The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

Downing Mrs. Homer Hurd, Miss Grace
Judson. Mrs. Hugh McEniry, Miss Vir-
ginia Mitchell, Mrs. John Neal, Miss
Elise Robinson, Miss Sadie Sturdivant,
Miss Ruth Winters, Mrs. Ralph Burke,
Mrs. Henry Hurd and Mrs. r. I. Smith.
Little Miss Bernice Dill entertained
about 40 of her little friends this aft :
ernoon at the home of her parents on
Fifteenth avenue in celebration of her
eighth birthday. Various games were
played, an interesting feature being the
donkey contest. The girls prize, a doll
was won by Annie Swan. The boys
prize, harp, fell to Otto Garner, while
the BOBBY prize went to Carl Wheeler
The little guests were then ushered
into the dining room where an ice
course with fruit and candy was served
The table was beautifully decorated In
ferns and cut flowers, the central dec
Grafton being a birthday cake on which
eight green tapers burned.
Mrs. Dill was assisted in entertain
ing the little folks by Mrs b. p
Holiness Mrs Ben Dyre, Mrs. Thomp-
son, Mrs. H. H. Din and Miss Mary
Dill of Ensley.
Those present were Annie and Hazel
McCorl<le, Fred Ben and Nellie Haney,
Carl, Zelma, Nellie and Albert Wheel
er, Edgar, Ben and Margaret Donohoo.
Edward and Lille Roberts, Margare,
Baty, Ednanie Malone, Alice, Lillian
LIE Vale Haynie. Otto Garner, William
and George Bainbridge. VIII, ,Claud
and Bernice Dill, John Henson, Elsi 2,
Maud and Grace Baty. George Louis.
Dyre, Annie, Swain. Helen McGee, Ora.
Nora and Huey Davidson. Dorothy
Hall, and Edna Carol Thompson.
After a two weeks recess the Bes-
sol nj fty NJ
day morning with Judge ]. C. B. Gwin
on the BENCH A jury criminal docket
will be taken up for the week and a
large number of cases will be dis
posed of.
The people of Bessemer have a treat
in store for them in the recital which
will be given by Mrs. Edward p. Lacey
on Friday evening, December 5, at $50
o'clock at the high school auditorium
under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid
society of the First Christian church
Of this city. Mrs. Lacey is a charming
reader being graduate OF the Boston
School of expression and on this occa :
sion will present an original abridge-
ment of Laura e. Richards charming g
story, Captain January" The scene is
laid on an island on the eastern coast
of Maine and some of the characters
which Mrs. Lacey will delineate ara
found only in such places. Several mu
steal selections will be rendered by a
Bessemer quartet. The characters of
the story which will be carried out are
as follows:
Captain Nazro, CAPTAIN of the Hunt
ress.
Captain January, keeper of the light
at Light Island.
Little Star" his Blessing"
Bob Peet, pilot of the Huntress.
Mrs Morton. Stars aunt.
Mr. Morton. Stars uncle.
The minister.
A. b. Brown of the Industrial Life
and Health Insurance company of this
city has been promoted to assistant
superintendent in Birmingham and will
enter upon his duties at once.
Regular services will be held SUNDAY
at the First Presbyterian church, morn
ing and evening. The subject of the
morning service will be, "The Home
Club" This Sunday is known as home
mission Sunday and 1t is earnestly de-
sired that every member of the church
will BRING some offering for home mis-
sions. The evening service will be q
song service.
The Rev. L. F. Swallow. pastor o;
the First Presbyterian church of Bes
at O'Clock at Raimund chapel All hre
invited to attend this service.
The United Charities and hospital
board will hold it's regular months
meeting Monday afternoon at the homo
of the president, Mrs. f. M. owen on
Fifth avenue. The hour is o'clock.