Evening star., 1924-06-01
VAN OF REALTORS
DUE HERE TONIGHT
Delegates From All Sections Of
Nation to Attend Annual
Convention.
WILL HOLD FoUR.DAY SESSION
Local Members of Profession to En-.
tertain Visitors.

Realtors from all parts of the
country will begin pouring through
the gates Of the Union station to-
night for the seventeenth annual
convention of the National Associa-
tion of Real Estate Boards, which
convenes here Tuesday for a four
day session.
They will be greeted by members
or the Washington Real Estate
Board. Local realtors have made
elaborate plans for telling the visit
ors much about the Capital City that
they don't know. and give them a
good idea of It's attractions.
Altogether is 1t expected that $500
people Will attend. About 500 are
expected tomorrow, about $500 on
Monday and the balance early Tues
day morning In time to register. be
placed In their hotels and he ready
for the opening gavel at 9 O'Clock
on that morning. There will be a
California special bringing realtors
or California and Washington, one
from Michigan bringing the delega-
tions from that entire state, a Flor
ida special and several special cars
from Kansas City, the home town of
PRESIDENT Ennis. Pennsylvania will
send about 400 delegates and Ohio a
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1srinE Own Entertainment.
There will be bands and slee clubs.
as Well as other entertainment fea-
lures Drought by the realtors them
selves. both for the entertainment
en- route and for the jollification Of
the various functions here and at the
reception and dance to be held at
the New Willard Tuesday night.
me local board for many weeks.
INNER n1
"A. Petty. executive secretary, has
been making elaborate arrangements
Tor entertaining the guests. The
national association is bringing from
It's headquarters in Chicago a large
detail to handle the arrangements
Immediately in connection with the
convention, so the local board can
give practically it's entire time to the
entertainment features.
Luncheon for Omcer..
There will be a banquet wednesda
night at the Willard rendered by the
local board to the national officers
and presidents Of state locals, and a
luncheon on Thursday to board sec
retarfes. There will be automobile
rides around the city every day, with
special one for the ladies, who also
Will have special feature of trip
to Mount Vernon aboard a steamer
especially chartered for them. Be
sides the local boards entertainments
the Tampa, Fla, and Birmingham.
Ala. boards each will give a dance
ana entertainment in rooms at the
Willard Thursday night
Headquarters Of the national asso-
citation have been established at the
New Willard Hotel, and in each of
the hotels there have been provided
information and registration booths.
also has been established at the
Union station. where the visiting
realtors will deliver themselves as
guests to the local realtors. Infor-
nation gathered at the various regis
tration booths In the hotels, will be
realtor may, on moments inquiry.
find out the location of some other
realtor delegate.
Plan Divisional Meetinss.
The problems to be considered by
these two builders and nation
developers cover a wide scope, SO
numerous that 1T is impossible to con-
fne the activities to general sessions.
Each morning there will be a general
session at Keith's Theater, and In the
afternoon there will be eight divi-
sional meetings, each with it's specific
problem. There will be some 200
speakers. and discussions following
ings are brokers, mortgage and
finance, cooperative apartment, home
builders and subdividers, property
management, farm lands, industrial
property and realtor secretaries.
Preceding the call of the conven-
tion on Tuesday there will be a
meeting of the national board of
directors tomorrow and a meeting of
the committee on ethics.
Addresses of welcome will be de-
livered at the first meeting by ]. C.
Weldon, president OF the local board,
and another welcoming address by
John L. Weaver Of this city, past
president Of the national association,
with a. response by President H. r.
Ennis of Kansas City, after which
tho convention Immediately will get
down to business.