an oc- casion for doing honor to the men who came back from the war as well as those who did not come back said Mir. Dimick. Tt is to be service of reverence and not simply celebra- tion of victory"
 The Board of Education will be asked to grant the school children a holiday so that they may take, part the merchants will be urged to close their stores, and heads. of manufac- turing plants will be asked to permit their employees to participate. Clubs of various kinds and prominent citi- zens will also be Invited to help make it a success.
 There will be a salute by guns of regularly organized battery to an- nounce the beginning of the day 8 events At 10 o'clock there will be a ceremony at the cemeteries when the graves of men who died in the service will be decorated. At 1 o'clock there will be a big parade through the prin- cipal streets of the city, in which it is hoped all the school children, veterans of the World war, Civil war and Spanish war, and Boy Scouts will take part. There will be no floats, accord . ing to present plans, but prizes will be awarded to schools making the best showing. A special effort Is being made to include In the parade all for mer service men, in and out of uni form, whether they belong to the American Legion or not. There will be 6 momentary halt in memory of these who died in the service.
 Afternoon celebration.
 It is planned to devote the after noon to a patriotic celebration, at which prominent speakers will be in l.vlted to make addresses. It has not vet been decided whether the whole city will join in a single huge meet ing or divide up into several smaller tones. The days celebration will be brought to close with the firing of sunset gun.
 What we want to impress on the people is that it is not the American Legion or the Boy Scouts or any single organization that is putting on this celebration, but the city as q whole" said MT. Dimick in discussing the plan We want the school chil- dren to parade and not merely stand on the sidelines and watch. The Scouts will be on hand thousand strong and the American Legion ought to have two or three times that many We want the parade to be so big that it will take 20 minutes to pass a single point"
 Several important committees will be appointed at Tuesday nights meet ing. These include parade, program, finance and committees responsible for seeing that the city is properly decorated, obtaining suitable speak CTS and providing the six or eight bands that will be needed.