Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-04-15
GEORGIA EDITORS PLAN
TRIP TO FLA. AND CUBA
STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION TO
MEET IN VALDOSTA APRIL 20.
EX-COV. OSBORN TO SPEAK.

Monroe, Ca, April 8.-Members
of the Georgia Press Association are
getting everything in readiness for
their coming visit to Florida and
Cuba. President Ernest Camp, of
the state organization has issued the
following statement, giving informa-
ton regarding the trip.
The members of the association
will assemble at Valdosta on the af-
ternoon of April 90 and Immediately
upon arrival will be taken to the
homes of Valdosta citizens, where
they will be entertained. At
o'clock Tuesday evening they will
be entertained as guests at dinner
to be given at the Woman's Club
Building, this to be followed by a
concert. The address of welcome
will be delivered by Mayor w. d.
, PEBBLES, of Valdosta, and the re-
sponse by Mrs. John N. Holder, of
the Jackson Herald The program
will consist of numbers by double
male quartet, double female quar-
, tet. sextettes and choruses, fancy
dances and other delightful features.
Wednesday morning a business
session of the association will be held
at the Strand Theatre. Here the pro-
gram will consist of an address on
: Georgia" by former Governor Chase
g Osburn. of Michigan; a talk on
"Protecting the Printshop" by Editor
Pat Griffin, of cambridge; brief
word on the Southeastern Far by
Stewart Gelders. solo by Miss Mar
puerite Turner, Of Statesboro. and
sonp and classical dance by the
! College Girls Glee Club, of Valdosta.
i Chicken Barbecue
Following the business session, the
editors will be taken to Twin Lakes,
! near Valdosta, where they will be re-
called at fish fry and chicken bar
hecue. In the afternoon the party
t will be given motor rides about beau
tiful Valdosta and it's environs, and
Wednesday evening from 6 to S:3O
! o'clock will be guests of the Georgia
] State Woman's College at dinner
) to bepiven at the college dormltory.
: Much interest has been added to the
coming Valdosta visit by reason OF
the fact that the Valdosta Chamber
If Commerce has offered $125 IN
cash prizes to the editors writing the
best articles on Valdosta and South
Georgia
At 10 o'clock Wednesday night,
April 21, the editors will board a
snecial train over the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad for st. Petersburg
Fla, where they will arrive at 7:3o
o'clock Thursday morning. They Will
he entertained at breakfast and lunch
bv the people of st. Petersburg ana
sail from Port Tampa at 2;3O p. m.
on the steamship Cuba of the PENN
sular & Occidental Line. Havana Will
be reached Friday.
Three Days In Cuba
Saturday, Sunday and Monday Will
be spent in and around the Cuban
capital, where the party will see the
sights and enjoy the different enter
tainments, making their headquarters
at the Plaza Hotel. At 10 O'Clock
Tuesday morning they will board the
| Cuba for the homeward journey, ar
irving at Port Tampa at II O'Clock
next day. Here they will be met by
the people of St. Petersburg and car
ried back to that city for lunch, leav-
ing in the afternoon for Clearwater.
Returning to Tampa that night the
editors will be guests of the DAVIS
Island Hotel. A banquet will be ten
dered the visitors Wednesday even
ing by the people of Tampa and they
will remain at the hotel until next
morning, when they will see Tampa
and get ready for their departure
that afternoon for Winter Haven,
where they will be entertained at din
ner at the Haven Villa Hotel Thurs
day night At $50 Thursday night
they will board their Pullmans over
the Atlantic Coast Line for Way
cross, where they will arrive early on
the morning of Friday, the both, and
disperse for their various homes over
the state.
The North Georgia party will leave
for Valdosta on Tuesda ymorning,
April 20, at 7:45 over the Southern
Railway. It is estimated that the
nartu will consist. of about 200.