Evening star., 1938-04-21
AzALEA SPECIAL
LEAVES TONIGHT
Garner. Bankhead, Wallace
and Roper to Head 200
Congressman.
Rv WILL p. KENNEDY.

wee President Garner, Speaker
Bankhead, Secretaries Wallace and
Roper and some 200 members of Con-
gress will be among the delegation
leaving at 10 o'clock tonight on the
congressional azalea special to attend
the fifth annual azalea festival in
Charleston. S. c.
Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen. with
Miss Washington Miss Katherine E.
Pearson, 2404 Wyoming avenue NV,
and her maids of honor, and other of :
fcials are to be at Washington Airport
this afternoon to greet Miss New
York" Miss Jean Browning. and her
attendants when they arrive at APO
o'clock to JOIN the congressional party
Rear Admiral William G.. Du Bose,
chief of the Navy Bureau of Con-
.struction and Repair. is going on the
l6-Pullman car special as personal
representative of Secretary Swanson
An inspection of the Charleston Navy
Yard and Navy transport airplane
| trip to the marine base at Paris Is
| land is on the schedule of the con-
gressional visitation.
Invited by Legislature.
This trip has been arranged by Rep
resentative Mcmillan of South Caro-
lima. cooperating with Mayor Burnet
r. Maybank of Charleston and other
Federal. State and municipal officials
The State Legislature passed a special
rnSnlNt1Nn hn ,o1
delegation and other distinguished
guests.
A reception committee of leading
citizens and a band will escort the
Washington visitors to the two leading
hotels in Charleston where several
floors have been reserved. Buses and
! private cars will at all times be at the
! service of the congressional party dur
! ing their four-day visit. Mayor May
bank and the City Council will be
hosts at reception and luncheon a,
l pm. tomorrow. At pm there is
to be a parade Of historical floats and
Of the beauty queens from many
States and cities.
The azalea ball. which has become
the outstanding social event Of the
season in the South Carolina metro
polls. will be at $50 pm. in the fair
building.
Saturday morning will be devoted to
tours Of the historic harbor fortifica-
tions. and the early afternoon will be
spent at the Charleston Navy Yard.
Concert to Follow Dinner.
There will be dinner for the WIS.,
itors in the Fort Sumter Hotel at
pm. The Society for the Preserva-
tion of Spirituals will give a concert
at 8:45 pm. This society is COM
posed Of some IS children and grand
children of old plantation owners who
heard these "spirituals" in their youth
and who have dedicated themselves to
their perpetuation. Last year they
gave a concert for the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt at the White House.
Sunday will be devoted largely to a
tour of the historic Magnolia and Mid
dleton place gardens. At the latter
estate. where three generations served
in Congress, tree will be planted at
the family mausoleum in honor of Ar
thur Middleton. signer Of the Declara-
ton of Independence. This ceremony
will be in charge of Representative
Sol Bloom of New York.
A special congressional luncheon will
be served at l pm. Saturday to the
distinguished guests by Mayor George
S. Cuthbert and the City Council Of
Summerville The visitors will then
tour Cypress gardens.
The congressional azalea special will
leave Charleston on the return trip to
Washington at 7:30 pm. arriving in
the Capital at 7:30 am. Monday.