The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-15
SHRNERS HAD
 SPLENDID TIME
 AT KANSAS CITY
Zamora Delegation Given High Rating. Royalty
 Entertained En Route

some Z0U members or LdmOrd Cemple, Nobles of the. Mystic Shrine returned to Birmingham from the Imeprial coun- cil meeting at Kansas City Tuesday night, somewhat tired but all happy, from what was unanimously declared to have been one of the best and most enjoyable trips to the Imperial coun- cil in the history of Zamora. The program for the three days session of the imperial council was one continuous round of gaiety and spectacular events, while en route home the delegation visited Colorado Springs, Pike's Peak, Denver, Chicago, and Nashville and were highly entertained at each place.
 The party left Birmingham Sunday, June 1, on a special train over the Frisco lines, in the personal charge of Noble James R. McGregor, district passenger agent of the Frisco. Mrs. H. c. Crelly and a number of ladies were included in the party.
 Notwithstanding the great pace set by Washington in 1923 Kansas City rose to the occasion and entertained the Imeprial council and visiting dele gations in a most lavish manner. With Ararat temple as hosts to the conven- tion, assisted whole heartedly by the civic bodies of the city, little was left undone that would add to the pleasure and comfort of the visitors. Taking the Birmingham Shriners as a criterion. the big event was certainly a grand success.
 Parentate H. c. Crelly, states that the report of the various temples throughout the country, showed a great gain in membership and general flourishing condition of the order. While much business was transacted, there was but little outstanding legis- lation, he said. Of interest to the Shrine generally is the enactment changing the annual meetings of the temples from December to January, and making the wearing of the fez at Shrine meetings as imperative and as necessary as the current card.
 Zamora's band and uniformed bodies received high rating by the press for the showing made in the several pa- rades. The band was much in evidence throughout the entire session. Besides the parades the band gave concerts at the Kansas City park, at the Times Post office (radio), Armour Packing company, a grand concert in the Gar den of Allab, and at other places. It will be of interest to the members of Zamora to learn that Zamora's band was the only one to appear in the Pathe Weekly pictures of the big Shrine parade, with drum major Sam Foley very much in evidence.
 On Thursday night the party left Kansas City for Colorado Springs, where they entertained and were en- tertained, as the following clipping from the Colorado Springs Gazette will show;
 The Pikes Peak region learned Dixie" all over again last night.
 A shifting crowd of thousands many of them tourists from the south moved slowly past the front terrace of the Antlers hotel last night while the 50-piece Shrine band of Zamora temple, Birmingham, Ala, played one almost uninterrupted melley of south ern tunes.
 The crowd broke into cheers when the band played Dixie" and stood in strains of My Old Kentucky Home"
 Leon Coles. famous southern bari tone, sang from behind the stone bal- ustrade and later, to piano and violin accompaniment in one of the spacious corridors of the Antlefs, and with Byrd Haley, Birmingham tenor, enter tained in a series of duets.
 The Birmingham Shriners, POO of them, owned at least a goodly portion of downtown business section last night. Their red fezzes bobbed along and their southern dialect was heard through many groups of pedestrians at every turn.
 They arrived in a special train en route home from the 1924 caravan sary in Kansas City, Mo-, at 1 10 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Led by Dr. H. c. Crelly, potentate, and the band and a drum corps, the southern nobles paraded from the D. & R. G. W. station to East Pikes Peak avenue, marched three or four blocks east and returned to the Antlers to make it their headquarters for the remainder of their stay. In the afternoon they made the Crystal park trip.
 At 1 o'clock a. m., the entire party left Colorado Springs via the cog rail road for Pike's to witness to sun rise. A snow scow had been sent to clear the tracks and in some instances the train passed through a cut of 10 feet of snow. The party declared the sunrise indescribably beautiful. After visiting Helen Hunts grave, the party returned to Colorado Springs by way of Cheyenne, High Drive, and Bear Creek canyons.
 Denver was the next step and the party was entertained by Ell label temple, who met the train with autos and drove the party to Lookout noun tain to the graves of Col. William Sody and wife. Returning to Denver through Bear Creek canyon, they were taken to the Denver Motor and Country club, where dinner was served with Rain how trout as the piece de resistance.
 At Chicago the party was enter tained by Medinah temple with break fast at the Parkawy hotel and dinner at the Mosque. A brief stop was made at Nashville where the local Shriners met the train and furnished entertain ment and refreshments.
 Potentate Celly stated that nothing happened during the entire round trip to mar the pleasure of the ocassiOn, and that the scheduled time was car ried out to the minute. He expressed his deep appreciation to Captain Me Gregor, the railroad officials and em- ployes for the many courtesies shown on the trip.
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