The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-28
MEMORIAL FUND
INCREASES DAILY
Committees Appointed for Mary
Catalan Association
FUND REACHES $500 MARK
Committee to Draft Resolutions Upon
Death of Principal of Powell School
viii Meet Tuesday
Afternoon.
FUND REACHES 500 MARK

The Mary A. Catalan memorial fund
has reached the s7O0 mark
Several substantial voluntary contribu-
tions were made yesterday. and the Off
GERS of the newly organized association
are greatly encouraged over the progress
thus far made with the project. AS yet
there has been no formal canvass made,
as it is the desire of President Otto Marx
and The other officers of the organization
that every cent turned over by the peo-
pie of Birmingham for the memorial shall
be voluntary
Yesterday afternoon, Mr.. Marx, who is
treasurer, as well as president, DIR. J. II.
Phillips and Richard f. Johnston, man
againg editor of the Birmingham Ledger,
who was one of the prime movers toward
providing a fitting memorial for Miss
Catalan, held conference in the office
of Dr. Phillips at the Birmingham High
School. The progress of the work was
discussed, and several committees were.
appointed
When the memorial association was or
ganized several days ago upon motion
of Robert Jemison, Jr., the president was
authorized to appoint a committee to
draft resolutions upon the death of Miss
Catalan, sending copies of the same to
the family of the deceased school teach
er and to the daily press of Birming-
ham.
Committee on Resolution.
At the conference yesterday afternoon
President Marx announced the appoint
mcnt of this committee on resolutions:
Rufus n. Rhodes, chairman; DIR. J. II.
Phillips, Richard f. Johnston, Robert
Jemison, Jr,, George b. Ward, Mrs. p. G.
Shook, Mrs. S. M Adler. Mrs. Cora Ha-
good Bethea Hubert Drennen and Mrs.
S. J. Cole.
This committee has been called to meet
Tuesday afternoon at 1880 o'clock in the
rooms of the Commercial Club.
Other committees, whose duties shall
/ be to assist the officers of the associa-
ton have been named as follows by Pres
ident Marx:
Advisory Committee-Dr. f. e. Nabers,
DIR. William NJ. Jordan. j. Cary Thomp-
son, 7. w OByrne, James j. Smith, n.
p. 7. Finch, Hugh McGeever, Walter
Moore, W. Melville Drennen, NJ. Porter.
Walker, William X. Terry, Eugene F les,
DIR. Carl A. Fox, DR.. j. II. Phillips, Luz
cen c. Brown, DR.. Samuel Ullman, John
G.. Bradley. Henry S. Going, the Rev DR..
Lunian S. Handley, Samuel l.. Earle, Will
liam Mudd Martin, Richard F. Johnston,
John L. Parker, w. G. Oliver, DR.. James
l.. McLester, John w. o'Neill, Joseph M.
Meighan.
General Committee-Mrs. George NJ.
Cruikshank, Mrs. II. NJ. Miner, Miss
Daisy Rowley, Miss Edna Smith, I.rs.
A. j. Sideney Hart, Mrs. Henry B. Gray,
Mis-. W. S. Lowell, Mrs. II. l.. Badham,
Mrs. NJ V. Joseph, Mrs Richard Ran
dolph, Mrs. II. Barnard Mrs. Frank
Ellis, Mrs. William Hardie. Mrs. Ger
trude NJ. Davis, Mrs. Robert Jemison,
Mis-. Richard f. Johnston, Mrs. Eugene
F. Enslen, Mrs. A. NJ. Lynn, Mrs. R. II.
Pearson.
Additional Contributions.
These who have contributed to the me-
mortal fund are requested to mail their
checks Immediately to Otto Marx. whose
offices are in the First National Bank
building.
The complete list of contributions with