The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-14
300 DELEGATES
 EXPECTED HERE
 FOR LIGHT MEET
Visitors To Be Rendered Trips Of Inspection
 Over District

The twelfth annual convention or the southeastern, division of the Ma Honal Electric Light association, will convene at the Tutwiler hotel Monday morning. It was said Saturday that more than 300 reservations have been made, and indications point to the at- tendance of more than 800 out-of-tow visitors.
 Thomas w. Martin, president of the Alabama Power company, is president of the association and will preside at all of the meetings except when Pres ton Arkwright of Atlanta will occupy the chair. Meetings will be held ev- cry day until Thursday. Wednesday the visitors will be taken on a special train to Mitchell Dam where the day will be spent in an inspection of that development and where lunch will be served to the party by the Alabama Power company officials.
 Welcome will be extended to the vis- itors by R. l. Ingalls,, president of the Chamber of Commerce with response by r. s. Arkwright vice-president of the National Electric Light association and one of Atlanta's most prominent citizens There will follow an address by Thomas W. Martin, who will de- tail some of the work to be done. "The Southern Exposition" will be the subject of a 20 minutes talk by Will liam G. Shrine, president of the South ern Exposition, Inc, of Greenville, S. c. The managing director of the Ma tional Electric association will speak for twenty minutes at the first ses sion.
 Sectional Conferences.
 Following the first general session, there will be held sectional confer ences and discussions for accountants, commercial men, public relations men, technical men, publicity men, welfare workers, etc., which will be confined to those interestd in specific topics. At the same time there will be inter- sperged in the meetings several general sessions at which all the electrial men will participate.
 The convention will hold it's session promptly on time it was announced, the delegates are requested not to de- lay convening at the appointed time.
 There will be present several distin- wuished men from the General Electric and other large electrical companies, and several women who have been en- gagged in commercial work with power companies in various sections of the south.
 The local committees who are han ding the plans for the meeting in clude:
 Program Committee, W. E. Mitchell, chairman; F. V. Underwood, vice chairman; Thomas Bragg, Chas. A. Collier, B. T. O'Connell.
 General Convention Committee, W. B. Mitchell, chairman, F. V. Under wood, vice-chairman, R. T. Brooke, Jesse Adkins, A. T. Hutchins, How ard Duryea, W. R. Lloyd, J. c. Fay ] Tor, T. N. Lide, J. R. Lesesne, T. l.. j. Bissell, E. T. O'Connell.
 Hostesses, Mrs. Thomas W. Martin, Mrs. J. S. PeyearI Mrs. F. V. Under wood, Mrs. A. c. Polk, Mrs. T. L. Bissell, Mrs. E. A. Yates, Mrs. w. E. Mitchell, Mrs J. M. Barry, Mrs. Geo. H. Middlemiss, Mrs. E. T. O'ConneH.
 Ladies' Entertainment Committee, J. L. Bissell, Chairman, Jesse Ad- kins. yice-chairman, Miss Elizabeth
 
 Lee, Miss Ethel Bilbrey, Thomas Bragg.
 Committee on Trip to Lock F and Mitchell Dam, A. T. Hutehins, chair man, J. c. Taylor, vice-chairman, J. U. Beniger, s. R. Powers, Eric Hall, Geo. H. Cole.
 Transportation Committee, J. c. Taylor, chairman, A. R. Redburn, vice
 Fy Schroeder.
 Hotel and Registration Committee, E. T. O'Connell, chairman, Howard Duryea, vice-chairman, S. A. Fletcher, J. P. Mcguire.
 Golf Committee, R. T. Brooke, chairman, Walter NJ. Hood, vice-chair- man, F. V. Underwood, A. c. Polk, H. w. Matthews, c. R. Blackwell, La mar. Aldridge.
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