Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-29
JOURNAL PUBLISHER
To ATTEND Big PRESS
MEETING IN FLORIDA

| Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. FIynt leave this
Friday morning for Jacksonville, Fla.
where Mr.. Flynt will attend the In
ternaticnal Press Foundation copven-
ton as delegate from Maine.
! In addition to the regular business
: Of the Convention there will be an eX-
! tensive entertainment program a1u
/ tour, embracing many side trips.
which will afford a most convenient
; and pleasant way to visit the princi-
, pal cities and beauty spots in Florida.
I The convention will last about ten
/ days and at it's close Mr.. and Mrs.
Flynt will probably spend some addi-
! tional time in Florida looking up
| friends from home and visiting places
not included in the Convention tour.
| Following Is the tentative program
Of the Convention:
Monday, February 1-Foundation
| delegates assemble at the Seminole
Hotel, Jacksonville. mayor Alsop
and Chamber of Commerce arranging
| program) Delegates leave Union De-
pot, Jacksonville on special Pullman
| cars at 10 p. M. Atlanta coastline for
Sanford.
Tuesday, February 2-Breakfast at
Sanford. At A. NJ, motor boat trip
on the st. Johns river encircling
Press City. Lunch at Lemon Bluff,
! on the ST. Johns. Automobile trip
| through the 1000 acres in the Geneva
Peninsular donated by former Con-
gresham Charles D. and Kathryn l..
Haines, and later to view the proper
ty at Altamonte Springs given by Mr..
and Mrs. Haines two years ago to the
press of the nation. ESQ p. M, din
ner at Orlando, the convention city.
p. NJ, opening of the convention.
Headquarters in Orlando, San Juan
Hotel.
Wednesday, February So A. M.
session of Convention. p. M. to 5
p. NJ, motorcade around the city and
Winter Park. p. NJ, banquet ten
dered by the Orlando Chamber of
Commerce. Music by the famous ma
tional band of Czecko- Slovakia, fur
nished by John Ringring of Sarasota.
8 p. NJ. closing session Of conven-
ton.
Thursday, February 4-S A. NJ, mo-
torcade to the Gulf of Mexico. The
following cities will be visited, &C
companied by the national band, IS
pieces, of the Republic Of CZecko-Slo-
vakia; Kissimmee, Davenport, Haines
City, Lake Wales, Barlow, where the
delegates will be officially welcomed
by the Mayors of the respe tive cities
IL noon, lunch at the Lakeland Ter
race Hotel rendered by the Lakeland
Chamber of Commerce. 6 P. NJ, BAN
quet rendered by the Tampa Board
of Trade, after which the delegates
will be taken to the Florida Fair.
$50 p. NJ, to st. Petersburg.
Friday, February 5-The members
of the Convention will be the guests
of the st. Petersburg Chamber Of
; Commerce. During the day Passe-a-
Grille, Clearwater and Tarpon
Springs will be visited.
Saturday, February 6-By yachts
rendered by the St. Petersburg Yacht
Club across the Gulf of Mexico 10
Sarasota. $50 banquet rendered by
the Sarasota Chamber Of Commerce.
The motorcade from Orlando will
be led by the Czecho-S lovakia band,
followed by those representing the 80
foreign nations of the Foundation
carrying the banners of their several
countries. The states in alphabetical
order will follow carrying their state
flags.
An additional two days program
has been arranged 70 Miami and Palm
Beach.