The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-25
MANY FEATURES
AT CONVENTION
IN WASHINGTON
Birmingham Realtors To
Perfect Plans At A
Meeting Thursday

Thursday will be the last meeting of
the Birmingham Real Estate board be-
fore the Realtors Special leaves. on
June 1 for the national convention,
and we expect. to make it a great day
for the members of the organization, :"
Sam G. Starke, secretary of the board,
said Saturday.
1--WE are determined to inject the
last lose of pep at this meeting with
the view that the Washington con-
vention, June 8 to 6, shall not fail
through any fault of the Birming-
ham delegation.
''The usual weekly meeting will be
held at the Hillman hotel and the duty
of arranging the details of the pro-
gram has been assigned to the Nelson
Real Estate and Investment company
by the Washington convention commit
tee" added the secretary. While all
the details have not been worked out,
it is understood that the Boys In
dustrial band will furnish the larger
part of the music, while the realtors
themselves will practice their songs to
be used at the convention.
after this rousing meeting at the
Hillman a most unique parade of the
realtors through the main streets in
automobiles is to be engineered by w.
B. Leedy of the w. B. Leedy Real
Estate and Insurance company, a brand
new performance for the real estate
board"
More than 200 letters have been
mailed to active and associate realtors
and to the sales division of the board
Nth x,;axx, 6a woa~-
chimes as possible take part in this
demonstration, the purpose Of which is
to arouse still further enthusiasm ovre
the Washington convention and to give
Birmingham some conception of the
tremendous advertisement this city is to
get at Washington.
Starts From Park
Each of the 80 offices composing
the active membership has been re-
quested to have at least one automo-
bile in the parade bearing a large sign
announcing the name of the office rep
resented. The parade will start from
Wilson Park, where the automobiles
will be parked before the luncheon.
1t is understood that the Boys In
dustrial band will lead the parade and
show their home city what to expect
of them when they appear on the
streets of Washington next week with
the Birmingham realtors at the nation
al convention.
1T is entirely appropriate" said
Mr.. Starke, that Birmingham by
next Thursdays parade be made aware
in some measure of the great way, in
which the real estate board proposes
to put this city on the map before the
realtors assembled at Washington from
all over the United States and Canada"
1t is also hoped that next Thursday
will inspire some of the board mem
bers who have not yet finally decided
to go on this trip and thus do their
bit for their home town.
Willard Hotel Headquarters
This great service to Birmingham
important as that feature is, consti-
tutes only part of the appeal this trip
makes. The New Willard hotel, in
which the Alabama realtors will be
quartered, is going to be a center of
convention activities and entertainment.
1t is here that the general assembly
and dance will occur on Tuesday eve
ming, June 8. Again, on Wednesday
evening a dinner will be given for the
presidents of the 493 boards, the presi-
dents of the various state organizations,
and the officers of the national associa-
ton. A large part of the divisional
meeting will also be held at the New
Willard"
Some of the special features of the
week are visit to the White House
and President Coolidge's address to the
realtors assembled on the White House
lawn. A trip to Arlington cemetery is
promised on which a tribute will be
paid the Unknown Soldier" where
he rests on the Virginia side Of the
Potomac.
To Entertain Women
The women are to be entertained at
tea at the Wardman Park hotel on
Thursday afternoon at 4 80 o'clock,
and they are to be given automobile
sightseeing trips after the morning
sessions of the convention.
The following telegram was received
in Birmingham last Thursday Can
we depend on your Boys band to ac-
company ladies on boat ride to Mount
Vernon Wednesday, June 4, entire aft
ernoon as our guests, Wire at once.
John A. Petty, Notwithstanding
Washington real estate board"
This invitation to the boys band"
stated the notwithstanding was
promptly accepted by wire, and will
doubtless prove a rare treat. This is
just another example Of the thought
full care with which the Washington
real estate board proposes to entertain