The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-18
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MAURICE WILLOWS ACCEPTS Po- SETON WITH TRl-STATE ExEcU- TIVE coMMITTEE-J. H. coNk- ELL GOES TO NEW DECATUR.

Maurice Willows, an active member of the Birmingham Young Mems Christian association, has accepted the position as assistant secretary of the trf-state exec utive committee of the Young Mems Christian association of Alabama, Mis- sissippi and Louisiana. He entered upon his duties as such August 15
 This announcement will come as a sur. prise to many of Mir. Willows friends, but he has been looking forward for many months to making association work life business.
 Mir Willows was born and reared in Clinton Ontario, Canada, and is 26 years old. At 12 years of age his family moved to Detroit Mich., where young Willows received high school education. For four years he held an important posi- ton with the telephone company in De- troit. When the Spanish-American war broke out he volunteered with the Thir- ty-first Michigan volunteers and spent eighteen months with the army. For six month she was in detached service hav- ing charge of the army tent of the Young Mems Christian association at Savannah and in Cuba. His superiors spoke highly of his special work in this capacity.
 At the close of the war MT. Willows re- turned to Detroit and soon afterwards came to Birmingham to become the wire chief in the office of the Peoples Tele- phone company. He held this position for four years with much credit to himself until about two months ago when he resigned to accept Q position as salesman with the National Biscuit company. The first month he was with the concern he was so successful that the company rateo him seventh in its published list of sales men in the United States who had sold the most goods during that month.
 MT. Willows has been an esteemed mem- Der of the Birmingham Young Mems Christian association ever since 1t was organized last September, woorlking on it's various committees and being of special help as member of tLe Out-and- Out club and in connection with the religious work. His position with the state com mittee is of a temporary nature and Is along the line of special financial work. Later in the season he will probably ac- cept an important position with some lo-
 
 James Fl. Conkell, another active mem Der of the same association, has accepted the assistant secretaryship of the new Railroad Young Mems Christian assoca- ton at New Decatur and will enter upon his duties Septem.e CT 1. He has been for several years connec ad with the Postal 1 Telegraph company as an expert lineman. He is taking a well earned vacation in New York before going to New Decatur Like MT. Willows Mr. Conkel has been an enthusiastic member of the Birming- ham association since the opening of it's work last September.
 This makes three men in Birmingham who have left secular enjoyment to give their liven to the . 5rk of the Young Mems Christian association since last September. The first one was J. S. Bridges the asslstan. to General Score tary Jackson. It is stated that there are four others who have decided to do the same thing as soon as they are prepared and the way Is open.