The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-11
BIG CEREMONIAL
zAMORA TEMPLE
Will BE- STAGED
Large Delegation To At
tend Golden Jubilee
Meeting

Elaborate plans for a big eeremo-
NAL session with all the pomp and
srlendcr of the Shrine. are being made
by the official divan and working com
uittees of Zamora temple. Mobiles of
tine Mystic Shrine Potentate III. C.
Crelly has set the date of the eere-
monial for Thursday. May -. ssnd has
issued a call that has been proclaimed
throughout the jurisdiction of Zenora.
namely north Alabama. for the mobiles
to rally to this cause and make this
one Of inc hest ceremoniais zamora
has ever had
1t is understood that the program
at the ceremonial will be most interest
ing to the candidates and highly enter
tanning to the ShrinerS- In his preela-
nation Potentate CreIly declares that
a number of '-unFeSeneratoa Sons OF the
Desert" fcandidatesb are cEzmoring to
Join the caravan on May - ON its jour
ney to Mecca that they may enter and
enjoy the pleasures only to be found
in the temple He calls upon each in
dividual Shriner to STIR himself and
latch on" to a candidate and secure
his Signature and the necessary shek
els to a petition He has set the quota
for this class at 30 candidates
Sim Hawley. chairman of the COM
mittee ON petitions states that mem-
bers Of the Shrine clubs throughout
north Alabama have taken the field
with good results and that the resident
Shriners are responding 0nbly to Pg-
tentate Crelly1S call He states PROS
poets for a big class are very bright-
On Monday night May 81 a bust
ness session of ZanOFa temple viii be
held at O'Clock at the Masonic tenn
pie for the purpose of receiving. petit
tlons and bsliosing ON candidates All
petitions for this ceremonial must be
IN the hands of the recorder not later
than Z o'clock on the night of May %.
Imperial Council
Active preparations are also being
made for a large delegation of Shriners
to attend the imperial council meeting,
which conxenes in Kansas City June
S4-5. A special train over the Frisco
lines has been chartered to carry "a
mora's delegation 1t will leave the
Terminal station Sunday evening. June
z, at Z 80 O'Clock and will arrive In
Kansas City Monday afternoon. June
=, at O'Clock ON the return jour
ney trips viii be made to Pixies Peak
and Crystal park auto drive, Colorado
Springs.
Return trip viii leave Kansas City
Thursday. June 5. at 6=15 D. M and
viii arrive in Birmingham Tuesday.
June 10. at O'Clock Reservations
for the trip can be now made through
e. L Keiser. chairman Of the trans
p0rtatiOn committee, at 21S1 Avenue
II, Birmingham Applications must be
made on or before May ~
Additional interest in this meeting Of
the imperial council comes from the
fact that it viii mark the Golden Jubs-
lee" Of the Mystic Shrine 1t will be
the fiftieth session Of the imperial
council and \ special program has been
arranged for the event
In addition TO the usual Shrine pa
rades, with the bands patrols and uni
f0rshed bodies of the visiting Temples
the gorgeous. spectacular pageant.
Priests of PaIias." VIII be presented
This pageant. which is AM annual af-
fair, is to Kansas City what the Mardi
Gras Is to New Orleans, and of some
what q similar nature Floats repre-
sentinE historical and alleg0rieaI events.
fantasticaIly CARRIED --mummerS and
dancing girls and music gAlOrS are some
of the features of the pageant